I was given the contraceptive soup and became the emperor's white moonlight

"Your Majesty, the three ministers are still waiting in the study, please..."

Xiao Xizi sent Li Zhao out first. When he came back, he saw that Xiao Heng had no intention of moving, so he reminded him.

"Let them wait!" Xiao Heng was still angry. These old guys first submitted a memorial jointly and then entered the palace together. Isn't this forcing him to make a decision?

He thought that by dismissing two old ministers, he would make these old guys more cautious, but he never expected that they would still do as they pleased and simply did not take him, the emperor, seriously!

"Your Majesty, those gentlemen must be here regarding Concubine Zhaoyi's matter. You'd better go and take a look, otherwise they won't let it go." Xiao Xizi considered it for a while and decided to persuade them.

"Humph!" How could Xiao Heng not know the truth? He just didn't want to bother with them. "Let's go! Let's see what these old guys can say!"

In the imperial study, the three ministers Feng, Chen and Ji had sad faces. Among them, Feng Ji was the oldest and most experienced. The two young men were looking at him with sorrow in their eyes.

Lord Feng sighed deeply. He hadn't dealt with his own family affairs yet, and such a big thing happened on the emperor's side. It should be said that the emperor is old now and it is ok for him to make decisions on everything by himself, but he made a decision on such an important matter without discussing it with the court officials. It was really outrageous.

"Thinking back to the time when the late emperor left you and me behind to assist the young emperor in ascending the throne, before his death he told us to take good care of the emperor. Now that something like this has happened, it's all our fault!"

"The Grand Tutor has now stopped attending court, and the Minister of Culture has gradually become indifferent to worldly affairs. There are only a few old ministers left who can still have a say in the court." After Feng Ji finished speaking, a trace of sadness flowed through the eyes of the three.

The past is like smoke, but it is still vivid in my mind, as if it was just yesterday. I still remember the first time I saw the young emperor. The young man was full of ambition. The late emperor had only this one son and had high expectations for him, but he was unable to see his young son become a successful person before his death.

These old ministers abide by the late emperor's will and dare not have any selfish motives in helping him pacify the world, for fear of betraying the late emperor and not being able to rest in peace a hundred years later.

"His Majesty has arrived!" Xiao Xizi walked in first and opened the door for Xiao Heng. When the three of them saw the emperor, they knelt down and kowtowed. Xiao Heng stretched out his hand and was about to stop them, but then he remembered their purpose and took his hand back.

Only after he sat down on the dragon throne did he ask them to stand up and called Xiao Xizi to prepare to give them seats.

The three of them looked at each other and knelt for a long time. Feng Ji, who was in the middle of the three, immediately said, "Your Majesty, please think twice about the Fengshan matter!"

"In our dynasty, only the main wife can participate in the Fengshan prayer. Even if Su Zhaoyi is both talented and virtuous, she cannot break the rules of our ancestors!" After Feng Ji said this, he leaned over and bowed, as if he would not get up if Xiao Heng refused to agree.

Xiao Heng had just sat down when he heard his righteous words. As his anger rose, the two people beside him echoed him.

"Yes, Your Majesty! Wouldn't it be disrespectful to God and our ancestors if I participated in the prayer?"

"Your Majesty, please understand! If the late emperor knew about this, I am afraid that we will not be able to see him again a hundred years later!"

When the late emperor was mentioned, Xiao Heng's heart twitched violently. He clenched his hands, fearing that he would not be able to control himself and ask others to drag them all away and chop them to death.

Seeing this, Xiao Xizi rushed forward to comfort him and handed over the heat-clearing tea he had prepared in advance. Xiao Heng took a sip, and the tea flowing down his throat suppressed his anger a little. He looked at the three people who were kneeling below and refused to get up, and for a moment he didn't know how to start.

"I am now over 20 years old. Do you still need to mention the late emperor when discussing matters?" Xiao Heng spoke coldly. He threw the memorials at several people. "I have obeyed the will of heaven and the will of the people. The world is peaceful and prosperous. How can I be so unfaithful to the late emperor?"

"Your Majesty, that is not what you meant!" Feng Ji said, "It is just that this matter is really against common sense. Your Majesty sent Su Zhaoyi to the altar of Fengshan. How should the Queen deal with it? And how should the Wen family deal with it?"

"Gentlemen in the world value their first wives. Your Majesty has now set this precedent, so won't it make people think that Your Majesty tacitly approves of favoring concubines and abandoning wives?"

"Empress? The Empress has always been in poor health, how can she withstand the cold wind on the altar?" Xiao Heng said coldly: "You all say that I don't value my first wife. I have been on the throne for several years, and my harem is filled with countless beauties. Have I ever lost face for the Empress?"

"The Queen and I have been together for many years. Don't you know that?"

"But..." Feng Ji fell silent. The two people kneeling behind him looked at each other, and both saw a hint of hesitation in each other's eyes.

"But there is still a concubine position in the palace..." Feng Ji spoke, but his tone was no longer so firm.

"Since you are a concubine, why do you care about your status?" Xiao Heng interrupted him. "Besides, the Fengshan affairs have always been handled by Zhaoyi with the assistance of the Queen. Is there anyone who knows more than her?"

The three of them were silent after hearing that. Feng Ji wanted to persuade them a few more times, but they grabbed his arms. Xiao Heng waved his hand and ordered them to leave. The three of them thanked him and walked out together.

"Mr. Feng, His Majesty..."

"Your Majesty has always had a very close relationship with the Queen, so there is no other way." Lord Chen was the first to express his opinion.

"But, but I always feel that His Majesty and the Queen..." Lord Ji frowned, always feeling that something was wrong.

The two argued for a while, and seeing that Feng Ji hadn't spoken a word from beginning to end, they all turned their eyes to him.

"Mr. Feng?"

"Your Majesty is young and energetic now. I am afraid that he has made the woman from the Su family lose her mind!" Feng Ji looked a little angry. "Let's not talk about the other concubines. There is also the Concubine Shu from the Gu family in the palace. How can she not participate in the Fengshan ceremony?"

Minister Chen and Minister Ji fell silent, and the three of them walked out of the Zhengde Gate, each with their own thoughts.

Prime Minister Gu is, after all, an old minister of two dynasties, and they have long been connected with each other. The Su family is different. Although Mr. Su is also in a high position and has power, he is not on the same boat with these civil officials. Even if the emperor is determined not to let the empress attend the Fengshan ceremony, it must not fall on Su Minglang.

In recent years, the emperor has gradually begun to balance the civil and military officials, and neither side has been pleased. The civil officials have not been as outstanding as the military officials. The world has been peaceful in recent years, and the military officials have no place to use their talents, which has given them a chance to breathe a sigh of relief.

If Su Minglang is allowed to go up to the altar this time, those military generals will become even more arrogant in the future, and by then, they, the civil officials, will really have no place to speak in the court.

Once this rare balance is broken, the consequences will be unimaginable.