Qinzheng Hall is the place where the emperor and ministers handle government affairs. Han Ruzi came once on the day he ascended the throne and caught up with the accident that the eunuch Liu Jie used his death to protect the seal. After that, there was no chance to connect to Qinzheng Hall.

Until today, a defeat in Kanto allowed Han Ruzi to come to Qinzheng Hall for the second time and finally met the Queen Mother herself.

There were more people in the hall than last time. In addition to the Grand Tutor Cui Hong who led the troops outside, four ministers and ministers of Guru had arrived, and there were more than 20 civil and military officials. Shangguan Xu, the Grand Marshal of the Southern Army, disappeared. At this critical moment, the Queen Mother did not summon his brother.

The most unusual thing is that there are very few eunuchs in the hall, only Yang Feng, Jing Yao and Zuo Ji, and the ministers have an absolute advantage in terms of quantity.

This time, the Empress Dowager did not hide in the Tingzheng Pavilion, sit on the throne, and face the ministers. In fact, the Empress Dowager participated in politics every day and had met the ministers. The only person who had never seen the Empress Dowager's true face was the emperor.

The Queen Mother looked very young. If she hadn't had the solemn expression and the formal dress on her body, there would have been someone who believed that she was less than thirty years old.

King Donghai once complained in private that as long as the empress dowager was present, the father's eyes would not look at others. Han Ruzi now thinks this sentence is too exaggerated. Judging from his thirteen-year-old boy, the empress dowager is indeed very beautiful, but not as beautiful as people can't take their eyes off. At least no one in the room cared about the appearance of the empress dowager and was arguing with each other fiercely.

As soon as the emperor appeared, the ministers calmed down and retreated to both sides, ranking in sequence, led by Prime Minister Yin Wuhui, and knelt down and kowtowed.

The tablets in the Taimiao can also be treated and worshipped, but they are just dead objects after all, not the incarnation of the late emperor. The kneeling worshippers will forget them after they leave the Taimiao. Han Ruzi is now like a moving tablet, which was handed over by the Emperor Shangguan and personally sent to the Empress Dowager.

The throne was very wide, enough to sit down three adults. Han Ruzi deliberately leaned over, but the empress dowager pulled her over. The two of them were close together, like a mother and son who depended on each other.

The Emperor Shangguan Empress stood beside the Empress Dowager and kept holding the King of Donghai's wrist. In this way, the Shangguan sisters held Emperor Huan's two sons tightly in their hands.

The Meng brother and sister were separated from the three eunuchs, forming the only protective circle. This time, Meng Feng did not wear the costumes of palace maids, but appeared in the costumes of guards.

Jing Yao, the chief minister of the Central Secretary, announced his exemption from courtesy, and the ministers stood up and quieted for a while. Several ministers looked up at the emperor, their eyes full of curiosity and confusion.

Han Ruzi was also puzzled. After all, he was the nominal emperor and the empress dowager was sitting by his side. Why were these ministers so rude? The empress dowager didn't respond at all?

Slowly, the ministers began to argue again,

The right-supervisor Chen Mingzhi waved the tablet in his hand and shouted at a minister in his thirties, continuing his previous accusation: "Tao Cui led 200,000 troops and recruited nearly 400,000 civilians in ten counties. The King of Qi had only more than 100,000 troops. Who was stronger and weak, which was obvious at a glance. The Tutor Cui could not capture it for a long time, which had already shocked the world. Suddenly defeated the army and once he was trapped in the court in danger, this matter was very suspicious!"

The accused minister was flushed, but he did not dare to argue directly. He knelt down and kowtowed to the empress dowager. "The empress dowager was clear that the only Grand Tutor of Cui was the only Grand Tutor who led his troops outside, and his family members were all in the capital. Although the Grand Tutor was trapped for a while, he would definitely be able to reunite the heavenly soldiers and fight with the King of Qi again. The monk would not let the rebel soldiers approach the capital, nor would his Majesty and the Empress Dowager fall into a dangerous place. If the generals do not believe in the internal situation, they will not establish authority outside..."

Yang Feng bent down and whispered to the emperor: "Jiang Juying, Minister of War, and the son-in-law of Grand Tutor Cui."

Han Ruzi understood and glanced at the Queen Mother with her own light, wanting to see how she would solve the crisis.

My mother's hands were always warm and soft, but the empress dowager's hands were wet and cold. It was uncomfortable to be held by it. Han Ruzi couldn't help wondering if the empress dowager was sick.

The empress dowager did not speak, and the quarrel between the ministers gradually expanded. Some people stood on the side of the right censor Shen Mingzhi to reprimand the Cui family, and many people defended the Cui family.

Yang Feng quietly introduced the minister's name, official position and simple background. The empress dowager heard it and did not stop it.

The general pattern of the court gradually emerged before Han Ruzi. What made him feel strange was that several ministers were obviously from the Cui family, but they also criticized the Grand Tutor Cui Hong indignantly, which was even more excited than the right censor Shen Mingzhi.

More ministers held on both ends and waited for the situation to be clear.

The person who can decide right or wrong is the empress dowager, but she has never shown her attitude. She occasionally speaks and orders a silent minister to express her opinion. Finally, she calls Prime Minister Yin Wuhe: "Prime Minister Yin, you are the leader of all officials, why are you reluctant to speak?"

The Empress Dowager had more experience in governing than many ministers expected. It was not possible to pretend to be confused in front of her. Yin Wuhe had more contact with the Empress Dowager and felt deeply about this. He hurriedly bowed and said in the trembling voice of the elderly: "I dare not hide my own private voice. It's just that this matter is very important. There are not many news sent back from Qi State, and there are many conflicts between each other. This little news alone seems to be not enough to draw a conclusion."

"Sages know the sages when they see the smallest. All the great masters of the country chosen by the late emperor. Even if they are not called sages, they should be close. No matter how much news, the unfavorable war in Qi is always true. The Prime Minister is Your Majesty's loyalty, and he will not say anything, which will make Your Majesty helpless."

Yin Wuwei hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to apologize, and the vibrato was even heavier. "According to my foolish opinions, Taifu Cui was accidentally defeated by the King of Qi for a while. If he could gather the remaining troops, it seemed that he could still fight again. Although the King of Qi won, he suffered many casualties and had a strong momentum, he might not be able to drive to the capital. Let's wait and see..."

A military general in his twenties strode to the prime minister and said angrily: "Watch, watch, watch, and wait and see, the Qi soldiers will arrive at the gate of the city. The Queen Mother, give me 100,000 elite soldiers. I am willing to fight against the rebels, not to kill the King of Qi, and be willing to be dealt with by military law!"

Yang Feng only said his name in the emperor's ear: "Shangguan Sheng."

Needless to say, this is the Queen Mother's relative, and it has probably not been long since she obtained the official position.

The empress dowager did not respond, and Shangguan Sheng became more and more angry. He pointed the tablet in his hand at Cui Hong's son-in-law Jiang Juying, "I only have one condition to arrest all the Cui family's followers and cannot give them the opportunity to cooperate inside and outside."

Many people offended this sentence, and the ministers retorted it in a verbal way, and some even kept kowtowing to the Empress Dowager, shouting "Cui is not guilty."

The Qinzheng Hall suddenly became a mess. This was not the first time Han Ruzi saw this scene. He understood why the Empress Dowager rarely spoke and refused to look at her attitude. The Empress Dowager's thoughts were unpredictable, and the position of the ministers was even more difficult to judge. Everyone was hiding their own ideas and figuring out other people's ideas. The seemingly farce quarrels actually hid subtle wisdom.

Han Ruzi still doesn't understand it very well for the time being. He has to participate in the political discussion more frequently to find out the rules.

Jing Yao stepped forward and waved the whisk in his hand a few times, which meant that the empress dowager was really going to speak, and it would be the conclusion that everyone had been looking forward to. The ministers immediately shut up and knelt down in unison.

The empress dowager turned her head and looked at the emperor, as if asking him if he had something to say. Han Ruzi pretended to be invisible and closed her lips tightly. Compared to the old fox in the room, he was a small beast that had just walked out of the nest. Yang Feng reminded him correctly that the only thing he should do now is to listen more and talk less.

"Summon Han Ling to the palace."

As soon as the Empress Dowager said this, the ministers kneeling below all raised their heads in surprise and exchanged gazes with each other.

Yang Feng said to the emperor: "The Prince of Qi."

Han Ruzi remembered that when he ascended the throne, all princes came to congratulate him. The King of Qi said that he had not arrived at his illness. The prince Han Ling was the one who took the place of him to worship. After the assassination incident, he probably didn't have time to escape.

Jing Yao went to summon him, and not long after, two halberd warriors escorted one into the hall.

Han Ling was in his thirties, tall and fat, wearing a red court suit, standing with his head held high, and refused to kneel down. It seemed that he had not suffered much after being imprisoned, and he heard about the victory of King Qi.

The Empress Dowager did not force the prince of Qi to kneel down, and glanced at the ministers and said, "The King of Qi claimed that he was a fake today, and said that after the emperor ascended the throne, he was pushed into the well. Prince of Qi, do you still recognize the emperor?"

When the emperor ascended the throne, the prince of the King of Qi was one of the first princes to congratulate him. Han Ruzi didn't remember him, but Han Ling recognized the emperor and sneered, saying, "Why should the Empress Dowager do this? It's fake, it's fake when he ascended the throne, and it's not true now."

Han Ling turned to the ministers in the hall, "Sir, please see clearly. Don't kneel down to the wrong person. The surname of the Great Chu Jiangshan is Han, but not Shangguan."

Shangmin Wuji was furious and stood up and was about to pounce on Han Ling. The empress dowager looked at him and knelt down again.

The Queen Mother was not angry, "How should you admit that you are the true son today?"

"It's simple. The Empress Dowager handed over the emperor to the elders of the royal family. If this son is Emperor Huan, we can find out after we checked it."

The Empress Dowager was silent for a while and said to Han Xing, the general general of the military and horses, one of the ministers of Gushi, "Han Qing's family is the same as Emperor Wu, so she can be regarded as the elders of the royal family."

Han Xing immediately said: "Today's son is the second son of Emperor Huan, and it is recorded in the genealogy. It is certain that the father and son of the King of Qi are traitors and confusing the public, and the crime is extremely evil."

Han Ling laughed, "Han Xing Lao Thief, what benefits does the Shangguan family give you? You even sold your ancestors? Empress Dowager, hold the emperor in your hand, who dares to say the word "no"? To distinguish the true or false, the Empress Dowager must first step back."

The Empress Dowager was still not angry, and would not retreat aside. "You all saw that the King of Qi was stubborn and had to kill me and my mother and son. The day before yesterday, the King of Qi sent a guest to assassinate the emperor, so he stayed in banishment for a long time and studied the art of civil and military with his nobles every day. Today, the Emperor came to the Qinzheng Hall in person, and anyone who has any doubts will ask."

The ministers were not confused. Han Ling smiled louder and pointed his hand at the young man beside the empress dowager, "You said he is the emperor? He didn't even dare to say a word. What kind of emperor is he?"

The empress dowager was about to speak when the emperor stood up and gently shook her hand away.

Han Ruzi didn't plan to do this. He just wanted to hear and didn't want to speak, but suddenly he had an idea and felt that this was a rare opportunity. He could speak in front of the ministers without being held back by the empress dowager.

"I am the son of Emperor Huan and the grandson of Emperor Wu, and I can prove it."

Han Ruzi's heart was pounding, and her eyes couldn't help but look at the empress dowager. The moment he shook the empress dowager's palm, he clearly saw that there was a wound on her wrist.

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