Chapter 1878: Chapter 1880: Court Darkness, Heaven’s Punishment
"How do you know?"
"The whole street is abuzz, how could I not know?" Yang Chuxia said. "Now everywhere is buzzing with rumors that the Emperor favors treacherous ministers, officials shielding their peers to the detriment of the people, the court is dark and corrupt, the people have no peaceful days, and so on. Anyway, nothing good is being said. Tell me, how did you become a treacherous minister?"
"Tsk tsk, people’s words are truly frightening."
And so, Ye Zi’an recounted to Yang Chuxia what happened at the palace gate today.
"Damn it!" Yang Chuxia got angry as soon as she heard, "Did you owe him something in a past life? Why is he always giving you a hard time?"
"Who knows?" Ye Zi’an shrugged, "I feel like he’s deliberately making things difficult for me."
"So what do we do now? What did the Emperor say?"
"The Emperor has already sent people to investigate this matter." Pausing, he added, "The Emperor elevated me to this position to facilitate actions, so he won’t easily remove me. Although the reputation isn’t great, the impact isn’t significant."
"Those damned people!" Yang Chuxia cursed.
Yet no one expected the matter to escalate further, with seemingly a new wave of people kneeling at the palace gate every other day.
The first day they knelt for Ye Zi’an, but after the first group died, these people began to redirect their anger towards the Minister of Criminal Justice, Lord Lan.
Then it was the turn of the Minister of Criminal Justice, the Junior Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, in short, everyone responsible for investigating the matter was thoroughly cursed.
The curses were nothing more than claims of officials shielding officials, a dark court, and the people suffering.
And these tales gradually spread among the populace, with grievances echoing throughout the Capital City.
Such calculated and purposeful actions made it hard not to suspect the mastermind behind it all, but there was no evidence to prosecute.
However, the court officials had no effective solution, for catching one group was followed by the appearance of another, and the frightening thing was, these people had no idea who was directing them.
No matter what punishment was used, these people remained silent, leading Ye Zi’an to think that these people truly didn’t know.
If this matter caused the people of the Capital City to doubt the Great Zhou court.
Then the series of events that occurred in the northeast in mid-November made the entire population of Great Zhou skeptical and disappointed with the court. All officials headed by the Emperor were subjected to public criticism, being fervently discussed and cursed, yet arresting them all was impossible.
Following this situation, rebellions began to arise, although they were suppressed, many still were restless.
The north was cold, and in the Capital City here, coats were already worn by November.
In recent days, there were even sleet showers.
"Sister-in-law, where is cousin?" On this day, as Yang Chuxia was baking sweet potatoes with several children in the room, Luo Linhao stormed in wearing the armor of the Imperial Army.
"Your cousin went out, what’s the matter?"
"When cousin returns, have him enter the palace immediately for urgent discussions."
"What serious matter has happened? Why are you delivering the message?" Yang Chuxia thought something was wrong and asked urgently.
"Continuous snowstorms in the northeast have caused a snow disaster, with houses collapsing in large numbers, resulting in heavy casualties of people and livestock. It’s bad enough these events happened, but somehow rumors have spread in the northeast, claiming it’s a punishment from heaven for the incompetence of the royal family of Great Zhou and the darkness of the court."
"Nonsense, natural disasters occur, can they be resisted by humans?" Yang Chuxia added, "I’ll have someone find your cousin, ask him to enter the palace immediately!"