After Lu Jinyi went out, the emperor turned around and looked at the livid Queen Mother, bowed and said: "Mother, it's not that my son is unfilial, it's just that the rules left by our ancestors cannot be broken, I..."
Before the emperor could finish his words, the angry Queen Mother could no longer hold back her anger, got up and went back.
In the past, when she had disagreements with the courtiers, once she got angry, she would give up her job, and the eunuchs in front of the palace would also announce their withdrawal from the court. After all, the Queen Mother was not around, so the affairs of the court would have to be discussed another day, but today the emperor is still here...
Then you can't retreat!
"I will apologize to my mother later. Dear friends, don't worry. My mother has always been sensible and will not have any quarrel with me because of this. Someone... sent an order to Meng Huaiyuan. From today on, in addition to Guiyun City, Qinghuai City will It was also guarded by the Northwest Army. Meng Huaiyuan was ordered to recruit another 20,000 troops from Qingzhou. They would train day and night to train a navy that was not inferior to the Eastern Army. They would block the Xiqiang people on the Hongsha River and prevent them from setting foot in half of Qinghuai City. step."
"Yes." The ministers responded respectfully.
Most of the courtiers still advocated the war. Even if some people were partial to the Queen Mother and wanted to sue for peace, they did not dare to say anything at the moment.
They could see that the emperor was no longer the emperor before.
If the Queen Mother is not here, and they jump out to oppose it, isn't that asking for death?
Besides, the emperor was ill before and seldom managed politics, but he was still the emperor and the rightful ruler of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Moreover, although the emperor rarely dealt with political affairs in these years, the queen mother did not object to anything he decided every time.
Although not many times in total.
But now no one dares to speak out, for fear of provoking public anger.
Including Ding Yue, the Minister of Civil Affairs.
He took refuge with the Queen Mother and married his concubine's daughter to King Wei as a concubine. Of course, he hoped that King Wei would ascend the throne in the future.
However, he did not agree with the Queen Mother marrying the princess to Xiqiang this time.
I just didn't object before. After all, I am the Queen Mother's person and cannot oppose the Queen Mother's decision in public.
At this time, the Queen Mother had the upper hand, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb.
"Retreat from the court." The emperor pretended to be tired.
"If you have the foundation to start a memorial, you will have to retreat without the foundation." The eunuch in charge of delivering the decree said loudly.
"Your Majesty." All the ministers saluted quickly without any instructions.
After the emperor left, everyone felt a little unreal when they looked at me and me.
This was the first time since the emperor ascended the throne that he walked behind the Queen Mother. He had not gone to court often before, and even if he came, he could not sit for long before going back to rest, and most of the time he was carried back.
Today is really much better!
Even if King Wei comes to the throne in the future, the emperor will still be sitting on the dragon throne after all, so everyone has to think deeply about it.
At least they can't openly confront the emperor, otherwise their lives will be difficult in the past few years when the emperor is still alive.
Of course, you can't openly confront the Queen Mother and King Wei, otherwise you won't have a good life in a few years.
The courtiers suddenly felt that neither the left nor the right was right. It was too difficult!
……
The emperor went to the side hall to visit the injured Lu Guangren.
When he arrived, Meng Shu was using the Nine-turn Golden Needle technique to treat his grandfather.
Grandfather had just been carried to the side hall, and the princess took her there.
Meng Shu saw that Jiang Liyuan's acupuncture techniques were mediocre and of no use, and that his grandfather was twitching and somewhat unconscious, so he took action himself.
However, after just a few injections, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Because she found that the blood in her grandfather's skull was smooth and there was no obstruction, and there was no bleeding inside, she knew that he was faking it.
This is really...
Meng Shu didn't know what to say for a moment. Just as he was about to pull out the needle, he found the emperor coming in.
"Meet the Emperor!" Everyone saluted quickly.
"Everyone, get up. How is Lu Aiqing?" The emperor stepped forward and asked.
Hearing this, Jiang Liyuan looked at Meng Shu and motioned for her to reply.
"Your Majesty, my daughter's grandfather was injured in the brain and was bleeding. Although my grandfather's life was saved after the acupuncture, he will definitely have a stroke in the future. He will need to be nursed for at least three to five months. He's getting better, and if he's properly nursed back to health, he'll be able to speak and be able to barely walk a few steps one day." Meng Shu said respectfully.
Lu Guangren, who was lying on the couch, widened his eyes after hearing this.
He offended the Queen Mother this time, so he had to stay away for a few months, but it was not as serious as his granddaughter said.
This little girl's film has blocked his way back to the court!
That’s all!
He has entered his sixties this year, and his third son, Lu Jinyi, has also been raised by him. They are loyal father and son. In two years, the emperor will be able to let the third son take his place.
"Lu Aiqing is devoted to me, Da Zhou. I will bear this in mind. I love you and cultivate myself well. I will wait for Aiqing to recover and return to the court. The position of imperial censor will always be for Aiqing." After the emperor finished speaking, The imperial edict was read out, Lu Guangren was rewarded with a lot of gold, silver and fine medicinal materials, and he was ordered to be sent out of the palace.
As for Lu Jinyi, who had a broken arm bone, although he did not receive the reward, he was very happy.
As long as my father is fine, that's fine.
Next, it depends on whether the emperor can keep his promise and save the Lu family.
If not, it can only prove that my father's vision is not as good as before and he is on the wrong team.
However, Lu Jinyi also knew that his father was righteous at heart and was very persistent in certain things, otherwise he would not have chosen the emperor.
The emperor looked at the people leaving and recalled that he had secretly summoned Lu Guangren before, asking him to find opportunities to help him, and promised Lu Guangren that he would use the Lu family more seriously in the future.
As a result, Lu Guangren knelt down, kowtowed, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I used to be too strong, but I didn't understand the principle of being strong and easy to break. It was your grandfather, Emperor Shizong, who protected me and saved my life." , and also asked me to express my ambitions at the Yushitai. I promised Emperor Sejong before his death that I would be a loyal minister and assist your father without any second thoughts. "
"Later, your father, like Emperor Sejong, trusted the old minister. Before he died, the old minister secretly swore that he would be a pure minister who wholeheartedly supported the king. The emperor did not have to promise anything to the old minister. The old minister and his three useless sons only had I will be loyal to the emperor. Whatever the emperor orders, I will definitely do it. I am willing to devote myself to the emperor and die for him."
"Meng Shu...Meng family...Lu family..." The emperor thought about it silently in his heart and returned to Taiqian Palace.
The Queen Mother learned that after she left, the emperor issued an imperial edict to let Meng Huaiyuan take charge of Qinghuai City and train 20,000 naval troops to resist the Western Qiang Kingdom. She was so angry that she almost fainted. It took a while before she regained her composure and allowed people to pass on the news. Ding Yue, the official minister, was summoned.
Meng Shu, on the other hand, was in a very uneasy mood at this time.
Because she also heard from Princess Jiahe that her father would guard Qinghuai City and train navy.
When my father asked for a decree before, the Queen Mother did not agree, but the Emperor agreed.
From now on, the Meng family will be even more feared by the Queen Mother.
After all, the largest force in the entire dynasty is the 120,000 men of the Meng family.
