in the sound of swallows

Chapter 124 Long live my emperor

This is more than familiarity, it is a deep hatred.Empress Dowager Wen's face was slightly gloomy, and she looked at Yuwen Changqing inexplicably: "Why are you from the Shen family? Don't you know the relationship between the Shen family and the emperor?"

"Weichen knows." Yuwen Changqing said: "The Empress Dowager hasn't finished listening to Weichen. Although this Shen Guiwu is from the Shen family, he has never been back to the Shen family since he was 13 years old. I heard that his biological mother is dead. Well, he has no affection for the Shen family. If it wasn't for General Han's persuasion, he would have changed his surname immediately."

"Such a big resentment?" Empress Dowager Wen frowned: "What's going on?"

"The recommendation of this person by my minister has nothing to do with his background, but that this person is brave and good at fighting. I don't know much about it, I can send someone to investigate later."

"Hmm." Empress Dowager Wen nodded, if it was a person that Wen Guozhang valued, then she could consider it.

After talking like this for a while, I felt more at ease.Empress Dowager Wen was in power, actually relying on Fu Xueshi and Yuwen Changqing.She can't meet the ministers all the time, she can only hear the news from these two people, and then use her power to influence the court's decision-making.

Seeing Yuwen Changqing and Fu Xueshi's loyal appearance, the queen mother felt relieved, and said: "Tomorrow the emperor will not go to court, so you should go down and prepare. The new deal must be stopped."

"Yes." Both Yuwen Changqing and Fu Xueshi agreed, and turned to leave the deep palace.

Empress Dowager Wen was leaning on the soft couch, touching her armor, thinking about the interests of the Wen family and the emperor's affairs, and the lights didn't go out until midnight.

When she went to court on the second day, Empress Dowager Wen deliberately changed into a newly made phoenix robe and arrived behind the screen early.

It was just dawn, and the courtiers rushed to court one after another.Outside, Xueshi Fu had already stood there first, pulled the newly appointed Minister of the Household Department over to ask, "How about the New Deal?"

After all, he was newly appointed, the Minister of Household Affairs looked at Fu Xueshi, trembling for a while, and said: "The discussion between the emperor and the queen mother has not yielded a result, and the minister has not seen the new decree."

Didn't you say that you have already started a trial?Fu Xueshi frowned slightly, and glanced at Gu Chengxiang who was in the distance.

Prime Minister Gu was whispering with a few senior ministers, the voice was too low for others to hear.

Empress Dowager Wen behind the screen snorted coldly, glanced at the empty dragon chair, and felt confident.

The eunuch announced that he would go to court, but the emperor did not come.Everyone was wondering when they heard the voice of Empress Dowager Wen.

"The emperor spoke nonsense yesterday. He has already gone to the Aijia palace to repent. He will not come to the court today. Aijia issued an order for the emperor to abolish the New Deal. Anyone who dares to mention it again will be punished as treason."

Empress Dowager Wen spoke very powerfully, resounding loudly, resounding throughout the court.

However, there was no sound outside.At first, Empress Dowager Wen thought they were frightened, so she quickly softened her tone and said, "However, the emperor still has the heart to engage in politics. If he doesn't come to the court, he is just reflecting on his own mistakes. All the lovers can also treat you today. Sitting on the dragon chair, I will report to the public."

As a result, there was still no sound outside.

Empress Dowager Wen couldn't help looking out through the gap in the screen. All the civil and military officials were lined up on both sides of the court hall. Fu Xueshi and Yuwen Changqing all looked blank, and some ministers of the Wen family also looked left and right without saying a word.

Beginning with Prime Minister Gu, all the old officials, including all the officials of the six ministries, lowered their heads and lowered their eyes, motionless like statues.It's like you didn't hear what she said.

Fu Xueshi felt uneasy, stepped forward to save the empress dowager's face, and replied: "I will obey the order."

Yuwen Changqing also stood up.A few people from the Wen family stood up sporadically, while the rest remained unchanged.Some people clearly had papers in their hands, but they didn't hand them in to the eunuch.

"Is Aijia's voice too low?" Queen Mother Wen asked again.

There was a dead silence in the hall.

Such a situation has never been encountered since she began to go to court.Empress Dowager Wen was furious, so she asked someone to remove the screen, walked to the bottom of the dragon seat, looked at Prime Minister Gu and said, "Prime Minister has a problem with Ai's family?"

Prime Minister Gu didn't speak.

Empress Dowager Wen turned to look at General Lian, "General Lian, don't you have the loudest voice on weekdays? Did you hear Aijia's words?"

General Lian looked at his nose, his mouth and his heart, and said nothing.

The entire court, except for Fu Xueshi, Yuwen Changqing and the Wen family, all the others acted as if they hadn't seen her at all.

Empress Dowager Wen took two steps forward and slapped Prime Minister Gu on the face.There was a crisp snap, which startled Yuwen Changqing.

Still no one moved in the court.

Wen Xiuli snorted coldly, moved left and right, and slapped Prime Minister Gu several times.Gu Boyong looked at the ground, even though the corner of his mouth was bleeding, he was still as stable as Mount Tai.

"Does the Ai family exist? Do you think the Ai family is dead?" The Empress Dowager Wen was really angry, and she flicked her phoenix robe: "General Yuwen, let the Ai family abolish this old thief's right hand. The Ai family will see if he is serious." I can't feel anything!"

"Yes." Yuwen Changqing led the line, took his own sword, and walked slowly towards Prime Minister Gu.

The Wen family looked at each other and talked a lot, but the rest of the people in the hall remained silent.

"All the wooden people next to him were pinched by the Ai family, even if they were kicked or stabbed with a knife, the Ai family wanted to see what was wrong with it!" The Empress Dowager Wen gave an order, and the Wen family became active, tentatively He kicked the silent minister next to him, and seeing that he really didn't respond, he became even more unscrupulous.

Some pulled people's official hats and dragged them away.Some kicked a lot of footprints on people several levels higher than themselves.The empress dowager supported her in court, isn't it time for revenge and complaints?
But a person who does not move is not moving no matter what.Yuwen Changqing's long sword was raised, but Prime Minister Gu still didn't make a sound.

"Stop." A deep shout sounded from the entrance of the hall.

Yuwen Changqing's sword just stopped less than an inch above Gu Chengxiang's hand, and stopped in good time.There was chaos in the court, and many officials were beaten into a mess.But fell to the ground, they still maintained the original posture.

Empress Dowager Wen squinted her eyes and looked up at the door. Gu Chaobei, dressed in a brand new dragon robe, stepped in with a sullen face.

Didn't you say you can't go to court?Why are you here again?Wen Xiuli was furious in her heart, and when she saw Gu Chaobei's calm face, she became even more annoyed.

He went forward to meet her and was about to say something, but Gu Chaobei didn't look at her, he walked past her, grabbed his robe, and sat down on the dragon seat.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live—"

The people who just refused to move no matter what, now stood up, or got up from the ground, and knelt down to the people on the dragon seat in unison, and shouted in unison, resounding through half the sky.

Empress Dowager Wen stood in the middle of the court hall, dumbfounded by this shout.

"Everyone loves you, stay safe." Gu Chaobei raised his hand steadily.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The ministers got up, and Prime Minister Gu completely assumed that the Empress Dowager did not exist, so he presented the papers of the new policy when he came out, and said respectfully: "The decree made by His Majesty has already been tried out in the Sixth Ministry, and it will only be implemented for one day. There are many cases of corruption. According to the laws of our court, if you corrupt one tael, you will be exiled for ten miles; if you corrupt ten taels, you will be exiled for a hundred miles. Some of the six ministries have corrupted nearly a thousand taels, and they will never return to the capital.”

After finishing speaking here, General Lian stood up again: "The soldiers of the South Camp have been divided into ten places for storage. Only the emperor can give orders directly. The rest of the troops must gather all ten soldiers' symbols."

Gu Chaobei nodded appreciatively: "Aiqings have worked hard, is there anything else to play in the sixth part?"

Officials from the six ministries came out together, looked past the Queen Mother Wen and looked directly at the emperor above, and reported the affairs one by one.

When Empress Dowager Wen came to her senses, Gu Chaodong, Minister of the Household Department, had almost finished speaking.

What an emperor who only loves beauties, what an emperor I will not go to court tomorrow.She gave Gu Chaobei a warning, and Gu Chaobei slapped her across the face right away, telling her clearly that his wings were stiff?

When did it start that everyone in the Six Departments listened to Gu Chaobei?When did it start that General Lian surrendered to the emperor?Doesn't Gu Chaobei's account of killing the former prince count?He clearly has no solid foundation and has no achievements, so why do the officials obey him?
Because of Prime Minister Gu?

"The Ai family has something to say." Empress Dowager Wen looked at Gu Chaobei and spoke.

Gu Chaobei was listening to Gu Chaodong's words, as if he just saw her here, he said in surprise, "Mother? You are not in the East Palace, what are you doing here?"

Empress Dowager Wen was so angry that she had been in the court for several years, and this young child actually asked her what she was doing here?
If Yuwen Changqing hadn't come to support her, Empress Dowager Wen would have fainted.It was dark before my eyes, and it took me a while to recover my voice and said: "The Ai family is assisting the government under the order of the first emperor, and you actually ask what the Ai family is doing here? You are simply rebellious!"

Gu Chaobei dug his ears, looked at the officials seriously and said, "Who knows what the late emperor's last decree is?"

Prime Minister Gu stood up, cupped his hands and said, "In the last decree of the late emperor, there is no such thing as letting the empress dowager assist the government. Moreover, the late emperor was also displeased with the regent of the harem."

"Ha." Empress Dowager Wen sneered, turned her head to look at Prime Minister Gu and said, "In the decree of the late emperor, there is no such thing as mourning the family and assisting the government, so is there any such thing as letting this bastard succeed?"

Gu Chaobei's expression darkened.

The courtiers turned their heads to look at Empress Dowager Wen. She was the one who put people on the throne with her own hands, but now she calls the emperor a bastard?

Prime Minister Gu didn't say a word, Gu Chaobei propped his chin with one hand, looked at Empress Dowager Wen and said, "Does Empress Mother want to make things difficult for herself and overthrow what she said that day?"

"What the Ai family said that day was only for the sake of the overall situation. Now that the emperor is in power, he does not seek his own government, but amends the government decrees indiscriminately, ignoring the laws of his ancestors. The Ai family really can't stand it anymore!"

The person she helps up can also be pushed down with her own hands.Disobedient puppet, what's the use of coming?She might as well find a clan's child to help her up.

"Oh?" Gu Chaobei didn't panic at all, looked at the Empress Dowager Wen with a smile and said, "What the Empress Dowager means is that I was not born to the late emperor, and what the Empress Dowager said that day was all false?"

(End of this chapter)