Alien King

Chapter 695
After a moment of silence, Ye Tian said: "The most important thing now is to find out the emperor's whereabouts. Whether it is life or death, there must be a result."

Chu Yue's nose was sore, she tried not to shed tears, nodded, and said, "That's right, order Lin Qiyu and Zhao Zhentian to mobilize all the guards in the Shenji Camp and Da Nei to search the whole city. Including all corners of the palace."

Speaking of this, Chu Yue's face was still full of evil spirits, looked at Ye Tian, ​​and continued: "Especially the concubines and ladies in the harem, they are the key targets of the search."

Ye Tian nodded, and when he was about to speak, there was a booming sound outside the palace.

Since the battle in the Hall of Qinzheng only lasted for a short time, thousands of civil and military ministers standing on the square under the steps outside the hall realized the strange situation in the Hall of Qinzheng, and thousands of people rushed along the steps. up.

The rumbling sound was the footsteps of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

Soon, all the ministers gathered around the gate of the palace, all of them looked in suspiciously.

Ye Tian and Chu Yue looked at each other again, and they turned around at the same time.

Chu Yue looked at the ministers huddled outside the hall, and said, "Someone had evil intentions and assassinated the emperor and General Manager Ye. Lord Qin and Lord Lin acted in danger and were killed by the assassins."

Having said that, Chu Yue paused for a moment, sighed, and said, "Because Lord Qin and Lord Lin were murdered, our wedding ceremony will be stopped immediately. Let's bury Lord Qin and Lord Lin generously first."

The ministers of civil and military affairs outside the hall, when they heard Chu Yue mention that there were assassins who assassinated the emperor and Mr. Ye, and had already killed Lord Qin and Lord Lin, all of them showed extremely shocked expressions on their faces.

Not to mention that this is the day when the two princesses of the empire were married to the head of the Royal Household Office, it is absolutely unimaginable that the emperor was assassinated in this Qinzheng Palace.

How did the assassins get in?The world-renowned Shenji Battalion stationed in the capital didn't even notice anything?If it wasn't someone from outside, could it be that he was from the palace?

One question after another came out of the hearts of these ministers, and everyone looked at each other with an expression of confusion on their faces.

Immediately afterwards, people saw a pile of minced meat on the ground in the hall, and Qin Ruhua's body that had been cut into two pieces.

On the faces of many ministers, there was an extremely horrified expression.

After a long while, the minister came back to his senses, remembered an extremely critical question, and said outside the door: "Your Highness, where is the assassin?"

Chu Yue shook her head and said, "I've already run away."

All the ministers were in an uproar.

In fairness, the assassins sneaked into the Palace of Qinzheng, assassinated the emperor on the day when the two princesses were married to the head of the Royal Household Office, and finally turned the most powerful government ministers and military ministers of the Tiangong Empire into To eat a piece of minced meat, such a shocking thing, is tolerable or unbearable.

At this time, many ministers of the Tiangong Empire, because Ye Tian successively collected the four empires of Eka, Baro, Inca, and Eli, and realized the nominal unity of the entire Eastern Continent, the Tiangong Empire has thus become a real empire. In the Central Empire, the ministers have actually developed some arrogance.

At this juncture, someone actually assassinated the emperor.These ministers were all filled with righteous indignation, gnashed their teeth, and started talking and scolding each other one after another.

Another half hour later, seeing that the situation was getting more and more chaotic, Chu Yue spoke again: "Everyone, stop arguing. The news of Lord Qin and Lord Lin's death should be reported to their families as soon as possible, and Qiyu should be informed immediately And Yan'er. The Royal Carriage and Horse Company immediately dispatched fast horses to Eka to inform Lin Aoxiong and Liaodong to inform Qin Feiyang, and let them come back."

After hearing Chu Yue's words, many ministers became quiet, and then the departments in charge began to arrange the deployment.

At this time, some ministers carefully inspected the situation in the palace, and asked cautiously: "Your Highness, where is the Emperor?"

There was a gloomy look on Chu Yue's face. Before she could speak, she heard Chu Yu beside her sobbing and saying: "The assassin pretended to be the father and wanted to kill us. He gave me I drank all the poisoned wine, but he still didn't give up. The assassin was none other than Empress Xifei. I already knew that this damned woman had a rebellious heart, and now I don't know where she hid her father Go, I don't even know if Father is alive or dead."

Hearing Chu Yu's words, the expressions on the faces of many ministers could no longer be simply described with horror.

Soon, some ministers with quick brains realized a very serious problem.Now the emperor's whereabouts are unknown, and the ministers of government and military affairs have all died. It is more appropriate to describe the government at this time as a group of dragons without leaders.

Chen Zhongxiu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, Li Laifu, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Ji Yanwen, the Minister of Taxation, said at the same time: "Your Highness, the court must not be left alone for a day. Please, Your Highness, determine the candidates for the Minister of State and Minister of Military Affairs as soon as possible."

Immediately afterwards, Minister of Criminal Affairs Yao Zhongtang and Minister of Commerce and Administration Hu Fuzhen also said: "The emperor's whereabouts are unknown, and please ask Your Highness the Princess to take charge."

Chu Yue sighed, and said: "Wait for Qiyu and Yan'er to come, and transport the bodies of Lord Qin and Lord Lin back to the residence, and talk about other things later."

Hearing Chu Yue's words, Chen Zhongxiu and Li Laifu said again: "Your Highness, the assassins are lurking in the capital, and it's time for the big wedding. The court must have someone in charge. This matter must not be shirked. Otherwise, all ministries There is no procedure for reporting and opening performances, delaying political affairs is still a trivial matter, and letting assassins continue to cause chaos in the capital will do great harm."

Knowing that Chen Zhongxiu and the others were telling the truth, she was silent for a while, then Chu Yue nodded and said, "Okay, after Lord Qin and Lord Lin's bodies are returned to the residence, officials of the fourth rank and above in the capital will hold a meeting at Ziguang Pavilion. emergency meeting."

The Ziguang Pavilion was the place where the emperor rested after the morning court, and there were often things that had not been decided in the morning court. The emperor wanted to come to the Ziguang Pavilion to think carefully.

It was reasonable for Chu Yue to choose this place for the meeting.One is that Chu Yue has not officially ascended the throne, so it is not appropriate to sit on the dragon chair in the Qinzheng Hall from the perspective of etiquette.Erze Ziguang Pavilion was originally the place where the emperor continued to review memorials and think about political affairs after the early court. It was quite suitable to be used as Chu Yue's temporary court meeting place.

At this moment, the crowd suddenly parted, and two people rushed in from behind.One was dressed in a dark green military uniform, heroic and tall, and the other was dressed in a light green shirt, slim and jasper.

It was Lin Qiyu and Qin Yan'er.

Seeing these two people walk into the door, Ye Tian's face moved slightly, and he went up to meet them first.

Lin Qiyu walked directly to Ye Tian's side, looked at the minced meat on the ground, her eyes turned red, and then looked at Ye Tian.

Ye Tian nodded.

Lin Qiyu's throat moved violently, and then she suppressed the feeling of wanting to cry loudly, but walked to the front silently, then bent down, and gathered the pieces of meat together.

Qin Yan'er was not as strong as Lin Qiyu. After seeing Qin Ruhua's body that had been turned into two parts, she burst into tears instantly.

In desperation, Ye Tian had no choice but to gently hug Qin Yan'er's shoulder.While crying loudly, Qin Yan'er forcefully dug into Ye Tian's back with her slender hands.

Two hours later, Lin Qiyu and Qin Yan'er endured their grief and brought the bodies of Lin Chengzhou and Qin Ruhua back to their residences.

Due to the funerals of the Qin and Lin residences, the door-to-door ceremony that was originally scheduled for three days later was also cancelled.Immediately afterwards, Chu Yue held her first high-level meeting after taking charge in Ziguang Pavilion.

The content of the meeting was very simple. One was to arrange for all the Shenji Camp and Ouchi guards to search the whole city for the whereabouts of the emperor and track down the whereabouts of the assassins.The second is to designate Lin Qiyu as acting minister of military affairs and Ye Tian as acting minister of state affairs.

Chu Yue had already discussed this decision with Ye Tian before the meeting.It is quite appropriate for the Minister of Military Affairs to let Lin Qiyu take the lead.But there was no suitable candidate for the Minister of State for a while.The various ministries of the Government Administration Council are not under each other's control, and no matter who is appointed to come up, it will be difficult to convince the public.But Ye Tian's identity is naturally different. Compared with many ministers in office, Ye Tian is much more detached.

Coupled with Ye Tian's prestige of having conquered the great empires of the Eastern Continent, the ministers and ministers of the various ministries of the Government Affairs Council did not dare to disobey.

Compared with the Military Affairs Council, the Government Affairs Council is obviously much more troublesome.Due to the special nature of military orders, the military affairs academy has a strict hierarchy from top to bottom, and the relationship between the upper and lower levels is only obedience and being obeyed.

But the Government Administration Council is different. The Ministry of Taxation and Administration is in charge of finance and taxation; the Ministry of Civil Affairs is in charge of official assessment and promotion; the Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of population and household registration; the Ministry of Agriculture is in charge of food, farmland and water conservancy; Construction, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs is in charge of judging cases, arrests and investigations, the Ministry of Rites and Politics is in charge of education, etiquette and regulations, and the Ministry of Commerce and Politics is in charge of shops, transactions and sales.

The eight ministries of the Government Administration Council each have their own responsibilities, and in a city and state, some matters also involve cross-management between the ministries. It can be said that there is me in you, and you in me.So there is the problem of division of interests.

Whenever it comes to the division of interests, there will inevitably be cooperation and contradictions.

Therefore, among the eight major books, it is completely because you can't control me, and I can't control you, and the well water does not interfere with the river water, and each goes his own way.

Such a relationship requires a person who is detached from the various ministers for unified leadership.

And more importantly, this person who transcends the superior must command the ministers and ministers of the eight major ministries, otherwise, the ministries will act viciously and viciously, deceive the superior and the inferior, abuse their power, enrich their own pockets, and the entire Government Affairs Council will become a snake rat A nest, a place where political affairs are incomprehensible.

It was for this reason that Chu Yue let Ye Tian have cum.After you have a suitable candidate, you can think about it.

Even if there is no suitable candidate, let Ye Tian keep doing it all the time, it does not violate the etiquette system of the empire.Ye Tian is a son-in-law and a member of the royal family.

There are many historical examples of members of the royal family concurrently serving as ministers of state, which are naturally reasonable.

Although everyone had their own thoughts, they did not raise any objections to Chu Yue's decision.These ministers have been officials for many years, and they naturally know in their hearts that now is not the time for infighting, but after the candidates are determined as soon as possible, the government orders will be smooth and the court will run normally first.

The temporary imperial court was determined in this way.As the queen's prince, Chu Yue took over the duties of the original emperor and took charge of the overall situation.

Ye Tian is in charge of the empire's political affairs, and Lin Qiyu is in charge of the empire's military affairs.

After the respective principals were confirmed, Chu Yue said, "The respective responsibilities have been clarified. In addition to ensuring the smooth flow of government orders, we must thoroughly investigate the case of Father's disappearance as soon as possible. I hope everyone will not let me down."

(End of this chapter)