Chapter 55: Quarrel in the court

Zhou Ming's "I'm still young now, thinking about getting married after the age of 30" is no different from refusing to marry the Lucis family in the ears of the old prince.

The old prince was unacceptable.

It's even more impossible to swallow your anger!

He's going to make trouble.

He's going to give Noctis a little color!

So after leaving the palace, the angry old prince immediately took a series of actions to make things uproar.

It set off an uproar in the imperial capital!

Of course, at the beginning, the old prince had not gone to the extreme, and he still retained a trace of reason in his mind.

He just dragged all the lords and nobles of the empire to his prince's mansion and told them about the emperor's repentance.

Hearing the old prince's story, the nobles were all taken aback, and then they were filled with righteous indignation and reprimanded one by one.

"What? How can His Majesty the Emperor be like this? How can he not speak without words?"

"If my grandson dares to do this, I will break his leg!" said a nobleman.

"In the matter of marriage, His Majesty the Emperor actually has no right to make decisions, his parents are gone, but he still has a grandmother, and the Queen Mother has the right to arrange a day for him and complete the marriage as soon as possible. ”

One of the sons of the old prince shook his head and said: "Sister, her health has been getting worse and worse recently, and she may not have many days left, and she seems to have figured out something, when she talks about Noctis, she is angry, she will not go to officiate the marriage of Noctis." ”

"What about Rubster, he is the patriarch of the imperial family, the uncle of His Majesty the Emperor, can't he officiate the marriage for Noctis?"

"It's unlikely, Ruebster doesn't have a good relationship with our aristocratic faction, he hopes that this marriage will be too late, how can he make it happen?"

From these respects, Noctis does have the power to make his own decisions in matters of marriage.

"But...... Isn't marrying after the age of thirty playing tricks on us nobles? Noctis has no sincerity to unite our aristocratic faction at all!"

"Yes, Noctis, like his father, wants to ignore us nobles!"

"No, that little cub is even more than his father, and he not only wants to repent of his marriage, but also wants to humiliate us!"

The old prince interjected, and slammed his fist on the table: "I must teach that kid a lesson and a warning, until he admits his mistake and immediately marries my Elsa!"

"But...... Noctis is not his father, this kid has a lot of power in his hands, he is a hundred times stronger than his father, he is not so easy to deal with. A nobleman said with a worried face.

"Bang!"

The old prince slammed the table and said: "No matter how hard his wings are, I can break him! My Lucis family is by no means the object of his contempt and humiliation, I want that kid to see what real power is!"

"Old Prince, what do you mean......" A nobleman's eyes were full of horror, did the old prince think...... Violence?

"Old Prince, you have to be cautious about this! If you go that far, you will only lose both!" said a nobleman extremely nervously.

"I'll give that kid one last chance, and if he continues to go his own way, then don't blame me for being rude!"

The old prince is not a stupid horseman, he uses violence to fight with the royal family, because the strength of the two sides is equal, once the war breaks out, it will indeed be a loss for both sides, and even the gains outweigh the losses, causing the empire to fall into chaos, which is not a very wise approach, and the old prince does not want to tear his face so early.

He summoned so many nobles, not to plan a war, but to invite them to write a concert together, in advance of the series of ventilation, in the early dynasty tomorrow, the old prince will lead the nobles to rush up, asking Emperor Noctis, it is best to marry Elsa as the queen immediately, do not want to delay for a moment!

Thereupon.

The next morning.

"Your Majesty, you are the master of the world and an example of the people of the world, how can you not believe in your words?"

"Your Majesty, stop being playful and indulgent, getting married at the age of sixteen is just right, you can fulfill the promise of 'Golden House Beauty'!"

"Your Majesty, the sooner you get married and give birth to an heir early, it will also be of great benefit to the stability of the empire, the empire needs a queen!"

"Your Majesty, the nobility is also the pillar of the empire, if you don't pay attention to the nobility and humiliate the nobles! ”

Under the leadership of the old prince, in the face of hundreds of nobles, he raised a group of advice, stern warnings, and voices asking him to marry Elsa immediately.

Zhou Ming suddenly felt that his head was bigger.

"Stop, nobles be quiet, please be quiet. ”

He waved his hand again and again, signaling the nobles to be quiet, but he shouted a dozen words and waited for more than five minutes until his face became very ugly.

The hall finally fell silent.

"Interesting, isn't it?"

"Is it interesting?"

Zhou Ming looked at the old prince and said: "Old prince, tell me, a small private matter has actually made trouble in the court, and the trouble is known to the whole world, do you think it is interesting?"

Feeling Zhou Ming's angry words.

The old prince didn't care at all, raised his head and said: "The emperor has no private affairs, the emperor's small private affairs are the major affairs of the empire and the world! As a loyal minister of the empire, I have to take the lead in urging Your Majesty." ”

"Yes, the emperor is selfless, small things are big things!" a large number of nobles echoed.

"Don't talk to so many people!

Zhou Ming roared in a low voice, then pointed to a minister in the queue on the left and said, "Lord Gogoriz, my parents are dead, my grandmother is seriously ill, and there is no one to take charge of this marriage, can I make my own decisions about this marriage?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. In the court, Gogoriz, known as one of the four sycophants, said without thinking.

"Okay, since I can make my own decisions, and I don't want to get married too early, I want to get married later, is there a problem with that?" Zhou Ming asked again.

"No problem at all, Your Majesty. Gogoriz said.

"Okay, but look at these nobles, who actually interfered with my freedom, demanded that I get married immediately, and forced me to do things I didn't want to do, do you think they are a bit excessive?"

"Your Majesty, it's not just a little excessive, it's very, very excessive!" Gogoriz said.

"It's no problem for me to refuse these excessive demands, right?"

"There is no problem, Your Majesty ......"

Before Gogoriz could finish speaking, a cane struck him, and the old prince actually started beating people.

He knocked several large bags on Gogoriz's head and yelled: "You damn sycophant, I'll knock you to death!"

"Lord Lucis, what are you doing?!"

"Above the court, how can you, old prince, despise the power of heaven and act blatantly?"

"Stop, old prince, stop me!"

Although Gogoriz was an unscrupulous sycophant, most of the courtiers were extremely ashamed of him, and they usually dispersed and did not want to go with him, but Gogoriz was a person sent by ministers after all.

How can the aristocratic faction beat at will?

So several strong ministers worked together to pull the old prince back.

In the court, the two factions argued fiercely.

The focus of the debate is still at what age should the emperor get married...... This is the core of the contradiction.

The aristocratic school of thought was that the emperor should marry as soon as possible, preferably immediately, not more than 18 years old, and it was difficult to accept it after the age of 30.

Most of the ministers in the minister's faction actually agree with the views of the aristocratic faction, but due to the deep contradictions between the two factions, this time, the ministers stood on the emperor's side, threw out a lot of strange opinions, and said a lot of angry words.

"Since His Majesty the Emperor has the right to decide when he will get married, whether His Majesty chooses to marry at the age of twenty, thirty, or fifty, it is His Majesty's power, and others cannot interfere, and we should respect His Majesty's power. ”

"What's wrong with getting married at the age of 30? The minister was ugly when he was young, his family was poor, and he didn't have a partner at the age of 34, but since he became an official in the court, he married a wife and three concubines in one go, and he had his first son at the age of 35...... The minister thinks it's okay to get married later. ”

"It's not good to get married too early, the minister has grandchildren, he began to contact men and women at the age of 12, he is tired of doing this every day, he does not know how to control his energy exhaustion, and he also buys a large number of tiger and wolf medicines, and he is happy day and night, but he is weak and sick, and he died early at the age of 16, leaving no man and half woman. ”

"The minister thinks that His Majesty's consideration is wise, now the empire's various undertakings are thriving, and the people are also looking forward to a healthy and long-lived king, bringing them long-term happiness, and a knife on the head of the color word, how many heroic and majestic kings, the great cause has not been achieved, it was lost early on the word 'color', and now His Majesty the Emperor has a clear understanding of the harm of 'color', which is not a good thing for the stability of the country. ”

"Yes, although Your Majesty is young, he has always been very assertive and far-sighted, but you nobles, one by one, are short-sighted, only care about the small profits in front of you, and even do not hesitate to destroy the good situation, you should be ashamed of your nonsense!"

Hear these words.

The old prince's body trembled, his face turned red, and he was almost about to vomit blood!