How to Raid the Queen

On the second day, Jing Wenhao went to court as usual, and there were no major events in Japan these few days. Almost everyone's attention was focused on the case of Jing Wenxi's rebellion a few days ago. The things that Wen Xi covered the sky with one hand and deceived his superiors and subordinates were nothing more than trying to add fuel to the flames, so that Jing Wenhao could find enough reasons to put those two people to death.After all, winners and losers, Jing Wenhao thought, if it is like before, if his younger brother can successfully seek to usurp the throne, what these people are talking about at this time may be his fault.

The atmosphere in the imperial court was not good, which naturally gave the Concubine Chen's family an opportunity to take advantage of it.Concubine Chen's biological father happened to be the Minister of Rites, and her grandfather was a general who followed the emperor in the Southern and Northern Wars. Concubine Chen sent back a letter from her family, saying how wronged she had been. Kind of a challenge.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report." Just when Jing Wenhao felt that his ears were about to be worn out by those people, Concubine Chen's father, he came to pick things up again.

The corner of Jing Wenhao's mouth twitched, although he really didn't want to listen to this man, he still forced himself to act like a wise gentleman.

"Master Chen, please tell me."

"I think that the emperor suddenly ordered a birthday banquet for the empress a few days ago, which violated the ancestral system, which is really disrespectful." Your lord took a step to the right, made a bow, and then began to speak.

When Jing Wenhao heard this, he immediately became interested. A few days ago, this person found fault with some irrelevant officials' etiquette issues, but now it is fine, and he directly blamed Li Xi.

"Oh? I don't know. In that case, Mr. Chen will talk to me about it."

"Since the founding of the country, the Tai/Zu has established a rule that everything should be done with the people first, and there must be no arrogance and lust in the harem. All people in the harem, except the queen mother, emperor, and empress, are not allowed to celebrate their birthdays. These three, Except for the empress dowager, you can only have a big birthday. The empress, who is nineteen years old, is not an adult, not a crown, so holding a birthday banquet in the palace and entertaining all the officials is the first inappropriate."

After Chen Qing said this, he paused for a moment, seeing that Jing Wenhao didn't seem to be angry before continuing: "There is a saying in the ancestral system, those who are in power order the officials, and they need to be sympathetic to the officials. The emperor ordered to do it. The birthday banquet was only three days away from the Queen's birthday. Although the Ministry of Rites should always be prepared for emergencies, the three days were too hasty, causing the Ministry of Rites to fly wildly, and the ministers could hardly sleep at night. , it is a matter of loyalty to the emperor, but the emperor is embarrassing his subjects."

"Thirdly, according to the ancestral rules, different tableware and dishes are used for birthday banquets according to personal rules. The emperor directly issued a death order, but the queen's birthday banquet uses the tableware that should be used for the queen mother's birthday banquet. The dishes are the same as the emperor's birthday. This is disrespectful. Your Majesty, you shouldn't break the rules of your ancestors for the empress."

What Chen Qing said was just and stern, and he also played some scattered things a few days ago, all in preparation for today.

After Jing Wenhao quietly listened to these words, he didn't feel like pretending anymore.

"What Mr. Chen said just now is really well-founded, which makes me very happy. The soul of Tai/Zu has been back for many days, but I can't imagine that there are still people who remember the things in this "Documentary of Tai/Zu" today, and can use it to criticize me. No." Jing Wenhao sat down seriously, "If you want to talk about this "Tai/Zu Shishi", let alone the court, even if you look at the world, there will be no one who is more familiar with it than me."

"I'm ashamed to say it. I don't know if Tao Xiang remembers that I was naughty when I was young. Whenever I made mistakes, my mother begged for mercy. The late emperor couldn't bear to punish me so much, so he asked me to copy this "Tai/Zu Jishi"." Jing Wenhao said Arriving here, he took a look at Tao Yulin.

Tao Yulin made a bow, and said: "That's true. At that time, I was the emperor's tutor, and I followed the emperor to memorize the documentary. The emperor even got into a lot of temper because of this matter. Remember, the palace In the Zangshu Pavilion, I am afraid that there are still a few copies of the emperor's handwriting."

Jing Wenhao laughed, and said, "Ms. Tao is joking. But I don't know if Mr. Tao remembers that in the last article, he wrote, 'As a king, kill decisively, and if there are rebels, you should be punished'."

Tao Yulin knew what Jing Wenhao meant, and quickly responded, "That's true."

"If I remember correctly, then when Mr. Chen read this book, did he ever turn to this one?" Jing Wenhao's face no longer had the smile just now, instead it was gloomy and chilling.

Chen Qing felt as if there was a cool wind blowing, he couldn't help shaking his body, and said: "I have little knowledge, I only read the book of rites in "Tai/Zu Shishi", and have never read anything else."

"Oh, if that's the case, it's Mrs. Chen's fault. A few days ago, I heard that the secret guard said that King Yi wanted to rebel against King Ying. Is it too hasty to hold a birthday banquet? Master Chen, it’s not that I’m not considerate of you, it’s that King Yi and King Ying are not considerate of you.” Jing Wenhao made a heartbroken look, “I thought that since the past few days After the case of rebellion, the courtiers in this court should have been able to understand my good intentions, but now it seems that this is not the case. I feel a little uncomfortable, could it be because I was not single-handedly promoted?"

As soon as he heard this, he was talking about the matter just now. Chen Qing quickly knelt down and said: "I dare not, I have betrayed the emperor's will, I really deserve to die, I beg the emperor to punish me."

Chen Qing's move was only to advance by retreating, following the rules, and officials who spoke up could not be punished. He knew that Jing Wenhao was unhappy just now, but he didn't believe that Jing Wenhao could do it in front of all civil and military officials. punish him.

Jing Wenhao withdrew the hand placed between his eyebrows, and said, "Master Chen, you don't have to do this. Master Chen is very loyal, and I'm speaking today, just because I'm afraid that I'll be stupid and violate the rules of my ancestors. I won't take it to heart, but Master Chen, Having been an official for so many years, it is really not good to read only one of the books. In this way, when I was young, I copied "Tai/Zu Shishi" a hundred times, and now Mr. Chen also went back and copied it a hundred times. What? The time is over, let's go to court again."

"This, this..." Chen Qing never thought that Jing Wenhao would ignore the wishes of the officials and punish him like this in this hall.

"Is Mr. Chen unwilling? Or do you think my statement is inappropriate? Anyway, I am familiar with "Tai/Zu Jishi". If Mr. Chen thinks it is inappropriate, he will stand on the court and talk to him after he finishes copying it." I'm fine with debating, do you still have any objections?" Jing Wenhao's face didn't even have a trace of pleasantness at this time, he had long wanted to find a chance to knock down this group of pedantic old courtiers, but he had been suffering from no chance, and now Chen Qing would bump into it by himself.

Chen Qing had no choice but to accept the order.

Jing Wenhao didn't go to the Zhiran Palace when he came down from the court, but directly set up in Concubine Chen's palace, and hurried along the way, the palace people who followed all thought that Concubine Chen might be favored again.

When Jing Wenhao arrived at Concubine Chen's palace, Concubine Chen was not in his own palace. Jing Wenhao knew that she was probably pestering Li Xi again, so he sent a maid to Zhiran's palace and asked her to invite Concubine Chen back .

Concubine Chen was in Zhiran's palace at that time, and pestered Li Xi to tell her how to get along with the emperor. When she heard that the emperor had gone to her palace, she thought that the things she had done in the past few days had achieved results, so she hurriedly He bowed to Li Xi and went back.

"The emperor Sheng'an. Why did the emperor suddenly think of coming to the concubine today, and the concubine is talking with the queen." Concubine Chen walked in with a smile, but it seemed like a different person in a few days, and there was no previous relationship. Not to mention the domineering look of being favored by others, even the natural charm is gone.Every frown and smile is extremely cute, and even the hair bun has been redesigned. Looking at it this way, it looks like a daughter waiting to be married in a boudoir, very pleasing.

Of course, this is what Concubine Chen ran to Li Xi's place to study these few days. She saw Li Xi's expression was indifferent all day long, and he was dressed elegantly, like a handsome young man from a wealthy family. Then I thought that Jing Wenhao probably likes this kind of fresh and natural makeup without makeup recently.Immediately, he found the most experienced Momo in the palace, and tailored a new image for himself. What he wanted was for Jing Wenhao to have a refreshing feeling when he saw her again.

However, what she didn't expect was that Jing Wenhao was not in the mood to appreciate her changes at all.

"Your father and grandfather make trouble for me every day in the court hall, and you run to Zhiran Palace every day to trouble the queen, isn't that why?" Jing Wenhao's voice was very cold, not like Talking to his concubine.

"Emperor, Your Majesty, my concubine, my concubine was wronged." Concubine Chen thought that Jing Wenhao finally wanted to pass by to see her, but how did he know that the first sentence he spoke was to question her, and Concubine Chen was almost in a daze.

"Stop complaining, if you hadn't asked someone to bring the letter back, your father and grandfather would come to me every day to report to me?" Jing Wenhao didn't want to delay the time with Concubine Chen, and said directly, "Don't you think it's just them?" The little pressure the two exerted on the court can make me favor you again? Stupid."

Concubine Chen was already crying at this time, she kept looking at Jing Wenhao, she was very sad, she shed tears, and said: "Chenqie, there is no Chenqie."

"Stop crying, I came to you today just to tell you that whether it is your father or your grandfather, I don't care about it, but don't bother the queen. I know that if I ban you this time If you are not able to get out, you will do everything in your power to put people on the queen's side, implying that you should bother him. The queen is soft-hearted, so it's fine if you don't talk about it. I advise you, if you are more peaceful, you can still stay in this palace Stay here for a few more days, if not, I guarantee that no one will know that you have disappeared from this palace." Jing Wenhao came to Concubine Chen today to solve Li Xi's worries and problems, thinking that that person had never given him a few days. With a good face, Jing Wenhao was annoyed.

"Concubine, there are really no concubines." Concubine Chen was still pear blossoms and raining.

Jing Wenhao stood up and said, "Tell me, how can you not bother the queen?"

Concubine Chen was surprised, is it true that Jing Wenhao is so reticent now?After thinking over and over again, Concubine Chen finally said: "Please the emperor give my concubine's mother a waist card, so that mother can accompany my concubine during this time."

Jing Wenhao replied "Yes" directly, and left without looking back.