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Chapter 1028: Adjournment (Part )

Cui Renshi, who had been hiding in the crowd, was suddenly startled. Seeing Li Yan's frosty expression and eyes that could not tell whether he was happy or angry, Cui Renshi clenched his fists, and a strong wave of emotion rose in his heart, and there was a hint of uneasiness.

He had not expected that a young emperor who lived among the common people could have such power and dare to intimidate the court officials in court.

After taking a deep look at the expressionless young man on the altar, Master Cui Ren silently withdrew his gaze.

After everyone quieted down, Li Yan turned his gaze to Chu Heng who was about to retreat into the crowd and said, "Master Chu, since this case was initiated by you, then we won't bother two masters with one thing. You will still be the one investigating from now on."

"No matter who is involved, we will investigate it thoroughly. Even if it is a royal princess, I will not show partiality."

"Do you have anything else to report? If not, then let's adjourn the court."

Li Yan knew that this was the last blow from the aristocratic family. It was not to compete with him, but purely to make things difficult for him, discredit the royal family, undermine his dignity as an emperor, and weaken the momentum of the new emperor's ascension to the throne.

Sure enough, after Li Yan finished speaking, no one in the court, whether civil or military, made any more memorials.

Everyone was frightened by the series of incidents today, and they all thought to themselves, "The succession of imperial power has always been full of blood and killing. Although the process of the new emperor's accession to the throne was very smooth, the contradictions were greatly intensified before and after, and a series of fierce conflicts occurred.

Judging from today's situation, the future court will still be turbulent for some time.

Many people are worried and have decided to keep a low profile as much as possible during this period, behave themselves and not be affected by the storm.

After scanning the area and seeing no one answering, Li Yan snorted coldly and turned away.
The first meeting between Li Yan and his ministers after he officially ascended the throne was ruined by the nobles. After the court was dismissed, the ministers gathered in twos and threes to discuss the key points.

Zhang Sun Wuji was a little annoyed and found Cui Renshi, asking: "Renshi, why did you do this? Cheng Qian never thought of being an enemy of the noble family, and he never agreed with the law of dividing the property equally."

"After he ascended the throne, he also vigorously promoted and appointed many children of aristocratic families."

"But do you really have to humiliate him in public? He is the emperor after all. From the beginning, he wanted to get along well with the noble families. Was Chu Heng's memorial your idea or Cui's?"

"All actions against the imperial power are the intention of the entire aristocratic family group."

Cui Renshi straightened his official robes carelessly, looked at Zhangsun Wuji, and said with a straight face: "How dare you say that? Originally, you should have fought this battle today. But you gave up halfway. I am trying to save your face, okay?"

"Since we have taken action, we must teach the new emperor a lesson he will never forget."

"That's perfect. Fang Xuanling has suffered such a blow. Even if his body doesn't collapse, he will be too ashamed to stay in the court. If I'm right, it won't be long before his resignation is handed to the little emperor."

At this point, Cui Renshi smiled frivolously: "I know that you are afraid of offending your nephew and making it difficult for you to get along with him in the future, so you let us play the villain. Now you can play the good guy, comfort your little nephew, and take over the position of Zuo Pushe."

"Otherwise, I can't guarantee what will happen in the future!"

Changsun Wuji was shocked when he saw Cui Renshi's calm expression. He asked gloomily, "Isn't Gaoyang's matter enough? What else do you want to do? Don't go too far. You have to know that even the emperor has to rely on the nobles."

"There are more than just Guanlong families in this world?"

"Hahaha, you're right."

Cui Renshi laughed unscrupulously and said, "However, you will not forget that your Changsun family is also a core member of the Guanlong family. Can you watch the Shandong nobles and the Jiangnan Chinese control the court?"

"After all, this Tang Dynasty was founded by our Guanlong clan. Northern Qi and Southern Chen were both defeated by us."

Zhang Sun Wuji's face was uncertain, sometimes red, sometimes white, and finally he sighed helplessly: "But you must promise that what happened today will never happen again. Otherwise, I would rather resign from my position in the court and not care about anything else, and let you fight to the death."

"Those two gangs are waiting for us to quarrel among ourselves so that they can reap the benefits?"

Seeing that Changsun Wuji was about to give up, Cui Renshi did not dare to push him too hard. Although he was now the one taking the lead in the affairs of the nobles, Changsun Wuji's position was much more important than his own. What if he got angry and bypassed him?

It's not that I can't talk directly with the Guanlong nobles, but then I'd end up in Cui Hongzhi's situation.

"Don't worry, the nobles don't have the energy to pay attention to the little emperor every day."

Glancing in the direction of the harem, Cui Renshi comforted him, "This is just a show of force, to make him recognize himself and put himself in the right place. From now on, whether it's you or us, being a minister will be much easier. It's much better than a protracted struggle, don't you think?"

"I can guarantee that as long as the young emperor doesn't cause trouble for us in the future and plots against us like Li Shimin did, this kind of thing will never happen again."

"Hey, remember what you said!" Changsun Wuji said coldly and hurried to the harem.

As soon as Zhangsun Wuji left, a young official came up to Cui Renshi and asked, "Uncle, should we stop?" "Stop? How can we stop?"

Cui Renshi looked at the depths of Taiji Palace with an angry look on his face. He was secretly angry that he had been fooled by that look just now. He even had a little fear in his heart and was a little shaken about his behavior.

When he thought of this, Cui Renshi felt ashamed and a little angry.

Finally, he shook his head, as if trying to shake off the palpitations in his mind, and gritted his teeth and said, "If we don't hurt him, he won't know how to be afraid. There are not many such opportunities. Li Shimin has oppressed us for more than ten years. Now it's time to settle old scores."

"Since he has passed out, let his son pay for him!"

Before the young man beside him could ask, Cui Renshi ordered with a sinister look on his face: "Order all Cui's forces in the capital to spread the story of Princess Gaoyang and Bianji's affair in the market. Add fuel to the fire, exaggerate and make it fascinating. It would be best if you could find some storytellers to make up the story and tell it eight times a day."

"I want to use this incident to embarrass the royal family."

"Let the people of the Tang Dynasty know that the so-called emperors and nobles, the so-called golden branches and jade leaves, are nothing but cheap women who can be fucked by anyone."

The young man in front of him frowned, looking puzzled: "Uncle, nephew, I see that the emperor doesn't seem to be making things difficult for our family. Why should we force him so much? After all, he is a royal family. Isn't it a bit too much for us to do this?"

"Hmph, what do you know!"

Cui Renshi looked serious and said with a deep gaze, "A new emperor appoints new ministers. The new emperor will definitely clean up the previous officials and replace them with a group of capable people. Do you want to let those officials please him?"

"Power struggles have always been a life-and-death struggle, with no mercy at all."

"The more powerful we are, the more initiative we will have in the future reshuffle. This has nothing to do with who is the emperor and who is the minister. As long as we are on the opposite side, we must keep advancing."

"Competing in the officialdom is like sailing against the current. If you don't move forward, you will fall behind."

Cui Renshi explained in a good mood: "Cheng'er, remember this: the less dignity and prestige the royal family has, the more advantages our noble family will have. Do you understand?"

"Yes, uncle, nephew knows!"

The young man responded respectfully with admiration, and then asked with some doubt: "But, uncle, we are doing this in such a high-profile way that I am afraid we can't hide it. The emperor will know about it soon. Will he..."

"Humph!"

"So what if he knows? We just need to let him know."

Cui Renshi said disdainfully: "Didn't he know it just now? Chu Heng revealed this matter in front of the whole court, but he still didn't dare to do anything? Now, my family is going to step on the emperor's face and declare our strength to the world."

"We must also let all officials know where to sit!"

Cui Shaocheng suddenly realized and was greatly inspired. It turned out that behind this seemingly mean-spirited act, there was actually such a deep intention, which was related to the future court structure.

He immediately looked flattering and said, "Uncle, you are wise. I admire you."

"hehe!"

Cui Renshi stroked his beard and smiled: "Cheng'er, the court is very complicated. You have just entered the court and you still have a lot to learn."

Afterwards, the uncle and nephew, one teaching deliberately and the other trying to please, walked out of the palace talking and laughing!

Changsun Wuji hurried to Chengqing Hall and saw Xiao Yu, Ma Zhou and Chu Suiliang waiting in the guest hall outside. He hurried forward to ask them.

When he learned that the emperor was in the imperial study, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "How is the emperor feeling? Why don't you go in and try to persuade him?"

"How to persuade?"

Xiao Yu blew his beard and said unhappily: "We are not very familiar with the emperor. Should we go in to comfort him at this time?"

Ma Zhou and Chu Suiliang also looked at Changsun Wuji with innocent faces.

Changsun Wuji slapped his head and thought to himself that he was really too anxious and confused. The emperor was now embarrassed, and as a minister, the best thing to do was to pretend that nothing had happened.

As an emperor who is high above everyone else, his reputation is as important as the sky. To comfort her at this time is undoubtedly to open the wound again. It is also equivalent to indirectly reminding the emperor that the other party is a weak person who needs others' pity and sympathy. Isn't this courting death?

(End of this chapter)