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In the Wuying Palace, the guests have arrived, and the palace people shuttle between the banquets, serving vegetables and fruits. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's just that the guests who sat down didn't move their chopsticks, and they were silent one by one, and the emperor and the queen mother had not arrived, so everyone naturally had to wait patiently.

Liu Chengfeng sat with Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling, and the three of them whispered, this Zhang Heling had not seen Liu Chengfeng for a long time, and had seen the world outside, so there were many words today, this time he talked about the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, and the next moment he talked about the customs of Lianzhou, and naturally he could not avoid talking about the Japanese women who were transported from the island country.

Liu Chengfeng listened to it with relish at first, but then he listened to these things over and over again, and he couldn't help but be a little impatient, but he had to listen to it, pretending to be full of interest.

Zhang Yanling's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he just wanted to go out of Beijing to see the place his brother said.

After waiting for a while, a eunuch outside finally shouted: "The emperor and the mother have arrived." ”

The people in the hall stood up one after another, shouting long live and a thousand years old together, and then Zhu Youjiao, who was dressed in a dress, led Queen Zhang into the hall.

Zhu Youzhu looked very happy, glanced around, his eyes fell on Liu Chengfeng, and saw that Liu Chengfeng was darker than before, and he was also thinner, revealing a little kindness, but his eyes did not stay longer, but quickly turned to the side.

This pair of the most noble people in the world sat side by side, the hall was very solemn, no one spoke, even Zhu Youzhu kept his mouth shut, waiting for Queen Zhang's opening remarks.

Empress Zhang smiled dignifiedly, sat long, very dignified but with a little bustle, she opened her mouth lightly, with a little anger and said: "What is this?" Ordinary people hold banquets at home, and the guests are not afraid to laugh like this? This is just a family banquet, please come, the palace is to hope that all the families will accompany the emperor and the palace to have a good time, and have a light meal, without being restrained. ”

When she said this, everyone pretended to smile easily, but this smile was not natural.

Empress Zhang pursed her lips, and then said: "Actually, this time through this banquet, it is also for Lian Guogong to pick up the wind and wash the dust, where is Lian Guogong?" ”

As soon as she asked, Liu Chengfeng, who had already been prepared, immediately arrived in the hall and said, "Weichen is here." ”

Empress Zhang sighed and said: "Lian Guogong went to the desert here, and his hard work was high, everyone looked, people have lost so much weight, they must have suffered a lot and suffered a lot of sins." This palace often reads some classics of history and history, and the sages of ancient times have done great things, which one is not like Lian Guogong, who disregards his family name and life and worries about the country? Your Majesty has such a loyal and virtuous minister, but it is also a blessing for the community, isn't it? ”

"What about you......" Empress Zhang had a kind smile between her eyebrows, in fact, her mind was also simple, if it was inconvenient for the emperor to say, then let her say, in this banquet, she first set the tone, let everyone know that Liu Chengfeng is both a loyal minister and a virtuous minister, after the tone is set, who dares to find fault with Liu Chengfeng, if there is really such a blind person, it is not only to slap Liu Chengfeng's face, but also to slap her Queen Zhang's face.

Don't look at the words just a few words, in fact, at their level, every move is full of all kinds of deep meanings.

Empress Zhang continued: "You usually say that Your Majesty is an unprecedented virtuous son, and this palace has also heard a saying, called a son of heaven and a courtier, what kind of emperor there is, what kind of courtier, and there are many villains around the faint monarch. But the emperor is a holy monarch, and there are always some virtuous ministers around the holy monarch to assist, do you think the big guy said this palace? ”

It is impossible for Zhu Youzhu to say this kind of thing, but Queen Zhang did not shy away from saying it. It is impossible for everyone to follow Queen Zhang and dare to say that she is a faint monarch today; Therefore, everyone nodded and said, "What Niangniang said is good." ”

Empress Zhang held the case in front of her with her slender hand, and said with a slight smile: "Therefore, in the eyes of this palace, Liu Chengfeng is such a virtuous minister, not only Lian Guogong, but also in this cabinet, from Liu Jian to Li Dongyang to Xie Qian, and ......" Empress Zhang's eyes fell on Liu Ji's body, and continued: "There are also Liu Ji and Liu Bachelor, they are all such virtuous ministers, there are Liu Daxia and Ma Wensheng in various ministries, these people are all virtuous ministers around the emperor, it is precisely because of you that our Ming Dynasty has this prosperous era, and the world is a lot more stable than before." ”

No matter who it is, now they all understand what Queen Zhang means, everyone is smiling bitterly in their hearts, and secretly said that this queen is really powerful, and in just a few words, Liu Chengfeng and Liu Ji were tied together, this peacemaker is really powerful.

According to what she just said, Liu Chengfeng is a virtuous minister, and Liu Ji is also a virtuous minister, if Liu Ji dares to overturn Empress Zhang's assertion, then he will first offend Empress Zhang, not to mention, if Liu Chengfeng is not a virtuous minister, then what is he Liu Ji?

Liu Ji couldn't see any expression on his face, and he didn't say anything about Empress Zhang's words. In fact, from the time he entered the palace, he had already guessed Queen Zhang's intentions, and he had already prepared in his heart.

After Empress Zhang said a lot of words, Liu Chengfeng said modestly: "Niangniang is very loving, and Weichen is ashamed." ”

Empress Zhang smiled and said: "You can be modest, that's a good thing, but you can't go too far, just like this time, if you hadn't sent an envoy to destroy the tricks of the Tile Thorn people, the court really didn't know what to do." Bengong is just a woman, and she doesn't know much about family and country affairs, but His Majesty has been tossing and turning all night long, but Bengong is looking at it, hey...... You are a great achievement, and the palace will naturally reward you. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Ji was already a little nervous, of course he knew what Empress Zhang wanted to do, Empress Zhang deliberately took advantage of the relaxed atmosphere of the banquet to set the tone in front of everyone, once the tone was set, it was not easy to change it. Once the surname is decided, it is still set by the queen herself, and if you want to overturn the case, it will be more difficult than ascending to the sky.

So if you don't interrupt Queen Zhang again, things will only get worse and worse, and this great opportunity will be missed.

Liu Ji coughed, and then his eyes fell on Zhou Cheng, Zhou Cheng saw the hint that Liu Ji gave him, but he was bitter in his heart, just now Empress Zhang's words are very clear, he now stands up and publicly overthrows Empress Zhang's words, which annoys Empress Zhang, and the future will definitely be bad.

But when things came to this point, Zhou Cheng had no choice, he gritted his teeth and said: "Niangniang, the court has to find out again and again, and the reward will be issued only after confirming that the merit is undoubtedly meritorious." Lian Guogong Liu Chengfeng has indeed made a great contribution, but there are still some unclear places in this credit, Weichen thinks that Niangniang, as the mother of the country, can easily make any promises, if this credit is adulterated, wouldn't it ruin Niangniang's reputation? ”

His tone was as gentle as possible, as the imperial history of the left capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, he said such a thing here, but he was not afraid of what Empress Zhang would do to him under her anger. The imperial history has a privilege, no matter at any time, in any place, to anyone can be unscrupulous, this is the rule set by the ancestors.

When Empress Zhang heard his words, she couldn't help frowning slightly, but her face didn't show anger, she just asked with a pleasant face: "Oh? I don't know who the Qing family is? ”

Zhou Chengdao: "Weichen Metropolitan Inspectorate Zuodu Imperial History." ”

Empress Zhang just hummed and continued: "What the Qing family just said, but why? ”

This tone is a little not good, in a more unpleasant way, Empress Zhang almost asked him sharply: What is the intention of what you just said.

When Empress Zhang was the crown princess, what kind of world had she never seen? When the master is in charge of the harem, how can he have no means at all? Now that she is kind enough to persuade peace, there are actually people who contradict her, and at this time she has become ill-willed, her face is gradually cold, and her tone has become less polite.

The mud bodhisattva also has a temper, not to mention the dignified mother of the country.

Zhou Cheng didn't have the slightest fear on his face, and said: "Weichen doesn't have any intentions, but he just thinks that the court has established a law, and Niangniang is the head of the harem, how can he ......?"

"Presumptuous......" Empress Zhang scolded coldly, "What do you mean by this, do you mean that the palace has interfered in the political affairs of the foreign courts?" ”

The ministers suddenly became silent, and when they saw that Empress Zhang was angry, they were all so frightened that they couldn't speak, Empress Zhang has always been kind to others, and it is rare to lose her temper once, let alone get angry in front of so many people.

This week, Zhou Cheng had to pretend to be sincerely frightened, and said: "Weichen deserves death." Immediately afterwards, he continued: "Wechen is not saying that Niangniang interferes in the government affairs of foreign courts, but Wechen is afraid that Niangniang will be deceived by villains. ”

Empress Zhang said coldly: "Villain, the villain you are talking about is Liu Chengfeng?" ”

Zhou Chengdao: "Wechen didn't dare to assert it, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate did find out something, but unfortunately there was no evidence, so Wechen thought that it was too early to talk about whether Liu Chengfeng had made a great contribution to the country and whether he was a virtuous minister." ”

This is a complete provocation, and when the Imperial Court of the Metropolitan Procuratorate said such a thing in front of everyone, it was almost equivalent to completely tearing his face.

The ministers were stunned, although they knew that this would definitely not be peaceful today, but who knew that it would be so serious? It actually came to the point where the two sides openly rebelled.

Empress Zhang was even more angry, her face was already covered with haze, and she whispered coldly: "How can you say this? ”

(To be continued)