Chapter 781 Lost his official position
Madam Ji said, “You are really going too far.”

As she said this, she was about to kneel down before the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

Xiao Xuanli hurriedly said, “No need to be so polite.”

The palace maid next to her immediately stepped forward and supported Madam Ji.

Madam Ji also took advantage of the situation and did not continue to kneel. She said with tears in her voice, “Grand Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, my granddaughter’s family has been bullied for half their lives. Now that they have finally had a few days of good life, someone is displeased with them and wants to destroy them. Please make a decision for them and give them justice.”

The Empress Dowager consoled him, “Don’t worry. Today is such an important day. Everyone will be cautious. But some people want to use this day and me and the emperor to frame others and ruin their reputations for their own selfish desires. Neither I nor the emperor will allow this to happen.”

Old Madam Ji felt relieved.

Xiao Xuanli said solemnly: “Come here, drag Gou away and put him in jail. The Minister of Works is not a strict manager, and his family members have repeatedly made mistakes. He is no longer worthy of the position of Minister of Works. From today on, he will be demoted to a commoner.”

Sheng Pengchi was shocked. He became a commoner and lost his official position?

How could this be?
Sheng Pengchi said anxiously, “Your Majesty, please show some mercy. When I was in office, I did my best. Even if I have no merits for the court, I have worked hard. Please take back your order.”

Xiao Xuanli said sternly, “Devote yourself? Work hard? Yes, your time in office was indeed very hard. You were busy with bribery, forming cliques, and killing people to silence them. Don’t think that I don’t know what you did. I didn’t tell you what you did just now because I wanted to give you and the Song family some face. Since you don’t want it, then go to jail with your wife.”

Sheng Pengchi was stunned. In other words, he was dismissed today not because of Gou Yingya, but because his other affairs had been exposed?
Zi Tan said: “Based on what you did before, beheading is not too much.”

Sheng Pengchi’s face turned pale, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted instantly.

Gou Yingya suddenly became anxious, knowing that Sheng Shuwan was the only one who could plead for mercy at this time, so she hurriedly looked at her and said, “Awan, I know I treated you badly in the past, but the Sheng family is your mother’s family after all, and the home of your biological father. You can’t ignore your father, so please beg for mercy.” Humph, you have to beg today.

You have to ask even if you don’t ask.

There are so many people here. If you don’t beg for mercy, I wonder if you will have a good reputation in the future.

If you don’t even help your own father, who will dare to contact you in the future?

Sheng Shuwan looked at the fallen Sheng Pengchi with a complicated expression.

Just as she was about to speak, Madam Ji spoke first, “Don’t think I don’t know. You just want to force Awan. But you just wanted to ruin the reputation of Awan’s husband. Now that it’s happened, you want others to plead for you. You have taken both the good and the bad. There is no such good thing in the world!”

The other ladies also despised Gou Yingya’s behavior.

“I didn’t expect she was so shameless. She wanted to hurt others and ask for help.”

“Not only is he thick-skinned, but I think he has a problem with his brain. He’s talking nonsense.”

“Maybe she is really traumatized now. Her son is gone, and her husband’s future is gone. If I were her, I would definitely not be able to bear it.”

“She deserves it. She treated her stepdaughter badly and occupied her stepdaughter’s biological mother’s property. I heard that she even made her stepdaughter’s daughter serve her granddaughter who has no blood relationship with the Sheng family. If I were a member of the Song family, I would wish their whole family would die.”