Chapter 1997 Disrespect to His Majesty the Tang Emperor, so, um, fine
All night long, until midnight, the sound of singing and laughing could still be heard in Duke Lu's mansion.
It was not until the sky became slightly brighter that General Cheng stood at the door of the mansion with a somewhat heavy step and a happy smile on his face.
Looking at the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, all of them were lying or lying on the door panels, their soft cotton bodies simply lost their usual majesty and murderous aura.
This made General Cheng feel greatly comforted and he stroked his beard and smiled. It seemed that although there were many visitors today, they all came straight and walked sideways.
The stewards from various houses and offices, who had already slept through the waiting, quickly gathered around.
Cheng Dai, who was temporarily in charge of the Duke Lu's Mansion in Luoyang, stood at the door of the Duke Lu's Mansion and started shouting angrily.
"The British Duke, the British Duke is here, and there are two young masters from the British Duke's Palace... who are from the British Duke's Palace, hurry up and carry them away..."
"The next person is...this is His Highness King Wu, come and carry him away quickly..."
"Over there, please return the door panel quickly. There are many noble people still lying down in the mansion..."
The sky was dim and bright, and the people of Luoyang who had gotten up early looked at the door of Duke Lu's Mansion with a sly look on their faces.
Listening to those shouts, tuts, and shakes of the head, you really have gained a lot of experience.
It was indeed a Cheng Mansion family banquet that went in straight and came out sideways. Look at how many distinguished ministers, princes and nobles came out today.
"Dad, please go back and rest quickly. Just take care of the child here."
The eldest, Cheng Chumo, can be regarded as the most sober person in the Cheng family at the moment.
Seeing his own father starting to yawn profusely, he quickly advised him.
"Forget it, boss, you have to be careful. If there is no one to pick you up, all the guest rooms will be abandoned. You can't let the guests who come to our old Cheng's house to sleep on the street. Do you understand?"
"Dad, don't worry, the baby will be spared. But this morning..."
"Well...all the brothers have been defeated. If I go, wouldn't it look a little out of place, and I might be picked on by those gentlemen again.
Forget it, boss, go say hello, and dad will go back and have a good sleep."
"...Okay dad, then go ahead." The boss, Cheng Chumo, turned his head and looked at the neat carriages.
There are also those stewards and grooms from various houses and mansions who are yawning endlessly. They are personally accompanying them. I am afraid that His Majesty will not be happy with today's court meeting.
If dad suddenly goes to court, he will easily become the target of public criticism.
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The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, who was neatly dressed and well-groomed, was already walking towards Zhenguan Hall.
At this moment, a group of civil servants gathered in front of the Zhenguan Palace were looking at the sparse queue of military ministers opposite.
Of course, the leader of the civil servants' side, Fang Daxiangye, also didn't come. There was no way that Fang Xiangye, the leader of the civil servants, was also an invited guest of the Cheng family.
"What's going on? Could it be that something big happened? Why are there so few military ministers today?"
"That's not because there was a banquet held at Duke Lu's mansion yesterday. I heard that it was a noisy night until this morning."
"...won't they all be left in Duke Lu's mansion?"
"Otherwise, who told the old Cheng family to encounter good things again? It would be strange not to rejoice so much that the guests and hosts can enjoy themselves."
"What big event can make the Cheng family so successful?"
"Haha, dear brother, you must be ignorant, don't you know that the news came out yesterday that His Majesty has decided to choose an auspicious day to marry Princess Jinyang in the near future."
"Your Majesty also specially ordered that old guy Cheng Zhijie to come to the palace to discuss it. Alas, I didn't expect that the apple of His Majesty's eye would actually fall into the Cheng family."
"How come it's so fast? Didn't His Majesty say before that the wedding date will not be discussed until Her Royal Highness Princess Jinyang gets married? Why did she actually regret it this time?"
"There was news in the palace before that the Supreme Emperor is not planning to return to Chang'an."
"But Princess Jinyang is very favored by the Supreme Emperor. I believe your Majesty..."
While they were discussing, the door of the Zhenguan Palace slowly opened, and the gossipy court ministers quickly cheered up and returned to their duties.
After all the ministers and servants had entered the Zhenguan Hall, Li Shimin walked into the Zhenguan Hall from the side door, strode towards the royal palace, and turned to look into the hall.
After just one glance, I was stunned on the spot. The number of important ministers in the palace suddenly disappeared.
In particular, almost most of the important military officials did not show up.
Li Shimin continued to walk with a dark look on his face, arrived behind the imperial cabinet, and continued to look at the empty space over there.
"How is this going?"
After hearing His Majesty's obviously unhappy voice, a censor hurried out and saluted His Majesty respectfully.
"Your Majesty, many ministers and staff have taken leave today due to illness."
"...Sick? So sick all at once?!" Li Shimin's eyes stared like bells.
Over there, Wei Zheng wiped his face helplessly, stepped out of the ranks, bowed to His Majesty, and spoke righteously.
"Your Majesty, I am impeaching Duke Lu. Yesterday, Duke Lu held a banquet at his residence and made noise and disturbance to the people all night long..."
"..." His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty's face became darker and darker, and he still didn't understand what was going on.
In all likelihood, they agreed to the marriage between Cheng Sanlang and Xiao Sizi yesterday. That guy Cheng Yaojin must have been extremely happy. He called for friends and brought everyone to Lu Guogong's mansion to drink and eat meat and make a fuss all night. .
Although all the important ministers who went to the Duke Lu's Mansion for the banquet were experienced in attending the Cheng Mansion's family banquet.
But yesterday, the main thing was that things happened suddenly, and they actually stayed up all night to go to the Cheng family banquet. It would be damned if they could get up and go to court today.
There was a dead silence in the main hall, and after Wei Zheng only said one sentence, he saw the change in His Majesty's expression and was too lazy to continue.
The reason why I said this is just to remind His Majesty that those ministers and servants who did not come were really forced to do so.
Moreover, he couldn't come to the court, so he said he was on sick leave. After all, it was just for the sake of face. You can't take it seriously that you drank too much and couldn't go to court, right?
Seeing His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who was so angry, all the civil servants were looking forward to it and wanted to see how His Majesty was going to deal with Cheng Yaojin, the number one bully in the court.
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As expected, His Majesty angrily scolded Lu Guogong Cheng Zhijie for knowing that he was going to court the next day, but he still dared to make a fuss all night long.
Not only did he disturb the people, but he also failed to come to court the next day, which was simply a serious provocation to court discipline.
I was disrespectful to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so, um... I was punished with a salary.
After hearing that His Majesty was very angry and ordered to fine Lu Guogong one year's salary as a warning to others.
All the civil servants who had not expected the old Cheng family to be dealt with by His Majesty all looked bored and rolled their eyes frequently.
It's like this again, alas... To the shameless old Cheng family, even a fine or salary would be more insulting than spitting at Cheng Yaojin.