"Uncle Guo met the Queen Mother?" Zhu Qizhen frowned, "What did they say, don't you know at all?"
Wang Zhen was now bent on following the little emperor, and he immediately told all the causes and consequences. However, in order to leave a way out for himself, he added:
"I just want to give the emperor a warning. I don't know the details. I also ask the emperor to keep it a secret. In case there is a misunderstanding, the Queen Mother..."
Zhu Qizhen nodded: "Don't worry, I won't make it difficult for you. If you have similar news in the future, tell me as soon as possible."
"Yes, I obey the order." Wang Zhen agreed quickly. Seeing Zhu Qizhen wave his hand, he saluted, "My slave, please leave."
What would the uncle do when he saw the Queen Mother? Zhu Qizhen's eyes narrowed and he said, "They took action."
Zhu Qizhen was raised as an heir since he was a child. He was familiar with classics and history. Of course he knew the drama of foreign ministers colluding with the harem to evade imperial power.
"I thought they would start a riot immediately, but it turns out they are still plotting." Zhu Qizhen sneered, "It's just that the scholar failed to rebel for three years, which is quite appropriate."
After looking at the time, he saw that there was still an hour before noon. Zhu Qizhen raised his voice and said, "Come here, ask Admiral Dongchang to see me."
…
At noon, Fengtian Hall.
The ministers are in high spirits, and today at noon, their counterattack will begin.
They were confident that with their careful arrangements, the little emperor was no match at all.
The harem is just a transitional period, and it won't be long before they return to their former glory and even go to greater heights.
At that time, their power will reach its peak, even beating the Song Dynasty by three points.
The storm was coming, and the hall was filled with invisible gunpowder smoke.
A quarter of an hour later, Zhu Qizhen stepped into the hall.
The ministers knelt down and shouted: "Long live my emperor!"
Their momentum was like a rainbow, their sound shook the roof tiles, and they were unprecedentedly uniform, as if they were going to give Zhu Qizhen a powerful blow.
Of course Zhu Qizhen felt it, so he sat on the dragon chair without saying a word.
Aren’t you cows? If I don’t say anything, who dares to stand up?
No one dares!
The ministers were very angry, but there was nothing they could do about it. The little emperor did not play his cards according to common sense and simply... couldn't afford it.
After a long time, the Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have this memorial."
Zhu Qizhen then said: "All the ministers are safe."
"Thank you, Your Majesty...!" The ministers cheered and stood up, but at this moment, they were no longer as strong as before.
Chen Zhi left the team and said, "Your Majesty, I have this memorial."
Zhu Qizhen stretched, leaned back comfortably on the chair, and said lazily: "Let's play."
"The late emperor's will states that important matters of the country must be reported to the Queen Mother. Please ask the Emperor to invite the Queen Mother to attend the court!"
Li Qing was speechless. How many years have passed and you are still making trouble with the late emperor?
"I second my opinion, please Your Majesty please observe filial piety."
"I second my opinion."
"I agree with you." In the main hall, half of the people knelt down in an instant. Seeing this posture, some grassroots on the wall quietly knelt down, but did not say a word to leave a way out for themselves.
However, there were still a third of the officials who stood upright, and many of them were dissatisfied with the little emperor, but did not agree with this.
There was also some outright opposition.
It has to be said that there are still some officials in the civil service group who stick to the bottom line, but not many.
Zhu Qizhen said: "I was still young when the late emperor passed away, so I made this will. Now I am sixteen years old and we are married."
"Although the Emperor is old and mature, he has only been in power for two years and lacks political experience. Besides..." Chen Zhi paused and gritted his teeth, "The Emperor's governance has not been appropriate in the past two years." gōΠb.ōγg
The more he offends the little emperor now, the more he has the right to speak afterwards. The Metropolitan Procuratorate has been swinging between the cabinet and the six ministries. The little brother has been doing it for so long, and he also wants to go back to the big brother.
"I second the proposal!" Wang Wen, the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, agreed, "The emperor is young and is in the age of growing up. The heavy state affairs are harmful to the dragon body. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the country, I ask the emperor not to work so hard."
"Working hard? It's quite hard work." Zhu Qizhen sneered: "With unfilial ministers like you, how can I not work hard?"
"How can the emperor speak like this?" Chen Shan, the cabinet minister, came out, "I have devoted my whole life and blood to the Ming Dynasty... The emperor is like this, which really chills the hearts of my ministers."
"Then your heart is really fragile." Zhu Qizhen curled his lips and said word by word: "I won't allow this!"
But at this moment, a figure stepped into the hall.
When Chen Zhi, Wang Wen and others saw this, they immediately said loudly, "I am here to see the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother is a thousand years old."
Yu Qian, Wang Zhi, Hu Xi and other officials who opposed the harem's interference in politics couldn't help but change their expressions, but they had no choice but to salute first, "I see the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is a thousand years old!"
"Everyone is safe!" Sun said warmly.
Today, she is dressed in a gorgeous Queen Mother costume with a phoenix crown on her head. She is graceful and elegant. She has obviously been carefully prepared.
Sun stepped onto the jade steps and came to Zhu Qizhen, explaining: "I heard that Zhen'er and the ministers were unhappy, so I came here to have a look."
"I'm sorry for the Queen Mother." Zhu Qizhen didn't even want to call her Queen Mother, but said calmly, "It's not a big deal, Queen Mother, please come back."
Mr. Sun was embarrassed.
Wang Wen quickly said: "After the emperor took charge, there was indeed something inappropriate in his administration."
"Yes, your Majesty," Chen Shan continued, "The Emperor indulges the eunuchs and harms the loyal and good, yet he asks the Queen Mother to make decisions for his ministers and others!"
Mrs. Sun frowned and said in a pretentious tone: "Zhen'er, is this happening?"
Zhu Qizhen resisted not making a move and stepped forward slowly.
He stared closely at Mrs. Sun, leaned forward, almost face to face with her, and said softly: "Mother, I don't want you to do it, but if you have to force me, I can't do anything."
"You...what do you want to do?" Mrs. Sun took several steps back. Her son's momentum was so strong that she was frightened.
Zhu Qizhen twitched the corner of his mouth and shouted:
"Someone is coming——!!"
Soon, Admiral Dongchang stepped into the hall, knelt down and saluted, then turned and shouted outside the hall: "Take the prisoner!"
After a while, seventy-four-year-old Sun Zhong was carried into the main hall without his feet touching the ground.
The old man was frightened. His snow-white beard was pouting under his chin, and he shouted in a trembling voice: "I am wronged."
This man is none other than Sun's biological father and Zhu Qizhen's biological grandfather.
This was not over yet. Then, Sun's eldest brother Sun Jizong and younger brother Sun Xianzong were also taken into the hall.
The two brothers were no better than their biological father. Their faces were pale and their lips were trembling.
They never expected that Zhu Qizhen would be so cruel. This was simply out of character.
The Ming Dynasty governed the country with filial piety, but Zhu Qizhen's move was completely retrograde.
The officials were dumbfounded.
Sun was also dumbfounded and stammered: "Dad...eldest brother, second brother...what have you done?"
"The Queen Mother is making the decision for me!" When Sun Zhong saw his daughter, he felt like seeing a savior. He hurriedly broke away from the restraints and cried on his knees, "I was doing well at home, but suddenly a group of Dongchang gangsters broke into them and took people indiscriminately. They even beat, smashed, and robbed."
After being reminded by their father, the Sun brothers quickly knelt down and cried out, "Your Majesty, Dongchang is really bullying people too much. My brother has always abided by the law!"
"Zhen'er~"
Sun's face was livid, and her teeth were almost broken. This was simply a slap in her face, no, this was a slap in her face.
Hit it hard!
"Do you have to give me an explanation?"
"Want to explain? Okay!" Zhu Qizhen hummed, "Xiao Liuzi."
"I obey the decree." Admiral Eunuch Liu took out the envelope from his sleeve and read in a tonal tone, "The Sun family blatantly violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty. They kept eunuchs in the house and seriously violated the law. Dongchang received the report and went to investigate the case. The evidence is conclusive! "
Sun said sharply: "Where is the evidence?"
"Mom, don't be anxious." Eunuch Liu smiled sarcastically, turned around and said loudly: "Bring witnesses and physical evidence!"
After a while, the complainant was brought up together with the eunuch of the Sun Mansion.
Zhu Qizhen said to Sun, "Do you want to take off their pants and check them?"
"You..." Mrs. Sun was almost furious, her chest heaving violently, "Zhu Qizhen, how dare you insult your mother?"
"I don't dare." Zhu Qizhen said calmly, "I just want to prove to my mother that my son has not wronged them."
Sun was furious, but couldn't argue with it. She completely lost her dignity as the master of the harem, and simply started to make a splash, with the phoenix crown and beaded curtain swaying non-stop. He cursed in a hissing voice:
"Zhu Qizhen, you are unfilial!"
"Princes who break the law are as guilty as the people. It's not me who is ruthless, but they violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Qizhen said in a cold tone.
"Snapped--!"
The crisp sound of slaps resounded throughout the hall.
On Zhu Qizhen's fair face, five finger prints could be seen with the naked eye.
Sun had lost his mind and slapped him again with his backhand, but this time, Zhu Qizhen grabbed his wrist.
After pulling hard, Sun became unsteady and fell to the ground.
Zhu Qizhen was condescending and said in a cold voice: "My mother is so presumptuous, so I don't mind my filial piety!"
