The next day, Qinzheng Hall.
Green smoke curled up in the Heding copper furnace, all the candles in the hall were extinguished, the sun rose in the east, and it was already bright.
Today's morning session was a bit long, and Li Luansong felt tired from sitting at the top, so he changed his position and took a rest.
The ministers standing below were even more miserable. They had been standing there for several hours, and the matters that should be reported had already been reported. It was about the matter of His Highness the Crown Prince's personal expedition. The monarch and his ministers were in a stalemate, and they came to blows.
The feet under the official robes were quietly supported alternately, resting secretly but not daring to be seen.
This is the time for both parties to express their attitudes. Even their standing posture cannot be slumped in the slightest.
Li Luansong insisted on the expedition himself, but there was a lot of opposition. Some people said: "Your Highness can't just be happy for yourself, you must consider the future of Daye and the future of the people."
Someone said: "His Royal Highness has not yet married, and he has no children. What should we do if something unexpected happens?"
Others said: "I am not cursing His Highness. It is said that good medicine tastes bitter. I have the responsibility of admonishing you and do not dare to let Your Highness do whatever you want."
Various reasons, but in short, he was not allowed to go.
Li Luansong was really a little annoyed, but after all, he had not yet taken charge of the government. Looking at those stubborn old ministers, he stood up and said:
"You are very patient. Well, I will no longer discuss this matter with you. We will order our troops and set off from Zhengyang Gate in three days."
After saying that, he walked away without looking back, and ignored them all.
"What should we do? Your Highness must not be allowed to act arbitrarily."
"Let's go find His Majesty and the Queen and ask for their advice."
"Let's go, let's go together."
…
In three days, there are only three days. These veterans must try their best to prevent Li Luansong's personal expedition. They will hold their colleagues to hold candlelight talks at night and plan the layout. They will kneel down at the gate of the empress and cry bitterly. They will go to the East Palace to ask for an audience with His Highness, and speak earnestly... …
Use every possible means.
Li Luansong just didn't see, ignored, and didn't listen.
I can't afford to kneel down for a long time, and I still ignore the bitter tricks.
This is another game between the king and his ministers to see who is stronger.
However, the bodies of the veterans couldn't bear it anymore. They had been making trouble all day and saw that this was a tough guy. If they knelt down again, they might really fall apart.
"His Highness is crazy. He is really crazy. I don't think it's as simple as wanting to conquer it personally. I'm afraid there are some other thoughts hidden behind him."
As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked and nodded in agreement without saying anything.
"Then we cannot let him act willfully. Now that the new year is approaching, His Highness must stay in the capital to take charge of the overall situation."
"But, he doesn't even give His Majesty and Concubine the face, what should I do?"
"In my opinion, we are like this..."
Someone came up with a bad idea, and everyone was applauded, so that's what happened.
So, three days later, it was still dark, it was so dark that I couldn't see my fingers, and the streets were already full of people.
It was this group of old ministers, neatly dressed in official uniforms and hats, who all headed straight to Zhengyang Gate with livid faces.
Li Luansong doesn't see us, so let's go to Zhengyang Gate to block people, kneel in front of his horse, and see if he can step over us.
If you don’t see me, then I will block your way and leave you with nowhere to go.
There were a hundred or so people, the veterans and their disciples and students, they didn't care about forming cliques, they stopped them first.
The crowd of people kneeling on the ground outside Zhengyang Gate all looked solemn. They took off their hats and held them in their hands, as if they were looking forward to death.
It seems that he is really determined.
The dark sky gradually became lighter and darker, turning into dark blue, and then gradually the white clouds could be seen clearly, and a wisp of morning glow appeared on the horizon.
Everyone seemed to see hope and knelt straighter.
After all, it was winter, the weather was freezing cold, I had been kneeling for two hours, and my face was turning white from the cold.
The sky turned white, and a red sun gradually appeared. There was warmth on the back of my spine, and the sun finally came out.
However, there was no movement at Zhengyang Gate, no intention of opening the door, and no sound of iron armor could be heard inside.
"I said it's time to set off."
"Yes, it should have opened long ago."
Everyone was murmuring in their hearts, is it today? Yes, that’s right.
With a "squeak" sound, the Zhengyang Gate opened on time as usual. Before the two sleepy-eyed soldiers could see clearly, they were so frightened by the kneeling veterans in front of them that they fell to their knees and kowtowed.
Everyone looked in the door, but there was no one there.
"You two, kneel down straight and answer me."
The two of them straightened their upper bodies and lowered their heads, not daring to look at the person opposite.
"Where is Your Highness? Has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led the soldiers to gather here?"
The two of them were stunned, you looked at me, I looked at you, and shook their heads: "No, I didn't receive any news today."
Everyone was shocked and shouted that it was not good.
At this time, a man ran from a distance, holding his hat as he ran. Only when he got closer did he see clearly that he was a young eunuch on duty in the palace:
"My lords, please go back quickly. Your Highness has already left."
"Ah, when did you leave? Why didn't we see it?"
The little eunuch trembled and said, "We set out at this hour a day ago."
You made false claims in the east and attacked in the west, Li Luansong, you little bastard, you actually deceived everyone.
Everyone cursed in their hearts, but did not dare to say it out loud. They all fell down in anger and shouted:
"Something is going to happen, something big is going to happen..."
*
After the snow, the weather is getting clearer day by day.
Zelan has been guarding Shen Que for two or three days, almost never leaving her, for fear that she would do something stupid.
But after all, she was alone. Sometimes she was too busy, so she would call Liang Fan over to help, buy something, and then go to the kitchen to look at the fire. If she was still too busy, she would have the courage to ask Mutam to run some errands.
The two of them were naturally very happy about this.
But Mutam found it a little strange. Shen Que had always been very disciplined. Although he was her apprentice, he never let people around him boss him around. In his heart, he still regarded him as Prince Soto, and the same was true for Zeelan.
However, in the past few days, Zelan had stayed in Shen Que's room and almost never left the house. He was so busy that he ordered him around. This was a bit strange no matter how you looked at it.
This idea flashed through his mind, and Mutam didn't think much about it. After all, it was normal to go out together, and besides, he was willing to help.
Shen Que was very dull, sitting alone, not going out or talking, occasionally reading a book, and when he got tired of reading, he would stare blankly out of the window in trance.
Zelan was really worried and didn't know what her decision was, so she finally couldn't help but ask:
"Madam, what exactly do you think?"
Shen Que blinked his eyelashes lightly and said slowly: "I'll write the prescription, and you go buy the medicine."
Tears welled up in Zeelan's eyes: "Have you really decided, madam? This is a small life."
Shen Que shook his head with a firm attitude.
"Madam, I don't understand. Is it true that I no longer consider His Highness the Crown Prince? I see that Your Highness is really kind to me."
Zelan also thought about it for two days. The crux of this problem still lies with Li Luansong. If Shen Zhen can accept him, then all problems will be solved.
"My wife and Your Highness used to be so good, are you really willing to give up now? My wife has a stubborn temper, why can't I figure it out? Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is sincere to you, can't you see it?"
Shen Que looked at her, "But the gap in our status is too big. I don't want to stay in a cold and luxurious palace every day, being manipulated and ordered by others. That is no different from a puppet on strings."
Her voice was very calm, as if she had really thought about it, "Zelan, you understand me. I still have so many things to do, and I am not pedantic or hesitant. I think very clearly. "
"Madam, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. You may think more clearly than this servant, but in my opinion, there is nothing that cannot be solved." Zelan wiped away tears and said: "You always say that His Highness the Crown Prince speaks for himself. He talks to himself, but he will change. As for that cold palace, we can’t live there, we can live the old life.”
Shen Que laughed: "After sitting in such a high position, you still think about living the free and easy life before. How is it possible? You are too naive."
"But, madam..."
"Okay, stop talking." Shen Que interrupted her, "I'm tired. It's getting late today. You go out to buy medicine for me early tomorrow morning. I will write you the prescription for abortion soon."
Zelan was really helpless and silently exited the room, but after much deliberation, she felt that she couldn't just give up. As a last resort, she quietly wrote a letter and sent it to Yuyue, asking him to deliver it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as soon as possible. I always feel that the lady can't let go of His Highness the Crown Prince, it's just that she's too arrogant.
But he couldn't leave his wife, so Zelan thought about it and asked Mutam to send the letter.
Early the next morning, Zelan waited patiently for Shen Que to eat breakfast. Unexpectedly, Shen Que had already written the prescription and handed it to Zelan, asking her to go out and get the medicine immediately:
"If the month is older, it will hurt the body."
Zelan had no choice but to persuade him but did not dare to say more, so he had to go out.
The drug store was not too far away, and it contained common medicines. Zeelan quickly prepared all the medicines. However, if we just go back like this, the little master in the wife's belly will be gone.
The more he thought about it, the sadder he became, Zelan finally decided to pick out some medicine and throw it away.
When he returned it and handed it to Shen Que, she looked at it and said, "Catch it less and go again."
Zeelan went out again.
The second time he came back, Shen Que found that he had caught the wrong person.
"You did it on purpose." Shen Que looked at her, "Don't you even listen to what I say?"
"Madam, I didn't mean it." Zelan felt guilty.
"Then go again." Shen Que threatened her, "If you don't want to kill two people, just go ahead and delay the day."
Zeelan was really scared now. He didn't dare to do anything anymore, so he ran out and grabbed the medicine back.
I ran three times in the morning and caught Mutam's attention.
A few days ago, Shen Que was always guarded. Why did he go to the medicine shop three times today?
When Zelan came back, she happened to bump into Mutam. Mutam asked her, "What's wrong with you? Your eyes are red. You must have been scolded."
He still teased her in the same tone as before.
Zeelan did not argue with him as usual, but nodded silently, "I'm going to make some medicine."
Mutam vaguely felt something was wrong, so he ran to the drugstore to get Zelan's prescription.
The shopkeeper said: "This is the medicine for women to abort their babies. Don't worry, sir, our medicines are all good medicines and very safe."
Abortion? !
Mutam ran away.
