No one spoke up, saying that today was a small court meeting and it should be held in the side hall instead, which was stupid.
After entering the Jinluan Hall, all the officials stood in the same position as yesterday in the order they entered.
The difference is that without Emperor Xin, the position at the front of the general should have been filled according to rank, but at this moment it was vacated by everyone in unison.
At the front of the civil servants, who was the king yesterday, today stands Li Zhengfu, the old man in the imperial court.
It’s just that King Yu’s position has been vacated.
Everyone knows that one of the protagonists today is King Yu. Even if he did not appear outside the Meridian Gate just now, he will definitely appear at the court meeting today.
But Li Zhengfu's actions undoubtedly sent a signal to everyone.
You know, after becoming the king and supervising the country, Mr. Li Ge, who had previously supported King Jing, even began to take a sick leave in order to temporarily avoid the spotlight.
But at this moment, he occupied the position that originally belonged to King Cheng.
It was as if he was certain that King Cheng would not appear at the court meeting today.
Although Li Zhengfu never revealed anything outside the Meridian Gate, when thinking about the distance between Li's residence and Prince Cheng's residence, a glimmer of understanding flashed in everyone's mind.
They knew very well who Mr. Li Ge was.
As he gets older, he has become more cautious in his actions over the years in order to be able to safely retire from the position of elder.
Except for his previous bet on King Jing, he had never done anything risky. Even after the unfounded King Yu caused trouble in the household department a few years ago, in order to avoid causing more trouble, he almost didn't struggle, so he
His favorite disciple Yang Youxu was sent abroad.
At this moment, the fact that he dared to stand in the position that originally belonged to King Cheng meant that he was certain that there was at least a 95% chance that King Cheng would not appear at the court meeting today.
In other words, even if he appears, it will not be as the head of the civil service.
After reaching a certain level, every move may become a trend vane.
The officials, who were still a little confused at first, had vaguely made up their minds about what to do next.
But unfortunately, they didn't know that there were two protagonists today and they didn't want to hand over the initiative to them.
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Time passes little by little while waiting.
After all the officials stood still, it was logically the time for the old emperor to appear. However, after waiting for half an hour this time, the old emperor was still nowhere to be seen.
Even the eunuch in charge beside him never showed up.
The pressure on everyone's hearts is getting heavier and heavier.
Some officials also suspected that the old emperor had gone to the side hall as usual and something had happened.
But more people know that this is impossible.
If today's court meeting was held in the side hall, it would be impossible for the young eunuch just to lead them into the Jinluan Hall.
He must have received orders from the old emperor.
But because of this, they also knew that the later the old emperor came out, the harder it would be for the following court meeting.
finally……
Footsteps sounded.
Baiguan, who lowered his head, saw three pairs of boots appear in his field of vision.
The bright yellow pair undoubtedly belongs to the emperor, while the other two pairs...
Wait, why two pairs?
Besides the eunuch in charge who accompanied His Majesty to court, whose boots do they belong to?
Although they think so, everyone actually already knows the answer.
Sure enough, after entering the hall, two pairs of boots went up the steps, and the last pair of boots walked to the front of the general and stood in the vacant position.
It is one of today's protagonists.
His Highness Prince Yu, the Fifth Prince.
Snap!
Although there was no noise among the officials, the eunuch in charge still flicked the long whip in his hand symbolically, and then he shouted loudly: "Go to court!"
"Greetings to my emperor, long live my emperor."
However, this time, the word "Pingsheng" belonging to the emperor never rang out.
The emperor did not speak, and all the officials had no choice but to remain on their knees.
Some officials with insufficient psychological quality had faint sweat stains on their foreheads at this moment.
Either a moment passed, or a long time passed.
Amidst these suppressed instructions, the old emperor's angry voice finally sounded.
"Stop kneeling and get up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Although what the old emperor just said was not in line with etiquette, listening to the old emperor's tone, the officials were not stupid enough to get into trouble with him at this moment.
Only Yan Guan secretly made a note in his mind and waited until there was an opportunity in the future to give advice.
As usual, the voice of the chief eunuch should come next.
"If there is anything to do, start early, and if there is nothing to do, leave the court."
Then the officials began to give advice.
However, the old emperor obviously did not want to follow this process today.
In other words, he simply didn't want to give the officials time to react.
Snap!
This time, it was not the sound of the eunuch in charge cracking his whip, but the old emperor throwing a piece of paper directly under the steps and onto the ground.
"Is this what you said yesterday that the eldest prince will never collude with foreigners?"
"If I didn't have this thing, I don't know how long I would have been deceived by you!"
The officials were shocked, but at the same time they were also filled with astonishment.
No matter whether His Highness King Cheng had colluded with foreigners or not, they were not King Cheng, so how could they know about these things? However, the old emperor's words at this moment seemed to be a scapegoat for lying on their heads.
How can they endure this?
If they are really convicted by the emperor and have something to do with colluding with foreigners, then their career will be over.
That's right, even though they haven't seen the contents of the folder that the old emperor dropped, they can already conclude that since the old emperor has told what happened yesterday again, he must have obtained substantial evidence.
King Cheng had indeed colluded with foreigners secretly.
As for whether it was evidence that existed before or was found after the raid on Prince Cheng's Mansion yesterday, the fact was no longer important.
The important thing is that this matter cannot involve them.
Now there are officials who want to stand up and prove their innocence.
But it is a pity that the old emperor still did not give them this opportunity.
After the old emperor finished reprimanding him, he seemed to have discovered Li Zhengfu, who was standing at the top of the list of civil servants.
"Mr. Li Ge?"
He suppressed his anger a little and asked: "Before I took office, Mr. Ge was already sick at home. Now that he is in court, his health is better?"
"Thanks to His Majesty's great blessing, I am fine now."
Li Zhengfu lowered his head and handed over his hands. Although they knew that both of them knew the truth, they still spoke in clichés.
The old emperor also cooperated and said: "Old Li Ge's good health is the blessing of my great separation."
He sighed and said: "I can't live without Li Ge for a day. Look at what these useless things have done!"
Li Zhengfu continued to hand over.
"The old minister is stupid."
"Mr. Li Ge has been recuperating at home, so it's normal for him not to know."
The old emperor waved his hand, his anger seemed to have completely disappeared, replaced by an indisputable depression.
"My boss... that's all. This document has been clearly written. Mr. Li Ge should read it for himself. This is a shame to the royal family. I really can't say it out loud."
While he was talking, there was a young eunuch standing by, trotted over, picked up the folding book on the ground, and handed it to Li Zhengfu.
