Yuan Laoshangshu of the Ministry of Rites was going to go to the palace to meet the emperor early in the morning, but unexpectedly, at the third watch, drums came from the imperial city.

People are old, even if they are lying in bed, it is difficult to sleep, although the drum sounds, but Lao Shangshu is old, he really didn't hear clearly, but Yuan Moxian heard the drum and hurriedly came over to report Lao Shangshu.

He had not been to the court for more than 20 days, and suddenly the sound of drums sounded in the court, which made Lao Shangshu a little surprised.

Lao Shangshu got up to clean up, and then, accompanied by Yuan Moxian, got into the carriage and went straight to Chaozhong.

Outside the gate of the imperial city, there are already many officials waiting outside the door, at the time of the fifth watch, the ministers enter the court, enter the Fengtian Palace, the civil and military two columns stand still, waiting for the emperor to arrive.

In fact, many officials saw that the emperor had not been to the court for more than 20 days, and they were all strange in their hearts, and the rumors of the emperor's dragon being unwell were also spread everywhere.

After waiting for a long time, I heard the eunuch shouting in a sharp voice: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

The ministers immediately knelt down in unison, and then a group of palace maids and eunuchs came from the side hall surrounded by the little emperor in a dragon robe.

Someone peeked at it, and saw that when the little emperor walked, his pace was unsteady, and he was not as grand as before, thinking that it seemed that the emperor's body had not fully recovered, until the little emperor sat down in the dragon chair, the ministers shouted in unison, the little emperor raised his hand to order the ministers to get up, the ministers stood up, and retreated to both sides, but some people saw at a glance that the eunuch standing in front was not Fan Dehai in the past, but a short eunuch with a slightly fat body, the eunuch's face was very unfamiliar, and many officials were puzzled, I secretly thought that Fan Dehai had always been cautious in serving the emperor, and the emperor seemed to be very satisfied with Fan Dehai all along, but why did he suddenly change people today?

The jade in front of the dragon crown hung down, covering the young face of the little emperor, but it looked like the little emperor's face was a little pale.

The ministers knew very well in their hearts that the most important thing about today's court meeting was nothing more than the war on the front line.

Many people in the DPRK have already received the news that the Eastern Qi Naval Division has been defeated without a fight, Huaishui has also been opened, and the grain and straw stored in Huize City have also been transported through Huaishui, and the most serious problems faced by the Qinhuai Army and even the Great Chu Empire have been completely solved.

It's just that the details of the collapse of the Eastern Qi Navy Division without a fight are actually unknown to most of the ministers of the DPRK and China.

It is rumored that Shen Tuluo, a famous general of the Eastern Qi Naval Division, seems to have been captured, but few people still know where Shen Tuluo is now.

However, since the defeat of the Eastern Qi Naval Division, the situation on the front line will be more favorable to the Chu State, so far, the Great Chu Empire has not only annexed the Eastern Qi, but also has occupied a lot of cities and land in the Northern Han Dynasty, in addition to the northwest has also fallen into the hands of the Empire, such a situation is exactly the situation that the Chu State has dreamed of for many years, even if the Northern Expedition can not go north to conquer Luoyang in one fell swoop, but to maintain the current situation, it is already a great victory for the Chu State.

Chu and Han have been fighting for decades, and the two sides have always been in a stalemate, until now, the situation in the world has begun to have real changes, everyone knows that the annexation of Eastern Qi, occupy and control the northwest, Chu has formed a comprehensive suppression of the Northern Han, and it is only a matter of time to conquer Luoyang.

After the death of the old marquis, Lu Xiao, the left attendant of the military department, was promoted to the secretary of the military department.

The Eastern Qi Sailor was inexplicably defeated, and many people did not figure out what the situation was, thinking about today's court meeting, this matter should be able to be explained.

After a period of silence, I saw the eunuch take two steps forward and said in a sharp voice: "Today's court meeting, there are several decrees to be promulgated. With a cough, a eunuch on the side approached with an ancient wooden tray, and the ministers found that on the ancient wooden tray, there were several volumes of holy decrees, only to see the eunuch take a roll in his hand, and after opening it, he said loudly: "Qu Xiaocang, the captain of the Shenhou Mansion, will meet you!" ”

The ministers were all stunned, and they were very surprised, and many people couldn't help but look in the direction of the main gate.

The Shenhou Mansion is a yamen directly under the emperor, and there has been little contact with other yamen in the court, and the Shenhou Mansion rarely interacts with the officials in the court.

And up and down the Shenhou Mansion, only the Shenhou Mansion can participate in the court meeting, this is not that other people in the Shenhou Mansion are not qualified, but the Shenhou Mansion supervises the affairs of the various sects in the rivers and lakes, and does not participate in political affairs, so the court meeting does not have to let other people in the Shenhou Mansion be present, in addition, it is also to keep the Shenhou Mansion as mysterious as possible, even if it is Ximen Wuxi, if it is not an extremely important court meeting, Ximen Wuxian rarely goes to the court.

Since the founding of the country, the emperor has summoned the captain of the Shenhou Mansion, which is really something that has never happened.

Qu Xiaocang had obviously been informed that he was going to be summoned today, and he was already waiting outside the hall, and soon everyone saw Qu Xiaocang enter the Fengtian Hall in a black suit.

He was short and fat, and his energetic outfit was completely dressed in rivers and lakes, which was incompatible with the official robes of the courtiers, but no one would find it interesting for everyone to see this short and fat and even somewhat funny-looking captain of the Shenhou Mansion.

Qu Xiaocang's expression was calm, and when he arrived in the hall, he knelt on the ground: "Qu Xiaocang, the captain of the Chenshen Marquis Mansion, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: There was a Shenhou Mansion Shenhou Ximen Wuxian to resign from the post of Shenhou, I Nian and Ximen Aiqing are tired of hard work, and Ximen Wuxian is specially allowed to remove the position of Shenhou, from today on, recommended by Ximen Wuxi, I give Fengqu Xiaocang to take over the position of Shenhou, Qin this!" The eunuch did not delay in unfurling the decree and read it aloud.

When the ministers in the palace heard the holy decree, many people were shocked.

Although the Shenhou Mansion has little contact with the officials of the DPRK and China, many officials know that there are seven beginner disciples under the Ximen Traceless Seat, known as the Big Dipper, among which the reputation of Xuanyuan Po, the captain of the giant gate, is the most well-known in the court, after all, the Shenhou Mansion led eight gangs and sixteen factions to attack the Black Lotus Sect, and the commander is Xuanyuan Po, at this time, both the government and the opposition know, even if the officials who did not know Xuanyuan Po's name at the beginning, after this battle, they also knew the existence of this giant gate captain, and almost only the officials who existed in Xuanyuan Po understood it in their hearts, This Xuanyuan Po is the successor of the next Shenhou, otherwise such a major matter as attacking the Black Lotus Sect, Ximen Wuxian will not be handed over to Xuanyuan Po to handle.

Now that the emperor has directly issued an order, he has actually given the position of Shenhou to Qu Xiaocang, which is really beyond everyone's expectations.

If Qu Xiaocang takes over the position of Shenhou, what will happen to Xuanyuan Po?

What makes many people even more shocked is that Ximen Wuxian resigned from the position of Shenhou, it came too suddenly, although everyone knows that Ximen Wuxian is getting old day by day, and the position of this Shenhou will abdicate sooner or later, but for decades, everyone has been accustomed to the existence of Ximen Wuxian in the Shenhou Mansion, at least in the years when Ximen Wuxian sat in the Shenhou Mansion, all the major sects in the rivers and lakes have their own positions, rarely bring trouble to the imperial court, and even be used by the imperial court, which is of course thanks to Emperor Taizong to set up the Shenhou Mansion, but everyone knows in their hearts, If there is no trace of Ximen, the Shenhou Mansion is just an empty shelf, and it is impossible to deter the recklessness of those rivers and lakes.

Ximen Wuxian has made great contributions to the Great Chu Empire, and no one will deny this.

Now Simon Wuxian suddenly resigned from the position of the god marquis, but it caught the ministers off guard.

Perhaps an era has really passed completely, the first emperor died, the new monarch ascended the throne, the old god marquis stepped down, and the new heir took over the burden.

It's just that no one would have thought that it would be Qu Xiaocang.

Some people couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, since a new god is going to be given today, why didn't Simon Wuxian participate in the court meeting today?

Ximen Traceless Shenlong sees the head and does not see the tail, he does not have a personal relationship with the ministers of the court, so this person who cannot be ignored often makes people unable to remember, at this time, everyone suddenly thought that the character who made the various sects of the rivers and lakes smell the color, it seems that it has not appeared for a long, long time, and some people even began to recall when the last appearance of the Shenhou Lord was, but it is always difficult to remember.

Qu Xiaocang prostrate on the hall, his huge ass pouted high, his appearance was quite funny, and he said loudly: "The minister bows and thanks the emperor for his grace!" ”

The ministers thought of the demeanor of the Ximen Traceless Mighty Martial Arts, and then looked at Qu Xiaocang who was crawling on the ground like a toad at the moment, and only felt that the temperament of the two was different.

"Qu Shenhou, from now on, the Holy Lord and the old Marquis of Ximen will hand over the Shenhou Mansion to you." The deacon eunuch said in a loud voice: "I only hope that you will be loyal to your duties and live up to the expectations of the Holy Lord and the old god!" ”

"Ministers should be loyal to the saints, although they will never give up!" Qu Xiaocang kowtowed a few times, then got up, and didn't look at the ministers on the left and right, but just raised his head and glanced at the emperor on the dragon throne, then bowed his head and bent over, slowly retreated, and walked out of the main hall.

Everything seems too simple, but it seems to be that simple.

Even if some people think that this conferral of the gods is a little strange, but after all, the matter involves the Shenhou Mansion, since the establishment of the Shenhou Mansion, the court and the central government really have not dared to point fingers at the affairs of the Shenhou Mansion, they didn't dare in the past, and of course they don't dare now.

The little emperor sat on the dragon chair, condescendingly looking down at the ministers, and did not say a word from beginning to end.

After Qu Xiaocang retreated, the eunuch took the second holy decree and said loudly: "Summons the prince of Huainan!" ”

If Qu Xiaocang entered the palace to meet the ministers, he was surprised by the fact that he was going to summon the prince of Huainan at this time, even those ministers who had always been moody and invisible, also shrugged and stared at the main entrance, and soon, they saw Xiao Shaozong, the prince of Huainan who was short but dressed in brocade, slowly walked in from outside the main hall.

The prince of Huainan is famous, but there are very few people who have seen this prince.

It is said that the prince was frail and sickly when he was young, and rarely walked out of the palace, and in the past two years, it was rumored that the prince had been terminally ill and did not take a holiday, and it was precisely because he was terminally ill that after the king of Huainan rebelled and committed suicide, he was not severely punished by the emperor, but was confined to the palace.

Xiao Shaozong walked very slowly, short in stature and like a dwarf, he was delicate, but his complexion was pale and he looked bloodless.

Some people sighed in their hearts, although this prince was born in the royal family and was the grandson of Emperor Taizu, but God didn't seem to favor him too much, not only let him be accompanied by illness since he was a child, but also made him born with a short stature, without the tall and dignified temperament of King Huainan.