Eunuch Emperor Wu, sweeping the floor in the cold palace for 100 years

Chapter 37 Convening the Great Court Meeting

The whole place went quiet.

Numerous civil and military ministers, royal relatives and nobles began to arrange ranks and titles, and they were arranged in an orderly manner along the spotless white marble steps towards the Golden Luan Hall.

The Jinluan Hall is divided into two halls, the inner and outer halls.

The inner hall is slightly smaller, but it can accommodate hundreds of people standing in a row.

The outer hall is even more spacious, but because of the careful construction of the Golden Luan Hall, even the sound of the inner hall can be clearly transmitted to the outer hall.

Ten minutes later, everyone entered the Golden Luan Hall.

Standing at the forefront of the inner hall are naturally many princes and county kings.

Then there is the first-rank Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, a duke-level royal relative.

In the Daqi Dynasty, no matter whether it was a first-rank or a duke, they were basically noble ranks, but their status was just high.

Only second- and third-rank ministers of civil and military affairs hold real power.

In the same way, only the Marquis and Earl ranks have the possibility of mastering military power.

The Marquis of Zhenbei, Marquis of Zhennan, Marquis of Zhenxi, and Marquis of Zhenhai, the four major military power masters of Da Qi, also came.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for these masters to come to Kyoto.

They all belong to the separatist warlords, and they don't listen to the imperial court or listen to the announcement. The territory controlled by their subordinates has already been operated as an independent kingdom.

The emperor never dared to call them back, and would definitely use various excuses to prevaricate.

But this time is different.

They all knew that Emperor Qi would not end well.

Prince Li Heng will surely ascend the throne.

There are three families and four factions standing behind them, and this time they are actually here to participate in the enthronement of the new emperor.

As for Emperor Qi abolishing the crown prince, it was just a joke to them.

The Golden Luan Hall was very quiet.

Everyone looked at the dragon chair in the main hall which was still empty.

Emperor Qi has not yet appeared.

"Your Majesty is here."

Suddenly, a high-pitched voice rang out.

It was the eunuch Cao Huaiying's voice.

Immediately afterwards, Qi Huang and Xin Wang Li Jing, surrounded by a group of court ladies and eunuchs, came to the Golden Luan Hall from the side of the hall.

Many people were stunned when they saw the white-haired Qi Huang.

Except for some civil and military ministers, in fact, many honorable kings who came from other places did not go to see Emperor Qi.

They didn't expect Qi Huang to change so much.

Once upon a time, their impression of Qi Huang was so high-spirited, strong and domineering, with the majesty of an emperor in every gesture.

But now, Qi Huang's hair is gray, and the aura of the aura is gone, as if he is just an old man.

"Your Majesty, what exactly do you want to do?"

In the team of kings, Ming Wang Li Sheng looked at Qi Huang with complicated eyes, he couldn't believe that this was the Qi Huang in his impression.

There were also many people who looked at Qi Huang coldly, their eyes were full of sarcasm and gloating.

Qi Huang sat down on the dragon chair.

The letter king Li Jing stood beside Qi Huang.

This is not the first time that Li Jing has participated in the court meeting. A few years ago, he was also here when the royal family enshrined him.

The atmosphere that time was completely different from this time.

Being stared at by many hostile eyes caused a great sense of oppression to his heart.

Among these civil and military ministers, there are many martial arts experts.

Moreover, they have been in high positions for a long time, and they have developed a strong aura.

"Are these people my future enemies?"

Li Jing recalled what his father said to him in his heart.

At this moment, he was able to realize how high and cold his father's position was, and how great the pressure was.

He just stood here, feeling like his heart was jumping.

"Kowtow to Your Majesty."

Suddenly, someone shouted.

It's Schwain.

He knelt down in the crowd.

Then, more than a dozen civil and military ministers, as if they had reacted, knelt down with a loud cry.

In the outer hall, there were also some civil servants and military generals of the sixth and seventh ranks who subconsciously shouted and knelt down.

However, more people did not kneel.

Including many civil and military ministers of the first, second and third ranks in the inner palace, princes, princes, princes, dukes, and marquises.
This scene is very weird.

Time passed bit by bit.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Qi Huang was expressionless, just looking at the audience.

"Kowtow to Your Majesty."

Suddenly, among the kings, Ming King Li Sheng knelt down.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Wang Li Dong gritted his teeth and knelt down after all.

The other kings looked at King Ming and King Yuan coldly.

Neither King Ming nor King Yuan came to the gathering of kings last night, which meant that they were not on the same side.

"What are you doing? Your Majesty reigns for one day, and you will be the emperor of my Daqi Dynasty."

Ming Wang Li Sheng raised his head and said.

His voice is not loud, but everyone can hear it.

What he said was actually to express his position.

He's not standing in line.

But he will resolutely maintain the majesty of Emperor Daqi.

Many people looked at each other.

"What Prince Ming said is reasonable."

An old prince standing in front took the lead and knelt down.

"Kowtow to Your Majesty."

The old prince is still the elder of Emperor Qi, he is over ninety years old, and has a very high prestige within the clan.

He strongly supported Qi Huang's accession to the throne and pro-government.

But this time Emperor Qi wanted to abolish Prince Li Heng, but he took the lead in opposing it.

The old prince was quite charismatic, and many civil and military ministers present, as well as the nobles and relatives of the royal family, also knelt down, and it was considered that they had met the Emperor Qi.

In the minds of many people, this is the last bit of respect for Emperor Qi.

Just like that, all the inner and outer halls knelt down and covered a large area in darkness.

Quite spectacular.

Seeing this scene, Xin Wang Li Jing felt unprecedented anger in his heart, these people are too hateful.

He never thought that these people would be so contemptuous of his father.

At this moment, his heart developed a strong hostility towards these people.

"Get up."

Qi Huang said calmly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

This time, the voices of the audience became uniform.

Then everyone stood up.

"Today's Cold Food Festival, I was supposed to entertain all the ministers, royal relatives and nobles with a feast, and have fun with the people and share this rare grand day."

Qi Huang spoke.

His voice was flat, neither sad nor happy, making it impossible to judge his emotional changes.

"But today is different from the past. This grand court meeting is held for one thing only."

Qi Huang's words changed, and his voice became indifferent, "A few days ago, during the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, Prince Li Hengzhai drank alcohol and violated the law of Tongzhai. According to the law, the position of prince should be abolished and he should be demoted to a commoner."

"Come here, bring Prince Li Heng up."

Following his order, four black-robed old eunuchs escorted Prince Li Heng into the hall.

After being under house arrest for several days, Prince Li Heng looked haggard.

However, his eyes were shining and cold.

After all, he has been the prince for more than ten years, and his character has already been tempered to be very stable and mature.

In addition to being at a loss at the beginning, after a few days of calmness and thinking, I finally recognized my situation.

Emperor Qi planned to abolish him long ago.

Even if he didn't drink during the fasting period before the ceremony, he would probably find other reasons.

However, behind him stood the Pei family, the mother's family.

Will the Pei family watch him be abolished?
impossible.

Because he represents the interests of the Pei family in the court.

When Duke Wu was there, Emperor Qi did not abolish him.

What's more, Mr. Wu is sitting down.

Without the strong support of Lord Wu, what qualifications does Emperor Qi have to abolish him as the crown prince?
He is confident now.

His eyes swept over Qi Huang, and finally fell on Xin Wang Li Jing, with a cold sneer at the corner of his mouth.

The queen mother was right.

What qualifications does a scoundrel born of a bitch have to compete with him for the throne?

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