Chapter 2771 Cut It with a Knife, What Are You Looking At?

Emperor Yuan Jing sat high on the dragon throne, looking down expressionlessly at hundreds of officials, who came in from the Meridian Gate in an orderly manner, with civil and military officials in separate rows. More than a hundred officials, nobles, and royal family members entered the Golden Palace.

After the report was completed, a secretary from the Ministry of Justice stepped out and played loudly.

"Last night, thieves broke into Sangpo Lake and blew up the Yongzhen Mountain and River Temple, which is a shame for our Dafeng. Wei Yuan, as the leader of the night watchmen, failed to protect the imperial city. I ask Your Majesty to behead this official to appease the public anger."

"I second the motion!"

"I second the motion!"

Immediately, many professional trolls jumped out and asked Emperor Yuan Jing to chop off Wei Yuan's head. The attack in the court is the same as buying vegetables at the vegetable market. It is usually exaggerated, and beheading and confiscating property at any time.

No matter how big the matter is, it is right to chop off the dog's head. If the emperor disagrees, he will bargain, from beheading to exile, from exile to dismissal.

Anyway, you can't say dismissal, you have to give the emperor some room to bargain, otherwise the emperor will think that you guys don't give me a chance to bargain, then you are innocent.

Contrary to the expectations of the officials, Emperor Yuan Jing did not play by the rules and directly rejected the impeachment against Wei Yuan, and praised Wei Yuan's work, which made the officials confused and whispered.

"Silence!"

The eunuch of Emperor Yuan Jing whipped the whip and warned the officials sharply that the matter was over, but the impeachment against Wei Yuan did not stop, but changed the target.

Another official from the Ministry of Justice stepped out and made a small report.

"The night watchman Xu Qian'an openly drew his sword at the gate of the Ministry of Justice, trespassed into the Ministry of Justice, and despised the imperial power. I beg your majesty to severely punish this thief and execute his entire family."

When Wei Yuan was impeached, he was calm and indifferent, but now he narrowed his eyes, followed him out of the line, and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Justice ordered the guards to obstruct the night watchmen from handling the case, with ulterior motives. I suspect that Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice colluded with the thieves and blew up Sangpo Lake. Please dismiss him and put him in the prison. I will interrogate him."

The censors of the Censorate all agreed. As Wei Yuan's younger brother, if they don't criticize him now, when will they?

"What nonsense!"

"Your Majesty, Wei Yuan is slandering, and his heart is worthy of death."

"Your Majesty, there are big problems in the Ministry of Justice. I agree to dismiss all the officials of the Ministry of Justice and investigate them."

The two sides immediately started a war of words, and officials from other parties occasionally interrupted and fanned the flames. In the court, various factions entered into a fierce struggle.

The prime minister, the six ministers, Wei Yuan and other bigwigs closed their eyes to rest, and Xu Zisheng leaned against the pillar next to him, eating melons online, and watched everyone spray each other with excitement.

Emperor Yuan Jing was not angry at all. Seeing that the officials had almost stopped arguing, he signaled the eunuch to scold them and let the Golden Palace return to silence. He sat on the dragon throne, looked down at the civil and military officials, and said in a deep voice.

"Tongluo Xu Qi'an is guilty and it is inevitable that he is extreme in his actions. You should work together to handle the case instead of obstructing each other. If there is a next time, I will punish you severely."

Wei Yuan opened his eyes and flashed a look of surprise. He expected Xu Qi'an to be fine, but he didn't expect Emperor Yuan Jing to speak for the little Tongluo himself.

Emperor Yuan Jing's eyes were sharp and very majestic, making everyone dare not breathe, and continued.

"From today on, the city gates will be unblocked, and officials in the court above the sixth rank will not be allowed to leave the capital."

"Dismiss the court!"

Xu Zisheng sighed. He couldn't watch the excitement anymore. Since he showed his powerful Confucian and Taoist cultivation, there were few things related to him in the court. He seemed to be completely isolated.

Whether it was Emperor Yuan Jing or the civil and military officials, they all seemed to turn a blind eye to Xu Zisheng. He was also happy to be idle. His only pleasure was to watch the civil and military officials at the court meeting bargain with each other. If you are a friend, help me cut my political enemy with a knife. The swords flashed and the swords chopped, but rarely succeeded. It was somewhat similar to a certain software in later generations. It was basically a gimmick.

Xu Zisheng stretched out of boredom and walked out of the Jinluan Palace. Just as he was about to leave the palace, he was stopped by a little palace maid.

"Sir Xu, the eldest princess wants to invite you to a party!"

Xu Zisheng's expression moved slightly. He didn't expect that the eldest princess would invite him at this time. He lowered his head and thought for a while, nodded, and said.

"I know, please lead the way!"

The eldest princess has already come of age and has her own mansion in the imperial city, but the eldest princess usually lives in the palace city and rarely comes back to live.

The imperial city is equivalent to a smaller version of the inner city. There are ancestral temples, government offices, inner court service agencies, warehouses and city defense buildings, as well as gardens and gardens in the city. The outer city is inhabited by common people, the inner city is inhabited by dignitaries, and the imperial city is inhabited by princes and ministers.

As for the palace city, also known as the imperial palace, it is the emperor's home, where concubines and princes and princesses live. Adult princes and princesses must move out of the palace city and live in the imperial city.

However, Emperor Yuan Jing has devoted himself to practicing Taoism in recent years and has not paid much attention to his concubines. The rules in this regard have become lax, and now many adult princes and princesses still live in the palace city.

Under the guidance of the little palace maid, Xu Zisheng came to the Moon-Lan Hall of the eldest princess. After passing through the corridor and the garden, Xu Zisheng was taken to the elegant room for receiving guests.

The eldest princess was dressed in palace clothes, luxurious and graceful, with a beautiful face and a cold expression, like a snow lotus, which can only be viewed from a distance and cannot be played with. It is full of sacred and inviolable majesty. The eldest princess sat on the table facing the door, holding a book in her hand, sipping tea, elegant and leisurely.

"Your Highness, Lord Xu is here."

The maid said, then turned and left, leaving Xu Zisheng alone to face the princess.

"Greetings, Princess!"

Xu Zisheng cupped his fists and saluted, and without waiting for the eldest princess to speak, he found a seat and sat down. He was not polite at all, his expression was indifferent and calm, as if he was not facing the eldest princess of the Dafeng Dynasty, but just an ordinary friend.

The eldest princess put down the book in her hand, with a faint smile on her face. She was like a blooming lotus, holy, beautiful, and unparalleled in elegance. She didn't mind Xu Zisheng's rudeness and said.

"Master Xu is very informal and has the demeanor of a celebrity!"

Xu Zisheng couldn't help but roll his eyes. He had strength, and even if he was rude, he would be called a celebrity. If Xu Qi'an did this, the result would be different. He would most likely be accused of offending the eldest princess.

"I have admired Mr. Xu for a long time. If Mr. Xu has no objection, can I directly call you Zisheng!"

The pleasant voice of the eldest princess came, showing an extremely kind attitude and approachable attitude, but it could not move Xu Zisheng. He was not a small person like Xu Qian. The eldest princess became excited when she expressed her closeness and offered her allegiance.

"Since the eldest princess has said so, I won't be polite and just call you Huaiqing!"

Xu Zisheng is not a polite person. Since the eldest princess said so, he had to go one step further and call the eldest princess directly by her name.

"Since you want to get closer and know my length, I will naturally not be polite and measure your depth!"

Xu Zisheng thought to himself, he noticed the eldest princess' expression was slightly stiff, but he didn't take it seriously. Only members of the royal family can call the princess by her name. Xu Zisheng's calling the eldest princess such a name was very disrespectful, and it would even affect the eldest princess's reputation.

The eldest princess took a deep breath, her expression returned to calm again, and she spoke calmly.

"Of course you can!"

Xu Zisheng was a little funny when he heard this. In order to win over him, the eldest princess really spared no effort. She didn't care about her reputation being damaged or causing criticism. However, it also showed that the eldest princess was extraordinary. She knew that if she wanted to gain something, she must pay.

"I wonder what party you invited me to, Huaiqing?"

Xu Zisheng stood up and walked to the table, pouring himself a cup of tea. He had watched the excitement at the court meeting for a long time, and now his mouth was dry and he didn't need to be greeted by the eldest princess.

"It's just that the princes and princesses haven't gotten together for a long time, so I invite you to go out for an outing together!"

"It's a gathering of princes and princesses. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to attend as an outsider!"

Xu Zisheng frowned slightly when he heard this. He didn't want to be too deeply involved with the royal family, which would easily cause trouble, so he had almost no contact with other princes and princesses on weekdays.

"Zi Sheng is not an outsider, they won't mind!"

The eldest princess shook her head and said, as if she regarded Xu Zisheng as one of her own. If it were another person, she would be so moved that she would sacrifice her life for him.

"I'm not an outsider. Could it be that you treat me like a foreigner?"

Xu Zisheng had no respect for the royal family and took advantage of the eldest princess in his heart.

Xu Zisheng and the eldest princess Huaiqing chatted for a while, and at the appointed time, Xu Zisheng and the eldest princess took a carriage together and left the palace city with other carriages.

A mighty motorcade is driving out, with golden nanmu and yellow silk canopy specially designed for the royal family, inlaid with gold flakes and jade, all luxurious and top-notch sports cars.

The princes and princesses are going out for dinner and activities today, and the location has been chosen by a small lake with beautiful scenery in the imperial city. Evergreen cedars and cypresses are planted on the lakeside, as well as fields of flowers that are currently withering. I believe that the scenery will be even more beautiful in the coming spring.

The sun is shining brightly today and there is no wind. It is a good day to bask in the sun. There was a square platform by the lake. The servants moved the tables, lit sandalwood, and took out stacks of exquisite delicacies from the food boxes.

Adhering to the principle that silence is golden, Xu Zisheng quietly followed the eldest princess and used some tricks to weaken his presence, but it did not attract the attention of the princes and princesses.

The eldest princess's hair was combed in a simple and refreshing bun, with a priceless gold tassel inserted into it. The end of the golden tassel was decorated with round pearls. When she walked, the tassel swayed, which was really beautiful.

There was no verbal communication between the two, but Xu Zisheng followed her naturally, like the eldest princess's bodyguard, without attracting anyone's attention. .

The other princes and princesses also got out of the luxurious carriage. Xu Zisheng glanced at them, and they all looked good. The prince was wearing a white python robe, with his hair tied in a gold crown, and he was extremely handsome. In fact, the appearance of the princes is not worth caring about, including the prince. No matter how handsome he is, he is not as handsome as Xu Zisheng.

Among the four princesses, the eldest princess and the second princess have excellent looks and are top beauties. When they were seated, the second princess, knowingly or unknowingly, took the eldest princess's seat. No one scolded her. The princes and princesses seemed to be used to it and turned a blind eye.

The eldest princess did not sit at the second princess's seat, but was at a table away from her. Everyone in the royal family knew that the eldest princess and the second princess did not get along.

The eldest princess is the daughter of the empress, and the second princess is the daughter of Concubine Chen. There is still a difference in status, but the concubine is more favored than the empress.

When she was young, the second princess liked to provoke the eldest princess and find trouble everywhere. It was originally a common intrigue among the Tian family.

However, the eldest princess was a domineering and maverick person. She asked her attendants to capture the second princess, but the attendants did not dare, so they took matters into their own hands. Carrying a roll of bamboo slips, they chased and beat the second princess from south to north, from south to north, and from south to north. Fight from north to south.

The maids and guards in the palace did not dare to stop him, and finally disturbed Emperor Yuan Jing, who was cultivating immortality. Concubine Chen brought her daughter with a bruised nose and face to accuse the eldest princess. Emperor Yuan Jing planned to punish the eldest princess severely and asked her to go to the imperial study.

The eldest princess was well prepared. She took more than a dozen sets of books such as "Book of Rites", "Tongdian" and "Gong Lv" to the imperial study room and opened them one by one. She quoted from classics and made impassioned speeches. In the end, she won the lawsuit. Emperor Jing of the Yuan Dynasty was depressed. The princess was acquitted, and she went back to practice immortality.

After becoming an adult, the eldest princess became much more restrained, but she often taught the second princess a lesson, much to her chagrin.

The prince looked around at his brothers and sisters and said with a warm smile.

"It's been a while since we went out to play."

The princes agreed, while the princesses smiled implicitly.

Xu Zisheng's eyes fell on the lake. He saw a black shadow passing by in the lake, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes. He obviously knew what kind of creature it was.

The prince played the role of host at the banquet, responsible for leading the topic and hosting the banquet.

There are only a few kinds of drinking orders at banquets, and even fewer elegant ones. Everyone here is a person of status. You can't do things like punching and throwing dice, you have to use elegant orders.

There are many kinds of Yaling. Putting aside the high-end game of on-site poetry writing, Feihualing is the more difficult of Yaling. The prince started the poem with "water" as the title, and the first word was water.

In the second prince's poem, the second character must be the character "water", and so on. There were many princes and few princesses present. At the end of the first round, the seventh prince racked his brains and failed to remember that the word "water" was at the end of the poem, so he was fined a drink.

The eighth prince died a few years ago. The Ninth Prince is responsible for continuing this Feihua Order. Like the Crown Prince, his first character is "水".

When she arrived at the second princess, her bright peach blossom eyes opened wide and her black eyes rolled around. She clapped her little hand and said crisply.

"Yes, the shadows are sparse and the water is clear and shallow."

The bright sunshine shines on her body, wearing a bright red palace dress and gorgeous and complicated jewelry. Other women cannot control such a luxurious or even vulgar dress, but when it comes to her, it becomes a bonus.

The eldest princess's nobility is in her bones, while the second princess is more like a gorgeous and gorgeous canary. No matter how extravagant she dresses, it will only add to her beauty. But if she is dressed in plain clothes, the second princess may be much inferior to the eldest princess.

Ever since Xu Qi'an wrote this stunning poem, which attracted the attention of the courtesan Fu Xiang, the relationship between the two has become increasingly close. After Fuxiang Oiran got this poem, her net worth skyrocketed and she became the top star of the Da Feng Dynasty. Even the children of the royal family heard about it.

The drinking order continued, and when we arrived at the eldest princess, she faced the same problem as the seventh prince. There were poems about water at the end, which were rare. Although the eldest princess was knowledgeable and talented, she didn't know much about poetry. Her delicate eyebrows were slightly frowned, and she was silent.

Upon seeing this situation, the second princess laughed and said sarcastically.

"Huaiqing is the most talented woman in our capital. She can't be out of line with her small poems."

"This second princess does have some tea. She is a model of the top green tea bitch!"

Xu Zisheng's eyes fell on the face of the second princess Lin'an, and he couldn't take his eyes away. In fact, for many men, a woman's proper tea is more attractive to men. Of course, Xu Zisheng is by no means such a vulgar man. He is looking critically.

The princes and princesses looked on with smiles. The eldest princess was so talented that she surpassed her brothers and sisters. Even if she was a woman, she was jealous. If she could suppress him in the field where she was best at, everyone would be happy to see it happen.

The eldest princess ignored the teasing looks from her brother and sister, turned her head slightly, and glanced at Xu Zisheng beside her lightly.

"What are you looking at?"

Fortunately, the eldest princess didn't know this trick, otherwise she might have had to fight Xu Zisheng for 300 rounds.

"What are you looking at?!"

The second princess has been paying attention to the eldest princess, just waiting for her to shake her head and admit defeat, and then jump out and point at her to ridicule.

"You finally admit that you are a silver gun wax head!"

Xu Zisheng sighed. He came with the eldest princess today, so he couldn't disgrace her, so he had to send a message.

"You don't know what the sky is like when you're drunk!"

When the eldest princess heard the words, she nodded slightly, her expression remained unchanged, cold and holy, she ignored the second princess's proud expression and said calmly.

"You don't know what the sky is like when you're drunk!"

The second princess was stunned for a moment, and then she felt disappointed. Huaiqing, the stinky sister, still had some skills. The other princes frowned in thought, then looked at the third prince, who shook his head and asked curiously.

"Huaiqing, third brother, how come you haven't heard of this poem?"

The eldest princess smiled lightly, as bright as a red plum in winter, which was stunning.

"This is a new poem."

The second princess suddenly became excited. It turned out to be nonsense. She couldn't believe it and shouted.

"Oh, you're a liar. You just made up something to fool us. You're going to have to drink three drinks as a penalty."

"It's okay to compose poetry impromptu,"

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled, looking particularly kind, and said to the eldest princess.

"But Huaiqing, you have to write a complete poem."

The other princes and princesses nodded in agreement.

"Brother, this is very true."

The eldest princess turned her head again and glanced at Xu Zisheng, as if to say, I'll leave it to you.

"What are you worried about?"

"What are you looking at?!"

Xu Zisheng's inner drama was very rich. He and the eldest princess kept arguing. He sighed and transmitted the message again.

"When you are drunk, you don't know that the sky is in the water, and the boat is full of clear dreams that overwhelm the stars."

The eldest princess' eyes flickered slightly, and she moved her neck subconsciously. Her clear eyes looked deeply at Xu Zisheng, and on the surface she still maintained a cold and white lotus posture.

"After being drunk, I don't know that the sky is in the water, and the boat is full of clear dreams that overwhelm the galaxy."

"After being drunk, I don't know that the sky is in the water, and the boat is full of clear dreams that overwhelm the galaxy."

The second princess read it in a low voice, and felt that these two lines of poetry outlined a beautiful scene that only existed in nursery rhymes. On a quiet night, she was wearing a beautiful skirt and lying on the bow of the boat. Above her head was the bright and boundless starry sky, and the water reflected the galaxy. The boat drifted on the lake, creating ripples, and she fell asleep peacefully.

"It's a pity that such a good poem was written by Chou Huaiqing!"

The second princess was very angry, but she had to admit that she was inferior to him.

There was a strange silence around, and the princes chewed and savored these two lines of poetry carefully, as if they felt a kind of ethereal air away from the world and at ease.