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Road Manager bowed as he received the imperial edict. Holding it in his hand, he walked down to Liang Gui's side. "Lord Liang, please have a look."

Liang Gui sneered in her heart, how could there be two orders? It was absolutely impossible. He remembered clearly that the history officials of the Taizu Empire had recorded that when the Taizu had issued this edict, the edict would only be read out in the main hall. After the edict was finished, the edict would be returned to the treasury.

Naturally, the historians' records were all burned down at the time of the Imperial study's fire.

Furthermore, Liang Guangxiang had said just now that although he had handled the paperwork for the Flying Dragon Sect, he had never seen this imperial edict before.

He slowly carried out the imperial edict. When he saw the Taizu's seal, his face turned pale inch by inch.

This was the handwriting of the Taizu. Back then, he had dealt with the imperial edict and words left behind by the Taizu, and he was very clear that these were indeed the handwriting of the Taizu.

As long as the emperor wrote an edict, it was very rare to write it himself. The edict was always written by a scholar, unless it was something especially important. Only then would the emperor personally write it down and seal it with a precious seal.

Wen Yi curled her lips, "censors, how was it? Was it an order from the Taizu? "

Liang Gui's lips trembled, "This … How is that possible? "

Li Changan snorted, "Do you think you know everything? Taizu, that day, in order to show respect to Sect Leader of Flying Dragon Sect, personally wrote a decree giving this imperial decree to Flying Dragon Sect for safekeeping. "

At this moment, Liang Gui suddenly realized that even though Liang Guangxiang was standing on his side, he had actually misled him on purpose.

He also knew that Liang Guangxiang was an enemy, not a friend.

Song Yunqian's expression suddenly changed, and said sternly: "Liang Gui, read out Taizu's decree in front of everyone!"

Liang Gui's entire body shivered, she knelt on the ground, yet she could not even say a word.

He remembered clearly that he had said that if he could come up with evidence, he would abandon the officials and leave.

No, he cannot be an official, the Emperor's resentment towards him is already deep. If his position in the censors is not preserved, the Emperor's arrow will definitely be aimed at his Liang Family.

Thinking of this, he wailed, "Ah, Taizu, this subject is guilty. This subject had organized the royal decree of Taizu, but was unable to find it, ah, this subject is blind …"

As he cried, he kowtowed. He looked so pitiful.

Zhang Xianhui did not expect this either, he stared blankly for a while, and then did not know how to react, seeing that Liang Gui had accepted the decree, he did not dare make a sound, and quietly went back to the ranks.

Song Yunqian looked at Liang Gui coldly, her words saying that she had eyes but had no eyes to see, which actually meant that he did not intentionally stop Wen Yi from entering the palace, but she had foolishly failed to notice this imperial edict.

"Eye blind? I see that you are purposefully pestering the Sect Leader to stop him from entering the palace to control the phoenix imprint. Do you still remember what you said just now? "If you can take out any evidence, if you're willing to throw away your position and leave, I'll see if you keep slapping yourself or pestering me!"

Song Yunqian's words were heavy and directly tore off Liang Gui's mask. Even if Liang Gui wanted to put on makeup, she couldn't do so.

Those who supported Liang Gui all came out to plead. They understood that Liang Gui could not fall to the ground. Without Liang Gui, they had no backers, and just now, they were all standing by Liang Gui's side. The Emperor had already seen everything, if Liang Gui fell, the Emperor would definitely settle this debt.

"Your majesty, the Lord Liang is already very old, if you forget something, you won't know. Please pardon him."

Yes, your majesty. The Lord Liang has served the late emperor for many years and has rendered meritorious service to the society. I beg you, your majesty, for the sake of his loyalty to the country for many years, please accept it lightly!

"Your majesty, during the five years that the Lord Liang has been crowned emperor, she has helped the emperor. Furthermore, the imperial concubine, the Empress, is serving the emperor in the imperial harem.

Song Yunqian looked at all the officials kneeling down to plead for mercy and felt his heart shake. Liang Gui already held half of the position, this man must not be dealt with now, if not, the moment he follows Song Yunli, the throne would be given to him.

As he thought of this, he could not help but feel infuriated.

"Zhang Aiqing, do you think we should punish him like this?" Song Yunqian looked at Zhang Xianhui and asked slowly.

Everyone knew that he was on the same side as Liang Gui, and if he were to say that he was lenient, other people would say that he was protective of his own personal interests, but if it came down to it, Liang Gui would definitely have an opinion, and the two of them might even become enemies with Liang Gui.

Thus, it would truly be difficult for him to decide how to handle this punishment.

Everyone was looking at him, even Wen Yi was in a difficult position for him.

He did not even dare to raise his head to look at Song Yunqian. Today, he had the nagging feeling that the emperor's eyes were unusually sharp, to the point that they were unbridled and sharp.

He was not as impulsive as Liang Gui. In fact, Zhang Xianhui had many things that he had thought about deeply, with Liang Gui as the leader, he would sometimes have to listen to Liang Gui.

He knew that he couldn't let go now. Even though the Emperor didn't explicitly say that he would be punished, wasn't letting him punish Liang Gui the same?

In the end, he lowered his voice and said, "Reporting to the Emperor, this subject believes that censors's conduct and deeds are improper, and that his failure to fulfill his duty in the past was a dereliction of duty. This subject recommends that censors be demoted by three levels consecutively, and be punished with a year's worth of salary as an example."

Wen Yi laughed, her words and deeds were improper, her dereliction of duty was not a big crime, it was true that she could be removed from her position, but everyone knew, Liang Gui had not committed a dereliction of duty, but had disgraced and questioned the Taizu, had rudely criticized the Sect Leader of Flying Dragon Sect, and had obstructed him from entering the palace.

Zhang Xianhui suggested to be demoted to the third level, but it was not completely protective of him. Now that the censors was at the first level and down by three levels, it was just that its official level had dropped, but its position was still that of censors.

Thinking to this, Wen Yi stood up and cupped her hands: "Your majesty, please forgive my words, censors has been in the imperial government for the past few years, and should indeed go easy on you. What macrosoman has done is too harsh, why not do this, why not drop this one rank and stop me for a year, and not enter the imperial government for a year, what does Your Majesty think?"

Liang Gui suddenly raised her head and glared at Wen Yi fiercely.

This downgrade was unpleasant, but at least he was in the center of power. If he did not question the government for a year, it meant that he could not interfere in the affairs of the court or interfere in any of the emperor's decisions.

Moreover, what would the situation be after a year? No one knew that these officials were all despicable people. Since they were not allowed to enter the imperial government this year, he was sure that at least half of them had left.

Although Wen Yi seemed to be quiet, she was actually so sharp and vicious.

Song Yunqian looked at Minister of War Chen Yuanqing, "Do you have anything you want to say about Master Wen's proposal?"

Chen Yuanqing had not spoken a single word today. Just now, he had stood on Lord Sikong's side when they were on the team.

It was just that he knew that Wen Yi would definitely not enter the palace without any preparation. He knew that Wen Yi had the victory in her grasp, so there was no need to fight back.

Now that Song Yunqian had asked him about it, he muttered to himself for a moment, then said: "Your Majesty, this is indeed a heinous crime, the Master Wen has discussed about suspension for one year, and it is also within the laws and reason, but the position of censors is extremely important, many things cannot be left for him. If we stop for a year, it will cause some harm to the River Mountain Society, this subject recommends that we punish him with a penalty of one year, the suspension for three months, and then reduce his power by another two levels."