My Husband Is Not Easy To Mess With. - Chapter 46: Unhappy, He Just...

Chapter 46: Unhappy, He Just…

The Father-in-law was absent from work.

He even skipped court just to sleep at home.

“Is Father-in-law alright?”

Nie Yao heard his wife’s guess that his Father-in-law wanted to dream of his Father-in-law again, but he felt it was unreliable no matter how he thought about it.

Moreover, calming medicine was not something that should be used indiscriminately, right?

Could his Father-in-law’s body handle drinking it every day?

Nie Yao: “Wife, how about we go see Father-in-law first before we leave?”

“No need, Daddy has already gone to sleep.” Du Suilan clung to his husband, letting him hold him. “Just let it be. Let him give up on his own.”

Du Suilan also didn’t believe that A-die was someone one could dream of just by wanting to.

Besides, A-die was already deceased.

No matter how much one grieved, a dead person was dead.

There would be no resurrection.

Nie Yao noticed his wife was also in a bad mood, so he stopped talking and silently held him as they got onto the carriage.

When they parted ways in the palace, he squeezed his wife’s little hand and softly said, “If you don’t feel like working, shall we go home and rest today?”

“I don’t mind going.” Du Suilan shook his head.

After playing for several days, if they didn’t hold court, those perpetually anxious officials would start to think their country was about to fall.

Du Suilan changed into his dragon robe and started the morning court on time.

Nie Yao had already instructed his military officials that if they didn’t want to die today, they shouldn’t speak during the court session. No matter what nonsense the civil officials talked today, they should just pretend to be asleep.

So, as soon as they entered the hall, the military officials were all sleeping in unison.

Years of experience in morning court had allowed them to skillfully master the technique of sleeping while standing. They wanted nothing to do with the impending storm and had no intention of getting involved.

They simply slept peacefully.

“Your Majesty!”

A civil official tremblingly pointed at the main hall pillar that Nie Yao had people repair.

It was pure wood.

Very fresh.

Just like it had been freshly cut from the mountains, still retaining a hint of nature’s tender greenness.

And wasn’t it fresh? This thing was just a tree that Money-A-Plenty had people casually cut from the mountains a while ago. Their construction master said that just one pillar wouldn’t affect the structure of the main hall.

Breaking one was no harm.

It was fine even if they didn’t repair it.

But if they didn’t repair it at all, it would seem overly perfunctory. So, Money-A-Plenty had someone casually cut a long enough tree from the mountains and propped it up underneath.

Considering it repaired.

“Your Majesty! You ordered Nie Yao to repair the hall pillar, but he, he actually did this! He’s treating you like a fool! Your Majesty, this Nie Yao disregarded the imperial decree and should— Ah!! Who?! Who hit me?”

Before Duke Le could finish speaking, his head was struck and broken.

It turned out a gold ingot had fallen from above onto his head, opening a gash on his crown.

“Your, Your Majesty…”

Realizing the object had fallen from above, Duke Le, who was rolling on the ground in pain, felt something was wrong. He was helping His Majesty eliminate a treacherous official, so why would His Majesty treat him this way?

Duke Le was both pained and bewildered.

Du Suilan sternly said, “Is it Minister Nie who is treating Us like a fool, or is it you, a Duke who occupies a post without fulfilling its duties?”

Duke Le had risen to power by marrying off his daughter.

When the old toad was alive, his daughter was the most favored by the Emperor. Duke Le thus accumulated a lot of money and managed to secure a Ducal title.

Originally, Du Suilan had too many things to deal with after his ascension and hadn’t had a chance to deal with these people.

But today, the one seeking trouble ran into him himself.

Wasn’t that fortunate?

Du Suilan let out a bloodthirsty cold laugh, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered the Imperial Guards to chop off Duke Le’s head.

With a shua sound.

The newly repaired and unadorned hall pillar was stained with a splash of red.

The entire court was shaken.

All the civil officials widened their eyes, staring in horror at the Emperor seated above.

“We have said before that Minister Nie is a loyal subject to the nation and the people. What, are all you ministers taking Our words as wind passing by your ears?”

The words had been spoken well just a moment ago.

But for some reason, he became unhappy again.

He slightly raised his hand.

Shuashuashua, several Imperial Guards appeared silently, eliminated their targets, and then retreated without a sound into the shadows beyond sight.

“Ah, ah!!”

A civil official, splattered with bl00d all over, collapsed on the floor in terror. After letting out a scream of fear, he trembled all over, curled up on the ground, and desperately covered his mouth.

“Your Majesty.”

All the officials who weren’t asleep were severely frightened by this scene.

With the Prime Minister absent, the person who stepped forward at this time was the Minister of Justice, Guan Gu. Compared to the other officials who couldn’t even stand steadily, he was relatively composed.

He bowed and asked the Emperor above, “May I ask what crime these Lords have committed, that Your Majesty must publicly execute them?”

In truth, Guan Gu also felt that His Majesty might have gone mad today.

Otherwise, how could he commit such an atrocity?

“Your Majesty.” Before his wife could speak, Nie Yao stepped forward first, his tone calm, and his words spread throughout the hall, “Your Majesty is brilliant.”

“This Duke Le indulged his son’s violence, actually allowing his younger son to abduct a respectable woman and commit acts of brutality against her. Simply lawless! Your Majesty’s ability to eliminate harm for the people today is truly heroic to the extreme!”

Following that, he listed the evils committed by the executed officials, either shielding family members who committed crimes or acting wickedly themselves.

And then he praised his wife for doing a good job.

— His Majesty is not unjustly killing people, but cleansing the court. Please do not misunderstand.

“Minister Nie’s words, are there any proofs?” Guan Gu concentrated and pondered. “If such things are true, why did Minister Nie not deal with them sooner?”

“Deal with what?” Nie Yao smiled, flicked his sleeve, and said, “Minister Guan, this official is merely a manager of the money bag. How would it be my turn to manage such matters of people using their influence to bully the public and commit evil?”

“Then where is the evidence? Without evidence, how can Minister Nie carelessly—”

Guan Gu’s words were also cut short.

The Chief Steward, Little Douzi, threw down a large pile of evidence.

Yellowed papers fluttered everywhere.

Each page was filled with records of the crimes committed by those officials.

“It seems among all the court officials, Minister Nie understands Us the most.”

Du Suilan slowly rose, looking down with disdain at those below. “Are you not asking for evidence of the crimes? Then take a look.”

Because Nie Yao was constantly whipping people in the capital, they had been forced to behave themselves and not commit any major crimes in recent years.

However, before Nie Yao’s return to the capital, these people had caused no small amount of trouble with their reckless actions.

Any random piece of evidence was enough to get their heads chopped off.

Guan Gu collected all the documents on the floor, including those picked up by other officials, and retrieved them.

He first reviewed the evidence related to Duke Le, and then handed it to the Chief Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.

Guan Gu: “Your Majesty is brilliant. Duke Le’s crimes are heinous, and his death is well-deserved!”

He prostrated himself on the ground.

Before long, the Chief Minister of the Court of Judicial Review also finished reading Duke Le’s numerous criminal proofs.

He likewise knelt down, loudly proclaiming His Majesty’s brilliance.

With these two starting, and combined with the huge amount of evidence that had drifted down just now, the officials whose guts were utterly terrified by today’s events had more or less seen some of it.

They understood that those whose heads were chopped off had all been caught red-handed.

They also knelt down one after another, loudly proclaiming His Majesty’s brilliance.

“Hah,”

A short, ambiguous laugh drifted from above and entered everyone’s ears.

Du Suilan: “Since this matter is concluded, do the beloved ministers have any other urgent matters to report?”

There definitely were urgent matters.

But at this moment, even if they had ten times the courage, they wouldn’t dare speak!

The civil officials remained silent.

The military officials, who only knew how to follow Nie Yao’s lead in agreement, naturally also kept quiet.

Du Suilan raised an eyebrow, about to announce the end of the court session.

“Your Majesty.” Nie Yao stepped forward and said, “In about three days, the envoys from the Yuan Kingdom will arrive in the capital.”