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Chapter 244: In the Court, Imperial Censor Zong Qinke

Li Cunxi smiled coldly and kicked Zhu Liren on the head while he was still screaming. Zhu Liren was hit hard and his screams became louder and louder.

The Crown Prince's guest, Right Imperial Guardsman Li Huaiyuan, stepped forward and warned:

"My Lords, it's time to go to court. If you don't go, His Majesty might get mad."

Li Cunxi kicked Zhu Liren several times, making him scream in pain. Then he retracted his foot, smiled coldly, and retreated to the court.

The matter in Yunsu Palace would definitely be reported to Wu Zetian by a eunuch. This matter could not be suppressed and would later be brought to Linde Palace. If Wu Sansi did not step forward and report Zhu Liren first, Li Cunxi would definitely have a fight with Wu Sansi.

The ministers lined up and marched into the palace in two rows.

Li Cunxi followed a doctor of the Imperial College and went to the Linde Hall with the other ministers.

There was not enough room for all the ministers to stand in the Linde Hall. Li Cunxi was standing twenty steps outside the Linde Hall, looking inside the Hall.

At the grand court meetings, the ministers would just report a few difficult issues, which would be resolved by Wu Zetian herself. The rest of the time, the ministers would impeach and argue with each other.

After the meeting was over, Wu Sansi walked out of the court, bowed to Wu Zetian and said, "Your Majesty, I want to ask someone for your opinion."

Wu Zetian already knew about the Yunsu Palace incident, so she followed up by asking, "Who do you want to report?"

Wu Sansi struggled for a while, then said in grief and indignation: "The person I want to report is Xiao Huangmen Zhu Liren. He took advantage of his position to ask Chengyilang Li Cunxi for 3,200 taels of silver. Such a sinful act must not be let off!"

"Oh? That Juli is your relative, and you're going to report him?"

"Although I recommended Zhu Liren, he did something wrong, and I cannot sit idly by. Your Majesty, please issue an order to put Zhu Liren in jail and sentence him according to his crime!"

"Since your relative has said so, I have no choice but to agree and not invite Li Cunxi to come up and ask if it's true or not." Wu Zetian smiled and turned to the people below, "Come here, arrest the eunuch Zhu Liren and send him to the Dali Temple for a thorough interrogation."

Under Hu Jinghui's instructions, several Qianniu Guards on duty immediately set out to arrest the man.

The court became much quieter and more peaceful. Officials rarely impeached each other. Everyone kept silent, waiting for the storm to come.

Everyone has been in the court for a long time and is the most sensitive. How could they not know that the case of Li Cunxi and others has been investigated.

"It seems like everyone must be getting impatient, right?" Wu Zetian glanced at the ministers at the bottom of the stairs with a smile, "I think everyone should want to know the ending of the bloody eagle case that occurred in the four provinces and eight states, right?"

Among the ministers below, some knew the progress of the case and some did not. Those who knew knew who would be implicated, while those who did not know still did not know who the murderer was.

Whether they knew it or not, everyone was waiting for Wu Zetian to summon Li Cunxi to the palace.

"Order Li Cunxi, the Minister of the Imperial Council, and Wu Yanhao, the Minister of the Imperial Court, to come to the palace!"

"Yes." The eunuch came out of the Linde Hall and shouted, "Order the Minister of the Council Li Cunxi and the Minister of the Court Wu Yanhao to come to the hall."

Wu Yanhao, who was at the end of the morning class, had already dozed off, but upon hearing this, he perked up and walked out of the morning class.

After catching up with Li Cunxi, Wu Yanhao lowered his voice and said, "You can tell me later. I don't have any paperwork to submit."

"Okay." Li Cunxi responded in a low voice.

The two men entered the Linde Hall, stopped in the center of the hall, and bowed to Wu Zetian.

"My dear ministers, can you solve the bloody eagle case that happened in four provinces and eight states a few days ago?"

"On February 20, your Majesty ordered me to investigate this case. Now it is March 15, and the case has been closed. The rebels have been executed, but the leader is still at large and has not been captured. I have a letter implicating Princess Taiping Li Lingyue for her heinous crimes and her audacity in colluding with Imperial Master Wang Zhiyuan and Flying Dragon Envoy He Yun to murder your Majesty. I am submitting it to you for your review."

Li Cunxi presented the document, and a young female official came down, took the document and handed it to Wu Zetian.

After Wu Zetian opened the document and looked at it carefully, she put it down.

"Cunxi wants to report Princess Taiping. What do you think?"

Zhang Jianzhi stroked his beard, probably figuring out Wu Zetian's thoughts, so he simply shut his mouth and pretended to be mute.

Wu Sansi still had a handle on Li Cunxi that was not really a handle, so he waved his sleeves angrily and pretended that he saw nothing.

Suddenly, the newly appointed Imperial Censor walked out of the court with a tablet in his hand, bowed to Wu Zetian with a swagger, and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, I want to have a clear argument with this Lord Li!"

Li Cunxi turned around and looked at the old guy. He didn't recognize the old guy's face. Since he didn't recognize him, he just started fighting!

However, Li Cunxi still asked politely, "I am Li Cunxi, the Minister of the Council, and may I ask what your position is?"

"I am the new Imperial Censor, Zong Qinke!" Zong Qinke said unhappily, "Just now I heard that you wanted to impeach Princess Taiping. Do you have any evidence?"

Li Cunxi nodded slightly.

Zong Qinke is an old friend. He has never appeared in the plot of Shen Di, but his brother has appeared twice in Di Renjie's mouth.

His younger brother was the famous prime minister of Wu Zhou, Zong Chuke, who was corrupt and later colluded with the Turks.

Li Cunxi clasped his fists towards Wu Zetian and said loudly, "The evidence is in your Majesty's hands. What's wrong? Does Censor Zong doubt the authenticity of the evidence?"

"I dare not, but I have something to say. Since your majesty came to power, many treacherous and evil people in the court have chosen to frame the heir of the Li family. I am also thinking about the heir of the Li family. I hope your majesty will not fall into the trap of treacherous officials and hurt the relationship between mother and son."

Zong Qinke had a hint of something in mind and directly labeled Li Cunxi a "treacherous and evil person".

Li Cunxi did not tolerate this old man who was even more corrupt than his brother, and said coldly:

"Yes, there are indeed many treacherous and evil people in the court, ghosts and monsters, pretending to be gods, flattering the superiors and bullying the subordinates, taking bribes and bending the law, colluding with cliques, and excluding dissidents. There are really many such people in the court."

"If this kind of person only does these things, it will only harm the country. For Your Majesty, there will be no particularly serious damage. As long as this traitor is killed, peace can be restored to the court!"

"but!"

"If someone in the court colluded with the royal family, alienated your Majesty's relatives, and instigated the princess to murder your Majesty, and even made arrogant remarks in the court, turned black into white, framed loyal officials in public, and tried to deceive the emperor, this is an unforgivable crime!"

"Zong Yushi, do you think what I said is correct?"

Zong Qinke naturally could not refute such truth, so he could only wave his sleeves with a cold face and said:

"This is something everyone knows. I am talking about you framing Princess Taiping!"