"Bang!"

There was a sudden sound of porcelain being smashed on the ground in the imperial study room of Liangyi Palace.

The eunuchs standing outside the door had stern expressions on their faces, and they all looked at each other with their eyes, nose, and heart, not daring to look around at all. As people who served in front of the emperor, they had rarely seen His Majesty the Emperor so angry, and they only seemed to remember it once or twice. .When His Majesty is angry, if the people around him do anything wrong, they will end up miserable. Therefore, these people wish they could become blind and deaf at this moment, but His Majesty's roars are still reaching their ears continuously.

"Do you know where Dingguo Mansion is? Is that a place where a marquis like you can come and humiliate me? You are so brave!"

"Even I must always remember the word "reverence". Without the hard work of the two generations of the Pei family, how could Daliang have the territory it has today? Did you rely on yourself to achieve great achievements, so you didn't even care about the Pei family? In his eyes? Arrogant! Stupid! Domineering!"

"If Shen Moyun hadn't hurriedly entered the palace to report, I wouldn't have known that there was a powerful minister like you in the court. He beat the chief steward of the Pei Mansion into a useless man, and beat Pei Yun, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, until he couldn't see anyone. , you even drew your sword in Ding'an Hall! Well, you even dared to draw your sword in Ding'an Hall, you dare to do things that even I don't dare to do, you are even better than me!"

"Now you are hanging your head and pretending to be cautious for who to see? Where has your previous fierceness gone? In less than three days, this matter will spread throughout Kyoto. What do you want those martial arts nobles to think? You What do the millions of soldiers in Daliang think? Do you want everyone in the world to think that I am a mean and ungrateful king who does not care for ministers with outstanding merits like the Pei family?"

"Raise your head and tell me!"

…

In the imperial study room, fragments of porcelain bowls were scattered on the mirror-smooth floor. Pei Yue stood obediently like a child who made mistakes and was being scolded.

There were also several important ministers beside him, including Momo Yun, Luo Ting, Yushi Zhongcheng Chen Xiangxian, the new Shitan Temple Supervisor Jian Rong, the Ministry of Personnel Secretary Ning Huai'an and the Fifth Army Governor Guo Kaishan. These people watched Pei Yue being killed by the Kaiping Emperor. He reprimanded him extremely fiercely. He did not feel gloating about his misfortune, but felt surprised and surprised.

They have stood in the court for many years, and of course they know the habits of Emperor Kaiping. If he really hates a certain minister, he will not scold him like he is now, but will calmly let him go out, but that person will never be seen again. There is no chance to appear in the palace. Although his attitude towards Pei Yue is fierce now, it shows that he still values ​​Pei Yue. He is just doing this to show to the martial arts nobles in Kyoto.

There was no court meeting today. Emperor Kaiping convened the ministers to discuss a few minor matters, such as the follow-up arrangements for Shitan Temple and the appointment of some civil and military officials in the Western Region. Silent Cloud hurriedly entered the palace and briefly explained what happened in the Dingguo Mansion without any concealment. .

Emperor Kaiping was furious when he heard this, and ordered his eunuch to summon Pei Yue into the palace. Afterwards, the meeting was like a storm of lessons.

Pei Yue remained silent, and Emperor Kaiping became more and more angry and said, "Are you mute?"

Pei Yue had no choice but to reply: "Your Majesty, I have some difficulties."

Emperor Kaiping said coldly: "Say!"

Pei Yue raised his head and glanced at the ministers next to him, with hesitation on his face.

Emperor Kaiping said angrily: "Look what they are doing? You can tell others everything you want. Since you dare to do such a crazy thing, are you still afraid of people's comments?"

Pei Yue sighed: "Your Majesty, I am not afraid of people's comments. It's just because this is a family matter of the Pei family and it is related to your Majesty, so I don't plan to talk about it."

Emperor Kaiping laughed angrily at him and mocked: "So, you still think about me wholeheartedly? Do you think you can fool yourself this way and I won't punish you?"

Pei Yue lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, I have never thought of it this way. Anyway, the matter has been done. No matter how your Majesty wants to punish me, I am willing to accept it. Isn't there a saying like this? Thunder and rain are all the kindness of the king. I plead guilty. Accept the punishment and be willing to do so.”

Standing next to him, Ning Huai'an, the Minister of Civil Service, couldn't hold it in any longer and laughed softly.

Emperor Kaiping scolded: "You know nothing! I haven't read many books since I was a child, and I still imitate other people's talk, and I'm not afraid of the world's jokes!"

Seeing that the king who always paid attention to the emperor's majesty began to be violent, Luo Ting felt dumbfounded and said: "Your Majesty, calm down. After all, the Marquis of Zhongshan is young and will inevitably be impulsive when things happen, but it can still be seen from his words that he has His Majesty’s loyalty is beyond doubt.”

Pei Yue frowned and said: "Master Luo, I agree with you when you praise me for being loyal, but you don't understand the details of the matter. How can you say that I acted impulsively?"

"Shut up!" Emperor Kaiping said angrily: "You lazy guy who doesn't distinguish between good and bad, why did I choose you in the first place?"

Pei Yue immediately pursed his lips.

Emperor Kaiping wanted to teach him a few words, but when he saw the cold look on Pei Yue's eyebrows, he changed the subject and said, "Shen Qing and Luo Qing are staying. You should go back first."

"I obey the decree."

The other ministers bowed in agreement. Although they wanted to continue watching the fun, the emperor had already spoken. They were not Mo Haoli or Wang Pingzhang. They dared to hesitate, so they had to retreat respectfully. When passing by Pei Yue, these important ministers' expressions There were different expressions, among which Jian Rong, the new Superintendent of Carboniferous Temple, surprised Pei Yue.

The Qingliu minister who had dared to publicly impeach the eldest prince in the court had a solemn expression and looked at Pei Yue with relief and concern.

Pei Yue looked back with gratitude and surprise.

After the ministers left, Emperor Kaiping retreated from the inner prison again. When he looked at Pei Yue again, he was no longer as furious as before, but a little more cold.

Pei Yue's heart tightened, but his expression remained as usual.

Emperor Kaiping said slowly: "I have long known about the grievances between you and Pei's housekeeper. You did not kill him, but only punished him lightly, which makes me very satisfied. As for Pei Rong, this idiot, you can teach him a lesson with words." There is no problem with a meal. After all, he failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a biological father and made you suffer a lot. I am not so stupid that I cannot distinguish between right and wrong, and I understand the resentment in your heart."

Pei Yue sighed softly and said with a moved face: "I thank your Majesty for your grace."

Emperor Kaiping raised his eyebrows slightly and continued: "You shouldn't attack Pei Yun. Even if you have broken out of the house, you have nothing to do with the Pei family on the surface, and you don't need to abide by the etiquette of brothers, friends and brothers, but he is not white but Editor of the Hanlin Academy. Do you know how serious the consequences will be if you hit him this time? Do you think it will be over with a scolding from me? When he returns to the Hanlin Academy with the injury on his face, everything will be over. The literati in Kyoto will let you know the fate of thousands of people."

Pei Yue stopped pretending to be stupid and answered honestly: "Your Majesty, I had already thought of this consequence on the way to Dingguo Mansion, but I just couldn't help it."

After hearing this answer, Emperor Kaiping remained expressionless, with a cold light in his slender eyes, and said word by word: "Pei Yue, you can't even look down on my eldest prince?"

Luo Ting was anxious, but he couldn't wink at Pei Yue at this time. He could only hope that Pei Yue would be smarter.

Silent Cloud looked calm, but only he knew how tense the atmosphere in the imperial study room was.

Although the marriage between the eldest prince and the Pei eldest daughter has not yet been revealed, these two important ministers already know about it, so they understand the real reason for Emperor Kaiping's anger even more.

The emperor didn't care if Pei Yue took action against Pei's family, just scolded him and punished him a little, as long as he could deal with the nobles.

But when he tried to break up the marriage, he offended the emperor.

If you are not careful, you will be shattered to pieces.

Pei Yue calmly raised his head and looked at Emperor Kaiping, with real sadness and anger in his eyes, and said softly: "Your Majesty, I only have one relative, my eldest sister."
Chapter completed!