Unparalleled Concubine

"Since we can't reach an agreement, let's stop talking and wait for the emperor to make a decision tomorrow. If the emperor is on the side of the princes, I will leave with the paperwork. Otherwise, I will trouble the princes to make a paperwork."

After finishing speaking, Lord Jing'an left with his hands behind his back.

Several prime ministers stood at the gate of Yong'an Gate, all of them looked unhappy. Shen Kuan looked at Li Xin's back and snorted, "This man has been a favorite for ten years, but he is so arrogant!"

Chief Governor Ji Lin frowned, and said: "Shen Xiangshen said, Taifu Li has worked so hard in Taikang Dynasty, no one can surpass him in terms of meritorious service, so he can't be called a favorite minister."

Shen Kuan gritted his teeth: "Of course he has meritorious service, but he takes credit with pride, his nostrils are turned upside down, and he is already threatening the emperor!"

In the Chengde Dynasty, it was Zaifu's Zhongshu Ling Gongyangshu, stroked his snow-white beard, and coughed slightly: "My lords, no matter how much you shout here, it won't help."

He sighed: "At the beginning of the ninth year of Taikang, all the princes were in court, so they should know a little bit about what happened at that time. Even the first emperor didn't do anything to him. We were too rash."

Gongyang Shu is the oldest among these people. When he spoke, the others fell silent. Ji Lin cupped his hands at the old prime minister, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Gongyang, please give me your advice stop."

Gong Yang said slowly, "I'm in my seventies, and I'll be eighty in a few years. It doesn't matter if I'm an official or not, but I'm afraid you can't let go of your fame and fortune."

Doctor Yushi Yan Shouzhuo lowered his head slightly: "Brother, please enlighten me."

Gongyang Xianggong blinked his eyes and sighed: "It's useless to stand here. In my opinion, it's better for us to go to Kunde Palace and meet the Empress Dowager."

He said earnestly: "After all, our four ministers are more reassuring than one minister."

The "one assistant minister" in his words refers to Li Xin. It is foreseeable that if the emperor succeeds in taking charge of the government and several assistant ministers are dismissed from office, then this Taifu will definitely become a court official after this incident. There is no one who has the most right to speak.

At that time, he will become the only auxiliary minister.

At that time, the power of the ministers will threaten the power of the monarch. This must be something that the emperor does not want to see, and the emperor is young. At this time, the empress dowager will play a decisive role.

After hearing Gongyang Shu's words, the eyes of several prime ministers and ministers brightened.

Shen Kuan even showed joy.

"Brother Gongyang is right, four ministers are better than one minister."

"I'm equivalent to going to Kunde Palace to ask to see the Empress Dowager."

After finishing speaking, several prime ministers turned around at Yong'an Gate and walked towards the harem. They were of extraordinary identities, and they were all people who could see the emperor at any time on weekdays. They walked together, and the eunuchs in the palace immediately notified each other. Soon the internal servant was alarmed, Xiao Huai, the young supervisor of the internal servant, sent someone to Kunde Palace to report, and at the same time personally led several ministers and walked towards Kunde Palace.

They met the empress dowager without a hitch.

Originally, Emperor Yuanzhao was also in the Kunde Palace, telling his mother about the court affairs, but when he heard that several ministers had come, the emperor didn't want people to know that he was in the Kunde Palace, so he avoided it in advance.

Several prime ministers saw Empress Dowager Xie in the main hall of Kunde Palace. The gray-haired old men all knelt down slowly and called them Empress Dowager.

Empress Dowager Xie was only in her 30s, and she had never seen so many prime ministers at the same time, so she stretched out her hands in a panic.

"Please hurry up, gentlemen."

During the Taikang Dynasty, the ministers usually did not kneel when they met the emperor in private, but at this time they were just going through the motions, and they all stood up after hearing the words.

Empress Dowager Xie forced a smile.

"You ministers, you don't deal with government affairs in the official office, why did you come to Ai's house together?"

Shen Kuan was the Prime Minister and stood at the front. He cupped his hands to the Empress Dowager Xie and said, "Go back to the Empress Dowager, I have important matters waiting for you, please ask the Empress Dowager to be the master."

Empress Dowager Xie said with a smile: "You are all the humerus of the imperial court, the pillars of the country, and all important affairs of the court come from the princes. How can a woman from the Ai family make decisions for the princes?"

"Go back to the empress dowager."

Shen Kuan gritted his teeth.

"The Marquis of Jing'an, Li Chang'an, framed our four assistant ministers with trivial matters in order to control the government!"

Chapter 862

Since he came to file a complaint, he might want to throw a pot of shit in someone's face. At this time, Shen Kuan, of course, would not mention the faults of Shang Shutai and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion behind Mrs. Xie's back, but directly threw all the problems in the On Li Xin's head.

Although the Empress Dowager Xie hadn't had much contact with government affairs before this, she was in charge of the harem anyway, and she was quite calm after being the mother of the world for more than ten years. She smiled at Shen Kuan.

"The Ai family heard that there was a mistake in the dispatch order of the imperial army by the Shangshutai and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, so Li Taifu was furious and sued both the Shangshutai and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to Weiyang Palace."

After a pause, she continued: "The Ai family doesn't understand the matter in the court, but according to the Ai family's intention, if something goes wrong, they will discuss and solve it slowly. You can't let the Ai family behave like a woman." People, should you replace the princes and take charge of the government?"

Shen Kuan bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty misunderstood, the matter is up to Your Majesty, but Your Majesty is young and a student of the Marquis of Jing'an, so I am afraid it will be difficult to make a decision. Your Majesty is His Majesty's biological mother. I am here to ask you to see your Majesty. I want to explain the pros and cons to the empress, and after everything is clarified, no matter how the decision is made, it is the holy will of the emperor, and I have nothing to say."

The Empress Dowager frowned slightly.

"Then Prime Minister Shen might as well talk and listen."

Shen Kuan breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed deeply to the Queen Mother.

"As the empress said, this matter is due to my dereliction of duty at the Shangshutai and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but the Ministry of War is also guilty. The Marquis of Jing'an indiscriminately found a scapegoat in the Ministry of War, and then pushed all the crimes on the Minister. Taiwan and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion."

Shen Kuan was able to occupy the position of Zuo Xiang, so he naturally had his ability, so he only said a few words, although the matter was still the same, but the secret meaning was completely on his side.

"According to the Marquis of Jing'an, the dereliction of duty of the Ministry of War is the fault of the right servant of the Ministry of War, so the dereliction of duty of my Shangshutai and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can also be blamed on the person who added the seal. The Marquis of Jing'an directly blamed the entire Shangshu Taiwan and the entire Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but he, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was picked out of it, which is unreasonable."

The transfer order was a mistake made by the three yamen together, and the crime of the Ministry of War was borne by Qian Sheng, the right servant. Then Shang Shutai and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can actually withdraw as a scapegoat. After all, there are many generals in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. , Shangshutai also has Shangshutai, so you can find a scapegoat and take the blame.

Generally speaking, this is the usual way to deal with most things, push a person to take responsibility, and then call it a day, without going to the higher-ups.

It was Li Xin who was so unreasonable that he abruptly pushed Shangshutai and the "person in charge" of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion onto the flames.

Xiang Shen's voice was low.

"The Marquis of Jing'an's move clearly has ulterior motives. He wants to use this opportunity to target me and other ministers who were ordered by the late emperor. Your Majesty is a student of Marquis Jing'an. It may be difficult to tell right from wrong for a while. Bewitched by Marquis Jing'an, the minister I implore the Empress Dowager to explain the situation to Your Majesty!"

"In this matter, the Ministry of War, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and my Shangshutai are all at fault. Since there is a fault, they can be punished as they like. However, Taifu Li may have ulterior motives for making a fuss out of a molehill."

"Please Empress Dowager and Your Majesty to observe clearly."

As soon as Shen Kuan finished speaking, Gongyang Shu, the oldest senior, also stepped forward, cupped his hands to the Empress Dowager and said, "My Lady, the late emperor left four ministers in order to assist His Majesty in managing the government. In a few months, if he is pushed to take charge of the government, he may not be able to take charge of the court, and at that time, the power of the court may... fall to the side."

The old man with the white beard, after saying this, stepped back and didn't speak any more.

Empress Dowager Xie frowned deeply.

After all, she was not good at government affairs, and she didn't know how to deal with such a dark matter with so many twists and turns.

In other words, she didn't know who to trust.

However, Gongyang Shu's words "the power falls to the side", made her feel a little jealous of Li Xin.

Empress Dowager Xie lowered her head and thought for a while, and then said: "Prime Ministers, the Ai family is just a woman and doesn't know much about government affairs, but if a few ministers found Ai's place, the situation must be serious. Don't worry, my lords. The family must bring the words to His Majesty verbatim, and leave it to His Majesty to make a decision."

After finishing speaking, she turned her head to look at Ji Lin, the left governor of the Governor's Mansion.