Zhou Xingyun first paid his respects to Taifu Xu, and then moved to the Sixteenth Emperor: "We have met the Sixteenth Emperor."
"Zhou Aiqing, you went to court today and didn't even say a word to me. Aren't you too outspoken?" The sixteenth emperor's face showed displeasure. Firstly, it was because Zhou Xingyun did not say hello to him when he went to court today. Secondly, he just said
First, I would like to say hello to Mrs. Xu.
"Didn't Miss Nangong tell the Emperor for me?" Zhou Xingyun shamelessly shirked the responsibility. Anyway, the Sixteenth Emperor would not trouble Nangong Ling for this matter.
"This..." The Sixteenth Emperor was silent for a while. Yesterday, Nangong Ling did mention that Zhou Xingyun had returned to the mansion yesterday and planned to meet him today, but she did not say that Zhou Xingyun would meet in the court hall.
"Today I have a generous gift for the emperor..." Zhou Xingyun said to the emperor's sixteenth son in a voice that only two people could hear. However, Zhou Xingyun's last word of "emperor" was not pronounced as "ye".
Instead, it is the character for '黄', plus a mouth shape of '上'.
The Sixteenth Prince really didn't expect that Zhou Xingyun would dare to call him Emperor in front of the Jinluan Palace. The impact instantly made the Sixteenth Prince's blood boil.
Not only that, Zhou Xingyun was so bold. Although the last word "上" was not pronounced, he faced the crowd of the Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor and faced Han Qiumiao. His fearless attitude immediately made Han Qiumiao grit his teeth in anger.
Admittedly, Han Qiumiao was still able to keep her composure, knowing that without real evidence, she had nothing to do with Zhou Xingyun.
After all, Zhou Xingyun is just a mouth shape. She can't conclude that Zhou Xingyun is treason based on a silent mouth shape.
To be sure, it was not that Han Qiumiao couldn't convict Zhou Xingyun, but that she couldn't because the Sixteenth Emperor's son remained silent and acquiesced in Zhou Xingyun's cry. Once she concluded that Zhou Xingyun was treasonous, the Sixteenth Emperor's son who remained silent would be even more guilty. Now,
She still couldn't completely fall out with the sixteenth prince.
It was precisely because of this that Zhou Xingyun had the confidence to provoke Han Qiumiao.
After greeting the sixteenth prince, Zhou Xingyun strode to the eldest princess Han Qiumiao.
"Master Zhou is so powerful." Han Qiumiao said first.
"Your Highness, as the saying goes, if you smile, you will be young for ten years, and if you are sad, your head will turn gray. Your Highness's expression is a bit scary."
"Thank you, the miracle doctor, for reminding me. I will bear in mind what Zhou Fengyu said today." Han Qiumiao was domineering and warned Zhou Xingyun with a double entendre. She would not forget his silent address to the sixteenth son of the emperor just now.
"Thank you for your concern, Princess Yongming." Zhou Xingyun smiled, then turned and left, retreating to the end of the group of officials.
week
The Queen Mother goes to court.
The door of Jinluan Palace buzzed open, and an old eunuch holding a whisk in his hand stepped out of the door and shouted in a high-pitched voice: "All officials will come to court."
The powerful ministers outside the gate immediately entered the palace in an orderly manner, one by one, and followed the order of the day.
The old eunuch returned to the palace unhurriedly, stood on the staircase platform of Jinluan Palace with due diligence, waited for a while and shouted again...
"The Queen Mother is here!"
"Everyone loves you for your peace of mind."
All the officials in the court knelt down and bowed in obeisance. Zhou Xingyun took advantage of the opportunity to pay homage. The Empress Dowager, accompanied by her servants, walked into the hall through the translucent curtain screen...
Zhou Xingyun was temporarily unable to use his kung fu and control his energy to gaze at the details in the palace, but he was certain of two things.
First, Han Feng did not go to court, the dragon throne was empty, and all major court affairs were presided over by the Empress Dowager.
Secondly, the Empress Dowager's voice was as graceful and clear as a girl's. If it weren't for the words "Everyone loves you" and it had to come from the Empress Dowager's mouth, Zhou Xingyun would even doubt whether it was the eldest princess Han Qiumiao who was speaking just now.
The human voices are so similar.
"When there is something going on, we will start, and when there is nothing going on, we will retreat."
The old eunuch shouted according to the international custom. When Zhou Xingyun saw Taifu Xu, the six ministers came forward to report one after another, and handed over the memorials that needed to be reviewed to the empress dowager.
Because Zhou Xingyun was standing outside the palace, he could only occasionally hear what the ministers were saying or arguing about. The specific content was probably that the grain harvest in a certain area was not good this year. Now that winter is coming, famine is going to happen in some places.
, some people hope that the court will allow officials from various places to distribute food and salary to help people in some areas survive the winter.
It seems that the ministers have been arguing in the court for two days over this trivial matter, but in the end there is still no result. To put it bluntly, the issue of food, salary and disaster relief is not the problem, the problem is who will implement it...
Zhou Xingyun lowered his head and yawned secretly. Thirty minutes had passed and he almost fell asleep standing up. However, the empress dowager still did not invite him into the palace, which was really a shame for Xu Zhiqian. Could it be that the sixteenth son of the emperor did not know how to behave?
Knowing that he has something to do, why don't you recommend him to go to court to see the Empress Dowager?
You know, he just said that there is a big gift for the 'emperor' today. Could it be that the sixteenth son of the emperor got too excited when he heard the word 'emperor' and ignored the 'big gift'?
Just when Zhou Xingyun was thinking about whether to make some noise to attract the attention of the ministers in the palace so that the Empress Dowager could announce his entry into the palace, the old eunuch standing by the stairs finally shouted.
"The Empress Dowager has a decree to announce to Zhou Xingyun of Shang Pharmacy, and Zhou Feng will have an audience with the emperor..."
The order echoed from level to level in the palace, and the eunuchs repeated their appeal dialogues like repeaters, lingering inside and outside the Jinluan Palace for a long time. It made Zhou Xingyun feel uncomfortable all over after listening to it...
Zhou Xingyun felt this and asked, "What are eunuchs doing in the palace? Not only are they inhumane, but they are also disgusting. Why don't they all be replaced by palace maids? If the person shouting at every level is not a eunuch, but a beautiful palace maid, he might be excited*."
(Hunjun!)
"The humble minister bows to the Queen Mother, a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
Zhou Xingyun was daydreaming as he walked into the hall, and under the cold gaze of Han Qiumiao, he gave a grand salute to the Empress Dowager.
"Pingsheng. Thank you for your hard work. Zhou Fengyu has worked hard for our court. The Ai family listened to the sixteenth prince's memorial. Zhou Fengyu was not only ordered to serve in the Jianghu Conference to supervise whether the famous sects had different intentions, but also personally participated in it, and in the youth
At the Heroes' Conference, the Ai family was deeply gratified to win glory for our dynasty, win the championship in martial arts, and exalt the majesty of our dynasty. Our dynasty can be helped by virtuous ministers like Zhou Fengyu, both civil and military, and it will surely be able to consolidate the country forever.
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"Thank you, the Empress Dowager, for your kindness. I am just doing my duty. It is a great honor for me to be a low-ranking official and to be able to contribute my small contribution to our court."
"Queen mother! That's not the case! Zhou Fengyu deceived the king and ignored him! His crime deserves death!"
As soon as Zhou Xingyun bowed his head to thank him, Han Qiumiao lost his temper and stood up in line to accuse him of bullying.
The eldest princess's move shocked many bureaucrats. Xu Zhiqian, Xiao Qing, and Qin Beiyan were all students of a first-class academy, and they had a close relationship with Han Qiumiao.
Zhou Xingyun and Han Qiumiao, even if they are not friends, should not be enemies. Now the eldest princess is impeaching Zhou Xingyun in person. What is going on?
"how you said that."
"I would like to report to my mother that Zhou Fengyu is a notorious prodigal in the world. Her mother must not listen to his slander. This person is participating in the Young Heroes Conference not as an official of our court, but as a disciple of Jianshu Villa.
.The people in the world who participated in the Young Heroes Conference don’t know that the prodigal Jian Shu is my dynasty Zhou Fengyu.”
"Zhou Fengyu not only concealed his identity to participate in the Jianghu Competition, but also formed a clique in the name of the imperial court at the Young Heroes Conference for personal gain, colluded with various factions in the Jianghu, and reached an ulterior agreement in private..."
Han Qiumiao plausibly accused Zhou Xingyun of having evil intentions and that he had a vengeful intention, which immediately caused a flurry among the court officials.
"Zhou Fengyu, the Aijia asked you, is this true?" The empress dowager asked tepidly, making it impossible to detect her state of mind, whether she was angry because of Han Qiumiao's words.
"Back to the Queen Mother, this is true, but it is not true." Zhou Xingyun replied in a neither humble nor overbearing tone.
"Master Zhou, what does it mean that this is true but not true?" The Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor asked from the side, allowing Zhou Xingyun to explain slowly.
"Wei Chen did hide his official position to participate in the Young Heroes Conference and win over the leaders of various famous sects. However, the motive is not what the eldest princess said. He has evil intentions and must be punished."
"First of all, Wei Chen concealed his identity and participated in the Young Heroes Conference because he holds an official position and competes with others. The young disciples of the Jianghu sect will inevitably be afraid of my power and cannot go all out. In this way, even if the official wins the championship, he will
People in the world say that victory is achieved without using force."
"The eldest princess is not from the martial arts world. She doesn't understand the rules of the martial arts world, nor does she know anything about the martial arts world. She doesn't know that people in the martial arts world are unruly and conceited. Only by winning the competition upright can she gain their respect and appreciation. Therefore, only the martial arts world can gain their respect and appreciation.
Only then did the leader of the sect know that Wei Chen is a disciple of Jianshu Villa, and that a disciple of Jianshu Villa is Wei Chen. Admittedly, this is enough..."
"In addition, the Sixteenth Prince cherished the great cause of our dynasty and wanted thousands of martial arts masters to serve our dynasty, so he sent his subordinates to lobby various famous sects. After all...the imperial court had long wanted to order the famous sects to be settled, but it was just a matter of force.
If it’s not enough, it’s still not effective.”
When Zhou Xingyun said that there was nothing he could do, his eyes fell on Han Qiumiao. The eldest princess had long advocated Zhaoan for the capable people in the world, especially the major Jianghu sects, but it was a pity that the officials she sent were useless and paid too much attention to the main task.
Due to the relationship between servant and servant, relying on the official power of the court, he insisted on involving Jianghu affairs. As a result, the plan has been delayed and has not yet been successful...
"The Sixteenth Prince's wisdom is as high as the sky. Seeing that the officials are unable to protect the famous families in the world, he recommends his subordinate to serve as a member of the Young Heroes Conference. As a member of the Jianghu, he can unite the famous families. Now the minister has lived up to expectations and defeated the evil sects in the Young Heroes Conference.
Disciple, I have won the appreciation of the leaders of various sects and reached an agreement with several famous sects. They are willing to respond to my call from Jianshu Villa at the necessary moment and provide the indispensable fighting power for the imperial court to go through fire and water and make great achievements!"
The meaning of Zhou Xingyun's words is very obvious. Although the Jianghu sects are unwilling to obey the court officials' orders, they will follow the rules of the Jianghu and respond to the call of Jianshu Villa to provide combat power for the court. As long as he comes forward to give orders to the Jianghu, the relevant sects will follow.
response……
To put it bluntly, the court could not directly order Jianghu sects to be safe, so Zhou Xingyun went to save the country and, as a Jianghu man, united the Jianghu sects and devoted himself to the court.