Xiao Chen had just finished washing up when a young eunuch who was in charge of rituals rushed over to report that the emperor was going to court today and he asked your father-in-law to come over and serve him immediately.
As a eunuch, even the third-grade eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the ceremonial department, is not qualified to participate in politics. The most he can do is pass on imperial edicts.
Usually, the person who serves Emperor Li Wanjiang is Gong Shouli, the chief eunuch of the palm print, but it is not his turn to be like Xiao Chen.
"Where is Eunuch Gong?" Xiao Chen asked casually.
"Eunuch Gong, he contracted a cold some time ago and has been recovering from his illness," the young eunuch said hurriedly.
"Oh? Is there such a thing? I've been too busy recently, and I didn't know. I will definitely visit him in person later." Xiao Chen said he was shocked.
Do you think Gong Shouli has a bad disease?
Being sick is also a heart disease!
The incident last time made him extremely embarrassed, because his confidant eunuch Zhao Laifu turned out to be an assassin sent by Tianxuan Society!
He has been hiding next to him for so long and he knows nothing about it, which shows how stupid and incompetent he is.
It is said that the emperor was so furious that he went to him and scolded him like a dog!
This guy was frightened and frightened, and felt depressed. Then he became depressed and became bedridden.
I quickly changed my clothes and ran all the way to the emperor's palace. Actually, there is no need to be in such a hurry, but when the emperor calls you, you have to have an attitude, right?
When I arrived outside the Qinzheng Hall, I saw dozens of high-ranking officials standing at the door, whispering to each other in twos and threes.
When they saw Xiao Chen coming, they all nodded and smiled as a greeting.
Xiao Chen didn't dare to talk to them much on this occasion, so he just kept smiling and passed quickly...
However, two officials, one fat and one thin, couldn't help but pull him aside.
"Master Li, Master Liu, please don't hold me back, the emperor is in a hurry to summon me over!" Xiao Chen couldn't get away, with a look of helplessness on his face.
The fat man's name is Li Hong, who is the third-rank left minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the thin man's name is Liu Wenzheng, who is the fifth-rank doctor of the thirteenth department of the Ministry of Household.
These two got acquainted with Xiao Chen through the installation of a heating system in their yamen, and their relationship was pretty good, so they stopped him abruptly on this occasion.
"Master Xiao, we brothers heard that there will be a big discussion at court today. Do you know what it is about?" Li Hong looked around and asked in a low voice.
"You tell us so that we brothers can have an idea, right?" Liu Wenzheng said.
"I don't know for sure, but I might want to discuss Chen Jisheng's matter." Xiao Chen also wanted to have a good relationship with these two people, and besides, it wasn't a secret, so he told the truth without any pretense.
Oh...the two of them nodded together, but they didn't know what our emperor meant. Did he love Chen Jisheng, or did he hate him?
It's hard for Xiao Chen to say this clearly, he can only hint to them all at once.
How can we dare to guess what the Emperor is thinking?
But I heard that Zhu Xiaochuan, the Commander-in-Chief of Jinyiwei, and Wang Anbang, the Minister of Personnel Affairs, both want to protect Mr. Chen.
Can't? The two of them were shocked when they heard this. How could Wang Anbang protect Chen Jisheng?
Little Eunuch Xiao, I’m afraid your source of information is not very accurate!
"The emperor is wise and powerful, and he acts vigorously and resolutely, but he has never issued an order to punish Mr. Chen... It is really strange to say it." After Xiao Chen said that, he left.
He could only hint at this.
As for whether the two people can understand each other, it depends on their ability to understand.
I trotted all the way to the emperor's palace and kowtowed in greeting.
As expected, Li Wanjiang was very satisfied when he saw him sweating profusely and looking frightened.
While being served by several eunuchs, he was wearing a dragon robe and a Taiping gold crown, and he casually reprimanded a few words in a very affectionate tone: "Why are you in such a hurry? You are already a third-grade eunuch, and your usual words and deeds are not as good as yours."
You should be more dignified!"
"Take the memorials on the table and follow me to court!"
Why does the emperor suddenly have such a good attitude towards the young master? I'm afraid there is something difficult that he wants me to do.
Maybe it was about following Concubine Liu back home to visit her relatives.
As your son-in-law, why don't you go yourself? Instead, I have to work hard all the way and travel thousands of miles!
But speaking of it, he can be regarded as half son-in-law of the Liu Ruyun family, right?
More than half.
Xiao Chen, as the Supervisor of Ceremonies, has been told about his responsibilities since he took office. This is just the first time he has practiced it, so he feels a little uneasy.
He quickly picked up a few memorials on the imperial case, bowed his head and bent down like a little shrimp, following the emperor all the way to Qinzheng Hall.
All the civil and military ministers had been waiting for Li Wanjiang for a long time. When they saw Li Wanjiang coming, they all knelt down and kowtowed, saying "long live my emperor, long live my emperor."
At this moment, should Xiao Chen rush to the front of the palace and shout, "If anything happens, please report early, but if nothing happens, leave the court?"
But those are all staged in TV dramas, and there is no such procedure in real going to court.
Moreover, the ministers are not all standing, but each has a seat. Otherwise, after a major court meeting, your feet will hurt from standing still?
The young ones are fine, but the older ones faint when they are in a hurry, what nonsense are they talking about?
The rule that ministers must stand when meeting the emperor only existed in the Song Dynasty, and it was not formally regulated until the Ming Dynasty. Today's Zhou Dynasty is not so particular about it.
Therefore, the discussions between the DPRK and China in the Great Zhou Dynasty were not much different from the current meetings.
There are just a few more etiquettes and one less table.
"My dear friends, please excuse me." Li Wanjiang seemed to enjoy the feeling of being worshiped on his knees. He waited for a long time before gesturing for everyone to get up and speak.
"Last night, Pingyang Marquis Zhu Xiaochuan and Ministry of Personnel Affairs Minister Wang Anbang gave me some excerpts. They were talking about Chen Jisheng... Xiao Chen, please read these two excerpts to everyone."
Turning to look at Xiao Chen.
"Your Majesty, Zhu Xiaochuan, Chen Jisheng offended His Majesty and was imprisoned for his crime!" Xiao Chen cleared his throat, opened Zhu Xiaochuan's memorial, and read it aloud.
His voice is clear, his articulation is clear, his words are clear and round, and his yin and yang are punctuated. Everyone in the hall can hear every word clearly when he pronounces it.
Everyone thought that Xiao Chen's reading skills were a hundred times better than Gong Shouli's!
Gong Shouli was not well-educated to begin with. He usually read memorials as if he was trying to dry his daddy. He found it difficult to listen to this.
Moreover, the voice is hoarse and unpleasant, high-pitched and thin, almost like a duck quacking.
Look at Xiao Chen, he looks like a jade tree facing the wind and Yue Zhi Yuan Ting as soon as he stands up there!
The words spoken and pronounced sounded so pleasant to the ears.
It is a kind of enjoyment both visually and auditorily.
My eunuch in Dazhou should look like this!
The contents of the two memorials are very simple and similar, they are just to excuse Chen Chengyi's plea.
Only the ending is slightly different.
Wang Anbang hopes that our emperor will be kind and spare Chen Jisheng's life, so that he can return to his hometown as an official and take care of himself in old age.
Zhu Xiaochuan said that although Chen Chengyi had committed serious crimes, he had always been diligent in his work. Otherwise, he would have been demoted five levels in a row and found a remote small county to become a county magistrate.
Let him be grateful for the emperor's great kindness and work hard to make meritorious service, otherwise it would be a pity...