Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

Chapter 194 2 Choose the lesser of two evils?

The civil and military officials looked at each other, but no one answered.

Jiang Yueyang also lowered her head, trying to reduce her presence as much as possible.

Seeing that no one responded, Emperor Yuan began to call out the names one by one.

His gaze first fell on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, "Prince, what good plan do you have?"

The Crown Prince stepped out in response, "I haven't thought of a way to have the best of both worlds yet, but I believe that with the imperial examination approaching, the matter, regardless of the reason for its conclusion, needs to be announced later."

After Emperor Yuan received the Crown Prince's answer, his expression remained serious and heavy, but he had a plan in mind.

"What do you think, Wei Qing?"

Lord Wei stepped out of the group and bowed, saying, "I believe this matter is unsolvable. Publicizing the truth would inevitably cause panic among the people and even implicate innocent people. However, concealing the truth would be unfair to the families of those involved."

At this time, the Right Prime Minister stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that when faced with two evils, we should choose the lesser one."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yuan looked at the right prime minister. Does choosing the lesser of two evils mean concealing the truth?

This is indeed the best way to minimize harm, but it is unfair to some people.

Emperor Yuan, who had been cuckolded, felt very bad.

Some officials disagreed with the Right Prime Minister's solution and stepped forward to protest, saying, "I think it's inappropriate to choose the lesser of two evils. As officials, we shouldn't conceal the truth."

"What about the innocent people who are implicated by revealing the truth? Is this fair to them?"

"It's not possible to hide it, and it's not possible to disclose it either. So what do you think we should do?"

"Everyone has to pay the price for the wrong things they have done."

"Those innocent people just wanted to pray to the gods for a child, and accidentally got involved in this incident. What's wrong with that?"

"..."

For a moment, civil and military officials started arguing fiercely, and the entire hall was in an uproar.

Jiang Yueyang was stunned as it was the first time she saw such a scene.

Emperor Yuan listened to the ministers' heated arguments, his brows furrowed ever deeper, and he shouted angrily, "Enough!"

The court fell silent instantly.

Emperor Yuan glanced at everyone present with a gloomy look, and finally his gaze fell on Jiang Yueyang.

He rubbed his brows and spoke slowly: "Jiang Yueyang, do you have a solution to this problem?"

Jiang Yueyang's heart trembled, and she knew that she could not escape the fate of being named.

Helpless, she could only step out and answer: "Your Majesty, I believe that the truth of the matter is important, but human life is more important."

"You and the Right Prime Minister have the same idea?"

Jiang Yueyang shook his head, "I think the best way is to hide the truth from the outside world and announce it internally."

"What do you mean, Lord Xiao Jiang?" asked the right prime minister.

"Hiding the truth from the public is to protect those innocent people implicated, while revealing the truth internally is to give justice to the families of those involved.

Didn’t those prisoners confess and give a list of names?

We can reveal the truth to the families on the list, and have the government intervene to allow them to separate rationally.

At the same time, they were ordered not to spread the information, otherwise they would bear the consequences.

Of course, those women who made mistakes should also receive the appropriate punishment to comfort people.

As for those children born out of wedlock who had no choice of their birth, they were taken in by the imperial court to ensure their safety.

I am a humble and uneducated person, and this is the best solution I can think of at the moment."

Lord Wei asked, "What if someone is upset and wants to make a big deal out of this?"

"I see that most of the people on that list come from prominent families. They are the most capable of weighing the pros and cons. As for the remaining ordinary people, Your Majesty can send someone to do some ideological work on them."

"Even so, the truth will eventually come out." The left prime minister said lightly.

Jiang Yueyang smiled slightly, "Yesterday I had the good fortune to meet Master Wu Nian, he said that cause and effect and reincarnation are all predetermined.

I believe that if the truth is bound to come out, then let it be. We have already done our best.

After these words were spoken, everyone present had different thoughts in their minds.

Emperor Yuan looked at Jiang Yueyang for a long moment before he spoke slowly, "After the imperial examination, if you, my dear ministers, don't have a better idea, then we'll do as Jiang Yueyang says."

"The ministers obey the order."

The matter of Prajna Temple came to a temporary end, and the civil and military officials began their morning court work.

Lord Wang from the Censorate impeached General Li for riding his horse too fast in the city and almost injuring someone.

General Li defended himself on the spot, explaining that he was in a hurry to save people and had no choice but to act, and that he did not hurt anyone and made compensation.

Because the incident had its reasons, Emperor Yuan fined him half a year's salary as a minor punishment and a major warning.

Yuanzheng Guo reported to Emperor Yuan the shift schedule of the Imperial Hospital and the emergency medicines prepared during the three days of the imperial examination.

General Zhenguo stated that the first battle between Daxia and Chishui had already begun...

Half an hour later, the morning court ended.

Jiang Yueyang was awakened by Li Fuquan's announcement of the adjournment of court, and was slow to follow the crowd in seeing Emperor Yuan off.

Before leaving, Emperor Yuan glanced at Jiang Yueyang, whose eyes were not yet fully open, and snorted in his heart.

She slept comfortably, but poor me, my head was buzzing and I had a splitting headache.

After Emperor Yuan left, Lu Yunting naturally walked to Jiang Yueyang's side, and the two walked out of the hall together with a distance of one person between them.

Seeing this, the third prince, who was attending court on the first day after his injury healed, also walked over and did not keep a distance from Jiang Yueyang.

Lu Yunting frowned, looking clingy.

The Third Prince raised his eyebrows complacently and glanced at Lu Yunting, then lowered his head and said to Jiang Yueyang, "Someone wants to see you."

Jiang Yueyang knew who the "someone" he was talking about was and asked, "Now?"

"Correct."

"alright."

In this way, the three of them walked towards the palace gate together.

When they were about to reach the palace gate, Jiang Yueyang looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she walked towards Lu Yunting.

Seeing this, Lu Yunting slightly raised the corner of his mouth and looked at the third prince with raised eyebrows. The two of them were secretly competing with each other.

Jiang Yueyang didn't see the eye contact between the two. She reached into her sleeve and took out two hairbands.

One red and one white.

She handed two hairbands to Lu Yunting and said a little embarrassedly, "This is for you."

Lu Yunting took the two headbands and looked at them lovingly.

The red headband is embroidered with white pear blossoms, and the white headband is embroidered with green bamboo leaves.

"Did you embroider this?"

"Hmm, does it look good?"

Lu Yunting nodded, "It looks good. Is your hand okay?"

Jiang Yueyang: "..."

"It's okay, what can happen to my hands? I'm just embroidering something, no big deal." Jiang Yueyang hid her hands behind her back guiltily.

Xiangling: Yeah, it's just ruining a hundred or so headbands and pricking my fingers a few dozen times. No big deal.

The Third Prince glanced at her hands hidden behind her back and asked deliberately, "Then what do you mean by hiding your hands?"

Jiang Yueyang turned around and glared at him, "What do you care! Your Highness can go ahead, I will be there soon."

The Third Prince curled his lips and said, "Just go, I don't want to see you guys hanging around here!"

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left.

Lu Yunting took two steps closer to Jiang Yueyang, staring at her with fiery eyes, "You don't need to do this for me."

"I...I'm..." Jiang Yueyang hesitated, then suddenly thought of something and smiled, "Isn't it because our War God General has no confidence in himself? I have to reassure him."

Hearing this, Lu Yunting curled his lips and smiled, "If this is your intention, two headbands alone can't reassure me."

"How about that?"

Hearing this, Lu Yunting's gaze slowly moved down, finally pausing on those rosy lips.

Jiang Yueyang: "Hmm?"

Lu Yunting's ears turned red when he realized what he was thinking. He quickly looked away and said, "Nothing... nothing."