Liu Jian nodded and said: "Yes, your majesty is young. We are valued by the late emperor and entrusted with the important task of assisting the country. Then we must not watch your majesty be deceived by villains. Unless Li Huan is eliminated, the world will be in trouble."
Yang Tinghe looked at Xie Qian, then at Liu Jian, and finally cupped his hands towards Li Dongyang, sighing softly: "Xi Yagong, your majesty is probably angry. If I can see your majesty later, I will give you a good word."
That’s what you need to do to persuade.”
He glanced at Yang Tinghe with relief. Li Dongyang was also full of anger at the moment. He had just asked to see your Majesty not long ago, and now in the blink of an eye, he asked to see your Majesty again. It was really difficult for him to be the chief minister sandwiched between the emperor and the officials.
Done.
Liu Jian and Xie Qian were filled with resentment. They were shouting that they had captured Li Huan and how they wanted to deal with him. However, they did not know that in the palace wall separated from them, Zhu Houzhao and Gu Dayong were standing there.
There was only a door and a wall between them, plus Liu Jian, Xie Qian's voice was not quiet at all when he was angry, and his words were clearly heard.
Zhu Houzhao stood there with his hands behind his back, his expression calm, as if he had not heard the conversation between Liu Jian and Xie Qian outside the palace wall.
Gu Dayong, Zhang Yong, and Ma Yongcheng stood solemnly one by one, not daring to take a breath. It was Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and the others whose words were too sharp, and they shouted that they would destroy the Li Huan clan.
Be a warning to others.
Li Huan was a member of the Emperor's personal army, an envoy of Jinyi Guards, and a new nobleman who had won the emperor's heart. Such an emperor's personal army in Xie Qian, Liu Jian and others seemed to have become a big traitor who did all evil and harmed the country and the people. Even the emperor here
Before they said anything, they had already thought about how to deal with Li Huan.
At a small level, it's just that as cabinet ministers, they are narrow-minded. At a big level, it means they don't take the emperor into their eyes.
Gu Da used a few people to secretly look at Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao's back was turned to them at the moment. They couldn't see clearly the change in Zhu Houzhao's expression, and they didn't know what Zhu Houzhao was thinking.
Suddenly, there was a slight cough outside the palace wall. Li Dongyang seemed to be a little impatient with the shouting, and said with a wry smile: "Yu Qiao, Xixian, it's too early to talk about how to deal with Li Huan. We'd better meet with His Majesty first."
Xie Qian snorted softly, his eyes fell on a young eunuch guarding the door and said, "Have you ever sent someone to pass the message for us? Why has it been so long and still not summoned by His Majesty?"
When questioned by the current court elder, the young eunuch trembled immediately and said in a trembling voice: "Elder Ge, didn't you see with your own eyes that we sent people to support His Majesty?"
Xie Qian frowned and said with a hint of surprise: "Then why is there no news of His Majesty's summons?"
The little eunuch almost burst into tears. He couldn't afford to offend the current court elder, so he could only say tremblingly: "Back to the court elder, this slave is just a gatekeeper. How could he know this?"
Li Dongyang said calmly: "Okay, keep waiting. Your Majesty is angry, but he knows that we are asking for a meeting, and he will summon us sooner or later."
Zhu Houzhao, who was inside the palace wall, looked calm, and suddenly a smile appeared on his lips. He turned around and strode away with his hands behind his back, with a faint smile of pleasure on his face.
Gu Dayong, Zhang Yong, and Ma Yongcheng were stunned when they saw Zhu Houzhao leaving. After reacting, they looked at each other and looked at each other, but they followed closely.
After walking a certain distance, Gu Da used several people to look at Zhu Houzhao who was walking in front and his steps seemed a little lighter. How could he not see that Zhu Houzhao's mood seemed to be much better. At this moment, he had the courage to step forward, one step behind Zhu Houzhao.
Said: "Your Majesty, when will you summon the elders?"
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Gu Dayong and the others, chuckled and said, "Who said I was going to see them?"
"ah!"
Gu Da and others couldn't help but be stunned, with a look of astonishment on their faces. You must know that since Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, Zhu Houzhao has never refused any cabinet request. This is the first time he has refused an invitation like this. Gu Da can't be blamed.
How many people would be so surprised?
Zhang Yong said subconsciously: "Your Majesty, those are all the cabinet members. Wouldn't it be bad if Your Majesty didn't see you?"
Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly and said: "If there's anything wrong with it, let them wait for a long time before talking about it."
Time passed little by little, and the sun began to set in the sky. A ray of afterglow fell on a few people. Xie Qian, who had been standing in front of the palace gate for an hour or two, and Li Dongyang and others were already there.
His face looked tired.
Liu Jian was the oldest, already over 70 years old. He finally couldn't bear it anymore and sat down on the steps in front of the palace gate. He rubbed his legs and said, "What do these servants do for food? Tell me.
Does the news take so long?”
Xie Qian looked at the closed palace door, his expression became a little ugly. At this time, no matter how slow he was, he realized that something was wrong.
Even Liu Jian, couldn't he realize that something was wrong, but he could only vent his dissatisfaction on these servants.
After all, with their status, even if they borrowed ten thousand courage from those little chamberlains, they would not dare to neglect them, and they would definitely inform the emperor of their request for an audience as soon as possible.
It was obvious that there had been no summons for such a long time. This was simply because the emperor was still angry and was deliberately leaving them alone.
Li Dongyang glanced at Liu Jian, Xie Qian and Yang Tinghe, took a deep breath, cupped his hands towards the little eunuch guarding the door and said: "Please go to Tongbing Emperor again, and say that I am waiting here to ask for an audience. I beg your Majesty."
Allow us to have an audience with Tianyan."
The little chamberlain quickly said: "First assistant, don't worry, I will help you."
In a palace, Zhu Houzhao's face was filled with a smile. He put down the imperial pen in his hand, looked at the few lines of writing on the book, and nodded with satisfaction.
Gu Dayong saw the little chamberlain coming in at the door, and quickly waved his hand to signal him not to speak, but at this moment Zhu Houzhao had noticed the little chamberlain, raised his head and asked, "What's the matter?"
The young chamberlain prostrated himself and said: "Back to Your Majesty, several ministers have asked to see Your Majesty."
Zhu Houzhao looked at Gu Dayong and said, "Big companion, what time is it now?"
Hearing this, Gu Dayong hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, it is already half of the You hour."
Zhu Houzhao looked at the sky outside and saw that it was already dark. He pondered for a while and said to Gu Dayong: "My eldest companion, please go for a walk and tell Li Dongyang and the others that I am not feeling well today."
, took a rest early.”
Looking at Zhu Houzhao's energetic and happy appearance, there is no sign of any physical discomfort.
Gu Dayong immediately said: "Old slave, I will go and pass the message."
Outside the palace gate, it was the first time that the several pavilion elders who had been left out for so long. No matter how angry they were when they came, they were almost worn out by now. They just looked at the closed palace door, waiting for the emperor.