Chapter 926: Gossip in the Palace (I)
After the Empress Dowager Li announced her retirement from the court, she didn't even wait for so many ministers present to send her off, she stood up and went back to the palace directly with her entourage.
But even if it is a little disrespectful, but the Empress Dowager Li does not mean to blame these people, after all, today's matter, if these people do not have these reactions, the Empress Dowager will find it interesting, and now, these people's reactions are completely in the imagination of the Empress Dowager Li, so she does not plan to make things too difficult for these people, and now let them know that this matter is very big, and the people involved are also very large, which is enough.
But after the Empress Dowager Li left, these people present were different, as if there was no restraint for a while, originally, according to the ideas of Zhang Fan and several other scholars and Master Shangshu, it was inevitable that they would be questioned, but even if they were surrounded and questioned, they should wait until tomorrow, or this afternoon, in their opinion, after the reprimand of the Empress Dowager Li just now, these people will be a little more restrained no matter what they say, and they will not be so nonsense in this court. After all, although it is now a retreat from the dynasty, this is a place of political importance in the Ming Dynasty after all.
However, they still underestimated the "curiosity" of these ministers, Empress Dowager Li had just left, in fact, it was just that she had just turned around and made her figure disappear in front of everyone's eyes, but even so, even if she knew that at this distance, what was said here, Empress Dowager Li could hear it, not to mention the noise, but these people had already started.
Suddenly, the originally quiet and orderly court was chaotic again, and again, in front of the few people who knew the truth of the matter, there were a lot of people who inquired, and the gossip of inquiries was even more chaotic than the vegetable market, and those people still had a little bit of consciousness as a scholar, as a jinshi, and as a court official.
But at this moment, these people still didn't ask anything, and none of the people in front of them who were marked as "knowing the truth of the matter" didn't speak, not that these people had already made up their minds and didn't say anything, but because they were completely confused by the situation in front of them for a while, and where did they react.
And on the side, the only person who didn't go up to join in the fun was Ge Shouli, who just stood up to question the Empress Dowager Li, Ge Shouli at this moment, his face was full of a very happy look, he was glad that he didn't promise the Empress Dowager Li to tell him the truth alone, if he agreed at that time...... Thinking of this, Ge Shouli couldn't help but look at the situation in front of him, and suddenly even as a veteran of the Three Dynasties, he had experienced countless great changes in the courts, and suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
Ge Shouli at this moment, can only be described as very happy, glad that he really didn't promise the words of the Empress Dowager Li, if he agreed, he would be able to go to Cining Palace now and escape this catastrophe, but when he came out, it would not be the same as them, so Ge Shouli at this moment, except for the word "lucky" in his heart, there was nothing else, thinking of this, Ge Shouli slowly walked out of the main hall.
In this compartment, these people are all surrounded, and after reacting, they are no different from before, and they still don't say anything, but even so, they can't get out.
There is only Zhang Fan, after all, on top of this hall, he can be regarded as the youngest one, and the other people who are older than him, the youngest has already passed the age of not being confused, and they are all scholars, how can they be worthy of Zhang Fan, a young man in his twenties.
Of course, in the face of these people, Zhang Fan didn't dare to use much force, but there were too many people, and he could be regarded as using a lot of brains and physical strength, which could be regarded as a breakthrough in the encirclement.
Finally, Zhang Fan finally walked out of the door, and Zhang Fan, who went out, didn't look back at all, and ran directly outside, fortunately, he has privileges, even in the palace, such a rude run, but no one stopped him, but there were many strange eyes looking at him, but at this time Zhang Fan didn't care about those things at all, and now the most important thing for him is to leave this place of right and wrong.
Fortunately, now above the main hall, it is very chaotic, even if Zhang Fan ran out, many people saw it, but no one chased it out, not that these people didn't want to chase after him, but because they couldn't.
Zhang Fan is the prince of the dynasty, it is the official title of a product, early in the dynasty, Zhang Fan is also standing at the forefront, and even if he wants to, it is okay to stand in front of the six scholars in the cabinet, that is to say, from the gate of the Imperial Palace, Zhang Fan is standing in the innermost.
Nowadays, so many people are crowded in front of a limited number of people, and when Zhang Fan ran out, there were many people who wanted to chase after him, but because there were too many people in front of them, and they wanted to go over at the same time, so there was no way out, so Zhang Fan escaped.
And these people saw that Zhang Fan was lost, but they were not discouraged, after all, in addition to Zhang Fan, there were other people who knew, and those people were now on top of this hall, right in front of their eyes, since there were on both sides, it didn't matter where to ask, and now, anyway, Zhang Fan has escaped, and if you want to chase here, you can't catch up, since that's the case, why not get closer, so these people who surrounded Zhang Fan just now have run to the other people's side, and these people are still very good at assigning, Even in this absence of prior ventilation, these people were very evenly distributed among the people.
Seeing that there were a few more people in front of them, those scholars and monks couldn't help but complain again in their hearts, but at this moment they had no way, they couldn't be like Zhang Fan, pushing everyone away and running away, not that they didn't want to, but because they couldn't push at all, after all, they were so status, to be able to sit in this position, they were already the top in the court, and this means that they have to spend more time and energy than these people in front of them, and it also means, They are generally much older than the people blocking them in front of them, so how can they be like Zhang Fan.
At this time, these people were really a little envious of Zhang Fan, not that he was able to sit in this position at a young age, but that he was young, and when needed, for example, now, he could still have a handful of Liqi to use it, which is the most important thing.
Here, the court was still noisy, over there, Zhang Fan didn't run out of Ningshoumen, this is the slowdown, looked back, and saw that there was really no one chasing him, Zhang Fan was relieved, patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down a lot, put his steps full, and slowly walked towards the direction of the noon gate.
The Imperial Palace is in the east of the center of the Forbidden City, which sounds like it is not far away, but in fact, from the Ningshou Gate in front of the Imperial Palace, to the exit of the entire Forbidden City, the Noon Gate, between the two gates, there is still a lot of way to go, and there are many palace gates.
Walking forward, Zhang Fan suddenly saw a figure in front of him, it was Ge Shouli who came out one step ahead just now, because Ge Shouli was really old, and Zhang Fan was running until he left Ningshou Gate just now, so it didn't take long to catch up with him.
Seeing Ge Shouli's figure, Zhang Fan's heart moved, and he walked up quickly.
"Master Ge," Zhang Fan stopped him not far from Ge Shouli, and when he saw Ge Shouli stop, Zhang Fan quickly quickened his pace and followed.
"Lord Zhang," Ge Shouli looked a little surprised when he saw that it was Zhang Fan who had called him, "Lord Zhang actually ...... This came out in advance," it turned out that Ge Shouli was surprised that Zhang Fan was able to break out of the encirclement and walked out in advance, which really made him feel a little surprised.
"Hehe, Master Ge said with a smile," Zhang Fan smiled and said, "Zhang Fan is also young and has a little strength, so he can be regarded as breaking free from those people and running out, but he didn't expect that Lord Ge had already arrived here first,"
"Alas, what's the joke about this," Ge Shouli waved his hand and said, "What happened just now, I also saw it, saying that it was a breakthrough in the encirclement, but it was still a little light,"
When the two said this, they looked at each other, and they all smiled bitterly insincerely.
"By the way, Lord Zhang," Ge Shouli suddenly asked, "I don't know if Lord Zhang called me, is there something going on?"
"Master Ge, isn't it about that matter," Zhang Fan said helplessly, "Having said that, Empress Dowager Li has already promised Lord Ge to tell you, but Lord Ge didn't agree, and the reason for this, Zhang Fan naturally understands it in his heart," Speaking of this, Zhang Fan also couldn't help but smile bitterly again.
"Hehe, don't mention this matter again," Ge Shouli looked very free and easy, and said, "What will happen to this matter, there will naturally be a conclusion at that time, and I don't need to worry about it, not to mention, I'm so old, I can't stand that kind of situation," Ge Shouli said here, looking in the direction of the Imperial Palace.
"However, then again," Zhang Fan said, "Lord Ge really doesn't want to know, if you want, there is no one here, and Zhang Fan can also tell Lord Ge,"