My emperor, long live!

Above the court hall, all the officials stood in silence.

The queen looked at Pei Mo who was standing at the top, her eyes were dim, and she said in a deep voice: "I heard that Prime Minister Pei and the second princess lingered in the brothel a few days ago? Are you in a state of luxury?"

Hearing the Queen's question, Qin Rong on the side smiled coldly, her eyes full of sarcasm.

Recently, she, together with the ministers who followed her in the court, jointly signed a letter to the empress stating that Pei Mo, as the prime minister of a country, behaved indiscreetly outside, was extravagant and lustful, and lingered in brothels, hoping that the empress would remove Pei Mo from his post.

Although they wrote the letter in this way, Qin Rong knew that Pei Mo was quite trusted by the empress, and it was impossible for the empress to dismiss her as prime minister by using this alone.All she wanted was to let her notoriety go, gradually disintegrating her power in the court and her position in the Queen's heart.

Finally, eradicate Pei Mo and Na Qin Ran from the royal family!

Thinking of this, Qin Rong's eyes flashed with pride, and she stared at Pei Mo mockingly, just waiting to see how she would make a fool of herself in court.

Pei Mo turned his head and glanced at Qin Rong's ugly face full of stern smiles. Instead of being flustered at all, he smiled lightly.

Pei Mo looked up at the empress on the throne and did not answer her question, but instead asked: "Your Majesty, does your Majesty know that Jin Zhe, the son of the richest man in the Liuli Kingdom, has visited our country recently?"

The empress was slightly taken aback, then looked at Qin Rong with condensed eyes, and said, "Isn't the clearance of foreign personnel in the imperial city and the order of the imperial city fully entrusted to you to handle? You don't even know about the son of the richest man in the Liuli country entering Beijing?"

Qin Rong was also obviously taken aback, and then said in astonishment: "Foreigners have always been strictly checked when they enter the city, how could there be people from neighboring countries who entered the city but were not detected?" Qin Rong looked at Pei Mo coldly and said: "Mr. Do you think you can distract the Queen's attention with such unreasonable things? Pei Mo, you are so bold to fool Her Majesty the Queen!"

"Fooling?" Pei Mo chuckled, looked at the queen in the palace, and said in a calm tone: "The minister and the second princess actually went to the Zuihua Pavilion when they heard that Jin Ke secretly came to Jingqie to go to the Zuihua Pavilion. Investigate."

Qin Rong sneered when she heard the words, "When will the son of the richest man in the neighboring country need to grow up, you personally investigate the situation? What's more, there is the dignified second princess! If you want to excuse yourself, please ask Pei Xiang to find a more reliable one." Make an excuse!"

Pei Mo turned his head to look directly at Qin Rong and said with a smile: "If the husband of Chu Xiuxiu, the third princess of Linguo, sneaked into our court quietly, it would be a trivial matter if his whereabouts could not be identified, then I would like to ask the eldest princess, what is the matter?" It's a big deal!"

When Pei Mo said the last sentence, his voice suddenly rose a bit.

Immediately, all the officials around were shocked. In a country of Liuli whose strength is comparable to that of Qin, the husband of the current princess sneaked into the country secretly, and no one knew about it. Do small things?

Hearing the turmoil of the ministers, Pei Mo looked straight at Qin Rong and sneered, "Since the eldest princess is so thoughtful that she knows everything about the courtiers and the second princess going to the brothel, why does this even affect the situation between the two countries?" They didn't investigate at all!"

Hearing this, the empress also understood the pros and cons, and immediately looked at Qin Rong, angrily said: "Qin Rong, what is going on!"

Seeing that the empress was really angry at this time, Qin Rong hurriedly knelt on the ground, but she still couldn't believe that her subordinates had made such a mistake, she pointed at Pei Mo and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Pei must have deliberately fabricated the incident of Linguo personnel entering the city. It is used to persecute my sons and ministers, and by the way, she can linger in the brothel and cover it up with an unwarranted incident, such a crime of deceiving the emperor must not be tolerated, Your Majesty!"

Seeing that she still refuses to admit it even now, Pei Mo took out an unusually exquisite glazed ring from his bosom, asked the maid on the side to present it to the queen and said: "I took this off from Jin Ke's hand, This thing is the dragon and phoenix glazed ring passed down from generation to generation in the Liuli Kingdom, no one else in the world except Jin Zhe and Chu Xiuxiu owns it, Your Majesty can find someone to argue it out and you will know the authenticity."

The empress obviously knew a little about the dragon and phoenix glazed ring. Looking at the exquisitely shaped glazed ring presented by Pei Mo, she could tell at a glance that it was definitely the real thing.

At that moment, the empress handed the tray carrying the ring to the guards at the side, and said angrily: "Go and present it to the eldest princess, I want to see how she plans to quibble!"

Looking at the ring brought by the guards, Qin Rong already knew that it was true without even looking at it. When she thought about it, she didn't dare to yell at Pei Mo anymore, so she hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in panic: "This matter is my son's dereliction of duty, I beg the empress to punish me!"

"The eldest princess is charged with fifty sticks, and the guards in charge of the imperial city checkpoints are charged with thirty sticks!" After finishing speaking, the empress glared at Qin Rong, who was kneeling on her highness's face, and said, "Why are you still kneeling! Go down and receive the punishment! "

"Thank you, Lord Long En!" Qin Rong got up and retreated quickly after hearing the words, with a look of panic on the surface, but when the queen didn't check, she looked at Pei Mo with hatred and coldness. The humiliation, one day she must get back one by one.

Seeing Qin Rong leave the hall, the queen's face softened a little, she looked at Pei Mo and said, "Pei Aiqing, go ahead."

Pei Mo nodded and said: "After receiving the news that Jin Zhe had come to Beijing by improper means, the second princess and I went to the Zuihua Pavilion to arrest him. After investigation, we found that he actually came to Beijing to use the black market. Sell ​​colored glaze for profit."

The queen was slightly taken aback, "Using the black market for profit?"

"That's right, there are some underground snobbish people in my court, who specialize in helping foreign businessmen sneak into the country, so that the merchants do not have to register when they enter the court, and naturally they don't need to pay a large amount of taxes when they sell goods."

Pei Mo paused and continued: "Take colored glaze as an example. There are few precious minerals in our country, and rare things are more expensive. The price of colored glaze and minerals in our country has always been high. If Jin Zhe transported colored glaze to our country through legitimate channels, even if You get a lot of money out of taxes and still make a lot of money.”

The queen continued after hearing the words: "But that Jin Zhe is too greedy, and he even planned to introduce colored glaze into our country through the black market to sell it in order to make huge profits?"

Pei Mo nodded, "Your Majesty is wise."

"Then Prime Minister Pei thinks how to deal with this matter is more appropriate?"

"My country's minerals are scarce, and I thought that this opportunity could just be used to start trade with the Liuli Kingdom. As for what Jin Zhe did this time, the small punishment and the big punishment, the minister has asked him to sell the first batch of minerals at a price that is [-]% lower than the market price. The goods were sold to the royal family."

The queen was overjoyed when she heard the words, and said in a loud voice: "Well done! Now that the frontier is in turmoil, there is a shortage of ore to forge weapons and send it over. However, the price of domestic metals is too high, and the national treasury is tight. Aiqing's move is really a relief. It is my urgent need!"

Pei Mo smiled slightly, "This is the duty of a courtier."

The queen nodded approvingly and said: "I will entrust you with the full power to handle this matter. If you do it well, I will reward you a lot."

Pei Mo slightly raised the corners of his lips, "Minister, obey the order."