Of course the emperor didn't want it, but Gu Fenglin's attitude was not what he wanted either.
So he chose to open fire on Mu Yunhan: "You can just cause trouble for your husband outside, but you can't be a good wife inside. Look at how crazy Gu Fenglin is now. He doesn't even know who he is anymore."
Mu Yunhan sighed: "Your Majesty is right, it is all my wife's fault. I will scold him now."
She turned around and spoke harshly to Gu Fenglin: "How can you not treat yourself as an outsider just because His Majesty is so lenient? The king is the king, and the minister is the minister. Your Majesty is lenient to you, and you should be grateful..."
The more the emperor heard, the less it was true, and he couldn't help but said angrily: "Shut up!"
Mu Yunhan obediently stopped, bowed again, and stepped aside without saying a word.
The emperor waited for a moment, but when she didn't say anything, he became angry again: "What's your attitude?"
Mu Yunhan looked confused: "What does Your Majesty want my wife to do? My wife listens to you!"
The emperor was silent for a long time and sighed: "I know you are not convinced. You probably think that Zhuangzi's things were all instigated by me."
Mu Yunhan and Gu Fenglin remained silent.
At this time, nothing is appropriate.
For them, it is indeed the most uneconomical thing to have trouble with the emperor.
But if they were to express their full support for this matter, they would really not be willing to do so.
Feeling the same, Mu Yunhan couldn't be happy when she thought that her future might be like this.
And Gu Fenglin must not be happy that after his death, his beloved would end up in such a state.
When it got dark, Eunuch Jin quietly came in and turned on the lamp.
The emperor had been sitting in the shadow of the lamp, looking solemn and silent.
Mu Yunhan and Gu Fenglin did not make any sound and stood quietly.
A baby's cry could be heard in the distance, it was the emperor's eldest son.
There was a trace of tenderness between the emperor's brows, and his expression softened: "I do know about Zhuangzi, but I only found out about it after he succeeded to the throne."
The late emperor did not trust him, let alone love him. Although he was forced to make him the prince under pressure, he still refused to tell the things he could hide.
Only after he succeeded to the throne did he know about the existence of Zhuangzi, but nothing could be changed.
"The talents of the Gu family and the Mu family are withered, and Qi is aggressive. There are some things that I cannot change easily. Stability is the most important thing."
"There are no outsiders here. I am not looking for you to accuse me, but I want to be honest with you."
The emperor ordered the two of them to sit down, his fat and white face full of sadness: "There are some people who are not willing to change, as long as they are left by their ancestors.
The people in the Gu family that Zhuangzi is most unwilling to change are those in the Gu clan. Then there are the Empress Dowager, Meng Xiang and others."
Mu Yunhan and Gu Fenglin listened quietly, occasionally chiming in a few words.
It was probably Gu Fenglin who had already let the emperor know that no matter how he investigated, it was impossible for those priests and wives to come back.
In the future, starting from Mu Yunhan, similar things will not happen again, so the emperor's focus is to play the emotional card with the couple and talk about his own difficulties.
While chatting, the emperor and Gu Fenglin talked about government affairs, talking about this year's autumn harvest.
This year is a year of good harvest, and both of them want to collect more tax grains from wealthy households.
The solution has long been thought of and is to reform the tax system.
In the past, the State of Zhao had been following the land equalization order since Taizu, which meant that wasteland was awarded to the people on a per capita basis, and the people paid taxes as a couple.