As soon as the words were sacrificed, Tao Zhongwen was rushed to Yingtianfu to stay in the capital to retire.

The officials under the hall bowed their hands one after another: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

Zhu Houxi looked at the top of Xia Yan's head, and suddenly made up his mind, this thing was a little strange.

Yan Song was given to be idle at home, and it was played by Xia Yan. Guo Xun and Xia Yan have never been on good terms, and the courtiers know it. Today's Xia Yan's inaction is a great achievement.

Xia Yan, what is he going to do? What was he thinking?

Xia Yan knows very well that the power of the cabinet depends on how much His Majesty's favor is, he hates Yan Song for being ungrateful, and he hates Guo Xun for being arrogant and greedy, but he can't do anything.

Recently, his body has deteriorated, and he often sweats at night, and when the sweat clears, he feels like he has fought a battle, and his whole body is weak.

He seemed to be exhausted, and it seemed that he could not resist the union of Guo Xun and Yan Song. Coupled with the wrong sentence just now, he suddenly lost confidence.

He felt Zhu Houxi's eyes, but he didn't pay attention to it. He is indeed old, but he has no confidence not to change. As Yang Qu also said, His Majesty now doesn't know how much influence he Xia Yan has.

He needs to find an appropriate time to get rid of Guo Xun, and let His Majesty know that the Ming Dynasty can't do without him, but not now.

So, he chose to remain silent.

......

At the funeral ceremony of the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng, Zhu Houxi's elegant expression was not help but carry a little sadness.

He wore a crown on his head, dressed in a garment, and did not hold a mourning rod in his hand. Its clothes are made of coarse linen, the clothes are divided, and the edges are sewn neatly, so it is called Qi decay mourning clothes. This dress is a standard preparation for the funeral of his uncle's parents, and when the minister sees this uniform, he knows what Zhu Houxi means.

This emperor once again used the funeral to show that his throne was inherited from his father, Xingxian Imperial Examination, and the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng was his aunt, not his mother!

The silence on the main hall is even the sound of people's breathing is obvious, and the ministers are mourning and admiring, and they have given clothes and coats, which are taken by the eunuchs and officials one by one, and are presented on the embroidery platform on the side.

The coffin was heavy, and a curtain was set up in front of it to cover it.

Shang Zhu presided over the funeral, masked, plugged ears, and dressed the body of the noble queen mother.

After the ceremony was completed, Zhu Houxi said with a sad expression: "The Empress Dowager of Zhaosheng is a Changqiu, a high state of law, a benevolent body, and a pure courtesy. Now the Queen Mother, my heart is very painful, and the world has been mourned for a year. ”

One year of mourning, this is to completely treat the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng as the aunt of the emperor, as the queen of filial piety, not the queen mother.

The ministers below bowed their heads and shouted: "Your Majesty is benevolent! ”

"Flat!" Zhu Houxi actually showed a hint of a smile.

The ministers and relatives of the emperor below slowly got up.

A generation of heroines, after Emperor Hongzhi, the funeral of the mother of Emperor Zhengde was gently revealed. This is naturally a matter on the surface, but in the court, around this matter, it is far from over.

After the funeral of the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng, Xia Yan sincerely admitted his mistake to the emperor, and invited himself to the emperor on the grounds of advanced age and serious illness.

This day is the August 10th of the twentieth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Jiajing did not keep him as usual, in fact, in Jiajing's opinion, Xia Yan was a big taboo, if he didn't invite himself, he would also find a reason to belittle him.

I think Xia Yan also realized this, so he took the first step to ask for guilt.

Xia Yan stood outside the gate of Xiyuan Zhai Palace, took off the crown of his head, folded his official uniform and hat neatly and served it on the tray.

He knelt on the ground with his official uniform in his hands, and tears flowed down involuntarily: "The criminal minister has been an official for decades, and he has been sent to the official twice, and he is ashamed of His Majesty's holy grace, minister!" Guilty! ”

He kowtowed three times in a row, tears fell on the neatly folded official uniform in front of him, and his grief was even more unbearable.

Behind Xia Yan, the two Qing guests, one on the left and one on the right, glanced at each other, Wu Xuannan stepped forward to support Xia Yan, handed over a soft handkerchief, and said in a low voice: "The Marquis of Jingshan is on duty in Xiyuan today, and the carriage has already left. ”

Hearing this, Xia Yan took the soft handkerchief, coughed, wiped his tears, turned his head to look at Yang Quye, and asked, "The fourteen strategies have arrived in the palace at this moment, right?" ”

Yang Qu also smiled and said: "Liu Qing passed the news, saying that His Majesty looked at those strategies and was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed, saying that everyone in the world will grow old one day, although Xia Shoufu is old, but his patriotism is still undiminished. He looked sideways at the uninhabited street corner, and said quietly: "The rest depends on how the Marquis of Jingshan behaves." ”

Xia Yan finally took a long breath, shook his sleeves, and said: "When Jingshan Hou Cui Yuan was not successful, he was often bullied by Guo Xun. Let's go home. ”

"Yes." The two Qingke laughed one after another.

Let's say that after Cui Yuan saw Xia Yan's "sad" performance, he couldn't restrain himself for a long time, thinking that Xia Shoufu had worked hard for many years, but he was hurt by Guo Xun's villain to such a point, and he was sad in his heart.

I thought of more than a dozen shops in my home, which were bullied by the Guo Xun people, and I hated the root of my teeth, and I was unsettled that day and night, tossing and turning, and finally stayed up until the dawn of the day, and after hurriedly washing, I set off to enter the palace.

Cui Yuan is an upstart in front of His Majesty, and it is common for him to enter the palace and serve with him, and he has not been hindered along the way.

When he came to the gate of the palace, Huang Jin had been waiting outside the door for a long time, and when he saw Cui Yuan coming in a hurry, his face was happy, and then he stepped forward and gave his hand.

"Marquis Jingshan, I haven't seen you for a few days, you seem to be more energetic?"

Cui Yuan hurriedly replied respectfully and said, "How dare you." He looked left and right slightly, and asked in a low voice, "How is Your Majesty's state of mind?" ”

Huang Jin pretended to hesitate for a moment, and lowered his voice and said: "Since Xia Shoufu became a monk, Your Majesty has not even been able to settle down in meditation, probably because he misses Xia Shoufu." ”

He sighed lightly and continued: "Although Scholar Qu has been in the cabinet for many years, when it comes to handling state affairs, he is still not as handy as Xia Shoufu. Earlier today, Guo Guogong said that he was sick at home, and the matter of the Tibetan chieftain going to Beijing to report on his work was put on hold again, and His Majesty was very troubled. ”

Cui Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Didn't you arrange for those people to enter Beijing in September?" It's late August, and at this juncture, how sick is he? ”

Huang Jin raised his eyebrows, Nunu's mouth, expressing helplessness.

Seeing this expression, Cui Yuan rolled his eyes and asked, "Is he waiting for His Majesty to urge Xia Ge Lao to leave Beijing?" ”

Huang Jin was noncommittal.

Cui Yuan said angrily: "At the moment of state affairs, he really doesn't know how important he is getting older!" Then he arched his hand and said: "I implore Huang Ban to pass it on my behalf, and Cui wants to see Your Majesty." ”

Cui Yuan is simpler than those officialdoms, but he is not a brainless person. He will not casually show his dissatisfaction with Guo Xun in front of outsiders, but he will repay it, and he has been dormant until now, when it comes to Xia Yan, a big man, before he remembered to take revenge on Guo Xun.