After Lord Xu spoke, Emperor Jing nodded and looked to the other side, "Minister Wei?"
A middle-aged man came out, bowed and said, "I congratulate Your Majesty!"
This was a minister in charge of reviewing and refuting the Emperor's edict. He had the power to return the Emperor's edict and reject the memorials of the officials. Among the four ministers in charge of the Emperor's edict, Lord Wei was the one that His Majesty valued the most.
Emperor Jing turned his eyes again, "Minister Yang?"
A Renhuang of the Secretariat, who had been valued recently, stood out and said loudly, "I congratulate Your Majesty!"
Emperor Jing looked to the front.
Prime Minister Shen raised his head and said with a smile, "Your Majesty is wise!"
The originally noisy imperial court gradually quietened down as several high-ranking officials spoke one after another.
Something was wrong. Something was very wrong!
The officials that His Majesty had just named were all important officials who had great power in the court. They had no personal relationship with County Marquis Li. Yesterday, they did not agree with His Majesty's reward for County Marquis Li. But today — what happened to them?
The officials who were opposed to this matter and planned to wait and see immediately gave up some ideas.
To be able to change the minds of these court officials, there must be an inside story to this matter!
And more than a dozen people who were sharp and strongly opposed to this matter just now stood there in a daze. At this moment, they finally felt a kind of feeling called loneliness and loneliness.
At this moment, Emperor Jing looked down and said again, "Where is Minister Qin?"
More than a dozen people heard this and were all shocked. They looked in a certain direction at the same time.
Yes, Prime Minister Qin. They still had Prime Minister Qin. No matter what, Prime Minister Qin was on their side!
At this moment, they no longer hoped that His Majesty could change his decision. They only hoped that there could be a leader who could be their backer and help them withstand the pressure from other officials …
Prime Minister Qin looked a little absent-minded. After leaving the palace yesterday, he directly returned to the mansion and repeatedly thought about what Li Yi said. He didn't see any guests and he didn't sleep for a whole night …
Until this morning, some ideas about the state affairs that were very vague in his mind were clear enough to appear on the paper.
He raised his head and said with a slightly hoarse voice.
"Your Majesty — is wise!"
More than a dozen people behind him looked at him in a daze. There seemed to be thunder dancing in their minds.
Prime Minister Qin, Prime Minister Qin … what are you talking about?
The Marquis of Chang 'an County, Li Yi, and the King of Shu were like fire and water. Anything that was beneficial to him in the imperial court, they would definitely stop it. Didn't Prime Minister Qin's words make him a traitor?
They were starting to get a little blurry.
…
The two Prime Ministers, as well as several high-ranking officials of the Imperial Court, spoke in unison and finally set the tone for this matter. There was no longer any opposition in the Imperial Court.
The attitude of these ministers, including Prime Minister Qin, naturally made everyone suspicious. However, at this moment, it was not appropriate for them to ask.
As for the others, they were not just suspicious.
The change in attitude of several ministers and Prime Minister Qin's position made them into clowns in the court today. Their outlook on life and the world collapsed, and they began to gradually reflect on the position they stood in …
He was the youngest Minister since the founding of the country, and the most favored minister of His Majesty. At least, when the country was still under His Majesty's control, making an enemy of him was tantamount to asking for humiliation.
At that time, he, who had made enemies in almost every corner of the court, would not have a good ending.
Ministers who were favored by the Emperor had never had a good ending.
However, they soon realized that it would not take a few years, a few months, a few days, or even less than a few hours. The day they had been waiting for had arrived.
After Li Yi was conferred the title of Minister of Jin Zi Guanglu, His Majesty announced one thing.
Because His Majesty was ill and needed to recuperate, the morning court would be suspended indefinitely and he would move to the temporary imperial residence in Hibiscus Garden. The affairs of the court would still be led by the two Prime Ministers. At this time, His Majesty did not summon the King of Shu back to the capital. Above the two Prime Ministers, the one who decided the affairs of the court was not a certain prince, but the Eldest Princess.
This really did not make sense.
The Eldest Princess often participated in the affairs of the court, such as promoting the new marriage law, the establishment of the Women's College, and the matter of the Academy a few days ago. In fact, if it had been a year ago, these things would still have been inconceivable to them.
The harem was not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the court, not even the Eldest Princess. This was an ancestral rule.
However, in this year, too many things had happened in the capital. Their thoughts and views had also changed accordingly. Now that they thought about it, they still did not understand how the Eldest Princess had gotten to where she was today, step by step.
This seemed impossible, but it was already the truth.
And now, she had taken another big step forward.
This was the Regent, the Princess Regent. This was unprecedented and extremely absurd!
For the time being, no one in the court had spoken, because they were waiting for others to speak.
Prime Minister Qin, Prime Minister Shen, the various officials of the three provinces and six ministries, they would not agree. They would not allow such an absurd thing to happen. This was not proper at all!
However, the reality surprised them once again.
The scene of the ministers collectively remonstrating to the death did not happen. Even the Imperial Censors collectively fell silent, as if they had reached some kind of tacit agreement before the morning court.
Regarding this matter, only a few scattered officials spoke. It seemed that they had not expected the situation in the court to be like this. They spoke very tactfully and then returned to their seats.
Another major innovation that had not been done since the founding of the country was born in His Majesty's hands.
Some officials who thought that they had waited until spring found in despair that this year's winter seemed to be colder than before.
His Majesty at most favored County Marquis Li. As a ruler, a wise ruler, he had the most basic bottom line.
However, the Eldest Princess — in the entire court, who did not know the relationship between County Marquis Li and the Eldest Princess?
The two of them had known each other in Qing 'an Prefecture. Tianfa was created by County Marquis Li, but it was the Eldest Princess who presented it to His Majesty. It was said that when the Eldest Princess concealed her identity to be a constable in Qing' an Prefecture, County Marquis Li was a county lieutenant. Who knew what was going on between the male superior and the female subordinate?
Moreover, after coming to the capital, the relationship between the two was even more obvious to everyone. They were both the three heroes of the capital. When the officials went up and down the court, they often saw the two appear together. After the establishment of the academy, the Women's Academy was established. The two academies were adjacent to each other, and both of them were the heads of the academies …
To say something inappropriate, County Marquis Li and the Eldest Princess were basically wearing the same pair of pants!
Thinking of these things, when some officials walked out of the hall, they felt that the sunny sky outside had become gray.
Fortunately, the Eldest Princess was only acting as the representative of the court. If His Majesty appointed other princes, they would be suspicious and frightened. However, the Eldest Princess was a princess after all. No matter how outstanding she was, no matter how much His Majesty valued her, she was only a woman. As long as she was a woman, she could never threaten that position.
Moreover, from the beginning to the end, they had never thought about that matter.
At this time, as the officials walked out of the hall, some gossip finally came out from some people.
It was said that after the court ended yesterday, when His Majesty, the two Prime Ministers, and several important officials discussed the state affairs in the Imperial Garden, County Marquis Li and the Eldest Princess were also present. At that time, on the state affairs, the two of them showed talents that shocked and even convinced the Emperor and several officials.
Just now, Lord Xu said that he was an outstanding talent of the generation and the pillar of the country, which was the reason.
And Prime Minister Qin, Prime Minister Shen, and other officials did not oppose it, which was probably the same reason.
Lord Xu and Prime Minister Qin were both elders of the imperial court, with decades of political experience. The person that could shock and convince them …
Everyone couldn't help but wonder again. Did County Marquis Li really have the talent to govern the country and the way to govern the country, as the imperial edict said?
Thinking of what happened in the court just now, they didn't doubt it anymore.
After all, the attitudes of the two prime ministers and the ministers could not have changed so quickly. His Majesty also had no reason to suddenly announce that the Eldest Princess would temporarily take charge of the state affairs. The only explanation was that they were really like what the rumors said. Their views and methods on state affairs had convinced the people present and made His Majesty completely relieved, so he decided to temporarily let go of the state affairs …
Thus, the officials, including the two Prime Ministers, didn't oppose His Majesty's decision at all.
Thinking of their ages, many people sighed dejectedly on the way out of the court.
A pair of evildoers!
As officials in the same imperial court, it was inevitable that they would compare with each other, but the result — was really despairing!
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