Chapter VII The Emperor's Confession
That night, Han Ruzi was indeed waiting for a big thing.
Han Ruzi sat on the edge of the bed, and two eunuchs tidied his hair, as if the emperor had to keep it solemn in his dream.
Both eunuchs were in their thirties and rarely spoke, and were meticulous when serving the emperor. Han Ruzi had just deceived them once yesterday and felt a little guilty, so she smiled at the two of them and said "Thank you". The two looked at each other and seemed very nervous. They immediately bowed and stepped back and stood with their hands down a few steps away. They had to wait until the emperor lay down and fell asleep before they could rest. One stayed on the chair in the room and the other stayed outside.
At this moment, Zuo Ji came, no one was required to inform him, and he pushed the door straight in, as if he was the owner of the room. After coming in, he didn't speak, wandered around, looked around, and finally stopped in front of the bed.
The two eunuchs immediately knelt down. Han Ruzi looked up at the Empress Dowager's waiter and realized that the matter was exposed. It was exactly the whole day since he wrote the "secret edict" last night.
Zuo Ji stood for a while before bowing and saluting, then stood up and said, "Your Majesty has disappointed the Empress Dowager."
Now that things have come to this point, Han Ruzi doesn't want to say anything, and even hopes that the Empress Dowager can depose herself in anger.
"What did Your Majesty write on the note?" Zuo Ji asked, his tone not harsh at all, revealing a bit of affection and curiosity.
Han Ruzi still didn't speak.
Zuo Ji sighed, "Your Majesty is the lord of the world. You can do whatever you want, but Your Majesty also bears the greatest responsibility to the world. Your Majesty's words and deeds will have an immeasurable impact. If the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, your Majesty's small action may destroy the foundation of the Great Chu. The Empress Dowager asked me to remind Your Majesty: The Great Chu country was left by our ancestors, not by Your Majesty alone."
"I never thought that the Great Chu Kingdom belonged to me." Han Ruzi finally spoke, and the two eunuchs kneeling on the ground crawled lower, almost sticking to the floor.
Zuo Ji sighed again and turned to the other two eunuchs, "Did you serve His Majesty last night?"
"Yes..." The two eunuchs trembled from their voices to their bodies.
"It's not their business." Han Ruzi got out of bed and stood barefoot.
"It's just your Majesty's idea?"
"It's all my own ideas." Han Ruzi did not betray Donghai King.
Zuo Ji smiled. At this time, the door of the warm pavilion opened again. The first person came in was Jing Yao, the Zhongsijian, followed by King Donghai. King Donghai changed his usual domineering and shrank his hands and feet. As soon as he entered the house, he shouted: "I don't know anything. He asked me to pretend to fall. I have to obey the emperor's orders, and I don't know anything else."
Jing Yao looked at Zuo Ji, and Zuo Ji said, "Your Majesty said so too."
King Donghai breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't you believe me? Even if I want to collude with the ministers, I don't have to choose the Minister of Rites."
Jing Yao knelt down to the emperor, and Zuo Ji gave him aside.
"Please give your majesty the country and the country first." Jing Yao said.
"Okay." Han Ruzi felt that things were not too bad.
"What did Your Majesty write on the note?" Jing Yao asked the same question as Zuo Ji.
"Didn't you already see it?"
"This matter needs to be compared. We hope to get the words of Your Majesty himself."
Donghai Neptune pointed at Jing Yao, "Ha, you are lying, you haven't got the note yet!"
Jing Yao turned his head and glanced, and Donghai Wang immediately shut up.
Han Ruzi thought for a moment, "I am the emperor, there is no need to answer your questions."
Zuo Ji knelt down, and the King of Donghai threw praises at Han Ruzi, and suddenly found that Jing Yao was still staring at him, so he hurriedly knelt down, with only the emperor standing in the room.
"I beg your Majesty to understand the Queen Mother's painstaking efforts." Jing Yao continued to put pressure.
Han Ruzi still refused to reveal the content on the note. He wanted to see how powerful he, the emperor, had. Donghai King, also wanted to know, and his eyes were sweeping around Jing Yao and Zuo Ji.
Jing Yao kowtowed respectfully, knelt up for a long time, and whispered: "Come."
Four eunuchs walked into the house sideways, shocking King Donghai, "Dare you dare to capture the emperor?"
The target of these four people was not the emperor, but the two unlucky guys crawling on the ground and tremblingly, and they were raised and dragged out the house.
"Good life for me, Mr. Jing!" The two of them knew who to beg for mercy.
"I said it, it has nothing to do with them." Han Ruzi was shocked.
Jing Yao knelt there and did not move. His usual harmonious aura turned into a black gas at this time. This time he remained silent.
Not long after, screams came from outside the window, which seemed particularly desolate in the middle of the night.
Han Ruzi took a step forward, "Please tell the Empress Dowager the two father-in-law, forgive me for being reckless, let those two people go, I will tell you what is on the note."
King Donghai frowned and did not dare to interfere. Jing Yao kowtowed again, "Your Majesty is right. It is normal for Your Majesty to be respected for the first time. It is all because of the two lowly slaves who were ignorant and did not serve Your Majesty conscientiously. The crimes cannot be forgiven. I will talk about the notes later."
The screams outside were even louder, and after a while, only the dull sound of sticks hitting people.
Zuo Ji stood up, spread the paper and grind the ink in person, then turned around and said, "Please write the contents on the note again, so that we can report to the Queen Mother."
Han Ruzi did not refuse anymore. He had a pale face and knew how great the "emperor's power" was. He walked to the table barefoot, picked up his pen to write, and Zuo Ji next to him whispered: "The Empress Dowager is kind and kind, and will definitely forgive Your Majesty. Please don't disturb the Empress Dowager with selfishness anymore. The country is in troubled times..."
Han Ruzi put down the pen that was already covered with ink, turned around and said, "I want to see the Queen Mother."
Zuo Ji was stunned, "See the Queen Mother? Why?"
"Because I have not met the Queen Mother himself after entering the palace, and I want to explain this to the Queen Mother myself."
"Your Majesty meets the Queen Mother every morning." Zuo Ji's smile stiffened.
"No, I just knelt down to the Queen Mother's bedroom, and I have never seen the Queen Mother's true appearance."
"It's all the same. The Queen Mother is in the bedroom. She is in a state of discomfort and cannot meet outsiders..."
"I am not an outsider. You said that the Empress Dowager is my only mother. I think so too. We are mother and son. You and Mr. Jing are outsiders. When you meet mother and son, this is not an exaggeration."
King Donghai, who was kneeling at the door, burst out laughing. He had experienced the emperor's ability to use what the other party said to fight back. Therefore, it was not surprising at all. Zuo Ji was speechless all of a sudden. He did not expect that the emperor, who had always been dull, suddenly became eloquent.
Zuo Ji's face changed again and again, and he turned his head to look at Jing Yao.
Jing Yao stood up and despised the eunuch who was favored by sex in his heart. On the surface, he did not show any disgust. Instead, he nodded tacitly to him, indicating that everything was under control.
The old eunuch walked slowly to the emperor and glanced at the white paper on the table, "Does Your Majesty feel wronged for the two punished eunuchs?"
"Since the sin is unforgivable, what can I say?" Han Ruzi said calmly.
King Donghai also stood up and watched this scene with great enthusiasm, curious about how long the emperor's stubbornness could last.
Jing Yao sighed lightly, "Your Majesty is still believing in the ministers outside? I served the four emperors and asked me to tell Your Majesty the truth: the ministers have their own interests. They call the king, the ministers, but they think they are deceived. Just arrest a minister and throw him into the prison. In less than three days, he can offer a series of gangs. These people fight to the death in the court during the day, and drink and talk to each other when there is no one at night, with only one purpose, to deceive the holy hearing and to fish in the water. Behind every Qin chapter and every generous statement, there is an ulterior motive. While impeaching dissidents, they will always cleverly praise their fellow party members. Today you recommend me and tomorrow I will promote you. The eunuch is humble, but we have no unspoken intentions, and the Queen Mother and His Majesty are our only backbone. Without you, we are not even as good as soil."
Zuo Ji nodded repeatedly to express his agreement. King Donghai shook his eyes disdainfully. Han Ruzi said: "The matter is not as serious as you think. I just handed a note to the Minister of Rites..., and there is no content you are worried about on the note."
The old eunuch put one hand on the emperor's shoulder. This was not very respectful, but he felt that he had the qualifications and sighed, "We will deal with the notes. Don't rush, ferment for a few days first. If Yuan Jiuding is smart, he will hand over the notes tomorrow - preferably today, but he is not so smart - if he doesn't hand them over, we have to see how many ministers he can gather. Perhaps this is an opportunity to use this to get rid of a group of treacherous ministers in the court."
Han Ruzi had a little blocked in his throat. The last thing he wanted to see was that someone suffered because of him, but he couldn't decide the situation at all. "Confession" could only be used to show his obedience. No matter what he did, the eunuch would use all excuses to attack the ministers.
King Donghai smiled and flattered, "Mr. Jing made a brilliant plan to catch big fish with a long line..." He shut up to avoid offending the emperor and telling all the truth.
"Who did Mr. Jing just said 'we'?" Han Ruzi asked.
Jing Yao's face changed. It was a bit beyond his expectations that the young emperor was still so stubborn at this time.
Zuo Ji smiled twice, "The 'we' mentioned by Duke Jing certainly refers to the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty. Your Majesty wrote the content on the note again, just to show that Your Majesty is sincere and filial to the Empress Dowager, and he didn't think of another mother." Zuo Ji put away his smile and asked Jing Yao, "Miss Wang has moved, right?"
Jing Yao nodded.
Han Ruzi felt extremely angry, and a bottom line in his heart was touched, but instead of shouting, he picked up a pen and quickly wrote four words on the paved paper.
The other three people looked at the same time, and the King of Donghai said blankly: "The Emperor is crazy." Zuo Ji smiled and shook his head, "Your Majesty has let the Queen Mother down." Jing Yao's face became even more gloomy, "Is Your Majesty kidding?"
"I'm not kidding, that's it..." Before Han Ruzi finished speaking, another person came in outside.
Yang Feng, who hadn't appeared for a long time, finally appeared, even politeness on the surface. He did not kneel down and kowtow, but just bent down slightly, "That's the end of the matter."
Zuo Ji chuckled, and Jing Yao looked at Yang Feng coldly, "Why did Mr. Yang say this? We act according to the order of the Empress Dowager, how can we stop here at will?"
Yang Feng took out a small paper bag from his sleeve, "The original is here, the Queen Mother has seen it, it's not a big deal."
Jing Yao and Zuo Ji were both stunned, and the King of Donghai was even more shocked. The emperor asked the ministers for help with a secret edict, which was not a big deal!
Jing Yao walked over, took the paper bag, stared at Yang Feng with suspicion for a while, then opened the paper bag, and showed a look of surprise when he looked at it. Zuo Ji walked over and seemed very embarrassed after seeing it. King Donghai couldn't help but be curious and came to the middle of the two eunuchs to see the words on the note.
The original Yang Feng brought with him had the same four words written on the white paper on the table: I want to eat meat.
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