Chapter eight hundred and twentieth: the elder bestows, dare not say goodbye
Ye Chunqiu wore court robes and entered the palace to thank him.
When he arrived at the warm pavilion, the eunuch at the door stepped forward carefully and said, "Ye Shixue, Your Majesty is summoning the minister."
Ye Chunqiu couldn't help but say, "Who was the one who summoned?"
The eunuch said embarrassedly: "It is Liu Yu, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, Zhang Yi, the left deputy imperial censor, and Yang Jiong, the Ministry of Rites..."
These people are all important figures, but most of them were once the followers of Liu Jin and Jiao Fang.
But he followed Zhu Houzhao's voice from the warm pavilion: "Who is the noise outside? Is it Ye Aiqing here? Call in."
Ye Chunqiu had just entered, and indeed saw dozens of people kneeling in the warm pavilion. Everyone looked up at Ye Chunqiu, but Ye Chunqiu ignored him and stood beside Zhu Houzhao with his head held high, standing behind Zhu Houzhao with a posture of accompanying Hanlin.
Zhu Houzhao looked gloomy and said, "Look, the master of the Zhuqing family is here. If you want to say it, just say it in front of him."
Liu Yu, Zhang Yi, Yang Jiongren and others looked at each other, but these people were all important officials in the court and high-ranking officials. Liu Yu said, "I have no prejudice against Ye Shixue, but I still dared to think that the Empress Dowager rashly accepted his adopted son, which has caused an uproar in the court. It is enough for the Empress Dowager to have His Majesty, so why adopt his adopted son? In the court, everyone is loyal and righteous, not to mention that the people in the world regard Empress Dowager Zhang as their mother, and Your Majesty is their king and father..."
Ye Chunqiu immediately understood that these people came to oppose the imperial edict after they issued it.
This is very interesting. The imperial edict was issued by the cabinet, which means that the cabinet and even the Silijian agreed with this matter. Now, this group of people who usually have good relationships with Liu Jin, Jiao Fang and others jumped out to object. Liu Jin was so sinister that he did not dare to offend Empress Dowager Zhang, but asked a group of people to 'speak for justice.'
Ye Chunqiu looked calm and coughed, "You guys, you're wrong."
Liu Yu raised his eyes, looked at Ye Chunqiu, and said with a sarcasm: "Where was wrong?"
Ye Chunqiu said: "Because His Majesty is the king and father of the people, the people in the world regard Empress Dowager Zhang as their mother. Wouldn't this disrupt human relations?"
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As soon as these words were spoken, Liu Yu and others were a little confused.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing, but tried hard to say: "This is my family matter, why do you worry about it? If you want to object, you can go and look for the Queen Mother to object. What should I do? Why don't you dare to come to my mother and say it, so I came here to speak incoherently? Leave it!"
Liu Yu and others had to bow down and give a big gift, but Liu Yu still said unwillingly: "I and Ye Shixue are both ministers. I am as loyal as him and work hard as he does things. I am not targeting Ye Shixue, but this move of Your Majesty has caused many loyal ministers to be heartless."
Ye Chunqiu just watched coldly.
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said impatiently: "You must be careful, just go find your mother, please don't come here to talk too much."
These people just stepped back awkwardly.
When they left, Zhu Houzhao snorted unhappily and said, "These people are really annoying. What are the mother and I going to do? Is it their turn to take care of?"
Ye Chunqiu said, "Your Majesty, the imperial edict is too heavy. Not to mention that my brothers are not blessed to receive it, there will inevitably be some noise. This is reasonable."
Zhu Houzhao's head also felt that what Ye Chunqiu said was somewhat reasonable.
Next, Ye Chunqiu thanked Zhu Houzhao and then went to pay homage to the empress dowager. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Renshou Palace, he saw that Liu Yu and others had actually come to Renshou Palace to meet the empress dowager. However, he had already reported it and had not yet been reported.
When Ye Chunqiu passed by, Liu Yu called Ye Chunqiu and said, "Ye Shixue."
Liu Yu was the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, and most of the other people held important positions among the six ministries and nine ministers. Liu Yu called him, so Ye Chunqiu had to stop and salute to Liu Yu: "I have met Mr. Liu."
Liu Yu stroked his beard and said, "You should ask the Queen Mother to resign."
This tone seemed to be like Ye Chunqiu owed him money, and she was so confident.
Ye Chunqiu said, "Oh? But I don't know why?"
"Is there any more to ask?" Liu Yu looked solemn and righteous, and said, "Your surname is Ye, and the Empress Dowager is the first wife of the late emperor. One is Yun and the other is Ni. Do you Ye Chunqiu be your favorite minister? Don't ruin your reputation because of this. If it were you, you should have resigned and be content with yourself..."
The others also said angrily: "Yes, if you are an adopted son, you will be in charge of all officials and wherever you will be, and the royal family members of the vassal kings will also be suspicious."
"If you don't refuse, you'll be afraid that it will be bad."
Ye Chunqiu looked at these people and spoke righteously. At this time, the eunuch from Renshou Palace came to see Ye Chunqiu and invited Ye Chunqiu to see him. Ye Chunqiu felt funny. He bowed to everyone and said lightly: "The elders give him, I dare not say anything."
After saying that, regardless of the other people's reaction, he went deep into the Renshou Palace.
These six short words made Liu Yu and others look at each other, and then they couldn't help but whisper.
Ye Chunqiu has always ignored these noises. There is nothing in this world that no one can be illegitimate. If he had really taken care of it, he would have been pissed to death.
Ye Chunqiu walked to the main hall of Renshou Palace. Seeing that Empress Dowager Zhang was waiting here, he saluted and said respectfully: "My son has seen his mother."
Empress Dowager Zhang showed a kind look and said gently: "If I had known you were coming to thank me, how could I have been satisfied with the Ai family? Where did I know that you had fallen in love with the lady of the Wang family over time, I chose the nearby auspicious day. Your horoscope, Ai family has seen it, and they are all very good. In the early morning, Master Wang had already entered the palace to thank me. He was very satisfied with a good son-in-law like you. This is the best of both worlds."
She pursed her lips and smiled. Seeing that Ye Chunqiu's face was not very good, she immediately said, "Someone asked me to see you just now. I guess you have seen them when you came. I don't have to pay attention to these people. It's just that they feel unfair."
As he was talking, a palace maid brought the prince to him and said, "Empress, the prince always cries, and most of the time he wants to see the prince again."
When Empress Dowager Zhang heard this, she frowned her eyebrows gently, and hurriedly took over the prince in the cradle and coaxed her for a few words. Sure enough, the prince stopped crying.
Chapter completed!