The morning bell in the Bell and Drum Tower rang slowly.
Donghua Gate slowly opened.
Guards in golden armor, holding banners, golden melons, bronze hammers, axes, etc., stood on both sides of Donghua Gate.
The eunuchs stood on the city wall, shaking the whisks in their hands and shouting loudly with sharp voices.
"Enter the court!"
The sedans of the three prime ministers and assistants entered first, and the officials followed their sedans and entered the Donghua Gate.
"The official's oral instructions were written by Yu Qingzhao to discuss matters in the palace."
Guarding the Donghua Gate were eunuchs who were close associates of the official Zhao Heng. Zhou Huaizheng, who was known to all the ministers in the province, was the eunuch of Zhao Heng. His official position was from the third rank, which was the highest rank a eunuch could hold.
Zhou Huaizheng read out Zhao Heng's oral edict, bowed his hands to the sedan chairs of the three prime ministers, and led the civil and military officials to Yuqing Zhaoying Palace.
Yuqing Zhaoying Palace is the place of Taoism built by Ding Wei under the supervision of Zhao Heng.
A huge Taoist palace.
The style is that of a palace, but the layout is that of a Taoist temple.
What is surprising is that the people guarding the entrance of the palace are not imperial guards, but Taoist priests wearing Taoist robes.
The officials arrived at Yuqing Zhaoying Palace.
Kou Zhun got off the sedan first. After getting off the sedan, he looked at Yuqing Zhaoying Palace and frowned.
Li Di got off the sedan immediately, and he frowned when he looked at Yu Qingzhao Yinggong.
Ding Wei got off the sedan last.
He wore a Taoist robe, a Taoist crown on his head, and held a whisk in his hand.
He is tall, slightly thin, with mixed black and white beard and hair, and has an air of immortality.
Kou Zhun glanced at Ding Wei, his brows furrowed into the Chinese character "Sichuan", and he cursed unceremoniously: "To please others by grandstanding, you are a villain."
Li Di glared angrily when he saw Ding Wei wearing a Taoist robe to attend the court meeting.
When Ding Wei heard this, he stood proudly, swung his fly whisk, curled his lips, and said, "For fame and reputation..."
Hearing this, Li Di got angry, "How dare you, a greedy minister who wants to get the order, say such nonsense here?"
Ding Wei glanced at him and said quietly: "Are you complaining that the officials don't know people well?"
Li Di became even more annoyed when he heard this. He stared at Ding Wei fiercely and without saying a word, he raised his hand and threw the Chao Hut away.
Li Di is also a fierce man, capable of taking action and never making a fuss.
Everyone else's Chao Hut was either made of jade or bamboo, but his Chao Hut was a whole piece of iron.
It's heavy, yet durable.
Ding Wei saw the shimmering Chaohu being thrown towards him, he was startled and hurriedly dodged.
Chaohu fell to the ground and hit the bluestone bricks, causing sparks to appear.
Ding Wei escaped from Chao Hut's attack. He was shocked and angry. He pointed at Li Di and yelled, "You Li Di, you are committing murder in full view of the public. You are despising the officials and the national law."
"Pooh!"
Li Di spat and yelled back: "I'm beating you, a treacherous person. If I catch you talking nonsense next time, I'll beat you to death."
Ding Wei cursed angrily, "How unreasonable..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard Kou Zhun scolding with a dark face: "That's enough. It's unbecoming for a dignified imperial court official to fight and fight. You behave like shrews, do you have any point in becoming an official?"
What does it look like?
This is a palace, a court, not your private residence."
At the critical moment, Kou Zhun was still able to hold on.
As soon as he spoke out, Ding Wei and Li Di immediately stopped.
Ding Wei said that although he had power over both the government and the public, his prestige among the government and the public was not as good as Kou Zhun's.
Moreover, Kou Zhun was still the chief minister, the leader of the inner court, and was a head taller than him.
Although he secretly fought to the death with Kou Zhun, in the open, he still had to give Kou Zhun some face.
Li Di was an old friend of Kou Zhun. When Kou Zhun was in court, he always looked after Kou Zhun. When Kou Zhun opened his mouth, he had to give him some face.
Ding Wei glared at Li Di fiercely and threatened: "Just wait for me..."
Li Di glared back and said nothing. He just walked over and silently picked up the Chao Hut.
When Ding Wei saw this, his pupils shrank and he closed his mouth.
"The time has come for you to go to Hajj and see you."
Zhou Huaizheng took a look at the hourglass placed in front of the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace. When he saw that the time had come to go to court, he shouted loudly.
The civil and military officials automatically divided into two columns and followed Zhou Huaizheng into the Yuqing Zhaoying Palace.
Of course, not all officials are qualified to enter the palace to meet with officials.
During the great dynasty meeting, there were thousands of officials in the dynasty, and the palace could not accommodate so many people.
In addition to the chief officials of the Inner Court, Privy Council, Three Divisions, Three Yamen, Six Ministries, Yushitai, Dali Temple, Honglu Temple and other ministries, only a small number of royal relatives and nobles with titles above marquis are eligible.
Enter the temple.
The remaining officials could only wait outside the palace, waiting for summons.
Wu Xian is among them.
At this moment, he was trembling in his calves and waiting for the verdict with a lifeless face.
After he left the Liu Mansion yesterday, he rushed to the Li Mansion to ask for a meeting with Li Di.
Li Di disappeared behind closed doors.
He ran to the door of Ding's house again and knocked on his door. Ding said that he had someone pull him out of the street where Ding's house was and threw him at the street entrance.
He is now like a lost dog with no one willing to help him.
His only hope and expectation now is that the stick that falls on him next will be lighter.
Yuqing Zhaoying Palace.
Officials from the civil and military classes filed in.
Zhao Heng was sitting high on the throne in the palace.
Zhao Heng, who is only in his fifties, looks more like he is eighty years old.
His face is haggard, his hair is snow-white, his eye sockets are sunken, his lips are blue, his eyes are cloudy, and his face is covered with spots.
He was wearing a vermilion court dress, which was very wide and covered his skinny body.
He wears a black official hat with a large pearl inlaid on his forehead.
As he turned his head frequently, his hat was a little tilted.
On his left side, sat a nine-year-old child, wearing a bright yellow long-distance running suit and a gauze hat, sitting upright, like a wooden clay statue.
To his right, sitting a woman in her forties, wearing a phoenix robe and a phoenix crown, was carefully helping him straighten his official hat.
On both sides of his head, there were two Taoists sitting on each side, each wearing Taoist robes, with white beards and hair, and they looked like Taoists with an air of immortality.
After Zhou Huaizheng entered the hall, he walked to Zhao Heng's side, stood bowed, and shouted.
"Go to court!"
All officials, both civil and military, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.
This is a great court meeting, and three obeisances and nine kowtows are obligatory rituals.
If it is a daily court meeting, you only need to bow.
"Respectfully, Holy Ann..."
All the officials drank together.
Zhao Heng smiled, his kind-faced look was like that of a god, he raised his hand and said, "Holy greetings."
"Send greetings to the prince?"
All the officials drank again.
Crown Prince Zhao Yiyi said solemnly: "Goodbye."
"Say hello to the queen?"
Let the officials drink again.
Queen Liu E nodded slowly and said calmly: "Goodbye."
Only then did Zhao Heng smile and say: "Everyone who loves me, I will spare you the courtesy."
"Thank you, officials."
After all the officials bowed and saluted, they slowly stood up.
Zhao Heng had already seen Ding Wei in Taoist robes, and the admiration in his eyes was undisguised, "Ding Aiqing is interested..."
Ding Wei bowed his head and said with a sad face: "I welcome the goddess to the official family and pray for immortality. I will die without regrets. A mere Taoist robe is nothing..."
After a pause, Ding Wei continued: "It's just that when I do this, I am always misinterpreted by others, scolding me to flatter others, hoping to conform to the holy will. Some people even commit murder on the spot and beat me..."