Qinzheng Hall is the place where the emperor and ministers deal with government affairs, Han Ruzi came once on the day he ascended the throne, and caught up with the accident of the eunuch Liu Jie's death to protect the seal, and after that, there was no chance to even approach the Qinzheng Palace.

Until today, a defeat in the Kanto region made Han Ruzi come to the Qinzheng Hall for the second time, and finally met the Queen Mother herself.

There are more people in the hall than last time, except for the Taifu Cui Hong, who led the troops outside, the four ministers who took care of their lives came, and there were more than 20 civil and military generals, but the southern army Sima Shangguan Xuan was nowhere to be seen, at this critical moment, the queen mother did not summon her brother.

The most unusual thing is that there are very few eunuchs in the palace, only Yang Feng, Jing Yao, and Zuo Ji, and the ministers have an absolute advantage in numbers.

The Queen Mother did not hide in the Tingzheng Pavilion this time, but sat on the throne, facing the minister. In fact, the Queen Mother participates in politics every day and has met with the ministers, and the only person who has not seen the Queen Mother's true face is the emperor.

The Queen Mother still looks very young, if it weren't for her solemn expression and the overly formal dress on her body, some people would believe that she was less than thirty years old.

The king of the East China Sea once complained in private that as long as the queen mother was present, his father's eyes would not look at others, Han Ruzi now feels that this sentence is too exaggerated, in the eyes of his thirteen-year-old boy, the queen mother is indeed very beautiful, but not so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off it, at least none of the ministers in the room care about the queen mother's appearance, and they are all arguing fiercely with each other.

As soon as the emperor appeared, the ministers quieted down, retreated to both sides, and ranked in order, led by Prime Minister Yin Wuwu, kneeling and kowtowing.

The tablets in the temple can also be courteous and worshipped, but after all, they are just dead things, not the incarnation of the first emperor, and the worshippers will forget them after they walk out of the temple. The current Han Ruzi is tantamount to a moving tablet, which was handed over to the Queen Mother by the Empress Dowager Shangguan and sent to the Queen Mother in person.

The throne is very wide, enough to sit three adults, Han Ruzi deliberately stepped aside, but was pulled over by the Queen Mother, and the two were close to each other, really like a pair of mother and son who depended on each other.

The concubine of Emperor Shangguan stood beside the Queen Mother and kept grabbing the wrist of the King of the East China Sea, and in this way, the Shangguan sisters held Emperor Huan's two sons tightly in their hands.

The Meng brothers and sisters and the three eunuchs were separated, forming the only protective circle, and Meng Che did not wear the costume of a palace maid this time, but appeared as a guard.

Jing Yao, the superintendent of the Central Division, announced the exemption, the ministers stood up, and there was silence for a while, and several ministers looked up at the emperor, their eyes full of curiosity and doubt.

Han Ruzi was also puzzled, after all, he was the nominal emperor, and the queen mother was sitting by his side, why were these ministers so rude, and the queen mother actually had no reaction?

Slowly, the ministers began to quarrel again,

Right Patrol Shi Shen Mingzhi waved the wat board in his hand, shouted at a minister in his thirties, and continued the previous accusation: "Cui Taifu led 200,000 troops, requisitioned nearly 400,000 people from ten counties, and the army of King Qi was only more than 100,000. Cui Taifu couldn't attack for a long time, which had already shocked the world, and he was suddenly defeated, and once he fell into the imperial court in a dangerous place, this matter was very suspicious! ”

The accused minister was flushed, but he didn't dare to debate directly, so he knelt down and kowtowed to the Queen Mother, "The Queen Mother is clear, Cui's only Taifu is leading the troops outside, and his dependents are all staying in Beijing. The general fights, and if you don't believe inside, you won't be able to stand up for ......"

Yang Feng bent down and introduced to the emperor in a soft voice: "Jiang Juying, the secretary of the military department, is the son-in-law of Cui Taifu. ”

Han Ruzi understood, and glanced at the Queen Mother with her spare eyes, wanting to see how she would solve this crisis.

Mother's hands are always warm and soft, but the Queen Mother's hands are wet and cold, and it is very uncomfortable to hold them, Han Ruzi can't help but wonder if the Queen Mother is sick.

The Queen Mother did not speak, and the quarrel between the ministers gradually expanded, and there were those who stood on the side of the right patrol Shi Shen Mingzhi to reprimand the Cui family, and many people defended Cui Taifu.

Yang Feng quietly introduced the minister's name, official position and brief background, and the queen mother heard it and did not stop it.

The general pattern of the imperial court gradually appeared in front of Han Ruzi's eyes, and what made him feel strange was that there were several ministers who should obviously be members of the Cui family, but they also indignantly reprimanded Taifu Cui Hong, who was even more excited than Shen Mingzhi, the right patrol imperial historian.

More ministers are on both sides, waiting for clarity.

The person who can decide right and wrong is the Queen Mother, but she has not shown her attitude, occasionally speaking, and ordering a silent minister to express her opinion, and finally she called Prime Minister Yin Harmless: "Prime Minister Yin, you are the head of a hundred officials, why do you keep refusing to speak?" ”

The Queen Mother has more experience in governing than many ministers expected, and it is not okay to pretend to be confused in front of her, Yin Harmless has more contact with the Queen Mother, and she feels deeply about this, so she hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said in a trembling voice unique to the elderly: "The ministers don't dare to hide their secrets, but the matter is big, there is not much news from the Qi State, and there are many contradictions between them, and this news alone does not seem to be enough to draw conclusions." ”

"The sages know that all of you are important ministers of the society elected by the emperor, even if you can't be called a sage, you should approach it. No matter how much news there is, it is always true that the war in Qi is unfavorable, and the prime minister is His Majesty's humerus, and he is silent, which makes His Majesty helpless. ”

Yin Wuwu hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to plead guilty, and his trembling voice was even heavier, "According to the foolish opinion of the ministers, Cui Taifu was accidentally defeated by the King of Qi for a while, and if he can collect the remnants, it seems that he can still fight again." Although the king of Qi was victorious, there were many casualties, and although the momentum was strong, he may not be able to drive to the capital for a long time. Let's wait and see......"

A military general in his twenties strode up to the prime minister and said angrily: "Wait and see, wait and see, and if you continue to watch, the soldiers will arrive at the gate of the city." The queen mother, give the minister 100,000 elite soldiers, the minister is willing to face the traitor, not to behead the king, willing to be dealt with by military law! ”

Yang Feng only said his name in the emperor's ear: "Shangguan Sheng." ”

Needless to say, this is a relative of the Queen Mother, and it probably didn't take long to get an official position.

The Queen Mother did not respond, Shangguan Sheng became more and more annoyed, and pointed at Cui Hong's son-in-law Jiang Juying with the wat board in his hand, "The minister has only one condition, arrest all the Cui family's henchmen, and can't give them a chance to cooperate with the outside world." ”

There are many people who have offended this sentence, and the ministers refuted it with nonsense, and some people kept kowtowing to the Queen Mother, shouting "Cui's innocence".

The palace of Qinzheng was in a mess all of a sudden, this was not the first time Han Ruzi had seen this kind of scene, he understood why the Queen Mother rarely spoke, and was reluctant to show her attitude, the Queen Mother's mind was unpredictable, and the position of the ministers was even more difficult to judge, everyone was hiding their own thoughts, figuring out other people's thoughts, and the quarrels that seemed to be farces actually hid subtle wisdom.

Han Ruzi still can't understand it for the time being, and he has to participate in the discussion of politics more frequently in order to find out the rules.

Jing Yao stepped forward and waved the dust in his hand a few times, which meant that the Queen Mother was really going to speak, and it would be the long-awaited conclusion. The ministers immediately shut up and knelt down in unison.

The Queen Mother turned her head to look at the emperor, as if to ask him if he had anything to say, Han Ruzi pretended not to see, closed his lips tightly, compared to the old fox in the room, he was a little beast who had just walked out of the nest for a short time, Yang Feng was right to remind him, the only thing he should do now is to listen more and talk less.

"Summoning Han Ling to the temple."

As soon as the Queen Mother said this, the ministers kneeling below all raised their heads in surprise and exchanged glances with each other.

Yang Feng said to the emperor: "The prince of Qi." ”

Han Ruzi remembered that when he ascended the throne, the princes from all sides came to congratulate, and the king of Qi said that he was not sick, and it was this prince Han Ling who went to worship instead of him.

Jing Yao went to summon him, and not long after, two halberd-wielding warriors escorted one into the hall.

Han Ling was in his thirties, tall and fat, wearing a red court dress, standing with his head held high, refusing to kneel, it seemed that he had not suffered much after being imprisoned, and had heard the news of King Qi's great victory.

The Queen Mother did not force the prince of Qi to kneel, her eyes swept over the ministers, and said: "The king of Qi claimed that the son of today was a fake, and said that the son of heaven was pushed into the well after he ascended the throne, the prince of Qi, do you still recognize the emperor?" ”

When the emperor ascended the throne, the prince of Qi was one of the first princes of Chaohe, Han Ruzi didn't remember him, but Han Ling recognized the emperor, sneered, and said, "Why should the queen mother be like this? False is false, it was false when it ascended the throne, and it can't be true now. ”

Han Ling turned to the ministers in the hall, "Your Excellency, you have to see clearly, don't kneel to the wrong person, Da Chu Jiangshan is surnamed Han, not Shangguan." ”

Shangmin Wuji was furious, got up and was about to pounce on Han Ling, but was glanced at by the Queen Mother and knelt down again.

The Queen Mother was not angry, "How can you be willing to admit that you are true today?" ”

"It's simple, the Queen Mother handed over the emperor to the clan elders, whether this son is Emperor Huan or not, our Han family will know it as soon as we check it."

The Queen Mother was silent for a while, and said to Han Xing, the Governor of the Soldiers and Horses, one of the ministers of Gu Ming: "Han Qing's family is the same generation as Emperor Wu, so they can be regarded as clan elders." ”

Han Xing immediately said: "Today's son is the second son of Emperor Huan, and it is undoubtedly contained in the pedigree, and there is no doubt that the father and son of King Qi are bewitching the public, and the crime is extremely evil. ”

Han Ling laughed, "Old thief Han Xing, what benefits did the Shangguan family give you, you even sold your ancestors?" Queen Mother, you hold the emperor in your hands, who dares to say the word 'no'? To distinguish the true from the fake, the Queen Mother had to step aside first. ”

The Queen Mother is still not angry, and she will not step aside, "You have seen that the father and son of King Qi are stubborn, and they have to put my mother and son to death." The day before yesterday, the king of Qi sent a guest to assassinate him, in order to ensure the safety of the emperor, so he stayed in the ban for a long time, and studied the art of civil and military affairs with the children of Xun Gui every day. Today, the emperor came to the Qinzheng Hall in person, who has any doubts, just ask. ”

The ministers didn't have any doubts, Han Ling laughed even louder, and stretched out his hand to point at the young man beside the Queen Mother, "You said he was the emperor?" He didn't even dare to say a word, what kind of emperor was he? ”

The Queen Mother was about to speak, but the Emperor stood up and gently shook off her hand.

Han Ruzi didn't plan to do this, he just wanted to listen, he didn't want to speak, but suddenly he had an idea, and felt that this was a rare opportunity, he could speak in front of the ministers, and he was not held hostage by the Queen Mother.

"I am the son of Emperor Huan and the grandson of Emperor Wu, I can prove it."

Han Ruzi's heart was pounding, and his eyes couldn't help but look at the Queen Mother, and the moment he shook off the Queen Mother's palm, he clearly saw that there was a wound on her wrist.

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