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For Xiao Jing's rebuttal, Empress Zhang had already been mentally prepared, sneered, and said, "Grandpa Xiao, things are not what you say, right?" ”

"The prince inspected the defense of the nine gates, and it was fine at first, but later he was so slow that there was no one to escort him, and he needed to go alone, all because Young Master Liu thought that the prince was messing around; The prince wanted to recruit troops and horses to guard the city walls, but Liu Shaofu refused to comply, thinking that the prince was acting perversely, and even scolded him in front of the courtiers! ”

"The crown prince was besieged by Tatar siege soldiers and horses, and Liu Shaofu not only sent troops to reinforce him, but also sent troops and horses to other places...... Xiao Jing, Xiao Gonggong, do you dare to say that this is all because the prince said that he would lead troops out of the city? ”

Empress Zhang asked in a loud voice, and in the end, she said almost word by word, and every question she asked made Xiao Jing's body tremble violently.

The first two items pointed out by Empress Zhang have indeed happened, but it is not true that the prince is under siege and does not rescue, Xiao Jing was about to argue, and suddenly remembered that the person who asked him was the queen, the mother of a country, and he, as a royal slave, was not qualified to question the queen's words at all.

Xiao Jing's heart was extremely bitter: "What should I do?" The queen is clearly going to wronged people! But what shall I tell Your Majesty? I said it was disrespectful, and it was disrespectful if I didn't say it, and it would make me miserable now! ”

Under Empress Zhang's fierce questioning, Xiao Jing couldn't spit out half a word, and Zhu Youji's face that had just slowed down became ugly again, and he asked, "Xiao Jing, is there such a thing?" ”

Hearing that the emperor didn't even want to say anything about Gonggong Xiao, Xiao Jing knew that the emperor was really angry, so he could only say, "Go back...... Back to Your Majesty, old slave...... The old slave doesn't know! ”

In the case that he couldn't refute Queen Zhang, Xiao Jing could only say "I don't know", this is his way to protect himself.

Empress Zhang stared at Xiao Jing proudly, and turned to Zhu Youjiao: "Your Majesty, you said that the national disaster is at the head, the lord of the country is sick, and the emperor serves as the prince as the supervisor of the country, which is really a helpless move. ”

"Ahem!"

Zhu Youji's condition had improved greatly, but after hearing Empress Zhang's questioning, his breath began to be disordered again, and he coughed violently again.

Empress Zhang's face was pale, and she quickly reached out and patted her husband's back to help him straighten out his breath.

After a while, Zhu Youji's condition improved slightly, and he faced Empress Zhang, who was tired and panting, and said, "But...... Young Master Liu, who is always the prince's husband! ”

At this time, Zhu Youzhu still wanted to say good things for Liu Jian, but in fact, he was looking for a reason to excuse Liu Jian, Liu Jian is the young master of the prince, and he has the responsibility of persuading the prince's words and deeds, so what Liu Jian did is reasonable.

Empress Zhang originally saw that her husband couldn't be stimulated and didn't want to mention this matter again, but seeing that Zhu Youzhu was still sparing no effort to speak for Liu Jian, she suddenly became angry, turned her head to the side, and said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, since you said so, the concubine has nothing to say." ”

"As a prince, the emperor must always have prestige, so that he can be on his own in the future, but in this battle, the emperor served the country, bloodied several times, and even almost died on the battlefield, how much credit is it? But in the hands of those treacherous people, they did not gain an inch, but fell into the infamy of fooling and acting perversely, so that everyone in the court and the middle of the court thought that the emperor liked to mess around, and even if he ascended the throne in the future, he would only be a faint king. Woohoo......"

Speaking of this, Empress Zhang has covered her face and cried, "But the emperor advocated sending troops, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, and imitated the practice of Yu Qian, a famous minister of the former dynasty, which is a successful example that has been proven in history. ”

"Old man Zhang has been fighting horses all his life, doesn't he know the art of war? But some people just didn't listen, closed the door and guarded, and the result was that they were in danger everywhere, and the emperor had to take people to put out fires everywhere. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can summon the military generals to come and ask for advice, how to win the battle of the trapped defense? ”

"Now it is Shen Xi and Shen Qing's family who have led the troops back to the capital and finally solved the crisis of the Beijing Division, but this also invisibly confirms that the emperor's suggestion is feasible! However, Liu Shaofu and others take the credit for themselves, and the people who are praised by the court now are all the cabinet and the six ministers, have they ever said that the emperor and the emperor are good? ”

"If even the heroes can be ignored, what fairness and morality can there be in this world? Your Majesty, if you think that the emperor can't make it, why arrange for him to be a prisoner of the country and become a joke in the court? Woowoowoooooooo......oo

Zhu Youzhu saw his wife crying heartbroken, he was also sad, and he was busy comforting: "Yue'er, don't be sad, I believe that Young Master Liu will never have the heart to despise the prince!" ”

In a hurry, Zhu Youzhu blurted out his wife's maiden name.

When Empress Zhang entered the palace, except that Zhu Youzhu knew her maiden name, no one else knew anything, and it turned out that Empress Zhang's real name was Zhang Yue.

Legend has it that Empress Zhang's mother, Zhang Jinshi, had a dream when she was pregnant with Empress Zhang, dreaming that the moon in the sky entered her womb, when Empress Zhang was very young, Empress Zhang's father Zhang Luan had told people about it, so she gave Empress Zhang's maiden name with the word month.

Who knew that Zhang Yue, who was born in "Huaiyue", really became the queen of the Ming Dynasty, and she was the only queen in history who was honored and favored, and she could enjoy monogamous treatment in the palace.

Empress Zhang was sad, not only sad for her husband's weak body, but also sad that she was snubbed by her husband after giving birth to her daughter, and at the same time sad that Zhu Houzhao was not recognized by the minister and would not be able to control the ministers in the future.

Xiao Jing knelt on the side, quietly raised his head to look, this scene fell into his eyes, and he was frightened for a while, at this time he already felt that a catastrophe was coming.

It wasn't until Empress Zhang's mood improved that Zhu Youzhu hugged his wife and said: "Queen, you don't have to be sad, I will go to the main hall to summon the three auxiliary ministers of the cabinet to come, and if you listen to what they say, you can know whether the three of them are loyal to the king!" ”

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Wenyuan Pavilion.

Xie Qian's mood was very good on this day, his grandson-in-law came back and made great contributions, and he had the opportunity to train his grandson-in-law to become a cabinet scholar and take over his class, which can be described as a successor.

Moreover, Shen Xi can be civil and martial, whether it is administrative or military strategy, there are rules and regulations, and now that he is staying in the capital, if he encounters something difficult to decide, he can ask Shen Xi to give advice, and he no longer has to worry about not being able to write a vote that dissatisfies the emperor.

Thinking of the smugness, Xie Qian even planned to vote a few points faster than usual.

Just when Xie Qianle was doing something, someone from the celebrant came to spread the word, saying that the emperor had invited the cabinet scholars to go to the Qianqing Palace to meet the driver.

In Xie Qian's opinion, this kind of summons is nothing more common, just a routine question, or if the emperor has something difficult to do, he needs their help to refer to it...... The cabinet is essentially the emperor's secretary who helps to consult on things.

Li Dongyang was not on duty in the palace that day, and there were only Xie Qian and Liu Jian in Wenyuan Pavilion, and after the edict, the two went to the Qianqing Palace. Along the way, Liu Jian didn't say anything to Xie Qian, mainly because there was a difference between the two on Shen Xi's meritorious service, and Liu Jian didn't want to have an argument with Xie Qian on this issue.

When he arrived at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, he didn't see Xiao Jing, who usually came out to greet him, and Xie Qian didn't care too much about it.

At this moment, a eunuch came out to summon and said, "Two lords, the emperor has been waiting for you inside for a long time!" ”

"There is labor!"

Liu Jian, as the first assistant of the cabinet, has always taken the lead in doing things, mainly because since the beginning of the Hongzhi Dynasty, the position of the first assistant of the cabinet has been repeatedly promoted by the emperor, Liu Jian has a faint meaning of the prime minister, especially in today's ceremonial eunuch Xiao Jing is cowardly and never argues with him.

As long as the link of the celebrant is completed, in the case that the emperor rarely approves the transcript, the status of the first assistant of the cabinet is no different from that of the prime minister, because no matter what he votes for, the celebrant basically approves according to the script.

Xie Qian followed Liu Jianjian and entered the Qianqing Palace, and saw Zhu Youzhu sitting on the dragon chair behind the desk at a glance.

The two of them saluted, but they didn't say anything, and waited for the emperor to ask questions on both sides.

Zhu Youzhu looked at Xie Qian and Liu Jian, smiled reluctantly, and asked: "The two Qing families, I heard that the crown prince has had gains and losses in this war, and I have entrusted him to the two Qing families, I don't know what the two Aiqing have to say about what the prince has done to supervise the country?" ”

Xie Qian was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself, "Why did Your Majesty suddenly ask about the prince?" In this battle against Di Yi, in addition to acting impatiently, the crown prince's performance is acceptable, it stands to reason that His Majesty should have known a long time ago, and there is no need to ask me to wait! ”

Liu Jian has a straightforward personality, and when he saw the emperor asking, he didn't think much about it, and directly gave his answer: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since the crown prince has been in charge of the country, there have been many perverse things in words and deeds, and he has not fulfilled his duties!" ”

After hearing such a direct answer, Zhu Youzhi coughed violently in anger, thinking, "Young Master Liu, what's wrong with you?" I came to you to ask you to say a few nice words and block the queen's mouth, but you came up and didn't give the prince face, which is obviously slapping me in the face! ”

Xiao Jing saw that the emperor was angry, and hurriedly stepped forward to caress the emperor's back, and was about to give Liu Jian a look, when he suddenly thought that he was also an "accomplice", belonging to the body of a crime, if he did anything against the will of the royal family, then he basically didn't want to live in peace and stability in the future.