Chapter 242 Dragons without a leader
After experiencing the heavy rain all night, the next day, in addition to the sudden cold weather, the whole city was filled with a comfortable and refreshing look. At the court meeting on this day, the ministers also felt the unheard of novelty, because Emperor Li Jing suddenly changed his recent decadence and showed his domineering side. He issued a continuous despair without the discussion of the ministers.
Most people don’t know what subversive events happened in the palace late last night, which is enough to make Li Jing do such an abnormal move as changing orders every day.
After Li Jing said in a hurry that Li Yuan's previous discussion was "doubted" and he waved his hand to let Liu Shaojian spread out the imperial edict that had been prepared long ago and began to read it. The content was full of commendation for Li Yuan's great destruction of the Han army and related rewards, which changed his attitude of being extremely wary of him yesterday.
As if the blue was falling from the blue, the left prime minister Feng Yansi and the deputy envoy Wei Cen naturally turned red and panicked. They were obviously caught off guard by Li Jing's sudden move. Most of the civil and military officials in the court were his followers. Feng Yansi and others were slapped in the face, but seeing that the plan went bankrupt for some reason, how could they give up easily?
After spending all my efforts to plan for several months, I was overturned in a daze overnight. Who can be willing to do so?
Although he was unclear, Feng Yansi hurriedly stood up and wanted to stop him. Unexpectedly, Li Jing on the dragon throne rarely cast a cold look full of murderous intent at him, which shocked the powerful left prime minister to hold back his words.
After unwillingly scanning, Feng Yansi discovered that the right prime minister Xu Xuan, Privy Councilor Chen Jue, Central Secretariat Minister Han Xizai and others were all missing today. Shen Zhao, Minister of Personnel, and others, all of them, maintained a calm and strange smile throughout the whole process, and did not show any unhappiness. This very abnormal behavior made Feng Yansi frown.
With extremely complicated thoughts in his mind, after going to court, Feng Yansi slowly walked out of the hall surrounded by the enthusiasm of a group of gangs of gangs of gangs, feeling the warmth of the rain falling on his body for a few breaths, but suddenly he heard a burst of powerful footsteps coming from his ears, followed by the sharp sound of the "ping-ping-pong" armor impact.
The dazzling sunshine made Feng Yansi's slender eyes squint into a slit. Just as he was about to close his eyes and delay the discomfort, a very breathless voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "According to Your Majesty's order, please invite Feng Xiang to Dali Temple."
As if he woke up with a word, Feng Yansi turned his head and saw that the group of ministers who were diligently flattering were already scattered and left in fear. Even Wei Cen, the deputy envoy of Privy Councilor who was usually the most loyal to him, was hiding from the plague and retreating to the side of the palace gate. There was already a white-bearded general wearing armor and hundreds of fully armed imperial guards standing beside him.
"Old General of the Ancestor." Feng Yansi's heart sank, but he still calmly tidied up his clothes, forced a smile, and asked with his hands behind his back: "Why are you so big? This is the hall--"
Zu Chongen seemed not to give the left prime minister of the dynasty. He clenched the hilt of the sword around his waist and interrupted with an expressionless face: "Is Feng Xiang's ears not good? I said it again, and according to Your Majesty's order, I would like to go to Dali Temple."
Zu Chong'en deliberately raised his voice and looked around the frightened ministers watching coldly. Some of them thought they had heard it wrong, not only showed a confused look, but even made plans to speak generously for Feng Yansi for flattery, but at this time, their legs were trembling, as if they were even having difficulty keeping standing.
Not only did these ministers unexpectedly, even Feng Yansi, who had enjoyed the glory for half his life, could not believe that he would be forced by swords in the palace, but also in front of everyone, he smiled bitterly, "Why did he do his best to serve His Majesty for so many years?" This time, he didn't even give him a trace of face...
Feng Yansi's unwillingness was naturally far more than his own face. Although he understood the principle of "the king wanted the minister to die, but the minister had to die", he also knew that he had indeed done so many unknown things over the years, but for so many years he was dominating the court, how could he not even understand how he died?
Could it be that the layout of Shouzhou was revealed? But even if I couldn't do it without any leakage, all the arrangements were quite strict. How could there be any change overnight? Could it be that Xu Xuan and the Zheng Wang party secretly turned against each other? But even if Xu Xuan and others reported it, how could they escape the blame? What's the use of killing one thousand enemies and hurting themselves eight hundred...
After thinking about it, Feng Yansi then acted calmly and bowed his hands and said, "General Zu, what did the original minister do? I, Feng Yansi, are the left prime minister of the current dynasty, and even if there is any mistake, I still need the three officials--"
"What are you talking about!" Zu Chongen waved his hand ruthlessly and shouted: "Take it away!"
Seeing soldiers surrounded by tiger-backed and bear-waisted soldiers, Feng Yansi was no longer concerned about the loss of manners in front of others, and his face was flushed with anxiety, and he shouted: "Rareless! Zu Chong'er, how dare you humiliate your true nature! Are you impatient?"
Zu Chongen spat disdainfully and said, "Haha, just like you, I don't know how many people I cut back then! I'm so conscious that I'm shut up and I'll suffer less later!"
Seeing that his imperial guards seemed a little afraid of the former power of this Quan Xiang, he did not dare to take another step in front of Feng Yansi, and his hands and feet were hesitant. Zu Chongen drew his sword in dissatisfaction and said loudly: "What are you hesitating? Can you all want to resist the order? Take it away!"
I don't know which imperial guard first gritted his teeth and pressed Feng Yansi's shoulder. Then the soldiers rushed forward and rolled the thin Feng Yansi down without any effort, and then dragged it to the corridor.
"You are so brave!" Feng Yansi endured the severe pain from his body, and while being dragged forward, he shouted in a embarrassing voice: "I want to see Your Majesty! I want to see Your Majesty!"
A shocking scene suddenly happened. Most of the ministers around were Feng Yansi's gangs. How could they not be trembling? What was placed in front of them was just a realistic and cruel truth. Even the arrogant ministers were only ministers after all, and they should never overestimate their position in front of the emperor.
"Everyone, please come back if you have nothing to do!" After leaving a playful smile on the court, Zu Chongen withdrew his sharp gaze just now, and still walked forward calmly with his sword as usual, following the imperial guards not far away.
Seeing Feng Yansi dragging away like a dead dog from afar, the heart-wrenching shouting was even more shocking. The ministers left behind were like dragons without a head, all at a loss.
Although no one of these ministers could understand why the emperor Li Jing, who had been extremely favored by Feng Yansi for many years, made up his mind today and rarely used the veteran Zu Chongen to come in person, according to Zu Chongen's words, it was obvious that Feng Yansi's trip to Dali Temple is of great danger. Correspondingly, if Feng Yansi really fell from now on, it would also mean that their good days would come to an end soon.
"Feng Xiang was in trouble, what should we do? What should we do!"
After a sudden change, the ministers were so anxious that they were wandering around. After a while, everyone turned their eyes to Wei Cen, who was standing by the gate silently. Obviously, everyone was still accustomed to the customs of the officialdom, and the seats were arranged in terms of positions. Wei Cen, as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, was second only to the left prime minister Feng Yansi, and was promoted by Feng Yansi, so he naturally became their backbone now.
"This fact is strange today, and I can't figure it out..." Wei Cen gritted his teeth and kept flashing his eyes. After a moment, he sighed: "Forget it, now we can only go to Jiuhua Mountain..."
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