There was an oppressive atmosphere in the courtroom, and the ministers turned from silence to whispering. Xia Zimo looked coldly at the ministers below and didn't say anything.

Qiu Luoxue felt that anyway, now that her identity had been exposed, it was better to admit it readily, at least to get Xia Zimo and other insiders out of this matter, and not let them be implicated.

So, Qiu Luoxue knelt on top of the hall and said: "Weichen entered the court as a daughter and participated in national politics, the crime deserves death, please punish Your Majesty." ”

Xia Zimo looked at Qiu Luoxue who was kneeling below, he knew that Qiu Luoxue said this to dissociate himself from him, but how could he abandon Qiu Luoxue at this time? So he slowly spoke: "It is an ancestral rule for the descendants of the autumn style to enter the court, and it is not the prime minister's mistake. I won't punish you, so get up. ”

Qiu Luoxue shook her head at Xia Zimo when he said these words, asking him not to say that, but he said it anyway. Sure enough, after he finished speaking, he aroused the dissatisfaction of the minions of King Chen, led by Jiang Shilian.

"Your Majesty, there is no precedent for women to participate in politics since ancient times, how can Qiu Luoxue enter the court as a woman without punishment?" Jiang Shilian was the first to say.

"Presumptuous......" Xia Zimo reprimanded angrily, "Even if she is a woman, before I have exempted her from her phase, she is the prime minister of my Great Qin, and you dare to call the prime minister by his name." ”

At this time, Jiang Shilian did not give in, and said: "Your Majesty, you are still not exempt from her phase, and when will you wait?" Do you want the world to laugh at me Daqin. ”

"Yes, yes, the minister thinks that Prime Minister Qiu has been a man since he was a child, and the first prime minister must have known about this matter, in order to keep the phase of the Qiu family, he did not hesitate to deceive his own king, and this matter not only punished Prime Minister Qiu, but even the first prime minister must be punished together."

"The minister thought that he should take the opportunity to break the agreement of the ancestors and remove Prime Minister Qiu from his official position."

The current situation is that Jiang Shilian's side has the upper hand, after all, they have exposed Qiu Luoxue's identity as a woman, and whether it is in Daqin or in the other six countries, there is absolutely no reason for women to participate in court politics and hold official positions. Even if Kitazawa's power is in the hands of the eldest princess, she is still in a state of listening to the government and cannot directly participate in the government affairs.

Because of this reason, the minions of King Chen, led by Jiang Shilian, are now even more talkative. Naturally, they would not give up the opportunity to push Qiu Luoxue from power, after all, this could be an opportunity for them to elect someone from their camp as prime minister and further control the court.

"The agreement of the ancestors is that the descendants of the Qiu clan will serve as the prime minister of Great Qin, and Qiu Luoxue is also the descendant of the Qiu family, why can't he serve as the prime minister of Great Qin?" Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, Xia Ziyan suddenly approached the hall from the outside, and his voice was loud, pouring into the eardrums of everyone present.

Qiu Luoxue looked back at Xia Ziyan, he walked into the hall unhurriedly, the sun behind him was dazzling, so that Xia Ziyan's face could not be seen clearly from Qiu Luoxue's angle, but she could vaguely see what Xia Ziyan was holding in his hand.

Xia Ziyan walked to the center of the main hall, still with his usual smile, looked at Jiang Shilian and asked, "Yes, Lord Jiang." ”

"This ......" Jiang Shilian didn't know how to answer this sudden question, but he still said: "Although there is no name that must be the prime minister of the Qiu family, it has been ...... for so many years."

"For so many years, a man has been the prime minister, and that's because the Qiu family has a man, but in the prime minister's generation, the Qiu family has only one heir, and the position of prime minister naturally has to be held by her." Xia Ziyan interrupted Jiang Shilian's words and said.

"What the Yan King said is very true." Xia Zimo said at the right time, his position was already obvious.

Then Xia Zimo continued: "The Xia family is the king, and the Qiu family is the prime minister for life. This is the complete agreement of the ancestors, as long as they are descendants of the Qiu family, they can become appearances, regardless of men and women. ”

"Your Majesty, there has never been a precedent for women to participate in politics." A minister said, looking like he was trying to dissuade him, but in essence, it was also for his own interests.

"Although Prime Minister Qiu is a woman, when there was a drought in Connecticut, Prime Minister Qiu took the lead and went to the disaster relief in person; In the case of counterfeit money in Annan City, Prime Minister Qiu Cheng led everyone to investigate for several days and nights, and finally cracked the case. Xia Zimo talked about Qiu Luoxue's performance, and then asked: "I want to ask Aiqing you, in addition to playing tricks on the court, do you have any other contributions?" ”

Xia Zimo's words blocked the mouth of the minister just now, making him dare not speak again.

Jiang Shilian saw that the situation was not good, so he no longer bothered about Qiu Luoxue's identity as prime minister, and said: "It is the agreement of the ancestors that the descendants of the Qiu family can be the prime minister, but the crime of bullying the monarch of the prime minister of Qiu does exist, if Your Majesty does not even punish this matter, where will Your Majesty's authority be in the future?" How to govern the world? ”

Qiu Luoxue stood quietly above the court hall and never spoke. From the moment Xia Ziyan appeared, she seemed to have guessed that this was arranged by Xia Zimo a long time ago. It's just that she doesn't know what the specific arrangement is, so she doesn't dare to talk nonsense, so she can only wait quietly.

The question raised by Jiang Shilian seemed to have been expected by Xia Zimo in advance, and he gave Xia Ziyan a look. Xia Ziyan also quickly understood, nodded at Xia Zimo, and then said: "Prime Minister Qiu is not a bully, she disguised herself as a man to enter the court, but it was actually arranged by the emperor. ”

As soon as Xia Ziyan's words came out, the ministers were in an uproar, this matter even had something to do with the emperor?

"Lord Yan has no basis for empty words, so he doesn't plan to convince us like this." Someone asked.

"Since this king said so, it is not empty words, the first emperor and saint are here to do it." Xia Ziyan said and raised the holy decree in his hand high, this is what Qiu Luoxue saw in Xia Ziyan's hand just now, in fact, he has been holding it in his hand, but everyone patronized Qiu Luoxue's identity and didn't pay attention to it for a while.

Just last night, Xia Zimo secretly went to Xia Ziyan's mansion and told him about the identity of Qiu Luoxue's woman.

"This matter is really tricky, the woman named Xiyue is likely to be sent to Luo Xue by Uncle Chen, and she should have investigated it properly." Xia Ziyan said remorsefully.

"It's useless, I have already sent someone to investigate, there is no problem with my background, and I have not found any intersection with King Chen." Xia Zimo replied.

Xia Ziyan said with a solemn face: "It seems that Uncle Chen Wang has put in a lot of effort. Then he asked, "If that's really the case, what does the imperial brother plan to do?" If this matter spreads, don't talk about the phase, Luo Xue is afraid that his life will not be saved. ”

"I won't let her have anything to do, whether it's life or phase, it's hers, and no one can take it away." Xia Zimo said, with a determined look in his eyes.

"The younger brother also knows the emperor's affection for Luo Xue, but when the matter spreads, the ministers will make a fuss, and I am afraid it will be difficult to control." Xia Ziyan said worriedly.

"That's why I came to you." Xia Zimo said.

Xia Ziyan didn't understand Xia Zimo's deep meaning, and asked, "What is the imperial brother going to do?" ”

"Please come forward." Xia Zimo is colorful.

"Father?" Xia Ziyan understood a little, and asked in surprise: "Brother Huang means that this is a false rumor, this is my father's order?" ”

"It's not a false rumor, my father already knew about it." Xia Zimo said, "Only by saying that this matter is what my father meant, can I avoid Luo Xue's crime of bullying the monarch and save her." ”

"But if you say it like that, the ministers won't believe it." Xia Ziyan is still very worried about this.

Xia Zimo knew that this would be the case, so he gave Jin Fu a look, and Jin Fu, who was standing on the side, took out a black holy decree from his wide cuffs, put it on the table in front of Xia Ziyan, and spread it out.

"This decree is not suitable for my hands, it is most appropriate for you to take it out." Xia Zimo said.

This is what happened last night, Xia Zimo forged the emperor's holy decree in order to save Qiu Luoxue's life. Today in the court, when Jiang Shilian proposed Qiu Luoxue's identity as a woman, Jin Fu quietly found an opportunity to leave and informed his henchmen to let Xia Ziyan enter the palace. At that time, the ministers' attention was on Qiu Luoxue, so they did it quietly.

At this time, Xia Zimo had already got off the dragon chair, walked to the center of the hall, knelt at the front, and the rest of the ministers knelt behind Xia Zimo, Xia Zimo knelt down and said, "The son of the minister has the order." ”

"Qiu Luoxue, the youngest daughter of the Ziqiu clan, is the only descendant of the Qiu clan. In order not to violate the agreement of the ancestors, Qiu Luoxue was specially allowed to appear as a man and inherit the position of prime minister of his father Qiu Yinghao......"

The contents of the holy decree read by Xia Ziyan were soon exhibited all over the country, which was to announce the identity of Qiu Luoxue to all parts of the country, and gave a reason for not punishing Qiu Luoxue. And this holy decree also determined that in the future, Qiu Luoxue's prime minister's status would not change because of her female identity, and she would become the female prime minister of Daqin and the first female prime minister in the history of the Seven Kingdoms.

Xiyue waited anxiously in a simple carriage outside the palace, Jiang Shilian had been in the palace for a long time, and it was originally agreed to let Xiyue enter the palace to testify, but now there was no news, which made her very anxious. On the other hand, she knew that Qiu Luoxue was sending people to hunt her down, and she hoped to be pardoned after revealing Qiu Luoxue's identity.

"Miss Xiyue, Lord Jiang sent me to inform the girl to enter the palace."

When Xiyue was anxious, a man's voice suddenly came from outside, and Xiyue couldn't wait to lift the curtain of the carriage and prepare to go out. But as soon as she showed her head, a sword was pressed against her neck. Xiyue looked up and found that it was Nie Yuan. After seeing Nie Yuan, Xiyue was desperate, because she couldn't escape from Nie Yuan's hands no matter what.

And now, in addition to Nie Yuan, there are many shadow guards, surrounding the carriage that Xiyue is riding in front of the palace gate. Each of them had a sword in their hands, which meant that Shizuki had no chance of escaping.