A few days later, Cheng Engong was reprimanded by the new emperor for his ineffective errands.

Duke Cheng'en was given the title of duke, and he also served as the secretary of Honglu Temple. The official position is high, and he is quite leisurely. With the new emperor's respect for the Empress Dowager Min, he has to take care of the Min family. As long as Cheng Engong does not act honestly and calmly, the new emperor will not come to him for trouble.

However, Cheng Engong acted in a high-profile manner and was very public. It already disliked the new emperor. Coupled with Min Fang's incident, the new emperor was even more dissatisfied. found a reason to attack Cheng Engong in the court.

Cheng Engong was trained by the new emperor who was rarely harsh, and his face was as pale as dirt, and he was accused again and again.

The new emperor has always been generous and gentle, and it is rare to be angry in the court. Not to mention Cheng'en Gong, even the courtiers were secretly cold in their hearts.

The old man Fu Ge is old and has guessed the reason.

It is clear that the new emperor is dissatisfied with the Min family and deliberately suppresses the warning. Just like that day with a decree to warn him, the old man of the court......

Empress Gu's influence on the Son of Heaven is indeed too great.

Emperor Yuanyou foresaw this when he was alive, so he left such a will, selecting four concubines for the new emperor, wanting to balance the harem and contain Empress Gu.

It's a pity that although the fourth concubine entered the palace, she didn't play a role. Gu Guifei died of a sudden illness, and the remaining three concubines were like transparent people in the palace, and they couldn't get into the eyes of the new emperor at all......

Fu Ge's heart was racing, and he was still thinking and hesitating. Behind him, an official already started to play loudly: "Weichen has the courage to admonish, Chengengong, as the brother of the Queen Mother, should have done his best to set an example for hundreds of officials." Cheng Engong was arrogant, ineffective, and slack. The emperor should punish him severely to set an example!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Cheng Engong's old face had turned purple, and he was extremely embarrassed. Stubbornly surrendered his hand and pleaded guilty: "Please take the emperor seriously, the old minister will never complain!"

The Son of Heaven said in a deep voice: "I have removed your position as the secretary of the Honglu Temple. In the future, there will be no major events in the court, and Chengen Gong will not need to go to the court. ”

Cheng Engong swallowed a mouthful of old blood in his throat, thanked the Son of Heaven for his grace, and then withdrew from the court in a gloomy manner.

In the past, he only led the idle errand, and there was basically no opportunity to speak when he went to court. Now that the new emperor has finally ascended the throne, he has not only been crowned as a duke, but also has the official position of Honglu Temple, which is the spring breeze is proud.

Unexpectedly, the new emperor gave a sweet date, and so quickly waved a big stick over, hitting him dizzy.

lost his official office and was small, but he had the position of duke anyway. "You can't go to court without a big event", but it's really embarrassing.

If there has been no major event, won't he, the Duke of Cheng'en, become an empty ornament? Where will he be able to stand tall in front of people in the future?

The more Cheng Engong thought about it, the more annoyed and regretful he became, and went back to Chengen's mansion with a black face all the way.

The former Min family has now changed the courtyard and has become the Chengen Mansion. Since the plaque of the Cheng'en Mansion was hung, the people who came to the door every day have never stopped.

Duchess Cheng'en was busy entertaining every day, or greeting the ladies who came to the door, or being invited to various mansions as guests, and there was no time to be idle. This day happened to be in Fuzhong.

……

Duke Cheng'en suddenly returned to the house, Duchess Cheng'en was quite surprised, and greeted him with a smile: "Before the time comes, why did you come back so early?"

This question hit Cheng Engong's sore spot.

Cheng Engong didn't dare to say anything in the court, and at this time he was furious, and scolded: "You still have the face to open your mouth to ask what's going on." It's all a good thing you did, and I was reprimanded by the emperor, not to mention the errand of Honglu Temple, and I was reprimanded by the emperor in the court, losing face. ”

Duchess Chengen was scolded with a split head and face, and she felt quite aggrieved in her heart: "What did I do wrong? You lost your position, how can you blame me!"

Cheng Engong said angrily: "Why don't I blame you! Now that Min Fang has entered the palace, whether she can win the favor and favor of the emperor is her business." A few days ago, Min Fang angered the Empress Dowager and was punished for being grounded in the palace. You still led the Zhao family into the palace to plead for mercy!

"The emperor looks at the queen like an eyeball, and whoever angers the queen will be like angering the dragon scales. It was inconvenient for the emperor to attack directly, so he found a reason to attack me. Well, now, there are not many people in the whole capital watching my jokes and hilarity. How are you going to let me go out and meet people in the future?"

Duchess Chengen was scolded with tears in her eyes, crying and complaining: "How did I know that things would come to this point." Min Fang's entry into the palace was also decided by the first emperor. It wasn't us who took the initiative to send her into the palace. Now it's all our fault. ”

"In the end, it was the daughter of the Min family, who was snubbed and punished in the palace, and the face of our Chengen Mansion was not good-looking. That's when I had the courage to enter the palace. However, before I could even say a word of pleading, I was sent out of Cining Palace by the Queen Mother. ”

"We are the ones who have been wronged. ”

"Isn't the emperor afraid of a mean reputation for his maternal uncle's family like this?"

Cheng Engong's temples jumped suddenly, and he glared at him fiercely: "Shut up for me! Don't you think you haven't caused enough trouble? How can you say this kind of nonsense casually! If it reaches the ears of the emperor and the queen mother, do you still want to die!"

After Duchess Cheng'en spoke, she also knew that she had lost her words, and she was so frightened that she immediately stopped talking. After a moment, he asked in a low voice, "What now?"

"What else can I do?" Cheng Engong had a gloomy face and replied angrily: "From today on, I will call myself sick and see no one." Wait for this limelight to pass, and then enter the palace to ask the Queen Mother for intercession. ”

"You've got me the best of the way. From today onwards, don't go anywhere, just stay in the house. When the emperor and queen are discouraged, when will they go out and walk around again. ”

Duchess Chengen replied aggrievedly.

……

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the new emperor drove to Cining Palace.

Empress Dowager Min didn't know what was happening in the court, and at this time she was holding a pair of small scissors and carefully pruning the flower branches.

Xiao Xu stepped forward with a smile and shouted to the queen mother.

When Empress Dowager Min heard her son's voice, a happy smile suddenly welled up in her eyes, she put down the scissors, and turned around with a smile: "Ah Xu, you came early today." ”

Xiao Xu is very filial, no matter how busy he is every day, he must take time to come to Cining Palace, sometimes accompany the Empress Dowager Min to talk, or eat together, and when he is busy, he can only stay for a while before leaving. Rao is like this, which is enough to make Empress Dowager Min happy.

Today, Xiao Xu didn't even change his dragon robe, obviously he came to Cining Palace from the scattered dynasty.

Xiao Xu said gently: "Queen Mother, I have something to tell you. ”