Chu Nian gently patted the arm of the Wuchen County Lord, and turned his gaze to the little eunuch. ┏┛

"I'm tired of my father-in-law leading the way."

“??? ぶ髑胨嫖依矗??? Brother Hai Huai Jianshuo (11) to the instant Pancha!

The two of them left the main hall one after the other, and walked all the way down the path to the imperial study.

The candles were lit in the imperial study, and the emperor in the room seemed to be pacing in the room hesitating because of something.

When Chu Nian and the little eunuch pushed open the door, the emperor raised his eyes, looked at Chu Nian with a frown, and saw Chu Nian, and saluted slightly, "What does the emperor have to say to his courtiers?" ”

The emperor opened his mouth, looked at the tea table on the side, and said a little helplessly: "Sit down first." ”

The little eunuch on the side neatly poured tea for Chu Nian, only to see the emperor speak, "Isn't there any news from Ming Xiu's side?" ”

Chu Nian shook his head lightly, "I just received the letter from Ming Xiu today, the emperor doesn't have to worry, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still fine." ”

Hearing this, the emperor nodded as if relieved.

This is convenient to see Chu Nian, put down the teacup, "Does the emperor have other things to discuss with his courtiers?" ”

Broken by Chu Nian's words, the emperor seemed to be a little embarrassed, he lowered his eyes slightly, and looked at the file at hand seriously, before he raised his head for a while, and looked at Chu Nian with a frown.

"In previous years, my birthdays were all handled by the Queen Mother herself, do you want to release the Queen Mother today and be lively together?"

Chu Nian said a little helplessly, "Your Majesty, this is a courtier, naturally she can't make a decision for the emperor, whether you want to release the queen mother out and have a lively time, all listen to the emperor's arrangement." ”

When these words fell, Chu Nian couldn't cry or laugh, the emperor has always been indecisive, otherwise he would not have suppressed the queen mother and the Wang family for so long, earlier he began to understand things, and the emperor also listened to Ming Xiu, but now that Ming Xiu is not here, she is like a sinner who coerced the princes of the Son of Heaven.

"But ......" The emperor hesitated for a moment. frowned and said, "If the Queen Mother is released, will she make trouble for you today?" ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry," Chu Nian shook his head slightly, "It's only the ministers who want to trouble the courtiers today, and the Queen Mother won't want to waste her energy on dealing with me at such a time." ”

Hearing this, the emperor seemed to look at Chu Nian inquiringly, and saw that there was indeed something strange on Chu Nian's face, so he lowered his head. "Okay, then put this matter on hold for now, what kind of news is written in Ming Xiu's letter?"

Thinking of what Ming Xiu said in his letter, Chu Nian twisted his brows slightly, his eyes flashed slightly, and after a while, he said softly, "It's not a big deal, the emperor can rest assured, after a few days, I will solve the troubles in the capital, and then I will go to find His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"That's right," mentioning the troubles in the capital, the emperor raised his head slightly and looked at Chu Nian with some concern. "Have you thought about how to deal with the ministers today? As far as I know, the person behind the incident you mentioned hasn't been tortured yet, right? I've had a lifetime dealing with these old men, and they're not that easy to deal with. ”

Hearing this, Chu Lian nodded slightly, those noble sons were very hard-mouthed, and their father put pressure on King Huainan, so they couldn't ask any news for a while, if they really wanted to make a breakthrough in this matter, they could only look at today.

Fang Cai said, "Today's matter, the courtiers naturally have a way, the emperor can spend his birthday with peace of mind, but the courtiers are ashamed, I am afraid that today's emperor's birthday will also become troublesome because of the courtiers." ”

Seeing that Chu Nian was calm and relaxed, and it was expected that Chu Nian must have already made a certain number in his heart, the emperor seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and raised his head again: "By the way, I have also heard the news in the palace recently, what are you asking the concubine to investigate?" ”

Chu Nian nodded and said, "Yes, there is a little mouse lurking in the palace, but I am afraid that I can only entrust Concubine Ling Niangniang to investigate." ”

"It's not too much of a problem," the emperor looked up at Chu Nian, his eyes still seemed to be a little complicated. "I'll send someone to deliver a token to enter and leave the palace later, and if you need it, you can come to me at any time."

Hearing this, Chu Nian smiled and nodded, although she had a group of secret guards who could go out of the palace at any time, this token was useless, but since it was the emperor's kindness, it was inconvenient for her to easily refute the emperor's face, besides, Ming Xiu seemed to need people more, and when the dark three assisted King Huainan to interrogate those nobles, she had to send a few secret guards over immediately.

At this time, I heard the little eunuch whispering outside, "Your Majesty, the time has come, do you need to invite the Queen Mother out?" ”

The emperor looked a little embarrassed, he glanced up at Chu Nian, and saw that Chu Nian's face was not unusual, so he looked up at the little eunuch outside the door and said, "You guys, invite the Queen Mother out, just say that today's birthday is my birthday, and I will pardon her and come out to be lively and lively." ”

……

When he got out of the study, the first thing Chu Nian saw was the Wuchen County Lord waiting at the door. When the Wuchen County Lord saw Chu Nian coming out, he hurriedly greeted him.

"How? What does the emperor want to tell you? ”

Chu Nian shook his head with a smile, but didn't answer her words: "The county lord is here to be my guard in person?" ”

The county lord of Wuchen pursed his lips, "It was my father who forced me to come over and be a shield for you, he said, I can't leave you half a step before the banquet." ”

Prince Wuchen has always been a wise person, and he made such a decision in advance for Chu Nian's sake, but Chu Nian only helped their father and daughter a few small favors, and now Chu Nian is ashamed of this favor.

At this point, the lord of Wuchen is still chattering, Chu Nian is heart is gratitude, if he has the opportunity in the future, he will definitely repay Prince Wuchen for this kindness.

By the time the two entered the main hall, the ministers had already taken their seats.

Originally, the position arranged in the palace was arranged according to the priority of the prince and the priority of the ministers, the greater the power, the closer the position to the emperor, the county lords naturally had to sit opposite the princes, and participated in the state banquet on weekdays, Chu Nian's position was also in the front, and today it seems that the ministers deliberately made it difficult, in addition to leaving a place for the Wuchen county lord next to the prince of Wuchen, the only vacant seat in the hall was actually reserved for the position of almost the entrance of the palace.

Seeing this scene, the Wuchen County Lord suddenly became angry, Chu Nian stopped the Wuchen County Lord who was about to have a seizure, and raised his eyes to look at the Wuchen Prince not far away.

Prince Wuchen immediately understood, and hurriedly sent someone over and invited his baby daughter over.

Chu Nian's side stood in place, facing the ministers with a somewhat hostile gaze, and the eight winds did not move.

After a while, I saw that the emperor was belatedly leading the queen mother, and the queen mother was supported by others, and this period of confinement seemed to make her a little haggard, but in the end it was still the queen mother, and the news was well-informed enough.

When the emperor also sat down, he realized that Chu Nian seemed to say, "Why is Nian'er standing?" But there is no seat for you in this great hall? ”

Chu Nian bowed slightly towards the emperor at the head, "The emperor doesn't know, and today's courtiers just discovered that the original state banquet should occupy a seat in advance, no, the courtiers were late for a while, and they almost didn't even have the position of the lord of Wuchen." ”

The emperor twisted his eyebrows, looked around the hall, and found that there was indeed only one seat left at the end, and he couldn't help but be right, "The unequaled county lord is the name of the county lord given by me, and today you old things, but you deliberately make me ugly?" ”

The next civil and military officials looked at each other, and saw Chen Lao take the lead in getting up and said, "That's it, I can't complain that you adults look down on the granddaughter of the old minister, this matter has nothing to do with the emperor, Nian'er, you come to sit here with your grandfather, and your grandfather will go to the last seat." ”

It was Chu Nian who lost the hearts of the people today, and the ministers did not dare to give Chen Lao a horse, Chen Lao lost face, but the entire secretary and supervisor lost face, and some secretaries and supervisors hurriedly got up at this stall to make way for Chu Nian, but saw the king of Huainan on the side take the lead in standing up and glaring at the courtiers in the hall.

"Let the lord of the dignified county sit at the last seat, I don't think you will put the princes in your eyes, anyway, you are used to not putting this king in your eyes these days, brother Huang, I will sit at the last seat, I think they are going to turn against the sky."

King Huainan didn't want to help Chu Nian, almost every day in the past few days, courtiers went to his mansion to put pressure on him, asking him to release the group of nobles, and King Huainan just took this opportunity to let the ministers understand that he had endured to the limit in the past few days.

And the king of Huainan is still a royal family in the end, and the ministers don't dare to give the king of Huainan a bad look, so they have to obediently give up the position next to Chen Lao for Chu Nian to sit on, Chu Nian is not hypocritical, and when she sits down calmly, this Hongmen banquet will also start.

After the ministers congratulated the emperor on his birthday, they saw Wang Er, who was sitting in it, turning his gaze to Chu Nian.

The century-old foundation of the Wang family is not so easy to be overthrown, not to mention that today's Queen Mother was unusually released from Cining Palace, Wang Er was just demoted last time, and his confidence is still there.

Now that Chu Nian has been criticized by the ministers, Wang Er will naturally not let go of this opportunity, and at this time, he saw him stand up, "Your Majesty, the minister knows that the emperor's birthday is today, if he chooses to redress his grievances at this time, he is afraid that he will sweep away the emperor's interest, but two days have passed since this matter, and it is really urgent, and the minister has to talk more." ”

Chu Nian raised his eyebrows slightly, this second king, is he planning to step on her to subdue people's hearts?

At this point, I saw the emperor's inquiring gaze turn to Chu Nian, Chu Nian nodded without a trace, only to see the emperor squint his eyes and look at Wang Erdao: "What grievances do you have?" ”

Wang Er glanced sideways slightly, glanced at the ministers in the palace, and then said: "The emperor is busy with official business, so he has no time to pay attention to these trivial matters, so naturally he doesn't know that a few days ago, Lord Liu's house held a garden party. ”

The emperor didn't speak, but saw Wang Er turn his head to look at the last official, and the eyes of the people in the palace gathered together, and so did Chu Nian.

There was a middle-aged man with a full beard sitting on that side, and he still had a little helplessness on his face at the moment, if Chu Nian remembered correctly, this was the Lord Liu of Jingzhao Yin Mansion, and the father of the third sister and brother of the Liu family.

I saw Lord Liu get up, bow respectfully to the emperor above, and bow down to the ministers, before he said: "Your Majesty, you are the unequaled county lord......