Chapter 1255: Investigate to the End (5)
Qi Xiuyuan took the letter and opened it. The Minister of Justice, who was making a report, immediately stopped and stood respectfully. Rong Xuan, Yan Du, and the others carefully glanced up as they stood there.
After quickly skimming through the letter, Qi Xiuyuan pulled out a piece of white paper. He picked up a red brush and wrote two words on it. Then, he took out a jade seal and stamped it before handing it to Eunuch Wan.
Knowing that he had done the right thing, Eunuch Wan was happy, but he did not show it on his face. After bowing, he took the paper before leaving.
Since the paper was stamped with the jade seal, it was considered an imperial edict. However, this imperial edict was obviously too casual. Hence, Eunuch Wan felt that it was better to keep a low profile in case some imperial censor came to disturb the Emperor tomorrow.
Eunuch Wan folded the piece of paper and placed it in another envelope. Then, he called his disciple over and asked him to deliver it to Queen Consort Rong personally.
Hence, Lord Bai, who had just thought of an excuse to leave, not only saw the guard who entered the palace to request an imperial edict, but also an eunuch beside him.
He watched helplessly as the eunuch took out a letter from his pocket and respectfully handed it to Queen Consort Rong.
When Mu Yangling opened it, she saw two big red words on it. She immediately handed the letter to Lord Bai with a smile and said, "Lord Bai, can I take him away now?"
Lord Bai looked at the red words on the paper and felt very helpless. That was the Emperor’s handwriting. As the Court of Judicial Review Minister, he was still certain of this.
"Your Highness, these prisoners are all vicious criminals. Why are you taking them away?"