During the two dynasties of Taizu and Taizong, they were very kind and generous to the people.
Often when there are calls from the people, Taizu Taizong will immediately comply with the people's wishes and make adjustments to the government.
After Zhenzong Zhao Heng succeeded to the throne, he often followed the practices of Taizu Taizong when dealing with people's voices.
Therefore, the people in Bianjing City raised their voices, and the imperial court always paid attention to them.
This time, the common people blocked the officials' mansions and clamored to ask the officials to kill the demon queen. The officials also took this matter seriously.
They gathered together in small groups and ran to depose Liu E.
They also gathered together from time to time, wrote letters to the inner court, and even made repeated remonstrances in the court hall.
However, Liu E was keeping vigil for the late emperor, so no matter how loud their calls were, they would not have much effect.
As long as Liu E did not leave the Daqing Hall and did not appear in the Chui Gong Hall, the memorials of the officials impeaching her would be lost in the inner court.
With Liu E's current status, officials have no other choice but to impeach her and ask her to remove herself from the post.
Unless they can follow Zhou Huaizheng's example and start another rebellion.
However, Zhou Huaizheng's previous rebellion sounded an alarm for the court. After Kou Zhun became the regent of the country, he redeployed the defense in Bianjing.
He also transferred his confidant Zhu Neng to serve as the general guarding the imperial city.
Zhu Neng is a warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles, far beyond the comparison of the generals who guarded the imperial city before.
With Zhu Neng guarding the imperial city, let alone 50,000 troops and horses to attack, even if there were 50,000 more, Zhu Neng could still defend it.
He has fought in the northwest frontier for many years, and what he is best at is defensive warfare.
It was useless for officials to impeach Liu E, nor could they imitate Zhou Huaizheng.
But they did not stop because of this, but ran even more joyfully.
Not only did they write a letter to impeach Liu E themselves, but they also sent letters outside the capital and invited their classmates and close friends who were local officials outside the capital to impeach Liu E together.
For a time, all the officials gathered into a wave, one wave higher than the other, hitting Liu E.
Just after Liu E finished keeping vigil for the late emperor, the biggest wave would hit her violently.
Time flies.
The forty-nine days have passed.
Inside Daqing Hall.
Liu E watched as the eunuchs helped Zhao Heng put on the new imperial coffin. After paying homage to Zhao Heng's cold remains, Liu E had someone close the coffin lid and led Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji and others to Zhao Heng's coffin.
After three bows and nine kowtows.
After the salute, Liu E took Zhao Zhen and walked out of the palace.
When she reached the entrance of the palace, she hesitated in her steps.
She stood at the entrance of the palace and was stunned for a long time. Finally, after being reminded by Concubine Yang, she slowly crossed the threshold of Daqing Palace.
Kou Ji was behind her and witnessed her hesitating at the entrance of the palace.
He could probably guess why Liu E hesitated.
Liu E hid in the Daqing Palace for forty-nine days.
I hid from the end of summer until late autumn.
Now that she could no longer hide any longer, she had to go out and face the stormy waves that the officials had prepared for her for forty-nine days.
After Kou Ji waited for Liu E and others to leave, he turned around, bowed his hands to Zhao Heng's coffin, and then exited the Daqing Hall.
After leaving the palace door, Kou Ji took a deep breath.
After staying in the palace for forty-nine days, Kou Ji dared to take a deep breath on the first seven days, but on the eighth day, Kou Ji no longer dared to take a big breath.
Although Zhao Heng's body had been embalmed, there was still a faint smell of corpse smell starting from the eighth day.
Kou Ji didn't like the smell of corpses very much. He couldn't even eat after smelling it too much.
That is to say, starting from the eighth day, Kou Ji never stole the meat from Zhao Zhen's hand to eat. Instead, he exchanged his own meat with Zhao Zhen for vegetable cakes.
After eating vegetable cakes for more than forty days, Kou Ji lost weight and became unkempt.
Kou Ji stood at the entrance of Daqing Hall for a long time before taking steps to walk out.
After taking only two steps, he stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
"Be careful..."
Chen Lin didn't know when she appeared next to Kou Ji and supported him.
Kou Ji held Chen Lin's hand and said with a wry smile: "I've been kneeling for a long time, and the blood in my legs is not flowing smoothly. I just need to move around more and it will be fine."
Chen Lin nodded slowly, "Our family knows..."
Kou Ji looked at Chen Lin and said seriously: "I hate you more and more."
Chen Lin rolled her eyes and ignored him.
Chen Lin also knew why Kou Ji hated Chen Lin.
From the eighth day of the vigil, Liu E, Concubine Yang, Concubine Li and others had eunuchs, Gong E, secretly bringing them food.
Zhao Zhen also has one, and the person responsible for delivering food to Zhao Zhen is Chen Lin.
Kou Ji saw many times that Chen Lin secretly gave Zhao Zhen eggs, rice porridge, meat soup, etc. to eat.
Zhao Zhen wanted to share it with Kou Ji, but was stopped by the damn eunuch Chen Lin.
Kou Ji felt that this dead eunuch did it on purpose. He could obviously prepare an extra portion and share the profits with Kou Ji, but he didn't prepare it.
That's why Kou Ji hates him.
Chen Lin helped Kou Ji out of the palace complex of Daqing Palace, and when she arrived at the palace complex in front of Donghua Gate, she let go of Kou Ji's hand.
"Our family won't send you out..."
Chen Lin retracted her hand, hugged her in her arms, and said something neutral.
Kou Ji glared at Chen Lin and walked out of the palace.
Chen Lin looked at Kou Ji's back and reminded in a low voice: "After leaving the palace gate, don't take a car or a sedan, and don't find a place nearby to wash up. Just go back with unkempt hair and a disheveled look. If you can, show off as much as possible."
Kou Ji pouted and said, "You don't need to remind me, I'm not stupid."
Kou Ji knew very well what Chen Lin's purpose was in letting him show off in the market with unkempt hair.
Kou Ji knelt in the palace for forty-nine days. People in the palace could see his filial piety towards the late emperor, but the people outside the city could not.
Chen Lin asked him to walk through the city with unkempt hair and an unkempt appearance just to let the people see Kou Ji's filial piety towards the late emperor.
When the people saw Kou Ji's filial piety towards the late emperor, they would naturally help Kou Ji become famous.
Once Kou Ji's filial piety to the late emperor became famous throughout the world, his position in the officialdom would be as stable as Mount Tai.
Even if Kou Zhun falls and Liu E takes over the power, if he wants to move Kou Ji, he still has to ask the people if they agree.
Kou Ji waved his hand to Chen Lin coolly and left the palace.
As soon as they left the palace gate, they heard a quarrel.
"Let me go, I'm here to pick up my fourth brother."
"The palace is a very important place and no one is allowed to trespass."
"I have a badge to enter the palace, why shouldn't I be allowed in?"
"No one can enter without Prime Minister Kou's order. If you step back, take one step forward, I will kill you."
"If you dare, cut it!"
"..."
Accompanied by the sound of quarreling, Kou Ji appeared outside Donghua Gate.
As soon as I went out, I saw two figures, one big and one small, bumping into each other, one pushing me and the other not giving way.
"What are you doing...?"
Kou Ji stared at the two figures and asked with raised eyebrows.
Liu Heng was overjoyed when he heard Kou Ji's voice. He shouted loudly: "Fourth brother, I'm coming to pick you up, but this guy won't let me in."
Zhu Neng, who was blocking Liu Heng, turned around slowly and said with a big smile: "Nephew, are you out?"
Kou Ji cupped his hands at Zhu Nenggong and said, "Uncle Zhu, why did you get into trouble with Liu Heng?"
Zhu Neng rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "As soon as your brother showed up, Zhu noticed that he had martial arts skills, and he felt like testing him. Zhu joined hands with him and thought that his martial arts skills were good.
If he is given training by Zhu, he will definitely be a fierce general on the battlefield in the future."
When Liu Heng heard Zhu Neng's words, he snorted coldly and said, "You still have some respect for me."
Zhu Neng smiled calmly and said: "It's a pity that I was born in the wrong place. I'm afraid I won't be able to fall into Zhu's hands in this life. I just lost a piece of material."
Liu Heng was annoyed when he heard this. He opened his eyes and shouted: "You..."
Seeing that Zhu Neng and Liu Heng were fighting again, Kou Ji quickly stopped him and said, "Liu Heng, stop making trouble. Didn't you say you came to pick me up? I've appeared in front of you now, and you still have
I just want to quarrel with others."
Hearing this, Liu Heng snorted to Zhu Neng and said, "I'll let you go this time, but I'll definitely talk to you about it next time."
Zhu Neng was not polite and said with a smile: "I'll be with you anytime..."
Liu Heng bypassed Zhu Neng and ran towards Kou Ji. Zhu Neng did not stop him this time.
Liu Heng ran up to Kou Ji, looked at Kou Ji up and down, and sighed: "The life of keeping a vigil is really not a human life. Look at you, you have lost a lot of weight.
Let's go to Qingfang Pavilion. My brother will set up a table for you to eat and drink and make up for all the lost meat."
Kou Ji glared at Liu Heng and cursed angrily: "Are you crazy? What time is it now? It's the time of a big funeral. During the big funeral, you are not allowed to have fun. If you go to Qingfang Pavilion now, aren't you courting death?"
Qingfang Pavilion is one of the best flower buildings in Bianjing City.
Kou Ji had only heard about it a little bit, but had never been there.
After being reminded by Kou Ji, Liu Heng also knew that he had made a mistake. He hurriedly patted his lips and said, "My brother made a mistake. How about we go to Fanlou?"
"What are you going to do at Fanlou in Lao Shizi? If you want to eat well, go to Zhu's house. There are countless delicacies from the mountains and seas in Zhu's house."
Zhu Neng interjected from the side.
He stared at Kou Ji and said, "Nephew, don't you like eating big insects? Zhu recently hunted two more."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and sighed: "That thing is also rare, so it's better to kill less."
When Zhu Neng heard this, he stared at his big copper bell eyes and shouted: "How can we kill less of that thing? If we kill it less, it will harm people. If we kill them all, we won't be able to harm anyone."
Kou Ji opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.
How did he want to refute Zhu Neng's words?
The big insect, also known as the tiger, was indeed a rare and protected animal in later generations, but in the Song Dynasty, it was just a pest that caused trouble.
It is a pest and must be eliminated.
This is Zhu Neng's logic.
Kou Ji couldn't change Zhu Neng's thinking, so he could only refuse with a dry smile: "Let's try another day... today is not suitable."
Zhu Neng was stunned, looked at Kou Ji up and down, seemed to have thought of something, nodded slowly and said: "Today is indeed inappropriate..."
Kou Ji bowed his hand to Zhu Neng and led Liu Heng out of Donghua Gate.
As soon as he arrived on the street, he saw a group of Liu Heng's followers, carrying a sedan chair and swinging in front of him.
Kou Ji didn't wait for Liu Heng to speak, but waved his hand and said, "If you don't want to ride in the sedan today, ask them not to follow either."
Liu Heng asked doubtfully: "Why?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "If I had sat in the sedan chair today, then I would have spent so many days kneeling in vain."
Liu Heng was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.
"I see……"
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and drove away his followers.
When the followers were about to leave, he rushed up again, grabbed one of them who was similar in size to him, took off his coat, and put it on himself.
Then he leaned in front of Kou Ji and said with a smile: "My outfit is correct, right?"
Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng's simple gray clothes and nodded with a smile.
Afterwards, the two people walked together along the streets of Bianjing City for a full circle.
When someone recognized Kou Ji and began to spread rumors about Kou Ji's filial piety, Kou Ji took Liu Heng back to Kou's mansion.
When he arrived at the door of Kou's mansion, Kou Ji was also frightened.
Half of the alley in front of the Kou Mansion was full of people.
Some of them took greeting cards, some took letters of recommendation, and some simply carried heavy gifts and asked to see Kou Zhun in front of the Kou Mansion.
Liu Heng looked at the person giving gifts at the door of Kou's Mansion with a look of envy on his face, "When will my Liu Mansion be so prosperous? There is no one below the sixth rank among these people."
Hearing this, Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "If your Liu family is in such a situation, then your Liu family will not be far from being destroyed."
Liu Heng was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said, "That's right... they have different family backgrounds."
Kou Ji looked carefully at the crowd of people giving gifts, shook his head and said, "Let's go... to the back door."
The gate of Kou's mansion was crowded with people, and Kou Ji couldn't squeeze through.
If he wants to show his identity, he can get through, but these people will definitely pester him.
Kou Ji led Liu Heng to the back door of Kou Mansion.
When I looked up, I saw that the back door was also full of people.
Without saying a word, Kou Ji led Liu Heng to the location of the secret door.
He was not afraid of exposing the secret door of the Kou Mansion to Liu Heng.
Because he knew Liu Heng would not harm him.
If Liu Heng really wanted to harm him, there would be no need to make a fuss about the secret door of the Kou Mansion.
Kou Ji arrived at the secret door and knocked.
Soon there was a knock on the door.
Just like a secret code, after correcting it three times, the secret door slowly opened.
Kou Zhong's old face showed up.
"Young Master, you are back..."
Kou Zhong was slightly stunned when he saw Liu Heng standing next to Kou Ji, but he didn't say much.
As he welcomed Kou Ji into the palace, he said with a smile: "My old servant has calculated the days and knows that young master you will leave the palace today, and also knows that you cannot go through the front and back doors, so I have been waiting for you here."
Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "I'm interested..."
Kou Zhong took Kou Ji and Liu Heng to the gate of Sijun Garden.
Kou Ji ordered: "Go and boil some hot water. I want to wash up well. Then let the kitchen prepare a table of sumptuous food and wine. I want to have a good meal."
Kou Zhong was stunned and said hesitantly: "Young Master, you haven't had any food in the palace for a long time. Suddenly eating big fish and meat will easily hurt your stomach."
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "I can't care about that much anymore, go quickly."
Kou Zhong hesitated for a moment, then nodded and prepared to leave.
Kou Ji was about to enter the Four Kings Garden. As soon as he reached the Moon Gate, he heard a burst of sweet laughter.
He thought he was hallucinating and listened carefully for a while.
Kou Ji quickly stopped Kou Zhong and asked, "Why is there a woman in my garden?"