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

Chapter 507 Duke Yan Fainted

"Your Majesty, please take care of your health and do not stay up late to deal with state affairs... If you hear any noise later, Your Majesty, do not worry, just wait for good news." After the Duke of Yan finished speaking, he bowed and took his leave.

Emperor Wuxing: “…”

What does this kid want to do?

Outside the Golden Palace, the ministers saw Duke Yan finally come out, and hurriedly gathered around him, asking anxiously: "Duke Yan, is there any good news?"

Your Majesty, have you agreed to demote the Fourth Imperial Concubine's rank?

Duke Yan smiled and nodded: "Indeed, there is good news."

The ministers were delighted. Old Master Zhou heaved a sigh and said, "Only Duke Yan could persuade His Majesty."

As soon as he took action, he convinced the ferocious Emperor Wuxing.

The ministers also praised him and asked, "Duke Yan, when will His Majesty issue an order to demote the imperial concubines to first-rank concubines?"

Duke Yan was a little confused and said, "Don't worry, my colleagues. The good news I'm telling you is that His Majesty has already drafted an edict to grant favor to Lin Ji, the eldest son of Your Excellency."

Your Majesty actually gave Lin and his son favors?

Seeing that His Majesty was in a hurry to execute Lin Ji, they thought that His Majesty was going to order a raid on Lin Ji's house and demote Lin Ji's family.

After all, Lin Ji was not clean. If he didn't have a master behind him, how dare he, a small official, clamor for the establishment of a deputy queen?

"Your Majesty, your grace!" The ministers flattered Emperor Wuxing and asked, "Duke Yan, is there any progress on the matter of the four noble concubines being demoted?"

"This matter involves etiquette and laws. If we don't follow them, it may undermine the foundation of the dynasty!"

Duke Yan looked at them and said after a while, "My Lords, your majesty's enthronement of four concubines is a favor to everyone. Otherwise, your majesty only needs to enthronize Concubine Yuede and Concubine Yongde."

"The ancestral precepts are not official Wei laws, and they do not involve conferring multiple empresses. They are just adding two more concubines to the Wei royal family, which is not enough to destroy the etiquette and laws."

What kind of fallacy is this?

The ministers were angry.

However, in order to force Emperor Wuxing to bow his head and pave the way for various kinds of coercion in the future, weren't they also waving the banner of etiquette and exaggerating the impact of enthroning the four imperial concubines on etiquette and law?

Everyone has selfish motives, so no one should blame anyone else.

"Duke Yan." Wei Dajian came out again and advised Duke Yan loudly: "His Majesty said that you have a lot of official duties, so don't bother yourself with these trivial matters. Let me personally take you back to rest."

Little things?

The ministers were angry. They knelt for a whole day and a man died. How could this be considered a small matter? Your Majesty was too disrespectful to them, the civil officials!

However, there are even more shameful ones.

Wei Dajian stood up straight and shouted, "Your Majesty's order. My words are as firm as gold. The imperial decree to confer titles on the four imperial concubines has been issued and there is absolutely no possibility of changing it. If you are not happy, you can submit your resignation letters. I will approve them and allow you to return to your hometown to retire!"

If you can do it, do it. If you can’t, resign and get out.

The ministers were ashamed and angry, and began to cry again: "Your Majesty Taizong..."

boom!

The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

"Duke Yan, Duke Yan fainted!"

"Duke Yan!"

"Send it to the doctor quickly!"

The ministers were so frightened that they stopped crying and shouted, and called for the imperial physician... They had to save Duke Yan, otherwise Emperor Wuxing would kill all ten of their clans and bury them with Duke Yan.

However, before the imperial physician in the Golden Palace rushed out, Yan Zhou opened his eyes and said weakly but clearly: "My colleagues, I am exhausted. Could you please take me back to the palace?"

The stairs are here, if you want to get down, please do it quickly.

Mr. Zhou sighed but said nothing.

His disciple, Lord Xu, understood and said, "Duke Yan, we will take you back home."

Once someone spoke up, the other ministers felt comfortable following suit.

Some people still didn't want to leave, but the other adults advised them, "Master Chen, Duke Yan has fainted because of this matter. Let's go back!"

After saying this, he carried the adults who didn't want to leave and left.

After a while, there were no more ministers kneeling outside the Golden Palace to give advice.

"Your Majesty, the gentlemen have left." The thousand-man guard on duty today came to report, and added: "Duke Yan did not faint."

Emperor Wuxing knew that Yan Zhou was pretending, but he was still heartbroken and became more and more annoyed with the civil officials: "They made such a fuss over a tiny matter. They really take themselves seriously. Next time they make trouble, I will send them to the battlefield to fight the enemy and see if they can make trouble again!"

The officials in Beijing just lived too well, and he didn't mind letting them taste the bitterness and death.

……

The next day, the Duke of Yan went to plead for the adults who had died for their advice, and the news that he fainted in anxiety and was sent back home by the adults spread throughout the capital.

After finishing their official duties, the civil and military officials sent letters of condolence and various precious medicinal materials to the Duke of Yan's Mansion.

Those who are of high status or close relatives will visit in person.

Xiang Wei of the Xiang family and Yong Zhi, the son-in-law of the Marquis of Wenchang, looked at Yan Zhou, who was leaning on the couch with a pale face, and said guiltily: "This matter was caused by our two families. Brother Yan, thank you for your concern."

It was agreed before that the daughter of Xiang family and the daughter of Wenchang Marquis family were just ordinary concubines, but now they have become noble concubines, which exceeds the quota set by ancestral rules, so the civil officials made this fuss.

Yan Zhou smiled and said, "What does this have to do with your two families? It was all your Majesty's idea. We are just doing your job."

Xiang Yong and the other two felt very comfortable hearing these words.

After all, their two families were put under the spotlight when it came to enthroning the fourth imperial concubine, and they both had some resentment in their hearts.

Yong Zhi looked at his face and asked worriedly, "Did Brother Yan really faint?"

Duke Yan nodded: "Of course he was really fainted, but he woke up quickly and is fine. Brother Xiang and Brother Yong don't have to worry."

After saying that, he winked and smiled at them, clearly hinting to them that no, they just couldn't say the word "pretending".

Seeing this, Xiang Wei and Yong Zhi put aside their worries and said with a smile, "That's good."

but……

"Brother Yan, you still have to pay more attention to your health and take good care of yourself." Yong Zhi advised, with worry in his eyes.

Yan Zhou looked at the worry in his eyes, curled his lips slightly, and said: "Brother Yong, don't worry, I know my body, and living another twenty years is not a problem."

Yong Zhi laughed: "How can living another twenty years be enough? I still want you to carry my coffin, so you have to live at least another forty or fifty years, because I don't want to die too early."

Yan Zhou laughed out loud when he heard this.

Xiang Wei said: "Brother Yan and Brother Yong, please don't mention the word death so often, it's unlucky."

The two looked at Xiang Wei at the same time and teased him: "Do you still believe this?"

Only the ignorant people in the countryside are superstitious. People like them only believe in winning by force.

Xiang Wei said: "You have to believe it a little bit."

Xiang Yong and the other man did not stay long. They only sat for two quarters of an hour before leaving.

Before leaving the gate of Duke Yan's Mansion, a man in a green robe came towards him.

The man was over thirty years old, with a face as handsome as jade, a body as thin as a green bamboo, and a refined temperament. He looked like a young man from a noble family, but he was actually a businessman.

Zheng Nandan moved to the side of the road and bowed, saying, "I pay my respects to the prince of Yonghou and to Lord Xiang."

"So it's Mr. Zheng." Yong Zhi asked with a smile, "Are you here to see Duke Yan?"

Zheng Nandan showed surprise: "Prince Yonghou actually recognized me."

He quickly replied, "Duke Yan has been so kind as to allow me to visit you in your palace."

Yong Zhi smiled and said, "Boss Zheng has spent a lot of money to stabilize the market price for the court and save the people in the capital from disasters. His good reputation has spread far and wide, and everyone in the capital knows about it. Naturally, I know about it."

After hearing this, Zheng Nandan lowered his body and said, "I am terrified."