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Chapter 547 Outside the chess game, inside the chess game ([-])
Chapter 5 Forty
In Bianliang City, the dark clouds are getting thicker and thicker, and the snowflakes are falling heavier and heavier. A chilling atmosphere surrounds Bianliang City. Even ordinary people seem to have a premonition of something, and they close their doors tightly and bolt the doors. Warm and bright indoor action with no one stepping outside anymore.

The imperial palace, the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Bright and thick red candles were placed all around the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The candles burned brightly, illuminating the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony as brightly as day.

It's just that at this time, the ministers in the Hall of Supreme Harmony were not very bright in their hearts. Except for a few important ministers in the court who could shake the world with just a stamp of their feet, the rest of them didn't look too good, and some were nervous. Some people were excited, some were excited, some had eyes full of resentment, some had blank eyes, some had mocking smiles on their lips, some had proud smiles, and some had expressions on their faces. Expressionless... In short, these people have all tastes of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, but it is not clear which taste has the upper hand in their hearts.

Li Juncheng took the lead, standing in front of the general, with a calm expression. Except for the occasional glint in his eyes, it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Murong Pang stood in front of the ministers. Yu Yunwen was not there. As the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he was the head of the five departments. Naturally, he should stand in front, but because he had not been in the capital for a short time, he hadn't gotten close to the ministers yet. , so there was no minister who went to strike up a conversation with Murong Pang at this moment, and Murong Pang was also happy to have a leisurely time, thinking carefully about what he should do for a while.

Behind Murong Pang are Minister Jiang Liu, Minister of Industry, Duan Kaixiu, Minister of Rites, and Zhang Huaide, Minister of Household.

Hou Jiangliu, as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, has always been neutral, but for some reason today, his complexion was a little bad, as if he was struggling, and the next moment, he gritted his teeth and stood with Duan Kaixiu and Zhang Huaide. Together.

Duan Kaixiu and Zhang Huaide are the most loyal supporters of the Great Prince Yan Wang Zhao Tingfei. They naturally knew what happened tonight. When they saw Jiang Liu taking the initiative to get close to him, the smiles on their faces became even stronger. Come on, Hou Jiangliu took the initiative to get close to them, maybe he saw the situation in the world and wanted to get close to them.

If a petty official tried to get close to them, they would naturally not care about it, and would not even talk to them. Only then did they realize that they were wrong, it was too late!
However, Hou Jiangliu is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry after all. When there are no ministers in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials are their bosses. level, so they didn't dare to neglect, so they bragged with Hou Jiangliu.

When boasting to a certain extent, Duan Kaixiu raised his head slightly, gave the two of them a wink, looked at Murong Pang who was alone, and said: "I really don't know what the emperor thinks, but It will allow a merchant to enter the court as an official, and it is such an important official position."

"Lord Duan, as far as this old man knows, Lord Murong's family has always been working for the emperor. They did not hesitate to take the risk of going deep into the magic cave of Manicheism, and made great contributions to my Great Xia. Moreover, the last Minister of the Ministry of Officials was also Mr. Murong. Shangshu, so the son inherited his father's career and has made great contributions to me, Daxia, so it is reasonable for the emperor to promote Lord Murong."

Hou Jiangliu doesn't like this kind of discussion about people behind the scenes, whether it's praise or slander, he doesn't like it, so even if he joins the camp of the first prince because of some things, it doesn't mean that he will violate his own principles. Principle, to flattery.

"Master Hou's words are wrong."

Zhang Huaide shook his head and corrected: "Their family has been operating in Manichaeism for so long, and it has grown bigger and bigger, but Manichaeism has not taken any measures against them. Who knows if they have ambiguities with Manichaeism? Unclear activities, it is still inappropriate to promote reuse before these things are investigated clearly."

When Hou Jiangliu heard the words, he suddenly thought of the word "stupid X", perhaps only these two words can describe Duan Kaixiu and Zhang Huaide.

With Hong Guoguo's slanderous intentions, do you really think that people in the world are fools?But after all, he was under the fence at this time, and he couldn't refute, so he could only keep silent and stop talking to them.

When Duan Kaixiu and Zhang Huaide saw Hou Jiangliu's ignorance, a stern look flashed in their eyes, but this is not the time to talk about these things, and they still need Zhang Huaide's support, so they can only hold back the unhappiness in their hearts and wait until the big event is over. When it is done, think of a way to deal with Hou Jiangliu.

Murong Pang didn't know that Duan Kaixiu and the others were sulking because they slandered him, and he didn't know if he was a little tired from standing, and suddenly opened his hands and stretched. The jade pendant suddenly fell from the belt.

Since Hou Jiangliu and the others have been watching Murong Pang all the time, they also noticed this small detail. Duan Kaixiu and Zhang Huaide were not moved by Murong Pang's action, but when Hou Jiangliu saw the jade pendant, he was surprised. His eyes lit up, and a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Just after Murong Pang bent down to pick up the jade pendant, a sharp voice suddenly sounded: "The emperor is here, and all the officials bow down!"

The ministers heard the words, although many people wondered if the emperor had gone to Mount Tai, why would he appear suddenly, but after seeing Li Juncheng, Duan Kaixiu and others bowed down, they also suppressed their doubts in their hearts and stopped bowing down.

In an instant, everyone knelt down and bowed down. The only person still had his back straight and did not kneel down. Instead, he stared with stern eyes at the person who walked into the hall and sat on the dragon chair.

After Zhao Tingfei saw all the ministers kneeling to him, he felt so good. But when he found out that Murong Pang didn't kneel down, a look of cruelty flashed in his eyes, but he quickly hid it. Deep in his eyes, there was still a calm and gentle smile on his face.

"Everyone loves to be flat!"

Zhao Tingfei sat on the dragon chair, raised his hands slightly, and said in a deep voice.

"I will obey your orders!"

The ministers felt that there was something wrong with the voice. The emperor's voice should be very old, but this voice was a bit...too young, but they didn't pay much attention to it until they all stood up and found that the voice was sitting on the dragon chair. After the person, there was a sound of surprise.

"Why is it His Highness King Yan?"

"What about the emperor?"

"what happened?"

Except for some people who knew the ins and outs of this incident, the other ministers were full of doubts and started talking to each other in whispers...

(End of this chapter)