Chapter Forty-Three: The Court Controversy
Feng Xiyan's words can be said to be very polite, and Empress Dowager Li was under her in public like this, and her face had faintly revealed annoyance, but in front of the civil and military officials, she never broke out, just barely showed a smile.
"Your Majesty said the same, this is what you came up with last night, how can the Mourning family know, but in general, does Your Majesty want to discuss with the Mourning family first and then propose it to discuss with the hundred officials?"
"Queen Mother, I am no longer a child, many times, the Queen Mother should let me go and let me deal with some things independently, after all, I will be in charge of this world after all, not the Queen Mother."
As soon as Feng Xiyan's words came out, Empress Dowager Li got up from the phoenix chair behind the curtain with a "brush", her eyes were dark and unclear and she looked at Feng Xiyan through the bead curtain, and the annoyed and angry look on her face could no longer bear it and appeared.
was about to speak, but Feng Xiyan was the first to continue to speak.
"Queen Mother, I know that saying such words will make you sad and sad, but although the words are ugly, it is an indisputable fact, and I also know that the Queen Mother is also worried that I will not be able to manage this huge country, so I have tried my best to assist me, and I know all this."
Feng Xiyan couldn't hold back the corners of her mouth, she was sincere, and quietly raised her eyes to see the Empress Dowager Li who was looking behind the bead curtain, seeing that her face was very ugly, she felt a burst of ecstasy in her heart, but she continued with a very embarrassed face.
"However, Queen Mother, I have grown up, I have my own ideas, and I have my own plans, this world will eventually be handed over to me, rather than waiting for me to make irreparable mistakes at that time, it is better to let me start to experience now, so that at least there is still a Queen Mother who can redeem the inevitable mistakes for me."
At the moment when Feng Xiyan opened his mouth to scold the Empress Dowager Li, Shangguan Candle's brows furrowed tightly, his eyes were full of intricacies, and he was about to open his mouth to break the deadlock, when he suddenly heard Feng Xiyan's next words.
Then, the whole person relaxed, and the frowning brows gradually relaxed, and he looked at the farce made by Feng Xiyan with a look of watching the show.
And the civil and military officials in the court were shocked when they saw Feng Xiyan scolding the Queen Mother regardless of the occasion, because they didn't expect that His Majesty would be so outspoken and not give the queen a son at all.
Of course, this is only the idea of some neutral officials, among them, the pro-emperor faction saw that Feng Xiyan was so strong, and their eyes burst with excitement, and they were ready to roll up their sleeves and start to help Feng Xiyan force the Queen Mother to hand over her power.
It's just that before he could make a move, he heard Feng Xiyan's next words, like pouring a basin of cold water, extinguishing all the flames of excitement of the pro-emperor faction.
The other officials who supported Empress Dowager Li were shocked when they heard Feng Xiyan's words, and when they were about to walk out of the team to help Empress Dowager Li, their footsteps had not moved a few steps, and when they heard Feng Xiyan's next words, they stopped in an instant and focused their eyes on Feng Xiyan on the dragon chair.
"Queen Mother, do you think what Erchen said makes sense?"
Looking at Feng Xiyan's innocent face, Empress Dowager Li was as uncomfortable as eating a fly, Feng Xiyan first provoked a dispute, then showed weakness, and finally came to a soft condition, let her agree no, not agree, the whole tiger is difficult to ride.
agreed, it is equivalent to letting some rights to deal with some things in the court for himself in the future, and in the future, it will not be so easy to manage it.
The scene was extremely embarrassing for a while, except for Feng Xiyan, who was secretly happy in his heart, and Shangguan Candle, who was standing in danger, the other people looked at each other, and they didn't dare to come out, for fear of being dragged into this battlefield without gunpowder.
Li Mao, who was standing under the court, watched all this coldly, and a trace of surprise flashed quickly in his eyes, but it was only for a moment, and it quickly disappeared, and the rest was all ridicule.
He wanted to open his mouth to break the deadlock, but he raised his eyes and saw Shangguan Candle standing above who was silent, lowering his eyes and not knowing what he was thinking, hesitated for a moment, but still fell silent, watching this farce with cold eyes.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the old minister doesn't know if he should say anything?"
A gray beard, dressed in a scarlet official robe, with a wrinkled face, although he looks old, his mental state is not bad, and when he speaks, his voice is even more deafening, making it difficult for people not to pay attention.
Seeing that someone had broken the deadlock, Empress Dowager Li, who was thinking about how to step down, was excited, and took a step forward anxiously, and gestured to the officials in the hall through the bead curtain.
"Mrs. Zhao, please speak!"
Someone rushed out to break the deadlock, although Feng Xiyan was surprised, but she also expected that the Queen Mother had controlled the government for so many years, if there were no two brushes and no supporters, it would be a strange thing.
It's just, who is this person in front of you? The Queen Mother called him Mrs. Zhao, but which Mrs. is he? She didn't even know her.
"Yes, the old minister just heard the conversation between His Majesty and the Queen Mother, and felt that what His Majesty said was very reasonable, but there was one point, and the old minister really couldn't understand it, so the old minister rashly interrupted the conversation between His Majesty and the Queen Mother."
"Oh? Which point does Mrs. Zhao find incomprehensible? This was said by Feng Xiyan, and after interrupting the Queen Mother's questioning first, Feng Xiyan's eyes dropped the Shangguan candle in the lower left corner, and saw that he also cast his gaze at her.
Feng Xiyan suddenly had a mischievous mind, raised his eyebrows at Shangguan Candle, and then blinked quickly, in this regard, Shangguan Candle was stunned for a moment, showing a surprised look, but quickly returned to normal, glanced at Feng Xiyan deeply, withdrew his gaze, and lowered his eyes.
Seeing this, Feng Xiyan's heart was directly happy, and the corners of his mouth couldn't stop rising.
Others didn't notice the interaction between the two, but they were captured by one of the people in the hall, who was Li Mao standing among the hundred officials.
Seeing Feng Xiyan behaving so frivolously towards Shangguan Candle, Li Mao was first startled, and then looked at Shangguan Candle, seeing that although his face was calm, the tips of his ears were slightly red, Li Mao was shocked, and quickly turned his head to look at Feng Xiyan, the hatred in his eyes kept rolling, and his heart was even more angry.
The Queen Mother was behind Feng Xiyan, looking at her back, the hatred in her eyes couldn't be hidden, the ten fingers covered with dankou were deeply immersed in the flesh and I didn't know it, and I didn't know what medicine Your Majesty had taken today, and she was disobedient to her in court, and even wanted to take back the power from her, it was really a joke.
Mrs. Zhao in the hall glanced up at Feng Xiyan, then turned to the Queen Mother behind the bead curtain, and then replied, "Your Majesty, if the minister understands correctly, what you just meant was that you wanted the Queen Mother to give some power to Your Majesty." ”