Jing Yi wasn't surprised by this result.
Jing Yi had been staying in the Hall of Political Essence for three days after the morning court session. She didn't show up except for the occasional meeting. She didn't attend court or accept any audience. She ignored all the ministers who were kneeling in the courtyard of Ganyang Palace.
It was April, and the sun was already scorching in the day, but it was colder at night. After two or three days, some people gave up, but there were still more who insisted. In fact, everyone knew what Jing Yi's decision meant, or rather, what it meant to them. So, even though they knew that the Emperor was determined and that the words of a humble person were light, they still had to stick to their own stand.
I also waited for Jing Yi for three days.
The Kun Yi Palace was as crowded as the Ganyang Palace. Regardless of the previous dynasty, the harem, or which side they belonged to, many people turned to the Yu Lan Palace because of the iron walls of the Zheng Yuan Palace. They wanted to get some news from me and see the attitude of the people behind me.
In contrast to Jing Yi's closed-door approach, I met almost everyone because I needed to know what was going on.
After I learned that Jing Yi had given Rong Cheng's family benefits at the beginning of the year, I started promoting young officials and openly discussed with Rong Chengyao. Rong Chengyao was flattered and pleased with himself. In order to show goodwill to Jing Yi, and because most of the officials he promoted were not high-ranking officials, he had to wait for many years to be promoted, so the results of the discussion mostly followed Jing Yi's wishes.
However, what Rong Chengyao did not expect was that there was a rule in the Great Xia Dynasty's laws that when the country was in chaos, the promotion of officials could not be restricted by seniority. During special times, the emperor could be appointed directly without the cabinet. This border war happened to fulfill this rule.
From the decree sent out from the Hall of Political Essence these few days, it could be seen that from the cabinet to the six ministries, many officials had been replaced, and there was no room for Rong Chengyao to interfere.
If the replacement of some officials was not enough to shake the foundation of Rong Chengyao, then the words "personally leading the army" were enough to cause Rong Chengyao to panic.
What Jing Yi wanted was military power.
In less than three days, Rong Chengyao sent me one letter after another. At first, he asked me about the situation, then he complained about my negligence, and finally, he gave me a clear order to stop Jing Yi from going to war.
Rong Chengyao is right. I was indeed negligent.
Jing Yi had never been a hasty person. He had ample reasons and preparations for everything he did. He had been on the throne for twelve years, and he had been more patient than anyone else in this long-lasting world. He couldn't have done such a big thing on the spur of the moment.
Because of this, Rong Chengyao wasn't the only one who was panicking. I, who had been the closest to Jing Yi, was also panicking.
On the fourth day, Jing Tang entered the palace.
Even though I had expected that my inaction would force the Rong family to move out Jing Tang, it was still beyond my expectations when she really sat in the Yi Lan Palace and spoke.
To be exact, Jing Tang didn't say anything. She just gave me a letter.
It wasn't a secret letter, but a sealed letter. There wasn't a single word on the envelope.
When I took it and looked at her, she just looked away and said calmly,"Your father gave it to you."
I couldn't help but frown. I think I can roughly guess the contents of the letter.
If Father had something to say to me, he could have written a letter to me. The Empress's relatives, the Minister of Rites, had no right to check it and would have sent it to me. Even if he was still worried about it being leaked, Jing Tang could enter and leave the palace so easily. Now that he was here, he could just ask her to pass the message to me.
However, it was such a cautious and distant letter. The only possibility was that Jing Tang did not want to tell him what he wanted to tell him.
Opening it up, there was a plain piece of paper with a black word: Stop.
Jing Tang didn't look at me, nor did she look at the letter in my hand. She silently expressed her self-deception. I didn't know what happened between her and Father in this matter, and what role they played, but I thought I could try to understand her.
On one side was her family, and on the other side was her family. On one side was the world, and on the other side was her world.
If it were me, at least I wouldn't be as calm as her.
I could ignore Rong Chengyao's request, but I couldn't ignore my father's wishes. So, on the morning of the fifth day, when Jing Yi finally left the Hall of Political Essence, she walked out of the crowd of officials who were trying to dissuade her expressionlessly and saw me waiting outside the Ganyang Palace.
Behind him were a few young faces, and behind them was a group of old ministers who were prostrating themselves in a protracted war.
Even though I was wearing plain clothes and standing there without anyone, everyone recognized me and Jing Yi's face darkened.
"What is the Empress doing here?"
Jing Yi didn't raise her voice to express her doubt, nor did she reprimand me. She was just warning me not to interfere or challenge me.
Unfortunately, since I was here, I didn't intend to remain silent. Moreover, it didn't meet the expectations of the people behind him. With a glance, I could see the provocation in the eyes of the young officials and the panic on the faces of the old officials.
I couldn't deny that Jing Yi was starting to become a stranger again. His undisguised disappointment made me waver, so I ordered myself to look away from him and kneel down obediently."Emperor, please retract your order."
This sentence silenced everyone. The same few words had been repeated hundreds of times by the courtiers, and Jing Yi had long been annoyed by them. However, it was different when I said it from my mouth. This represented the mother of a country. Jing Yi's wife openly opposed his decision. In this era where the husband was the leader of the wife, it was a kind of red for him. Naked betrayal.
I didn't dare to look up at him at this moment, but my hearing was extremely sharp due to my abundant internal energy. After a moment of silence, there were many slight movements. There were deep breaths and soft snorts, but I couldn't hear Jing Yi's reaction.
At this moment, I suddenly thought that I could always hear him approaching in the Kun Yi Palace. Was it because he was willing to be detected by me? When he was unwilling, he could probably be truly silent.
I also thought of the problem between us that I had never been able to capture.
There are some things that he never mentioned, and I never asked. There was a line that we consciously didn't touch. Just like Jing Tang, we thought that we couldn't see it if we looked away. We each shrank back to deceive ourselves. Therefore, when we reached it, we didn't even dare to look at each other.
I guessed that everyone was looking at Jing Yi. I looked down at the bricks on the ground, and Jing Yi looked at me.
He did not stay silent for too long. When he opened his mouth, his voice finally became deep."Did you hear that?"
A sentence that was obviously not meant for me caused the surroundings to become chaotic. An old official who was kneeling suddenly got up and stumbled over. He knelt beside Jing Yi and shouted,"Emperor, please be wise! You are the foundation of the court, how can you take risks so easily? The Empress is also…"
"Thank you for your caution!"
I had no choice but to raise my head to check the situation. A rank four official standing beside Jing Yi interrupted the old official,"It's true that we can't take risks easily. That's also a time of peace and prosperity when there's no worry about national affairs.”
The old official obviously didn't think much of it. Just as he was about to retort, the young official said,"Could it be that the words 'Jun Wujouyan' can be so easily blasphemed? I feel that this should be the foundation of the court. The Empress did not listen to the imperial edict, but what does Lord Xie mean by knowingly violating the law?”
I retracted my eyes and my heart sank. At this moment, I heard a voice from the other side."Is there a reason for not listening to the imperial edict?"
I lowered my eyes and heard Jing Yi's verdict."Half."
Only when a dark red scepter was placed in front of me did I understand why I was able to see the provocation, cold snorts, and cries of panic.
The moment Jing Yi came out of Ganyang Palace, she issued a strict order. They immediately dispersed, and those who remonstrated in person were given forty strokes of the stick.# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:111420184: 12PM #Cancel Review All: wdd201302 Time:111420185: 54PM #
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