Liu Mingzhi stood up and looked at Li Ye, who was dressed in a black dragon robe and looked solemn: "I boldly asked, I don't know when your Majesty arrived. I just got distracted and didn't find your Majesty."
Li Ye glanced vaguely in the direction where Chen Jie left: "The child has just arrived. The matter of worshiping ancestors is extremely complicated. The child has been greeting the ministers who came to pay homage to his grandfather and father, and he did not come to see his uncle in time. I hope my uncle won’t be offended.”
"I don't dare. Worshiping ancestors is a big deal. It is my heart's wish that your majesty can take this seriously.
With one more glance, I dare to give you advice! "
"Uncle, please speak!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Li Ye, who was humbly accepting advice, and felt a little complicated.
If it were back then, Liu Mingzhi might still be happy, but now! Liu Mingzhi could only silently recite his thoughts from the past few days.
After all, Li Ye today is no longer what he was back then.
I have grown up and matured.
“Your Majesty, there is a difference between a king and his ministers. A king is a king and a minister is a minister.
As a minister, Liu Mingzhi should salute you as a matter of course, but your majesty's salute to him is really disrespectful to him.
My brother hopes that your majesty will not call himself a child in the future, let alone treat me as a junior.
This world belongs to your Majesty, and your Majesty is the emperor. How can you bow down to your ministers? It is really against the king's virtue.
I hope that your Majesty will remember that he is the king of a country. "
Li Ye looked at Liu Mingzhi bowing and saluting with a fearful expression, and his eyes became complicated, with a touch of melancholy in his eyes.
No one but himself knows what he is thinking now.
After a long time, Li Ye nodded silently: "I understand, uncle, please forgive me!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Uncle, I have asked the imperial dining room to arrange a banquet in the imperial study. On the first day of the new year, I invited my uncle to the palace for the banquet, but it was delayed because of Liu Weng's incident. I think my uncle will not have anything else to do today. Can I talk to you? Shall I drink and have fun?
Today is the day to worship ancestors. The word "wine and talk" may not be appropriate, but I believe that my ancestors have spirits in heaven. Seeing that I am in harmony with my uncle, the king and his ministers, he has managed Dalong in an orderly manner. If there is hope that I can get to the next level, I will definitely be forgiven for some of my mistakes. "
"Of course I'm free. Thank you for hosting the banquet, Your Majesty."
"Uncle, there is no need to be so presumptuous. You are an important official of the country and a famous official in the world. This is the honor you should have!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, I am sincerely afraid!"
Li Ye turned around and looked around at the crowd that was gradually dispersing.
The relatives of the Li family and the royal family naturally dispersed slowly towards the outside of the palace. Their identities were different from those of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. However, it was almost evening, and Li Ye had no special purpose. They stayed behind Naturally, the palace does not comply with etiquette.
The palace maids and eunuchs performed their respective duties and rushed towards the palace gardens where they lived.
Nowadays, there are not many noble women in the palace. The Empress Dowager Nangong Meng, the Empress Dowager Chen Jie, plus some little princesses and princes left by Ruizong Li Zheng, there are hardly too many people to serve. For the people in the palace, It was naturally extremely relaxing for eunuchs and maids.
Although His Majesty married the Queen, things like this happened to the Queen, and His Majesty did not leave any children.
The huge harem was filled with palaces and pavilions, but it was a little too deserted.
"Everyone who needs to leave has left, uncle, let's go to the imperial study room too!"
Liu Mingzhi glanced at the palace campus, which suddenly became sparsely populated: "Your Majesty is the main minister, Your Majesty, please!"
Perhaps because of his previous words, Li Ye did not say any words of invitation, raised his dragon robe, and rushed towards the imperial study room first.
Young Master Liu looked at Li Ye's back with complicated eyes, and followed him with an expression that was neither humble nor arrogant.
In the blink of an eye, under the guidance of the palace maid and eunuch, Liu Mingzhi and Li Ye rushed to the imperial study room at the first threshold of the harem.
"Uncle, sit down!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Xiao Dezi, pour some wine for me and my uncle!"
"We obey the order!"
Xiao Dezi handed the whisk to a young eunuch next to him, and respectfully began to carry a pot and pour wine for Li Ye and the other two.
"Uncle, how about having a drink with me?"
"I respect your Majesty!"
The two drank the wine in one gulp. Xiao Dezi began to pour the wine with a wink. Li Ye picked up a piece of appetizer with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, chewing it thoughtfully.
"Uncle, I wonder why my mother wants to see you?"
Liu Mingzhi, who was about to pick up the food, was startled, and a strange color flashed quickly in his eyes.
I thought that only King Zhao Li Tao was paying attention to my every move, but I didn't expect that the emperor Li Ye, who was presiding over the ancestor worship ceremony, was also paying attention to my every move.
Nangong Meng, Chen Jie and the others were at the back with a group of concubines left by Li Zheng. Liu Mingzhi thought that only Nangong Meng and others who had witnessed his departure from Chen Jie knew about it, but he did not expect that Li Ye, who had been greeting the palace officials from the front, was I actually noticed this.
Liu Mingzhi's mind changed rapidly and he calmed down.
Although he didn't know the reason why Li Ye asked this question, he invisibly solved a minor problem for himself.
When they were drinking, Liu Mingzhi was still secretly planning how to tell Li Ye what Chen Jie told him about Ren Qingrui. Now that Li Ye took the initiative to ask, it could be regarded as saving him a lot of trouble.
Liu Mingzhi sorted out his words in his mind and put the chopsticks he was preparing to pick up aside again.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has summoned me to discuss a somewhat unbelievable matter.
I originally wanted to mention it to His Majesty later, but since His Majesty spoke first, I had no choice but to speak frankly.
After paying homage to the souls of my father and the late emperor, I went to see my mother to say hello, and then I went to see the Queen Mother and Concubine He. The Queen Mother..."
Liu Mingzhi told Li Ye everything that happened after he and Chen Jie entered the harem.
Naturally, he wouldn't be stupid enough to tell Chen Jie about seeing those colorful bellybands and how Chen Jie "thrown herself into her arms" because she was too eager to pursue them.
Ignoring these experiences, he roughly told Li Ye what he and Chen Jie had discussed.
"The Queen Mother was uneasy and summoned me to discuss the matter. After all, the disappearance of the Queen's body was too unbelievable and it was not suitable for outsiders to hear. The Queen Mother summoned me in the hope that I could bring up the matter. I would like to give her some suggestions on how to resolve the matter."
While Liu Mingzhi slowly narrated the matter, he began to stare at Li Ye's every move with hidden eyes, hoping to see something from her reaction.
Ren Qingrui has been executed, and her matter is not that important at all.
However, Liu Mingzhi always had a strange feeling that Ren Qingrui's matter was far from over.
There are too many doubts in it that cannot be explained clearly.
However, Liu Mingzhi was disappointed. Although Li Ye's reaction after hearing this could not be said to be indifferent, it could not be said to have changed his expression drastically.
Li Ye slowly drank the wine in the glass and gently placed it back on the table.
"Uncle, do you think this counts as not reporting that the time has not come? In order to protect the face of the royal family, I did not publicize the Demon Queen's affairs.
But my forbearance cannot cover up the evil deeds she has committed against me and the imperial court.
Her body was stolen, maybe even God couldn't bear it, it was her punishment! "
Liu Mingzhi looked at Li Ye's calm face and was slightly startled. Li Ye's reaction had exceeded his expectations.
It can be said to be completely contrary to my guess.
Is everything really just a coincidence?
"Uncle, the incident with this witch is over. However, due to the royal family's reputation, I will send someone to investigate the matter secretly, so uncle doesn't need to worry."
"If your Majesty has something in mind, I won't say any more."
"Uncle, I have summoned you. In addition to attending the banquet, there are also matters related to the country and the country for a year."
"I wonder what your Majesty has to do? I will tell you everything I know and will tell you everything I can."
Li Ye picked up the wine glass, played with it for a moment, and then raised it gently.
Xiao Dezi hurriedly picked up the pot and filled it with wine.
Li Ye drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
"Uncle, if you and the elders in the court are like children, Song Shangshu, Du Shangshu...these pillars of the court, the important ministers of the country are no longer there, in your opinion, the court will Who are the successors to the current generation of talents?”
Liu Mingzhi's heart tightened, and his finger joints holding the wine glass were a little stiff.
"I dare to ask, your Majesty's words are not true..."
"Of course my uncle went to the north to guard the border, and Tong Xiang and the others retired and returned home one after another.
Nowadays, the senior ministers in the court are getting older and their energy is not as good as before.
After my uncle went to the north, he had no time to take care of the government affairs of the DPRK. If the old ministers leave the DPRK again, I will definitely be alone.
So I thought, uncle, you would recommend some talented people for me to help me govern the world! "
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