Emperor Cheng and Xue Yi stayed silently, the atmosphere was a little sad, at this moment, Xiao Yu suddenly asked to see, and he brought a news that made Emperor Cheng very annoyed and headache: the ministers will stop the court when the time comes! Kneeling at the gate of the Golden Palace to petition, Emperor Cheng must abide by the ancestral system and not abolish the funeral system.

This is a struggle between monarchs and ministers, Emperor Cheng, Xiao Yu and Xue Yi know the importance of this struggle for Emperor Cheng, if the funeral system cannot be abolished, many new policies in the future can not be implemented, and even the son of King Jing cannot be convicted!

Xue Yi asked several times, Emperor Cheng couldn't answer accurately, she sighed secretly in her heart, she couldn't decide to make an order first, no wonder the courtiers were not convinced, Xue Yi stared at the pastries on the table and meditated, when her eyes fell on a stack of crab roe buns shaped like rabbits, she couldn't help but think about it!

Xue Yi said softly: "I have a way, but I don't know if it's feasible?!" ”

Emperor Cheng didn't have a clue, Xue Yi's words were undoubtedly only candlelight in the dark night, the charcoal fire of the cold winter, his eyes lit up, stared at Xue Yi and said: "Xue'er has some clever ideas, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

Xue Yi stared at Emperor Cheng for a moment, and just now he was in a hurry, and Xue'er fell in her ears as if she was laughing and whispering in the boudoir of Xiao Yichen and his wife in the past, but it was only a moment of confusion, Xue Yi returned to normal, she said slowly: "The first emperor is a big trip, and the burial of the palace concubine is nothing more than worrying that the first emperor will be lonely under the spring and no one will take care of him. ”

"Good, good!"

"Wonderful!"

Emperor Cheng and Xiao Yi shouted in unison, Emperor Cheng stared at Xue Yi, there was both admiration and admiration in his eyes, he thought hard about the problem of two days and one night, and didn't want Xue Yi to solve it with a word, he made a deep gesture at Xue Yi: "Thank you princess for teaching me!" ”

Xue Yiyu's face sank, and she issued an eviction order in a deep voice: "Xue Yi's vain talk about the government, but for the sake of the palace's shameful life, not for the emperor's thanks, but also for the emperor's self-respect, Xue Yifu is mourning, I will not send it off!" ”

Long Yan Dayue, staring at Xue Yi for a while, Emperor Cheng saw that the sky had been bright at this time, and knew that it was indeed time to leave, he and Xiao Yu left the Yuwang Mansion together, Xiao Yu went to the homes of various courtiers according to Emperor Cheng's teaching, and Emperor Cheng returned to his bedroom as quickly as possible, freshened up, better court clothes, opened the door, and called the five fathers-in-law to prepare for the court.

The fifth father-in-law saw that Emperor Cheng had changed his sorrowful brows from yesterday, his face showed a little joy, and he said with a smile: "Looking at the emperor's expression, does it seem that there is any happy event?" ”

Emperor Cheng smiled: "Well, it's also a happy event." ”

As soon as the time came, the courtiers who had planned to kneel down to ask for a decree received a letter when they went out in the morning, with only eight words on it: The Golden Palace is a discussion, there is no need to kneel long! Everyone was worried, one was how could the secret talk they had at night leak out, and the other was that the literal meaning was that the emperor was willing to negotiate with them, but how could this negotiation be negotiated? Will Long Yan be angry and dismiss everyone?!

These ministers gathered in the court room early to wait for the early dynasty, and now when they saw Emperor Cheng coming, they peeked at it, and saw that Emperor Cheng's face was calm, and he didn't seem to be angry, and everyone's hanging hearts were slightly lowered.

"Long live my emperor, long live!"

"Long live my emperor, long live!"

After the worship was completed, and the ministers of Wendong and Wuxi stood up step by step, Emperor Cheng looked around at the courtiers below, cleared his voice, and said, "I don't know if the ministers slept well last night?" “

Those ministers who were preparing to petition heard the emperor's question, and their hearts that had just been put down hung again.

There was silence in the Golden Palace.

Emperor Cheng continued: "I don't know how the ministers slept, I didn't sleep all night last night, I thought about it all night, why are you so opposed to the abolition of the funeral system?!" Are you hard-hearted? Are you willing to watch those living people buried by the loess?! Suffocated to death?! No! I think you are also people with children and daughters, and you don't want to watch the ladies and maids in the harem being buried alive like this! But you must also safeguard the country, the legacy of the first emperor, and the system of your ancestors, so you are not wrong! I was wrong, and I apologize to you! “

After Emperor Cheng finished speaking, he stood up and bowed deeply to the courtiers, which was half a moment of effort.

The ministers were particularly moved by the surprise, and knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "The emperor is wise! Long live my emperor, long live! “

"The emperor is wise! Long live my emperor, long live! “

Emperor Cheng waved his hands and motioned to the ministers to calm down: "Calm down, I still have something to say, and you are shouting that I am wise after speaking." “

Emperor Cheng walked down the dragon book case, walked in front of Gong Yi, pointed at Gong Yi with his hand and said, "Gong Yi." “

Gong Yi hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "The old minister is here!" “

Emperor Cheng picked up Gong Yi with both hands, his eyes swept over the faces of the courtiers, and after a moment of silence, Emperor Cheng's gaze fell on Gong Yi's face, and said with a smile: "Gong Yi, do you know that I hate you to death?" “

Gong Yi knelt on the ground again and kowtowed: "The minister knows!" “

Emperor Cheng turned around, looked at each courtier, and then returned to the Long Shu case and said loudly: "Just last night, when I learned that the old minister Gong Yi was going to lead the crowd to make trouble, I wanted to kill him immediately!" You should ask me why I didn't do that?! I'm glad I didn't, otherwise I would have lost a loyal minister and a capable minister! I know that when I first ascended the throne, I was hit by the Beiling earthquake, the people were panicked, there was a wind dance outside, Amaterasu and the two countries were eyeing each other, and there was an unknown movement of Prime Minister Lan inside, maybe he would revolt against me at any time! So Gong Yi doesn't want me to make trouble, and wants to wait for me to sit firmly on this dragon chair! “

"Your Majesty ......." Gong Yi heard this, and knelt on the ground and wept bitterly.

"Gong Yi, get up, sit down!" Under the decree of Emperor Cheng, the chamberlain moved a chair, and Gong Yi sat down after thanking him.

Emperor Cheng continued: "I understand the hearts of all the ministers, and now I also want all the ministers to understand my thoughts, today, let's talk about the words of digging out my heart, I have grown up outside the fan, I have seen too many people displaced, I have seen too many people bullying people, I have long wanted to abolish the old system, especially this funeral system, I dare to ask, Liu Yan of the Hanlin Academy, is your aunt Concubine Ying also martyred?" Yang Hao of Yushitai, is your sister also in the harem, if I remember correctly, it should be Concubine Yang, who will also be martyred the day after tomorrow. “

"Yes, hooray."

"Yes."

The two knelt down from work, their voices sour.

"I ask you, are you willing to watch your loved ones suffocated to death?!"

"The minister ....... the minister....... the minister is unwilling, but the minister also understands that this is her life since the day his sister entered the palace!" Yang Hao kowtowed.

Emperor Cheng stood up angrily and shouted, "This is all!" If you don't want it, you don't want it Why don't you dare to say it, it's because you're afraid that everyone will join you, lose the black gauze hat on your head, and even kill you all over the house! Gongyi, I ask you again, is your daughter the Jade Concubine of the harem? ”

Gong Yi lay on the ground and cried: "If you go back to the emperor, the Jade Concubine Niangniang is the ** of the old minister, she entered the palace at the age of fifteen, and now it has been thirteen years." ”

"Are you willing to see her become a martyr?" Emperor Cheng leaned over and asked.

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Emperor Cheng continued: "Why do I want to abolish this funeral system, just because this system is inhumane and miserable, hundreds of women were buried alive in the mausoleum of the first emperor, I think the first emperor is also unbearable, but just let the first emperor be alone, I can't bear it, I have been thinking hard for the past two days, and I have come up with a way to achieve both worlds, and it is good to list the ministers." The funeral is to accompany the first emperor, so why not let the first emperor choose for himself? ”

"But I don't know how to let the first emperor choose for himself?" Gong Yi asked.

"I thought, please be able to cast the concubines in the palace into stone statues, write their birthdays on the stone statues, and bury the stone statues in the Yongkang Mausoleum to accompany the first emperor. As for the palace maids and the servants, they were tied into paper figures and incinerated in front of the Yongkang Mausoleum, so that they would always accompany the emperor, and the ministers thought that I was a good method? ”

After Emperor Cheng finished speaking, he sat back on the dragon chair, and after the ministers exchanged their heads and discussed for a while, Gong Yixian knelt on the court and kowtowed: "Long live Shengming, this method is indeed a complete policy, which not only fulfills the loyalty of the ladies, but also ensures that the first emperor's spirit rests in the sky, and the ministers obey the holy decree!" ”

"The Emperor Shengming!"

"The Emperor Shengming!"

Emperor Cheng looked at the courtiers kneeling on the ground, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, seeing that a crisis last night had turned invisible, and admired Xue Yi's intelligence in his heart.

The dark clouds in the sky dispersed, and after discussing some political affairs, Emperor Cheng retreated, and someone had already passed the good news into the harem, and the queen mother and the concubines of each palace were naturally grateful, and after coping with it for a while, Emperor Cheng returned to his bedroom to take a nap.

Lying on the dragon couch, Xue Yi's haggard little face and big black eyes shook in front of him, he couldn't sleep, the day after tomorrow was the day of King Yu's burial, how should he persuade Xue Yi to enter the palace after that? Thinking of the three conditions he had promised Xueyi, he thought he could wait, but now he was a little impatient, and he was not willing to wait any longer even for a day.

"Back to the Queen Mother, the emperor did sleep." The voice of the fifth father-in-law came from outside the door.

"May, do you know why the emperor is resting at this time?" The Queen Mother's voice was full of concern.

Emperor Cheng knew that there must be something when the Queen Mother came, and he couldn't sleep left and right, so he got off the dragon couch in his clothes, opened the door, and saw the Queen Mother first: "Meet the Queen Mother." He turned his head and said to the fifth father-in-law: "May, I have woken up, you go and make a pot of good dragon well for the queen mother." ”

The mother and son walked into Emperor Cheng's bedroom arm in arm.

After the Queen Mother sat down, she didn't speak, just looked left and right, with a little smile between her eyebrows, Emperor Cheng suddenly understood the purpose of the Queen Mother's visit this time, and couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.