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Chapter 43: Looking at flaws and waiting for opportunities, acting unscrupulously(2/3)

Zhu Yijun was silent.

I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

He somewhat pinned his hopes on the Empress Dowager Chen's brother, who came with a trump card.

Even if it is an exchange of interests, what about relying on negotiation?

It's a pity that after giving the explanation, it was revealed that everything was in vain.

As for whether to make separate bets, it really isn't that important now.

Zhu Yijun sighed: "Get up."

"First tell me what happened when you expressed your stance to me yesterday. If you noticed something, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Chen Fuxing still couldn't get up from his knees.

He said 1510: "I just noticed that Chen Hong has repeatedly used the banner of Queen Mother Chen to do things outside."

"I just want this person to be at peace and not bring trouble to my Chen family."

"To express my position to His Majesty, I just want to draw a clear line between myself and Chen Hong and his ilk."

"As for the Queen Mother... I really didn't expect that."

Zhu Yijun frowned.

If you don't know anything, what's the use of you? How about you having a thousand households of royal guards?

He asked: "Didn't expect it? This doesn't look like a family."

We are all relatives after all, so don’t we care about the lives of you people at all?

Chen Fingming straightened up and explained with a complex expression: "Your Majesty, does your Majesty know that Empress Dowager Chen was moved to a different palace in the third year of Longqing?"

Zhu Yijun nodded.

Chen Guangming showed an embarrassed look: "The late emperor once had the intention of deposing the queen!"

Zhu Yijun's face was expressionless.

He understood what Chen Quote meant.

Moving to a separate palace is the treatment of an abdicated queen. Emperor Shizong's Zhang abdicated an empress, which is "discarded and moved to a separate palace".

Three years after the late emperor ascended the throne, he drove the Chen family to another palace. When the controversy stopped and the time came, he would depose the queen - but the late emperor died quickly.

This means that Queen Mother Chen spent the past two and a half years in fear of being deposed at any time.

So, I am afraid that these mother clans who tried to excuse the late emperor and quell the censor's controversy would only be filled with resentment.

Zhu Yijun sighed slowly and asked: "So from what you see, what does my mother-in-law Chen want?"

There is little chance of gaining power and fame, is it just to vent your anger?

But the late emperor has gone, so we can't hold grudges against the late emperor and want to secretly kill his corpse to relieve his anger, right?

People with slightly normal brain circuits should not be so crazy.

Chen Guangming paused and thought about it for a long time, fearing that he would say the wrong thing: "Your Majesty, do you know that my wife is the daughter of Uncle Deping."

Zhu Yijun nodded.

Uncle Deping was the father-in-law who died just before he ascended the throne a few days ago, and was also the father of the late emperor's first wife.

In other words, Chen Guanying was the late emperor's brother-in-law.

Chen famously continued: "So, I can occasionally hear some palace rumors, especially about the heirs."

After laying the groundwork, Chen Guangming finally came to the point: "In the forty-one year of Jiajing, both empress dowagers were pregnant. The following year, Empress Dowager Li gave birth to Your Majesty, but Empress Dowager Chen was not yet born."

Zhu Yijun stood up suddenly!

He stared at Chen Fuxing: "What do you mean..."

Chen famously apologized, but did not relent: "My sister is suspicious by nature, and she becomes even more withdrawn after being infertile. It is inevitable..."

"Enough!"

A cold cry.

Zhu Yijun suddenly interrupted Chen Fuxing.

His complexion was cloudy and uncertain.

He finally realized why Empress Dowager Chen had such deep resentment and why she was willing to take such a big risk and collude with Gao Gong.

This bad debt, whether it was infertility or moving to a different palace, was probably all blamed on Empress Dowager Li!

This person, let alone have any thoughts of killing the mother and raising the child...

It's crazy.

He said bluntly: "Ask your mother to enter the palace tomorrow, and spend more time with my mother, Queen Chen, in the past few days."

"Also, go and contact Chen Hong. When the time is right, I will ask Jiang Keqian to find you."

Chen Fuxing paused for a moment and responded softly.

Then seeing that there was no more sound coming from above, he respectfully withdrew.

There was no sound until people left the palace.



June 17th.

Gao Gong once again stood at the head of the court meeting.

Liu Ziqiang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, who was exhausted and fainted yesterday, did not come to the court for discussion.

Although he claimed to have recovered, Gao Gong thoughtfully asked him to rest for a few more days.

Attending the meeting was Cao Jin, the Minister of Justice, who was also Gao Gong's in-laws.

Similarly, Tang Lian, the imperial censor who called Gao Gong "crazy" yesterday, also said he was ill at home today.

He only said that he accidentally contracted madness and needed to recover for a few days.

Except for these two people, the rest of the courtiers went on as usual.

As if nothing happened, they gathered under the high arch again.

After the court meeting began, Gao Gong once again played the "Five Urgent Matters of the New Deal".

It is said that after the Holy Spirit and colleagues checked and filled in the gaps, some changes were made - the reading of several sentences was changed and synonyms were replaced.

Then he presented it openly and openly to his colleagues for discussion, and also respectfully presented it to the emperor.

Lu Tiaoyang, Feng Bao and Wang Guoguang were all silent.

The imperial steps were also quiet today.

Later, Cao Jin, the minister of punishment, Ge Shouli, the censor of the capital, and others came out to agree.

Seeing that more than half of the people were present, Gao Gong drafted the proposal.

From the beginning to the end, Lu Tiaoyang and others never had a chance to speak.

Yesterday, the emperor dismissed this memorial on the grounds that it was not enough.

Today, Gao Gong approved the memorial with half the vote.

Over and over again, the east wind changed to the west wind.

The wavering courtiers sang praises again, saying that these five things were the beginning of sweeping away the decline and reforming the old and making a new one.

Later, Han Ji, the general envoy, responded to Feng Bao, and Gao Gong, the first assistant, wrote an official memorial, forming two palaces, and the emperor stayed in the middle.

Gao Gong sighed, claiming that he was old and weak and could not bear the heavy responsibility, so he asked to resign from the court again.

The courtiers all tried to persuade him to stay.

Han Ji, the general envoy for general affairs, then presented it to the governors of various places, such as Wang Daokun, governor of Huguang, and Yin Zhengmao, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, etc., please leave a memorial to Gao Gong.

There were also officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, including Mu Wenxi and Cheng Wen, the chief of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Xu Fuyuan, the censor Li Chunpu, Du Huazhong, Hu Jun, Desheng, Shi Xuan, Liu Yuerui, Zhang Ji, and Tu Menggui from the left and right.

Yang Rong, Zhou Yun, Zhang Bo and other 86 officials jointly requested Gao Gong to stay.

General Affairs Envoy Si Youtongzheng He Yongqing, Han Ji, Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple Liu Siwen, Right Shaoqing Song Liangzuo, Taichang Temple Shaoqing Liu Fan, Chen Xingzhang, Taipu Temple Shaoqing Dong Yaofeng, Chen Lianfang, Li Youzi, Shuntianfu

Prime Minister Liu Yaojie and others suggested that it would be a pity for the chief minister and his assistant to leave the country because the young master was in doubt.

In addition, twenty-six people including officials from Nanzhili, Chen Shaoru, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Qin Minglei, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Wan Hao, the minister of wine from the Imperial College, responded to each other from afar.

The momentum is huge.

The emperor Yuyin answered personally, and sincerely tried to persuade his chief minister, Gao Gong, to stay.

Gao Gong could not refuse, so he had no choice but to stay on.

Later.

When there was an earthquake in Ningxia, the chief minister, Gao Gong, asked for disaster relief, and the emperor followed suit.
To be continued...
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