Rebirth of the Demon Queen

Chapter 284 Embarrassment
Lin Zisu's scalp went numb when she heard Cao Shouli's voice announcing Bi Suinan.

She knew that she had a special status, and she was afraid of causing any trouble to Bi Suinan.

In order to avoid suspicion, Lin Zisu and Bi Suinan left the house one after the other early in the morning and entered the Forbidden City.

When she went out, she didn't tell Bi Suinan about entering the palace to attend the Sutra banquet, she only said that she wanted to enter the palace to pay respects to the emperor and empress.

She could imagine that the emperor would let Bi Suinan confront the cabinet face to face, but she did not expect that the emperor would directly let Bi Suinan come to the Jingyan.

Not to mention that this sutra banquet has always been a place for lectures on sutras, and there has never been a precedent for the government to be discussed here.

In front of the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty, would these officials in Beijing allow such a low-status foreign official as Bi Suinan to discuss state affairs?

Besides, the censors had just played Bi Suinan together.Not to mention the cabinet, even the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate can turn the court upside down.

Lin Zisu looked at the emperor with probing eyes, not knowing what the emperor was thinking.

However, the emperor seemed to be doing nothing, with his eyes looking straight out of the palace, as if he was quietly waiting for Bi Suinan to appear.

"Your Majesty, I think it's wrong!"

Before Bi Suinan entered the palace, a censor in his 40s took the lead and said loudly: "The Taizu attaches great importance to the feast, and once recorded the rules and regulations into a book. It is said in the book that all descendants of the Taizu should not pretend to be smart. The law of chaos has been established. What your Majesty guards is the allusion set by the Taizu. According to the previous regulations, there has never been a precedent for coming to the magistrate to participate in the sutra banquet. Your Majesty must investigate."

As soon as the censor finished speaking, Bi Suinan followed another imperial guard into the Wenhua Hall.

The civil servants saw that the emperor had ignored the censor's memorial just now, and they were all gearing up, ready to argue with the emperor about the ancestral system.

Bi Suinan didn't expect to see this granddaughter here, and couldn't help but be taken aback.

Although he has never participated in it, he also knows the name of Jingyan, and he has never heard that Jingyan can have women to participate.

Suddenly meeting his granddaughter here, Bi Suinan didn't understand for a while what the emperor was up to.

He had just saluted the emperor, hesitated for a moment, and stood aside according to the etiquette.

Another young censor didn't wait for Bi Suinan to stand, and immediately expressed his dissatisfaction: "I heard that more than 10,000 people died in the flood in Qingyang Prefecture, and + people were displaced. Wasting time, is it because you feel ashamed in your heart and have no face to face Jiang Dong's father?"

This sentence is full of sarcasm and sarcasm, without mercy.

A censor with white beard and hair then stood up, bowed to the emperor, and said tremblingly: "The ancestral system of the Sutra Banquet was established by the Taizu in the past, so that my master can learn and holiness, and open up the world. Thinking, stimulating the spirit, today, the foreign ministers are making up for it for no reason, wouldn't it run counter to Taizu's expectations?"

The censors said "Taizu" on the left and "regulations" on the right. The emperor couldn't help but get angry when he heard it, and he was about to shoot the case immediately.

Fan Zhen, who didn't want to stand at the head of the officials, suddenly opened his mouth. He said to a group of censors: "I don't agree with what this master said. What I said to the Sutra Banquet Day is not just to analyze the classics and history. Talking about those general principles. Taizu’s original intention was to use classics and history to draw out current affairs to correct incomplete governance. Now my Dayan treasury is empty, and it has reached an imminent point. The sages have said that three people must have me Master, Prefect Bi has been an official outside the country for many years, so he must have some insights of his own, so why not listen to it?"

Above the Jingyan, it also depends on the status, but the status here is not based on the rank, but on the level of knowledge.

Fan Zhen is one of the best Confucianists in Dayan. He has lectured in academies in Shannan and Jiangnan for more than ten years, and more than 20 ministers in the court have been taught by him.

Even Qian Minzhong, the chief assistant of the cabinet now, has to perform student etiquette when he meets Fan Zhen.

With such an identity, Fan Zhen unyieldingly ranked in front of the officials.What he said was naturally effective. Once he said this, even if those censors had a thousand words in their hearts, it would be difficult to argue with Fan Zhen.

Seeing Fan Zhen standing up to speak for Bi Suinan, Lin Zisu breathed a sigh of relief.

When the emperor saw that all the ministers had put down their flags and drums, he also relaxed his expression, and regained the calmness he had just had.

Although Fan Zhen's words are very influential, there are always exceptions to everything.

The young imperial censor who spoke just now was still unconvinced, and said: "Mr. Fan's words, I don't agree with you later. This prefect, who is an official, just sits by and ignores the flood disaster. He is worrying about the king's father, and he is the leader of the local government. Woe, what kind of reason can such a person say?"

"Li Zhuwen, you are too presumptuous!"

Since Qian Minzhong has been in charge of the center these days, he has had a headache for this young censor. Hearing that he dared to contradict Fan Zhen in public, he was even more angry.

This young censor named Li Zhuwen was originally an official in the local area. After he was promoted to the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate this year, with his youthful vigor, he almost participated in all the big and small things in Beijing.

Because of his righteous words, Li Zhuwen has gained a large number of fans in just a few months.

Especially those young Hanlins admired Li Zhuwen so much that they even gave Li Zhuwen the title of "Suihan Yushi".

With this name, even if Li Zhuwen is extremely unpopular, and the court cares about his reputation, no one dares to touch him easily.

Sometimes, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will push Li Zhuwen to the front when encountering some difficult entrants.

Qian Minzhong had his own plans, and usually turned a blind eye to Li Zhuwen.Today's situation is unusual. All civil and military officials in the court know that Fan Zhen is the teacher of his chief assistant, and they are extremely polite.

But this Li Zhuwen didn't wink at all, and contradicted Fan Zhen in public. Isn't this a slap in the face of him, the chief assistant?
Qian Minzhong yelled loudly, thinking that Li Zhuwen would shrink back.

Unexpectedly, Li Zhuwen has always been a person who accepts death, after hearing Qian Minzhong's words, he stood up straight and said: "Laosheng discusses matters according to facts, why do you talk presumptuously?"

His remarks immediately attracted the whispers of several young Hanlins.

As a result, Qian Minzhong became even more angry, but he cared about his own face, and he didn't want to have the same knowledge as Li Zhuwen in public, so he hummed and stopped talking.

However, Li Zhuwen was relentless, still holding on to Bi Suinan's problem, and several Hanlin and Yushi followed Li Zhuwen and waved their flags.

Pressed every step of the way, Bi Suinan was in a rather precarious situation, not only worried about the number of people on the other side, but also cared about the emperor's attitude.

The emperor's silence and Bi Suinan's difficult response, Li Zhuwen consciously had a reason, and he was even more unforgiving.

In fact, the emperor has been paying attention to the atmosphere in the hall, but has never made a sound.

Cao Shouli observed the words and expressions, and reminded from the side: "Your Majesty, if you continue to make trouble like this, you will miss the time for the sutra feast. Do you want to stop this servant?"

(End of this chapter)