Yan Wei cursed half of the people in the court. On the surface, all the ministers shut up and kept quiet, but in fact, they were secretly planning in their hearts.
After a while, Yan Xiu appeared leisurely and sat on the high platform.
Hu Shunhai shouted as usual: "If there is something going on, we will start, if there is nothing, we will retreat."
Under the steps, a group of people were silent. No one wanted to be the first to stand out. If they were not careful, they would face the risk of being the first to be operated on by Yan Xiu.
After all, the matter of the cat demon concerns Zhu Zhaoyi, whom he cares most about.
Yan Xiu tapped his fingers carelessly: "Oh? It's quite calm today."
"Everything is calm?" the Queen Mother's voice sounded outside the main hall door, "The palace is in panic because of the cat demon. Just last night, the cat demon appeared in Zhangtai Palace again, and almost scared half of the Ai family's lives!"
"But as the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, you relied on the blessing of the Emperor Star to ignore the cat demon and allowed it to hurt people in the palace. Your Majesty, do you still have the mother Aijia in your eyes, and do you still have the ministers and people of the Qin Dynasty? !”
All the ministers looked outside the palace.
The Queen Mother looked majestic and walked into the hall holding Emperor He's spiritual tablet in her hands.
She was wearing a black floor-length phoenix robe, and a golden crown with tassels that swayed in the direction of the phoenix. The old man in the court had already recognized this outfit as the one she wore when she was listening to politics behind the curtain. He even saw her youthful face again. There was a moment of trance, as if I was back in time.
The palace maids and eunuchs who followed her carried the tablets of all the emperors of the Qin Dynasty into the Qianyu Hall.
The Queen Mother held up the tablet of Emperor He and knelt down in public. The courtiers were moved by her and knelt down with her, crying and shouting:
"I beg your Majesty, for the sake of the ancestors of the Yan family, to purge the palace and severely punish the cat demon!"
It had been a long time since anyone had dared to be so disobedient to Yan Xiu. His face was so gloomy that he was holding on to the armrest of the dragon chair so hard that his joints turned white. However, a contrary smile appeared at the corner of his mouth:
"The Queen Mother is suffering from a seizure, why don't we invite her down quickly!"
The imperial maid quickly set off.
The Queen Mother shouted: "Who dares to make a mistake!"
Seeing that Emperor He's tablet was crumbling in the hands of the Queen Mother, they did not dare to get closer.
Yan Xiu stood up and his voice was as loud as a bell. It hit the twelve dragon pillars in the hall and echoed for a long time:
"You keep saying that there is a demon in the palace, and today you even did not hesitate to alarm the ancestors of the Qin Dynasty to ask me for an explanation. But I have said no less than three times that this matter is man-made, and Dali Temple is also investigating at full speed. Why must it be so? We want to cause trouble in the court! If future generations read this in the history books, have they ever thought about the consequences of today's actions!"
The Queen Mother then put down the tablet of Emperor He, stood firmly on the ground, and sneered: "Man-made? What is the reason why Your Majesty has repeatedly confirmed that this is man-made? What if the Ai family produced evidence?"
After that, she motioned Hongmei to present the cat skin she found last night in front of the hall.
Hongmei turned around, faced the ministers, and shook off a piece of bloody cat skin.
This is exactly what the cat demon left in Zhangtai Palace last night, and the last direction of the cat demon's disappearance is still Changle Palace.
Several forbidden soldiers brought countless iron cages containing cats into the palace: "Your Majesty, these are the wild cats captured from various places in the palace last night, a total of thirty-two."
Countless wild cats suddenly appeared last night. Except for Tai Chi Palace, you can almost hear the echoing meows from a distance, which is extremely weird. As a result, many palace attendants on night duty were frightened into tears. Yang Bixue was even frightened to the point of having a high fever and becoming delirious.
There was a commotion in the court hall, and people were heard talking: "When did so many wild cats appear in the palace?"
"Look, the cat skin in Zhangtai Palace is the same size as a tiger skin."
"This, this can obviously be connected to the human form!"
Yan Wei couldn't stand the noise anymore, so he covered his ears and shouted: "Quiet!"
Peace returned to Qianyu Hall.
The bolder ones have already secretly raised their heads to observe Yan Xiu's expression.
His expression was still as lonely and alienated as ever, and he was even aloof and indifferent to all this, like a spectator.
After a long time, I heard him say: "Since the Queen Mother and all my dear friends have concluded that the strange things in the palace are caused by monsters, after I go to the Xijing Polo Ground to complete the assessment, I will personally go to Nanhua Mountain to invite Master Li Guanzhu to the palace. I will discuss this matter again." Discuss."
After receiving his accurate answer, the Queen Mother made up her mind and left with satisfaction, taking the tablets of her ancestors.
Chen Rang took a step outside: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be delayed! According to my opinion, we should cut the knot with a sharp knife to avoid long nights and dreams. Regardless of whether the cat demon is true or false, please immediately invite a Taoist priest into the palace to find out what's going on?"
Lu Hong, the imperial censor, even said bluntly: "If your majesty is reluctant to ask someone to catch the monster because of Zhu Zhaoyi, forgive me for being bold. Even if Zhu Zhaoyi is not a cat monster, he is still suspected of being a fox and causing trouble in the six palaces! From now on! If you want to be the queen of a country, it may be difficult to stop Youyou's mouth."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
His Majesty's number one opponent today is Zhu Zhaoyi.
The last time, because Yan Xiu gave her the privilege of leaving the palace, those who admonished her for not abiding by etiquette and flouting the palace rules had been forced to "resign and return home" for many days.
Yan Xiu even said goodbye to the old minister with a smile, and sighed in public, I am much more merciful now.
If someone hadn't stopped him, the seventeen-year-old minister would have touched the pillar in public after hearing what he said.
Lu Hong actually dared to say what he really meant, and he said it in such an ugly way that he might lose his head on his neck.
Unexpectedly, Yan Xiu said without any waves:
"Lu Hong, you think too highly of your own head. Since I want to hire someone to catch a monster, I will only hire the best. Compared with the new Taixue, you still don't understand how the cat monster is more important? San Chao. "
After Yan Xiu had gone far away, the veteran humiliator in the court dared to take a deep breath, and even cried loudly: "The cat demon is in trouble, and the Qin Dynasty is in danger!"
Yan Wei sneered and said: "What kind of danger is there? Tell me carefully? If you want to scold His Majesty for being stubborn and ignorant, you don't need to beat around the bush like this. Just say directly that our Great Qin is going to perish."
Li Woyun pulled him: "Your Majesty, be careful what you say."
There are some jokes that even if he is Yan Xiu's sibling, he cannot tell them easily.
Zhangtai Palace.
The Queen Mother had made full preparations for today's events. Those memorial tablets for dead people worked in the end, and Yan Xiu was finally persuaded.
Zhu Siyi hesitated and said, "Aunt, I don't know whether I should say something or not."
Queen Mother: "What? Do you want to excuse your cat demon sister?"
Before she could find out who was the cat demon, the Queen Mother was already sure that Zhu Sijia was the cat demon.
Zhu Siyi: "I don't dare. I'm just worried that although Guanzhu Li has a good reputation, what he is good at is deduction. I have never heard of anyone asking him to exorcise ghosts."
The Queen Mother was not interested in Taoism, and she did not know much about the divisions within Taoism. She frowned slightly: "You mean there are specialties in the arts?"
Zhu Siyi: "That's it. I heard that some time ago there was a Taozi who claimed that the evil spirit in the palace was soaring. He invited himself to the palace to eliminate the demons, but he was driven away by the Xing'an Gate Guards. I think that Taozi can see things that mortals can't see. Although he is suspected of being deceived and kidnapped, we can invite him into the palace. If we can't get rid of the cat demon successfully, we can just kill him."
Queen Mother: "Hao Siyi, what you said makes sense, we will take advantage of your cousin's going out the day after tomorrow to invite that Taozi into the palace to eliminate the demon!"
