Just when Liu Mingli was forced to be anxious by Master Ma and was staring at him with very resentful eyes, the little eunuch who had just been ordered by Zhu Mao to run out came back, and it wasn't until Zhou Xiaocao had already strode into the house that he suddenly seemed to have saved something, and shouted loudly: "Yu Ci is born with Jinshi, Zhou Xiaocao worships His Majesty!" ”

Zhou Xiaocao had already heard about what had happened on the road, and at this time he already had a preliminary response plan in his heart.

"Yo, there are so many people in this room? What are you watching me do, what do you have to say that you have to say, wait until I finish worshipping His Majesty! Really, the older you get, the more unruly! ”

"In front of your majesty, this official doesn't care about you!"

Master Ma was choked by Zhou Xiaocao's words, and he didn't dare to really make trouble here, so he had to do his job.

According to Zhu Mao's command, Zhou Xiaocao completed the worship of Emperor Tianze very jerky, then stood up, walked in front of Master Ma, and said with a crooked face: "Say, what's the matter with me?" You shake your head? What does shaking head mean? There are no words to say! Then what do you mean by staring at me like a resentful woman? ”

Master Ma was furious: "Who are you, and who allowed you to come in?" ”

Zhou Xiaocao's stomach straightened and said, "Old Ma, I don't like to hear what you say!" The emperor is the emperor of the world, not the emperor of you alone! As a subject of the emperor, it is the responsibility of a courtier to come and pay respects, why do you want to deny this? ”

Master Ma knew that the quarrel was not the opponent of Zhou Xiaocao, so he did not fight him for a long time, and turned to the crown prince Liu Mingli. He will also pick up soft persimmons and pinch them: "Your Highness! Please also decide quickly and call Father-in-law Zhu to accompany the funeral. In the name of filial piety to the whole world! ”

Zhou Xiaocao immediately shouted: "Oops! Therefore, Lao Ma is a saint! ”

Who dares to call themselves saints in front of the emperor? Of course Master Ma didn't dare. said: "Don't talk nonsense, this official is just doing his duty as a courtier." ”

Zhou Xiaocao high-fived and said, "Well said, well said!" Then may I ask the old horse?"

Master Ma said angrily: "Don't call me old horse! ”

Zhou Xiaocao said: "Okay old horse, I know, old horse!" That, are you filial? ”

Master Ma stared at a pair of big eyes: "What do you mean by this?" Officials are exemplary people in the world, and if they are not filial, they are not enough to show the people! ”

Zhou Xiaocao said: "Wow! So to speak, when your parents died. Are you going to be buried? In this way, the whole old horse can have a heart of filial piety in the world! Lao Ma, you yourself said that officials are role models for the people of the world, and if they are not filial, they are not enough to show the people. ”

Master Ma's expression froze, he didn't expect Zhou Xiaocao to treat others in his own way, and he would return it so quickly: "You can't say that!" This official is an official of the imperial court, and his status is special, how can he accompany the funeral? ”

Zhou Xiaocao pretended to be suddenly enlightened. Said: "Oh! That's the case, you are an official, you are special, Gonggong Zhu is not an official. Do you want to be buried? If your parents die and find someone else to be buried, who are you going to find for a burial when someone else's parents die? Could it be that the world gives birth to children. Is it just for someone to be buried in the future? Or to bury someone else! You sue me! ”

Master Ma bit a finger and couldn't speak: "This and this"

Zhou Xiaocao pointed at him and said, "You are human." Someone else is not a person? Mencius said, the old and the old. The young and the young. And he said, The benevolent love thy neighbor. What about you? It's just going to hide and frame others! You said that Gonggong Zhu was inseparable from the first emperor, so I think you are also inseparable from the first emperor, why don't you go to the funeral? You are still an eagle dog that Prince Gong can't live without, and you have to go to the funeral! In my opinion, you have to be split in half from the middle, and the first emperor and the prince are only right for one half! ”

When Master Ma heard Zhou Xiaocao's words approaching step by step, he couldn't help but retreat step by step until he hit the wall: "I, you"

Zhou Xiaocao didn't intend to let him go, and continued to say impassionedly: "Are you talking? Aren't you quite able to say that? Hum! According to you, those who are lower than your official position are not people, and those who are lower than you are not people! Is this still a symbol of the emperor's love for the people like a son? The reputation of the first emperor will be so destroyed by you after his death, you are the scum among the officials and the scum among the people in the world! ”

Master Ma pointed at Zhou Xiaocao and was speechless for a long time. Finally, he suddenly stepped forward and knelt in front of the spirit of Emperor Tianze and cried: "Your Majesty! Before your bones are cold, someone will frame your courtiers! The minister is loyal, and has followed His Majesty for many years, but I don't want to be slandered by the villain today, My Majesty wants to be the master for me! ”

At this time, many officials outside the door who were waiting in line to come in to worship were in a hurry, and they ran to the front one by one to look inside.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?"

Zhou Xiaocao waved his hands and said, "Everyone be quiet, don't speak!" Master Ma is showing his heart to the emperor and preparing to accompany the funeral for His Majesty, with the loyalty of all the courtiers! ”

The crowd was stunned: "Is there such a thing?" Oh, Master Ma is really an example for us! ”

Master Ma jumped up from the spirit of Emperor Tianze and scolded: "Nonsense! Which one said that the official was going to be buried? I want others to accompany the funeral, I want the Zhu Gonggong to accompany the funeral, and I want those palace maids to accompany the funeral, but I didn't say that the official himself went to the funeral! ”

It wasn't until a group of people looked at him like clowns that Master Ma was shocked and lost his words: "I didn't mean that"

Then he knelt down in front of the spirit of Emperor Tianze and cried: "Your Majesty! Open your eyes and see, your courtiers have been humiliated."

Zhou Xiaocao walked up to Liu Mingli and said, "Your Highness, it's time for lunch, let's eat." ”

picked up Liu Mingli, who had been kneeling all morning, and walked out. said to the hundred officials and eunuchs and palace maids: "Everyone go to dinner, it's enough to leave one person here!" It seems that Master Ma is willing to keep a vigil here, let's all go to dinner, take a nap after eating, and continue to keep a vigil for His Majesty in the afternoon. ”

Not to mention the prince, those eunuchs and palace maids have been busy since last night, and they haven't eaten yet, so they can't do it for a long time. In an instant, there was only one Master Ma left in the whole room—oh no, there was Emperor Tianze with him.

Master Ma looked at the empty room and scolded: "I-day-your ancestor! ”

"Bang !!"

Liu Mingli punched the royal case and scolded: "Liu Minghui deceived people too much!" ”

Zhou Xiaocao stepped forward and persuaded: "Your Highness is angry. ”

Liu Mingli said angrily: "Stop being angry? How do you call Lone to calm his anger! That Liu Minghui is vicious, he is trying to frame Gu Wow! ”

This is already the second day of the national funeral, and last night, there were suddenly rumors that it was the death of Emperor Tianze, but the prince couldn't wait to sit on the throne and killed him! This kind of statement is still very marketable, and those Li people like to talk about some royal secrets, whether it is true or not, and then talk about it after a while.

But in this way, His Royal Highness the Prince, who is at the center of the rumor whirlpool, will have a hard time. If he doesn't get rid of it quickly, even if he becomes an emperor in the future, this statement will still exist. During the Qing Dynasty, didn't Yongzheng suffer this big loss? There is also a wild history that he added a horizontal and a hook to the "fourteenth elder brother of the inheritance" and changed it to "the fourth elder brother", which is pure nonsense. Not to mention that the traditional Chinese characters are not written like this, just say that the edicts of the Qing Dynasty are all in Chinese and Manchu, and he can even change the Manchu ones?

Liu Mingli's head was as big as a fight, and he was so angry that he wanted to die, but there was no way. You don't care if it's a rumor or not, if you stand up and say it's false, it doesn't necessarily mean that anyone will believe it. Could it be that he also said that Prince Gong's death was also killed by Liu Minghui? In that case, not only will it not help, but it will teach the world to see jokes.

Zhou Xiaocao said: "Your Highness, the matter of rumors is not in a hurry. But it's time for us to act! ”

Zhou Xiaocao's tone was firm, and there was a hint of fierceness in his eyes. (To be continued......)