"Sikong Mansion's crime is extremely heinous, and it should be severely punished, plus his children are all wrongdoers and endanger the people, and his crimes should be punished, and they should be executed as soon as possible, and their nine clans should be punished in order to vent the hatred of the people." A minister came out and said.

"The ministers have different opinions, although Lord Sikong deserves to be punished for his crimes, but Sikong Mansion is the Founding Minister's Office, and Lord Sikong is the continuation of the Founding Meritorious Ministers. Another minister retorted.

"How can we deal with the indiscriminate collection of civil taxes and the chaos of the national program. The emperor will not let such people live in the world. ”

"I don't think so-"

Discussing and discussing, the court actually began to argue, and the two parties insisted on each other's words, and the scene was uncontrollable for a while. Lou Wange drilled her ears, looked at the emperor, and motioned to the emperor to quickly calm down the order of the court, she didn't want to listen to these arguments anymore.

"That's enough." The emperor slapped the dragon chair, the voice echoed above the main hall, and the majestic momentum instantly suppressed the controversy on the field, and instantly everyone returned to their original positions and stopped the dispute: "All the ministers are right, Lord Sikong has made a heinous mistake, and his crime should be punished, but Nian Qi has also done his best to pay for our dynasty, and seeing that he was the teacher of the great prince, he can still spare his life, but the crime cannot be escaped, so he will be punished for cutting off his official status, demoted to a commoner, and sending his family to the frontier of the Western Regions, and fend for himself." As soon as the words fell, he looked at the eldest prince below and asked, "Boss, do you think I am wrong for doing this?" ”

After this change, the eldest prince has long been absent from the court, and he doesn't want to participate in the arguments, nor does he want to join, his thoughts have been in a state of freedom, and he was suddenly clicked by the emperor, and he was indeed taken aback, and hurriedly returned to his senses: "Father, the son feels that this handling is very good, which not only shows the tolerance and love of our dynasty, but also gives a wake-up call to those who violate the national program." ”

"That's it, that's fine. In addition, regarding the determination of the next lord of the Sikong Mansion, what is the opinion of the National Teacher? ”

Lou Wange raised her eyebrows: "Weichen learned that the literary and martial arts examinations of the national examination are underway, and the final competition will be held next month, why not choose a successor to the position of Sikong among the leaders of the literary examination." This vacant time will be managed by the eldest prince for the time being. She looked at Bei Jin and smiled nonchalantly.

Beichen and the others all laughed secretly in their hearts when they heard this, they naturally knew what kind of medicine was sold in Lou Wange's gourd. However, he remained calm and composed.

Beichen glanced sideways at Lou Wange and said: "Erchen thinks this method is very good, eliminating the entanglement of transferring from other officials, and directly appointing newcomers from the literary examination, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone." ”

"Okay, in that case, do you Aiqing have any other opinions? If there are no other opinions, for the time being, we will follow what the National Teacher said. The Emperor spoke.

After a period of discussion and conversation, the ministers said in unison: "The ministers have no opinions, it all depends on what the national teacher said. ”

"Your Majesty," a loud and loud voice sounded: "The ministers have a plan to play, in recent days, the people of Xigu in the far south have repeatedly violated our southern border, and most of the soldiers stationed in the far south have been killed and wounded, and the people of Xigu have forcibly occupied the area of Xize Pass in the far south. The minister petitioned to go to the south to regain the lost territory and drive away the Xigu people. ”

Raising his eyes, the person who was talking in the hall was General Zhenyuan, a few years ago the Northern Barbarian Rebellion was pacified, and he had seen this general a few times: strong in martial arts, brave and strategic, and a loyal minister, Lou Wange nodded and asked: "Xigu Country is prosperous, the army is strong, and it has always gotten along well with my Beiyue, why did it start to invade our country?" ”

"Master Qiyu Guoshi, it is true that Xigu Country and Beiyue have always been friendly, but the problem of the Far South border has always existed, and the reason why Xigu Country forcibly occupied the area of Xize Pass this time is that according to the news from the Far South, the soldiers stationed in Beiyue maliciously burned their grain and grass storehouse, which led to war." General Zhenyuan said to Lou Wange, a few years ago, he had seen the power of the national teacher with his own eyes, and he naturally admired the female national teacher in front of him very much.

"Burning grain and grass storage? Is this true or false? If it was really our army that did this unrighteous thing first, then there would be nothing wrong with them leading the war. Turning the jade bracelet in his hand, Lou Wange asked thoughtfully, feeling that this matter was not so simple.

"This matter is very strange, our army did see the grain and grass depot of Xigu Country on fire, but no one in our army deliberately set it on fire, but Xigu Country insisted that we did it, and we are also wondering, and the Far South is also investigating this matter."

"That's what someone did deliberately," Jingzhong Gongbei, who was watching the excitement, suddenly spoke: "It's just that this Xigu country, which has always lived next to my Beiyue, suddenly wants to go to war, who is the person who set this fire?" I'll have to check it out. ”

"What Uncle Huang said is extremely true, if you have a heart, it will be troublesome, after all, there are still many remnants of the former Nanze Kingdom in the territory of Xigu Country, if there is a war-" Beichen's words were full of-for-tat, and he deliberately aggravated the three words of Nanze Kingdom.

"That's right, this remnant of Nanze fled to Xigu country, I heard that there are still high-ranking officials in Xigu country, this arson wants to deliberately cause a war between the two countries, and I'm afraid that the one who benefits is not the remnant of Nanzeguo!" Beiliuyun also sighed, and after speaking, he smiled at Bei Shenye.

Lou Wange looked at the argument between them with amusement: "Actually-don't think about it so complicated, Xigu Country and my Beiyue are good friends, naturally it will not be easy to go to war, as long as this matter is investigated clearly, if it is really our fault, admit that it is over by sending a messenger to send some gifts, if it is someone else's work, we also have a reason to recover the lost land, the area around Xize Pass is not obviously divided, don't disturb the purity and harmony between the two countries for that bit of land." War is the worst result, as for Nanze country, the remnants have not been eliminated, and the hidden dangers do exist, but they have not moved for so many years, and they will not rely on a fire to try to disrupt the two countries, but it is better to send some envoys stationed in Xigu to enter Xigu country, first, to strengthen the relationship between the two countries, and secondly, it is good to slowly investigate the remnants of Nanze country in Xigu country. Your Majesty, is this method feasible? He looked at the emperor who was closing the ceremony on the high dragon chair.

After hearing this, the emperor stroked his beard and nodded repeatedly: "Well, what the national teacher said is reasonable, since General Zhenyuan has automatically petitioned, then bother the general to go to the Far South to find out about this matter, and in addition, find some reliable people to go to Xigu Country to investigate the remnants of Nanze Kingdom." ”

"Yes, I obey." The general bowed to the emperor and retreated to his position.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what else do you have to play?" Today's morning time has been postponed for a long time, and with the arrival of Lou Wange, the things that have been played have been talked about in great detail, this time has passed for a long time, the emperor's body has long been unable to hold on, and the strong sleepiness has hit several times, and now he is relying on his mind to support, he is afraid that there is still something to play, and then he really can't do it.

The ministers below all glanced at each other, and then shook their heads again. Seeing this, the emperor hurriedly glanced at the chief manager of Xuanling beside him, and the chief manager nodded knowingly and said in a loud voice: "Retreat from the dynasty." ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" All the ministers knelt down to see off the emperor, and Haifeng, who was waiting under the dragon case, hurriedly stepped forward to support the emperor who stood up, and turned his head sideways to Lou Wange at the bottom to make a follow-up look, Lou Wange got up and followed behind the emperor.

When the ministers below saw the emperor leave the main hall, they slowly raised their heads and got up and retreated outside the hall gate. It was past noon, and the ministers all went to the Qingyue Hall next to the main hall to have a collective meal. This is the tradition of the northern moon, every time after the court, because of the time and distance, the ministers will move to the Qingyue Hall to rest and eat, and by the way, they can discuss what happened in the court. After the meal was finished, the ministers packed up and went home. However, if you live closer to the minister, you can still choose to go back to the house for dinner, such as a few princes, such as the third duke.

followed the emperor to the Longyue Palace, as soon as he entered the door, Lou Wange took off his veil and rushed to the front of the emperor, sat on the stool with a stride, picked up the teapot and teacup, and poured a few cups of tea, all without the dignified and majestic air in the early dynasty: "Old man, this dynasty is really not a simple job, tired to death, there must be two hours before and after, I really admire you, every day so early in the morning, stay for so long, are you not sleepy or tired?" ”

"Girl, it's only been one day." The emperor stood by the hanger, opened his arms, and Haifeng took off the dragon robe and court clothes of the previous dynasty for him, and looked sideways at Lou Wange's appearance and said with a smile. Why isn't he tired, but state affairs are important, he is the emperor, and he can't either.

In his position, let him hold his position, bear his responsibility, bear his suffering-

"Can I not go to court in the future?" Lou Wange asked with a wink.

"No, how can there be a minister who doesn't go to court. You see, I have given you a seat, and you can see all the princes and nobles standing. Even my princes are standing, and your treatment is good enough. The emperor sat next to Lou Wange, breathed a long sigh of relief, and took a sip of tea from his teacup.

"Okay, okay, you're right." His eyes rolled for a moment, Lou Wange approached the emperor's side and quipped: "You say you are the emperor, I haven't been able to feel it, today you are in the court, that majesty, that momentum, is really full of the emperor's solemnity and majesty." Why didn't I see this before? ”

"That's not the emperor being kind to you, like a princess, how can you be willing to look like the emperor is not close to you in front of you." Haifeng heard Lou Wange say this, and naturally he was also very happy, and he rubbed his temples for the emperor while doting on him. The two of them are good at singing in the evening, and they really have nothing to say, and they are really close to and spoiled like a pearl in their palms.

"Hmm-" Lou Wange nodded happily and arrogantly, and lowered her head again: "You said, how good it would be if I were really your daughter!" ”

"Yes, yes, don't I treat you as my own daughter. Oh, let's not talk about this, Haifeng, ask someone to bring in lunch, this makes me tired of the evening song. This sudden evasion of words made her wonder: could she have said the wrong thing? Why was the emperor's reaction so strange?

"Okay, I'm hungry anyway." Xu was her own delusion, and she didn't want to think about it.