When Xia Shang knelt down, the two people at the front of the court were stunned.
Xia Shang shouted loudly again: "My lord, pay homage to the empress."
The queen then regained her composure and replied awkwardly: "Get up... please."
Xia Shang did not get up immediately. He turned his head and looked at Li Xiangyang aside, and asked with a faint smile: "Your Highness, is this in line with the rules?"
Li Xiangyang's expression remained unchanged and he did not answer. He was just thinking in his heart, does Xia Shang have nothing to do with the queen? But even if there is no deeper relationship, how could this man kneel so freely and freely?
The queen was also a little confused. Did this man suddenly change his gender and actually kneel in front of her?
Xia Shang really didn't think anything was wrong this time. This was a problem on the scene. In order to prevent others from being caught, it was okay to let Xia Shang kneel to his woman. After all, she was his own, and he would not lose face no matter how he knelt. Moreover,
Xia Shang felt quite guilty towards this woman, because he blamed her for raising the child alone. No matter how much he knelt down, Xia Shang could not express his guilt.
This may be the reason why people in this era cannot fathom the heart of a modern person.
To everyone, this kneeling was just a small episode, but in the eyes of the queen, she felt a lot of emotions that she could not express. Her eyes, which were originally calm, became softer when she looked at Xia Shangzhi.
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Qin Zheng felt a little shaken in her heart, wondering whether she should do this and force this man to go down a path that he didn't like at all...
There were subtle voices in the palace, like they were discussing, because the Queen didn't speak for a long time, which seemed a little strange.
The queen noticed this, quickly threw away many thoughts in her mind, took a few steps forward, walked directly behind Xia Shang, and stopped looking at him.
I felt a little worried in my heart, but when I looked at this man's face, my heart couldn't calm down.
"Did you all hear it just now? His Majesty said it himself. What happened last night was the result of His Majesty's secret order to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The Metropolitan Procuratorate was just following orders, what else do you have to say?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, even if this is His Majesty's oral order, what happened last night was a crazy night that has never happened since the founding of the country. More than a hundred officials in Kyoto died at the hands of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Could it be that His Majesty's oral order gave life and death to the Metropolitan Procuratorate?
Great power?"
"I second the proposal. Your Majesty has always been wise and generous in rewards and punishments. He has been in power for six years.
In more than ten years, there has never been such an act of killing people without asking for any reason! I believe that this is the ironclad evidence that the Metropolitan Procuratorate ignores the holy will, acts arbitrarily, and disrupts the imperial court."
The Queen looked back at Xia Shang and found that he had not made any movement. Just as she was about to speak, the Prime Minister Fu Yu came out and said: "I would like to inform you, the Imperial Palace is directly under the jurisdiction of Your Majesty. Whatever your Majesty has ordered, the Imperial Palace will do whatever you want."
There is no need to explain to anyone else, only His Majesty is qualified to comment on right and wrong."
The Prime Minister actually spoke for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which was a bit surprising.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, this is wrong. Although the Metropolitan Procuratorate is directly under the emperor, what happened last night affected the entire capital and affected the entire court. This behavior has shaken the foundation of Dahua. How can we and other court officials ignore such a major event? Prime Minister
The leader of all officials, all the officials in the world are originally under the Prime Minister. Now half of his officials have been captured and half have been killed. The Prime Minister should have tried his best to speak out and severely punish the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Why did he speak for the Metropolitan Procuratorate instead? Could it be the Prime Minister?
What kind of leverage is in the hands of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and we have to be restrained by it?"
"Nonsense!" Fu Yu cursed angrily and turned around to refute.
The queen frowned and shouted: "What kind of behavior do you have?! Can you bring such bastard words to the court?"
The court was a little quieter. It was true that the person who just retorted to the Prime Minister's words was a bit naughty and helpless.
But everyone also knows that things were too big yesterday, some people suffered huge losses, and some people escaped death. They all pretended to hate Xia Shang in their hearts and were determined to deal with Xia Shang.
So from the very beginning in the court, some people were so impatient that they even expressed suspicions that the Prime Minister had been caught by the Procuratorate.
"Ms. Qi, don't blame your lords for your inappropriate words, but after last night many officials from various ministries died and many were arrested. This has made people panic. If the Procuratorate can't give an explanation, who won't be worried?
?Furthermore, we all hope to give an explanation to our deceased colleagues, a fair explanation."
The person who spoke was a man with a white beard, his words were measured, and he had a smiling face. He was Tong Jiangxing, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
He smiled, unlike other ministers who were impatient, and his words were very soft, and his tone was quite comfortable.
"After all, so many people have died and so many people have been arrested. We can't just say nothing just because of His Majesty's instructions. We must give an explanation. We can't let the civil and military officials of the court be confused. Please also ask Mr. Xia
If you can explain things clearly, let's talk about who should be killed and who should be arrested. What crime did the person who killed and what crime did the person who arrested commit? As long as the explanation is clear and there is reason and evidence, everyone will not
You’ll hold on to it, won’t you?”
"Yes! Let the Metropolitan Procuratorate explain it clearly. If it is explained clearly, it will be fine. If it is not explained clearly, we will not be finished!"
The queen frowned slightly when she saw the angry crowd. She did not expect that the officials were so excited, and she did not expect the problems that arose at the beginning.
She was about to say something, but she saw that Xia Shang had already spoken: "Empress Qi, since all the ministers have said so much, I should also say a few words."
Xia Shang turned around and reached the center of the hall, where he immediately saw the official who was making the most noise just now.
None of the officials wanted to face Xia Shang directly and retreated with a smile.
"Everyone wants to give an explanation to the Procuratorate, and I also think there should be an explanation. Everyone said that many people died last night and many people were arrested, but do you know how many people died?"
"Nearly 200 officials in the capital died and nearly 200 were arrested."
There were only sounds in the hall, but no one could be seen speaking.
Xia Shang smiled coldly: "Then I will tell you, sir, that one hundred and thirty-seven officials in the capital were killed and one hundred and nineteen were arrested."
"My lord, just pass it on. Do you understand, lord? Since the founding of Dahua, there has never been such a large-scale arrest operation. But who gave you such great power to kill so many people without asking the reason?"
Official appointed by the imperial court?"
"The operation last night was huge, and there were naturally losses. I didn't expect so many people to die. Before I explain to you, let me ask you what losses the Metropolitan Procuratorate suffered, right?"
Xia Shang paused for a moment before suddenly roaring: "During last night's operation, our Metropolitan Procuratorate seriously injured a hundred people and killed four hundred people!"
Xia Shang's voice was so loud that it made the eardrums of all the ministers buzz.
When he mentioned the damage to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Xia Shang's eyes instantly turned red, as if he had turned into an evil spirit. He glanced at everyone present, obviously very angry.
Everyone's heartbeats stopped for a beat. Who would have thought that such a young man would suddenly burst out with such momentum?
Xia Shang walked up to Tong Jiangxing, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and said in a cold voice: "Master Shangshu, may I ask why so many people died in one night as the Metropolitan Procuratorate was performing routine duties under the emperor's orders?"