Inside the Imperial Study, a round of discussions had just ended.
The Yan Emperor did not speak much, with the Crown Prince presiding. Most of the ministers and officials were present, including Ji Chengjue, nominally the observer from the Ministry of Revenue, sitting in the far corner.
Originally, the Minister of Revenue had fallen from grace, and the court appointed a new, highly respected Minister of Revenue, but coincidentally, an old case resurfaced: drunken murder of a concubine.
This should not have been a big deal; it was common for a powerful official of the current dynasty to secretly kill a concubine or execute a servant who made a mistake at home, as long as the matter was handled properly.
But who would have thought, three years later, just as this official was rumored to be chosen as the acting Minister of Revenue, the family and relatives of the concubine gathered dozens of people and came to the capital to complain to the authorities.
