Lord Prime Minister

Guangcheng's 51 summer

Before the green leaves covered the sky, the envoy of the Nanzhao Kingdom, Mr. Stanford, set off to leave Beijing. The Imperial Academy quietly revised the historical records of the first half of the year under the emperor's secret decree.

Mu Zihuai tore off a few pages, checked them and threw them into the brazier further away.A murder case that shocked the government and the public disappeared into the flames along with these pages.

Qiao Ji casually flipped through the book in his hand, with a few wrinkles between his brows, and finally flung it away impatiently, and the thick book fell into the brazier with a muffled sound.The flames dimmed, and after a while, they suddenly rose to the height of half a person.

"Have you picked them all out?" Shen Li glanced at the few people sitting around the brazier, and he was not angry when he saw the obvious dissatisfaction on Qiao Ji's face.It is indeed a bit sad to personally burn the historical facts and materials that have been compiled and compiled for several months, but how can I not obey the emperor's order?Besides, this is not the first time.

When Zishu met, he threw a book into the brazier expressionlessly. "This is the last one."

Shen Li nodded, stood up with his hands on his knees, and showed his first smile in a few days. "Okay, let's reorganize the historical data from the first half of the year. According to the emperor's wishes, the assassin, the eldest prince, and Concubine Lan are not allowed to appear again."

"Yes." The three of them got the order and returned to their seats to start transcribing and editing.

In less than an hour, everything that happened in the past ten days was wiped out and disappeared into the long river of history without leaving any traces.All records were burned, and those who knew about it kept silent and rotted it in their stomachs.

Only Mu Zihuai always remembered that he had just experienced a palace change.

ten days ago.

at dusk.

On Rongli Road, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments walked quickly, holding the loose hem of his official robe slightly.After passing the Hall of Supreme Harmony, follow the path directly to the emperor's imperial study.

Seeing that he was in a hurry, Eunuch Li at the door hurriedly notified him to let him in, closed the door and guarded the door.

After half a year, the last time Hong Shaoqing entered the palace late at night to meet the emperor had the same expression on his face as that of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. The next day the emperor's heir went to prison for trial. I don't know what will happen this time?

Only half an hour later, the Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs came out, and it was too late to talk to Eunuch Li, so he left in a hurry.

Early the next morning, the envoys of the Nanzhao Kingdom asked to see the emperor, and Emperor Guangcheng received him in the Taiji Hall.

Bright yellow bead curtain, golden dragon throne.Emperor Guangcheng, who was sitting in the upper position, looked at the envoy Stanford with an angry expression on his face.

"Master Shi, do you mean that I didn't teach well enough?"

Stanford stood up from his seat and knelt on the ground with a loud voice. "I don't dare. It's just taught by my family teacher that the reincarnation of heaven has its own definite number. The position of the East Palace has been vacant for a long time. The older the prince, people will inevitably have bad thoughts. The emperor should appoint a prince as soon as possible to stabilize the court. Now that the external aggression has not been eliminated, we must not let our hearts be disturbed."

Emperor Guangcheng's eyes were dim, and he was not angry at Stanford's bold offense. Instead, he took a cup of tea and drank it, scanned the starry sky outside, and asked, "It is rumored that Nanzhao is proficient in witchcraft and stargazing. Master Shi of Stanford is the best at connecting ancient and modern skills. I don’t know if what you said just now was obtained by Master Shi watching the stars?”

Kneeling on the ground, with the tip of his nose almost touching the floor tiles, Stanford replied firmly, "Exactly."

"Gaze at the stars." Emperor Guangcheng muttered to himself, and then asked again: "The ethics of heaven, which one of my princes do you think has the appearance of a son of heaven?"

Stanford remained silent, just knelt on the ground and did not dare to move.

"Don't worry, I won't blame you."

"Your Majesty." Stanford sighed, but did not get up, but continued to kneel and said, "The First Prince has the appearance of the Son of Heaven, but has no destiny of the Son of Heaven, and neither the Second Prince nor the Fifth Prince has the appearance of the Son of Heaven. As for the four I have never seen the prince and the ninth prince, so I dare not speculate."

"Oh?" Emperor Guangcheng asked in a calm voice, unable to hear any emotion or anger, "So, among my princes, there is no one who can take the throne? How can we establish the East Palace?"

"The position of the crown prince is watched by others. If it is established, the harem will be stable and quiet. Since ancient times, there are not many crown princes." Stanford boldly said.

"As a Nanzhao envoy, why did you tell me these things?"

"Daguang is adjacent to Nanzhao. If one is damaged, the other will be implicated. It is better to be honored than to suffer the same loss."

Emperor Guangcheng really didn't get angry, and everyone in Nanzhao Stanford knew about the stargazers and people. "Master Shi is worried."

"Shi has one more thing to ask. Now that summer is approaching and there is plenty of rain, I watched the stars at night and realized that Nanzhao would be flooded. I asked for orders to return to the country and tide over the difficulties with the people."

Emperor Guangcheng waved his hand, not intending to force him to stay. "Master Shi worked hard for the people, and I, Daguang, would like to help Nanzhao overcome this difficulty."

Stanford was grateful, and he got up and went back to the table after bowing. "Thank you, Your Majesty."

In the evening, a family banquet was held in the palace, and all the noble concubines Zhaoyi, princes and daughters attended.

The banquet was held in the imperial garden. After the food and wine were served, all the eunuchs and maids were sent down and stood far away.

"Today's banquet is not for the monarch and ministers, but for husband and wife, father and son, and there is no need to pay attention to red tape." Emperor Guangcheng sat on the top seat, with the queen sitting beside him, and the concubines and princes and daughters below. The long banquet was laid out far away.

Most of Huangfu Yunhua's injuries had healed in the past few days, so he naturally participated in the banquet. Even the Fourth Prince, who lived in seclusion, was called to sit beside him absent-mindedly.

"Your majesty is in high spirits today, why would you think of asking everyone to come out and get together?" The queen was all smiles, tonight is the best opportunity, several dead men are already on standby, and with just one gesture, they will assassinate the emperor as planned. Leave some openings to point directly at the second prince.

"A few days ago, the government affairs were busy, and I felt that I had neglected you, so I called you together today. The empress has worked hard for me." Emperor Guangcheng raised a glass of wine, drank with the empress, and said with gratitude.

"It's a concubine's blessing to be able to share the worries of the emperor." The queen smiled, the years still left traces on her face, even with makeup on, the thin wrinkles at the end of her eyes were faintly visible under the moonlight.

"The Empress, Empress Lan Xinhui, manages the harem in an orderly manner. The emperor can rest assured." Concubine Lan wore a water red gown with tulle and a flying cloud bun today, and said with a smile, Still beautiful and unparalleled.

"Really?" Emperor Guangcheng put down his wine glass, and said in a flat tone, as if chatting: "How did I hear that the palace is calm on the surface, complaining in private, fighting openly and secretly. It's not enough to make trouble in the harem, and now it's all in the court. It's politics."

"The emperor calms down." The empress was shocked, she got up and knelt down quickly, and the other concubines and princes also knelt on the ground.

Emperor Guangcheng poured a glass of wine unhurriedly, and the water made a crisp sound when it collided with the wall of the glass.

"What are you doing? Didn't I say that today there is no courtesy for a monarch and his ministers?"

Everyone knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move an inch. After a long time, the queen blamed herself and said, "It's the concubine's fault. The concubine didn't discipline well enough to disturb the emperor with common affairs in the harem."

"Ordinary matter?" Emperor Guangcheng snorted coldly, glanced at Huangfu Yunhua who would be behind, and raised his voice: "Minqing, come forward."