Chapter 281: Above the Court

As soon as Liu Yan entered the palace gate, she lowered her head and quickly walked towards the Yixin Palace, today is her first time in the court, and she doesn't want to be delayed because of other things. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Outside the Yixin Palace, all the generals must remove their armor, and put the ice blades they wear outside the hall, and it is forbidden to bring them into the main hall, and everyone must take off their covers, and then, one by one, they will stand on both sides of the hall according to their grades, waiting for the emperor.

It is not the first time for Liu Yan to come to this Yixin Palace, but when Pang Ri came, he went to the study of the side hall, which was the place where the emperor dealt with political affairs on weekdays, and it was also used to summon ministers to review and review, and the first time she came to this main hall to participate in the court meeting, it was inevitable that she was a little nervous, but Liu Yan must be an official of the imperial court, and she is the only female official now, and someone must be staring at her words and deeds, and she must not be sloppy.

Standing with his head lowered and half-sounded, he heard Zhang Fuhai's voice resounding above the main hall: "The emperor has arrived." ”

Immediately afterwards, the ministers knelt on the ground and prostrated and shouted, "Long live." ”

"Flat." Although the emperor is not very old, he has been in power for a year in the end, and he has already practiced extraordinary things.

The emperor sat firmly on the dragon chair, looked up, and looked at the ministers below, his face was handsome, and he did not smile, but he did have a royal style.

"Zhongqing has a book to play, but there is no book to retreat." The Emperor spoke, his voice low, with a hint of maturity and steadiness that did not correspond to his age.

All the ministers bowed their heads, half ringing, and the book of the Ministry of Rites came out of the ranks, arching their hands to the Son of Heaven and saying, "The ministers have something to play." ”

"Aiqing, but it doesn't hurt to say it." The emperor is very generous to ministers, especially ministers from poor families and high power.

"On the eighth day of the next month, the queen's birthday, Daqi Dayan has submitted the documents, and then come to congratulate, Weichen doesn't know how to receive it." The Ministry of Rites Shangshu said, this person has a square face, loyal and honest, above the court, and has excellent popularity, at this time, seeing her open to play the emperor, she is naturally very curious.

Hearing this, the emperor also pondered slightly, this matter is indeed not easy to handle.

Daqi sent an edict a few days ago, wanting to marry a princess of Dayong, this matter can be directly refused, after all, Daqi has a posterity, and the old emperor is seriously ill and dying, Dayong's princess marries the past, not only can not become the queen but also has the danger of martyrdom, such a marriage has no meaning.

But the queen mother waved a big pen and made the decision for the emperor, and planned that Princess Wenyan would go to Daqi to marry.

Although Wenyan is not favored, and she has a stubborn temperament, and she is the daughter of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother's move, the emperor has nothing to say, so he agreed.

However, in the end, I still have concerns, but after thinking about it, if the Queen Mother is ambitious, and tries to stretch her hand into the harem of Daqi, then this wishful thinking is wrong, since it is harmless to the emperor, but it is not beneficial to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is in charge, and naturally wants to sell her personal favor.

In order to show the emperor's reverence for the queen mother.

And it's not just Daqi that is difficult to do, but also Dayan.

Dayan is subordinate to Dayong, although it has not changed its surname, but it has also paid tribute year after year, and it is a vassal country.

However, in recent years, there have been frequent skirmishes with the Dayong generals stationed at the border, although they have not caused much impact, and Mu Wang Yuan Tianjing has been stationed for three years, and all the Dayan troops who will be committed will be beaten back to the territory of Dayan, but this is still not a good phenomenon, the emperor knows it, it seems that this Dayan is planning to go out.

It doesn't matter if you go out, although it is not easy to pacify, it is not difficult, but the only thing I am worried about is that I am afraid that Dayan and Daqi will unite and besiege Dayong in the center left and right, then Dayong's army will be constrained on both sides.

This is what the emperor is really worried about, so on the queen's birthday, the envoys of these two countries came to congratulate him, with a different mind, but the envoy cannot be killed, this is an iron law, so he can only be entertained and treated as a guest.

The emperor groaned for a while, and then said slowly: "The envoy of Daqi Dayan is here, naturally he wants to entertain him well, and the post house in Kyoto must be well tidied up." ”

"Yes." The Ministry of Rites respectfully responded.

The emperor turned to look at Rou Gangyu again, there was no joy or anger in his eyes, and his tone was not salty or light: "The queen's birthday, the security of this Kyoto will be handed over to you, especially near the post house." ”

Rou Gangyu bowed his hand, "Yes", and then a faint smile appeared on his face, the emperor's move, in order to watch the envoy of Daqi Dayan, so as not to cause any chaos on the occasion of the court.

"Is there still Aiqing playing?" The emperor is also worried now, Daqi sent a letter to ask for relatives, but now there are 20 days before the queen's birthday, and it will take 20 days to prepare and kiss matters at the earliest, this time back and forth, it will take two months to send Wenyan to Daqi at the earliest, and there are too many changes between these two months, whether the old emperor of Daqi can survive to two months is still unknown, although the emperor does not pay much attention to Wenyan, but after all, she is the princess of Dayong, and every word and deed represents the face of the Dayong royal family, and a step of chess, it is useless to play, and it is also a waste.

"The minister has something to do." A five-grade imperial historian came out of the ranks, Liu Yan secretly glanced up at him, this person looked like a fairy wind and bones, his thin body was covered with a wide court dress, no matter how he looked at it, he was a little out of place, but his face was narrow and long, and his chin was also with a deliberately raised goatee, no matter how he looked, he looked a little like a Taoist priest rather than an imperial historian who had always been known for his uprightness.

The emperor nodded, signaling him to speak directly.

"Ren Concubine Niangniang was ordered to go out of the palace to worship the Buddha to pray for the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, and then, after more than two months, seeing the Queen's birthday, the Dayan envoy came to congratulate, if this is to let Ren Concubine Niangniang live in the Buddhist Temple, it also seems that my Dayong is a little harsh to Ren Concubine Niangniang." After the imperial historian said that, he lowered his head and listened to the emperor's instructions.

He knew in his heart that with this move, the emperor would inevitably be happy.

Although Ren Concubine is nominally out of the palace to worship the Buddha, but in fact she made a mistake and was punished, and now, a reasonable reason is needed to take Ren Concubine back to the palace, this reason, everyone knows it, but no one put it forward, for fear of offending the town of Guogong.

Sure enough, after the words were finished, the emperor's eyes eased slightly, not so serious, he seemed to be groaning, however, before he could speak, His Royal Highness had another official come out of the ranks, and said loudly: "The emperor can't, Concubine Ren is the princess of Dayan, since she has married into my Dayong's harem, she is naturally a person of Dayong, how does my Emperor Dayong deal with the palace concubine who made mistakes, does he still need Dayan to judge?" ”

As soon as these words came out, many people in the palace echoed, and Liu Yan looked at them one by one, but the left were all protégés of Zhenguo Gong or ministers who intended to cling to Zhen Guogong, these people have always been very restrictive to Ren Concubine, not allowed this or that, in order to ensure the position of the middle palace.

But if you tie up with the queen and the prince of Zhenguo, you will inevitably offend the emperor.

Sure enough, the emperor's face that had only eased down was covered with another layer of frost. (To be continued.) )