"Your Majesty, I am a candidate from Jiangnan." Tong Zhouyi had no choice but to answer because of his scalp.
The emperor's eyes narrowed. In the past few years, many officials from the south of the Yangtze River had been added to the imperial court, and some were already in high positions. A surge of anger rose in his heart. His hand was stretched too long, and his appetite was getting bigger and bigger.
The bigger.
If it weren't for the purpose of allowing those officials from the south of the Yangtze River to weaken the power of the aristocratic families in the capital, would he have turned a blind eye or closed one eye for so many years? But now those people are getting more and more excessive.
Officials are about to swell.
"Hmph! Candidates from Jiangnan? They just visit brothels. Ask those ministers which of them are brats who don't visit brothels? Why? You just started to stir up trouble in the court because of my poor health, right?"
The emperor got angry and threw the book in his hand at Tong Zhouyi who was standing in front of the desk. The book hit Tong Zhouyi on the head and cut the skin on Tong Zhouyi's forehead, causing blood to flow down.
Tong Zhouyi was horrified and immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Majesty! Wei Chen is wronged! That first place is not what Wei Chen wants to win."
The emperor pointed at Tong Zhouyi and shouted, "Who is that? Tell me."
"Yes, yes" Tong Zhouyi was suddenly startled. This was what Xia Shoufu asked for. Can he say it? Even if the emperor forgives him in the end, what happens next? Will Xia Qing forgive him?
The emperor narrowed his eyes. Did he refuse to tell? Who was that person? Seeing that Tong Zhouyi was so scared, could it be that that person was so powerful in the court that Tong Zhouyi did not dare to tell the truth?
"Hmph! I want to see whether this country belongs to the Zhao family or yours." The emperor was furious. There was actually someone more majestic than him in the court.
The emperor's words were serious. Tong Zhouyi did not dare to quibble at all. He only kowtowed and admitted his mistake. At the same time, he felt extremely regretful. He was really harmed by Xia Shoufu. He hid behind and let him be a shield.
Even De'an and Xiao Quanzi knelt down. De'an glanced at the furious emperor and saw that although the emperor was furious, he did not show symptoms of physical discomfort like the previous time, so he felt relieved.
This Tong Zhouyi is simply asking for his own death. The emperor has been having a hard time lately, his body gets tired easily, and his temper is even more irritable. Tong Zhouyi doesn't know who he is accepting benefits from, he is a brainless person.
De'an scolded Tong Zhouyi in his heart, and then persuaded the emperor: "Your Majesty, you must take care of your dragon body!"
The emperor also remembered the imperial doctor's instructions, took a deep breath, and sat down in front of the desk.
The little Quanzi at the door rolled his eyes, and Mr. Chen dared to interrupt at this time. It seemed that after serving the emperor for decades, the emperor still had some affection for Mr. Chen.
"I'll give you another chance. Who asked you to cross out Gu Chengyu's name?"
Tong Zhouyi's body was shaking like chaff, and he didn't dare to speak out at all, "Your Majesty, I heard about this from outside, so I pulled him down."
When the emperor saw that Tong Zhouyi still refused to say anything, he snorted coldly. It seemed that Tong Zhouyi still didn't know whose hands his life and death were in. Tong Zhouyi thought he would believe his words after a while?
"Since you don't want to say anything, I don't think you need to wear that black gauze hat. Come here!"
Now there is someone in the court covering the sky with his hands. It seems that he has to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, lest the ministers in the court don't know who owns this country.
"Take off his black gauze hat, drag him out, dismissal and investigate!"
"Yes!" The imperial guards prepared to drag Tong Zhouyi out.
Tong Zhouyi did not expect that the emperor would come for real and immediately begged for mercy.
"Your Majesty, please spare me! I'll say it now, just say it." Unfortunately, the emperor didn't want to listen to him at all, so he just waved his hand and asked the guards to drag him out.
The most powerful people in the court are just those few people. He doesn't need to listen at all. Which of those people is not flirtatious? What he wants is to intimidate, and now it makes no difference whether he talks or not.
Tong Zhouyi was pulled out, and De'an could still vaguely hear the name of the first assistant Xia Qing. He glanced at the emperor secretly, and saw that the emperor didn't even raise his eyelids. The emperor was so angry just now, but now he pretended to hear it
Tsukuru didn't hear, he was a little unsure, could the emperor bear this tone?
It's strange that the emperor's thoughts have been difficult to guess since ancient times. Even if De'an has served the emperor for decades, he still can't be sure of the emperor's temper sometimes. It seems that the emperor is not ready to deal with Xia Qing for the time being.
Gu Chengyu had actually spent two days in peace. In the evening, Yin Kun asked Yin Kun to go to his house to have dinner and discuss the arrangements for the teacher's return. Since the master and apprentice had not seen each other for several years, Yin Kun wanted to get together a few brothers, which happened to be the teacher's.
Enjoy some family fun.
In fact, Gu Chengyu had time all the time, but he was afraid that He Jisheng would be embarrassed to meet the teacher. Gu Chengyu later heard about the reason for the quarrel between He Jisheng and the teacher. It turned out to be because of the teacher's little daughter.
It’s just that He Jisheng was so motivated, and the teacher hadn’t retired from office at that time, so of course he would be kind to the senior sister. When the teacher became an official, He Jisheng might regret it! If he really loved him, he wouldn’t have rejected him after the teacher rejected him.
He immediately turned around and leaned towards Dong Zhen, the minister of Honglu Temple.
Gu Chengyu cleaned up and ordered Ming Yan to go to Yin Mansion with him.
"You came just in time. I was about to tell you that Guo Shi is dead." Yin Kun saw Gu Chengyu coming to the outer study and hurriedly told him what happened in the court today.
Gu Chengyu didn't expect to get such news as soon as he arrived at the Yin Mansion, "How did he die?"
Yin Kun looked solemn, took the tea bowl handed over by Gu Chengyu, and continued: "He died suddenly, that's the conclusion given by Dali Temple. However, your ranking is safe. Although I have taken care of it, but
There are still high-ranking officials in the court who want to pull you down."
Gu Chengyu didn't need to guess, he knew it was Xia Qing's lineage. But he was curious about how it was so stable? He just heard Yin Kun say this, and thought he had to think of countermeasures again! And that Guo Shi, why did he die?
Now that Guo Shi is dead, is the evidence for correcting the eldest prince still valid?
Will there be another change? Gu Chengyu had a hunch that Hu Maoshen might be punished by the emperor if he did it for nothing this time.
"But has anyone helped?" Gu Chengyu was a little curious, who was that person?
Yin Kun smiled and said, "You will never expect that person."
Gu Chengyu went through the people he knew in his mind. It was impossible for the senior brothers to tell him otherwise. It was even more impossible for Jiang Mingyuan. Qian'er even went to his house and did not mention this matter.
Suddenly, Gu Chengyu looked at Yin Kun in surprise, "Could it be the emperor?"
Yin Kun was a little stunned, "You can guess this? Yes, it is the emperor. You were not included in the list. But the emperor got angry for some reason and dismissed Tong Zhouyi who drafted the list. The new list will be released tomorrow.
It will be posted.”
Gu Chengyu would have guessed that it was the emperor because he could defeat Xia Shoufu in the court. Who else could it be besides the emperor? Besides, he had registered with the emperor before and could always remember him.