After about a quarter of an hour, Zeng Rong and several ministers entered the upper study, and the booklet was presented to the emperor's desk.

The incident was described by Wang Bai, saying that a few of them happened to meet Zeng Rong and A Chun sneakily out of the back door of the Wuying Palace on the way to Qianning Palace, for safety reasons, they interrogated Zeng Rong a few words, only to learn that Zeng Rong took over the post of foreign historian, which was inconsistent with etiquette and law.

After Wang Bai's words were finished, Zeng Rong spoke before the emperor, "Your Majesty, the lower officials have a few points that need to be corrected, one of which is that the lower officials have explained to several adults that the lower officials are temporarily delayed and come out late, not sneaky; Second, Xia Guan also explained to several adults that Xia Guan is not a foreign historian, Xia Guan is the emperor's attendant female official, and she was ordered to record some court meeting topics for the emperor to consult, which is different from the focus of the foreign historian's record; Third, the lower officials did not appear in the court, but only listened in the apse, and there was no violation of the etiquette law. ”

Zhu Xu did not respond directly to Zeng Rong when he heard this, but looked at Sun Shi.

Sun Shi wanted to speak after Wang Baiyan finished speaking, but was preempted by Zeng Rong, so he would receive the emperor's gaze, and hurriedly bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Miss Zeng's move is not inconsistent with etiquette, but there is something wrong with it. ”

Zhu Xu still didn't squeak when he heard this, and looked at Wang Yong, Wang Yong bowed down and said: "Back to the emperor, the minister also thinks that this move is inappropriate, the court and the central government, how can a woman who has not dried up be allowed to participate?" Furthermore, the minister thought that Miss Zeng's background was not up to the task. In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to dispense with this errand. ”

As soon as Wang Yong's voice fell, without waiting for the emperor to look over, Li Man took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this matter is understandable, and the things that Miss Zeng remembered are neither kept as documents nor recorded in history, but only used for the emperor's private use, which is for private use, and it has nothing to do with the courtiers who the emperor is willing to use, as long as it is generally passable, and the etiquette can stand on its feet." ”

Zhu Xu couldn't help but nod secretly when he heard this, "This old fox can carry it clearly." ”

Gu Han saw that several other people had spoken, and only he was left, so when Zhu Xu's eyes swept over, he also hurriedly bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although Miss Zeng's move is understandable, it is against common sense after all, if the ministers of the court and the central government know that the emperor asked someone to secretly record their words, who will dare to speak freely at the court meeting in the future, and who will dare to tell the truth?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister also means this, and please think twice about the emperor." Wang Bai took the words.

"Wei Yuanhou is too worried, these words are public remarks in the court, there is nothing unpleasant, I just feel that as I get older, my memory is getting worse and worse, so I ordered someone to write down the key points of each court meeting, I will read it every day before going to bed, to see which issues have not been resolved or have not yet reached an agreement, and decide whether the next day the court meeting needs to be re-proposed to discuss, that's all, this is obviously a trivial matter, are you too fussful?" Zhu Xu asked.

"Back to the emperor, the old minister is not opposed to someone doing this, what the old minister is against is that Miss Zeng should not enter the Wuying Palace." Sun Shi replied again.

"Sun Shangshu, you tell me, where was the Queen Mother when she hung the curtain and listened to the government?" Zhu Xu asked.

"Back to the emperor, it is also Wuying Palace, the old minister thinks that these two things cannot be confused, just like Miss Zeng said, she is a female official, and the queen mother is the queen mother." Master Sun replied solemnly.

"Back to the emperor, the minister seconded what Lord Sun said, how can the crow be compared with the phoenix?" Wang Bai replied.

He didn't care if it wasn't this errand, what he cared about was whether he could squeeze Zeng Rong away.

"What about the three of you?" Zhu Xu turned to the other three.

"The minister also seconded the proposal." Gu Han replied.

As soon as Wang Yong was about to speak, Li Mao first said: "Back to the emperor, there is no explicit provision in the law of the Great Zhou Dynasty that women are not allowed to enter the Wuying Palace. ”

"But I didn't say that it was allowed, and if there is no explicit provision in the law, it has always been ruled by convention." Wang Yong retorted.

"That being said, what can be agreed upon is a verbal agreement that can be changed at any time." Li Maodao.

"Li Gong's words are wrong, the more conventional things are, the more they are not easy to change, just like our most common primogeniture inheritance system, which has not been written into the law in all dynasties, but we have abided by this rule for thousands of years." Sun Shi said.

"Lord Sun's words are too absolute, everything has accidents, throughout the ages, because the law does not explicitly stipulate the primogeniture inheritance system, the matter of brother wall has not been common. Besides, if this eldest son is smart and capable, if he is a mediocre and stupid person or has other shortcomings, is it possible that you are willing to hand over your family business to such a person? It was Wang Yong who spoke.

This will also come back to his senses, it seems that today's encounter is not a coincidence, but a well-arranged encounter, in this case, some of the words that Wang Bai can't say can only be said by him.

"Wang Xiang's words are inappropriate, the brother's wall is not directly related to the absence of express provisions in the law, but out of personal greed, how many people know that murder needs to pay for their lives, but because of greed, they still take risks. As for the shortcomings of the eldest son mentioned by the king, it should be dealt with at his own discretion. Sun Shi replied.

"Stop, a few of you have gone astray, and now we are discussing whether Miss Zeng will continue to enter the Wuying Palace." Wang Bai interrupted them by interjecting.

This topic is too sensitive, and it is easy to think of the current situation, and it will also involve his selfishness.

"Your Majesty, several adults have discussed it conclusively, and the lower officials also have something to say." Zeng Rong saw that Zhu Xu seemed to glance at him unintentionally, and slandered in his heart, but he had to open his mouth.

"Speak." Zhu Xu spit out a word.

"Dare to ask the Marquis of Zhenyuan, whose Wuying Hall is the Wuying Palace?" Zeng Rong directly scolded Wang Bai.

"Naturally royal." Wang Bai flicked his sleeves, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, this stinky girl has always been straightforward, he can't take a detour if he wants to, he can't say that it is Da Zhou, Da Zhou is not still royal?

"Then who is in charge of the royal family?"

"Naturally, it's the emperor. However, in order to avoid a mistake in the emperor's decision-making, sometimes the ministers also need to make decisions on the affairs of the court. "Wang Bai didn't put on the set this time.

"The affairs of the court and the central government should be like this, but the lower official is the emperor's attendant female official, and it is a harem matter, and the prince of Fang Cai Zhenguo also said that it is for private use, and it is for private use, so what do you have to do? Could it be that you even want to meddle in harem affairs? ”

Wang Bai was stopped by Zeng Rong and turned to Sun Shi for help.