Chapter 545: The Emperor's Mind
Ladies and gentlemen, apart from Lord Huang, has anyone else heard of these rumors? ”
After pondering for a moment, Qin Zhao spoke, and when he saw that the ministers below heard Qin Zhao's question, they all lowered their heads, looked at each other, and looked at each other.
Obviously, looking at this, the ministers below heard it nine times out of ten, it turned out that he was alone in this palace and didn't know anything about the outside world, so he even asked the queen mother to spread these rumors to fly all over the capital.
"Lord Song, have you heard of these rumors?"
Seeing that the people below didn't dare to speak, Qin Zhao directly called Song Qingping's name, Song Qingping's body stiffened slightly when he heard these words, his hands were folded in front of him, and he also knelt down in the middle, the expression on his face was neither humble nor arrogant, but it also looked a little dignified.
"Back to the emperor, the minister is preparing for the school in his diary these times, and he is preparing for the marriage, and he has heard a few words about these rumors in the house, but the minister does not think so, the Qing is self-purifying, the emperor is a person, and all the ministers in the court know it."
Song Qingping's words made Qin Zhao's face burn, Qin Zhao nodded and waved his sleeves, signaling the gods below to return to the team, Qin Zhao stood in front of him and looked at the group of ministers below who flattered him.
It seems that these ministers are still afraid of what punishment they will do to them, but they are really thinking too much, he Qin Zhao has always been a person who distinguishes right from wrong, fair and black and white.
"So according to what Aiqing has seen, these rumors among the people, how much do you think they are true and how much are they false?"
Qin Zhao suddenly asked at this time, the ministers under this question were even more flustered, the expression on their faces was a little unbelievable, I don't know who took the lead and knelt down, and in an instant, all the courtiers knelt at Qin Zhao's feet, Qin Zhao frowned slightly.
"How can the rumors of the emperor be true, the fire in Cining Palace, and all the things that the Queen Mother planned to rebel against, all of us are clear, and the people of the people don't know much about these things before they talk nonsense."
The old courtier who reprimanded Lord Huang just now spoke again, but Qin Zhao was expressionless when he heard these scenes, frowning slightly, what he wanted to hear was everyone's truth, not these flattering words.
He knew that the fire in Cining Palace that night came so suddenly, not to mention the ministers below, even he himself felt very puzzled, this was what the Queen Mother had prepared for a long time, a fire, and blamed him for being too careless, I didn't expect the Queen Mother to have such a hand.
"The emperor might as well let the old minister go to the people to investigate properly, let me see who is spreading these rumors, and he will definitely be arrested and severely punished!"
The old courtier continued to speak, Qin Zhao heard this, his face was still expressionless, but at this moment, he suddenly smiled, this minister didn't want to find this person who spread rumors at all, but just wanted to ask for credit in front of him.
Qin Zhao waved his sleeves and signaled him to return to the team, the old courtier had no choice but to retreat, he felt that the current emperor didn't seem to like him very much, the previous emperor relied on him very much when he was in power, every time he went to the court, as long as he said a few good words, he was always able to coax the emperor to be happy.
This Qin Zhao just thinks how long has it been, this shelf is quite big, and the old courtier is sullen in his heart, but there is no way.
"The fire of the night in Cining Palace, it was indeed very sudden, everyone here knows that everyone has their own little abacus, thinking for themselves, it is not a wrong thing, but since you have achieved the current position, it can be regarded as a high morality, a long way to go.
You are officials, but you are not only my officials, but also the officials of the people of the world, do not only think about the people to judge merit and punishment, but also think about doing more things for the benefit of the people. ”
Qin Zhao opened his mouth like this, and the courtiers below echoed Qin Zhao one after another, but the expression on his face was not very good-looking at this time, these disaster reports reported from various places in the past few days have made him feel a lot of pressure in his heart, and now the Queen Mother is estimated to be ready for everything, so she will release these rumors and rumors throughout the capital.
According to the personality of the Queen Mother, she is extremely cautious, how can she easily show up in the people, and these days he has also sent a lot of people to secretly visit the people, and he has not seen any trace of the Queen Mother.
Therefore, Qin Zhao had already estimated the Queen Mother in his heart, and this old witch estimated that she had secretly left the capital, and she might have already joined the rumored army of more than 100,000.
After all these months, I'm afraid that the Queen Mother has already prepared everything, and now releasing these rumors is actually a signal, thinking that the Queen Mother, the old witch, has made all the plans, and now she is waiting for a suitable time.
Qin Zhao frowned slightly, his thoughts in his heart had already been very clear.
"As for who spread this rumor, I don't really care about the people in the world, and I want to stop them, but I can't stop them, but I might as well do something that can benefit the people in my position.
This is what the queen talks to me every day about her affairs in her position, and it is also what Lord Song just said, those who are clean are self-purifying, as long as the things that are cheered up are enough to prove, then these rumors will be self-defeating. ”
Qin Zhao said these words calmly, and the ministers below knelt on the ground one after another, but Qin Zhao suddenly stopped at this time, and the words changed.
"However, it was indeed a fire in Cining Palace that night, and it was true that a woman's body was found, which looked similar in age and figure to the Queen Mother, but it was inferred that the woman's body was indeed not the Queen Mother that night."
Qin Zhao's words were tantamount to a time bomb, and as soon as he said it, the ministers below were boiling, and their faces were incredulous.
"If the person who died that night was not the Queen Mother, then where is the Queen Mother now, is it really like the folk legend, is it the Emperor that you have to find a way to expel the Queen Mother from the palace? I obviously said that I would go to the fourth country to chant for two years, but why is it ...... now?"
Another courtier didn't react at this time, and even directly opened his mouth to question Qin Zhao.
Qin Zhao had a displeased look on his face at this time.
"Lord Zhou, what are you talking nonsense? The emperor is benevolent and kind, and treats the immortal emperor with all kinds of admiration, and naturally he will not do such a thing to the queen mother! ”
The old courtier just now jumped out again to accuse Lord Zhou, Qin Zhao waved his sleeves and signaled them to stop, and the two of them knelt on the ground and waited.
The emperor's speech Qin Zhao was also upset at this time, and now the only thing he can be sure of is not much, there is only one thing, that is, the queen mother is indeed not dead, and the body that night is not the queen mother, but the old lady.