Anger

Although Wen Songtao was very scared, if he didn't seize the opportunity at this time, it would not be so easy to wait until Lu Yaoyao was sent to death row.

At this moment, he still chose to believe Lu Yaoyao.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I think so."

"Shut up."

His words were interrupted again by Emperor Hongwen's anger.

But Wen Songtao was determined, walked out of the queue, and knelt down heavily.

"I know that Your Majesty was very angry when he heard about Wanfu Xiangjun's actions."

"But I have had many interactions with Lord Wanfu Xiang, and I believe she would not do such an unconscionable thing."

"Your Majesty, if you think about it, she can donate precious divine foods such as sweet potatoes and potatoes to the imperial court. How could she do such evil things?"

Wen Songtao was a close minister of Emperor Hongwen and had helped him a lot over the years. The relationship between the emperor and his ministers was also very good in private.

Seeing him kneeling below and listening to his words, Emperor Hongwen's anger softened a little.

Indeed, after hearing what Geng Chen said just now, he was so angry that he almost lost his mind.

Now that he heard Wen Songtao's words, he couldn't help but recall those several meetings with Lu Yaoyao. Although this girl made him somewhat dissatisfied, she really didn't seem like someone who could do such evil things.

Seeing that his mood had eased, Wen Songtao quickly seized this opportunity to speak again.

"Huh, what do you mean by your right minister, I am unjustly accusing Mr. Wanfu Township?"

"That's not what the truth means."

"It's just that those just words were just one-sided words from Geng Yushi. Although Lu Yaoyao is just a country lady, she donated sweet potatoes and potatoes to the court. I don't think we should make such hasty judgments."

Emperor Hongwen, who was at the head of the table, nodded secretly in his mind. It was indeed Geng Chen's words just now, and what Lu Yaoyao presented was not only potatoes and sweet potatoes, but also other things.

Especially for the latter two, he has already asked people to secretly start preparations, and is planning to wait for a while before announcing Lu Yaoyao's entry into the palace to discuss them in detail again.

If he just dealt with it like this, wouldn't it mean that all his preparations were in vain?

Now that there is a severe drought in the world and the treasury is shrinking, he is in urgent need of a lot of money, paper and books, which can bring huge profits.

It seems it is not the right time to deal with Lu Yaoyao.

When Geng Chen heard Wen Songtao's words, he snorted again.

"Then according to the words of the Right Prime Minister, as long as those who have made meritorious service to the court can be allowed to do evil?"

"The truth does not say that Lu Yaoyao is not guilty. Why would Yushi Geng take it out of context like this?"

Wen Songtao glanced at Geng Chen, then raised his hands to Emperor Hongwen and said, "Your Majesty, I think we should declare Lu Yao Yao to the palace. Whether she has done this before, we always have to ask her face to face."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongwen nodded inwardly.

"Li De, please make a trip yourself."

"Your Majesty, not allowed."

Gao Yanming, the left prime minister, stood up at this time, clasped his hands and said, "How can the Lord Wanfu Township, a female prostitute, go to the Jinluan Hall?"

"Censor Geng has always been upright and upright, and everyone in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty knows that."

"You are right what Prime Minister Gao said, isn't the life of a female prostitute not life?"

"Although Lord Wanfuxiang is a prostitute, she selflessly contributed the divine food that will keep the people of Dongzhou alive in the future. Can't we give her a chance to defend herself?"

"Censor Geng is upright and upright, and he naturally knows the truth, but people's hearts are far apart, and even saints make mistakes sometimes, let alone others?"

For Prime Minister Gao to stand up at this time, Wen Songtao didn't give him any face.

Even Geng Chen is no exception.

Gao Yanming was silent, but Geng Chen seemed to be insulted, his face as gloomy as water.

Just as he was about to retort, Wen Songtao didn't give him a chance and bowed directly to Emperor Hongwen again.

"Mr. Wanfuxiang has made contributions to Dongzhou. I beg your Majesty to give her a chance to plead guilty. Even if she is really guilty, there is no reason to pronounce the sentence directly without the person involved being present."

"What the right minister said is absolutely true. I beg your majesty to give Mr. Wanfuxiang a fair trial."

People from the right wing faction all stood up.

Seeing this situation, Emperor Hongwen pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Then let Xuan Lu Yaoyao go to the palace."

This time, no one came out to stop me.

Li De personally took the order and left the hall.

At the farm on the outskirts of Beijing, Lu Yaoyao had just had breakfast and was discussing with Lao Kang about digging a well.

The original wells in the village were relatively shallow. It has not rained for almost two months, and the water level in the wells has dropped a lot.

If it doesn't rain, within a few days, none of these wells will be producing water.

Therefore, she felt that it was necessary to dig deep water wells. Yesterday, she used a universal search engine and learned about the situation of pressurized water wells.

Very early in the morning, she asked Qiu Yu to call Lao Kang over and discuss it with him.

"My lady is worried about exactly what I have been thinking about these past few days."

"Then arrange people to start construction. This matter must not be delayed."

"yes."

As soon as Lao Kang left, Lu Yaoyao also got up and went to the study, intending to first get the blueprints of the water press that could bring up the water in the deep well.

She had just fiddled with the blueprint and was planning to ask Qiu Yu to take it to the carpenter on the farm to see if he could make one.

Qiu Shuang hurried over outside.

"Miss, Your Majesty's Eunuch Wang De is here."

"What is he here for?"

Before Qiu Shuang could reply, Wang De's voice came from behind.

"Mr. Wanfu Township, hurry up, come with us, your Majesty will summon you."

"Eunuch Wang De, why did you come here on such a hot day? Your Majesty summoned you? What's the matter? Can you tell me first so that I can be better prepared?"

She thought His Majesty summoned her to discuss papermaking and movable printing.

After all, for now, that's all His Majesty can summon her for.

"No, there's no need to prepare anything."

"A censor has impeached you. Your Majesty and the courtiers are currently waiting for your public trial."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Yaoyao, Qiu Yu and Qiu Shuang were all stunned.

"What did you just say?"

Qiu Yu was the first to ask stupidly.

Wang De quickly gave a brief summary of what happened in the court today.

As soon as he finished speaking, Qiu Yu became furious.

"What a bitch. Since he dares to slander my lady, I'm going to chop off his head right now."

"I'll go with you."

Even Qiu Shuang, who had always been relatively calm, was furious this time.

Damn it, when did my young lady oppress and enslave the victims of the disaster?

It obviously gave these victims hope of living. In the past half month, there were four to five thousand victims outside their village.

This is already far more than the 1,000 people initially recruited.

The total number of family members that followed the 1,000 people they recruited was only 2,560, but now that number has doubled.

What's the reason? There were too many disaster victims pouring into the capital. Their lady showed great mercy and recruited more than a thousand people.

A total of 2,000 people were recruited, but four to five thousand mouths had to be fed.

I have helped relieve the pressure on the court, but I have not received a good word. Someone actually impeached their lady. If His Majesty is furious and does not give a chance to defend, their lady will have to be beheaded for some reason.
Chapter completed!