Chapter 1: The Storm and the Dilemma (I)
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Ji Kang knelt outside the palace gate with the three hundred princes and eunuchs today, asking for an acquittal. ”
"Your Royal Highness, in the past few days, Xie Xuan of the Xie clan of Yanwu has taken the lead and instigated a group of disciples of the family who have nothing to do, and publicly argued on the banks of the Qinhuai River, claiming that Yuan An is not only innocent, but also thanks to the Great Jin Sheji and the Yunhuang Terran. ”
"His Royal Highness the Prince, the Chongxuan Administration replied that Yuan An is only a pre-recorded disciple of the Daomen, and has not yet officially entered the mountain, crowned scarf, and passed on, so he still belongs to the people of the Great Jin Dynasty and should be controlled by the court. They also said that His Highness locked him in prison that day, and how to deal with it should be decided by His Highness himself, and the Chongxuan Department had no right to intervene. ”
"Oh no, Your Highness! The Sifang Mansion where the Yu clan stayed was surrounded by the people, demanding that the Yu clan patrol mission kowtow to make amends and get out of Jiankang!"
"Your Highness, the envoys of the Yu clan threatened to raise troops to destroy my Great Jin!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is ......"
Yimo sat on the golden high chair, and couldn't help but close his eyes, not looking at the anxious old faces below. However, the sound of "buzzing" is endless, as if a nest of nasty wasps is circling around him, stinging from time to time.
He beckoned, and the palace maid who was standing immediately opened the jade box containing the ice claw clear oil, and the other palace maid dipped her fingertips in a little white ice claw clear oil, and gently rubbed it on Yi Mo's temple.
The cool and slightly spicy ice leech oil made Yimo feel refreshed, and the heat in his heart was also soothed. He opened his eyes and looked at the high moon beside him, which was as motionless as a mountain, and his mood was more stable.
"It's hot, go and bring some chilled plum soup to relieve your dryness. Yimo's gaze slowly swept over a group of East Palace vassals, and instructed the palace maid.
Everyone hurriedly thanked them, and Yimo couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.
Since the killing of the Little Eagle King of the Yu Clan and the imprisonment of Yuan An, the government and the opposition have become chaotic. Today there are people to admonish, tomorrow there are people to protest, the street tea shops and taverns are surging, it is simply roasting him, the prince, on the fire!
But he was still calm, and although he was furious, he still rewarded these useless men with cold plum soup. It can be seen that he does have the bearing of a king, but the king is not an incompetent king, but a minister is an incompetent minister.
"Master Gao, what did my father say?" Yi Mo picked up a dragon and phoenix molten gold glass bowl, the plum soup was deep purple as the glow, bright as ice, and there was a little golden purple osmanthus floating on it, exuding a faint sweet fragrance.
He took a sip with satisfaction, and the cool fragrance of Bingjin was refreshing. This is his exclusive golden osmanthus plum soup, osmanthus is from the distant and remote extreme wilderness to pick the purple golden cinnamon, plum, hawthorn, tangerine peel are rare xenospecies, the year is more than a thousand years, not only a good product to cool off, but also to replenish vitality, nourish the sea. Such a rare and expensive purple osmanthus plum soup, of course, these incompetent ministers below do not deserve to enjoy it. He had the heart to give Gao Tianyue a bowl, but the master was extremely cultivated, and he didn't care about this thing outside his body.
Gao Tianyue bowed slightly: "Your Majesty's serious illness has worsened, and he is temporarily unable to ask about politics, and state affairs still rely on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to preside." ”
The corners of Yimo's mouth couldn't help twitching, and the eunuch in the palace secretly sent him a message last night, saying that the king had a very good appetite and had eaten three roast suckling pigs. The old man plays this set all day long, and he is too unresponsible!
"Ladies and gentlemen, you have been talking for a long time, what are the countermeasures?" Yi Mo suppressed his displeasure and drank most of the bowl of plum soup in one gulp.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this matter must be decided immediately, and if it is delayed, it will only get bigger and bigger. The crown prince said with an anxious face, "Either hand over Yuan An to the Yu clan and put aside the relationship with us." Either Yuan An will be acquitted and released on the spot to appease the people. Anyway, it can't be delayed like this anymore!"
Yimo was silent for a while, and then sneered: "Either it, or ...... Then tell me, what the hell do you want? Why did Lone ask you about politics, but instead you ask Lonely? Is this the loyalty of the courtiers and the king?"
"Your Highness is angry! Your Highness forgives your sins!"
Yi Mo shouted loudly: "Lone is asking you how to do it, not asking about sin! Shouldn't you be loyal to the king?"
The crown prince said stubbornly: "Your Highness, the minister has a plan." Why don't we escort Yuan An to the Chongxuan Department and push it to the Daomen. ”
The crown prince frowned and said, "Didn't the Chongxuan Department reply and should be disposed of by His Highness?"
The prince said: "They reply to theirs, and we will do ours." Anyway, Yuan An is a hot potato, and whoever gets it is unlucky. ”
"This matter is not proper!" the prince said, "This is tantamount to handing over the affairs of the court to the Daomen! The important weapon of the country, only the king of the country can give it!"
"Let's take it over and bear the wrath of the Eight Desolations Overlord Yu Clan? When the time comes, the Yu Clan will be held accountable, the soldiers will come to the city, the mountains and rivers will be lost, and the Daomen will put all the blame on His Highness, isn't it even more inappropriate?"
The two of them fought so hard that their faces were red, their spit was flying, and they even moved their hands and feet. Yimo couldn't help but get irritable again, and even the rock sugar golden cinnamon plum soup couldn't suppress the fire. The vassals of the East Palace are either selected from some small families, or distant relatives on the edge of the high gate, usually all of them are full of ambitions, but at the critical moment, they become soft-footed shrimps and crabs and headless flies.
Maybe I should follow the advice of the master and choose a few civilians from the people who have real talents and learning, but the commoners are of humble blood, and it is too undignified to be their own vassals.
"That's enough!" Yimo slammed down the dragon and phoenix molten gold glass bowl and scolded impatiently.
Only then did the two of them blush and stop with thick necks.
"Yuan An's affairs will be put aside for the time being, you will calm down the chaos outside first!" Yi Mo picked up the thick stack of pieces on his desk and suppressed the urge to tear them apart, "This is all the twists and turns of Ji Kang's gang, every day they want me to release Yuan An and expel the Yu clan! Ji Kang doesn't know the general situation, stirs up trouble, makes the government and the opposition uneasy, and the society is in turmoil, how should I deal with it?"
The prince and the prince washed the horse and glanced at each other, and this time the two sides had the same opinion: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Ji Kangxian is famous, he is the head of the six sages of the bamboo forest, and he is the spiritual leader of all the scholars of the Great Jin Dynasty, and he will affect the overall situation......"
"This can't work, that can't work, what's the use of waiting for you?" Yimo couldn't hold back his anger after all, and threw the song at the prince and the horse, frightening them to make frequent pleas.
Yi Mo Huoran got up and was indignant: "What kind of virtuous name, it is clearly a prodigal name, and it is a vain fame! I heard that Ji Kang, in addition to playing the iron and playing the piano, is drunk and dreaming of death, drinking and having fun! How can such a plaything and discouraged person come from a virtuous name? It is clearly a deception to the world and a stealing name!"
With a "bang", the dragon and phoenix molten gold glass cup was thrown out by Yimo, hitting the beams and pillars, and the fragments were splashed.
Everyone was silent, all with their heads bowed, their eyes fixed on the tip of their noses, and no one dared to say anything.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was angry. Gao Tianyue muttered, "Your Highness wants to move Ji Kang, you can't take it directly, but you can take it in a roundabout way." ”
Yimo's spirit perked up: "It's still the teacher who is the most powerful! Senior teacher, come quickly, I'm going to die of sorrow!"