Chapter 43: After the Abolition
For a while, the court hall was filled with a relaxed and joyful atmosphere.
In the eyes of the ministers, this turmoil seems to have passed.
In addition to Yan Chenxin and Shen Shixing and others.
They raised their heads and stared at the emperor seated on the throne.
And the relaxed state in Wanli's eyes is gradually fading, and the whole person has become serious.
"Ahem—ahem." He cleared his throat, and the commotion in the court fell silent.
Wanli motioned to the eunuch beside him with his eyes, and the eunuch immediately stood up, knelt on the ground, and presented a notebook:
"Your Majesty, there is a table in the middle palace."
The voice spread, and the ministers all showed puzzled eyes - the queen? What does she have to say at the court? And some ministers have realized that something is wrong.
"Speak!" Wanli said.
"'The Empress of the Middle Palace, Wang Shi, said:'"
"'Since the concubine entered the palace, she has been in the middle palace for ten and four years.' ”
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"'Getting more and more domineering, sometimes making big mistakes.'" ”
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"'The concubine feels that her virtue is shallow and blessed, and she begs to resign from the position of the middle palace, hoping that Your Majesty will approve it.' ”
After a long reading, the eunuch finally finished the last sentence.
The words fell, and the hall suddenly fell silent.
A pair of eyes, with an incredulous gaze, looked at the emperor on the dragon chair.
The queen is sparse, and she said all kinds of mistakes over the years in the song, thinking that virtue is not worthy of being a queen, and asks for resignation?
Everyone knows that this cannot be the queen's will, and there is only one person in the world who can make her do such a thing - the emperor.
Wanli is going to be abolished!
Is this a complete showdown?
The court was quiet for a moment, and then it boiled like a fried pot!
The reason why there has always been a dispute between King Rong and King Fu is because the queen did not give birth to an heir, otherwise even if Wanli prefers Concubine Zheng again, there is almost no possibility of success.
The distinction between the descendants is like heaven and earth. That is, King Rong is also a concubine, between the elder and the younger, there is still a certain space for operation, the elder and the young are reversed, there are many successful cases in history, but the succession is successful, and the Han dynasty has hardly appeared.
And if the act of abolishing the queen is successful, then the successor to the queen's throne does not need to say much, and in the case of King Fu becoming his concubine, there is no possibility of being on the throne, but he has become King Rong!
The heart of Wanli is obvious!
However, the "deeds" of the queen are not made up, but they are true.
You must know that in the original history, the engineering department gave Wang Dewan a sparse advice to the matter, saying that Wanli treated the queen harshly, and Wanli not only scolded the engineering department for being a brute in the matter, but also said that the queen was "a little cruel and unkind" in recent years.
This is not the meaning of "slightly" in later generations, but the meaning of "gradually"!
can be described as fierce and unkind, it can be seen how unkind the emperor is, and even frightened the first assistant Shen at that time has always been "terrified", even if Wanli also patched it later, saying that Wang repented under his frequent admonition, but he still went up and asked to retract this edict, indicating that this word really cannot be used on the queen.
After all, this queen once killed more than 100 harem slaves and maids after being drunk.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Wanli.
No matter how "fierce and unkind" the queen is, she doesn't have the courage to sprinkle on the emperor, and as for the palace people, he also doesn't kill with a rod. If there was no such thing, Wanli might have been able to endure it until the day the queen died.
However, now he has a new sustenance.
He will put his son and wife on the throne.
Then I can only grieve you, Wang.
"Accurate!"
A firm voice came from above, and Emperor Wanli was sitting on his knees, his eyes looking down at his ministers majestically.
The courtiers also looked up at him.
All the courtiers knew why Wanli proposed to abolish the queen, and they also knew what the queen had done.
But the abolished queen will not be supported after all.
In particular, the purpose of the emperor's abolition is to make the Zheng family the empress and let King Fu become the concubine, which is even more unacceptable.
It feels like "making dumplings for vinegar".
Anyway, no matter how good the Wang family is, it is the palace people who kill her, especially she is quite scheming, not only taking care of the queen mother comfortably, but also giving the crown prince Zhu Changluo a certain protection, so those things, the ministers selectively ignored them.
"The middle palace has been decided, you can't move without permission, and I ask Your Majesty to withdraw the order, reject the queen's negligence, and admonish it."
Without waiting for the ministers to stand up and refute, Shen Cheng was the first to play.
Wanli's wave caught them off guard, except for a few ministers on the Wanli side who were ventilated, even the people in the cabinet didn't know at all, and Shen Cheng was shocked before he finally stood up against it.
"The person in the middle palace is the mother of the world and the example of women in the world. Isn't it a conscience discovery that he claims to be shallow in his self-description and asks to abdicate? This is also a merit, why can't Shen Ge be accomplished? ”
A faint voice came from the corner, and everyone looked back and were shocked to find that it was Chen Guogong Yan Chenxin who spoke!
The abolition of the queen has reached the final decisive moment, and so much foreshadowing has been done before, just for now, once Concubine Zheng Guifei ascends to the throne of the queen, the big thing will be decided! If you don't make a move now, when will you wait?
The emperor has already disregarded the royal face and let the queen expose some of his behaviors in the court, so what else does he have to hesitate about?
As for the ministers, it was a burst of surprise, and many of the ministers who were already ready to speak were silent for a while, and then took their legs back.
That's Chen Guogong! Although many people know that he bets on both ends, when Yan Chenxin is really on a certain side, the deterrent power is also amazing.
Has he already decided what to do?
Suddenly, the courtiers fell into silence, although Chen Guogong has not been as sharp as before in recent years, but after all, he is also the head of the nobles, in charge of military power, there are many protégés and former officials, and his influence in the court is far beyond the comparison of ordinary ministers! When he stood up, he persuaded many people to retreat.
Even Shen Yiyi, after being refuted, did not speak again.
Of course, there is no shortage of defenders who speak firmly:
"The big position in the middle palace, how can it be shaken at will? If there is a slight mistake, His Majesty can admonish it, and it will be too inappropriate to abolish it! ”
"Killing more than 100 palace maids and eunuchs with a drunken cane, is this the act of a virtuous person? How to mother the world? Yan Chenxin's voice was faint and retorted.
The Guardian was defeated and retreated.
Without him, some of the things the queen did could hardly be called "virtuous" and "virtuous".
If in normal times, everyone pretends to be deaf and dumb and maintains some royal etiquette, and it will be over if it is over, after all, it is also the emperor's wife, do you want her to pay for her life if she kills two people? But once the emperor is dissatisfied, it is really an excellent handle!
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