In the main hall of Huaqing Hall, the monarch and his ministers were in harmony, pushing cups and setting lamps.
The dancer danced gracefully in the center of the hall, and her graceful dance attracted most of the attention of the ministers.
The position where Chu Si was sitting was a bit far back. After all, he also knew that he was not favored by the emperor, so he took the initiative to sit in the second row.
He was the only one in the second row, and the only one without a palace maid or eunuch to serve him.
The first row on the left are the princes and princesses, and the first row opposite are the important officials of the court.
The three assistants of the cabinet, the grand master, and the generals of Shangzhu, Zuozhu, and Youzhu. They are all people who have made great contributions to Dahao. But now he is old and has no real power, but he has a prominent position.
In the second row are the six ministers and the ministers on the left and right. As well as the generals of the 'Shence Army' stationed in the capital, the next few rows are arranged according to official positions.
At this moment, the singing and dancing stopped, and the dancer slowly exited the hall.
Murong Wenzheng, who was sitting in the front row of the hall, stood up and saluted the emperor and the ministers sitting there: "Your Majesty, colleagues, as the Crown Prince of Da Hao, the Crown Prince naturally has both civil and military skills. The old ministers are here. Let’s take a test on the prince, I wonder what the emperor thinks.”
Chu Yuanqi, who was sitting at the top, looked at Murong Wenzheng, and both parties understood each other tacitly: "What the chief assistant said is absolutely true, so please ask the chief assistant to take a test."
Chu Si looked at Murong Wenzheng and said in his heart, he is worthy of being the chief minister of the cabinet, and he is really good at planning. Today is the time to confer the crown prince and entertain the ministers. Help the prince establish his dignity. I am afraid that after today, all the officials will remember the prince's dignity.
Dahao implemented a 'cabinet system' and had no prime minister. The reason is that Emperor Taizu referred to the history of previous dynasties and believed that the demise of the Song Dynasty was largely caused by the dictatorship of traitors and the manipulation of power by eunuchs. Therefore, after the establishment of Dahao, the post of prime minister was not established.
But the emperor is also a human being. Even if Emperor Taizu is energetic, he cannot handle so many government affairs. Under this situation, the cabinet system came into being.
In the past, the prime minister had decision-making, deliberation and administrative powers. After Emperor Taizu established the cabinet, he firmly held the decision-making power originally possessed by the prime minister in his own hands.
The legislative power is distributed to the cabinet, and the administrative power is distributed to the six ministries. At the same time, the most important thing is to firmly control the army.
In Huaqing Palace
Murong Wenzheng said: "I, Da Hao, now the country is peaceful and the people are at peace, the world is at peace, and all nations are coming to court. I would like to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to write a poem to show the prosperity of my country, Da Hao, and the strength of the people." After speaking, he sat down.
Chu Lin stood up, bowed to the emperor and the ministers in the palace, and smiled: "Then I will show my shame in front of the emperor and all your lords."
After Chu Lin finished speaking, he lowered his head and thought about it, and suddenly said: "Yes."
He walked to the center of the hall and said: "The people are prosperous and happy, the officials of Dahao are governing with clarity, all nations have gathered to worship, and there are no beggars in the four seas."
After finishing the poem, Murong Wenzheng immediately stroked the gray beard in front of him with a smile. The emperor also nodded and said: "Not bad, not bad," and the queen sitting next to the emperor also smiled.
Zhou Yanru, the grand master of the dynasty at that time, looked at Chu Lin standing in the main hall and felt very happy. Looking at today's situation, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely visit Dabao in the future. Moreover, the Crown Prince is still his grandson, and the Zhou family will not be afraid of him in the future. He died and fell into a situation where there was no one in the court.
The ministers also began to congratulate the emperor. With such a prince, Dahao would have someone to succeed him in the future. But from beginning to end, Chu Lin always maintained his humility.
Just when all the ministers were flattering the prince, the third prince was no longer willing. Chu Yu stood up, bowed to the emperor and the ministers, and came to the center of the hall: "Father, sirs, what the boss said just now Well, this prince needs to be both civilized and martial, and I know that I am not as good as my eldest brother in literature, so I want to ask my father to allow me to compete with my eldest brother."
When the third prince spoke his words, the voices in the palace disappeared, and the ministers looked at the third prince in surprise.
Chu Yu saw the queen winking at him, and of course he knew that the queen was asking him to return to his throne, but Chu Yu just pretended not to see it, and he must compete with his eldest brother.
Zhou Shu looked at the emperor and was about to persuade him not to agree, but at this moment the emperor said: "Yes"
Chu Yu bowed to the emperor and saluted, and said happily: "Thank you, father."
"Third brother, is this really necessary?" Prince Chu Lin took a deep breath.
Chu Yu looked at Chu Lin and said: "It has to be like this, brother, be careful, I will not show mercy." After saying that, he made a tiger-shaped fist with his hands, and Chu Lin made an eight with both hands. Extreme boxing stance.
Chu Yu immediately beat a tiger down the mountain and rushed towards Chu Lin. Chu Lin immediately dodged and punched Chu Yu in the lower back.
With a snap, Chu Yu flew out and fell to the ground, unable to get up. The poor third prince, as a Ming Jin warrior, fell to the ground without even showing the power of the Ming Jin warrior. .
Of course, this has a lot to do with his lack of practice. Although his moves are good-looking, they are useless and just showy. In the past, he could defeat the palace guards, but those guards only gave in to him. Besides, forget it. Yu Zhen can exert the power of Ming Jin warrior, but he is still no match for Chu Lin.
Let's not talk about Chu Lin. He has rich experience in actual combat. He can win completely with this alone. Moreover, Chu Lin has also reached the level of dark strength. Although the Ming Jin warrior may not be able to defeat the Dark Jin warrior, it is definitely not someone like Chu Yu. Otherwise, An Jin would be just a joke.
The emperor and queen at the top, the ministers below, the princes and princesses, the eunuchs and maids, all looked shocked. After hearing the words of the third prince just now, they thought they could see a big battle. Unexpectedly, the third prince was defeated with just one move.
The queen was still worried about who would be hurt at first, but she was relieved when she saw the current situation. The emperor still looked majestic.
Chu Lin walked up to Chu Yu and stretched out his hand to pull him up. Chu Yu waved his hand away and slowly stood up. Chu Heng also came to Chu Yu at this time and stretched out his hand to support him.
At this time, the military attachés laughed, and this smile was an introduction.
The civil servants who were holding back their laughter also laughed, but they were very reserved, unlike those military attachés whose laughter resounded throughout the hall.
The palace maids and eunuchs lowered their heads and burst into suppressed laughter.
Chu Si looked at this scene and raised the corners of his mouth, suppressing laughter. Chu Yu's face turned red when he saw everyone's laughter, but he couldn't get angry until he saw Chu Si, the king of Chong.
Chu Yu threw away Chu Heng who was holding his arm, and pointed at Chu Si: "What qualifications do you have to laugh at me? You are just a bitch born of a palace maid. If you are not good at literature or martial arts, if you are not the eldest brother, If you become the prince, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat these delicacies in your life." At this time, he was filled with shame and anger, and because he was drunk, he spoke out without thinking about anything.
The second emperor's sister frowned: "Third brother! Hugh is so presumptuous!"
"Humph" Chu Yu snorted coldly.
Chu Lin looked at Chu Yu: "Third brother, you are drunk." He reached out and pulled back his seat.
Chu Yu dodged to the side: "Do you think so? Why is he sitting here? He is just a bitch."
Chu Si looked at Chu Yu who said evil words, her eyes were filled with anger, and her hands under the table were clenched tightly. The nails dug deeply into the flesh.
The emperor looked at Chu Yu and said more and more, and said loudly: "Shut up!"
As expected of the emperor, his voice was full of majesty. At this time, Chu Yu had woken up and immediately knelt down in front of the emperor and said hurriedly: "My son is drunk and talking nonsense. Please forgive me."
The fifth prince Chu Heng also knelt down to help: "Yes, father, third brother is just drunk, he didn't mean it."
Prince Chu Lin also knelt down and said, "Father, my third brother just talked nonsense while drunk. It's entirely because I, the eldest brother, didn't teach me well. If you want to punish me, please punish me."
When Chu Yu heard that Chu Lin also begged for mercy for him, he cast a complicated look at him.
Zhou Shu watched her three sons supporting each other and felt very pleased: "Your Majesty..."
Chu Yuanqi looked at the queen: "No need to say it, I understand."
At this time, the officials in the palace also stood up under the leadership of Murong Wenzheng and Zhou Yanru: "Please forgive the third prince because he is just drunk and talking nonsense."
The princes and princesses also stood up: "Please, father, please spare the third brother." In the whole palace, only the emperor, the queen, Chu Si and the second princess were still sitting.
The emperor looked at Chu Yu: "For the sake of so many people interceding for you, I will spare you this time."
"Thank you, father. Thank you, father." Chu Yu bowed.
"Go back to your seat."
"yes."
All the ministers, princes and princesses also sat down, and the dancers went to the palace to perform songs and dances again. It was as if everything had never happened.
But everything that just happened really happened. But from the beginning to the end, no one noticed Chu Si's thoughts, as if he never existed, except for the second emperor sister. Chu Si couldn't help but feel touched in her heart.
Maybe he was too humble. In the hearts of those people, he was as humble as a piece of grass, and no one cared about him at all.
Chu Si looked at them coldly and thought to herself, they are indeed a family.
Just as the Huaqing Palace was singing and dancing, a shield that usually guarded the palace turned into a sword and stabbed straight at the Huaqing Palace.
A burst of sword light passed by, the head rose into the sky, and a large amount of blood spurted out from the neck. The blood fell from the sky, fell on the golden helmet and armor, fell on the bluestone board, and fell on Li Wei's face.
He held a golden knife in his right hand, with the tip pointing to the ground. The blood slid down the blade and dripped on the ground, turning into droplets of blood. The headless corpse in front of him fell backwards and fell to the ground. Judging from his clothes, he was a young eunuch.
The several lieutenants behind Li Wei were also covered in blood at this time, and the golden swords they held in their hands were dripping with blood.
Looking back from this passage, in addition to those murderous soldiers and generals, there are not only a lot of corpses of palace maids and eunuchs lying on the ground, but also the corpses of some imperial guards. It seems that they are inevitably related to the imperial guards. Fighting.
Li Wei looked at the golden knife in his hand, feeling uneasy and uncomfortable in every possible way. Of course it's not because of killing people. He kills people as if they were a common meal, and of course he won't feel uneasy. But the problem is that this killing was for rebellion.
The emperor was extremely kind to him, but for the sake of his family and children, Li Wei had to do this.
Li Wei took a deep breath. The air was filled with the smell of blood. He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and said, "We will arrive at the Huaqing Palace soon. Soldiers, please run forward. You must reach the Lotus Bridge with a stick of incense." After Li Wei finished speaking, he immediately ran forward, and the Royal Forest Army soldiers behind him also immediately ran forward.
