Mo Bai thought about it when he heard this, and felt that what the queen said was also reasonable, and he pondered for a long time, and finally said with a wry smile: "Then you just have to be more comfortable, the more comfortable you are, the more confident I will be in the eyes of outsiders." Lao Jiu after this battle, in a short period of time, will not dare to make a big move, with this time, I will take the opportunity to prepare some self-protection capital, in the future will not be as embarrassed as this adventure. Mo Bai finally said slowly.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the queen mother and the old palace maid immediately changed greatly.

This is clearly to tell them that in fact, today, Mo Bai does not have such a strong confidence at all, he is just bluffing.

"You...... How can you be so bold? The Queen Mother's voice was pressed to the lowest, her fingers were inky white, and she was shocked.

"Just like Lao Jiu's words, it has reached the point where I have to do it, I have no other way to go except to make dangerous moves and deter the situation." Mo Bai is calm.

The Queen Mother and the old palace maid glanced at each other, both of them were afraid to think about it, if Lao Jiu had the courage to gamble again, now with just an order, I am afraid that the entire middle palace will be beaten into nothingness in an instant.

The Queen Mother took a few deep breaths before she finally put away her panic, looked at Mo Bai, and said after her face changed a few times: "No, it's too risky, you can't bet on Lao Jiu's guts." ”

Speaking of this, the Queen Mother looked at Mo Bai: "Emperor, since Hu Qingyan asked me to hang the curtain, otherwise I will really listen to the government, so that I can also restrain Lao Jiu ......."

"Don't!" Mo Bai shook his head without thinking about it: "The queen mother must not think that Hu Qingyan really wants you to listen to the government, he asked you to come out, but it was just to suppress the new monarch, before inviting you out, he didn't expect that I would suppress Lao Jiu in a flash." At this moment, he is no longer guarding against Lao Jiu, but me. If you really listen to politics, the first person to feel the pressure is not Lao Jiu, but Hu Qingyan. This old guy is by no means a fuel-efficient lamp, it is very difficult to deal with, and now if we want to keep the palace in chaos, it is not appropriate to be an enemy of him. ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, her eyes flashed a few times, and she sat down again.

Mo Bai smiled bitterly: "Queen Mother, don't worry too much, after this experience, almost chicken and egg beating, after the earth-shattering situation, everyone will only have palpitations, temporarily forbearance, no one dares to mess around, as long as I give me time to stabilize the situation, the next time I turn my face, I will never be like today, I can only take a risk." ”

"You...... Alas! "What can the Queen Mother say, the matter has come to this point, and she can only sigh and let it go.

……………………

……

The Imperial Study.

Lao Jiu sat on the top.

And Hu Qingyan, Qu Guochang, King De, and Zhang Bangli knelt respectfully and bowed to the ground.

When King Ming walked in, he saw this scene.

He gave time for Lao Jiu to talk to these four people alone, looking at the current scene, showing a bit of the meaning of humiliating the ministers.

Mo Bai knew that they should already know the current situation, and they also knew the last thanks reached between King Ming and His Majesty.

"Everyone, get up!" Mo Bai walked around the four kneeling people with his hands and stood directly at the old nine table.

The four of them didn't get up when they heard this, but they lowered their heads and glanced at each other with the people around them, then looked up at King Ming who was standing beside His Majesty, and finally looked at Lao Jiu again, and bowed his head again.

This gesture is very interesting, Lao Jiu didn't fight this battle with King Ming before, and before he was defeated, he didn't see them so respectful to Lao Jiu.

Now that Lao Jiu has lost, they have shown such loyalty, and they would rather die than obey King Ming.

Seeing them like this, Mo Bai's face remained unchanged at all, and he just glanced at Lao Jiu lightly.

Lao Jiu's face suddenly turned blue and red, his eyes looked at him, and his hands clenched into fists, but in the end, he still loosened his strength, closed his eyes slightly and said: "Princess, please get up!" ”

With this = sound, among the four kneeling on the ground, Hu Qingyan, King De and Qu Guochang all slowly got up, lowered their heads and retreated to the side to fight.

But only Zhang Bangli still couldn't kneel, and suddenly everyone's eyes fell on him who was kneeling on the ground motionless.

This time, Mo Bai frowned, staring at Zhang Bangli's eyes slightly cold, he had no killing intent towards Zhang Bangli, this person was still loyal to the country, and he was diligent in his work.

He killed the assassin before, and Mo Bai put up with him, but at this time, it is related to the overall situation in the future, if Zhang Bangli still wants to make a hindrance, then whether Mo Bai wants to or not, I am afraid he will not be able to keep him anymore.

Seeing that Mo Bai's eyes changed slightly, suddenly a strong wind appeared out of thin air, and Zhang Bangli's whole person flew directly from the ground and landed beside King De.

Everyone turned their eyes to the dust in the real person sitting in the corner.

Zhang Bangli also came back to his senses, thinking that it was King Ming who made a move, but it turned out that it was a real person, after being slightly stunned, he turned his head to look at King Ming and the new emperor, and finally smiled bitterly, got up slowly, and stopped insisting.

He found that there was no point in insisting on himself, even the real person had betrayed the new king, and if he was stubborn, he would probably die unjustly here.

At this time, he was not afraid of death, but he had to think that if he died, Xinjun was only afraid that he would be even more helpless.

The current situation is complicated, and people's hearts are also complicated.

Once upon a time, Zhang Bangli, who tried his best to defend King Ming in front of the new monarch, has become an important minister who is dedicated to defending the new monarch.

Mo Bai no longer looked at Zhang Bangli, groaned, and spoke to the four of them: "There was an attack in this palace today, can you find out who committed the crime?" ”

When Lao Jiu heard this, he suddenly stood up and looked at Mo Bai angrily: "King Ming, I have already tolerated ...... so much"

Mo Bai calmly turned his eyes and looked at Lao Jiu: "Your Majesty, do you have a different opinion?" ”

The atmosphere in the hall was suddenly tense to the extreme, and Lao Jiu looked at the white eyes, from anger, to ferocity, to fear, and finally to pleading.

The four of His Royal Highness all watched this scene, and in the end, including Qu Guochang, they did not stand up.

"King Ming, can this matter be ......" Lao Jiu finally didn't dare to rise up, and his tone softened.

But before he finished speaking, suddenly Zhang Bangli came out of class: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say!" ”

Zhang Bangli interrupted Lao Jiu's voice, causing everyone to look at him.

Zhang Bangli knelt down respectfully, lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, in the palace ban, unauthorized deployment of the forbidden army to cause rebellion is a serious crime of rebellion. ”

"Zhang Bangli!" Lao Jiu's anger suddenly exploded, and he pointed at Zhang Bangli and scolded: "What do I do, when will it be your turn to speak?" ”

Zhang Bangli knelt down, his body trembling slightly, but he didn't say a word and didn't explain.

In fact, everyone present can see that King Ming has made it clear that he will not give up, and Xinjun has also made it clear that he does not dare to hard-top, in this case, Zhang Bangli jumped out, seemingly helping King Ming speak, but in fact he was helping Xinjun to relieve the siege, and he didn't want him to be humiliated in public.

Hu Qingyan looked at the angry Lao Jiu, and then looked at King Ming, who was standing next to him frowning and staring at Zhang Bangli, sighed in his heart, and shook his head slightly without a trace.

Seeing that Lao Jiu was carried away by anger, King De hesitated for a moment, and finally stood up: "Your Majesty, the chief is reasonable, and the old minister seconded it!" ”

The reason why he stood up was actually very simple, the people present, his position was the royal family, and naturally he didn't want to see these two royal people make an ugly fuss in front of the ministers.

In the end, it is the royal family that is humiliated, and it is still the imperial power that is despised by the royal power.

Lao Jiu saw that King De also jumped out, showed a bleak smile, looked at Hu Qingyan and Qu Guochang, and finally his eyes fell on Qu Guochang: "Guogong, what is your opinion?" ”

Qu Guochang's old face was already as pale as paper, and he slowly looked up at Lao Jiu's bleak face, feeling a lot of pain in his heart, but he finally came out of class and knelt down: "Minister...... Seconded! ”

As if he had been hit hard, Lao Jiu pointed at Qu Guochang, his fingers trembled a few times, and finally sat down on the dragon chair, closed his eyes, and said nothing.

However, at this time, Hu Qingyan and King Ming's eyes suddenly flashed at the same time.

Hu Qingyan bowed his head and was silent, but Mo Bai glanced at Lao Jiu, and his heart suddenly understood.

Just now, he really thought that Lao Jiu was carried away by anger, but now he found out that this person was actually acting at all!

The reason why he showed such anger was clearly for everyone to see, and the most important thing was for Qu Guochang.

Concubine Lan is Qu Guochang's daughter, if Lao Jiu doesn't show such anger, he will directly give up raising Concubine Lan, who will inevitably be regarded by everyone as a ruthless and cold-blooded king who is not worth his life.

Qu Guochang is even more chilled by this, Qu Guochang can be said to be the only person who can still give Lao Jiu some sustenance, after all, he is Lao Jiu's grandfather, and he definitely doesn't want to see Lao Jiu fall into such a situation.

Lao Jiu wants to make a comeback, and he inevitably needs Qu Guochang's full help, so he asked Qu Guochang to express his position.

Qu Guochang himself has made a statement, so naturally he can't blame Lao Jiutou.

Mo Bai saw all this in his eyes, but he was silent, he didn't care about Lao Jiu's little movements, and he didn't expect Lao Jiu to really be obedient, as long as Lao Jiu didn't dare to really be rebellious.

Hu Qingyan stood aside, wanting to escape, but Mo Bai didn't let him go, looked at him directly and said, "Elder Ge, I heard you say before, the culprit has been investigated, right?" ”

Hu Qingyan's beard trembled twice, and his lowered head showed a wry smile, he knew that no matter how low-key he was, King Ming would not forget him.

When he stood up, he would definitely offend the new emperor more and more, but there was no way but to come out, and said in a bitter voice: "Back to Your Majesty, after investigation, this time the forbidden army made a rebellion and assassinated His Royal Highness King Ming and Daomen Zhenren Dazun, but it was Concubine Lan who stole His Majesty's token and falsely passed on the holy decree." ”

Lao Jiu and Qu Guochang's bodies trembled at the same time, but they didn't say anything again.

Mo Bai opened his mouth and asked: "What a serious crime is it for the harem to interfere in politics, and even steal the holy token and falsely pass on the holy decree?" Hu Geshou, in your opinion, how should this case be handled? ”

"Concubine Lan has a noble status and involves the royal family, although the minister is an elder, she doesn't dare to talk nonsense." Hu Qingyan still shrank.

"What do you see, King De?" Mo Bai turned his eyes to look at King De.

King De raised his eyes but did not look at Mo Bai, but glared at Hu Qingyan, obviously dissatisfied with Hu Qingyan for pushing this matter on himself.

Still the same sentence, there was no way, he had to reply: "The ancestor has already set the rules, the harem is strictly forbidden to interfere in politics, and it is also a false decree to murder the prince. ”

At this time, Qu Guochang suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, Concubine Lan is unwise, she has committed such a serious crime, and the old minister, as her father, is also inseparable, and the old minister is willing to ask for his own responsibility, and only ask Your Majesty to see that Concubine Lan has nurtured His Majesty, and can give her the whole corpse!" ”

"Bang!" Lao Jiu suddenly slammed his fist on the table, opened his eyes, slowly stood up, stared at Qu Guochang, and said for a while: "It's up to you!" ”

With that, he turned around and walked out of the imperial study.

Mo Bai looked at his back, and after a pause, he also raised his steps and walked out of the imperial study.

Leaving the four ministers alone in the imperial study, silent.

Not long after, a three-foot white silk was placed in front of Concubine Lan.

She didn't shout, she didn't scream, she just looked at the white silk silently.

In the end, he called the only remaining maid, grinded for her, and wrote a letter, with "Gu Qianyun" written on the envelope.

Then, after dressing up, he said to the maid: "Go and see, is Your Majesty here?" ”

The maid went out with red eyes, but she didn't see Lao Jiu's figure, and when she came back, she saw that Concubine Lan was already hanging on the beam.