There were still two moments left before Mao hour. Hang Yusheng stood respectfully outside the palace gate, waiting for it to open.
He is usually not the first to arrive, but today he waited for a long time. There was only a sparse crowd in front of the palace gate, and not many officials were seen.
Before the palace gate opened, everyone lined up according to official rank. Hang Yusheng was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground.
He is a small minister of the Ministry of Industry, but he has so many high-ranking officials on his head that he is ranked third.
where is the guy?!
Not only him, but also other people's eyes were filled with surprise.
When entering the court, at exactly Mao hour, the chamberlain's father-in-law sang "The Emperor has arrived", and Hang Yusheng, along with other officials, lifted their robes, kowtowed, and shouted long live.
Li Ju sat down on the dragon chair and was about to stand down when he suddenly paused and his gray brows furrowed tightly.
All the officials were kneeling on the ground, many of them were sweating coldly and their hands were shaking.
"Just a few of you?" Li Zhi said.
No one answered.
"But……"
Li Ju, who had been calm just now, suddenly stretched out his finger and shouted: "If you keep making noise! If you attack me again, I will cut you into pieces! I will destroy your nine tribes!!!"
"Where is Wei Yan?" Li Jue asked.
The chamberlain looked at Li Ju and raised his voice again: "In other words, we didn't catch him?"
After a long time, Li Ju said to the servant behind him: "Go and get it."
At this moment, a shout came from outside the palace: "Your Majesty!"
The chamberlain's eyes widened and he blurted out: "Your Majesty!"
In addition to the fingers, a folded letter fell out of the envelope, half sandwiched there.
The guard waited for a while, but received no response. He raised his head and looked at the figure on the platform.
The envelope was large and held firmly. The chamberlain hurried back with small steps and handed it to Li Ju respectfully: "Your Majesty."
"It's just you guys," Li Zheng was still murmuring, "How many of you are the only ones in my court? The queen just passed away, so you should know that I have a bad temper, but why don't they even dare to come to the morning court?
Aren't you afraid that I will chop off all their heads in my anger?"
The position where Meng Qiangcheng was standing was right next to Hang Yusheng. Many eyes looked at him, and Hang Yusheng's heart was beating wildly.
If they were here, they would definitely have stepped forward to appease the emperor's mood.
"Speak!!!" Li Jue's voice was about to become hoarse. "If you don't speak, I will pull you all out and kill you!"
All the ministers were frightened, and the more frightened they became, the more no one dared to be the first to speak out.
"Where's Geng Hanhai?"
There was still silence in the palace.
A finger rolled out of the envelope and rolled down the platform.
…
The chamberlain's face turned pale, and he had no choice but to give the order tremblingly.
"Zhuge Shan...oh, Zhuge Shan is sick."
The officials did not dare to speak.
The words "Your Majesty, spare your life" gradually faded away, and then Li Ju reached out and opened the envelope in the hand of the chamberlain.
"Kill all the guards at Cheng'anmen."
All the officials remained silent, their heads lowered and trembling.
Li Ju took a step back, fell down on the dragon chair, and stared straight ahead.
He could understand that it was empty over there. He had sent so many people to look for it but couldn't find it.
Li Ju did not answer it, but looked down at the envelope and said, "If I heard you right, this letter was shot at my palace gate?"
Several officials couldn't hold it back and quietly turned back to take a look.
"Where are the people?" Li Ju murmured, and suddenly shouted, "Where are the people!!!"
Li Ju said calmly: "Kill him."
I usually think that Yu Shiling is treacherous and cunning, and Wei Yaojun has both sides, but now I realize how lucky I am to have them standing in front of me.
All the officials kept kneeling.
The chamberlain whispered: "Yes, Your Majesty, he said it was shot on Cheng'an Gate."
His voice is silent and far away, so the guards cannot hear him.
Usually when he gets angry, all the officials will kneel down and shout to the emperor to calm down.
The guard clasped his hands in fists and raised them above his head: "Back to Your Majesty! This man came on horseback, shot an arrow suddenly, and then rode away!"
Li Ju stared at the envelope with a deep look: "In other words, I didn't catch it."
The guard was shocked and did not dare to answer.
The guard was still begging for mercy, not speaking too loudly, but he didn't stop.
Li Ju was still unsure. He glanced around and around, and suddenly stood up: "Where is Meng Qiangcheng?"
He raised the letter in his hands with both hands: "Shoot this letter on Cheng'anmen!"
Only then did some officials have the courage to raise their heads cautiously and look at him.
Today's emperor seems a little different from before. Although his hair is a lot whiter and he is angry, he is in good spirits today compared to the chaotic old state of the past few years.
The waiter responded: "Hey."
Now, these officials who had not gotten up were kneeling on the ground in collective silence.
Li Ju read each name one by one.
The scattered courtiers in the palace looked at me and I looked at you. After lowering their gazes, everyone felt cold sweat dripping down their backs.
The envelope is so big that the contents of the letter only have three columns.
The guard who was still kneeling on the ground outside the door raised his head in shock: "Your Majesty, have mercy on me! That thief is too fast. We and the guards can't catch up with the good horse with our feet! Your Majesty, have mercy on me!!"
The emperor was dressed in bright yellow uniform and stood slumped in front of the dragon throne. He was too far away to see his expression clearly.
"Where is Li Juan?" Li Ju asked again.
Everyone in the hall was shocked, and all the servants around Li Ju gathered around, trying to protect him behind them.
Li Ju remained motionless, just looking at the letter in the guard's hand.
But……
Li Jue looked at the letter, paused for a long time, and asked his servant to pick it up.
The chamberlain frowned, how could he know this?
Everyone thought that after the death of Queen Nangong, he would be even more tired and old, but he still looks young.
Li Ju suddenly looked towards the chamberlain, giving him a lazy glance, but his eyes were extremely cold, like a sharp knife piercing the chamberlain's neck.
A young Imperial Guard guard was holding a large envelope about twice the size of an ordinary envelope in his hand and kneeling outside the palace: "Your Majesty, yes, someone suddenly fired an arrow..."
It was also at this moment that they suddenly began to miss the kindness of Yu Shiling and other ministers.
Many people are not young anymore. Their knees hurt after kneeling for a long time, but they can only endure it.
Li Ju looked at where Yu Shiling and others usually stood.
The guard couldn't help but lowered his head.
"Where is the person, have you been caught?"
As soon as he opened the envelope, Li Ju screamed and threw it out.
He raised his eyes, looked back at the people kneeling below, and suddenly shouted: "You guys are talking! Are you all mute? Just let me speak alone!"
After a pause, the chamberlain suddenly said loudly: "Your Majesty asked, has the man who shot the arrow been caught?!"
Li Ju raised his head and looked outside.
Fortunately, Li Ju quickly looked elsewhere: "Where is Dou Songping?"
The imperial guards in front of the palace gate then stepped forward, set up the guards on the ground and dragged them away.
"This is Lu Mingfeng's severed finger.
I am the shopkeeper of Zuixian Restaurant in Yongan Capital City.
Yang Guanxian."
Li Ju's face turned pale, and he suddenly crumpled the letter into a ball and tore it into pieces.
"Yong'an, Yong'an!!" Li Ju shouted sternly, "A restaurant owner actually insulted me?!"
