Emperor Phoenix Policy: Feng Qingtian

Chapter 48
The deputy general was about to leave when he was stopped by the city gate officer sternly, "Stop for me! What are you doing to disturb Lord Song and Prime Minister Pei in the middle of the night?"

He looked down at Feng Jin, salivating all over his face, "Go open the city gate and get that woman into my room, I want to—"

The voice of the city gate officer stopped abruptly. Just when the soldiers guarding the city felt strange, a black shadow flashed in front of them, and a bloody head fell on the ground, rolling to the lieutenant general's feet. , facing the deputy general's eyes.

The eyes of that human head were wide open, staring with unrepentant stare, it was very frightening.

Wuming put the sword back into the scabbard with a blank expression, and gave the dumbfounded lieutenant a cold look, "Aren't you going?"

The lieutenant finally came back to his senses, collected himself, wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, turned around and went down the tower, but Wuming kicked the man's head off the high wall, jumped down, and landed lightly on Feng Jin. behind.

Soon, Song Ming, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice came, he was the closest to the west city gate, Song Ming glanced down from the high tower, his expression changed immediately, and he said loudly, "Quickly open the city gate and welcome your majesty into the city! "

Only then did the soldiers guarding the city realize that the person outside the city gate was really Her Majesty the Empress. They were all frightened and went down the tower in a hurry.

The heavy city gate opened slowly with a muffled sound, and under the leadership of Song Ming, everyone walked out quickly.

Song Ming walked in front of Feng Jin, and said loudly, "Chen, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment Song Ming kowtowed to Her Majesty the Empress, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live!"

As he spoke, he lifted the corner of his robe and knelt down on his knees.

The rest of the people waited and knelt behind, forming a long queue.

Feng Jin looked at Song Ming condescendingly, her deep eyes resting on his back for a while, and said calmly, "Song Aiqing, please get up."

Song Ming quickly got up and said in a deep voice, "I respectfully welcome His Majesty into the city, and immediately send soldiers to escort His Majesty back to the palace."

As he said, he was going to let the deputy general guarding the city lead his troops to send Feng Jin back to the palace. Feng Jin said coldly, "No need, I still have to wait for someone."

"Who is His Majesty waiting for?"

"Waiting for someone to explain to me."

Song Ming's eyes flashed slightly, that was Xiang Pei!

This is a battle between His Majesty and Prime Minister Pei, and he will not get involved, as long as he manages his criminal department and solves his case.

A group of people were waiting for the person who should come in the cold wind. The deputy general of the city guard brought a chair, covered it with cushions, and asked Feng Jin to sit down. Feng Zhong waited for Pei Xiu to explain to her.

Soon, including the six ministers, all the officials above the second rank came together, and stood on the ground in a dense crowd, waiting for Pei Xiu to arrive.

Feng Jin didn't speak, no one dared to speak, the gate of the city was very quiet.

I don't know if it's because the prime minister's mansion is too far away, or because Pei Xiu deliberately neglected, but everyone has arrived, but Pei Xiu hasn't shown up yet.

Pei Xiu held the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Industry in his hands. Seeing that the atmosphere on the scene became more and more rigid, the sneer on the Queen's lips became colder and colder. Mr. He pushed it out.

"It's cold and cold at night, it's important for Your Majesty to take care of the dragon's body. Why don't you go into the city and go to the tower to rest and have a cup of hot tea?"

Mr. He showed a flattering smile on his old face, and said dryly.

Feng Jin cast a deep look at him with cold pool-like eyes, "What's the matter? Mr. He is old and frail, can't wait any longer?"

"Old minister—"

"Since Mr. He is old and frail, and can't even blow a little night wind, how can he do things for me? Do things for the people of the world? It's better to give up the position to the young and powerful Qing family."

Mr. He was dumbfounded, and retreated despondently.

Lord He was defeated. Li Yi, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Tang Zhongde, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, looked at each other. Li Yi desperately winked at Tang Zhongde, but Tang Zhongde didn't move. He had other plans in mind. Qinghe intends to fight for the position of imperial concubine, but now he doesn't want to anger His Majesty, so he can shrink back as much as he can.

Li Yi had no choice but to bite the bullet and stepped forward to speak, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Pei is too sick to get out of bed, how about..."

"Pei Qing is too sick to get out of bed, so I am making things difficult for him by waiting for him to explain? Is that what Li Aiqing means?"

Li Yi was a military officer, and he was not as good at talking as a civil servant. After being stabbed by Feng Jin, he didn't know how to explain it, so he shut his mouth embarrassingly.

Feng Jin smiled coldly, "If Li Aiqing loves Pei Qing, she can go to the Prime Minister's Mansion for me and give me something to say!"

"What does Your Majesty want the minister to say to Prime Minister Pei?"

"You tell Pei Qing, since he can watch my every move from the sick bed, change the city gate officer, and demonstrate to me, it means that he is in good spirits! Don't use illness as an excuse! Tell him again, today If he doesn't come here to give me an explanation tonight, he won't have to appear in front of me in the future!"

When Feng Jin said these things, it was tantamount to stabbing them in front of everyone. She wanted to take advantage of this incident, together with the matter of Pei Xiu breaking into her bedroom with a sword and hurting her hidden guards, to settle the case together and take advantage of the situation to suppress Pei Xiu's school.

Sure enough, as soon as her words came out, the officials who supported Pei Xiu showed panic and uneasiness on their faces.

And Li Yi's expression changed again and again, and he immediately called a servant to pick Pei Xiu up.

The rest of the officials didn't dare to show their anger, and tried to lower their heads and shrink their necks like a quail, to reduce their sense of presence, for fear that the queen's anger would spread to themselves.

As soon as the people sent by Li Yi left, the Xiangfu's sedan chair appeared.

Pei Zhong raised the car curtain, and Pei Xiu appeared in front of everyone with a pale face, covering his mouth and coughing in a low voice, looking extremely weak.

With a sneer on Feng Jin's lips, she watched Pei Xiu walk in front of her with Pei Zhong's support, and said in a low voice, "I see Your Majesty."

Pei Zhong supported him to kneel down. Pei Xiu originally thought that Feng Jin would let him get up at the last moment, but Feng Jin just watched him so coldly, wholeheartedly waiting for him to kneel down.

Pei Xiu's face changed again and again, and he secretly winked at Tang Zhongde. Tang Zhongde was very helpless, but he didn't dare to refuse, so he stood up and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Pei is seriously ill, and it is already deep winter. In this season, the ground is very cold, I'm afraid it will aggravate Pei Xiang's condition, it's better..."

Under Feng Jin's cold and deep gaze, Tang Zhongde could no longer speak the words in his stomach.

Feng Jin curled her lips, glanced coldly at Tang Zhongde's face, and said meaningfully, "Tang Aiqing is blessed with children, so don't waste this blessing."

Tang Zhongde's heart moved, his children are blessed, could it be that His Majesty is talking about his most proud son Qinghe?Your Majesty really intends to make Qinghe the emperor's husband?

When Tang Zhongde was thinking about it, he bumped into Pei Xiu's icy eyes suddenly. He quickly restrained his thoughts and continued, "Pei Xiang is seriously ill, why not..."

"Since the illness is seriously ill, the state affairs cannot be delayed. If you want to wait for Pei Qing to recover from her illness, I don't know how long you will have to wait. Why don't you let another Qing family take over the position of chief assistant!"

Feng Jin interrupted Tang Zhongde coldly, didn't he use illness as an excuse?Then I will block back with my illness!
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed.

The first assistant, the head of the auxiliary ministers, the reason why Pei Xiu can hold the government in his hands is because he is the prime minister on the one hand, but more importantly, he is the head of the auxiliary ministers, and the other three auxiliary ministers respect him .

Without the post of chief assistant, his handling of government affairs would be unfair.

Pei Xiu's face changed from white to blue, from green to red, from red to purple, and changed again and again. He lowered his head, knelt down slowly, and said in a low voice, "Chen, Pei Xiu, see Your Majesty."

Feng Jin didn't tell him to stand up immediately, and just let him kneel in front of everyone.

Pei Xiu knelt on the ground, his pale skin swelled into purple-red, he hadn't knelt down in front of Feng Jin for six years, to be exact, he had never knelt down in front of the empress.

In the past, when the late emperor was around, he knelt down before the late emperor. After the late emperor passed away, he never bent his knees except when the Pei family offered sacrifices to all his ancestors.

But today, he had to kneel down, what a shame!
What he didn't even expect was that the queen was so tough. If she had any weakness or hesitation, she would definitely help him up before his knees fell to the ground, and then say a few words of beating, and then the matter would be over. It's easy to step down. After all, at this time, the queen doesn't have much power in her hands, and it won't do any good to tear her face off with him.

Who knew she was so tough!

Countless thoughts flashed through Pei Xiu's mind, and one thought was very certain, Her Majesty must have something to rely on to suddenly be so tough.

Looking at that ever-changing face, Feng Jin gracefully walked in front of Pei Xiu, looked down at him, and said coldly, "A king is a king, and a minister is a minister, does Pei Qing remember?"

(End of this chapter)