Chapter 63
The pattering rain fell all night and gradually stopped until it was close to Mao. The moist water vapor washed away a lot of free dust and made the air a bit fresher.

But the ministers waiting outside the Meridian Gate did not have the slightest intention to breathe the fresh air. Most of them had gloomy faces and looked extremely depressed.

Depressed of course!

Anyone who gets up from the bed at two or three in the morning and goes to court in the Forbidden City against the cold and tiredness will be reluctant; let alone the autumn rain that ticks down from the sky at that time, it will make people feel restless.

But as the heavy bell on the Meridian Gate rang, the ministers who came to the court quickly calmed down, put away the rain gear in their hands, and entered the palace through the gate in order.

At the same time, under the double eaves of the Huangji Gate, the emperor's gold-painted and carved dragon wooden chairs have been set up, and the Empress Dowager Yi'an took her seat early behind the curtain; but the most important little emperor, at this time But still nowhere to be seen.

It wasn't until the courtiers crossed the Jinshui Bridge and stood in the square according to civil and military ranks that the Huangji Gate was slowly opened again, and the shoulders carrying the emperor also entered.

The Empress Dowager Yi'an also turned her head when she heard the sound; seeing that the emperor's expression was normal, she looked away with little interest.

The little emperor didn't notice his mother's actions, raised his eyes and glanced lightly at the officials, walked to the dragon chair and sat down firmly; although his face was calm, he felt a little annoyed towards Li Yuntang in his heart :
This daring guy had been playing around with her last night, and after being tired from playing around, he still dared to hug him to sleep.

Seeing that he was tired from running around for the past few days, he didn't intend to offend him once, so he let him hug him and hugged him. After all, when he was hugged, he slept a lot more at ease.

But I didn't expect that this fake eunuch was so heavy, and dared to press it on me
What kind of system is this?
Another day, I must use him as a meat pad and ride it well to relieve my anger!

Thinking of this, the little emperor cast an annoyed glance at the fake eunuch standing beside him; the latter suppressed his smile, turned his head knowingly, and avoided the glance.

Then Li Yuntang rubbed the lower door very quickly to wake himself up. Last night, he buried his head next to the emperor and slept all night. Up to now, there is still a trace of gentle nephrite in his nose, which is so smoky. Head a little dizzy.

After pulling himself together, Li Yuntang cleared his throat again, straightened his face, and yelled out what he should say:
"Wei year, month and day, if the emperor said: Dear dear ministers, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, Zhang Mingche, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, has a play!"

Upon hearing this name, Li Yuntang frowned. The last time he took the lead in attacking Daxing Emperor's posthumous title, it was this Minister of Rites surnamed Zhang.

Zhang Mingche who was standing below didn't know that he had been secretly blacklisted by someone. He took out the memorial in his hand, and the words in his mouth did not stop:
"The posthumous title of the first emperor has been drawn up, and the corresponding ceremonial guards such as banners, flag umbrellas, and paper bundles should also be prepared. On the day of the funeral, the Ministry of Rites also discussed with Qin Tianjian, and there are results. The details are here. Your Majesty, please decide."

Li Yuntang knew that the little emperor was getting angry, so he didn't dare lose his eyes; so he quickly stepped down the jade steps in front of Huangji Gate, and within a dozen breaths, he took back the memorial and presented it to the emperor.

The little emperor pulled out the memorial, checked it back and forth several times, and found nothing inappropriate, so he closed it and handed it back, deliberately loudly ordering: "Submit it to the queen mother for a look, if the queen mother has no objection, then I will send it to you." Just do it."

Li Yuntang didn't dare to hesitate at all, took the memorial respectfully, rushed to behind the curtain in a small step, and buried his head in offering the thing in his hand.

The Empress Dowager Yi'an turned her head and glanced lightly, thinking that if the little eunuch didn't open his mouth, his appearance would be pleasing to the eye; but this idea disappeared after only a moment, and then she took the memorial gracefully and looked at it carefully.

The content of this memorial is stinky and long, and it has nothing to do with the Empress Dowager; therefore, after she flipped through a few pages symbolically, she lost interest, pretended to read it for a while, and then returned the memorial.

"The Ai family has no objection, so let's do it accordingly. I will thank you all; it is a blessing for the country to have such a powerful minister."

While speaking, the Empress Dowager Yi'an stretched out her hand to pass back the memorial. A plain hand with a ring finger and little finger and a gilded armor cover, as soft and delicate as a girl, stayed within Li Yuntang's line of sight.

He only had time to take a look, but the hand was gone; after he put away the memorial, the picture left in his mind gave him a thought in a trance:
"Compared with before, the queen mother's hand seems to have no armor on the middle finger; and the exposed middle finger doesn't have any nails left?
What does it mean."

Besides, the courtiers standing below the steps didn't pay any attention to the Queen Mother's compliments; on the contrary, Shangguan Meng, who was listed at the front on the left, gave him a wink and signaled the Secretary of the Ministry of War to attack the Queen Mother.

"Qian Shilin, Minister of the Ministry of War, also has a play!
Under the order of the first emperor, Zhending Hou led an expedition to Dongyu. After four years of continuous battles, he finally destroyed the country of Dongyu, which had been stolen from the former Ming Dynasty. "

The first sentence of the Minister of the Ministry of War is quite a bit like "strong since ancient times". Even though Li Yuntang hates these civil servants, he can't help agreeing with his words.

Li Yuntang was not the only one who was happy to hear that, a smile also appeared on the corner of the Empress Dowager Yi'an's mouth, she thought to herself that her recent efforts had not been in vain, her younger brother's duke had finally found his way.

But the next sentence made the empress dowager suddenly change color!
"Don't let heroes live in the miasma-ridden land of Dongyu. When the edict is confirmed, go back to Beijing first, so as to accept the reward, so as to comfort the hearts of the soldiers outside;

In this battle, more than a hundred leaders of Dongyu will be captured, and they will be escorted to the capital in prison cars, beheaded outside the Meridian Gate, and then spread to the world, so that the Siyi, who want to do something arbitrarily, will use these vicious endings as an excuse. warning! "

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager Yi'an was taken aback for a moment, but when she realized it, her face turned blue with anger; she wished she could send the officials at both ends of the gang below to see the first emperor and the king of Qin immediately!

She felt that she was careless, and was caught off guard by the tricksters below.

If he agreed with his younger brother to go back to the court alone, he would have no hope of taking a risk and launching a military remonstrance. He could only do his best to mediate in the court and watch the emperor take charge.

But if she disagrees, and she can't find any suitable reason for a while, if she is forced to shirk, it will inevitably make the officials more defensive, and her situation will be even more difficult than it is now!
 Release it before midnight, thank you for the reward!
  
 
(End of this chapter)

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like