He had only just ascended the throne, and what he feared most was instability.
If the Lin family takes the lead in making a fuss, other meritorious families will definitely follow suit.
I am not afraid of others, but tax reform is about to be implemented. If this makes a fuss, it will be difficult to proceed in the future.
Gu Fenglin said: "Your Majesty, why don't you go to the Palace of the Queen Mother and listen to the Queen Mother's teachings?"
The emperor pondered for a moment and sneered: "Okay, let me see what they want to do."
The emperor went to Shou'an Palace, but the Empress Dowager did not see him. Only Princess Huaichang came out and said: "I don't feel well, so I won't see your Majesty."
At this time, another news came from outside: "Several old princes and old princes have asked people to ask what is going on."
The emperor then broke in and said, "The emperor's grandmother is angry, why don't she make it clear to her grandson?"
The Empress Dowager said calmly: "I wonder if I am angry in my heart, or Your Majesty is angry?
Wasn't this matter handled by His Majesty? I suppressed my mother's family in order to maintain His Majesty's majesty. Isn't this wrong?"
The emperor indeed did not have any clues about the empress dowager, but he did not stick to it. He only asked in a deep voice: "How can we calm down the resentment of the Lin family and ask the imperial grandmother to give guidance to the grandson."
The Empress Dowager closed her eyes and said nothing.
Aunt Ying said: "Your Majesty, it is very simple to solve this matter."
The emperor said: "Please let me know clearly."
Aunt Ying said: "What Mr. Lin is most worried about is nothing more than the lifelong event of his beloved daughter."
The emperor's heart moved: "I wonder whose son Mr. Lin likes?"
Aunt Ying coughed and said, "Isn't this what the old slave doesn't know?"
The emperor glanced at the empress dowager, turned around and walked out.
The Empress Dowager opened her eyes with a clear look: "This can be done."
Aunt Ying said: "This is true... Ordinarily, the two families are in love with each other, so there is no need to play so many tricks, but the world has made it so troublesome to get married."
The Empress Dowager said coldly: "For the sake of the Zhao family's foundation, we have to do this."
But he said that the emperor returned to the imperial study room full of anger. When he saw Gu Fenglin sitting in front of the desk with his head lowered and writing non-stop, he couldn't help but want to get angry: "Look at how you don't look like a priest at all? You are more like a little book writer."
The officials are pretty much the same."
Gu Fenglin smiled slightly and handed over the paper in his hand: "Your Majesty, please take a look."
When the emperor looked at it, his eyebrows stood up: "You want to make a bet with me?"
Gu Fenglin said: "Your Majesty, I forgive you."
The emperor snorted coldly, pressed the paper on the case, and said nothing.
Suddenly I heard a report from the palace: "Your Majesty, I have been invited to see you."
Gu Fenglin stood up and said, "Rong Chen, please leave."
"Go ahead." The emperor waved his hand and said, "Xuan Meng Xiang."
Not long after, Meng Xiang walked in slowly.
He is much older than before, his back is already stooped when he walks, his hair is all white, and the wrinkles on his face are deeper. His eyes are hidden under his drooped eyelids, and he looks more silent, but when he occasionally raises his eyes, they are sharp.
Incomparable.
"Old minister, I see your Majesty." He performed the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers meticulously.
The emperor lifted him up with his own hands and asked him to sit down: "Where did the Qing family come from?"
Meng Xiang smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I didn't want to enter the palace at first, but I met Mr. Lin's wife on the road. She was crying, her hairpin was messy, and she said she wanted to beat the Dengwen drum..."
The emperor's heart skipped a beat and he asked calmly, "What does she want?"
Meng Xiang sighed: "It's not because of the cat lawsuit..."