The king behind the empress

Chapter 38 Crossing the Sword and Entering the Palace

Since there are too many officials of the sixth rank and above in Beijing, the Grand Court Meeting is usually held in the Xuanzheng Hall of Daming Palace.

At this moment, outside the Xuanzheng Hall, more than a hundred officials were divided into more than a dozen groups, large and small, standing outside the hall with clear lines and waiting for the court meeting to begin.

Among these groups, the small group on the Hubu side seemed extremely large. More than 20 officials in various court uniforms stood respectfully behind Qian Min, Minister of the Hubu.

While everyone was waiting quietly, there was a sudden noise from behind. When everyone turned around to look, an old man with cranes embroidered on his court clothes was walking slowly.

Seeing this person, Qian Min who was standing in front hurriedly walked a few steps and greeted him, "Mr. Yang Ge, everyone is waiting for you."

"Old, useless."

The person Qian Min called the old man of Yang Ge was Yang Weishang, the chief assistant of the cabinet and secretary of the official department. Looking at Qian Min who came to help him, Yang Weishang shook his head and said, "I thought I could walk here by myself like before. , I didn't expect to waste so much time, I really can't accept it."

"Old Yang Ge, what are you talking about? You are only 73 years old this year, and you are still far from old."

Qian Min helped Yang Weishang to the front of the hall, and at the same time comforted Yang Weishang. As they walked forward, every time they passed by, someone would salute Yang Weishang.

"Old Yang Ge..."

"Old Yang Ge..."

"I've seen Mr. Yang Ge..."

Yang Weishang did not reply to these people's greetings one by one, but just waved his hands and said, "Okay, okay, everyone."

After saying hello, Yang Weishang still didn't forget to reply to Qian Min's words just now, "Alcohol debts are common, but life is rare in seventy years old."

"Old Qian Ge, it is already a blessing for me to live to seventy, I dare not expect too much."

As he spoke, Yang Weishang patted Qian Min's hand lightly, then walked a few steps slowly, standing alone in front of the main hall, in stark contrast to Qian Min's crowd just now.

Looking at Yang Weishang's back, Qian Min's face was slightly unhappy, and he snorted coldly in his heart, and then directly returned to his position surrounded by people.

After Qian Min returned, Hu Xiaosheng, the left servant of the household department, immediately greeted him, "Mr. Qian Ge, Mr. Yang Ge..."

"Don't worry about him, an old thing that never changes."

In front of her confidants, Qian Min did not intend to hide anything, "In the imperial court, the empress can really control only a limited number of people, plus Du Xing has fallen to us, even if Yang Weishang remains neutral, it will not have any influence."

"I really didn't expect the late emperor to trust Yang Weishang so much, but when the crown prince needed him, he would actually remain neutral. I really feel ashamed of my trust in the late emperor."

Hearing what Qian Min said, Hu Xiaosheng glanced at Yang Weishang with contempt. Originally, when they decided to support the crown prince, they immediately went to find Yang Weishang, an important minister who was deeply trusted by the late emperor. Unexpectedly, Yang Weishang turned them down straight away.

Just now Qian Min obviously wanted to make a last effort, but Yang Weishang stopped him before he could say anything.

"Hmph, it's just grass on the wall."

Qian Min snorted coldly, not wanting to say more about Yang Weishang, and changed the subject: "How is the prince, no one is going to contact him?"

"Old Huige, in order to prevent the empress from having concerns, none of our lineage contacted the crown prince in advance."

Hu Xiaosheng paused for a moment, and then continued: "As far as I know, no one from other factions other than ours has contacted the prince."

"Well, well done."

Qian Min nodded and said: "It's right not to contact the prince, otherwise the empress will become suspicious and it would be bad to give up the wedding, but it doesn't matter now, the wedding date has been set, even if she wants to go back on it, it's impossible. "

"After the court is over, you go... No, I'd better go, the old man will go to the palace to talk to His Highness in person, and let him know that there are loyal ministers and righteous men like us in the court who are willing to support him!"

Speaking of this, Qian Min sneered, "It just so happens that no one has contacted the prince these days, so the prince must be a little disheartened."

"It should be just right for the old man to appear at this time."

"Elder Ge is right, now we are willing to support the prince, which is undoubtedly a timely gift for the prince, but..."

Hu Xiaosheng hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but said: "However, the prince has been staying in the palace overnight these days, I am worried that if he is bewitched by the empress..."

"do not worry."

Qian Min waved his hand and said confidently: "A woman is nothing in front of the throne, let alone you forgot what he did in the imperial tomb?"

"For three years in a row, he has scolded the Empress angrily, do you think he will really completely forget his hatred of being taken from the throne?"

"As long as the old man shows affection and reason to him, I believe he will stand by our side."

Apparently, he didn't have the slightest worry about controlling Mo Zizai, and he said quite complacently, "I want to use the crown prince to deal with us. This time, I will let the empress steal everything!"

Just when Qian Min and the others were discussing how to use Mo Zizai to attack the empress after Mo Zizai stood on their side, the time quietly came to nine o'clock. Enter the Xuanzheng Hall.

After they entered the Xuanzheng Hall, more than a thousand officials who were not qualified to enter the Xuanzheng Hall took their seats in the Hanyuan Hall outside the Xuanzheng Hall. They waited here for news of the Xuanzheng Hall. The eunuch sent them news.

If they have something important to report, or the emperor needs to summon them for something, the eunuch will also pass the news to them.

……

The pilgrimage has already started here, and Mo Zizai just started to set off, rushing towards the Daming Palace at a leisurely pace.

Today, he is wearing a white python robe with a dragon sword on his waist. He doesn't look like he is going to court at all, but he looks like he is going to the battlefield.

And behind him, Zhou Qi and Chen Ying, who had just recovered from his injuries, rushed towards the Daming Palace with the same stern faces.

As for the other people in Dongchang, they already had official positions in the Daming Palace. Now that the Great Court Meeting is being held, they naturally went to the Daming Palace to make some preparations in advance.

By the time Mo Zizai came to Daming Palace with unhurried steps, the sun had gradually risen a little. Seeing Mo Zizai swaggering with a sword on his waist, he was about to walk into Daming Palace. A guard just He wanted to go up to stop it, but was stopped by the guard behind him.

After Mo Zizai left, the guard asked puzzledly, "Boss, why are you stopping me? He's late."

"Nonsense, is I blind?"

The head of the guard slapped the guard's head, "He is a prince and has privileges. It's fine if he doesn't come to the court meeting, so what if he comes later."

"But he's still carrying a sword."

The guard was slapped for no reason, feeling a little wronged, "Even the prince can't bring a sword into the forbidden area of ​​the palace."

"Nonsense, don't I know?"

The commander of the guards slapped him again, "A few days ago, His Majesty passed down a decree saying that in the palace, the King Zizai has no taboos. Do you know what it means?"

"It means that you can't fight the fire even if he set Daming Palace on fire, understand?"

"Oh, I understand." The guard rubbed his head, which had been hit twice, and asked a little angrily, "But sir, why didn't you tell me this purpose?"

"You talk too much!"

The commander of the guards slapped him again, "I can't forget it!"

(End of this chapter)