Chapter 358 The Concubine Invites...
Han Zhang saw that the situation was irreversible, so he began to sow discord, and shouted loudly:

"My fellow officers, please do not believe the lies of the King of Yan. The King of Yan abuses his power. If we do not get rid of him today, what happened to us today will be your fate in the future!"

However, all the civil and military officials in the court just treated him coldly, without any sympathy at all!
There is no way. If we say that the Prince of Yan abused his power, then aren’t their conspiracies and intrigues also abuses of power?

The key point is that your conspiracy was discovered, which is fine, but now the conspiracy has been exposed in public. If you help Han Zhang and others, wouldn’t you be in cahoots with them!
Therefore, Han Zhang and others were ruthlessly abandoned by their own people!

Seeing that all the civil and military officials in the court ignored them, Han Zhang and Fu Bi collapsed to the ground dejectedly like defeated roosters!
In order to restore her reputation, the Queen Mother also said directly:

"Come here, Han Zhang and Fu Bi, these two treacherous villains, actually framed the pillars of the court. Today they will be dismissed from their posts, expelled from Bianjing and never employed again, in order to rectify the government!"

"Yes!"

Then the Golden Gourd Warrior stepped forward without hesitation, picked up Han Zhang and Fu Bi, and dragged them out of the hall!

At this time, Han Zhang struggled unwillingly, and when he couldn't break free, he started to provoke again:

"King Yan, don't be so arrogant. If they can betray me today, they will betray you in the future. Just wait and see. Sooner or later, you will follow in my footsteps!"

"Empress Dowager Cao, Concubine Dowager Yi, you have to think carefully. The Prince of Yan has a large army. If he can usurp power today, he can usurp the throne tomorrow..."

The civil and military officials who had originally relaxed suddenly felt nervous. This Han Zhang was so vicious that he actually tried to sow discord between the civil and military officials and the King of Yan.

Especially the ministers of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishments, etc., their faces looked extremely ugly.

The Queen Mother and the Concubine Dowager also looked embarrassed. They knew what Han Zhang said, but some things could not be exposed!
Han Zhang's words today were like a thorn, standing between them and King Yan, making everyone feel extremely uncomfortable.

Lin Hao couldn't help but admire him. An old fox is an old fox. He had not served as an official for decades in vain. With just a few words, he successfully sowed discord among the empress dowager, the concubine dowager, and all the civil and military officials in the hall.

However, not everyone is willing to be provoked. Minister Wang of the Ministry of Rites, who had just had a near-death experience, stood up and said, as if he had made a decision:

"and many more!"

Then the Queen Mother, the Concubine Dowager, the civil and military officials, including Lin Hao all looked at Minister Wang.

Minister Wang saw that he had attracted everyone's attention, so he continued:
"Everyone has just seen the evidence produced by the Prince of Yan, proving that these two imperial censors were involved in the rebellion of the two princes."

"And these two imperial censors framed the Prince of Yan, and they were instructed by Han Zhang, which means Han Zhang must have been connected with the two princes' conspiracy to rebel!"

"Therefore, please ask the Queen Mother and the Concubine Dowager to thoroughly investigate Han Zhang~!"

Lin Hao glanced at the Minister of Rites with some surprise. This guy is a sensible person, very much to my liking!

The other civil and military officials are not fools. Such far-fetched statements are obviously intended to drive Han Zhang into the abyss and put him to death!
But everyone quickly realized that this was a way to pull Han Zhang out as a common target and at the same time show loyalty to King Yan!
The Minister of Justice was the first to react and immediately echoed:
"Please ask the Queen Mother and the Queen Consort to kill Han Zhang, the remnant of the Second Prince's rebellion!"

My goodness, they are each more cruel than the other. The Minister of Rites only conducted a thorough investigation and still had some dignity, while the Minister of Justice had no dignity at all and just went ahead and killed the person.

The whole court was out of control, and the Minister of Rites was not far behind:
"Please ask the Queen Mother and the Concubine Dowager to kill Han Zhang..."

The other civil and military officials were not fools either, so they shouted:

"My lord, I second the proposal...!"

"How shameless!" Although Lin Hao had been mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the shamelessness of these civil servants. However, it was Han Zhang's own fault, so he smiled and said, "It doesn't seem to be a bad thing!"

Empress Dowager Cao and Concubine Dowager Yi looked at each other, then said righteously:
"allow!"

"The Empress Dowager is wise, the Concubine Dowager is wise!" all the civil and military officials said in unison.

At this moment, Han Zhang, who was standing at the entrance of the hall, stared at this group of shameless people in amazement. He wanted to say something, but was dragged away like a dead dog by the golden gourd warriors!
Afterwards, warriors carried the two bodies away, and several eunuchs cleaned the ground!

Lin Hao shook his head and looked at this group of shameless civil and military officials. Since they were so sensible, Lin Hao naturally could not let them down.

So Lin Hao said to Empress Dowager Cao and Concubine Dowager Yi:

"I have an unwelcome request, and I would like to ask the Queen Mother and the Concubine Dowager to agree to it!"

"Your Majesty, there is no need to ask. Just tell me what you want!" Queen Mother Cao said hastily. Concubine Yi followed suit and said, "Yes, yes, yes. We will agree to anything!"

Lin Hao ignored Concubine Yi's probing words and said directly:

"I have already proposed to the daughter of the Sheng family yesterday, and we will be married soon. I beg you two ladies to give my unmarried wife a dowry to show your love for her!"

Empress Dowager Cao and Concubine Yi looked at each other and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. If it was just a dowry, it really wasn't a difficult matter.

So Empress Dowager Cao reached out and prepared to take off a golden hairpin on her head, but after thinking about it, she changed it to a phoenix hairpin. Concubine Yi naturally didn't have a phoenix hairpin, but she also took off the best golden hairpin with a phoenix pattern on her head!

Then the two ladies looked at each other, and Sheng Hong, who was standing among the ministers, said:

"Master Sheng!"

"I'm here!" Sheng Hong saluted excitedly.

Here is a phoenix hairpin of mine and a gold hairpin of the Concubine Dowager. You can take them back as a dowry for your future princess!
Sheng Hong took the phoenix hairpin and golden hairpin that the eunuch handed to him, and his voice trembled with excitement:
"I, your Excellency, thank God for His grace!"

After Sheng Hong left, Lin Hao said to the civil and military officials:

"This king is going to get married soon, and I would like to invite you all here today to have a drink at the wedding. I hope you will do me the honor of coming!"

"no problem!"

"Okay, okay, okay! I will definitely come to bother you when the time comes!"

"Congratulations, King Yan, may you have a long and happy marriage!"

Then all the civil and military officials burst into congratulations, and the tense atmosphere immediately eased. Even the smell of blood in the air was quickly replaced by the festive atmosphere of Lin Hao's wedding!
So the whole court was peaceful, at least, that was the case on the surface!
After the court session, Lin Hao was walking out of the palace when a eunuch stopped him at the door and pulled him aside and whispered:
"Your Majesty, the Concubine Dowager invites you!"

"Oh! I wonder what the queen wants to see me about?" Lin Hao asked, staring at the eunuch.

The eunuch was a little afraid of Lin Hao, so he said cautiously:
"I don't know, but from what the queen said, it seems that she has something important to discuss with you!"

Lin Hao used his spiritual mark to sense the Queen Mother and Concubine Dowager's bedrooms, then said, "Well! You lead the way!"

"Your Highness, please follow me!" The eunuch led the way for Lin Hao.

When Lin Hao arrived at Concubine Yi's bedroom, all the eunuchs and palace maids in the bedroom had disappeared.

But Lin Hao showed no sign of fear. Instead, he walked into the concubine's room with confidence.

As soon as Lin Hao entered Concubine Yi's room, he saw Concubine Yi, who was wearing cool clothes, standing up on the bed.

Then the graceful Concubine Yi walked slowly to Lin Hao, hugged Lin Hao's hand, and pleaded pitifully:

"Your Majesty, please have mercy on us mother and son!"

"Oh~! Why do you say that, Your Majesty?" Lin Hao tried to pull his hand out of Concubine Yi's arms.

However, Concubine Yi was hugging her too tightly, so Lin Hao didn't want to use too much force, mainly because he was afraid of hurting the Concubine. Yes, that's it.

Seeing this, Concubine Yi hugged Lin Hao's hand even tighter, and even moved closer to Lin Hao and said:
"There are bad people in the court, like Han Zhang and Fu Bi, who actually tried to sow discord between me and the prince. It's really hateful."

"Yes, that's true!" Lin Hao agreed.

"I am a weak woman, helpless in this deep palace, and being used by those people. If it weren't for the prince's cleverness, I would have fallen into their trap!"

As Concubine Yi spoke, she leaned on Lin Hao, while Lin Hao behaved like a gentleman.

Then he took the opportunity to hug the Concubine Dowager!
Of course Lin Hao knew the concubine's purpose, but Lin Hao also had other thoughts and didn't want to have too much contact with her.

It's just that! Men! When faced with temptation, it is always difficult to discipline themselves, especially for a man like Lin Hao, who can't bear to see a woman suffer!
Lin Hao is such a kind, upright, gentle and elegant man. It is definitely not because the concubine is only in her twenties, nor because the concubine is too attractive, nor because of her identity as "concubine", nor because of the atmosphere in the harem!
At this time, Concubine Yi felt the reaction of the man in front of her, and immediately said:

"If Your Majesty can protect me, I will do anything for you!"

Lin Hao used his hand to gently lift Concubine Yi's chin, then slowly moved closer to her lips. When they were about to touch each other, Lin Hao said:

"Is anything really okay?"

Facing Lin Hao's teasing at this moment, Concubine Yi felt sore all over and she no longer had any strength.

Of course, she had no intention of resisting, and even took the initiative to kiss Lin Hao on the lips:
"Anything is fine. I will serve you comfortably today. I only ask that the prince can protect us mother and son!"

"That depends on how sincere you are~!"

Before Lin Hao could finish his words, the translucent gauze dress on Concubine Yi slowly fell to the ground, and she even untied Lin Hao's belt without him noticing!
Oh, my damn sympathy! Lin Hao felt that he had fallen into Concubine Yi's gentle trap, but the key was that he didn't seem to reject it.

When Lin Hao first met Concubine Yi, she was not particularly pretty and was far inferior to Concubine Rong, so Lin Hao did not do anything to her.

Of course, this beauty is what Lin Hao knows in his own eyes. If she were placed in modern times, she would be at least an 85-point beauty.

After all, Lin Hao had long been attracted by various celebrities, no, he had collected too many beauties of all kinds, so his standards had become higher and he had become more picky, which was why he thought that the concubine's appearance was not outstanding!
But at this time, the status of Concubine Yi did give her a lot of points, especially since she was sitting high and mighty in the court and ruling behind the curtain just now, but now she was kneeling in front of him~!

How could Lin Hao withstand such a test, so Lin Hao decided to use Concubine Yi to temper his willpower~!

Then Lin Hao directly picked up Concubine Yi and carried her horizontally, then walked towards the phoenix couch step by step...!
After the test of 18,000 words, Lin Hao realized how weak his willpower was, so after tempering his willpower for another hour, Lin Hao finally realized it.

The reason why his willpower was weak was because he lacked such training, so he decided that in the future, he could often come to Concubine Yi to train his willpower.

When it gradually darkened, Lin Hao left the harem refreshed and returned to the Duke of Ying's Mansion!
When Lin Hao returned to the Duke of England's mansion, he found that there was an endless stream of carriages in front of the door, and they all seemed to be looking for him.

After Lin Hao summoned them, he asked about their purpose:
"What do you gentlemen want to see me for?"

At this time, Minister Wang of the Ministry of Rites said awkwardly:
"I'm here mainly to apologize this time. I was previously hinted and threatened by Han Zhang Fubi, who fabricated dozens of charges against you!"

"We feel bad right now, so we brought some small gifts and came to apologize to His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan!"

As he said this, he placed a thick stack of gift lists in front of Lin Hao. Lin Hao glanced at it casually. It was at least one hundred thousand taels!
Lin Hao looked at Minister Wang of Rites, and then the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Personnel and others. He saw that they all greeted him with smiles and were servile, but Lin Hao did not say anything.

After a long while, Lin Hao said calmly:
"Okay, I forgive you, and I've accepted the gifts. If you're all right, please go back!"

At this time, several people's faces changed drastically, and they hurriedly apologized to Lin Hao, but Lin Hao just shook his head and said:

"I've already said I forgive you, what else do you want? Do you think I should write you a letter of guarantee?"

However, when Minister Wang heard this, an idea suddenly occurred to him, and he blurted out:
"From now on, I will be loyal to His Royal Highness Prince Yan and follow His Royal Highness's lead!"

The other four ministers were not fools either. They immediately understood where the problem was, so they also said:
"From now on, we will be loyal to His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan. If you ask me to go east, we will never go west. If you ask me to catch a dog, we will never chase a chicken!"

At this time, a smile appeared on Lin Hao's face:
"Okay, then let's forget about what happened before. From now on, we are family!"

"Of course, if you don't want to be one of us, then leave as soon as possible. I will never pursue the matter!"

"Everything should be led by His Royal Highness Prince Yan!" everyone said immediately.

Having said that, Lin Hao naturally didn't continue to make things difficult for them.

If these people were not needed at the moment, given Lin Hao's personality, he would have played golf with them and exploded watermelons long ago!

Then Lin Hao said:

"Okay, in that case, we are a family from now on!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this hurdle had finally been passed!
Lin Hao said at this time:
"Since you are one of us, I just happen to have something to ask, so I really need to trouble you all!"

"Please give your orders, Your Highness!" several people responded.

"Follow me!" Lin Hao then took them to the private school of the Duke of England's mansion.

This private school is divided into two classes, with as many as sixty students, and there are four teachers and scholars alone!
At this time, Lin Hao looked at Shangshu Wang and said:
"They will be taking the provincial exam in a few days, so I would like to ask you adults to give them some lessons!"

At this moment, all five ministers took a deep breath. They wanted the chief examiner of this special examination to give lectures to these candidates?
(End of this chapter)