The troublemaking officials used the excuse of missing Emperor Tianwu to try and cover up the crime of "bullying the other person's son". In the end, the old Emperor waved his hand: "Since you miss Zhen, then you should always be by Zhen's side. Only this way can you relieve the pain of missing Zhen. Xiao Yuan Zhi! Bring these old fellows along and let's go back to Zhao He Hall. Those puppies that Zhen got a few days ago were worried that no one would take care of them. Let them walk Zhen's dogs in Zhao He Hall's plaza! Only then can they see Zhen every day! "
After saying this, the old Emperor waved his wide sleeves and stood up. He walked down the high platform with large strides and returned to where he came from. Before he left, he left behind a sentence for Xuan Tianfeng. He said: "Old Sixth, you are the son of the Xuan family. Zhen does not want to hear anyone say that you do not have courage. Put away your compassion. Reward those who should be rewarded and punish those who should be punished. If anyone dares to go against you, whip them. Zhen does not believe that there will be anyone who dares to openly oppose the regent Prince in court. "
As Emperor Tianwu walked further away, his voice became softer and softer. However, it was like a heavy blow to the hearts of the people who heard it, hammering on their nerves. Behind him, Zhang Yuan walked a bit slower. When he arrived in front of the troublemakers, he raised his voice and said: "Sirs, let's go! Follow me to Zhao He Hall. His Majesty's dogs are still waiting for you! "
These words made everyone in the imperial court laugh, but the four people kneeling on the ground couldn't laugh. They originally thought that bullying the Sixth Prince was not a big deal. After all, with this prince's temperament, even if he was angry, he would only sulk behind his back. He would not do anything to them in court. However, they never expected that Emperor Tianwu would suddenly appear out of nowhere and ask them to walk the dogs? What a joke! They had also passed the imperial examinations and entered court. These years, they had conscientiously shared Dashun's burdens. How could they walk the dogs?
However, could they not listen to Emperor Tianwu's words? Clearly, they could not. Seeing that they did not move, the little eunuch Zhang Yuan urged in a strange tone: "What? Are you unhappy? Do you want this servant to call His Majesty back and let him talk to you in person? "
The four hurriedly said, "We wouldn't dare, we wouldn't dare."
"If you don't dare, then get up and come with me! Why are you still kneeling here? This is the imperial court, and the imperial court is a place for discussion. You are all dog-walking ministers, so you really shouldn't continue to kneel here and delay Dashun's national affairs. " Zhang Yuan was not the least bit careless when it came to mocking people. Anyway, the old emperor was there to support him. If he wasn't even afraid of the old emperor, who else could he be afraid of in the palace?
Those four people really wanted to chop this little eunuch into pieces! But they didn't have that ability, so they could only obediently stand up and follow behind Zhang Yuan, sullenly walking towards Zhao He Hall. The remaining ministers looked at this scene and laughed heartily, but there was still lingering fear in their hearts. Who said that Emperor Tianwu didn't care about state affairs? That was because he didn't want to ask, not because he couldn't ask. Once someone dared to oppose the imperial court and dared to bully the person he chose as regent, would he not be anxious?
The morning court dispersed in this atmosphere. The eldest prince, Xuan Tianqi, and the second prince, Xuan Tianling, stayed behind. The two of them gathered around Xuan Tianfeng, the eldest prince said: "This must have been instigated by someone. Otherwise, based on those few minor officials, how could they have this ability."
The second prince said: "I just don't know who is fanning the flames behind the scenes, and what is the point of doing this." His brow furrowed tightly, as he could not understand, "They want to kick sixth brother out of the position of regent? But if sixth brother isn't regent, then it should be another descendant of the Xuan family. Regardless of whether it's eldest brother or me, or old seventh and old ninth, we don't have any relationship with them! There is no need for them to protect any of us. "
The eldest prince continued: "Could it be someone from old fifth's side? Or old fourth? " Thinking a bit more, "It's impossible for old fourth. Back then, he caused a ruckus with old third. Although Father Emperor did not grant him death, his status was much more awkward. Supporting him to the position is not legitimate, and it is not appropriate. Old fifth has a bit of a possibility, and I feel that the Feng family's fourth young miss is not someone who is easy to deal with. She should be giving old fifth quite a bit of bad ideas behind his back. "
The two of them talked about their own guesses, but Xuan Tianfeng also had his own guesses, he said to the two: "You missed the most important point. They mentioned Eighth Brother."
"Eighth Brother?" The eldest prince frowned and said: "So what if they mentioned him? Eighth Brother is indeed dead. Seventh Brother said that he personally sent Eighth Brother on his way. "
"That's right!" Xuan Tianling also said: "Seventh Brother's words can't be false."
"It can't be false, but Eighth Brother's face is ruined, this matter is indeed true. I'm just afraid that someone will use this to make an issue out of it, and that person who makes an issue out of it might be related to Zong Sui. " Xuan Tianfeng clenched his fist and hit the dragon throne fiercely, "Dashun's court, when exactly did Zong Sui gather so many people? It seems that Dashun has been living too comfortably these few years. This seemingly grand and majestic country is actually filled with vermin. "
"Sixth Brother, don't be too pessimistic." Xuan Tianqi said, "In the past, when Father Emperor was in court, he looked like he was muddle-headed, but in reality, he was smarter than anyone else. Father Emperor has seen and remembered the cunning plots of those officials. Even Her Highness the Empress' identity could not be hidden from him, much less Zong Sui's spies? In addition, there is still Seventh Brother and Ninth Brother protecting below, it is impossible for the court to be in such a mess. There might be other matters here, let's not be anxious and watch slowly. There will be a day when the truth comes to light. "
In the square in front of Zhao He Hall, six pugs squatted side by side on the ground, looking up at the four officials who were brought here. Emperor Tianwu sat on a chair at the side, palace servants serving him tea and snacks. At this time, he was pinching a piece of mung bean cake and chewing it while saying to the four people: "We have been feeling bored all day and was worried that there would not be many new people to accompany us. Since you all came, it can be considered as enriching Our harem."
The palace servants rolled their eyes when they heard this, Your Majesty, what are you saying? Those who know will understand that this is your style of speaking, those who do not know will think that you are interested in men!
Zhang Yuan was even more helpless, reminding him from the side: "Speak properly."
Emperor Tianwu snorted, pointing at the six dogs and saying: "These are also for Us to relieve our boredom, but this kind of thing is not bad to relieve boredom, but it is too tiring to raise them. Not only do we have to take care of their food, we also have to take care of their poop. If they do not walk, they will be pulled into the main hall for Us. Aiyo, that smell! It really gives Us a headache! "
The palace servants had objections again, Your Majesty has a headache? Dogs are not easy to raise, but do you need to raise them? Just take care of them, alright? When did you take care of their food and poop? At most, you would feed them some snacks when you were happy, but in the end, you fed the dogs until they were sent to the imperial hospital.
The professionals in raising dogs said that they could not feed humans desserts, it was not good for the dogs' health. But Emperor Tianwu sometimes could not remember, and in the end, the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital had no choice but to teach themselves the skills of veterinary medicine.
But it was good now, the palace servants thought, with four unlucky people walking the dogs, they could relax a little. If anything happened to the dogs, these four people would be the scapegoats, and it would have nothing to do with them.
Zhang Yuan also thought the same, he said to the four ministers: "These dogs are actually quite easy to raise. Walk them once every morning and night, feed them twice during the day, and wash them once. The rest of the work is to talk to them, make them happy, and remove lice for them. In short, it is to keep them in a state of high spirits at all times, so that they can play with His Majesty. Of course, you also have to pay attention to their health, and if there is any abnormality, you must report it immediately. In addition, when walking the dogs, the feces that the dogs leave behind must be cleaned up at all times, so that it is not all over Zhao He Hall Square. Daren, do you understand? "
The four people looked at each other in dismay. F * ck, a dignified fourth-ranked official was reduced to raising dogs like this?
Seeing the four people standing there stupidly, seven of them unconvinced and eight of them indignant, the old Emperor was not happy — — "What? You are not willing to raise dogs for Us? Or do you think that raising dogs is harmful to Us? "
When they heard this, they quickly knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty is wise, to want us to raise dogs, this is a bit … …"
"Oh, you still feel that it is embarrassing." The old Emperor said to himself: "If it is embarrassing to walk a dog, then how about … … walking a tiger? Is walking a tiger awe-inspiring enough? There is a tiger in the Imperial Palace Yu, and the one that Heng Zheng raised is a white tiger. Us have seen it before, when it was young, it was cute and furry, but when it grew up, it was awe-inspiring! How about you all walk the tiger! Us will order people to bring that tiger into the palace. "
"No, no, no! We won't walk, we won't walk! "The four people almost collapsed from fright. Oh my god, it's a tiger! Walking a dog would at most hurt their reputation, but at least their lives were not in danger. But walking a tiger, f * ck, what if that tiger was unhappy and opened its bloody mouth to eat them, who could they reason with? With that Ninth Prince and Imperial Concubine Wu's conduct, could they bear this responsibility? Based on those two people's tempers, they would most likely find the family of the deceased to reason, blaming them for being unclean and entering the tiger's mouth, affecting their family's tiger's health, right? The more they thought, the more they felt that this was possible, so they quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy, expressing that they did not want to walk the tiger even if they were beaten to death, and even "happily" accepted the task of walking the dog.
Seeing that the four people led the six dogs and went to familiarize themselves with the environment under the guidance of the palace servants, Emperor Tianwu put down the green bean cake in his hand, looking coldly in the direction they left, after a while, he snorted, "Us brought you into court, so Us can also chase you out of politics. Don't think that you are so great after showing off for a few years, if not for you having a good relationship with that Duan Mu Anguo in private, how could you enter Us's eyes? Do you really think that your knowledge has improved? What a joke! "
Zhang Yuan stood beside Emperor Tianwu, looking at the sharp light in this old Emperor's eyes, he could not help but sigh to himself: The older the ginger, the spicier it is! Everyone said that the old Emperor was muddle-headed and let his emotions affect his decisions, but very few people knew that in this old Emperor's heart, he calculated things more clearly than anyone else! These people who had secret dealings with Duan Mu Anguo thought that they had hidden it well and no one would know, but unexpectedly, they could not escape Emperor Tianwu's eyes at all. If not for the fact that he controlled these henchmen of Duan Mu Anguo in secret, who knew what kind of trouble Duan Mu Anguo would have caused in those years in the North. But these people were still at the lowest level! So much so that when Duan Mu Anguo went missing, Emperor Tianwu kept them for so long, but Duan Mu Anguo did not take the initiative to contact them. It was only recently that he heard that the old thief Duan Mu went to Zong Sui, and it was only these few days that he got in touch with these people again, with the intention of making them oppose the Sixth Prince in court, causing trouble in Dashun's court.
Zhang Yuan smirked, the old thief Duan Mu was really astute, but unfortunately, he could not outscheme his Emperor Tianwu!
In a secret stronghold in the capital, a person who looked like a page was speaking softly to a weak scholar sitting beside him: "Master, those four people, I'm afraid that they will not be of use … …"
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