After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 505 Duke of Yan

The body of the civil official fell outside the palace gate, and blood flowed down the jade steps. The ministers who were kneeling outside the palace to make their last appeal all had red eyes due to shock.

Killed, really killed!

I thought that after Emperor Wuxing registered, he would restrain his murderous intent in order to win the hearts of the people. But today, just because he said he wanted to establish an imperial concubine, Emperor Wuxing immediately executed the civil officials!

The chill seeped through the bones of the civil officials. As summer was approaching, they were shivering with cold.

Some old ministers stood up angrily and cried out: "Your Majesty, we are incompetent and cannot persuade Your Majesty. We will die now and apologize to Your Majesty!!"

After saying this, it attracted the attention of all the ministers.

When he was about to hit the stone pillar, his colleagues stopped him in time: "Master Zhou, no, you must not abandon us!"

Old Master Zhou cried bitterly: "I am the Minister of Rites. I saw Your Majesty doing something that violated the ancestral teachings but was powerless to dissuade him. I should thank the Emperor for his grace with my death!"

The civil servant who was just killed was a minor official in the Censorate. After the death of that minor official, the Censorate was able to save face.

The Ministry of Rites must also show some integrity, otherwise it will be laughed at by the world.

"My colleagues, please let me go and let me go to apologize to His Majesty Taizong!" Old Master Zhou struggled, but the officials held him tightly and he could no longer touch the pillar.

He had no choice but to kneel down and kowtow, and every time he kowtowed, he would shout, "I beg Your Majesty to follow the etiquette of the Great Wei Dynasty and issue an edict to demote the four concubines to the rank of first-rank concubines!"

The imperial concubine of the Wei Dynasty was of the first rank, and the four great concubines were of the second rank.

The other ministers also kowtowed and shouted: "Your Majesty, I beg you to follow the etiquette of the Great Wei Dynasty and demote the Fourth Imperial Concubine to a concubine of the first rank!"

For a while, there were constant sounds of kowtow and shouting.

But there was no movement in the hall until night fell, when Duke Yan came to ask to see Your Majesty, and then someone came out of the hall with a smile on his face.

"Duke Yan, you've finally come to save us." Wei Dajian was as happy as if he had seen a savior.

Duke Yan had a golden face and jade-like appearance, as pure as a god in heaven, but he laughed heartily upon hearing this: "Haha, how can that be so exaggerated."

The ministers kneeling on the ground behind him: "..."

You are the brother-in-law who grew up under the care of Emperor Wuxing, and the only living relative recognized by Emperor Wuxing. Of course you are not afraid!

"Duke Yan, I hope you can persuade His Majesty to save the etiquette and laws of the Wei Dynasty." Old Lord Zhou choked with sobs and begged.

Behind him, the ministers shouted again.

Duke Yan turned around, squatted down, and said soothingly: "Mr. Zhou, all the lords, I came here to advise Your Majesty."

Then he said to Wei Dajian, "Prepare dinner for the gentlemen. They can't go hungry."

More than a dozen weak ministers have begun to stagger. If they don't eat and rest, they will collapse.

"Yes." Wei Dajian immediately asked someone to arrange it... This was an order from the Duke of Yan. Even if His Majesty was not happy, he would not blame them, so their subordinates dared to do it.

However, some civil officials were quite resolute and shouted, "Duke Yan, if we cannot persuade His Majesty for one day, we will not eat for one day!"

Are those idiots yelling this? Old Master Zhou wanted to kick them a few times.

After hearing this, Duke Yan smiled and advised: "You still need to eat, so that you can have the strength to continue admonishing Your Majesty."

After saying this, he said no more and followed Wei Dajian into the Golden Palace to meet Emperor Wuxing.

Inside the Golden Palace, Emperor Wuxing sat on the throne. Even though he was reviewing memorials and doing things dealing with words, the murderous aura was still as heavy as a cloak, wrapping around him and making people feel terrified.

"Can you have dinner now? You are not in good health and need to eat and take medicine on time." Emperor Wuxing said.

Duke Yan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I am not that weak and can still wield the spear."

Emperor Wuxing looked at Wei Dajian and said, "Serve the meal."

"Yes." Wei Dajian was delighted. As expected, the emperor softened as soon as the young master arrived.

Eating at the Golden Palace again?

Is this the place where court is held?

Duke Yan originally wanted to suggest that they eat in the Taichen Palace, but thinking of the ministers outside the Golden Palace, he stopped talking... Well, it wasn't the first time they had a meal in the Golden Palace, and the ministers had all accepted it, so he didn't bring it up again.

Yan Zhou looked at Emperor Wuxing and said, "Your Majesty should not have executed Lord Lin. This will only make the ministers afraid to give advice."

Once the fear of criticism continues to develop, it will lead to alienation between the ruler and his subjects. If this is followed by war, it will be a sign of the country's demise.

"Lin Ji deserves death!" The gentleness of Emperor Wuxing was gone, and murderous intent surged: "The Imperial Noble Consort is the Vice Queen, which is just a concubine in the folk. He dared to mention it. Where does he put the Queen? The Queen is gone, but I am not dead yet!"

The Great Wei had a queen, who was none other than Emperor Wuxing’s first wife, the late Princess Yan.

Several imperial concubines had already entered the palace, but were not canonized until April because February was the empress's canonization ceremony, which was also Yan's birthday, and March was Qingming Festival, when Emperor Wuxing needed to offer a grand sacrifice to Yan and other deceased people.

"As long as I am alive, no one can dare to offend the Queen!" Emperor Wuxing spoke his words as hard as nails, and his murderous intent was evident. If Lin Ji's body had not been carried away, he would have ordered Lin Ji's corpse to be whipped.

Perhaps because he was too angry, Emperor Wuxing frowned and raised his hands to cover his heart and lungs.

"Your Majesty, calm down and take care of yourself!" Duke Yan knew that Emperor Wuxing had been shot near his heart and lungs, and that he would feel pain when he got angry, so he immediately called the imperial physician who was attending the palace, "Hurry and treat your majesty."

"It's okay." Emperor Wuxing refused: "It's just a minor injury. I won't die."

The imperial physician received the order and sat back down.

Duke Yan looked at Emperor Wuxing worriedly. After half a minute, the pain subsided and Emperor Wuxing's complexion returned to normal.

Emperor Wuxing saw that he was worried and said with a smile: "Don't worry, little brother. Your brother-in-law can live for at least ten years."

And in just ten years, he will be able to hand over the country smoothly to his successor, which will make him live up to his ancestors and the good people.

"Brother-in-law..." Duke Yan's voice was choked with sobs, but he soon recovered and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, I found my sister's ivory comb."

Duke Yan took out a small comb as white as jade from the inner pocket of his wide sleeves, raised it, and shook it towards Emperor Wuxing.

Emperor Wuxing was startled and said hurriedly: "Bring it to me quickly!"

"Yes." Yan Zhou quickly stepped forward and handed him the comb.

Emperor Wuxing took the comb and fumbled around carefully, finally finding a small groove on the ivory comb. He ordered someone to bring tiny tools and spent more than a quarter of an hour taking out a piece of white jade from the ivory comb.

The white jade is slender and the size of a soybean, with his and the queen's full and nicknames engraved on it.

This was a birthday gift he made himself and gave to the Queen in the first year of their marriage.

But after the house was confiscated and the person was exiled, many things were destroyed by that bastard Ning Kang. He kept searching, and although he found a lot of things, there was not a single meaningful item like this one.

"Ruru." Emperor Wuxing murmured the queen's nickname for a long time before he came out of his memories. He looked at Yan Zhou and said, "My little brother, you have done a good job. If you want any reward, just tell your brother-in-law."

Yan Zhou suppressed his tears and said with a smile, "What a coincidence. I just happened to have a request... I beg my brother-in-law not to execute the officials who advised against it again, and to grant favor to Lord Lin's eldest son."