Chapter 162: The Pilgrimage Begins
The Imperial Palace's Waiting Hall.
The time for the court meeting in the Chaoyang Hall had not yet arrived, but the hall was already full of waiting civil and military officials and imperial dignitaries, who were divided into three factions at this time, as usual, and only chatted and exchanged opinions with people from their own factions.
However, what is surprising is that Marshal Ron came very early today, and at this time many military officials had gathered around him, and Marshal Ron was whispering something to them.
"Hey, no, the radicals are probably going to make a big move today. A neutral official whispered in his colleague's ear.
"It's no wonder who let the conservatives in the past steal the limelight?"
"Hmph, it's just dog eat dog, we outsiders just wait to see the show. ”
“......”
Just when these officials were talking, the Northern Governor Hualong walked in, and as soon as he entered the waiting hall, many nobles immediately surrounded him, congratulating him on his wedding and flattering him, most of whom were conservatives.
"How's it going, Hua Long?" asked Count Auno as he walked over.
"Hmmm! ”
Count Auno nodded, and then instructed: "Something is wrong today, I estimate that the marshal will be unfavorable to you and the prime minister, so you had better be careful when you meet later, don't talk nonsense, if the situation is not right, my father will come forward to help you." ”
His concern suddenly warmed Hualong's heart.
Count Onno then gave his son a few more words, and then returned to the neutral side, while Hua Long sat alone on the bench against the wall.
Today's time seems to pass very slowly, making people feel irritable and uneasy.
Five minutes before the meeting, the Prime Minister Nicholas Junt and the Marquis of Kefer arrived, but something to everyone's surprise was born.
"Oh, Lord Marshal has come so early, and he seems to be in good spirits!" said Prime Minister Ronte, who spoke first, and there was not the slightest irony in his tone.
"Anyway, when you're old, you've long wanted to go home and plant a few thin fields!" Marshal Ron also changed his previous toughness, and even took the initiative to talk to Prime Minister Rongte, "I think your spirit is good, what's the matter? Do you still want to work for a few more years?"
"A few years, I'm afraid my old bones won't last that long......!
"The Prime Minister is still so humorous haha......"
"Aren't you the same? haha......"
The bizarre conversation between the two has made more people realize that the calmer it is, the more powerful the upcoming storm will be!
It seems that today's storm may not be small!
And at this moment, the voice of the master of ceremonies had already reached everyone's ears: "Xuanwen and Wu Baiguan enter the hall!"
"Marshal, please first. ”
"No, no, no, please first, Prime Minister. ”
When the two old men crossed the threshold together and entered this sacred and * temple, the smiles on their faces disappeared completely in an instant!
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The Imperial Palace of the Cold Moon Empire, the Hall of the Rising Sun.
Nearly a hundred Imperial officials stood on the main hall and were unusually quiet, they stood on both sides of the red carpet like puppets who couldn't speak, only the officials standing in the first row looked at each other at the people opposite, and the rest of the officials looked at the back of the heads of others.
Although this situation was common, Emperor Feng Ke, who was sitting on the dragon chair, still felt a trace of abnormality, as if it was calm before the storm.
That feeling of depression is really uncomfortable.
However, in the process of scanning the courtiers with his eyes, Emperor Feng Ke quickly noticed the problem.
After all, Marshal Ron was originally a standard warrior in military uniform, although he was resourceful, but most of what he showed above this hall was full of bold momentum, and on the contrary, although the prime minister Rong Te, who was born in a civil official family, was imposing, but he was tolerated by his natural calmness, and above the main hall, he showed a prohibitive self-confidence.
But what about today?
Marshal Ron is not only imposing but also self-confident, on the other hand, Prime Minister Ron, although he is confident, his momentum is obviously much weaker.
What does this mean?
It shows that Marshal Ron obviously has the handle of Prime Minister Rongte.
After a general understanding of the situation, Emperor Feng Ke was immediately silent, he knew that there would definitely be a battle waiting for him to solve it today, but it was better to wait and see what happened before things became clear.
"Marquis of Lane, tell me about the Tianyu Provincial fraud case in your hand. After a moment, Emperor Feng Ke said with a weak face.
After a few breaths, an official came out and saluted solemnly.
"As the head of the local supervision department, it is up to you to tell me the results of the investigation. ”
"Yes!"
Regarding the fraud case in Tianyu Province, it is nothing more than the misappropriation of public funds by a few local nobles, which is a normal situation among regional officials, but the amount of the deficit of these bastards is a little larger, so they were sued to the imperial capital.
Marquis Ryan cautiously began to describe the process of cracking the case and executing it, but not many people in the hall really cared about this matter, even Emperor Feng Ke was half-listening and half-thinking, as for what he was thinking, it was unknown.
Even Hua Long didn't listen carefully, as a second-class official, although he stood in the back row, he could barely see the side faces of Prime Minister Rongte and Marshal Ron.
And the problem that Emperor Feng Ke discovered, Hua Long also noticed it, he didn't understand whether Prime Minister Rong Te was deliberately showing weakness or really weak at this time, after all, the current situation is really difficult to judge, thinking of this, Hua Long couldn't help but clench his fists slightly.
On the other side, Marquis Lane was talking energetically, and the silent confrontation between Marshal Ron and Prime Minister Ront had already begun, but they were using not words but eyes at the moment.
"You already know?" said Marshal Ron, who delivered the message first.
Prime Minister Rongte immediately frowned, "What do you want?
Marshal Ron suddenly smiled, "What do you say?"
"I advise you not to do this!"
"Oh? are you trying to threaten me?"
"You're threatening me!"
The corners of Marshal Ron's mouth suddenly showed an imperceptible smile, and he continued to look at his opponent with a cold gaze, and conveyed his intentions, "What about threatening you?
"You ......"
Prime Minister Ront suddenly turned his gaze to the side, temporarily avoiding Marshal Ron's edge.
He's scared!
Marshal Ron immediately chuckled proudly, at this time he became more and more convinced of the authenticity of the letter in his hand, as long as he handed over this letter to His Majesty, then the dispute between himself and the Prime Minister for nearly half a century would end, and then the entire Cold Moon Empire would be under his control.
Thinking of such a happy ending, the excitement on Marshal Ron's face became more and more intense.
However, although he was excited, the calmness in his mind did not diminish in the slightest, after all, he knew very well that the more times like this, the more cautious he became, so he paid closer attention to Prime Minister Rongte's every move, and he did not want to capsize in the gutter at this moment of imminent success.
At this time, another gaze caught the attention of Marshal Ron, and it was Captain Batov.
Before the meeting, Bartov had proposed to Marshal Ron, hoping that he would not personally deliver the letter to His Majesty the Emperor, but let his subordinates come forward to expose Prime Minister Ron, so that he could get out of the way even if he failed, but Marshal Ron did not take this advice.
There are two reasons for this: First, Prime Minister Rongte is not an ordinary person, and who among his subordinates can confront him head-on? If it is left to his subordinates to uncover this matter, it may be difficult to bring him down; second, it is the title of marshal, after all, the imperial law grants many privileges to the marshal, except for the crime of great treason, all other crimes can be exempted from punishment, and this is also where his confidence lies.
Even if he can't bring down the prime minister, he believes that he will not be punished or implicated in any way!
Therefore, due to the above considerations, Field Marshal Ron decided to go into battle himself.
At this time, Prime Minister Rong Te suddenly cast his eyes at peace again, "You have the conditions!"
This old bastard is very smart!, Marshal Ron thought to himself.
However, it was certainly impossible to make peace, and it was possible to use peace to test the old fox, so Marshal Ron responded a moment later.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Don't hand things over, you can say anything!"
Prime Minister Ront looked calm, but the observant Marshal Ron still detected something unusual in his expression - he was trying to suppress the panic in his heart!
"Do you think I'm going to compromise with you?"
"For the sake of our many years of working together, leave me a way to live!"
"You have only one way to die!"
"Ron, I advise you not to do things too far, the fish will break the net even if the fish dies, don't forget this truth!"
After being strongly rejected by the other party, Prime Minister Rong Te's face suddenly turned slightly red with anger, and even the hand holding the cane couldn't help but tremble.
"I don't bother you what I do. ”
Seeing this scene, Marshal Ron immediately smiled in his heart, and he smiled very proudly, he couldn't wait to interrupt the boring nonsense of Marquis Lane at once, and transfer this sensational "script" to His Majesty.
And for the actions of these two people at this time, Emperor Feng Ke also completely looked at it, judging from the surface that Marshal Ron seemed to have the upper hand, and Prime Minister Rongte wanted to compromise but was refused, but these two old bastards are not simple characters, and it is difficult to say the outcome of the matter until the last moment.
Thinking of this, Emperor Feng Ke swept his gaze towards Hua Long.
He's very calm!
It's just that Hua Long is really calm? I'm afraid even he can't tell.
Finally, the Marquis of Lane's "nonsense" was finished, and summing up his "speech" for nearly half an hour, in fact, there were only two sentences: the criminals were duly punished, and this was entirely due to the majesty of His Majesty.
Typical Rory's bar-barred and unproductive corpse vegetarian eater!
Even Emperor Feng Ke couldn't help frowning slightly at this time, because most of the officials in this hall were such people, even if they ate "", they could say more than 10,000 words of emotion.
"Is there anything else going on with the ministers?" A moment later, Emperor Feng Ke, who felt that the time was about the same, immediately threw a stone into the hall where the dark tide was surging.
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