Chapter 116: The Dispute of the Imperial Court
During this time, Prince Hong's mood became more and more refreshing, and at this time, he knew the feeling of being a king in the world: it turned out that power was so beautiful, just looking at the submissive appearance of the ministers, he was very happy!
He has forgotten Princess Taiping's exhortation, and he has forgotten Shangguanyi, Pei Lone's advice, these days, his figure is in the court; Princess Taiping is lively, he also went to take a look, but his purpose is to recruit talents, for his own use, now, he has his own guard; and, all of them are one hundred, hehe, I am afraid that the forbidden army is also incapable, the number of his guards has exceeded two hundred, everyone is brave and able to fight, all of them are brave and dare to die; now, he is no longer a prince who can be kneaded, he is said to be a prince who can be counted, his words are the purpose.
Perhaps, it's best if my father dies at this time, haha, then, the world is his own!
Just when he was constantly fantasizing, Gonggong Qin had already come to spread the word: The emperor and the queen mother will come to the court tomorrow to listen to the government!
"Ah!" the prince listened, and his hands and feet were extremely cold: Could it be that they found something? Or, who did those old ministers complain?
He wasn't sure, but there was no doubt that tomorrow would definitely not be easy, what should he do? He unconsciously remembered Qin Huaiyu and Xue Dingshan, perhaps, only they were his lifesavers!
He hurriedly called the family to come to the house and invite them. Sure enough, they all came, and Prince Hong hurriedly informed them of the news.
"Prince, this is nothing, the emperor and queen mother are back to listen to the government, very good, please be relieved, prince, we will protect the prince!" Qin Huaiyu said insincerely.
"Yes, Prince, the emperor and queen are just here to take a look, what are you afraid of? This is normal, are you not allowed to come back to listen to the government?" Xue Dingshan felt strange.
"No, no, it's just that I've been sitting in the court for the past few days, and it's inevitable that there will be some omissions, I'm afraid that some ministers will complain, if the father and queen mother listen to and believe it, wouldn't it be very bad?" The prince was a little flustered.
"Prince, what are you thinking? Aren't you sitting in the court every day? What are you afraid of?" the two asked strangely.
"Ah, it's nothing, it's just a little scared, so, please help me, two marshals!" the prince said incoherently.
"Prince, you have to calm down, the emperor and queen haven't spoken yet, why are you messing up by yourself? Did you do something unseemly?" Qin Huaiyu was concerned.
"No, no, I'm just feeling a little uncomfortable, I don't know if there is anyone to participate in me, I'm afraid someone will sue me!" the prince continued.
As the saying goes, 'I haven't done anything bad in my life, and I'm not afraid of ghosts calling the door in the middle of the night', what are you afraid of?" Xue Dingshan frowned.
He has always looked down on this prince, but his name has been determined for a long time, so he has to do things mainly with him, but he has repeatedly done things unpleasantly, so that they have no idea; he has only been sitting in court for a few days, how can he have this virtue? What is he thinking? Why is he not assertive? What is such a prince for?
"Yes, yes, Marshal Xue, didn't I take precautions against Weiran? Okay, as long as the two marshals support me!"
"Prince, this world is the emperor's world after all, the most important thing for the prince is to do his own things well, and ask the emperor for instructions on everything, understand?" Qin Huaiyu couldn't help but tell him.
The prince had never asked for advice during this time; at this time, he had unconsciously remembered Princess Taiping's advice, so why had he forgotten it? Perhaps, he was too proud?
Thinking of this, he secretly felt annoyed: Why did he forget to ask for peace? Why didn't he go to ask for instructions on so many important matters? Why did he go to the Taiping Mansion to be indiscriminate? After recruiting so many people, I am afraid that the queen mother would have been unhappy for a long time.
"If the prince is not sent, we will leave!" Qin Huaiyu said, obviously, it was obvious that his soul was not guarding!
"Yes, prince, don't think about it, the emperor is in charge of everything, what are we trying to do? Haha, let's go, prince, take your leave!" Xue Dingshan said, and walked out of the door.
"Prince, let's go first, farewell!" Qin Huaiyu also hurriedly retired.
"Brother Qin, what do you say he is thinking? The emperor hasn't spoken yet, he just said that he will panic when he looks at it, what does this mean? Can't the emperor come to listen to the government? What are you doing, this prince, I don't know what he's thinking!" Xue Dingshan was already unhappy.
"Forget it, brother, this is the government, the prince has always been cowardly, and after sitting in the court for a few days, he got carried away again;
"It would be nice if Prince Xiaohan was willing to come out, I see that the emperor and queen mother like him very much, and he is so close to Princess Taiping, why? Hey, Brother Qin, I think Prince Xiaohan is the material to be the emperor, not this prince!" Xue Dingshan said.
"Brother, this is the end of this, don't you see that Prince Xiaohan is not willing to listen to this kind of talk? Forget it, listen to the emperor's meaning, maybe, his old man may have other ideas; forget it, whoever the emperor designates is whoever it is, let's not talk nonsense!" Qin Huaiyu hurriedly said.
"Got it, thank you for the teachings of the eldest brother, I look at this Li Tang Jiangshan is the most powerful Princess Taiping and Prince Xiaohan, I don't know what medicine is in the queen's gourd? Forget it, don't guess, anyway, the emperor has his own ideas, haha!" Xue Dingshan said happily.
"The court situation is very stable now, as long as the prince doesn't make mistakes and doesn't do stupid things, it's still okay, I'm afraid that he will go to extremes and learn to become the prince, it won't be good;
"Yes! Brother Qin has the final say, I will listen to Brother Qin!" Xue Dingshan nodded hurriedly.
Finally, after a few days, the emperor and queen mother came to the court again, but the atmosphere was not relaxed, and almost everyone felt the almost suffocating depression.
"Hong'er, what have you done in the past few days?How did you sit in the court?" Gaozong Li Zhi suddenly felt a little unhappy when he saw Li Hong's distraught look.
"Ah, father, queen mother, son-in-law, son-in-law didn't do anything, just criticized and criticized the chapters, all the big ideas are in the hands of Lord Shangguan and Master Pei, and the sons and daughters just listen to them!" Prince Hong was suddenly frightened and bloodless.
"Ah, you just sit in the government like this? All the big ideas are taken by Lord Shangguan and Lord Pei, then, what are you doing as a prince? Just write a few words, cover the jade seal?" Empress Wu Meiniang was taken aback.
"Yes, Queen Mother, is there anything wrong?" Prince Hong was frightened again.
"Then are they the crown prince or are you the crown prince? You just sit in the court to govern like this, what are you doing with your head growing?" Gaozong Li Zhi didn't feel a little annoyed.
They all said that he was lazy, stood by and watched, and Wu Meiniang was all in charge; I didn't expect this son to be even more stupid, so, if this goes on like this, whose family is the world?
"Shangguan Yi, is this the prince you taught? Tell me yourself, how did you teach it?" Wu Meiniang laughed again: This prince Hong is so ignorant and incompetent, alas, what are you doing with it? stupid!
"The queen mother, the prince is sitting in the court for the first time, and it is inevitable that he doesn't know where to start, so he still asks the emperor and the queen to continue to sit in the court and teach the prince Hong!"
"Pei Lian, what do you mean?" Wu Meiniang asked quietly.
"Xiaguan and Shangguan have exactly the same meaning, the prince is still young, and the big idea can't be taken right, and he also asks the emperor and queen to continue to sit in the court and govern, and the ministers are stupid, but listen to the will of the emperor and the queen!" Pei Lin said.
For a few days, the prince didn't care about anything, but only played happily there, and the palace ladies were afraid, knowing that this merry prince had once gained power, he was unscrupulous, and everyone avoided it, and regarded him as a beast of prey;
"Yes, yes, the prince sits in the court like this, and in two years, I don't know if the surname of the son of heaven is Li, or Shangguan, or Pei!" Wu Meiniang said coldly.
"Ah! The ministers are guilty!" Shangguan Yi and Pei Lin hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty.
"Get up, get up, it's not your sin, it's that our prince doesn't know who he is! Okay, Hong'er, you should get up too! Hmph!" Wu Meiniang's face was already frosty.
"Prince, didn't Princess Taiping and Han'er ask you to ask the emperor and the palace for everything? What's wrong with you? Why don't you ask for instructions? It doesn't matter if people are stupid, I'm afraid that if you're stupid enough to think you're smart, then there's no way to save it!" Wu Meiniang said again.
"Ahh
"Tell me, the crown prince is sitting in the court like this, okay? You get up, prince, is there a prince like you?" Gaozong Li Zhi was also angry.
"Erchen, Erchen......" Prince Hong couldn't say any more.
"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, what's the big deal these days?" Wu Meiniang asked again.
"Back to the queen mother, I heard that the Turkic army is still stationed on the border, I don't know if we should strengthen preparations for war? At present, the ice age has not yet passed, if the other side kills all the way, the defense of our border is still insufficient!" Qin Huaiyu hurriedly reported.
"Han'er, what do you think about this?" Wu Meiniang said, her eyes smiling again.
"Oh, go back to the emperor and queen mother, this matter is not to worry about, they are just afraid that it will not be safe for us to come to Chang'an, so Chen Bing is at the border, and when Prince Mo, Princess Yunluo and us go back safely, it will be fine, Marshal Qin, please rest assured!" Xiao Han said lightly.
"Well, Han'er has analyzed it thoroughly, and this matter will be done according to what Han'er said, but the border pass must not be guarded against, tell Luo Fang that only defense is not allowed to attack, what does the emperor think?" Wu Meiniang said happily.
"Well, do what the queen said, prince, these major matters, you must not make your own decisions, you can't be the master, let's ask your mother a lot!" Gaozong Li Zhi couldn't help but admonish.
"Yes, Father and Empress Xie!" said the crown prince.
"Is there anything else important?" "Queen Wu Meiniang asked again when she saw that Pei was about to speak.
"Last year's harvest was not good, some refugees wanted to pour into Chang'an, and the minister reported back to the prince, who said that Chang'an was an important place in Gyeonggi and refused to let them enter Chang'an;
"What? 2,000 refugees? How many days have it been? Are there any dead or wounded?" Before the emperor and queen mother could speak, Princess Taiping couldn't wait to ask, her face full of anxiety.