My Husband Is Not Easy To Mess With. - Chapter 26: The Mansion Gifted by My Future Wife

Chapter 26: The Mansion Gifted by My Future Wife

With a casual remark, Du Suilan ordered a third-rank official to resign.

Many officials felt this was inappropriate.

It seemed too much like a childish game, no matter how they looked at it.

They secretly glanced at the Prime Minister, hoping that this highly influential leader of the hundred officials would step forward and restrain the young, new Emperor who acted without a proper sense of gravity.

“Your Majesty, are you willing to bear the eternal infamy just for Nie Yao?”

Zheng Qianbo hadn’t expected the new Emperor to directly order his resignation just to protect Nie Yao.

He was surprised.

But he quickly stood straight to demonstrate his integrity and uprightness, “Every word your servant just said was for the sake of Great Yu and for Your Majesty.”

“Yet, simply because your servant said a few extra words that annoyed Nie Yao, Your Majesty ordered me to resign.”

“Such blatant favoritism will only chill the hearts of the loyal subjects of Great Yu!”

He was quite composed.

Nie Yao truly wanted the military officials behind him to wake up, watch, and learn from this smooth-talking skill.

How utterly shameless.

Nie Yao: “Favoring me?” He couldn’t let his future wife stick up for him while he hid behind him.

That wouldn’t be manly.

Nie Yao threw an account book in front of Zheng Qianbo.

It contained a complete record of his recent work.

Nie Yao: “I went to war and killed countless enemies at fourteen. I returned to the capital at seventeen and served as the Minister of Revenue. I executed corrupt officials, filled the national treasury, and the treasury has never had a financial deficit during my term. These are all my merits.”

“And what about you? What have you done for Great Yu and His Majesty?”

“You don’t do practical work, but you’re loyal and patriotic just by moving your lips? Seriously? Seriously? I hope the officials present don’t have such a shameless thought, right?”

He sneered.

He personally swiped off Zheng Qianbo’s official hat.

Then he called the Imperial Guards, “What are you standing around for? We’re holding a court assembly, invite the irrelevant personnel out.”

The officials present initially felt Nie Yao’s words made some sense, but were then startled by his arrogant act of ignoring the Emperor and directly commanding the Imperial Guards.

How could they agree with that boy just because he actually did something?

He was a complete traitor!

A great traitor who would surely be eliminated by His Majesty and the Prime Minister sooner or later!

“The Nie family’s power overawes the ruler! The people of Great Yu only know the Nie family protects the nation, they don’t know Your Majesty works exhaustively for Great Yu!”

“Your Majesty, you must be careful!”

“If the Nie family is not eliminated, Great Yu will never have peace!”

Before being escorted away, Zheng Qianbo still shouted that the Nie family must be removed for the sake of the court.

You’ve really got some nerve.

Nie Yao threw his hu (a ceremonial tablet held by officials), which grazed the top of Zheng Qianbo’s head, giving him a bald spot similar to Sun Ji’s hairstyle.

Nie Yao: “If it weren’t for my Nie family, this rotten court would have been breached by Yuanguo long ago, and you lot of good-for-nothings would have become subjects of a conquered nation ten years ago.”

“I don’t expect anyone to show gratitude.”

“But to enjoy the peace and tranquility brought by the Nie family, and then sow discord in an attempt to bring overwhelming disaster upon them. Zheng Qianbo, you are a faithless, shameless idiot who only makes pig noises!”

“Worse than an animal!”

After cursing Zheng Qianbo.

Nie Yao turned back and calmly reported, “Your Majesty, this Zheng Qianbo slanders meritorious officials, speaks nonsense, and causes chaos in the court. This scoundrel, who has no sense of shame, is likely a spy sent by another country.”

“Your servant believes it is inappropriate to just let him resign and hide. For the hard-won stability of Great Yu, he should be thrown into prison and severely interrogated.”

I intended to let you off the hook.

But you insisted on seeking death.

Nie Yao’s calm voice echoed throughout the hall, “My Nie family fought with bl00d for the peace of the people. I will never allow anyone who hides behind and enjoys that peace to slander my Nie family!”

“Violators will die.”

Right, right, right!

Minister Nie is so handsome! Minister Nie is right!

Du Suilan loved the look of his husband’s sharp edge being exposed; he was utterly in love with it.

“Clap, clap, clap!”

Ignoring the disapproving look his old father was giving him, he smiled and clapped for Nie Yao.

He even used his eyes to threaten his father to follow suit.

Prime Minister Dou couldn’t refuse his beloved son and had to clap twice along.

Completely bewildered!

The officials were confused, but still followed the Emperor and the Prime Minister in clapping their hands.

It was the first time Nie Yao had felt such enthusiasm from colleagues in other departments, and he was simultaneously speechless and embarrassed.

So embarrassed his toes were about to dig out a vast mansion.

Nie Yao kept a straight face, annoyed in his heart.

But when he looked up and saw his future wife smiling and clapping for him, his eyes filled with an expression he couldn’t quite decipher, his heart softened again.

Never mind.

It was just another hundred-acre residence.

He endured.

The vigorous applause lasted for almost five minutes before finally stopping.

Du Suilan: “What Minister Nie just said is extremely correct.”

Well said!

Extremely well said!

“Over these years, General Nie and Minister Nie have contributed greatly to Great Yu. Both the citizens of Great Yu and the hundred officials of the court should remember the Nie family’s achievements.”

“Slandering the Nie family is what truly chills the hearts of loyal subjects!”

This wasn’t the first time Du Suilan had said that the Nie family were meritorious subjects, but it seemed like the people below hadn’t taken it to heart.

Then it was time for a little disciplinary action.

Nie Yao occasionally looked up and saw the future wife above him smiling kindly.

He shivered.

He hadn’t done anything to provoke him just now, had he? So this unusually “friendly” approach wasn’t directed at him… was it?

Nie Yao made a mental note of this.

He asked about it with some trepidation when they ate together after the court assembly.

“Oh, that.”

Du Suilan knew his beloved husband hadn’t eaten much breakfast and was hungry, so he specially asked someone to prepare a large bowl that could hold one catty of rice for him.

He vigorously piled dishes onto it.

“Ah Yao Ge, eat quickly! Don’t let yourself starve.”

Nie Yao was a little hungry.

Speaking of which, the court assembly ended earlier today than the previous two days, and wasn’t this earlier than Lanlan’s usual mealtime?

“Mmm, okay.”

Nie Yao lowered his head and began to eat.

He had to admit, the food from the Imperial Kitchen tasted really good. He could eat many dishes here that only existed in his previous life, and Lanlan had poured an entire plate into his bowl—a bowl as big as a basin.

It was covered with a whole plate of braised pork.

“Is it delicious, Ah Yao Ge?”

“Mmm, delicious.”

Nie Yao ate heartily. Even just watching him from the side, Du Suilan was very satisfied, cupping his face as he watched him eat.

As soon as Nie Yao made a small dent in the food in his bowl, Du Suilan immediately refilled it.

He thought using chopsticks was too slow.

He simply served him the entire plate.

“I don’t think those people below are listening to me, so I plan to give them an exam.” Just like a casual chat between lovers, he easily told him about the plans he was about to set in motion.

Du Suilan: “My father has been recruiting people for me these years, and I have also trained many myself.”

Disobedient people don’t need to be kept.

Especially those who want Nie Yao dead, they absolutely cannot be kept.

“Anyway, even if I fire all of them now, the court can still function normally, so why should I tolerate them acting foolishly in front of me?”

As expected of His Majesty the Emperor.

He spoke about getting rid of the old guard with such a relaxed tone.

Unlike him, none of the people under his command could be used for plotting. He had to handle such tasks himself, which was exhausting.

“Your Majesty, amazing!”

Nie Yao gave him a thumbs-up.

However, he also asked beforehand, “You won’t cut the military officials, right? They’re quite obedient.”

Although they only listened to him.

But that was still obedient, wasn’t it?

It was all the same.