"Is it inappropriate?" Li Tai asked curiously.
Su Rui nodded frantically. It was not only inappropriate, but it was also killing him!
All the officials wanted the 105 night strings piled up under the stone steles, but Li Tai refused to let go. He held them in his hands and would rather hold them under the seven stone steles than give them to the three provinces, six departments, and twelve divisions!
Now, it was great.
Li Tai wanted to take out the money.
Furthermore, he had taken out 300,000 strings of coins in one go!
In the end, because of his words, 300,000 strings became 30 strings.
He lost a total of 299,970 strings!
It would be strange if the officials didn't hate him!
They might even smash themselves to death if they got the thirty strings of money!
Li Tai tilted his head and looked at him." But you were the one who said it just now. There's no need for 300,000 strings. 30 strings are enough. Are you going to take back what you said?"”
"This…" Su Rui hesitated.
"If you want to take back your words, then do I have to take back my words too?”
Li Tai lowered his head and took out a melon seed, threw it into his mouth and chewed it. He looked up at Su Rui, who was covered in cold sweat, and said in a childish voice,"I'm the emperor, and the king doesn't joke. Have you heard of this saying? If I take it back, will anyone listen to me in the future? Isn't this nonsense!"
You f * cking--
Su Rui's face turned purple. Others could say that they were fooling around, but you couldn't!
Aren't you the most mischievous person in the royal court, Li Tai?
Seeing all the civil and military officials staring at him, Su Rui was completely flustered. He looked at Pei Ji for help, but he realized in despair that Pei Ji's eyes were red, like a hungry wolf, staring at him.
"Your Majesty!"
Su Rui wanted to cry. He bent his waist to the lowest point and said in a trembling voice,"I deserve to die. I misunderstood Your Majesty's meaning. I'm guilty. I hope Your Majesty can retract your order and give 300,000 strings to Censor Xu!”
Li Tai looked at him playfully and sighed."
"One moment, you want me to do this, the next moment, you want me to do that. Why are you so unreliable? Censor Su, you also said that the censor has the responsibility of being His Majesty's eyes and ears. I have heard everything you said, but you suddenly said that it was wrong and wanted me to change it.”
"Shen Lian, you go over."
Li Tai raised his chubby little hand and waved it in the air. After calling Shen Lian over, he pointed at Su Rui and said in a tender voice,""Take away Censor Su's Xie Zhi crown and censor robe, take away his bamboo board, pluck his fish talisman, and chase him out of the palace!”
"Here!"
Shen Lian cupped his fists in response. He turned around and strode towards Su Rui with a cold expression.
Su Rui's face was pale and bloodless, and he fell to the ground with a thud.
He had been dismissed?
He was the Imperial Censor conferred by the Supreme Emperor!
You're just a child. What right do you have to dismiss me?
Su Rui gritted his teeth. When Shen Lian took off his Xie Zhi crown, he flung his sleeves and walked forward with his neck straightened. He shouted,"Your Majesty, I refuse to accept this! This position of censor was conferred by the Supreme Emperor!”
"You still dare to defy the imperial edict?" Li Tai asked in surprise. Shen Lian, don't send anyone to send him home. If you drag him out, you will be punished with eighty strokes of the rod!”
"Yes!"
Shen Lian laughed out of anger. He had never seen such a stubborn person. He knew the Emperor's personality. You still dare to use the Supreme Emperor to suppress him? Wasn't this courting death?
" Eighty strokes of caning? How can he still live?" Su Rui's expression changed drastically. When he saw Shen Lian walking over personally, he looked at Pei Ji in panic.
Pei Ji took a deep breath. No matter what, this person was still one of his own. If he really died because of a sentence from the little Emperor, wouldn't everyone around him feel insecure in the future?
Pei Ji thought for a moment, then walked out and bowed slightly. His voice was old as he said,
"Your Majesty, this old minister thinks that Censor Su was speaking nonsense in a hurry and did not really want to disobey the decree. I hope that Your Majesty can be lenient and reduce his punishment!”
The officials heaved a sigh of relief.
In the end, Pei Ji stood up!
If Pei Ji still did not step forward, the officials would be helpless. The little Emperor had only been on the throne for a few days, and he had already killed a few people? Kill one a day? A fatuous ruler is only so!
Li Tai blinked and looked at him."Prime Minister Pei, do you know what I like?”
Pei Ji was stunned. This was not what he wanted to say, right? He hesitated and said,"Your Majesty likes melon seeds?"
Li Tai shook his head and said seriously,
"Melon seeds is a hobby. What I like is to follow the rules. Although I'm young, I understand that there are no rules without rules. Censor Su wants me to change my policy, but I don't think it's good. I think he's not suitable to be an censor anymore, so I dismissed him.”
Pei Ji was speechless and shook his head.”
Li Tai raised his little finger and pointed at the pale Su Rui. He continued,"
"Look at him again. How did he treat me? How dare he openly defy the imperial edict? If it were the Supreme Emperor sitting on the throne today and Censor Su openly defying the imperial edict, what would the outcome be?”
Pei Ji was silent.
The officials were also silent.
Li Jiancheng, Li Er, and Li Yuanji had cold expressions on their faces. They did not feel any sympathy from Su Rui.
Just as Li Tai said, if Li Yuan was sitting on the throne today, Su Rui's attitude was enough to punish him for being disrespectful. Even if he was killed, it would be light. If not, his entire family might be exiled!
What made Pei Ji and the officials feel bitter was that they couldn't refute Li Tai's words.
It couldn't be said that if the Supreme Emperor sat on the throne, Su Rui would definitely not resist at all. Wouldn't that mean that Su Rui didn't like Li Tai from the bottom of his heart? He didn't recognize Li Tai as the emperor?
The result would be the three tribes.
Li Tai waved his little hand at Shen Lian, asking him to drag Su Rui out.
This time, no one said a word.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life!!”
Su Rui's desperate cry rang out from inside the hall to outside. Soon, accompanied by the sound of the staff falling on his body, there was only a miserable scream outside the hall.
Bang, bang, bang!
The sound was dull and ear-piercing.
Very soon, the eighty strokes were over. Shen Lian walked in with a strange look,""Your Majesty, the eighty strokes have been completed. Censor Su…has fainted.”
Just fainted?
Pei Ji instantly heaved a sigh of relief.
The civil and military officials also heaved a sigh of relief at the same time, but they immediately felt that something was wrong. Why the f * ck did they pity him? This bastard caused our three provinces, six ministries, and twelve divisions to lose more than 200,000 strings!
This kind of person should not be pitied!
"Lock him up in prison first and interrogate him properly in the future.”
After Li Tai finished speaking, he looked at Xu Xiaode and laughed."Censor Xu, the Imperial Censorate is currently lacking an Imperial Censor. From today onwards, you will be the Imperial Censor.”
"Ah?"
Xu Xiaode was still in a daze. He hadn't recovered from the situation just now. He had thought that this was a dead end that was destined to humiliate the Xu family. He hadn't expected that Li Tai would not only help him with a few words, but now, he was actually appointed as the Imperial Censor.
Wait!
Xu Xiaode quivered. He was promoted?!
Feeling the envious gazes from many of the officials, Xu Xiaode bowed with his hands clasped together in joy and said,""Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Li Tai smiled, and his tender voice rang in the ears of every official.
"This is what you deserve. In the future, when it comes to distributing money to the three provinces, six ministries, and twelve divisions, as an imperial censor, you must have the attitude of supervising all officials and reporting things. You must investigate thoroughly who dares to steal thirty strings of money for other purposes!”
Pei Ji was speechless.
The officials were speechless.
Everyone looked at the serious Li Tai. If it was 300,000 strings, it would be fine, but was it really necessary to pay 30 strings of money?
But very quickly, the officials began to pay attention to Xu Xiaode. In the past, Xu Xiaode was just a censor, and no one paid much attention to him. But now, it was different. The little Emperor seemed to want him to supervise the 1,050,000 strings!
The eyes of all the officials lit up.
Xu Xiaode quickly said,"I obey!"”
Li Tai nodded in satisfaction. He glanced at the court officials and said in a childish voice,"Then that's all for today's morning court session.”
With that, he took Li Jiancheng, Li Er, and Li Yuanji out of Taiji Palace.
"We respectfully send you off, Your Majesty."
All the officials bowed and waited for Xu Xiaode to leave before they stood up and looked at him with burning eyes.
Xu Xiaode didn't care about other people's opinions. At this moment, he vaguely felt what his daughter said yesterday and this morning.
Your Majesty, although you are only eight years old.
But it really wasn't simple!
"Girl, follow me to chase after His Majesty!”
Xu Xiaode's eyes lit up. He hugged Xu Hui in his arms and ran out of the hall to catch up with Li Tai.
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