A banquet had already been set up in the palace.
Since it was winter, the emperor could only hold banquets outside the main hall.
It was winter now, so the officials who came to the palace today were all officials of the fifth rank and above.
There was a seat on each side of Emperor Tianqi's throne.
The imperial feast in the east should have belonged to the crown prince. However, Emperor Tianqi had no children and no heirs, so the seat in the east was empty.
On the other hand, the one sitting on the west side was a prince.
However, Emperor Tianqi only had one younger brother, Prince Xin Zhu Youjian.
Therefore, there was only one seat here.
At this moment, Prince Xin, Zhu Youjian, who was about the same age as Emperor Tianqi and looked similar, was sitting here.
Below them were the civil and military officials.
The Cabinet Chief Ye Xianggao, the Minister of War Sun Chengzong, the Left Deputy Imperial Censor Yang Lian, the Left Qian Imperial Censor Zuo Guangdou, the Minister of History Zhao Nanxing, the Minister of Rites Sun Shenxing, and the Guanglu Temple Chief Gao Panlong were all present.
Other than that, Wei Zhongxian was naturally not an exception.
It was just that Wei Zhongxian was not on the same side as these people.
Emperor Tianqi had put Wei Zhongxian in an important position for a long time.
None of the Donglin Party members, led by Ye Xianggao, regarded Wei Zhongxian as a thorn in their side.
At this moment, Wei Zhongxian was sitting not far away from Emperor Tianqi with his head lowered.
"Wei Banban, why isn't Duan Hu here yet? The people from the Internal Affairs Department who went to pick him up haven't come back yet?”
Emperor Tianqi sat on the throne and asked.
On his left and right were Empress Zhang Yan, as well as Saint Madam Ke Yinyue.
Wei Zhongxian raised his head and winked at a eunuch beside the Emperor.
The eunuch hurriedly went out of the hall to inquire about the news.
Sitting in the first row, Sun Chengzong's expression was still as heavy as when he parted ways with Duan Hu today.
After parting ways with Duan Hu, he went to find the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, Ye Xianggao.
He told her everything that had happened before.
Of course, there were also a few others, namely Yang Lian and the others.
According to the analysis of Yang Lian and the others, Wei Zhongxian was actually willing to speak up for Duan Hu, so it was very likely that Duan Hu had already joined the eunuch party.
This made Sun Chengzong's heart even heavier.
Duan Hu had already threatened to deal with Ma Shilong. If he really went to Liaodong, Liaodong would probably be in trouble if he really didn't take care of the overall situation.
Therefore, Sun Chengzong was wondering if he should find a way to keep Duan Hu in Shangjing.
Sun Chengzong's attitude was too ambiguous.
However, the Left Deputy Imperial Censor Yang Lian and the others had already expressed their stance.
No matter what, he couldn't let Duan Hu go to Liaodong.
It would have been fine if Duan Hu hadn't sided with the eunuchs, but now, he already had the intention to join forces with them.
Therefore, the few of them had already agreed that they would use the opportunity of the Emperor's banquet tonight to write a letter to the Emperor to retract the order.
He couldn't send Duan Hu to Liaodong.
"Ahem…"
Left Vice Censor Yang Lian coughed twice and glanced at Sun Chengzong.
Sun Chengzong also raised his head to look at Yang Lian and the others.
Seeing Yang Lian and the others 'firm gazes, he knew that they would definitely think of a way to keep Duan Hu here tonight.
Just as Sun Chengzong was thinking about this, the eunuch who had gone out to scout for information came back.
Beside him was a young eunuch from the Internal Affairs Office.
The young eunuch was sweating profusely.
"What's going on? Why hasn't Uncle Zhong Yong come yet?”Emperor Tianqi, who was sitting on the throne, frowned and asked.
The young eunuch knelt down in the main hall with a thud.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Courage received a letter before he boarded the carriage. He then changed into a set of armor and left!”The young eunuch knelt on the ground and said with his head lowered.
"What?"
The hall was filled with exclamations.
The Left Vice Censor Yang Lian's eyes flashed with a bright light.
Then, he stood up.
"Your Majesty, I want to impeach the loyal and brave uncle for disobeying the imperial edict and deceiving the emperor!”
"Uncle Zhongyong has just been conferred the title of the new aristocrat of the Imperial Court, yet he's so domineering. He doesn't even care about the Emperor's orders and disobeys them as he pleases. If he goes to the distant lands of Liaodong in the future, won't he be even more arrogant?”
"Your Majesty and the civil and military officials of the court are all waiting here. Where did Duan Hu go to on this trip?”
Not good!
Wei Zhongxian immediately understood what was going on.
It seemed like the Donglin Party was going to join forces to pull Duan Hu down?
Prince Xin Zhu Youjian, who was sitting below Emperor Tianqi, had a smile on his face as he picked up his wine cup and took a sip.
The expression on his face clearly meant that there was a show to watch today!
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