More and more voices of agreement resounded in the hall, and Emperor Tianqi's face gradually turned ugly as he sat on the dragon throne.
Also looking bad was Censor Zhou Zhengyuan.
Originally, he thought that the first person to report to the guest family would be Liu Bingyuan. Only then did he realize that he had found the wrong person. It was Wang Xinyi who was the first to report to the guest family.
The officials who seconded the proposal in the main hall were either from the Donglin Party or officials close to the Donglin Party. Only people from the Chu Party, Qi Party, and Zhejiang Party looked on and did not get involved.
"I ask your Majesty to allow the Hakka family to leave the palace." Han Xu said.
He was the first of the six ministers to suggest that Hakka leave the palace.
As he spoke, three more of the six ministers of the six tribes seconded the proposal, and all four ministers of the six tribes supported Hakka's leaving the palace.
Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the dragon throne, had a dark face and said nothing.
"Your Majesty." Chief Assistant Liu Yishen spoke.
But before he could say what he said next, he saw Zhu Youxiao looked over with cold eyes and said with a cold voice, "Are you trying to persuade me to allow Madam Feng Sheng to leave the palace?"
Chief Assistant Liu Yishen bowed and said, "The Holy Lord's wedding is coming soon, and there will be a master of the harem. It is not appropriate for the Holy Lady to continue to stay in the palace. It is better to give her more rewards and let her out of the palace."
The hand Zhu Youxiao grabbed on the dragon chair was too hard, and the gaps between his fingers were faintly white.
"Please ask Your Majesty to allow the Hakka family to leave the palace." Han Xu stood up.
"Please allow the Holy Emperor to allow the Hakka family to leave the palace."
Above the main hall, many officials in the court stood up and bowed to Zhu Youxiao on the dragon throne.
Zhu Youxiao glanced coldly at the ministers in the hall, took a deep breath, and said slowly, "Let me think about this."
After saying that, he stood up from the dragon chair, turned around and left.
The eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and shouted, "Ebb tide."
Immediately, he hurriedly followed Zhu Youxiao and left through the side door.
There was silence in the hall, and none of the officials present expected that at this time, Zhu Youxiao was still protecting the Hakka family and was unwilling to let him leave the palace.
As for saying "let's think about it later", it's completely an excuse. When Shenzong was still there, he often used similar words to deal with ministers in the court. Now many ministers in the court have personally experienced Shenzong's perfunctory behavior.
Han Xu came to Liu Yishen and whispered, "The Hakka family must not stay in the palace any longer. She must be let out of the palace."
Liu Yishen nodded solemnly.
The attitude shown by Zhu Youxiao just now made the two of them feel that Tianqi cared too much about the Hakka family, and actually ignored the permission of many courtiers for the sake of a wet nurse.
Such people continue to stay with Zhu Youxiao, and the two worry that sooner or later the Hakka will do something to confuse the master, endanger the harem, and even disrupt the court.
Zhou Zhengyuan looked at Liu Bingyuan with a proud look on his face and said, "You've all seen it, the Holy One will never let Madam Feng Sheng leave the palace, so don't waste your efforts."
Liu Bingyuan glanced at Zhou Zhengyuan coldly and said, "The Holy Emperor was only temporarily deceived by a treacherous villain like Wei Eunuch. Sooner or later, he will see Wei Eunuch's true face clearly."
"Brother Jie'an, don't pay attention to a villain like him." Wang Xinyi said at the side, "The Holy Lord is a wise and holy king. Sooner or later, he will realize the good intentions of the first assistant and his companions."
After hearing this, Zhou Zhengyuan said with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, "The Holy Lord can see through the hypocritical faces of you people just because he is a wise sage."
"Say it again?" Liu Bingyuan glared at Zhou Zhengyuan.
Wang Xinyi on the side said, "Brother Jie'an, don't pay attention to this villain, let's go."
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Zhu Youxiao returned to Qianqing Palace and was so angry that he broke several tea cups in succession.
The internal supervisor on the side was too scared to speak. It wasn't until Zhu Youxiao was angry enough that he dared to pick up the broken tea cups on the floor.
Zhu Youxiao sat on the heating pad, picked up the tureen beside him, took a sip, and suddenly frowned. He was about to smash the tureen out, but when he saw the internal prison officer who was lying on the ground cleaning up, he put the tureen back to his hand. on the table.
"My slave, please pay your respects to the emperor." Wei Zhongxian walked in from outside and immediately knelt on the ground.
Zhu Youxiao glanced at him and said, "Get up!"
Wei Zhongxian stood up.
"Big companion, you came just in time. Do you think Mrs. Fengsheng wants to leave the palace?" Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian.
Before coming to the Qianqing Palace, Wei Zhongxian asked everything that happened in the court. Then when he saw the broken tea cups scattered on the ground, he understood that the emperor did not want the Hakka family to leave the palace.
Thinking of this, he said, "Your Majesty, I don't know anything about military affairs, but I do know that the master's consent is needed for relatives to stay at home, not the neighbors who live next door."
"There is no small matter in the Tian family, how can I alone have the final say." Zhu Youxiao sighed.
Wei Zhongxian wisely did not continue to persuade the Hakka family to stay. Considering the relationship between him and the Hakka family, saying too much would easily backfire.
Moreover, the battle in the middle of the court still frightened him when he thought about it now.
Nearly one-third of the ministers in the court invited the Hakka family to leave the palace. Among them, four of the six ministers and the chief minister of the cabinet all seconded the proposal.
When he first heard the news, his legs were so frightened that he almost couldn't help but beg Wang An to let him and the Hakka family go.
"Big companion!" Zhu Youxiao shouted.
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly replied, "My servant is here."
"Do you think I should handle everything according to the wishes of the chief minister and the others?" Zhu Youxiao said.
Wei Zhongxian trembled when he heard this and did not dare to answer. If he did not answer this well, he would lose his head.
Without waiting for a response, Zhu Youxiao smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that you don't know too much, so I won't ask you."
Wei Zhongxian said hurriedly, "I don't know how to read, and I haven't read any books, but I know that the emperor is the sky. I will do whatever the emperor asks me to do. I will obey the emperor in everything."
"You, please say something flattering to me." Zhu Youxiao smiled and then asked, "Have you had anything interesting sent to the palace recently?"
Seeing that Zhu Youxiao was in a better mood, Wei Zhongxian breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "My servant really brought a good thing from outside the palace, but the thing was left outside, so I just asked someone to bring it in."
As he spoke, he winked at the inner prisoner on the side.
The eunuch bowed and retreated.
Not long after, the internal supervisor came in from outside with a tray in his hand.
"This is..." Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up when he saw the things on the tray, and he said, "Is this a carriage?"
Wei Zhongxian said respectfully, "It's a carriage, a carriage with four wheels."
The eunuch placed the tray with the wooden carriage on it on the table, and then withdrew.
Zhu Youxiao looked at the carriage on the pallet and said, "This thing is strange. I have never seen a carriage with four wheels. Where did you get this thing?"
"Back to the emperor, I got this four-wheeled carriage from a shop called Tiger Flag." Wei Zhongxian said truthfully.
