Chapter 20 The general heroine who has been in the cold palace (8)
Inside Fenghui Palace.
Lin Zhen was sitting leisurely on the lounge chair by the window, basking in the warm sun and petting the cat with a leisurely look on his face.
The black cat version of Xiao Yuan lay on her lap, purring in a low voice and shaking his fur.
As soon as Mu Xing came in, he saw this scene of family happiness and tranquility, "Zhenzhen..."
Lin Zhen raised her eyes slightly and glanced at him, her voice cold and indifferent: "Your Majesty is here?"
Mu Xing now had someone to ask for, and he no longer cared about her unruly behavior. He sat down on the carved wooden chair beside the table and asked cautiously: "Zhenzhen, what do you think about that incident in the court hall?"
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Lin Zhen petted the cat for a moment.
She touched the black cat's chin, put it on the ground, and said softly: "Xiaoyuan, go play outside."
The black cat Xiaoyuan blinked his green eyes and walked slowly out of the front door.
Lin Zhen looked at the little figure rolling around happily as soon as it ran outside. He couldn't help but smile. He supported his head with one hand and looked at it. He said to Mu Xing, "What do you think? What do you think I should think, Your Majesty?"
"I was also deceived. This was not my original intention," Mu Xing wiped away his tears, "Zhenzhen, you have to believe me..."
"Of course I believe in Your Majesty."
Lin Zhen frowned and said: "But it is really difficult for me to convince the ministers in the court alone, and if there is no one to supervise and investigate this matter, it will be difficult to convince everyone..."
"This is easy to handle." Upon hearing her words, Mu Xing immediately stood up happily and said, "In this way, when you go to court tomorrow, you can go with me, and then I will announce this matter to the ministers.
How about I leave it to you to investigate?"
Lin Zhen said with a smile: "Okay."
The matter was settled hastily.
Early the next morning, just after dawn, Mu Xing sent someone to carry Feng Chu to urge Lin Zhen to go to court.
Lin Zhen got on the sedan chair and went all the way to the front hall.
It seems that Mu Xing has just arrived in the palace. He is sitting on the throne at the top. There is a curtain next to him. He is shadowy and cannot be seen clearly. He must be the seat prepared for her.
Sure enough, Mu Xing stood up and waved to her, "Queen, come and sit here!"
Lin Zhen walked up the steps step by step and sat down behind the bead curtain.
Seeing that she had already sat down, Mu Xing nodded to the palace official beside him.
The head official of the palace shouted outside the palace: "Go to court!"
Hundreds of officials filed in from outside the palace, holding jade guis in their hands, and lined up neatly on both sides of the palace.
"kneel!"
All the ministers knelt down and kowtowed: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live -"
Mu Xing coughed, looked at where Lin Zhen was sitting and gestured to the palace official.
The head official of the palace suddenly realized and said loudly: "Kneel down, Queen!"
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Although the process was a little different, all the ministers bowed down skillfully and said in unison: "The empress is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"
"Everyone loves you for your peace of mind."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After completing this set of procedures, the morning morning ceremony of the day officially began.
Normally, Queen Xiao Zhen might have caused some criticism if she appeared in the morning court.
But now the matter of King Zhenbei is attracting everyone's attention, and there are no strong-willed officials coming out to stir up this matter.
The King of Zhenbei has been so wronged and unjustly accused, and yet he has not yet given an explanation. You are pointing fingers at someone else's daughter in the court. No matter how you look at it, it is a bit unkind.
He seems to be the kind of sycophantic villain.
Therefore, all the officials ignored this innocuous little issue, and it was still Wei Ming who took the lead and proposed a thorough investigation of King Zhenbei and the imperial edict.
Mu Xing had long expected that the courtiers would not let go of this matter, so he spent the whole night writing about it. At this time, he responded calmly:
"It is true what the ministers have said. This matter must be investigated to the bottom of the matter and the world will be given an explanation."
"This matter has nothing to do with me. There must be some treacherous officials who want to drive a wedge between me and King Zhenbei. We must not tolerate such a villain!"
Wei Ming: That's not what you said before...
Mu Xing looked at Lin Zhen and said to the ministers: "This matter will be handed over to the queen for investigation. I believe that the queen will handle it impartially. What do you think?"
Courtiers:…
Damn, you are so shameless! You ordered the death of the King of Zhenbei, but you asked your daughter to come out and take charge of this matter for you. How shameless are you?
Seeing that all the ministers were silent, Mu Xing looked at Lin Zhen at a loss: "Queen?"
Lin Zhen said through the curtain: "Yes, your Majesty, don't worry."
The queen has already agreed, and the ministers are a little relieved: there is no problem in letting the queen handle her own affairs, as long as the queen is not threatened...
After handling this matter, Mu Xing felt at ease.
The court meeting was not only about the matter of Zhenbei King, but also some documents from counties and counties that needed to be discussed one by one, so the court meeting discussed these documents normally for a while.
But Lin Zhen, who was sitting behind the curtain, wanted to hit someone.
Listen to what this is all about——
Qinzhou was hit by a locust plague, and most of the autumn harvest of grain was destroyed. The prefect of Qinzhou asked the court to allocate grain for disaster relief.
Mu Xing said: "Why don't we ask the people to stop eating grain and eat some meat and cakes?"
There was complete silence below.
Lin Zhen's forehead was throbbing with veins: Is this how Mu Xing goes to court every day? How can it be that everyone can tolerate it so far and no one rebels against him?
She held back her anger and called Mu Xing: "Your Majesty."
Mu Xing turned around and waved his hand to her: "Queen, this matter has nothing to do with you, so don't say anything more."
Lin really can't stand it anymore!
She yanked the bead curtain in front of her and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty——"
The fear in Mu Xing's heart suddenly surged up, and he quickly asked in a low voice: "Queen, what's the matter?"
Lin really wanted to kick him down and do it for him, but she held back, "The imperial court needs to allocate food for disaster relief."
"Oh, then let's allocate food. Let Li Zhe, the Minister of Household Affairs, go to Qinzhou to provide disaster relief."
Li Zhe kowtowed: "I accept the decree."
There were still some trivial matters next, but fortunately the officials already had a solution and were only waiting for Mu Xing's approval, so the meeting was successfully completed.
