Neither a Protagonist nor an Antagonist, I’ve Become a Background Character? – Chapter 51

Ch 51: Deserved to be Cannon Fodder

When Mo Yunxuan arrived at the Imperial Court Hall, he looked at Empress Ji Ruxue’s majestic expression.

For a moment, he couldn’t resist the urge to act cheap, raising his eyebrows at her and grinning.

He quickly heard Ji Ruxue’s sound transmission in his ear: “Mo Yunxuan! Don’t go too far!”

“Sorry, sorry, Your Majesty is too beautiful today, I couldn’t help but take a few more glances.”

“Hmph, you have good taste!”

“Hmm? That’s not right, what are you laughing at? Tell me quickly!”

Looking at Mo Yunxuan’s suppressed smile, Ji Ruxue felt insulted, roaring wildly in her heart.

However, there was obviously not much time on the scene for her to vent her dissatisfaction.

Seeing that she hadn’t spoken for a long time, Hong Yu softly reminded her:

“Your Majesty, the officials are all in place, the morning court can begin.”

Ji Ruxue came back to her senses at this call, glaring fiercely at Mo Yunxuan.

It’s all this rogue’s fault!

Then she regained her solemn expression and said in a flat tone: “Report if you have something to report, retire from court if you have nothing to report.”

“Your Subject, Ji Ping, from the Court of Revision, has something to report.”

A middle-aged civil official below shouted and stood up at the first moment, with an expression on his face as if he was ready to die.

“Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei has transferred troops without authorization and carried out a massacre at Taihua Academy. This action.”

“Not only does it offend Your Majesty’s dignity, but it also violates the laws of the Great Qian Dynasty.”

“If it cannot be dealt with strictly and promptly, I fear it will cause the scholars of the world to become estranged and disaffected.”

“Your Subject begs Your Majesty to withdraw the imperial edict and change it to a joint trial by the Three Offices of the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and the Court of Revision, to comfort the hearts of the scholars of the world.”

It must be said that Ji Ping’s expression, from seeing death as home, to being grief-stricken, to finally being concerned about the country and the people,

Every detail was vividly displayed, making Mo Yunxuan couldn’t help but sigh,

The acting skills of these officials are much better than those celebrities in his previous life!

As for the things he accused, in Mo Yunxuan’s eyes, it was just a matter of self-punishment with three cups of wine.

No need to care at all!

Compared to being accused himself, he was more concerned about whether Ji Ruxue, after Wang Hai’s first defeat,

Would still follow his advice, as in the script, and create the Brocade-Clad Guard.

However, Ji Ruxue, who had not yet calmed down, would not give up this opportunity to gloat.

As soon as Ji Ping’s voice fell, her sound transmission came, with no concealment of the teasing in her tone.

“Mo Yunxuan, I’ll see how you plan to solve this? Do you want me to help you?”

“As long as you beg me, I will agree.”

Mo Yunxuan raised his head and rolled his eyes at Ji Ruxue,

Stepping out of the ranks, he said righteously: “Your Majesty, this Duke has no objection to this proposal.”

“It’s just that in order to prevent this Duke from being persecuted for no reason, this Duke hopes to be able to dispatch the Imperial Guards to be responsible for personal protection.”

“At the same time, send the Left Guard to participate in escorting and monitoring the witnesses, to prevent anyone from colluding and committing perjury along the way.”

Ji Ruxue looked at Mo Yunxuan’s stern face, her mouth twitching, constantly complaining in her heart.

“Listen! Listen! Is this human language?”

“Also, the Imperial Guards are for personal protection, I think you are thinking that if the final result is not to your liking, you will slaughter them all!”

“Also, escorting and monitoring witnesses, what? Want to personally collude? Don’t even bother to hide it?”

“Or are you going to kill all the witnesses until they are afraid, so there will be no evidence and you will be innocent?”

“Who doesn’t know your little thoughts! Pretending to be so serious, I’m really embarrassed to talk about you!”

The surrounding officials were also silenced by Mo Yunxuan’s statement.

Although in the last imperial court meeting, they felt that this generation of Duke of Wei was more tough.

But they really didn’t expect that he had become so unscrupulous.

Even the Empress did not react to this at all, what trump card does he have?

Most officials had this doubt in their hearts, and only a few meritorious nobles with extensive connections knew that,

Mo Yunxuan had a large number of Refining Void Realm cultivators under his command,

And looking at his current fearless appearance, I am afraid that he had already negotiated with the Empress when he entered the palace before.

Ji Ping, as the cannon fodder who was pushed out, naturally did not know so much information.

He was so angry at these words that his whole body trembled, and his fingers pointed tremblingly at Mo Yunxuan.

“Duke of Wei, do not measure the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a petty person!”

“The joint trial by the Three Offices will handle everything in accordance with the rules and regulations, and all procedures will be strictly followed.”

“We will never wrong a good person, nor will we let go of a bad person.”

“The words you are saying now are simply the greatest insult to your colleagues!”

“I warn you, it is not conducive to the unity of…”

Mo Yunxuan quickly stopped his dangerous remarks.

“Don’t randomly label people, otherwise I’m afraid I won’t be able to resist taking a knife to your house to find you.”

Ji Ping had never encountered someone threatening a minister in front of the emperor like this before, and immediately wanted to curse.

But before he could speak, Mo Yunxuan continued:

“Moreover, you just dared to point your finger at this Duke after being refuted by this Duke a couple of times.”

“Does that mean that if this Duke doesn’t press his hand on the confession you give, the next second, your slap will hit this Duke’s face?”

Ji Ping’s face turned red, as if he had received a great grievance, and he turned around and knelt down to Ji Ruxue.

He cried out miserably: “Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei is slandering the Three Offices so much, it is clearly disrespect to you and disloyalty to the Great Qian Dynasty!”

“If we follow the Duke of Wei’s meaning, it would be better to simply abolish all the Three Offices!”

Ji Ruxue, who was still looking forward to Mo Yunxuan’s bad luck, was now looking at Ji Ping with disgust.

He has no ability, only knows how to pull big banners and wear tall hats, and always pulls the fire on her.

Unbelievable!

No wonder he’s cannon fodder!

“Alright, Esteemed Minister Ji, this matter has already been concluded and there is no need to discuss it anymore.”

Hearing that the Empress was obviously unwilling to change the imperial edict, Ji Ping became anxious.

“Your Majesty, this is not acceptable!”

“Now the scholars of the Great Qian Dynasty have a tendency to strike and march because of this matter, and it has reached the point where it is almost out of control.”

“If it is not dealt with in time, I am afraid that it will chill the hearts of the scholars of the world, and they may not be willing to serve as officials in the Great Qian Imperial Court in the future!”

Ji Ruxue’s face was serious. She had learned about some things among the scholars from Hong Yu a few days ago,

She thought it was just a little farce, but she didn’t expect it to be so serious now.

“Puchi, hahaha!”

Ji Ruxue looked in the direction of the laughter and saw Mo Yunxuan laughing non-stop.

She didn’t understand why he could still laugh when the problem was so serious.

“Duke of Wei is laughing so happily, I wonder what your opinion is?”

Mo Yunxuan restrained his smile and said in a heavy tone:

“Your Majesty, Ji Ping, the Director of the Court of Revision, may have a problem.”

“Firstly, the scholars of the world mentioned by Ji Ping only involve the situation of Wenhua Academy, and he never mentions the Imperial Academy and Sage Academy.”

“Such a generalization is completely deliberately deceiving the Emperor, this is the crime of deceiving the Emperor.”

“Secondly, everything Ji Ping said is about this Duke, but he always uses this matter to coerce Your Majesty.”

“In name, he is speaking for the scholars of the world, but in reality, it is a test of you and the Great Qian Imperial Power.”

“I just don’t know what his purpose is in making such a test.”

After listening to Mo Yunxuan’s last meaningful words, Ji Ruxue felt heavy-hearted.