imperial psychologist

Chapter 434 Further Proposals
The thin first snow in the first half of the night stopped again in the second half of the night.

Until the next morning, the north wind suddenly blew up, and the winter snow seemed to have been ordered, and they fell into the ground one after another.

The goose feather snow piled up very quickly, covering the whole of Pingjing in the afternoon of this day.

In the afternoon, Chen Yicong moved forward a meeting in the evening. Although everyone didn't know why the emperor did this, they still arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation on time.

Nowadays, in addition to the daily situation in the northern border, the special imperial examination has undoubtedly become the most concerned thing of the current emperor-these two things were also brought up for discussion at the very beginning of the discussion.

This discussion was shorter than everyone expected, because every demand of Chen Yicong was clear and firm. If the emperor was like this, what else would the courtiers have to say?
The imperial dining room outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation has been busy since the afternoon. They have received an order from the emperor that Emperor Shengming will rarely travel tonight, and the kitchen must prepare meals for at least ten people.

The news came too suddenly, and the exact time when the emperor would leave the palace was uncertain, there was only an "evening" with a vague outline.

Everyone was busy as if they were facing an enemy.

At sunset, Chen Yicong glanced at the papers that had not been approved today, and raised his hands, "Don't do it!"

He supported the table and stood up, "Lu Dou!"

"Hey, Long Live Lord." Lu Dou hurried over, "Are you calling me a slave?"

Chen Yicong stretched his limbs left and right, "Are they all ready?"

Lu Dou didn't understand what Chen Yicong meant by "they", but he quickly lowered his head and said, "Young Master and the others will pass by this afternoon, and they should be waiting in the middle of the lake by now;
"There seems to be something wrong with Dr. Bo at the Imperial Hospital, and Bo Siyao is waiting there with him.

"As for the imperial dining room, everything that needs to be prepared is ready, and—"

"What happened to Bai Yi?" Chen Yicong asked.

"It seems that a child in the west of the city was playing with firecrackers in the afternoon, and was injured..."

"Whose child," Chen Yicong frowned slightly, "Why was it sent to the Tai Hospital?"

"My servant asked, it seems that it is not someone's family, but ordinary people," Lu Dou replied softly, he carefully raised his eyes to see Chen Yicong's face, "It happened more than an hour ago..."

"Forget it, let's send a car to wait at the entrance of the Imperial Hospital, and wait for him to finish his work." Chen Yicong said softly, seeing that Lu Dou was still hesitant to speak, he was a little surprised, "Why, is there anything else?"

"Oh, that's right... Mr. Sun Ge is still waiting outside."

Chen Yicong was slightly taken aback, "Sun Beiji? Did he not leave?"

"Yes," Lu Dou nodded, "After the discussion, Mr. Sun Ge was waiting outside. I told him that the emperor didn't like to be disturbed when he was approving papers, so he said he could wait."

"Did you say what it was for?"

"The servant asked, and he said it was a matter of whether it was big or small, but it weighed a thousand catties." Lu Dou smiled awkwardly, "If the servant wants to ask again, Mr. Sun Ge will ignore it." me."

Chen Yicong let out a chuckle, he could almost imagine the scene where the clumsy Lu Dou next to him scratched his head and scratched his head in front of the wily and calculating Sun Beiji but couldn't ask a single question.

"Let him in." Chen Yicong replied.

Lu Dou breathed a sigh of relief—it seemed that the emperor was in a good mood today. If it were in a normal time, the emperor's brows would have been furrowed by now.

Chen Yicong sat down on his chair, and after a while, familiar footsteps came from the corridor outside.Sun Beiji held the hem of the official robe with both hands, and held a memorial book between the thumb and four fingers of his right hand.

After saluting, Chen Yicong ordered Lu Dou to move a wooden pier, and helped Sun Beiji to sit down.

Then, Lu Dou served two cups of tea, and when he took the cups, Sun Beiji felt a little turmoil in his heart.

In the past, when Emperor Jianxi was here, giving tea and giving a seat were very particular. I never thought that when Chen Yicong came here, these meaningful details would come back.

The emperor's eyes fell on the memorial in Sun Beiji's arms.

"Mr. Sun Ge has been waiting outside. He must have encountered something that must be reported face-to-face." Chen Yicong said softly, "What is not too big or small, and it weighs a thousand catties?"

"I dare you," Sun Beiji put down his tea and stood up, "Does your majesty still remember how long it has been since you ascended the throne?"

Chen Yicong stopped his hands, turned his eyes to Sun Beiji, he was silent for a moment, and replied in a low voice, "Three and a half years."

"Yes," Sun Beiji said with a calm expression, "In the past three and a half years, the emperor has made drastic changes in the previous court, cleaning up and reforming, and sweeping away the decay of the past."

Chen Yicong lowered the corner of his mouth.

He didn't know how many times he had heard these compliments. Every time the civil servants at Yushitai wanted to scold him for what he didn't do well, they would always praise him like this first at the beginning of the chapter.

"but?"

Chen Yicong answered the words skillfully - in his impression, Sun Beiji has always been the kind of old minister who cares about things and is silent. He almost never pointed out his own mistakes and omissions, but he rarely left any straightforward praise.

Suddenly boasting so directly today, it immediately aroused Chen Yicong's vigilance.

"There is no but, Your Majesty," Sun Beiji smiled, "The old officials are not those young people from Yushitai."

"Then what's written in the notebook in your hand?"

"This brochure was handed to the veteran by the Minister of Rites, Mr. Wen, when the six departments were discussing matters this morning." Sun Beiji showed a slight helplessness on his face.

"Ge Lao, is this a special trip to show me?"

"Your Majesty, you don't need to read it." Sun Beiji smiled deeply, "Because this is a wordless book."

Chen Yicong leaned back slightly, and let out a soft "oh".

"However, the old minister still feels that he understands it." Sun Beiji's expression showed a bit of emotion, "I think, since I'm sitting at the head of the cabinet now, I'd better bring up a past incident with the emperor again."

"Repeat?" Chen Yicong couldn't understand.

"When the Empress Dowager Cixiao was still alive, she once instructed the veterans and Shouzhong about one thing..."

Empress Dowager Cixiao——The full name is "Cixiao Lie Zhenren Jingcheng Yian Tian's Christmas Santa Dedicated Empress Dowager Zhen".

Hearing that the matter was about his mother, Chen Yicong straightened his back slightly, and the cynicism on his face before also faded a little.

Sun Beiji said softly, "...it's about His Majesty's marriage."

Chen Yicong's eyes sank slightly - he was always very annoyed that the courtiers below used various high-sounding guises to persuade him to accept the concubine.

From those sanctimonious remonstrances, Chen Yicong clearly felt that these courtiers regarded him as a tool similar to a stallion, as if if he had no heirs, he had not fulfilled his responsibility as a king, and it would be a heinous crime beyond description.

So after he came back from his northern tour last year, he just made up a few excuses and dragged out the courtiers who cared about his harem all day long and beat them up.

Chen Yicong scratched his head slightly, with a faint smile on his face.

He could almost imagine that if his mother was still here, he would probably be in a hurry right now.

"When did it happen?" Chen Yicong asked softly, "What did my mother say?"

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(End of this chapter)