Jinluan Palace, court meeting.

Seeing that the sun is already rising, and the original time for the court meeting has passed an hour, the more than 20 ministers in important positions who threatened to fight to the death yesterday are still kneeling at this moment, and they look very haggard after a sleepless night.

The other dozens of ministers below the third grade who were summoned were waiting here anxiously, looking at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of Her Majesty the Empress who had belatedly arrived.

After waiting for a long time, no one arrived, and everyone in the hall couldn't help but start whispering.

Shang Shu Youcheng Shen Changyan whispered to Su Lingfeng, the young master of Dali Temple who was familiar with him:

"Brother Su, you are well-informed, have you ever heard that His Majesty urgently summoned us people to come to the court, isn't there something big going on?"

Su Lingfeng is only a young man, but he is a young man, and he lives a very transparent life, glanced at the top two high-ranking officials in the court who were still kneeling, and replied after thinking slightly:

"I think, this matter is inseparable from your lords, if it is according to the previous rules, with our rank, if it is not urgent, where will we have the opportunity to enter this Jinluan Palace to meet Your Majesty?"

Most of the people who can enter the court as officials are also smart people, and being dialed by such a little, Shen Changyan was suddenly enlightened, and suddenly said in shock:

"So, Your Majesty is deliberately summoning us deputies to the court, so that we—"

At this point, Shen Changyan couldn't help but show a little joy and said: "So, we also have a chance to go to a higher position?" ”

"Brother Shen said cautiously, it's hard to say whether today is an opportunity or a crisis!" Su Lingfeng shook his head, his face was worried, and he said:

"It is an indisputable fact that His Majesty's implementation of the public examination in Selangor is indeed conducive to the selection of talents for my Daxuan, but it will also crowd out the opportunity for our family to enter the official career in the shadow."

"No, Brother Su also knows that if this matter is promoted, it will be popular among the children of the poor family, and it will be unstoppable among the people, so why do you have to confront Your Majesty and the rolling torrent of the world?"

Shen Changyan hindered the weakness of the family, and now he has been on top of this position for more than ten years, but when he felt that the opportunity was coming, his eyes lit up at this moment, and he said excitedly:

"Your Majesty has Your Majesty's decision, we should also have our own ideas, our family foundation is not comparable to the four surnamed Gaomen who dare to fight to the death, if you want to prosper for a long time, it is better to go upstream!"

"What Brother Shen said is reasonable, as the crown of the scholar clan, they have a hundred years of heritage, and they are all over the world for the children of officials, and it is understandable for them to fight for the interests of their families, but we should also plan for ourselves."

Su Lingfeng can see the situation clearly, and he is naturally a smart person, he is obviously moved, but when he saw Qi Yuming, the prime minister who has been dominating the court for decades, he couldn't help but sigh and said:

"Whatever choice we make, it's going to be a big gamble!"

"What Brother Su said is very true, but the adventure has begun, if you don't advance, you will retreat, how to choose, or you should think clearly."

Shen Changyan understood what he wanted, so he quickly had an answer:

"For the benefit of a moment or the benefit of a lifetime, this is difficult to choose, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, let's look at our own future first!"

"It seems that Brother Shen has made a decision." Su Lingfeng smiled slightly, his eyes became very sharp, as if he had seen through his thoughts, and said:

"In this position, if you don't have the heart to go up, you will live in a muddy way, no matter what method is used to select officials in the end, in the end, you still have to rely on your ability!"

The two were talking, and in the Jinluan Palace, where everyone was waiting, suddenly Zhou Xun, the chief administrator of the Great Interior, entered with a group of attendants, and the strange thing was that they were all holding delicate plates in their hands, and a few people in the back actually moved directly to the stove and took several little lambs that had been processed into the house.

Looking at that posture, it turned out to be a barbecue in the court of this discussion, which is really unheard of!

"Mr. Zhou, what does Your Majesty mean by this?" Obviously, Prime Minister Qi Yuming also realized that something was wrong with the situation, and immediately opened his mouth before the ministers who were still hesitating.

"Your Majesty expected that all of you would be hungry after kneeling all night, and you specially instructed me to select the best black sheep to cook for the adults."

"Your Majesty also said that today's roasted whole sheep should choose the best ingredients and the best cooks, and you adults are blessed!"

The more vigorously Zhou Xun spoke, the more angry Qi Yuming, who knelt here all night and saw that the situation was not good, his face was gloomy to the extreme, and he said angrily:

"I'm not kneeling here to eat, you dare to humiliate your true appearance."

"Roasting whole sheep in this Jinluan Palace, unprecedented in ancient times, what kind of system has it become? Where has Your Majesty gone, and why hasn't he come yet? ”

As soon as Qi Yuming spoke, all the ministers who were originally kneeling and were very tired resumed their battle mode at this moment, and they echoed it with great force, and for a while, there was a lot of discussion in the court, and the atmosphere began to become tense.

Zhou Xun got Lan Yao's orders, and naturally did his best at the moment, although he was young, he was not afraid of power, he smiled faintly, and there was a needle in his words:

"The day before yesterday, the queen was assassinated in the palace, because it was a retreat, so he was injured a little, and today his condition is worsening, His Majesty is in Kunyi Palace with the imperial doctor, it should be two quarters of an hour to come here."

"Why, Your Majesty still thinks that the Prime Minister and your lords have not eaten for a day at such a critical time, can't you understand Your Majesty's hardship?"

Zhou Xun seems to be tepid, but in fact, he has a lot of means to do things, and as soon as these imposing words came out, even Qi Yuming was speechless for a while.

Qi Yuming didn't say anything, and the Lou Taifu behind him touched his beard and said indignantly:

"Then you can't roast the whole sheep on this Jinluan Palace, this matter is not in line with etiquette, and if this is spread, won't it make the world laugh?"

Zhou Xun did things very beautifully, and quickly fought back: "Then you lords can't kneel down here for a long time, and threaten Your Majesty, is it just polite?" ”

One sentence made Mrs. Lou so angry that he blew his beard and glared, he couldn't help but scold: "We have nothing to say to you, and we will never accept this kind of food, if Your Majesty does not agree to our request, we will not be able to kneel for a long time, and we will die a clear will!" ”

Zhou Xun was not annoyed or angry, but chuckled at the ministers who still didn't get up: "So, are you unwilling to accept Your Majesty's reward?" ”

Qi Yuming was obviously also angry, and said in a deep voice: "Manager Zhou doesn't need to say much, I will talk to Your Majesty later." ”

Although Zhou Xun was despised, it also made the other party stunned, so he simply smiled unhurriedly:

"In this way, I won't bother much, Your Majesty also said, if you want to kneel without eating or drinking, you can kneel until you are old, if you faint, Your Majesty will send someone to send you home."

Qi Yuming's face darkened, looking at this general manager who was quite a fox and a fake tiger, he endured it and did not have a seizure, and also signaled with his eyes that the rest of the ministers who were not lightly angry should not distinguish more from this person.

Zhou Xun's hot face and cold ass did not suffer in the end, but instead made these old ministers of famous families half dead, this situation, in the eyes of the rest of the ministers who were still standing, also invisibly transmitted a certain signal, which made him tremble.

On the other side, the lower-ranking ministers who did not participate in it were originally just standing and waiting, and after the general manager of Zhou finished taking care of the stubborn ministers, he quickly instructed the attendants waiting outside the door:

"I'll give you tea on the seats."

With this order, a column of palace maids soon entered, and set up a table in this Jinluan Hall for the bewildered ministers who were standing, and sent good tea.

When everyone saw this noble treatment, they saw that Prime Minister Qi and others had cold eyes, obviously angry, and they had a lot of scruples for a while, and they didn't dare to sit down easily.

After all, drinking tea and eating meat on top of this Jinluan Hall is too outrageous, even if they have great courage, they don't dare to act so rebelliously when Prime Minister Qi is eyeing him, and lose this already precarious official position.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun quickly bowed slightly to this group of ministers who were worth wooing, and his attitude was obviously very positive:.

"Your Majesty summoned but it hasn't arrived for a long time, I'm really sorry, so let me wait to serve good tea and cook barbecue first, please rest first, Your Majesty will be here later."