Chapter 730: Through the Sun
There was silence in Jinluan Hall.
In the past, after Xu Yuan finished speaking, someone would probably jump out and angrily scold him for being rude. The ceremony of opening the court was not sung before it was played aloud. This was a violation of national etiquette and an insult to the supreme power. However, the ministers wearing various official robes today almost all maintained the same look.
He lowered his eyes, put his hands in his sleeves, and stood silently.
But this is not silence out of fear.
The imperial power is deep-rooted in the heart.
There are many foolish and loyal people in the court who are not afraid of death, and there are even more Qingliu who are willing to risk their lives to express their progress. But not being afraid of death does not mean that they are brainless. Both types of people know very well that even if they want to sell their lives, It also has to be sold at the right time at the right price.
The movement of the Prime Minister's third son forcing the Meridian Gate was very loud, and even the ministers with a slightly higher level of cultivation could sense it. As for those with a low level of cultivation who could not detect it, they were also informed by the sound transmission. At this time, the other party acted arrogantly again, and they had to see what Xu Yuan wanted to do today.
"clatter"
"clatter"
The footsteps echoed.
According to the rituals of the Great Yan Dynasty, the director of etiquette would present the notes played in front of the hall, but now no one was moving, so Xu Yuan had to hand it over to the prince himself.
The first ray of morning light was submerged in the turbulence of dark clouds, and the empty puddles reflected the beautiful buildings and jade buildings. The dark light penetrated and scattered from the palace door, and the huge Fengtian Palace was suppressed like a huge water prison.
Anyone who can enter this deep palace is regarded as a big shot in the outside world, and can determine the life and death of thousands of people. There may be some mediocre people among them who rely on family background, flattery, or luck to sneak in. But at this time of the year, those who have not been fighting must have a good sense of politics. They all secretly speculate that the third son of the Prime Minister will go to court today. purpose.
He went on a mission to the north, was assassinated and faked his death on the way back, secretly arranged for Chen Cang to promote the Western Desert Incident, and then took the prime minister's palace back to Beijing. His identity had been revealed to the outside world, but even so, most people only rated him second best. Xu Changan, or Xu Changge who knows how to compromise, may have a promising future, but if Xu Yinhe doesn't die, he will at most be the heir to the prime minister's office.
Has power, but must operate under the supervision of the prime minister.
This is the consensus of the world.
No matter in the world of sects or dynasties, family thieves are the most difficult to guard against. There have been too many precedents in the past years such as killing fathers and brothers, killing brothers and sisters, bullying teachers and destroying ancestors.
Power is ruthless.
This is the case for today's saints, and the same should be the case for prime ministers.
As a result, what Xu Yuan can do is extremely limited. There are rumors that the Zhenxihou Mansion should have fallen apart a month ago, but it was forcibly renewed with the support of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Things have been brewing secretly these days. Various forces were also fighting and entangled there, and even local wars broke out. Xu Yuan did so many arrogant acts today, probably because he wanted to give others a warning and set the tone for the Prime Minister's Office on this matter.
But thinking about it, this was just the last act of toughness before the Prime Minister gave in.
The Western Desert Incident made the whole world see the devastation of the Zhenxihou Mansion, and also made this behemoth that had guarded the border for decades instantly become a piece of meat. As the first person to place a bet and win the bet, Xiangfu has already been full of food in Xizezhou in the past month and accepted most of Zhenxifu's Jingluo inheritance.
But this is a feast for everyone in the world!
If you want to continue to be tough and not allow others to share the food, the local conflict will most likely deteriorate into a military disaster sweeping the world!
so,
The Prime Minister's Mansion will definitely give in.
The last row of ministers was only twenty feet away from the prince's low table under the golden steps. Xu Yuan walked not too slowly, weaving through the crowd, and the four characters on the vermillion letter paper were gradually seen by the ministers.
Time stands still,
Breathing stagnation,
How dare Xu Yinhe?
How dare Xu Changtian? !
Gudong.
The sound of swallowing rolling in the throat was rustling.
The sound of gasping began to spread in the hall, and after the emotion called horror spread, the ministers suddenly realized that they seemed to be wrong. They were wrong. The prime minister gave the heir more power than expected. Too much.
Those in high positions remained expressionless, but the lower-ranking ministers looked back and forth dryly at the expressions of others, regardless of the emperor or the minister.
If they dare to submit this memorial at this time, there must be a way to force it through. At this moment when they enter the Jinluan Palace, some things in the outside world should be quietly happening.
Is it the Imperial Guard?
Or the City Defense Department?
Or is it someone in the palace?
While the shock was still lingering, Xu Yuan stood still in front of the prince with steady steps.
Without any extra movement, without any words of advice, he just solemnly presented the scarlet letter to the low table, and the eyes of everyone in the hall were focused at this moment.
In this audible silence,
"I think Xu Qing has something important to do, so there is no need to go into details about what he did to exceed the etiquette."
After looking at each other for a moment, Li Yucheng whispered, lowered his eyes and picked up the letter. The paper folded and rustled loudly.
After counting his breath from time to time, Li Yucheng read through the book, spread out the booklet and placed it on the case, thinking silently.
The only rustling in the hall returned to deathly silence, but restlessness began to spread in everyone's heart. No one knew where the world would go after this letter, but today may be their most important day in the past few decades and in the next few decades. day.
As long as the prince refutes it, he must take a stand. This is a life and death game in which there is no neutrality. But what happened next made them stunned.
I saw the prince wearing a gold python, jade and glazed robe.
He actually reached out and touched the gilded national seal at this moment.
The top of the mountain is vast, with beautiful buildings and jade buildings hidden in phantom clouds and mist.
There are a large number of flowers planted on the mountain behind Kunning Palace. Even though late autumn has arrived, the sea of flowers is still all over the mountains and plains. Unfortunately, the sky is gloomy, misty and rainy, and the colorful and magnificent colors of the past have faded. Instead, it looks like a landscape painting made by everyone, with a little bit of red in it. More like a dragon's eye.
A woman walks alone in this flower mountain, wearing a vermilion cloak dancing, tall and graceful, with long black hair untied, hanging down around her waist, walking along the pathless sea of flowers towards the pavilion on the top of the **** .
When Li Qingyan came to the top of the slope, there were already many people waiting here. The palace maids of Yingying and Yanyan were kneeling in the sea of flowers around the pavilion, surrounding the women in the pavilion like stars holding the moon.
Empress Dayan, the mother of the dynasty and her biological mother.
Time is like a knife, leaving indelible marks on a woman's face, but this does not affect her beauty. She wears a jade emerald phoenix crown, a true red big-sleeved dress, and a gilt dragon, phoenix and harem to show her noble look. Her status, dignified and majestic behavior, and the dull sky all add a bit more color to her.
Li Qingyan didn't like this queen mother.
There are many reasons. In the final analysis, it may be that she has a conflicting temperament that makes her feel uncomfortable.
Like now.
The queen's slender eyes glanced over, and when she saw the plain clothes and red robe, her delicate and graceful eyebrows were unconsciously half-squinted, as if she was dissatisfied with the casualness of the woman in front of the pavilion.
She has been staying in the north since she was a child, and has only returned to Beijing a handful of times. Every time, her mother-in-law makes her feel uncomfortable.
And today, the queen mother is still the same as always, she still likes to hold everything she can control firmly in her hands, even small things like clothing.
With this in mind, Li Qingyan solemnly bowed his head to the queen:
"Mother."
No matter how unhappy she is, the person in front of her is still her biological mother, and the royal heirs should be the first to greet the queen when they return to the palace. It has been two months since she returned to the palace, and it is already too late to come today.
Sitting in the elegant hall, the queen looked at her daughter who was kneeling in front of the pavilion and said in a very calm voice:
Li Qingyan lowered his eyes and said in a rustling voice:
"After returning to her mother, her daughter contracted an epidemic on the battlefield and rashly pretended to be safe, which frightened her body."
"It's true." There was no emotion or anger in the queen's voice. She looked down at the woman without letting her get up and asked, "I heard that the prince went to see you, and more than once."
Li Qingyan remained as brief and respectful as ever: "Yes, Brother Emperor, he found me."
"You haven't seen him?"
"yes."
"Why not?"
"I'm suffering from an epidemic, so it's inconvenient to see him."
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The wind on the top of the mountain was a bit cold, and a few drops of drizzle fell, setting off waves of flowers and wheat.
The queen leaned gently on the back of the chair, took a deep breath, and said in a calm voice with a hint of coldness:
"I told you before you went to the North that the palace maid's son was going to the North to seek military power. If possible, I don't want to see him return to the capital again. If you don't kill him, He will try to kill you. You will ignore this. What is the result now? He has returned with a hundred thousand soldiers, and the important officials of the dynasty are being coerced by him. Even your father is interested in changing his wife! , your fate as the crown prince’s sister.”
"." Li Qingyan said nothing.
Seeing this, the queen exhaled softly and gave serious instructions:
"Qing Yan, it's not too late now. I will call your brother here. Today, you brothers and sisters will come to Kunning Palace to discuss how to deal with the son of the palace maid."
"Are you scared?"
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The cold voice was rustling and sweet, very soft, but it directly brought the queen's words to an abrupt end.
The queen's eyes were filled with surprise and confusion. At this moment, she even suspected that she had heard an auditory hallucination, but soon, the voice sounded again:
"Since you did what you did to Li Zhaoyuan's mother and son, you shouldn't be afraid of her now, or you should have eradicated it directly from the beginning."
As Li Qingyan spoke, he stood up from the slightly muddy flower field, patted the rain and dew on his cloak, and looked directly into the eyes of Emperor Yan.
To be fair, what her biological mother said at the beginning was correct, if she were from the prince's point of view, but why did she have to stand from the prince's point of view?
The queen's eyes widened slightly and she opened her mouth:
"you"
"Mother."
Li Qingyan interrupted the queen's words lightly and said softly: "Qingyan doesn't care about the political situation in the court, he only cares about who can eradicate the sect."
After a brief daze,
The queen regained her composure, frowned, and stared at the rude daughter with solemnity:
"The prince is your only brother and the future king of the Great Yan Kingdom! When you wanted to lead the army, it was me who persuaded your father and paved the way for all the voices in the palace to allow you to assist your brother in ascending the throne!"
Li Qingyan stared at the queen in silence for a few breaths, and then suddenly smiled:
"Mother, you have been silent for twenty years, why do you have a desire for power at this time?"
Yating suddenly fell silent.
Slightly pattered, crispy in the breeze.
The queen's fingertips trembled slightly and her eyes were half-squinted:
"What did you say?"
Li Qingyan thought for a while and said with a chuckle:
"It is indeed your decision to let me lead the army, but isn't it for your own sake, Queen Mother? Twenty years ago, my father returned to Beijing seriously injured and the Prime Minister was nowhere to be seen. When the Crown Prince first came to supervise the country, what did you do when Queen Mother listened to the government behind the curtain? , Qing Yan has heard about it.”
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Upon hearing this, the queen's expression instantly trembled with anger.
Li Qingyan ignored it, his voice became serious and solemn, and he said every word:
"Mother, there are things that a daughter should not say too clearly, but if you want to control the country, such as the country in the world, it is far from enough to just fight in the palace and strategize. If the prince ascends the throne, the world will be in chaos, and the country will be in chaos. No country.”
Twenty years ago, in that incident, the two most powerful people in the court were plotted by the sect. The emperor was seriously injured and on the verge of death, and the prime minister mysteriously disappeared. When there was a vacancy in power, the emperor and the empress wanted to do something Wu Zhao.
It's a pity that although the emperor and prime ministers lost their voices at that time, Xu Yuan's mother was still alive.
She stopped her.
But as Li Qingyan said before, she actually doesn't care who ascends the throne. Even in the coup 20 years ago, the queen mother really gained power. She doesn't really care. She cares. This queen mother only knows how to fight for power in the palace and eradicate dissidents, but she has no ability to calm the world.
thinking,
Li Qingyan breathed out softly and glanced in the direction of Jinluan Palace with his clear eyes.
The queen frowned, as if she wanted to get angry, but after taking a deep breath, she still maintained her dignity:
"Since you have made your decision, why did you come to see me today?"
"Because Queen Mother, you are my biological mother after all."
"I must listen to the truth."
".Then it's just waiting for someone's decision."
"."
The queen pondered for a while, remembering that today seemed to be the day when Xu Changtian was going to meet him, her eyebrows instantly darkened, and she asked in a deep voice:
"Wu Yuan, you can't be"
"Queen Mother, I am Li Qingyan."
Li Qingyan looked back indifferently, his long hair moving in the wind, his eyes cold and quiet: "I am indeed waiting for him, but it is not because of feelings."
The queen was quiet for a long time, thinking for a long time, and then whispered:
"I don't understand. I don't understand what you are waiting for. What can Xu Changtian do in court?"
"This is the reason why I will not choose the prince. Neither he nor the queen mother has the courage and courage to shoulder the responsibilities of the world."
Standing on the hillside, Li Qingyan gently raised his hand, stretched out his slender index finger and pointed in the direction of the Golden Palace, and said in a faint tone:
"Queen mother, look."
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The queen fell silent for a moment.
Under her gradually widening eyes,
A ray of light, like a piercing sun, directly penetrated the Jinluan Palace that had stood for thousands of years!
(End of chapter)