I, your humble official Xu Qingxiao, request that the Minister of Punishment, the Vice Ministers, the Director of the Bureau of Administration, and the Vice Directors all step down!

Great Wei's Capital.

Terrifying thunderclouds spread across the heavens. For the Capital, this was no good omen.

Black clouds bore down upon the city, and fierce winds howled. Within the Great Wei Literary Palace, the five statues of the Sages trembled incessantly, bursting with terrifying light that shot into the sky.

Civil and military officials throughout the court were stunned.

In the Ministry of Personnel, Chen Zhengru stood in his study, gazing at the sky with utterly calm eyes.

Xu Qingxiao, oh, Xu Qingxiao. You truly are an anomaly. Invoking the Sacred Words so freely-are you really not afraid of bearing the weight of karmic consequences?

Chen Zhengru spoke silently to himself. He had never imagined that Xu Qingxiao would summon such a terrifying celestial phenomenon. After all, he knew the entire affair like the palm of his hand.

According to his original thinking, suppressing Xu Qingxiao like this might force him to resign or make a scene. Even if someone stepped forward on Xu Qingxiao's behalf, it would only let more people see his incompetence.

Thus, Xu Qingxiao was caught within their calculations and remained under their control. He had no chance of turning things around.

Yet he had never expected Xu Qingxiao to wield such mighty power to impeach the Ministry of Punishment!

Impeaching Great Wei's Ministry of Punishment! Such a thing was unheard of throughout history.

The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works were some distance from the Ministry of Punishment. Seeing this unfold, officials from both ministries clicked their tongues in astonishment.

They had long known that Xu Qingxiao was being left to warm a cold bench in the Ministry of Punishment. It had not surprised them in the slightest. They would have been surprised if he had not been sidelined.

They had been