Shi Sheng also sent the ministers away and told them to do what she had told them to do.
She walked back and forth in the main hall by herself.
The original owner wanted to punish the culprit.
She didn't even know who the culprit was, or perhaps these ministers didn't even know that the original owner was poisoned to death. The imperial doctor said that it was excessive indulgence that caused her heart to stop beating.
What the f * ck did he mean by excessive indulgence?
The original owner had never touched anyone. She had many handsome men in her harem, most of them were stuffed in by the Dai Family, and some of them were recruited by the original owner to pretend to be obsessed with beauty.
In order not to be exposed, the original owner had done a lot of work. Not only did she have to coax those handsome men, she also had people pretend to be her and do indescribable things with those handsome men.
The original owner was already very careful, but she had no idea who had poisoned her, when she had poisoned her, and where she had poisoned her.
The Dai Family or King Yu
"Someone, prepare the water." Shi Sheng suddenly shouted.
The palace maids looked at His Majesty who was tossing and turning in the bathtub and were all confused.
What was wrong with His Majesty?
He had already washed it several times …
This was not the way to get rid of the bad luck!
Didn't he already wash it when he came back?
Shi Sheng tossed and turned until the middle of the night before falling asleep. She could sleep, but some people couldn't sleep at all.
… ….
The return of the Empress's corpse was already a very strange thing, but who knew that there would be something even stranger behind it.
The first big thing was that the Imperial Tutor was found to have betrayed the country and was caught in prison, where he would be beheaded.
The second thing was that the Empress wanted the officials to pray for her. They had to kneel outside the throne room, regardless of whether it was rain or shine. Every day, they had to pray for blessings for four hours before they were allowed to go to court.
The two imperial edicts made the court officials dumbfounded.
How could the Imperial Tutor betray the country and collude with the enemy? Why didn't they believe it?
However, the Empress's party dealt with this matter very quickly and did not give them any chance to speak up for the Imperial Tutor. They threw out a second imperial edict to pray for blessings.
Even if the Empress was about to lose her power, she was still the Empress, the most respected person in the entire Feng Luan. If they didn't kneel, it would be disrespectful, and even more seriously, it would be a rebellion.
Moreover, she didn't want their lives. She just wanted them to kneel.
It was common for the Empress to punish her ministers to kneel for a few hours. Now, it was just that all the civil and military officials had to kneel.
Thinking about it this way, it didn't seem that hard to accept.
Just like that, the State Preceptor was mysteriously imprisoned, while the rest of the ministers all knelt outside the throne room and began to pray for blessings.
Some of the ministers were old and spoiled. They even had palanquins to fetch them to court. Now, they had to kneel outside the throne room. It hadn't even been two hours, and there were already ministers who couldn't take it anymore.
"What does Your Majesty mean? Do we really have to kneel for four hours?"
"Didn't the imperial edict say so? Four hours, not even a quarter of an hour less. These old bones of mine, aiyo … I don't know if I can still get up after kneeling for four hours. "
"Putting aside the fact that Her Majesty suddenly ordered the State Preceptor to be arrested, now she issued such a strange imperial edict. The more we think about it, the more we feel that something is wrong … Prime Minister Dai, what do you think about this matter?"
The one who was called Prime Minister Dai was a female official who was kneeling in the middle. She was about fifty years old and had some white hair in front of her temples. She knelt upright with her eyes slightly closed. She was completely different from the ministers who were whispering around her with different expressions.
Hearing someone call her name, Dai Xu opened her eyes slightly. "We, as ministers, can only carry out Her Majesty's imperial edict. My lords, please save your energy for later on in court."
Her voice was neither hurried nor slow. She didn't sound like a treacherous minister at all. She was more like a scholar with the elegant temperament of a scholar.
She paused for a few breaths and continued, "Moreover, praying for Her Majesty's blessings is also our duty as ministers. Do you have any complaints?"
Because of Dai Xu's words, the ministers who couldn't stop complaining suddenly didn't dare to say anything.
The royalists exchanged glances and felt disdain in their hearts. Dai Xu was the most abominable among them. She actually dared to say such words. Was she not afraid of biting her tongue?
Dai Xu ignored those looks and continued to close her eyes to rest. She had a premonition that something would happen when she went to court in a while.
Four hours had taken the life of some ministers. After kneeling, they stood up and felt that their legs didn't belong to them. They walked shakily to the throne room.
The Empress's personal female official went up from the side and shouted, "If there's anything to report, the court is dismissed."
"Where's Her Majesty?"
"Why didn't Her Majesty come?"
The ministers suddenly exploded. They had knelt outside the palace for four hours, but the court was dismissed without even seeing the Empress's face??
The female official looked solemn. "Her Majesty was frightened yesterday and is not feeling well. She needs to rest. If you have anything to report, please pass the report to me. I will pass it to Her Majesty."
Dai Xu stood quietly among the noisy ministers. She thought that there would be a tough battle in the court, but who knew that she didn't show up at all.
After the female official confirmed that the ministers were fine, she announced that the court was dismissed and left the throne room.
"Prime Minister, what's going on? Is Her Majesty playing with us? "Let them kneel for four hours for nothing?
"Lord Zhang, be careful with your words." Dai Xu calmly reminded him.
This was the throne room, the imperial palace. Wasn't he afraid of losing his head if he spoke without thinking?
Lord Zhang hurriedly looked around and was relieved to find that they were all on the same side. He lowered his voice and said, "Her Majesty, these three days, could it be …"
He pointed to his head.
Could it be that her brain was damaged?
Now that the Prime Minister was in control of the entire Imperial Court, what could she do to stir up trouble? She actually dared to torture them like this!
Dai Xu pondered for a moment. "We have to find out more about Her Majesty's condition."
She didn't go with the burial yesterday, but she sent many people. According to those people's reports, after a loud bang, Her Majesty walked out of the imperial tomb by herself.
She also asked the craftsmen who sealed the tomb at that time and confirmed that when they were in the tomb, the tomb door suddenly exploded, and then they saw Her Majesty dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe.
In other words, there was no swap.
But her current change made Dai Xu a little confused. Was she doing it on purpose, or did she find someone to rely on?
"Prime Minister Dai, Her Majesty has a verbal order for you."
Hearing the voice, everyone immediately looked over. The female official who had just left had appeared in the hall again.
Dai Xu looked practiced and bowed. When the other ministers saw this, they all bowed.
"According to Her Majesty's order, Prime Minister Dai Xu is to supervise the civil and military officials in praying for blessings. If there is anyone who disobeys the order, he will be severely punished …"
The female official's voice slowly sounded in the hall. Dai's treacherous ministers all sighed in relief when they heard it.
With the Prime Minister supervising them, they didn't have to be so afraid. They could secretly slack off appropriately. However, before they could relax, they heard the female official say the last sentence —
"… In order to show the Prime Minister's love for his country, the Prime Minister's blessings time will be increased by one hour. If he covers up for others, the time will be increased by several times."
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