Unparalleled Concubine

"This is inhumane!"

"My Great Jin ruled the world with benevolence. Since Emperor Taizu founded the country and established the Ding, and Emperor Wu swept the world and unified the world, Emperor Ren Zongzhao and Emperor Mu Zongjing worked hard to rule the world and treat the world with benevolence. Only then did we treat the scholars today. The prosperity of Jin!"

Having said that, Shen Kuan knelt on the ground, bowed his head and stopped talking.

And Yan Sikong took Shen Kuan's words and bowed his hands deeply to the Empress Dowager Xie: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, I risked my life to persuade Your Majesty, just so that His Majesty can change his past mistakes and turn back to the shore, but His Majesty is not only unwilling to accept Admonishment, you also locked us in the palace and Jingzhao Mansion successively. Before His Majesty took charge of the government, there were tyrannical and bloodthirsty acts, and he was self-willed. It was not the actions of the master."

Having said that, this Yan Sikong was silent for a while, then also knelt on the ground.

The other two prime ministers also knelt on the ground together and kowtowed deeply to Empress Dowager Xie.

The four spoke in unison.

"Your servants please abolish the Son of Heaven, and make the sixth son of the late Emperor the new ruler!"

The empress dowager sitting on the main seat frowned.

The first emperor had a total of eight princes and five princesses. Because the relationship between the husband and wife was very good, the first emperor often slept in the queen's palace, so Empress Dowager Xie had two sons and two daughters. Among the princes, he ranked sixth, which is what they called the sixth son of the late emperor.

The sixth prince, like the emperor Yuanzhao, is a son of the eldest son. Theoretically speaking, if the emperor Yuanzhao died suddenly, the sixth prince should be the first successor, but now the sixth prince is only six or seven years old!

If according to the wishes of these prime ministers, Emperor Yuanzhao abdicates and the six princes succeed, then they can be assistant ministers for at least ten years.

The empress dowager frowned slightly, she glanced at these prime ministers lightly, her voice was clear and clear.

"Your Majesty suffered some grievances, but His Majesty didn't do anything to you, and stood in front of Ai's family. As for the matter of that nobleman, Ai's family also went to find out if he had an affair with His Majesty. It is still unknown, but based on these two things alone, it would be a bit of a joke for the princes to want to abolish the emperor."

Shen Kuan, who was kneeling on the ground, did not raise his head, and said, "Your Majesty, I am a courtier who has no intention of abolishing the Son of Heaven, nor dare to do so, but now inside and outside the capital, the government and the public, everyone is saying that the Son of Heaven has lost his virtue."

As he said that, he looked up at the empress dowager, and gritted his teeth: "Besides, the late emperor not only had two sons, His Majesty and the Sixth Prince, but Empress De and Concubine Shu both had sons under their knees, and empress should also know that the patriarch of the Ye family, Ye Ming, and Zhong Wu, the eldest son of the Patriarch of the Zhong family, have already returned to Beijing at this time. Ye Guogong did not hesitate to give up his filial piety in his hometown, and Zhong Da ignored the war in northern Xinjiang and rushed back to the capital in a panic. What were they thinking? Chen Duo said."

Shen Kuan was silent for a while, and then said: "The fourth prince under the empress's knees is Ye Guogong's grandson, and it's fine that the Ye family is out in charge of the army, but the right battalion of the imperial army is still in the hands of Taifu Li."

"What kind of friendship between Li Taifu and the Ye family is known to everyone inside and outside the court. When Ye Laogong was alive, he publicly said that Li Taifu was the fifth child of the Ye family, and the two of them are really one family."

Shen Kuan sighed, and said in a deep voice: "Empress Dowager, Taifu Li may return to Beijing at any time now. When he returns to Beijing, he will unite with Ye Guogong, use the name of the emperor's immorality, and force the emperor to abdicate, and he will succeed when the time comes. But he is no longer the sixth prince!"

Shen Kuan knelt on the ground and kowtowed endlessly.

"Your Majesty, if there is no decision at this time, the Right Battalion of the Forbidden Army and the Zhenbei Army will echo inside and outside, and the Great Jin Dynasty Hall will immediately fall into the hands of the warriors! If the sixth prince ascends the throne, there will be no reason for others to covet the throne. Still the big Jin of the Tian family."

The four ministers kowtowed to Empress Dowager Xie again with one voice.

"Your servant is risking his life, please be enlightened by the Empress Dowager!"

Empress Dowager Xie sat on her soft couch, frowning deeply.

After a while, she stood up and said slowly: "This is a big matter, and the Ai family needs to carefully consider the pros and cons. You should go back and wait, and Ai's family will give you an answer in two days."

Speaking of this, it would be useless to entangle them any longer. Several prime ministers slowly got up, and after saluting to the empress dowager, they left the Kunde Palace hand in hand.

After Shen Kuan and the others had left, the emperor in light blue uniform came out from behind the screen of Kunde Palace. He walked a few steps, sat down beside the empress dowager, and then looked up at himself His mother smiled wryly and said, "Aniang, look at them, how ambitious they are!"

"troubled you."

Empress Dowager Xie sighed, took her son's hand, and asked softly, "What is my son going to do?"

Emperor Yuanzhao was silent for a while, then responded softly.

"The wicked have their own grind."

Chapter 918

The few ministers were not discouraged after they encountered a soft nail in the Kunde Palace. They also knew very well in their hearts that this kind of thing could not be done overnight, so these people started lobbying everywhere after they left the palace.

The two chancellors at Shangshutai walked towards the residence of Jiuqing of the imperial court and Jing Zhaoyin, while Yan Shouzhuo went to the residence of Zhongyonghou, which was the home of Hou Jingde.

Shen Kuan went to Chong's house to see Chong Wu who had just returned to Beijing.

These people are people with a big face, and they usually come to see someone in person, and they usually don't fail to see them. As long as they meet someone, no matter whether the negotiation is successful or not, the ruling and opposition parties will think that they have reached the conclusion. No one can stop it.

The emperor couldn't stop it, the queen mother couldn't stop it, and that weak Shanyin Xie family didn't even have the qualifications to speak.

Facing the busyness of these prime ministers, Emperor Yuanzhao seemed to have given up resisting, so he stayed quietly in Weiyang Palace, and still called Hanlin into the palace to give lectures every day. Besides, he should eat and drink every day. In the Eighth Prison of the Inner Court, except for the Tianmu Prison who was still running around, the Inner Attendant seemed to be no longer moving.

More importantly, the three imperial guards in the capital also returned to their divisions. The Habayashi guards returned to the Habayashi Guard camp in the south of the city, and the Qianniu guards returned to the Qianniu Guard camp in the west of the city. , as if nothing happened.

Two days later, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the first snow in the first year of Yuanzhao slowly fell from the dark clouds.

The snow fell heavily for three days, and the old people in the capital expressed their feelings repeatedly, saying that the last time they saw such a heavy snow was in Chengde in 17 years, and it has been more than ten years since they saw such a heavy snow.

On the third day, the heavy snow finally stopped for a while, but there was still thick snow inside and outside the capital. The servants of Jingzhao Mansion began to organize the workers of each workshop to come out to clean up the snow. The road was just cleaned up a small path that was not very spacious and could only accommodate people walking.

However, the main road in the capital, that is, Desheng Street, was cleared by the Jingzhao Mansion with great efforts. In the afternoon, a black carriage set off from Yongle Square to the South Gate, and then The carriage stopped at the gate of the South City Gate, waiting quietly, as if waiting for someone.

The soldiers on duty at the south gate didn't quite understand.

Right now, the roads in the capital are barely clear, the official roads outside the city are covered with snow, cars and horses cannot walk, and there are no people outside the city for several days in a row, how can we wait for people to enter the city?

But the people in this carriage have the badges from the palace, so they dare not say anything, so they can only wait here with them.

In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, and the sky soon darkened. The black carriage still refused to leave, waiting quietly in the south of the city.

In the carriage, the voice of a middle-aged man sighed, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the road is blocked by heavy snow, and it is estimated that we will not be able to walk, and according to usual, even if Lord Li arrives at the city gate at this hour, the city gate will be closed. Probably won't come."

"Let's go back to the palace first, and come to welcome Lord Li tomorrow."

The young man in black slowly shook his head: "Master Li said in his letter that he would arrive today, and he will definitely arrive today. He never lied to me."

Xiao Zheng stood by the young emperor's side helplessly, and added a few pieces of silver dust carbon to the copper furnace in the carriage.

Soon, it was completely dark.

Outside the carriage, light snow began to fall again, and the wind was bitterly cold.

Emperor Yuanzhao still guarded the gate of the city, waiting quietly.

More than 100 inner guards in red have taken over the south city gate, and the south city gate is still open, instead of being closed at sunset as usual.

At the beginning of Xu Shi, it was getting colder and colder outside, and the fire in the carriage couldn't stop the chill, so Xiao Zheng added a few pieces of carbon, looked at the somewhat stubborn emperor, and sighed secretly in his heart.

He knew in his heart that the reason why the Son of Heaven was so persistently waiting for Li Xin to return to the capital was because he had been looking forward to it for too long. These days, he was alone in the capital, facing those old foxes alone. It could be said that he was helpless. He is a young man, and he can't hold on psychologically.

He urgently needs Li Xin to return to Beijing to help him "support the situation".

At three o'clock.

When Xiao Zheng was about to persuade the emperor to return to the palace again, a fire suddenly appeared on the official road in the distance.