At the beginning of Chen Shi, the side door of the Meridian Gate opened slowly, and the old eunuch walked to the door and said loudly: "Go to court!"

The noise stopped immediately, and all civil and military officials entered the side door in an orderly manner, the civil officials were on the left, and the military officials were on the right, clearly distinguishing each other.

After entering the Meridian Gate, those above the fourth rank enter the hall, those below the fourth rank are at the gate of the hall, and those below the sixth rank are on the square.

The officials entered the hall and waited for a quarter of an hour, but Emperor Yuan Jing arrived late.

Clusters of eyes fell on the king of a country, trying to get a clue from his eyes and expressions.

None of them failed. Emperor Yuan Jing reigned for 37 years, with deep scheming and rich experience, very few people in the temple could wrestle with him.

That is Wei Yuan and Wang Shoufu.

This court meeting is no different from the previous ones, and the monarchs and ministers played right as usual.

"Your Majesty, tens of thousands of people in Chuzhou froze to death in the middle of winter. The chief envoy has already asked for money and food to relieve the victims. I implore your majesty to draw up an order and allocate funds to the Ministry of Households."

"The national treasury is empty. For disaster relief, you can raise donations from the local gentry," Yuan Jingdi replied.

"Your Majesty, the northern barbarians have repeatedly violated the border. After the beginning of spring, border conflicts have become more intense. We have to guard against it."

"Your Majesty, King Zhenbei ignored the barbarians' plundering of the border and defended the border town without sending a single soldier. As a result, the people on the border were displaced and suffered heavy casualties. Your Majesty, please punish him."

Hearing this, Emperor Yuan Jing looked at Wei Yuan, without a happy or angry voice: "Wei Aiqing, what's the situation with the northern barbarians."

Wei Yuan frowned, and said, "At the end of last year, it snowed heavily in the north for several months, and countless animals froze to death. At that time, I expected that the barbarians would go south to plunder."

Emperor Yuan Jing suddenly remembered that this happened, and frowned, "What about the follow-up? The barbarians went south to invade the border. Why didn't the watchmen receive the news in advance?"

"The minister was negligent." Wei Yuan said.

In fact, he took back Anzi from the north and transferred him to the northeast.

Emperor Yuan Jing said indifferently: "The barbarians from the north went south to invade, and Wei Yuan was negligent, so he was dismissed from the position of censor of Zuodu. He was fined for one year."

The hall was quiet for a while, and dense question marks floated in the minds of the officials.

Although the watchmen have the duty to spy on intelligence, but that is incidental business.Furthermore, when the northern barbarians invaded southward, the king of Zhenbei could not defend himself and did not fight. Even if he knew in advance that the barbarians were going to invade the border, what was the point?

Why can't this pot be dumped on Wei Yuan's head?

However, it was rare for Emperor Yuan Jing to turn his gunfire on Wei Yuan. Although he was confused, the civil officials immediately seized the opportunity to attack Wei Yuan and shouted that the saint was wise.

A censor came out and emphasized: "Your Majesty, the king of Zhenbei sits and watches the people suffer from the disaster of the war and remains indifferent. Please forgive me."

Emperor Yuan Jing's response was only four words: "I know."

The censor returned unwillingly.

The court meeting gradually came to an end. After the government affairs that had been squeezed during this period were dealt with and the officials stopped playing, Emperor Yuan Jing raised his index finger and tapped lightly on the table.

The old eunuch in python robe came out and looked around at the officials.

The hearts of the princes in the hall moved when they came.

It was normal just now, although the removal of Wei Yuan from the position of Zuodu censor was surprising, but the sudden meeting of Emperor Yuan Jing was definitely not because of this "small matter".

The old eunuch unfolded the imperial edict in his hand, and said in a clear voice: "I have found out the whole story of Concubine Fu's case, the Empress Shangguan ordered the maid Huang Xiaorou to kill Concubine Fu and frame the crown prince.

"After being questioned in various ways, Shangguan confessed to his crimes. The empress is out of order, her virtues are not compatible, and she cannot bear the destiny. She has a seal and ribbon, so she retreats to the Changchun Palace."

Changchun Palace is the cold palace.

Inside and outside the hall, there was a dead silence.

From the first rank and the third prince, down to the officials outside the palace, everyone who heard the content of the edict was dumbfounded.

In the silence, a deep voice sounded:

"Your Majesty, this is impossible."

Emperor Yuan Jing squinted his eyes and looked at the Tsing Yi who came out of the queue expressionlessly.

Wei Yuan's temples were gray, and the vicissitudes washed by the years were precipitated in his eyes, and he looked directly at Emperor Yuan Jing.

I don't know how long it took, the Minister of the Criminal Ministry and the Minister of Dali Temple came out at the same time, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the case of Concubine Fu has not been tried by the third division, so it cannot be easily concluded."

Emperor Yuan Jing said word by word: "This is my family business."

The new minister of the Ministry of Rites rushed out, bowed, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the abolition of the empress is also a major national event, and it should not be hasty. Please also submit the case of Concubine Fu to the third division for review before making a decision."

Although the edict stated that the queen had pleaded guilty.But the matter of abolishing the empress is very important, and the princes will not agree to the abolition of the empress by Emperor Yuan Jing without knowing the situation.

"Can!"

In the early morning, after Xu Xinian finished washing, he went to the back hall to have breakfast. From a distance, he saw Xu Lingyin in a small skirt sitting on the steps outside the hall, puffing his cheeks angrily.

The little figure looked lonely and pitiful.

"Lingyin, why are you sitting here?" Xu Nian asked.

Xu Lingyin looked up and ignored her.

"Second brother asked you something." Xu Xinian frowned.

"Mother kicked me out and beat me." Xu Lingyin complained, "Can second brother scold mother for me?"

Xu New Year shook his head.

Xiao Douding had such an expression on his face, wrinkled his nose and said, "It would be great if the elder brother was at home. The elder brother likes to bully mother the most."

Xu Nian entered the living room, sat in a familiar place, waited for Lu'e to serve him a bowl of porridge, and said while eating: "Mother, did the ring tone make you angry again?"

"No, your elder brother made me angry." The aunt said coldly.

"Brother didn't come back"

The aunt sneered and said: "This is what your elder brother is capable of. He can still piss me off when he's not around."

Xu Nian glanced at his sister and father who were drinking porridge with their heads down, and asked, "What's going on."

Xu Lingyue whispered: "Lingyin eats steamed stuffed buns today and spits out every mouthful, saying that this way she won't be hungry and can keep eating for the rest of her life."

"Big brother taught it?" Xu Xinian's mouth twitched.

Xu Lingyue nodded.

Second Uncle Xu added: "After the ring tone was vomited, I felt it was a pity, and wanted to pick it up and eat it, but was beaten up by your mother."

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