boudoir

Chapter 382 A Woman's View
Hearing the news, Liuli immediately let go of her hanging heart, saying that Qi Yunhao and the others are safe and well.But when she recalled that they were going to fight with the civil servants, she immediately froze again. If King Dingbei and the others really used force against the civil servants, it would be unavoidable to be intimidating. Now that the imperial edict to abolish the crown prince is in hand, it is obviously a matter of course. It's too unreasonable to make a fuss about it, it's too unreasonable!
Thinking of this, she suddenly opened the bag, pulled out a yellow silk from the interlayer of the bag skin, put it in her sleeve after looking at it, and said to Liu Wei: "You guys escort me into the palace!"

"Grandma is going to enter the palace?" Liu Wei was stunned.

Liuli nodded: "Let's also help the general!"

As he said that, he went back to the back room and changed into a set of plain clothes, then came out and adjusted his makeup in front of the mirror, picked up the black cloak from the head of the bed and put it on, stepped on the wooden couch and went to the ground.Yuegui Haitang and the others hurriedly followed, she turned her head and said, "Don't go! Stay here and wait for me."

The atmosphere in the Hall of Supreme Harmony was on the verge of breaking out. King Dingbei, Qi Yunhao and others were separated from those who held opposing opinions. There were a large number of soldiers with weapons standing inside and outside the hall.However, a group of people headed by the Minister of Rites did not fear the intimidation at all, and stood in the hall with a pensive expression.

All the affairs of the new emperor's enthronement need to be carried out by the Ministry of Rites. If the Ministry of Rites does not cooperate, Lu Zhao will not be able to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, and secondly, he will not be able to accept the worship of the officials. He really cannot climb to the throne.

The Minister of Rites did not budge, nor did King Dingbei, he stood in the center with his sword and broadsword in his hands, staring at these courtiers with contempt.

Jiang Che said: "What nonsense are you talking to them? Kill him and replace him with someone else!"

Du Rui glanced at him, and said: "It's not as simple as you think. If you kill him, there will definitely be a large number of officials dismissed to protest. At that time, there will be no one on duty in the central government, and the entire government will be in chaos. The prince snatched him back then So many people, when the time comes, these people will definitely withdraw, and the crime will definitely be questioned, but no matter what happens, you have to wait until you are enthroned and have the qualifications to declare to the world, so that you can be sure of everything."

Jiang Che snorted, and said disapprovingly: "Just you sour literati who are afraid of wolves and tigers, according to me, it doesn't matter if the government is in chaos for a few days! Anyway, the throne is already in hand, do you still care about these trivial things?"

"There is no small matter in the court." Qi Yunhao also turned his head at this time, "If you have gone to the border and seen so many refugees who have been violated for years and made troubles for the people, you know that these are all because of the court. If you are afraid of the consequences of making a fuss, you won't say that."

Military generals are always more convinced by military generals. Jiang Che blushed immediately when he heard Qi Yunhao say this, "The last general is dull."

Seeing his appearance, Du Rui looked at Qi Yunhao again, and raised his lips silently.

"The edict to depose Lu Jin as the crown prince has been issued. Is the Minister of Rites trying to resist the edict?" Hu Mei stood up at this time and asked the other party righteously.The Minister of Rites said: "The Holy Majesty has been in a coma, how can he issue an order to abolish the reserve? How do we know if this edict was forged by you?"

Du Rui looked at it for a while, and then suddenly said to Qi Yunhao: "This person is smelly and hard, like a stone in a cesspit. I think if necessary, someone can temporarily take the position of Minister to perform the enthronement."

When Nie Jue heard it, he also came over and said, "I agree."

Qi Yunhao frowned: "I can't do it right now. The seal of succession is in the hands of the Ministry of Rites. If they don't hand it over, the cabinet won't be able to issue the document to establish the new emperor, and Lu Zhao will still have no name and title. If you take ten thousand steps back, even Lu The edict was usurped by a different surname, and the entire court was replaced by his own people, but he couldn't get the seal of succession, couldn't make a document to announce the world, and no one recognized it. You know this better than me."

Du Rui nodded, "So we still have to find a way. But if you don't decide to come down, you won't be able to have a funeral, let alone hold a funeral. It's really disrespectful to stop in Qianqing Palace like this."

Qi Yunhao frowned more and more, but he had no other way to deal with these civil servants.These people have always been attached to the crown prince. Now that the crown prince has been arrested, they dare to be so arrogant. In fact, they are just using this seal to buy a life-saving talisman for themselves.But any emperor who ascended to the throne by relying on palace changes would not do this. You have no jokes. If Lu Zhao agreed to keep them today, he would not be able to punish them under any name in the future.However, for a subject who had followed other masters wholeheartedly, which emperor would stay by his side with confidence?Of course, those petty officials with low rank and unimportant status are not worth mentioning.

Therefore, both parties understand each other's thoughts very well, but they are unwilling to make any concessions, so they are stuck here.

"Big brother!"

At this time, Qi Yunke suddenly came in with two soldiers, and when he reached him, he whispered to Qi Yunhao: "Sister-in-law is here."

"Yizhen?" Qi Yunhao suddenly raised his head and looked outside the door, and sure enough he saw Liuli standing on the porch waving to him.

He hurried out, "Why are you here?"

Liuli wiped the blood on his face with a silk cloth, then took out the yellow silk from her sleeve, "Take this in."

When Qi Yunhao saw the yellow silk, he suddenly patted his forehead, Liuli still had a copy of the Taizu Emperor's edict in his hand, how could he forget this!

"Ke'er take your sister-in-law to the side hall to rest!" He turned around and finished ordering, and then strode into the inner hall.

Back in the palace, the two sides were still fighting with each other red-faced.Qi Yunhao showed the yellow silk to Du Rui, and Du Rui said, "What is it?" Qi Yunhao whispered in his ear for a moment, and his expression was immediately filled with disbelief!He looked down at the seal on the yellow silk again, then walked to Hu Mei and told him the same.

Hu Mei was no less shocked than him. After taking Huang Ling and looking at it, her whole body trembled!He immediately held up the imperial edict, strode to the center of the hall and said to the ministers: "Emperor Taizu's imperial edict is for this! Who dares to say that the imperial edict to abolish the crown prince is false? Who dares to embrace the abolished crown prince but not King Qing?! "

Qi Yunhao and others had knelt down to accept the decree, and the ministers were discussing it. Some of them were dubious, but they also knelt down.The Minister of Rites stared at Hu Mei and said, "What is the last decree of Emperor Taizu? Where did the last decree come from? Could it be that you have fabricated something again?!"

Gu Mei unfolded the yellow silk, held it in front of him and said sonorously: "Your Ministry of Rites is in charge of the seals and seals of the emperors of all dynasties! You can see for yourself whether the seals printed on them are real or fake?! Prince Wuren, Qing Wang Youde, you people dare to defy the way of heaven when you are about to die, are you not afraid of being slaughtered by heaven?!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Rites saw the appearance of the seal clearly, and when he looked at the handwriting again, he was sweating immediately. His legs gave way immediately and he wanted to kneel down, but he held on and said, "Where did this decree come from? There is no such thing in the palace today. Book?!"

Qi Yunhao stepped forward and said: "The only sacred oracle in the palace that has no copy, think about it, which one is it?"

Minister of the Ministry of Rites thought about it for a while, his face became more and more ugly, and he pointed to him and said: "You mean——the imperial edict that was given to Xu Shen, the imperial pen servant?—Impossible! Xu Shen died long ago! Your hands How could there be a secret edict given to him by Taizu?!"

"Master Xu Shenxu is dead, but his descendants are still alive!" Du Rui also came out at this time, staring at him and said: "Not only is she alive, but she is still in the palace right now. People please come in!"

Qi Yunhao turned his head and nodded towards the door, and Qi Yunke, who was waiting under the door, went around and entered the side hall.

In less than half a moment, Liuli, dressed in plain clothes and wearing a black cloak, came in with firm and calm steps.

King Dingbei, who had been standing aside with his head held high and holding his saber, only showed a slight spring breeze on his face at this time, and the higher his chin was raised, the straighter his body became.

Liuli arrived at Qi Yunhao's side, and she nodded at everyone, and then said to the bewildered Minister of Rites, "I am Xu Yizhen, the granddaughter of Xu Shen, the imperial pen servant. This will is a relic left to me by my grandfather." The land of the Lu family should be home to the virtuous." If you don't believe me, do you have any doubts? Do you suspect that the Lu family should not let King Qing, who is both benevolent and virtuous, sit here, or do you think that the instructions of the Emperor Taizu violated the etiquette?"

Minister of Rites stared at her with wide eyes for a moment, then murmured: "You, aren't you the wife of General Zhen Guo? Your maiden name is He, you, why are you Xu Shen's granddaughter?"

"This is the king's daughter-in-law! Why, who stipulated that the son of the king cannot marry Xu Shen's granddaughter?" King Dingbei heard him say this, and the temper of protecting the calf suddenly surged up again.

The Minister of Rites took two steps back when he yelled at him.

Liuli smiled, and said to him: "I have been named after my mother since I was a child. As for why I was surnamed He later, you have been with the prince for so long. Didn't he tell you that he was looking for my grandfather many years ago?" Whereabouts? It's a pity that he failed so much that people like He Yuli followed him on the surface, but secretly didn't tell him the news. Killing my two senior uncles and massacring the monks at the White Horse Temple, King Qing didn’t do anything, but let him get it unintentionally, this is not a coincidence, it is determined by human conscience!"

At the end, she suddenly raised her voice, and every word fell to the ground like a stone!

"A person who can't even manage his own people, how can he have the ability to manage a country?" She looked at the plaster beam on her head, and then said: "Ask those captured soldiers, they are fighting for the deposed prince. Where was he? Did he rush forward or hide behind? If you follow such a master who is greedy for life and fear of death, you will not be afraid that something will happen in the future, and he will push you one by one as scapegoats? However, you are not either. How loyal you really are, it’s just to save your own life. If you are really loyal, why are you not as good as Song Pi, who simply resisted the decree and did not come to face the saint? That would be admirable even if you died.”

Minister of Rites was so ashamed by her scolding, he gritted his teeth and looked away.

(End of this chapter)