Liu Hui Ying's words rang in the court causing the entire court to be filled with silence. After all what else was there to say, though Liu Hui Ying did not say anything directly she was questioning Ji Yang's motive to push the hearing as well as stopping her.
"You——"
Before Ji Yang could lose his temper on Liu Hui Ying, the latter raised her head and then looked at Zhai Tianyu's throne. In fact, she wanted to look Zhai Tianyu in the eyes but she was afraid that Ji Yang would make a fuss by saying that she was being disrespectful thus she could only lower her gaze a little and act respectful at the same time.
" Whats more Your Majesty, there still a day left before the three days time limit is up. Unless the time is up, even if you want to punish this servant, you have to at least listen to my words. Do you really not want to see the truth come to light? This is not about the Liu family anymore, this is about the entire city. If the one million gold taels are not found, will it not affect the commoners?"
When Zhai Tianyu heard Liu Hui Ying's words he pretended to be a bit troubled before waving his hand and ordered, " What are you waiting for? Step back. Let this gentleman speak."
" But your majesty——" Ji Yang still wanted to quibble but he was stopped by Zhai Tianyu who smiled at him and then said,
" Prime Minister Ji, why are you worried? It's not like you are the one who had committed the theft, right? Let this young man say what he wants to tell the court. No one is going to lose anything. We might even get the lost money back, hahaha!"
At times like these Zhai Tianyu was very happy to play the role of the fool. He was a fool, so he could do anything including being wilful right?
Liu Hui Ying's words were neither fast nor slow. She was calm as she spoke while her tone was neither overbearing nor servile.
Even the amount of flattery that she used was the right amount causing the officials including the county magistrate to feel a bit satisfied. That's right these few days they were in a lot of trouble, how many times were they questioned even though they were honest?
Sometimes they even wondered if they should even work for the imperial family or not, if they were going to be treated like this then they might as well act wilfully!
But now that Liu Hui Ying had praised them for their hard work, these officials were quite touched. Looks like they were still respected.
Liu Hui Ying heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that her flattery had worked, she then turned to look at Zhai Tianyu once again and continued, " I believe there is no ghost or pirates but a thief your majesty and that thief is in this court."
" I see that you are talking nonsense! Just because we gave you some face you are acting unrestrained!"
Zhai Tianyu did not even say anything before Zhou Xuaran exploded as he looked at Liu Hui Ying. He looked at her in disdain and then said coldly, " What kind of nonsense are you spouting?"
" What else do my words translate to my lord? When I said that the thief was in the court it meant that he was in the court!"
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