Chapter 48: Storm

When Xiao Juan walked out of the palace gate, the sky was already covered in dark clouds.

It looked like there would be a storm soon.

Beside the carriage not far away stood two old cabinet ministers.

They were originally talking in low voices. When they saw Duke Lang, one of the old officials suddenly raised his voice.

"Is he worthy of being an official with me? We tried our best to assist the emperor in governing the world, but he used all sorts of methods to fool the emperor!

He dared to arrest someone without any evidence and dealt with him with a confession after that. Can you believe a confession made through torture?!"

Xiao Juan stopped and slowly turned around, his gaze landing on the six old officials.

The person who had spoken was Ye Zhaohai, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy.

He was the most impatient in the cabinet and noone dared to say anything when his temper flared.