In the morning court, Chu Huaijin was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe. He sat high in the throne room and looked at the civil and military officials below him with clear eyes.
"Emperor, this subject has a memorial." A person walked out from the generals on the left.
Chu Huaijin glanced at him from afar. This person was almost at the end of the ranks of the generals. His official position was only a fourth-grade councilor. His official position was not high, and he did not have much jurisdiction.
Chu Huaijin watched with his hands folded. The morning court session had been very lively recently, and everything was about Lin Mocheng and the Lin Clan.
At this moment, the most talked about in the court was the impeachment of the Lin family members and the settlement of some of the crimes committed by the Lin family.
In short, this was how the Imperial Court was like. As long as someone with discerning eyes saw who the Emperor wanted to attack, then, after assessing that person's value, no one would step forward to protect him. Hence, everyone scrambled to step on that person.
However, Chu Huaijin was still rather puzzled by this unknown general's sudden words.
"What are you trying to say?"
His sharp eyes stared at the general aggressively.
That person was originally a little flustered. Now that he was frightened by him, he immediately stammered and the words that came out of his mouth were also vague.
"Reporting to the emperor, this general requests the emperor to shake up the harem. The Lin clan has been convicted and the evidence is conclusive. Now, they have all been locked up in prison. However, in the harem, there are still Lin women who still occupy the status of the emperor's consort.”
"That's right, emperor, this lowly official also has something to report. The matter reported is the same as what Liu Canjun said.”
"I feel the same."
"I agree."
……
After one person spoke, countless officials knelt down and agreed.
"Are you asking me to abolish the empress?”Chu Huaijin gritted his teeth and frowned unhappily.
Although he had long thought about the matter of deposing the empress, the matter of him thinking about it and the matter of being forced by many officials to depose her were two different things. They could not be mixed up.
Besides, apart from the few ministers in front of the throne room, almost all of the courtiers were kneeling down. Green, red, civil, martial, those who were at odds with each other in the past, those who quarreled, had actually all made up at this moment?
Chu Huaijin would not believe that there was nothing fishy about this.
Chu Huaijin looked at it again and again and suddenly fell silent.
The officials knelt on the ground, their legs numb, but they still did not hear the Emperor say a word. Some of the anxious officials could not hold back and spoke again.
" The Emperor has always been wise. Not long after he took over the throne, he has personally uncovered a treacherous official, Lin Mocheng, and eradicated the Lin Clan. He is an ancient wise ruler…"
Seeing that he was quite eloquent and praised him the moment he came up, Chu Huaijin couldn't help but look at the person a few more times. He saw that it was a civil official in his twenties. He had a mustache and his eyes weren't big, but his gaze was very shrewd.
Chu Huaijin listened to him praise his ancestors and himself. When he almost couldn't stand it anymore, the person finally changed the topic.
"This lowly official heard that the Empress, the Lin family, had once lost her virtue and manners. How could a wise ruler like the Emperor have such a tainted country mother by his side? The Emperor should choose another virtuous woman to be the country mother.”
When Chu Huaijin heard the first part, he felt that this person's eloquence was really good. However, before he could finish sighing, when he heard the last few words, the fire in his heart that he didn't have was spoken out of thin air. When he saw him, he felt a sense of anger.
He threw down the jade bone fan that the palace maid beside him used to fan. His face darkened and he said coldly,"I heard that this is a matter of my palace. As an official of the imperial court, where did you hear about it? Could it be that you have arranged for spies in my palace to pass on messages to you at any time?”
She even dared to hear about him and inquire about his empress.
No matter how bad Lin Yueying was, he could beat her, scold her, and kill her, but no matter what, it was not up to the officials to say anything.
" Yes…Yes, I deserve to die. My words were inappropriate…" The civil official was so frightened that he grabbed his head to the ground and repeatedly apologized.
He had always been known for being good with his mouth, which was why he had accepted these words of advice. However, he never expected that at the end of his sentence, he could not help but say a few more words, causing the emperor to fly into a rage. He could not help but regret it…
"Take him away. I don't want to see him for the time being.”
Chu Huaijin didn't let him off just because he knelt down and begged for mercy.
The matter of deposing the empress had been occasionally mentioned by someone last time, but he had already rejected it. He did not expect that this group of officials would actually dare to contact each other and come to the court to explain it to him.
"We've already talked about this last time. What are you trying to do?”
Chu Huaijin decided to make things clear." Are you going to mention what you want to do in the memorial in the future? As long as I don't agree, you will use this method to force me to agree in the future?"”
"Am I that easy to talk to?" He snorted coldly.
His long and sharp eyes slowly swept across the group of ministers. The Lin Clan had been raided, and this time, many positions in the imperial court were vacant. They had not had the time to promote them again.
After looking at the group of kneeling officials, he finally cast his gaze on the person standing in front of the civil servants.
"Lord Su." Chu Huaijin said in a deep voice.
His voice wasn't loud, but the Minister of Official Personnel Affairs, Su Desheng, couldn't help but shiver. He quickly bent down and bowed respectfully,""Your subject is here."
"Minister Su, how do you think we should handle this matter?”Chu Huaijin's voice was calm and emotionless, but his eyes seemed to be filled with knives. As he spoke, he was throwing knives at Su Desheng.
He lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes. His heart beat faster, and his old face turned red.
"This official believes that the ancients said that the harem cannot interfere with political affairs. This is to prevent the Emperor's concubines from interfering with state affairs. Similarly, the affairs of the harem are the Emperor's family affairs. Therefore, it was up to the Emperor to decide whether to abolish the Empress or not.”
Old fox…
As soon as Su Desheng finished speaking, Chu Huaijin couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.
However, a mere matter of deposing the empress of the Imperial Palace was actually used by him to evaluate national affairs. Moreover, he even made it clear.
The most important thing was that his words really hit the nail on the head.
When he had seen all the officials kneel down to request for the deposed Empress, he had thought that all of this had been ordered by the only Duke of the Country, Su Desheng.
After all, ever since he took over the throne, he had only taken in two palaces, one empress, and one concubine.
If Lin Yueying's position as the Empress was abolished, the West Chu Empire would definitely have an Empress. The only person who was qualified to be the Empress was naturally Consort Lian, Shen Pan 'er.
As for him, Shen Desheng, he was Shen Pan 'er's biological father. If Shen Pan' er became the heir, he would be the ironclad country's Duke. His status would rise again. No matter how one looked at it, he would benefit the most.
But now that he had said those words, it didn't seem like he had planned this. Chu Huaijin suppressed the unhappiness in his heart."Officials, have you heard Minister Shen's words?”
Everyone could clearly feel his anger. How could they dare to refute him? They continued to speak until they understood.
Chu Huaijin gave them a sharp gaze and a proud back as he waved his sleeves.# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:122120184:14AM
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