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Empress Dowager Wei was also angry for a moment as she caught her breath and said coldly, "Carefully tell This Dowager everything that happened after you left the palace. Don't utter a single word."

Wei Wenbin agreed repeatedly and recounted the entire incident from beginning to end. He didn't even stop at which streets or alleys he had walked to. He said pitifully, "Nephew can't understand how this news got into Liu Mingdao's ears."

Empress Dowager Wei stared at the clear lines on her skirt and raised her eyebrows. "This Dowager heard from Wei Jingcheng that you told him yourself."

Upon hearing this, Wei Wenbin immediately complained, "I'm innocent. This matter concerns your nephew's future and even his life. Your nephew won't be able to keep it a secret, so how could you spread it all around, unless …" Halfway through his words, his face suddenly paled and his lips couldn't help but tremble. Yin Qiu asked doubtfully, "Sir Wei, what's wrong?"

Wei Wenbin forcefully swallowed his saliva, and said with a trembling voice, "Unless... The wall has ears. "

Empress Dowager Wei rose to her feet, her face livid. "Talking about such an important matter, but you haven't even seen if there's anyone around?"

Wei Wenbin said with a bitter face, "Nephew was so flustered that he forgot to check the surroundings. Furthermore, there were not many people in the restaurant at that time, so I thought … "No one."

"Should?" Empress Dowager Wei was so angry that she laughed instead. She pointed at him and said, "Then right now, shouldn't This Dowager also think that nothing will happen to you?"

"It was nephew's carelessness and nephew's confusion. nephew promises that there won't be a next time." Seeing that Empress Dowager Wei didn't budge, he kept kowtowing until her forehead turned red with a loud bang.

Yin Qiu urged her softly, "Empress Dowager, now that things have come to this, there's no use getting angry. The most important thing right now is to resolve this matter as soon as possible. Don't let it get worse."

How could Empress Dowager Wei not know of this logic? She was only angry at Wei Wenbin's carelessness and carelessness. After adjusting her anxious breathing, she waved her hand at Wei Wenbin, who was still kowtowing. "Forget it, get up."

"Yes." She wanted to ask something, but didn't dare to. She knew what he wanted to say, so she said coldly, "This matter has already reached the emperor, and it's not good for This Dowager to interfere too much, but you're still a second grade Ministry of Justice president. Liu Mingdao has no proof at all, you can use just your mouth and ten boxes of ownerless gold and silver to frame your crime. That's wishful thinking."

Upon hearing this, Wei Wenbin immediately felt relieved. He stretched his brows and cupped his hands, "Thank you, Aunt!"

Empress Dowager Wei stared at him. "Be more careful. Don't be careless and cause trouble again."

Wei Wenbin said in embarrassment, "After this incident, how could your nephew not be careful?" He rolled his eyes and said softly, "For someone like Liu Mingdao, your nephew has always thought that he's just a little weird. But now, it seems that he clearly doesn't put you and His Majesty in his eyes, but he hasn't been loyal to the king. This kind of disloyal person, your nephew personally believes that it's inappropriate to continue being an official in the court."

Empress Dowager Wei's lips quirked into a slight smile. "What, you're unhappy?"

Wei Wenbin quickly said, "Nephew doesn't dare, this is indeed your fault. It's not wrong for Liu Mingdao to impeach your nephew, but in this matter, he was too willful and did not care about your majesty and aunt. It's really a debt of grace."

"Enough." Empress Dowager Wei stroked her cheek and said indifferently, "This Dowager knows what you're thinking, but you're right. It's not appropriate for Liu Mingdao to stay in the court."

"Aunt is wise!" Wei Wenbin praised loudly with a smug look on his face. So what if he was a third ranked Left Censor-in-Chief? The only one who could oppose the Wei family was a dead end.

In front of Cheng De Palace stood a figure in blue official uniform. This person was Liu Mingdao, and he had maintained this posture for almost two hours now. Autumn wind rose up from the ground, sweeping around his body the fallen leaves that had not been swept away by the palace maids.

An internal supervisor walked up to him and whispered, "Sir Liu."

Liu Mingdao sized up the unfamiliar court lady, "What's the matter, eunuch?"

The supervisor looked around, and said with a voice as thin as a mosquito, "Lord Yang told this servant to tell you that he has found the escort team, at the Eight Directions Inn." All the officials who held some power in the court had more or less bribed a few court ladies to be their eyes and ears.

Liu Mingdao's spirit was lifted, and he immediately said, "Alright, I understand. Thank you, Eunuch."

"Lord Liu is too courteous." Not long after he left, a white-haired Wyon walked out of the palace. Even though they were still quite a distance away, he clasped his hands and bowed towards Liu Mingdao, "I've made Lord Liu wait a long time."

"I don't dare." Liu Mingdao simply asked, "Is His Majesty awake?"

Wyon replied with a smile, "Yes, His Majesty has just woken up. I heard that Sir Liu has something important to begin. So I had to ask you to come in quickly." After saying that, he extended his hand and gestured, "Sir, please!"

Dong Fang Ju was leaning on a soft couch, his face still a little sleepy. After he wiped his face with the handkerchief handed to him by the palace maid, he asked: "What business does Liu Aiqing have with me?"

Liu Mingdao lifted his robe and kneeled down, saying in a solemn voice, "Reporting to Your Majesty, this subject wishes to impeach the Minister of Justice's Right Assistant Minister, Wei Wenbin!"

Dong Fang Qian pretended to be surprised and said: "Impress Wei Dating? "Why is that?"

"This subject has already written a copy in the imperial report. Please take a look, Your Majesty." As he spoke, he took out the paper he had written before entering the palace and handed it to Huaien, who quickly handed it to Dongfang.

Dong Fang Qian already knew what was written on the report. After reading it for a while, he said with a heavy gaze: "When you were in the restaurant, you personally heard that the person who was speaking to you said that the ten boxes of gold and silver belonged to him? and even promised to rescue the Fire Assemblers who were imprisoned in the Jing Zhao Prefecture? "

Liu Mingdao cupped his hands, "Yes, this subject has heard it clearly. There is no mistake."

Dong Fang He lightly rapped the table with his fingers. After a moment of thought, he said, "But from what I know, Wei Aoqing has always been a clean and self-disciplined person. Her office's annual examinations are excellent, so how could she possibly do something like this?

Seeing that he was intentionally trying to protect Wen Bin, Liu Mingdao said excitedly, "This official is willing to use a flower plume as an insurance. The words written on the imperial report are true, without the slightest hint of falsehood!"

Dong Fang Qian didn't believe him or not. He changed the subject and asked, "Then are there ten chests of gold and silver in the Jing Zhao Estate?"

"Yes, this subject originally wanted to bring it to Cheng De Palace, but Wei Fuyin insisted on not giving it to this subject. He said that there must be an imperial edict for it to be given."

Dongfang Wenwei nodded and summoned Wayne. "Send someone to send Wei Wenbin into the palace. Also, make a trip to the Capital Mansion and have Wei Jingcheng bring the ten chests of gold and silver to me."

"Understood!" Wyon obeyed and retreated. When he passed by Liu Mingdao, he secretly sighed. This Lord Liu was a good official who hated evil as if it was an enmity, and did not fear power. It was a pity that he did not know the rules of government and had already suffered a crushing defeat the moment he stepped into Cheng De Palace.