Without the Emperor, the palace seemed to have lost its pillar of life. The entire harem lost its liveliness. Mo Rongzhan was like the soul of the palace. Only when he was there did everyone have a reason to live.
When the concubines in the harem learned that the Emperor had finally returned to the palace, they immediately regained their vitality. They all walked out of the palace, wanting to see the Emperor as soon as possible. Even though they all knew that the Emperor rarely favored the harem, in the hearts of every woman, they felt that they would be the only one. Perhaps, after meeting the Emperor by chance, they would become the only one the Emperor doted on.
The first thing Mo Rongzhan did when he returned to the palace was to have someone find the grave of Qin Wang Fei buried in Lonely Mountain. He wanted to bury her in the imperial mausoleum. Even though his little Yao Yao was actually living in another way, this was the only way he could think of to make his heart feel better.
Ignoring the shock of the officials, he had already issued an edict to build the imperial mausoleum for Qin Wang Fei. He also summoned the cabinet officials to make Qin Wang Fei the former empress with the title of Yuan.
Prime Minister Xu sucked in a breath. He and Liu Zongyuan looked at each other. They didn't understand why the Emperor wanted to make the former empress posthumously. This … Qin Wang Fei was a member of the Ye family. If he made her the former empress posthumously, did that mean he had to pardon the Ye family?
"Emperor, this matter needs to be discussed again," Prime Minister Xu couldn't help but say. Remembering that his daughter was still in the palace, he couldn't let the Emperor easily make her the empress posthumously.
Mo Rongzhan's eyes were cold. "Dear officials, I summoned you not to ask for your opinions. I am telling you that I want to make the former empress posthumously and build the former empress' imperial mausoleum."
"Emperor, you must not. Ye Rou is the descendant of a sinner. How can she be made posthumously?" Liu Zongyuan immediately said.
"What did Ye Yiqing do?" Mo Rongzhan asked. "There is also the matter of pardoning Ye Yiqing and his son. They have never committed a crime and should not be implicated by Ye Yisong."
This time, all the cabinet officials were shocked. It seemed that the recent rumors in Jingdou were true. Lu Yaoyao was a descendant of the Ye family. For her, the Emperor not only wanted to make the former empress posthumously, but he also wanted to pardon Ye Yiqing. this … was the Emperor going to be like the former emperor and be controlled by the Ye family?
"Your Majesty, this official cannot agree." Liu Zongyuan knelt down. "The late Empress cannot be conferred a posthumous title, nor can Ye Yiqing be pardoned. Your Majesty, please take back the order of conferring Lu Yaoyao the title of Empress."
Prime Minister Xu is silent. He can add fuel to the fire for his son and let the emperor choose an empress. But when it involves the Ye family, he can no longer force himself.
The Ye Clan must not rise again.
Mo Rongzhan's thin lips curled into a cold smile. "I've said it before. I'm not asking for your opinions. I'm telling you that I want to do this!"
"Emperor!" Liu Zongyuan cried bitterly, "Have you forgotten the lessons of the late Emperor just because of Lu Yaoyao? Lu Yaoyao is the descendant of the Ye Family and will definitely avenge the Ye Family in the future. This woman is a great calamity for the Jin Nation. Your Majesty, please reconsider. Lu Yaoyao cannot become the Empress and Ye Yiqing cannot be pardoned. "
"I'll give you three days. As long as you find the evidence of Ye Yiqing's crime, I will do as you say. If I find out that someone deliberately fabricated a crime, then the fate of the Ye Family will be the same as that of your clan." Mo Rongzhan said lightly.
All the ministers in the study looked at each other with a frightening thought in their hearts. Is the emperor possessed?
"There is one more thing I want to tell you." Mo Rongzhan said lightly, "I never ordered the death of Princess Qin, nor did I order the death of Ye Yiqing and his son."
Prime Minister Xu's heart became more and more panicked. He felt that something had changed. "Your Majesty, you mean … Ye Yiqing and his son are still alive?"
Mo Rongzhan glanced at them faintly. "I was murdered when I was young. You know this. The person who saved me is Ye Zhen. It has always been her."
The person in his heart has always been Ye Zhen. It was his persistence and dogmatism that led him to misunderstand her and let her be framed by Lu Lingzhi.
This time, even Liu Zongyuan didn't know what to say. If Princess Qin was the savior of the emperor, how could they stop the emperor from conferring her the title of Empress? It seemed that everyone had forgotten that Princess Qin was originally the emperor's first wife.
"Your Majesty, that Ye Yaoyao …" If Ye Zhen was the savior of the emperor's youth, then what was Ye Yaoyao, who was now conferred the title of Concubine Yao?
Mo Rongzhan sneered, "A pawn used by Lu Lingzhi."
Did the emperor know the inside story before? Was that why he opposed Ye Yaoyao entering the palace from the beginning?
Prime Minister Xu looked at Mo Rongzhan, bowed his head and asked, "Your Majesty, will the matter of conferring Ye Zhen the title of Empress make some people restless? I'm afraid that in the future, there will be a lot of disasters that will endanger the Great Jin. "
Everyone knew that the Ye family belonged to the deposed emperor's faction. If Ye Yiqing was still alive and his crime was pardoned, he might reconnect with the deposed emperor's faction. Sooner or later, he would become a big problem for the emperor.
Mo Rongzhan looked down at Prime Minister Xu faintly. "If conferring the title of Empress endangers the country, then I should stop being a cowardly emperor as soon as possible."
These ministers had been following Mo Rongzhan for more than a year. They had long known that Mo Rongzhan was an emperor who would not go back on his word. Unlike the indecisiveness of the former emperor, he would never be threatened or suppressed by the ministers. Conferring Ye Zhen and Lu Yaoyao the title of Empress … No one could change his mind.
"If there is nothing else, you can all go." Mo Rongzhan said lightly.
Prime Minister Xu and Liu Zongyuan looked at each other, both bitterly smiling in their hearts. The Emperor had indeed summoned them not to ask for their opinions. Perhaps he had even drafted the imperial edict and only needed to read it in the morning court session tomorrow.
In the past, they hated iron for not becoming steel. They felt that the former emperor was controlled and used by Ye Yisong. Now that there was such a strong and cold emperor, they found it difficult to live.
If the Ye family really made a comeback …
I'm afraid that the Xu and Liu families will not end well.
"Old Liu, we are colleagues, but we haven't had a drink together yet. Would you do me the honor of letting this old man invite you for a drink today?" Outside the palace, Prime Minister Xu took the initiative to invite Liu Zongyuan.
Liu Zongyuan glanced at him and said with a smile, "Then let's have a good drink."
Mo Rongzhan, who was in the imperial study, heard their conversation outside the palace. He just laughed it off. "Summon Song Qi 'an to the palace."
Eunuch Fu nodded, understanding that Mo Rongzhan was going to invite Grand Scholar Song to the palace to draft an imperial edict.
Before, the emperor's imperial edict would be drafted by Lu Shiming. Now that Lu Shiming was worried, he didn't expect to be summoned by Grand Scholar Song.
It could be seen how much importance the emperor attached to conferring the title of Empress. In order to please the princess, the emperor was willing to do anything.
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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