The next day, in the court.

Everything was as Zhu Hao calculated, and Jiang Lun came out to start a start, indicating that Princess Jiang abided by etiquette and was ready to return to Anlu to continue to be her princess of Xingwangfu, no longer involved in the affairs of the court and China, neither entering the palace, nor planning to live in Beijing permanently.

These are all what Yang Tinghe wants to see, and they are also the fundamental reason why the civil officials agreed to let Jiang Lun enter the court to show Princess Jiang's attitude.

But then......

Things went into the unknown that the civilian officials could not have foreseen.

“…… I have been taught by my father since I was a child that I must follow the law of filial piety and etiquette, and now my father is gone, leaving only me and my mother to depend on each other, and my mother and concubine can sacrifice even the mother-son relationship in order to let me succeed to the unification, and I have failed my mother's nurturing grace.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is no need to persuade me anymore, I have decided to take the Zen throne and return to Anlu to continue to be the king of Xing, I am the only son of my mother's concubine, and I should bear the burden of birth, death and burial, and I don't want to bear the infamy of unfilial piety. Hurry up and draft the edict of the Zen position, and fulfill my thoughts.

"Retreat!"

Zhu Si wept bitterly, and finally left Fengtian Hall and went back to Qianqing Palace in the confusion of the ministers.

didn't give the minister a chance to discuss, didn't let Yang Tinghe and others stand up and teach people a big truth, and came up to show that they wanted to Zen, but the problem was ...... This emperor is not appropriate if you want it to be?

If the emperor has heirs and brothers, it is easy to say, but the problem is that the emperor was originally inherited from Xiaozong, and then another one...... That's not convincing.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has just stabilized, the maladministration of the Zhengde period has been swept away step by step, is this emperor saying that it can be changed?

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"Elder Yang Ge, can you tell me, what the hell is going on?"

"Yes, this is not a small matter, if something really happens, my Ming may fall into a situation from which there will be no return!"

As soon as the court discussion was over, he left the Fengtian Palace, and this time the minister didn't care about anything else, so he came up and surrounded Yang Tinghe, as if he wanted to find the first assistant to discuss an explanation.

Jiang Mian hurriedly said: "Calm down, this is not the place to speak. ”

"Why isn't it the place to talk? Isn't this the place where our ministers discuss state affairs? You can't make a mess. ”

Although most of the ministers present had previously signed their names on the issue of the Great Rites Discussion, or expressed their support for Yang Tinghe in a public manner.

But at such a juncture, no one dared to agree with the emperor's opinion and give the throne to others, just to achieve the results of the discussion of the full official in the Great Rites Conference.

Who would dare to say, "Why don't we change the emperor"? It's basically like handing over your head and having someone cut it off.

The emperor can say that, but the minister must not be so disobedient.

So, everyone's goal is aimed at Yang Tinghe, even if it is a die-hard fan of Yang Tinghe, now let Yang Tinghe give an explanation.

Yang Tinghe definitely didn't expect that he would become a loser at this time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the cabinet will consider with the Ministry of Rites the matter of the princess of the Yingxing Palace, please go back first."

This time it was Fei Hong who spoke.

He has just entered the cabinet, and his qualifications and prestige are not weaker than Yang Tinghe, and they are higher than Mao Ji and Jiang Mian.

But now his ranking in the cabinet is at the end, which is equivalent to saying that his prestige is high and his status is low, standing up and speaking at this moment can calm people's hearts, after all, Fei Hong represents the old school of the imperial court, and it is very inappropriate if Yuan Zonggao comes out, because most civil officials don't take Yuan Zonggao seriously.

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The ministers were restless, and they went out of the palace in twos and threes.

Yang Tinghe and the rest of the cabinet ministers went to the cabinet duty room together, and several cabinet members were silent on the way, obviously today's events far exceeded their expectations.

After arriving at the cabinet, Mao Ji stood up and spoke: "How did things develop to such a situation? Could it be that His Majesty really can ignore the throne for the sake of a matter of legal etiquette? ”

Not to mention that Mao Ji couldn't figure it out, even Yang Ting and the whole person were in a state of chaos.

The little emperor is full of food, right?

The emperor is the lord of the world, how many people have broken their heads, and they have to rush forward at the risk of destroying their families and clans, how can there be a new emperor who doesn't even want the throne in order to welcome a mother? Is the tutor in Xingwangfu too "good"? Or is it that the little emperor is planning to use the matter of great gifts to oppose the civil officials? Deliberately give civil officials a problem, in order to consolidate the imperial power?

Fei Hong walked up to Yang Tinghe and said, "Jiefu, now we should discuss the matter of welcoming the princess as soon as possible, even if there is a disagreement in the number of etiquette, but for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, you can't let Your Majesty come here." ”

Fei Hong's words are not only like persuading Yang Tinghe to take a step back, but also attacking the new emperor "Hu Lai", which is equivalent to a relatively neutral statement.

Yang Tinghe glanced at Fei Hong.

He immediately felt the effect of the little emperor's transfer of Fei Hong to the cabinet.

Fei Hong is nominally a member of his faction, and all the conversations before were normal, and even he couldn't find any problems with Fei Hong's words and deeds, and Fei Hong was also a firm "heir faction" in matters such as the Great Rites Discussion, but after the incident, Fei Hong still came out to persuade him to retreat.

This shows that the little emperor's employment is a clever trick in itself, pushing the situation to the current situation step by step.

Several people looked at each other, and they couldn't come up with a suitable coping strategy for a while.

At this time, Xiao Jing's voice came from outside: "...... How many elders, are they there? ”

Yang Tinghe got up and led people to the door, and welcomed Xiao Jing into the duty room, Mao Ji asked, "Gonggong Xiao, but ...... Your Majesty's side?"

"Oh, elders, after Your Majesty returned to the Qianqing Palace, he couldn't stop crying, and he couldn't listen to anything until now, and he had already asked people to pack up their things in the Qianqing Palace."

Xiao Jing said with a sad face.

Several ministers couldn't help but look at each other.

Say you want to go, but really want to go?

Not just to scare us?

After you finished performing in front of us, can you still cry when you return to the Qianqing Palace? This feeling...... It's very sincere, it's not like it's pretending.

"What is this?"

Fei Hong looked at the things in Xiao Jing's hand.

Xiao Jing clutched the things in his hand: "This is the imperial treasure that Your Majesty carries with you, and it is said that it is to be returned to the elders." ”

That being said, he wouldn't hand over the jade seal.

The Ming Dynasty did not get the jade seal of the country since the founding of the country, and the twenty-four imperial treasures were mostly used on different occasions to reflect the orthodoxy of the throne, but the weight of the total was still not as good as the jade seal of the country, and the real usefulness was the emperor's seal.

Yang Tinghe heard this, and it was known that things were starting to deteriorate.

Then he waved his hand: "I bother Gonggong Xiao to go back and tell Your Majesty that the Ministry of Rites will discuss the matter of welcoming the Queen Mother again, and ask Your Majesty to give priority to state affairs." ”

He bowed as he spoke.

Yang Tinghe has changed his title and called Princess Jiang "Queen Mother", which fully shows that he, the first assistant, has made a sigh of relief in this matter, although it is a move of rights and interests, but it also means that there is finally a gap in the ironclad part of the Great Rites Discussion.

Xiao Jing wiped a handful of tears and said: "Elder Yang Ge, and all the elders, it's really embarrassing for you, but Your Majesty is really a benevolent and filial king, and has the demeanor of Emperor Xiaozong." Our family still remembers the time when the emperor lived, in order to pursue the news of his biological mother, he stayed awake for days and nights, and couldn't sleep and eat......"

It means that this little emperor has the demeanor of his "adoptive father" Emperor Hongzhi, and he is all based on filial piety.

Yang Tinghe didn't think anything about it, but when he saw that a good old man like Xiao Jing was moved by the new emperor's actions, he found that no matter whether the new emperor's original purpose was to compete with the minister, or whether it was really filial piety first, at least now the new emperor's purpose has been achieved.

"The Sword Comes"

The ministers of the court and the central government have all seen the "filial piety" of the new emperor, and such a big moral halo on his head, if the ministers still insist on changing the emperor, even if the emperor sends troops to kill the minister, I am afraid that the minister will not be able to stand on the moral high ground.

This is contrary to the original intention of Yang Ting's peace ceremony.

The commanding heights of public opinion were easily occupied by the little emperor, and Yang Tinghe felt powerless for a while.

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Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was urgently summoned to the Wenhua Hall for discussion.

At the same time, there were several people from the Hanlin Academy, including Liu Chun, Feng Xi, Shi Xuan, etc., and then the five cabinet ministers, the biggest thing to discuss when they sat down was to welcome Princess Jiang with what courtesy.

While several people were discussing inside, Yang Tinghe walked to the door with an annoyed face, wanting to take a breath.

In fact, he had already made up his mind that he would add the name of "Xingxian Queen Mother" to Princess Jiang into the palace, without adding the word "Emperor", in order to reflect the difference between the biological mother and the orthodox Queen Mother, so it can be regarded as a statement for himself, at least we did not compromise on the issue of the emperor's heir.

"Jiefu, why are you so annoyed? It's better to go in and settle things sooner. Jiang Mian saw that Yang Tinghe had not returned for a long time, so he came out and stood beside Yang Tinghe to persuade him.

Yang Tinghe said: "I thought that the princess of Xingwangfu would use the law of benevolence and righteousness to persuade His Majesty to turn back, but I never thought about it...... Alas! ”

Yang Tinghe really can't understand, the little emperor is not sensible, isn't Princess Jiang, a mother, also ignorant?

The words he said were clearly instigating the relationship between the monarch and the minister, and deliberately pushing the contradiction to the point of irreconcilability, is this for the sake of your son?

Obviously, Yang Tinghe couldn't understand Princess Jiang's desire for the position of Queen Mother, which was the supreme glory that a woman could dream of, coupled with the great gift of Wenchen, Princess Jiang was born to let Princess Jiang inherit her only son to someone else's name, and she was not happy to be a mother.

Jiang Mian said: "Maybe the princess ...... She didn't do anything wrong, but Her Majesty put benevolence and filial piety first and misinterpreted the princess's meaning. ”

What Jiang Mian means is that you can't conspiracy theories about everything and make Princess Jiang so unbearable.

Princess Jiang asked her younger brother to explain to the emperor that she had no intention of entering the palace as the queen mother, and just wanted to go back to Anlu to continue to be the princess of the palace...... Isn't that the sacrifice of a great mother?

Yang Tinghe glared at Jiang Mian: "Do you really think so?" ”

It's like saying, we are all clear-eyed people, can't you see that Princess Jiang is fanning the flames?

Jiang Mian sighed: "Now that the situation has developed to this point, there is no room for any mistakes, or let go of prejudices." Your Majesty's devotion to your mother is, after all, beneficial to education, so there is no need to be harsh. ”