As soon as they entered the Yangxin Gate, Ma Ming and Bai Min heard the roar of Emperor Tongzhi inside!
"Shame! It's a disgrace to our ancestors! It's so shameless!"
"what!"
Crackling...the sound of porcelain being smashed came from the Yangxin Hall.
The two looked at each other and walked over cautiously. Manshun at the door winked at them. It seemed that the emperor was in a very bad mood.
"Who's outside? Come in..."
"Your Majesty... Ma Ming, Bai Min... kowtow to Your Majesty!" The two kowtowed as they entered the room.
"Get up! Didn't I say that the new army has new rules and you are not allowed to kneel down!"
Ma Ming bravely smiled and said, "Your Majesty, that was when there was a military order. Now that the first level of combat readiness has been lifted, the troops have entered a state of repair...the old rules still need to be followed!"
"Haha...dismissal? I will disarm him! Then give me level one combat readiness. I want to see what these turtle bastards can do!"
"The noble prince and his nephew fought over a woman and got into a fight... The most shameless thing is that he actually dared to force the imperial army to guard the prostitutes for him!"
"Shameless! Shameless!"
The quarrel has been going on for a long time and it's still here. It's common for people like the Eight Banners to get jealous, fight, and cause trouble. Even mercenary soldiers fighting is nothing new.
But this was the first time that he directly asked the soldiers who were executing orders to visit the brothel for him!
How could the emperor not be angry? You must know that although the ten men under the command of Xiao Huang were the lowest bannermen of the Han army, squeezing the powerless prince to death was like squeezing ants.
But at that time, he was on an errand for the infantry commander's office, and he was patrolling the streets!
Are you so brave to interrupt someone else's mission and come to visit the house for you? Are you looking at the door ajar?
This is already a provocation to the empire's system. If this kind of thing can be tolerated, this country will no longer be able to control it!
"Pass on my will... Prince Chun Yigui will be demoted to the county king, take away all the errands on him, go home and shut up to think about the past!"
"No! Long live no!" Ma Ming and Bai Min suddenly became anxious and knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Long live, people in the capital are in panic right now, and all kinds of rumors have come out. If the fifth prince is touched at this time, it will prove the villain's rumors!"
Then the two of them reported to the emperor the various versions of the rumors circulating in the capital this morning!
Thanks to Zai Chun seizing a Donghua Gate and letting his direct descendants guard the gate, he had the opportunity to hear the rumors in the market. Otherwise, the emperor would never know the public opinion outside, and even if he knew it, it would be whitewashed. Many times.
As soon as he heard that Prince Qing Yikuang was not imprisoned at all, but went to the Prince Gong's Mansion for a banquet, Zai Chun's face suddenly changed, and he sat on the throne and began to think deeply.
When he later heard about the rumors about Master Sai, which even involved him, the little emperor became so angry that he started to fight!
"What nonsense, nonsense!"
"Yes, of course you know, Long Live Lord, those villains are just talking nonsense! But what should we do? The capital has a population of one million, should we explain it one by one?"
"The more you explain, the more unclear it becomes, and the more you describe it, the darker it becomes. This is what Yongzheng suffered back then... When faced with rumors and rumors, if you don't want to show weakness, you always have to distinguish them yourself. As a result, when those villains see you distinguish them, they think even more It’s true!”
"It can't be explained! The only way is to deal with it coldly... Lord Long Live, think about it, if you deal with Prince Chun at this juncture, will there be rumors spread by some scoundrels, saying that Lord Long Live is jealous of the prince and snatching women?"
"No one cares whether ten soldiers will freeze to death, or what the capital defense system is... They just like these romantic stories between men and women, and they would make them up if they didn't!"
"The two division commanders are right. Your Majesty needs to calm down!" Er Mao walked in while he was talking.
"I heard everything the two division commanders just said. It's not just Dong'anmen. Other informants in the capital have also received similar information. Even Nancheng is already making noise at this moment!"
"Millions of people start spreading a rumor, how can you shut up? You can only treat it as fart, let them make a fuss for two or three days and then it will disappear!"
"But Long Live Lord, you still need to think carefully. There is actually some truth in the nonsense of those little people. After all, they are all people who grew up in the capital, and they are exposed to a lot of things in officialdom!"
"Their random analysis can often hit the point! For example, some people speculate that this is a plan by the Fifth Prince to force trouble. I think this is very possible!"
"Your Majesty and Prince Gong are fighting like this. Does the fifth master have no idea at all? He doesn't want to get involved. The best way is to make himself a bastard!"
"Let him become a trouble for both parties, and then there will be peace!"
Zai Chun thought for a long time and could only nod his head, "Is this going to be tolerated like this?"
Er Mao smiled and said, "Actually, it's not that Long Live Lord has endured it. Long live Lord, you haven't lost face in this matter. Don't forget that the new Yu Lin Army's military camp in Shunyi is the village of the Fifth Master who was 'forced'!"
"So, Long Live Lord, don't be afraid of losing face because of this matter. As long as you quietly publicize the forced conquest of Zhuangzi, the public opinion in the capital will change immediately!"
"The common people will say, it turns out that it was Zhuangzi who robbed the Fifth Master first and then the conflict with the half-closed door occurred. It was because the Fifth Master was bullied and was angry!"
Ermao was like a roundworm in Emperor Tongzhi's stomach, and he knew where the itch in Zai Chun's heart was!
Ma Ming and the others persuaded Zai Chun that he was a man who was moved by emotion and understood by reason, but Er Mao could understand the subtext of Zai Chun's heart!
The little emperor was too concerned about face, and what he wanted was control. Er Mao changed the topic to the fact that Master Wu was bullied first, and then he felt resentful. This made Zai Chun very happy.
It's not that I, Emperor Tongzhi, couldn't control the situation, it was actually me who suppressed Prince Chun first, forcing him to have nowhere to vent his resentment, and then he found a half-closed door to vent his anger!
Look, the same thing, when viewed from different angles, has completely different results. When Ermao said this, Zai Chun's face suddenly became better!
Only then will he be able to listen to other advice!
"Long live my Lord, you'd better be the one who takes charge of this matter. After all, you are not in charge of the government yet. You always skip the court and make orders on your own... It's not good!"
While everyone was trying to persuade Zai Chun, the eunuch's voice sounded outside, "The Queen Mother has arrived..."
Cixi hurried over at this critical moment. As soon as she saw her son, she said nervously, "Don't worry about your fifth uncle's affairs. Even if you want to reprimand him, we have to speak up!"
"My child... you've only been back for a few days, you can't offend everyone!"
Zai Chun had turned this corner now and quickly greeted his mother, "Yes! What E Niang said is, my child will listen to you..."
"Do you really listen to your mother?" Cixi didn't believe her ears.
"If you really listen to E Niang, you should go to Beiyuan to say hello! You have been back to Beijing for three days and you haven't been to Beiyuan yet. Don't lose etiquette..."
"I'll tell your fifth uncle to come into the palace, and I'll scold him for you!"
