What's wrong with the binding eunuch system?

When Kong Jiazi walked under the Forbidden City, the sun outside just happened to rise, and a piece of brilliance drifted down from the long clouds. He turned his head and saw Mu Yuanyong walking on the other side of him, looking at him at the same time. The early sun in the distance.

Then he seemed to feel his gaze, and he turned his head and smiled at him.

Kong Jiazi couldn't help but also laughed.

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The courtiers stood tremblingly on both sides of the court hall. Everyone was silent, with their heads down, and they didn't even dare to look up at the woman in battle armor on the throne.

Some veterans couldn't help but think back to the same scene more than ten years ago. The woman sat behind the dragon chair with a curtain hanging down, quietly watching everything below. Although she was speechless, no one dared to challenge her authority.

This day, too.

Those new courtiers who have not experienced this woman's rule before, thinking of the night of fighting outside the Forbidden City, they are considered to have relatively good psychological quality if they did not tremble in the court hall.

They held their breath, waiting for an answer they had already expected.

The empress dowager's battle armor dragged on the marble floor, making a harsh sound of metal and stone rubbing against each other.

No one dared to move an inch.

The maid who accompanied the queen mother came over to the stone chair which was completely different in size from her, as if the chair was like duckweed, she handled it lightly and landed behind the queen mother.

Make a dull sound.

The Queen Mother waved away the battle armor in front of her legs, handed the long spear at her side to the side, and made another click.

The ministers will be searched when they enter the palace, and they are not allowed to bring any weapons, but at this time, no one dares to stand up and say something wrong with the empress.

They stood obediently in the court hall like quails that had been stripped of their hair, and they were so well-behaved that people felt pitiful.

The Empress Dowager probably felt comfortable with it. That day, she assisted her youngest son and put on heavy and complicated makeup. The heavy headgear fell below her ears, so that she didn't have a little bit of a daughter's delicateness on her body.

But no one looked at her directly.

But a woman.

Now, she didn't bother to dress up anymore, and she didn't even take off her battle armor, so she just walked up to this solemn and solemn place, but no one dared to underestimate her.

What ritual bondage.

It has become mud under her feet, and she doesn't bother to step on it again.

She leaned back casually, and the maid beside her opened her mouth and said, "Xuan."

The Queen Mother raised her eyes slightly, and outside the court hall, a group of unarmed soldiers walked forward slowly carrying a rough coffin covered with white cloth.

Queen Mother: "Speak."

When the soldier at the head waved his battle robe, the metal piece hit the marble floor, making a clang.

He knelt down on one knee: "Report!——All the enemy troops have bowed their heads, and all the rebel kings have been beheaded."

Queen Mother: "What's behind?"

Soldier: "The spoils of war taken from the enemy - the emperor's body."

Queen Mother: "Bold and presumptuous! Say it again, what is it?"

Soldier: "Reporting to the Queen Mother, it is the remains of the current emperor."

The Empress Dowager suddenly stopped speaking, and the whole court hall was so quiet that there was still an echo.

She turned her eyes around the minister: "I haven't stood here for a long time, and there are many new faces, I don't know each other."

She raised her chin slightly, and pointed to a person: "You... Tell me, what did the soldier just say?"

The accused person was a young man with a fair face. He never expected that the Empress Dowager would point at him. At this time, his face was pale and his lips were pale. Ever since the man above his head looked at him, he hadn't stopped trembling and trembling. He said in a low voice: "The Empress Dowager, he...he said that the emperor..."

He swallowed.

Perhaps the court was too quiet, and everyone could hear his swallowing sound. He was struggling, as if someone had drawn a knife between his necks, but in the end he still said: "Kai died..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and his knees softened and he knelt down.

With a dull sound, the eyelids of the courtier standing closest to him twitched, subconsciously feeling pain in his knees.

The Queen Mother looked at him, not knowing whether it was joy or anger, for a long while.

She said, "What's your name?"

The young people never expected that the Queen Mother would not let him go.

His eyes became even more desperate: "My humble minister... Hu Qingyue, the imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate..."

Queen Mother: "...get up."

Hu Qingyue: "Yes."

He stood up tremblingly, and heard the Empress Dowager say: "The whole life of the Ai family... I am lonely. Not long after I married the Supreme Emperor, the Supreme Emperor died. He supported the young late emperor to ascend to the throne, and worked hard to take care of the court for him until he became an adult. Now...he has also collapsed, leaving a white-haired man from the Ai family to give a black-haired man."

Her tone was mournful, but there was no trace of sadness on her face.

"Everyone loves you." She raised her head: "The Ai family is so sad that I can't face it, so I can only entrust it to you."

She looked away, and the senior cabinet scholar who was still there hurriedly stepped forward: "I report to the Queen Mother, this is a matter of national importance, and this matter is of great importance, please don't..."

The queen mother raised her hand and interrupted him: "The Ai family didn't ask your opinion, but asked you to do it, understand?"

Cabinet Bachelor: "..."

"If you don't understand, Aijia can let someone who understands..." The queen mother paused, and her eyes fell on Hu Yueqing.

Hu Yueqing: "..."

Hu Yueqing: "!!!"

He was stunned by the empress dowager's veiled eyes, he couldn't help opening his mouth, then closed it tremblingly, and then he heard the Grand Scholar slowly say: "My humble minister obeys the order."

Inexplicably, he felt a little lost, and then he was taken aback by his own arrogant thoughts—maybe the queen mother just glanced at it casually and had no other meaning.

You are just a little censor...

But the ambition in his heart grew wildly like weeds, and he couldn't get rid of it no matter what.

Naturally, the queen mother would not pay attention to this little episode, she said something similar to how sad Aijia was, and then announced her retirement in advance.

At this moment, Kong Jiazi and Mu Yuanyong were waiting in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, which had not been cleaned up yet, and the sand table used for commanding last night was placed, and a young general planted a flag to replay the game for Mu Yuanyong.

Although it was not the first time to see such a scene, Mu Yuanyong was much more excited than the first time.

Compared with the ignorance in the previous life, he is much more active in this life. After all, he has experience in his life. Looking at the sand table, he can already understand what happened last night.

He said: "How can it be so smooth? Are they tofu? They will rot when you poke them."

The young general smiled, and didn't shy away from his status as a prince, he just said: "His Royal Highness, these people are used to being loose, rebel kings themselves don't know how to use soldiers, but they just used money to support some people, and they are better than mobs. They were idle around the capital, and they didn't encounter any battles, and when they were defeated, they were even more vulnerable, and they had already run away before they saw us."

Mu Yuanyong listened with gusto: "Is that true?"

"Isn't that so?" The young general was very curious about Mu Yuanyong and his party: "A few of us searched for the whereabouts of His Highness, and only heard a few people say that His Highness was dead. I didn't expect His Highness to go around the enemy's rear. Except for King Mu, subdue him. people next to you."

Mu Yuanyong chuckled: "Luck, it's just luck."

"It's not just luck." The young general was not a fool to make it this far, and he blew rainbow farts one after another, knowing that Mu Yuanyong is not what he used to be: "Your Highness can stay together in such a chaotic situation." The soldiers who were scattered forced their way out, saving thousands of people..."

Mu Yuanyong interrupted: "Thousands of people?" When he left, it was only two thousand, and he wondered how much he could save later, and where did the thousands come from?

The young general explained: "Those people gathered some stragglers later, they probably grew stronger, and they also brought a lot of trouble to the rebel king, and even fought us once."

Mu Yuanyong: "..." Is it so powerful?

The young general sighed: "One of the adjutants is a general. After we got in touch, he was very optimistic. When the time comes, ask the empress, and he will also come to us."

Mu Yuanyong thought about it carefully, but he didn't have any impression.

That day was really too chaotic, he passed too many faces at once, he still remembered it at first thought, but he couldn't remember it when he thought about it carefully.

The young general said again: "Your Highness is still too adventurous. Why do you want to lure the enemy with yourself?"

"At that time, I was not like this, and whoever was willing to go, didn't they all want to escape? If I don't stand up, no one will stand up. At that time, everyone will not be able to escape." Mu Yuanyong waved his hand: "And I I have my own means of escape..."

He thought that Kong Jiazi's giant silver bird would not be able to hide anymore, so instead of waiting for someone to ask about it, it's better to be honest first.

Sure enough, the young general in front of him didn't ask any more questions. He seemed to understand Mu Yuanyong's identity, so he saved some face and didn't expose it.

It should be that the person who escaped from the giant silver bird was gathered by them... Alas, no matter what, he has a special status, and he is not worried about what others will do to him.

But Confucius...

It is also impossible for Mu Yuanyong to expect that the queen mother will compromise with the Kong family because she is concerned about the blood of the Kong family now that she has full power.

If he really wanted to ask about it, he would take it all by himself. After all, his identity was very important at this time, and even a trivial matter would not lead to a big fight.

As for those fairy things...

Mu Yuanyong found Kong Jiazi with his eyes, saw that his expression was normal, and suddenly remembered that the accounts between the two of them had not yet been settled.

But as soon as they entered the Forbidden City, they were taken into the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and they brought their young generals to chat with them about the battle last night, waiting for the Queen Mother to return from court.

There really is no good time.

Mu Yuanyong had no choice but to suppress the doubts in his heart.

In fact, he didn't ask too much, he only wanted Kong Jiazi to reveal something to him, otherwise he would think that he still didn't know everything about the person he treated so honestly.

No matter how close you are, taboos will arise in your heart.

It's better to say everything plainly at the beginning, and it's much better to be frank.

He felt a little depressed for a moment, the young general didn't respond to what he said, and suddenly heard the palace maid say: "The Empress Dowager is back..."

Just before she finished speaking, the queen mother had already stepped into the hall, and her eyes fell directly on his head.