Zongwu: The Days of Mixing in the Tongfu Inn

Chapter 308
The next day, the sky was still dark, and the moon was still hanging in the sky.

Zhang Chen was soundly asleep in the room. They wanted to celebrate the scholar yesterday, but they played until very late before returning to their rooms to rest.

"Dong dong~"

A few knocks on the door suddenly sounded, instantly waking up Zhang Chen who was still asleep.

"Who?"

Zhang Chen got up and looked towards the door.

"It's me, come out!"

A familiar voice came from outside the door.

"Liu Ruoxin? What is she doing here?"

Zhang Chen glanced outside, then rubbed his head in a daze, then turned over, got out of bed, got dressed, and opened the door for Liu Ruoxin.

"It's not dawn yet, what's the rush to find me so early? And how did you get into the inn?"

Zhang Chen saw Liu Ruoxin enter the room, and then expressed his doubts.

"It's not easy to open the door. Of course I have something to ask you to come so early. Didn't you say yesterday that you want to go to the Grand Court to have a look.

I told my adoptive father about this matter, he has already arranged it, but we have to go there in advance, why don't I hurry over and let you know. "

Liu Ruoxin spread her hands and said, she just mentioned something casually when she went back yesterday, who knew that her foster father had actually managed it for him.

"Go, I'll go, today's court meeting will definitely be very interesting, since I have this opportunity, I must join in the fun.

Zhang Chen's eyes lit up, he didn't expect Liu Ruoxin to really take his words to heart, since he has the qualifications, of course he will go.

Just like that, the two quietly left the inn and ran towards the palace.

...............

Inside the Imperial City.

"Aha~ahha~"

Zhang Chen yawned several times. It had been a while since they came out of the inn to the imperial city, but it was still early, so they could only stand outside the hall foolishly.

"It's too early for you!"

Zhang Chen continued to complain.

"You think the imperial city is so easy to enter, and when to enter and when to exit are the rules."

Liu Ruoxin rolled her eyes and said.

"Well, if I didn't say it, who told me to just come and watch the excitement?"

Zhang Chen hurriedly waved his hands, he also noticed that Liu Ruoxin was in a bad mood now, so it's better not to provoke her at this time.

At this time, outside the imperial city, many court officials who participated in the meeting had already gathered. Today is the Grand Court Meeting, and the civil and military officials above the fifth rank in Beijing rushed here early to wait for the court.

Thousands of civil and military officials and their accompanying retinues crowded the square outside the Xuanwu Gate to the brim, like a market. At this moment, a drum sounded, and the civil and military officials lined up one by one, waiting to enter the palace. .

And the person standing at the front of the line, the Chief Assistant of the Ming Dynasty in a bullfight uniform and a cloak, Yang He, a scholar of the Martial Arts Hall, and the three cabinet ministers stood at the forefront of the civilian line.

Afterwards, the military generals were also divided into several groups, and they lined up neatly with the soldiers, standing on the other side of the civil servants. Their armors were shining, and the soldiers' knives and guns were also extremely sharp. The whole team gave people a majestic feeling.

In addition, the six major institutions that belonged only to the emperor stood in another row, and the senior leaders of the six gates, Jinyiwei, East and West Factory, and Hulong Villa stood in front of them, exchanging greetings for some unknown reason.

As the sound of the drum drew nearer, the door swung open.An official came out first, announcing loudly how the ritual of going to court was to proceed.

At this time, an eunuch and eunuch walked slowly to the sky steps outside the main hall, and shouted loudly to the officials who stopped below:
"The emperor is here, and all the officials enter the court!"

The civil and military officials lined up outside heard the shouts of the servants, obeyed the command and walked into the Forbidden City inside the city wall, and then walked slowly to the main hall where the emperor was.

"Cheer up, they're coming!"

Liu Ruoxin reminded her, and then pretended to be a guard guarding the main hall. Zhang Chen also saw the dense crowd, and then imitated Liu Ruoxin in a decent manner.

All the courtiers entered the hall one by one, but when the six major departments entered the main hall, their eyes turned to Zhang Chen and Liu Ruoxin. Zhang Chen clearly saw his three adults smiling at him.

This made Zhang Chen tremble all over. Could it be that he had found others but not them, so they smiled at him like this, because he saw "bad intentions" in the smiles of the three adults.

After a quarter of an hour, all the officials who came to participate in the court meeting stepped into the hall, and Liu Ruoxin and Zhang Chen also walked into the corner of the shop slowly to watch.

At this time, the atmosphere in the main hall gradually became solemn and solemn, and the civil and military officials stood at attention, waiting for the emperor to appear.

After a while, a servant came running from the back of the hall, stood on the high platform of the hall, and shouted loudly: "The emperor is here!"

Following the voice of the servant, the audience fell into a solemn atmosphere, and a group of officials saluted quickly, waiting respectfully for the emperor to appear.

"Your Majesty, I will greet you, long live, long live, long live!"

Accompanied by the voices of civil and military officials, the emperor came out slowly. At this time, the emperor was wearing a dragon robe with a majestic expression on his face. The emperor walked to the throne and sat down.

The little eunuch at the side took two steps forward, and said in his sharp voice again: "If there is something to do, start to play, and if there is nothing to do, retreat!" "

As soon as the little eunuch's words fell, an official in purple robes on the side of the civil servants immediately came out, first bowed to the emperor and saluted, and then said: "Chen Xiaotong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, there is an instruction!"

Looking at the emperor below, the corner of the emperor's mouth was slightly raised. Chen Xiaotong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, chose to go up at this time, probably because of the officials who were arrested yesterday. Thinking of this, the emperor's eyes flashed coldly and he said faintly: "Chen Aiqing, what's the matter?"

"Qizou Your Majesty, since your Majesty ascended the throne, my Ming Dynasty has lived a life in the whole world, the treasury is full, and the people live in peace, which is already a sign of prosperity.

And just yesterday, a vicious family extermination incident happened in the capital, and the victim was our colleague. This is a fifth-rank official of the imperial court, and now he is killed at the feet of the emperor.

In this peaceful and prosperous age, this is simply a provocation to His Majesty. I beg Your Majesty to issue an order to thoroughly investigate this case and prevent the criminals who committed this case from getting away with it. "

Hearing Chen Shangshu's words, the emperor felt a surge of anger in his heart, and he could hardly suppress it. He was very dissatisfied with this matter yesterday, and now that Chen Shangshu mentioned it, it made him even more angry pole.

But what surprised him was that Chen Shangshu didn't mention those officials who were detained, but instead focused on the murdered Zhou Langzhong.

Zhang Chen could see clearly from the corner that Chen Shangshu had obvious hesitation before going out to play, and he struggled for a while before making up his mind. He suspected that this was not what Chen Shangshu wanted to say before.

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