The person who came to pass the message was sent by the Sixth Prince Xuan Tianfeng, that person knelt in front of the Emperor and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, I beg Your Majesty to go to the front court and take a look! Those officials made things difficult for His Highness the Sixth Prince and brought up many unreasonable things. They even … even brought up His Highness the Eighth Prince. His Highness the Sixth Prince was so angry that he vomited blood, so he ordered this servant to come and beg Your Majesty. "
Emperor Tianwu was originally arguing with Zhang Yuan, but when he heard this, he became anxious. "What? They even brought up Xuantian Mo, that bastard? Motherf * cker, what do they want to do? Could it be that they want to rebel? "
Zhang Yuan hurriedly tugged at his sleeve and reminded him in a low voice, "Don't call him a bastard, he's your son."
"Then he's a bastard!" Emperor Tianwu flung his sleeve. "Xiao Yuan, Zhen wants to go to the court to take a look. Are you going to let me go?"
Zhang Yuan bowed. "Your Majesty, what are you saying? It's your freedom to go wherever you want. This servant will follow behind you. Why are you asking this servant if he's allowed or not?" It was fine to do whatever he wanted behind closed doors, but there were outsiders here!
"That's enough, stop pretending!" Emperor Tianwu hated this kind of thing the most. He pushed Zhang Yuan away and strode out of the hall. As he walked, he said, "Go, go, this old man is going to take a look and see who's bullying this old man's son."
During this period of time, the morning court ended very late. Every day, there was an endless amount of government affairs to deal with. Even the memorials that the officials handed over were much thicker than before.
Xuan Tianfeng rarely dealt with court affairs in the past, so much so that he didn't participate in the morning court all year round. Naturally, he was a little unfamiliar with this. At first, he thought that the memorials to the court officials should be this many, but as time passed, he felt that something was wrong. It seemed that some people were deliberately looking for trouble and deliberately making things difficult for him, and he always did everything he could to deal with it fairly. At least, he couldn't let people use him as an excuse to say that he was incompetent in governing the country.
But even so, there were still some people who were unwilling to give up. Every few days, they would cause some trouble. Xuan Tianfeng had accepted one challenge after another, but the arrogance of the troublemakers had not been suppressed at all. Instead, it had become even more intense today.
"This subject heard that Noble Lady Li has been causing trouble all night. His Highness the Sixth Prince has spent too much energy on Jing Si Palace, so much so that he is still listless when attending court. How can he handle state affairs like this?!" An old man standing at the end of the court shook his head and said, "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. This is a rule that every dynasty and every generation has known for thousands of years. Although Noble Lady Li has not directly interfered with government affairs, she has repeatedly disturbed His Highness the Sixth Prince's peace. This is also harming the country's reputation! "
"Yes, yes!" Someone echoed, "His Highness the Sixth Prince has clearly lost a lot of weight during this period of time, and his mental state doesn't look very good either. I think it must be related to that Noble Lady Li."
"Let's not talk about Noble Lady Li for now." A fourth rank official opened his mouth and said, "The Sixth Prince has been a regent for quite some time, but he hasn't made any contributions to the imperial court. Sometimes, you are too conservative in your actions, and sometimes, you are too arbitrary. Especially regarding the war in Zong Sui, you did not consider everything thoroughly. You took the initiative to start a war without caring about anything else. Have you thought about how many innocent citizens will be harmed once this war starts? "
"That's right." Following these people's condemnation, more and more people spoke up, and there were even people who mentioned the Eighth Prince at this critical juncture — — "Moreover, whether this war can be won or not is still not certain. Speaking of which, His Highness the Sixth Prince does not have the same boldness as His Highness the Eighth Prince back then, and is also indecisive. If His Highness the Eighth Prince was still around, I'm afraid that small country Zong Sui would not dare to cause trouble at all. "
"Huh? Speaking of His Highness the Eighth Prince, this subject has something to ask. May I ask His Highness the Sixth Prince, back then, the corpse that was buried in His Highness the Eighth Prince's name, was it really His Highness the Eighth Prince's? "
Once this was mentioned, the officials could not understand. Prime Minister Feng Qin scoffed angrily, saying: "Who else could it be if not him? Also, This Prime Minister will remind all of you, that Xuantian Mo has already been removed from the imperial family's genealogy, and all of you cannot address him as His Highness the Eighth Prince anymore. "
"It is just a title, why is Prime Minister Feng so conflicted about this?" Someone spoke bluntly, "Now that His Highness the Sixth Prince is regent, and it is also the right time to start a war with Zong Sui, as court officials, in order to protect the foundation of the country, in order to ensure that our Dashun court does not fall into chaos, raising doubts is something we should do. I believe that His Highness the Sixth Prince will not offend us because of this subject's bluntness, right? After all, this subject is also thinking for Dashun! Thinking about how when His Highness the Eighth Prince was buried, his entire face was disfigured, and no one can determine if that is the real Eighth Prince, what if someone replaced him … "
"Why is there a need to find someone to replace him?" The Eldest Prince Xuan Tianqi could not bear to continue listening, "A criminal, daring to plot against the Emperor, could it be that Dashun still wants to keep him? Where is the logic? "
The Second Prince Xuan Tianling also spoke up: "All of you cannot go overboard just because His Highness the Sixth Prince is magnanimous, saying that Eighth Brother has courage? Very good, I believe that His Ninth Highness Xuan Tianming's courage is much stronger than his. How about it, when His Ninth Highness returns, let him be regent? Try it, if Old Ninth is sitting in this court, after all of you say these things, will your heads still be on your necks! "
The court officials below trembled, and they all thought of Xuan Tianming's gloomy face, and their thoughts followed the Second Prince's words in that direction. They even felt that Xuan Tianming's soft whip was wrapped around their necks, and everyone inhaled sharply, feeling the urge to retreat.
But someone immediately broke this situation, telling everyone: "That is just an if, in reality, His Ninth Highness is currently on the way to the East, how could he return to oversee the court!"
These words pulled everyone back to reality, back to the fact that there was no Ninth Prince, no Seventh Prince, and even no Emperor Tianwu in the court. They were not afraid of Xuan Tianfeng, this scholarly looking prince was too easy to bully in their eyes, as long as they firmly said that all of this was for the sake of Dashun's future, what could the other party do to them?
At this time, Xuan Tianfeng was sitting on the dragon throne, looking down at the officials who were causing trouble. Most of these people were officials below the fourth rank, but there were two imperial censors among them, using their glib tongues, they spouted a crooked argument to the heavens. They just wanted to pull him down from the position of regent, yet they even brought up Noble Lady Li, it really was disgusting.
Now that Old Seventh and Old Ninth were not here, Old Fifth was focused on indulging in wine and women and never came to court, and Old Fourth had already been stripped of his right to participate in politics. In court, only his eldest and second brother were left, and he could not understand: "You are targeting I like this, it's nothing more than wanting to force I to give up the position of regent, then can you tell I, who should I give it up to? The Xuan family only has these few sons, with the remaining ones, as long as you say it, other than His Highness the Fourth Prince and His Highness the Fifth Prince, I can give up everything else. "
The Eldest Prince Xuan Tianqi also said: "That's right! Tell me, who did you take a fancy to? Could it be that you took a fancy to I? Or Second Brother? It shouldn't be Seventh Brother or Ninth Brother, right? I don't think so, if it really was Old Ninth sitting here, would you still dare to bully him like this? "
When he said the last sentence, there was anger in his voice. This Eldest Prince who was focused on business rarely spoke in court, unless someone wanted to touch the silver in the national treasury, he would only say a few words. But today, the Eldest Prince was really angry, he pointed at those officials who were causing trouble and scolded loudly: "I's Sixth Brother is regent and received Father Emperor's orders, if you have any complaints, why did you not dare to say anything in front of Father Emperor back then? Now, you are trying to show off your power and bully honest people, who gave you the courage? "He turned around and pointed at Xuan Tianfeng," Look, there is still blood at the corner of his mouth! You still dare to say that he is not focused on national affairs? He just captured Dashun's unfilial son, Bu Cong, and even eliminated the traitors from Zong Sui who infiltrated Dashun's capital, you still dare to say that he does not have courage and is indecisive? The Eighth Brother is good, the Eighth Brother helped Gu Shu to scheme against our Dashun, he can do anything to seize the throne, yet you still dare to say that he is good? Then why don't you go underground to look for him? "
"Boss is right! Whoever wants to go down to look for the Eighth Brother, We will personally send him off today! " A loud voice sounded, outside Heavenly Hall, Emperor Tianwu walked into court under the protection of a group of palace servants. But he had an angry expression, his eyes staring straight at those officials who were causing trouble, asking as he walked: "Tell me, how much do you miss the Eighth Brother?"
Those people were frightened, no one thought that Emperor Tianwu would suddenly come. Wasn't this old Emperor disheartened and did not care about court matters anymore? Wasn't it said that his body was not good and it was hard for him to even walk out of Zhao He Hall's main door? Why was he still so lively when he saw him today? That face was flushed, like a man in his prime, he looked much better than before the Eighth Prince and Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui caused trouble!
Everyone was confused for a moment, and the Sixth Prince Xuan Tianfeng had already walked down from the dragon throne, taking the lead to kneel and pay respects to Emperor Tianwu, shouting loudly: "This son greets Father Emperor! Long live Father Emperor! "
He called out 'long live' three times, using this to tell people, he was only regent now, any prince was not the Emperor, no matter who they supported, the Emperor of Dashun was still here! He could not tolerate the younger generation being impudent.
Emperor Tianwu glared at Xuan Tianfeng, walked up to the high seat with large strides, sitting down on the dragon throne, then waved his hand, "Rise!" Then seeing everyone stand up, he said: "Old Sixth, We let you be regent for so many days, why is it that this temper of yours still hasn't been polished? We heard that you were angered to the point of vomiting blood by this group of wolf cubs, why are you so useless? If Old Ninth was here, he would have already lashed out with his whip, let's see who still dares to say those shameful words! "
Everyone wiped their sweat, alright, this father and son of the Xuan family really had the same thoughts, saying the same things. Or rather, everyone's impression of the Ninth Prince was the same.
With Emperor Tianwu's arrival, the atmosphere in court immediately changed, those old things who were stirring up trouble exchanged glances, then knelt down together, saying with tears streaming down their faces: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I missed you so much! Your Majesty! Wuwu! "
Emperor Tianwu angrily slapped the dragon throne: "We aren't dead yet! What are you crying for? "
The people below also had something to say: "We really missed Your Majesty too much, we really didn't mean to make things difficult for His Highness the Sixth Prince, we just hope that Your Majesty can pull himself together and return to court!"
"Oh?" The old Emperor sneered, "You really want us to return to court that much?"
The people below were stunned, then quickly changed the topic: "No, no, no, Your Majesty's health is more important, nothing is more important than Your Majesty's health. We just missed Your Majesty too much, we really missed you too much! "
"Missed us?" The old Emperor rubbed his chin, seriously considering this question. "Missed us. Mm, then how about this! Since my beloved ministers miss us so much, then we can't just leave you like this. Mm, we have a good idea that can relieve your lovesickness, are you willing to listen? "
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