When Emperor Mu Wu was the crown prince, he already understood that it was impossible for officials to remain pure and clean all the time.

When the time comes, you have to give them a little oil and water so that they can do their job well.

As long as it doesn't go too far and doesn't harm Chao Gang, he will turn a blind eye and not pursue it too closely.

"Brother, don't worry, I will always leave a few people for you." Ye Siheng said, "If there are not even these people in a court, the country will be exhausted."

Emperor Mu Wu looked sideways: "Although you had the handle on these people before, you never planned to take action against them. Why are you so cruel this time?"

Ye Siheng didn't hide it and told him his plan.

Emperor Mu Wu frowned even more when he heard this, and couldn't help scolding: "You are too ridiculous. Just to find out the person behind the scenes, you made such a big fuss? You have already arrested several companies and got nothing, so you are making trouble again."

If we go down, how will it end?"

He was afraid that Yesi Heng was too crazy, so he refused to stop.

Yesi Heng didn't care: "Then continue to catch him."

Emperor Mu Wu finally got angry, "You are treating the law as nothing, Ninth Brother, you have always been prudent in doing things, how can you be so impetuous now?"

No matter how high your merits are and how powerful you are, there will be times when you cannot suppress others.

There was a cold light in Ye Siheng's eyes: "Brother Imperial, have you not made enough enemies over the years?"

Emperor Muwu choked.

He was a little ashamed.

Because there were many things that were inconvenient for him to do, it was Yesi Heng who did it for him. In the eyes of some officials and people, Yesi Heng was a living king of hell with ruthless means.

But Ye Siheng had previously punished those officials who were slanderous, and when such a commotion happened in such a short period of time, Emperor Mu Wu was afraid that he would not be able to suppress those impeachment memorials.

Helpless, he had to change the direction:

"But the people you arrested are all those who have nothing to do with the Anyang Marquis Mansion. How do you let others view the Anyang Marquis Mansion? Have you forgotten what the Han Clan did when Chu Huan was framed?"

Yesi Heng's originally resolute look showed a hint of wavering.

As the saying goes, he wants to find out the person behind the scenes and ensure the safety of the Chu family, but he doesn't want to go through this and create more enemies for the Chu family.

However, he quickly came up with a plan and said, "Brother, don't worry, I already have a countermeasure."

Emperor Mu Wu raised his eyebrows: "Seriously?"

"Seriously." Yesi Heng nodded.

When Emperor Mu Wu heard this, he no longer worried.

After attending the court meeting and saying a few words, he was already a little tired.

He sighed in his heart, he had to accept being old.

Yesi Heng went to the cabinet to discuss matters, and Emperor Mu Wu took the opportunity to take a rest.

At this time in previous years, Emperor Mu Wu would have gone to the palace to escape the summer heat, but now that he was often ill, and going to the palace was a waste of money and people, he stayed in the palace to spend the summer this year.

But in summer in the palace, it was fine in the morning, but in the afternoon, it was so hot that I felt dizzy.

On this day, even if there were several ice basins placed in the hall, they could not beat the heat.

Originally, the imperial doctor had repeatedly warned him to quit smoking, but the weather was hot and the sun was almost baking the ground. He was already wearing thin clothes, but his inner clothes were soaked. How could he endure it?

"Bring me a bowl of iced sour plum soup." Emperor Mu Wu ordered.

The chief eunuch hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, think twice, you can't eat such cold food."

Emperor Mu Wu looked impatient, "I already eat very light food on weekdays, now I can't take a bite of ice to relieve the heat?"

"Your Majesty, please bear with me."

The chief eunuch quickly waved and asked the eunuch to fan the side of the ice basin so that the cold air could be dispersed, so that the palace could be cooler.

But Emperor Mu Wu had been suffering for many days. If he didn't take another bite of ice today, he might die of heat in this palace.

With a cold face, he slapped his hand heavily on the desk, causing the Four Treasures of the Study on it to tremble.

"If you continue to disobey me, I will chop off your head."

The head eunuch looked troubled: "Even if the emperor chops off the slave's head, the slave will not get it back."

He can remember the advice of the Ninth Princess and the imperial physician.

Emperor Mu Wu gritted his teeth and did not really want to chop off the head of the eunuch chief. After all, this was an old man who had been serving him for decades.

But he was a very thief. When the head eunuch and his apprentice changed shifts, he said: "Quick, get me some sour plum soup that will be iced overnight."

The young apprentice's name was Fu Shun. When he heard this, he bowed in fear and said, "Your Majesty, please spare this slave. When Master went back to rest, he repeatedly warned this slave not to let His Majesty eat cold things."

Emperor Mu Wu glanced at him coldly: "I am reluctant to punish your master, how can I be reluctant to punish you?"

Fushun's body trembled.

Being with a king is like being with a tiger, he really realized that.

"Your Majesty, spare my life..."

"Half a bowl, I only drink half a bowl." Emperor Mu Wu took a step back.

Being an emperor and not being able to eat this or that is boring enough.

Fushun is still in trouble.

Emperor Muwu was so angry that he actually called the Yulin guards to drag him down and beat him twenty times.

Fushun seemed to feel severe pain in his butt before he was spanked. He hurriedly said: "I will get it immediately. Your Majesty, wait a moment!"

Emperor Mu Wu raised his lips: "Go quickly."

He waved his hand and told the Yulin guards to retreat.

However, after Fushun left the Golden Palace, he did not go directly to the imperial kitchen. Instead, he asked a young eunuch to go to the cabinet and invite His Royal Highness.

After getting the sour plum soup from the imperial kitchen, he deliberately walked slowly.

Returning to the Golden Palace, Emperor Mu Wu was already impatient with waiting.

Although it is evening, the heat is still severe.

"Hurry." Emperor Mu Wu waved, impatiently.

Fushun had no choice but to take the sour plum soup out of the food box and put the small ice cubes in another white porcelain bowl. After walking for such a long time, they had already melted.

He put two or three ice cubes into the sour plum soup. Unexpectedly, Emperor Mu Wu shouted: "Put in a few more ice cubes. These two or three ice cubes are not enough."

Fushun bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, too much will be too cold."

Emperor Mu Wu didn't want to listen to his nonsense, so he did it himself and added five or six more ice cubes.

Just wait for a while and the sour plum soup will be ice cold.

Emperor Mu Wu swallowed his saliva and was about to take a sip and drink it all.

"Your Majesty, wait a minute, we have to let the eunuch take a sip first." Fushun quickly stopped him.

Emperor Mu Wu thought it was troublesome, but he remembered that he had been poisoned by chronic poison before, and he couldn't help but feel frightened. Without much hesitation, he asked the poison-testing eunuch to hurry up.

The eunuch who tested the poison didn't dare to neglect it. He drank a few sips and waited for a while. No problem occurred.

"Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with the sour plum soup."

"Hey!" Emperor Mu Wu felt depressed when he saw that most of the ice cubes in the sour plum soup had melted.

But luckily it's still cold, so I can drink it happily.

As soon as he picked it up, Ye Chengyan's shout rang out from outside the palace: "Father!"

Emperor Mu Wu suddenly had a headache. He just wanted to drink a bowl of sour plum soup, but why was it so difficult?
Chapter completed!