On the way to the palace, Qiu Zhen was still thinking secretly. No man would be able to stand such a coquettish woman as Wu Mei. There are many precedents for monarchs who have perished because of women. The marriage between the king and Wu Mei,
It would be great if it could be pushed away.
When Qiu Zhen arrived at Tang Yin's palace, he happened to see the two Shangguan brothers guarding the door. He walked up quickly and asked, "Yuanwu, Yuan Biao, haven't the king come out yet?"
"Prime Minister Qiu!" Seeing Qiu Zhen coming, the Shangguan brothers saluted together, then shook their heads and said, "Your Majesty is still in the room."
Qiu Zhen took a deep breath, raised his head and said, "Call the door for me."
"yes!"
Shangguan Yuanwu agreed, turned around and knocked lightly on the door. After knocking for a while, there was no movement inside. Shangguan Yuanwu turned around to look at Qiu Zhen, then increased his strength and knocked again. It took so long that he almost broke in.
At that moment, the door suddenly opened, and Tang Yin, neatly dressed, walked out.
Tang Yin looked at Shangguan Yuanwu with a smile, but asked in an indifferent tone: "What's the matter?"
It could be seen that Tang Yin was unhappy, Shangguan Yuanwu hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Qiu wants to see you!"
Tang Yin looked past Shangguan Yuanwu and looked behind him. Sure enough, Qiu Zhen was standing at the bottom of the steps, looking at him with a frown. Tang Yin did not invite Qiu Zhen into the palace, but walked out by himself and checked into the room.
After closing the door, he walked towards Qiu Zhen.
"Your Majesty!" Since it was not a public place, Qiu Zhen did not give a big salute, but bowed and said hello.
Tang Yin grunted, waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to be polite, and then asked: "Did the court meeting go well?"
"It went very smoothly." Qiu Zhen answered truthfully.
Tang Yin waved to Qiu Zhen, walked into the garden of the courtyard, and asked as he walked: "Is there anything important to discuss at court?"
This time Qiu Zhen did not answer directly, but asked instead: "I heard from General Yuan Biao that the king is unwell, but I can't see what's wrong with the king?"
Tang Yin was startled at first, then smiled and said, "That's just an excuse. I was delayed by something this morning, so I didn't attend the morning court."
Qiu Zhen frowned and said, "Your Majesty, it's because of Miss Wu Mei, right?!"
Tang Yin turned around with a smile, looked at Qiu Zhen who was following behind him, and said, "Qiu Zhen, you really know a lot of things!"
Qiu Zhense said: "The king just got the throne and neglected the court meeting. What did the ministers think? And what did the people think..."
Before he could finish his words, Tang Yin waved his hands impatiently and said, "With you and Yuan Ji here, everything will be solved. It doesn't make much difference whether I am in the court or not."
Qiu Zhen said anxiously: "Your Majesty, don't forget that you are the king of a country. As a monarch, you should shoulder the responsibilities of a monarch. If you delay the government because of a mere woman, you are a coward!"
His words were so serious that they shocked the two Shangguan brothers who were not far away and secretly sweated for Qiu Zhen. No matter how deep and close the relationship between Qiu Zhen and Tang Yin was, after all, Tang Yin was now
Your Majesty, for being so disrespectful, Tang Yin would not be able to blame him.
If Qiu Zhen just called himself a fool, Tang Yin wouldn't think anything of it, but his words were full of contempt for Wu Mei, which made Tang Yin feel very uncomfortable. He said in a deep voice: "Qiu Zhen, watch your words.
She is not just a woman, she is the future lady of a country!"
Qiu Zhen said tit for tat to Tang Yin: "If this lady disturbs the king's heart and makes the king ignore the affairs of the state, then don't do it!"
Tang Yin stared at Qiu Zhen with wide eyes, wondering if he had heard wrongly. He asked doubtfully: "What? You even want to take care of my personal affairs?"
Qiu Zhen bluntly reminded: "The king is the monarch, and the monarch's private affairs are also state affairs."
When Tang Yin heard this, he was so angry that if he didn't have amazing self-control, he might have punched Qiu Zhen in the face. He took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, looked directly at Qiu Zhen, and said:
"Xiao Mei will be my wife in the future. No one can change this. If you are here just for this reason, then please come back!"
Qiu Zhen said: "Your Majesty, I am not asking you not to marry Miss Wu Mei. I just hope that you will not delay the government because of Miss Wu Mei!"
Tang Yin really couldn't understand why this morning meeting was so important in Qiu Zhen's eyes. He replied: "Does discussing government affairs have to be in the morning? Isn't it possible now? Isn't it possible at noon, afternoon or evening? I really want to
I don’t understand why you like to surround yourself with rules and regulations so much. Both Britain and Japan have monarchs, so why do their monarchs not have to take care of things, but I have to take care of this? What are you ministers for?"
"Britain? Japan?" Qiu Zhen looked confused. In his mind, he had never heard of these two countries.
Tang Yin patted his head and secretly thought that he was almost confused by Qiu Zhenqi! He said: "Those are two countries you don't know about. In short, what I mean is that from now on, government affairs will be managed by the right minister, and military affairs will be managed by the left minister.
If any prime minister cannot manage well, the minister can impeach him and make way for a wise man!"
In the past, there would not be much conflict between Tang Yin's modern thoughts and Qiu Zhen's ancient thoughts, but now that he has become the king of a country, the ideological differences between the two have been completely exposed. Tang Yin cannot understand Qiu Zhen's thoughts.
, and Tang Yin's thoughts are even more fanciful to Qiu Zhen.
If the monarch does nothing and lets the ministers control the government, then why should the monarch do it? Isn't this the destruction of the country? Qiu Zhen's eyes were filled with anger, he pointed at Tang Yin with trembling fingers, and cursed: "Foolish king! mediocre master..."
Tang Yin was also angry now, and replied unwillingly: "You are a sycophant!"
Being mercilessly accused by Tang Yin of being a sycophant, Qiu Zhen was almost ready to die. His eyes were red, and he punched Tang Yin and shouted: "I'll beat you, you idiot!"
Hey! Tang Yin never expected that Qiu Zhen dared to attack him. Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao on the side were even more frightened. They stood up in shock, unable to move.
Qiu Zhen was a scholar, and his fists could not hit Tang Yin. The latter ducked slightly and let Qiu Zhen's fist pass. At the same time, he shouted coldly: "Qiu Zhen, don't think that I won't dare to touch you because of your high status.
, if you dare to be rude again, I will take your head!"
He thought he could scare Qiu Zhen, but the latter didn't listen at all, and hit Tang Yin again with his round fist.
Oops! It seems that Qiu Zhen is really angry! At this time, Tang Yin calmed down first. After all, he is a modern person, and his thinking is still far more advanced than Qiu Zhen. He calmed down and thought about what he just said.
It is indeed a bit too much, and the system of constitutional monarchy is too incredible for this era.
He took several steps back, widened the distance between him and Qiu Zhen, raised his voice, and shouted loudly: "Qiu Zhen!"
Qiu Zhen was startled by his shouting and gasped and looked at Tang Yin. The latter took a deep breath, pondered for a long time, and said quietly: "Okay, you win, I will participate in court meetings every day in the future, now you
Are you satisfied?"
As if he was not sure whether what Tang Yin said was true or not, he stared at Tang Yin suspiciously and asked: "Does your Majesty really mean what he said?"
Tang Yin said: "You have no joke!"
Upon hearing this, Qiu Zhen stayed there for three seconds. The blush on his face gradually receded. He sighed, straightened his clothes, walked up to Tang Yin, knelt down respectfully, kowtowed and said, "My lord,
I just insulted the king and even attacked the king, please punish me!"
Ha! Tang Yin almost laughed out loud. He looked down at Qiu Zhen, who was kneeling down. He didn't know whether to scold him or laugh at him. He shook his head helplessly and said, "Get up! See if you come to see me this time.
Out of loyalty, I don’t blame you.”
"No!" Qiu Zhen shook his head with a serious face and said, "If you make a mistake, you must make a mistake, and you must not let it go unpunished! I disrespected the king. If the king does not punish him, and this sets a precedent, wouldn't everyone be able to disrespect the king in the future?
Then where is the majesty of the king?!"
Instead of punishing Qiu Zhen, he took the initiative to ask for punishment. Tang Yin was sometimes very helpless towards Qiu Zhen's arrogant temper, but precisely because of this, he also loved Qiu Zhen from the bottom of his heart. If someone else treated him like this today, Tang Yin would
I'm afraid the knife had been cut long ago. Of course, Qiu Zhen was the only one in the Feng Kingdom who dared to be verbal and rough with Tang Yin.
"How should I be punished for disrespecting the monarch?" Tang Yin really didn't understand the criminal law in this area.
"The car broke apart and the nine tribes were destroyed." Qiu Zhen answered truthfully.
Tang Yin raised the corner of his mouth and asked: "If you die, who can inherit the position of left prime minister?"
Qiu Zhen replied seriously: "Sir Zhang Zhe, Mr. Zong Yuanzong can do it."
Tang Yin couldn't help but laughed out loud. He stretched out his hand to pull Qiu Zhen up and said quietly: "Although Zhang Zhe and Zong Yuan can both take over the position of left prime minister, they are not as good as you!"
This affirmative word almost moved Qiu Zhen to tears. He whispered: "Your Majesty..."
Tang Yin reached out and grabbed his shoulder and said: "I know your loyalty, and I also understand your hatred for his inability to fight and your anger at his lack of strength. Besides, you are my Prime Minister Zuo, the person I trust most, and you still
You have to help me build a big and stable empire, how can you die? What is your punishment..." He pondered for a moment, and then said: "Just one month's salary."
"Your Majesty... Thank you, Your Majesty..." Qiu Zhen said these four words with tears in his eyes.
The relationship between Qiu Zhen and Tang Yin is not an ordinary relationship between a monarch and a minister. They are also friends, confidants, and brothers as close as brothers. Tang Yin's trust in Qiu Zhen and Qiu Zhen's loyalty to Tang Yin also come from this.
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Tang Yin could not instill his thoughts into Qiu Zhen, so he had no choice but to compromise. He could make concessions on whether to participate in the court meeting, but he had to cancel the engagement between him and Wu Mei.
Tang Yin refused to give in. His liking for Wu Mei might not have reached the level of love, but it was also his responsibility as a man to protect his woman from harm.