088 “Drunken Bones (Guyan 1v1 High H)” goes out

In the afternoon, the emperor sat on the dragon chair seriously for the first time, holding a cinnabar pen in his hand, and carefully wrote on the imperial edict stroke by stroke.But he was not working so hard for court affairs, but he was personally writing an imperial decree for his beloved Yan Zhiyi.

But no matter how he looked at it, he felt that it was still a little lacking. Just when he was feeling a little depressed, the announcement from the inner chamberlain came outside the door.”Your Majesty, the Regent wishes to see you.”

The emperor frowned lightly. Most of the time the regent asked for an audience was for political matters. At this time, he was worried about the imperial edict of establishing a queen, so how could he want to see him.The emperor refused, “No.”

But the next second, there was a burst of noise outside the door. The chamberlain was saying something in horror. Before he could listen carefully, the door of Yangxin Hall was suddenly opened.”Your Majesty, Your Majesty, His Highness the Regent insists on breaking in. This…”

Xie Ciyan stood tall and straight in the center of the hall, showing no intention of going out. The emperor was even more worried and waved his hand to signal the eunuch to go out.”What important thing does the regent have to do? Why don’t you hesitate to break into my Yangxin Hall?” The emperor couldn’t help but express his tone in the last few words, seeming to emphasize that the Yangxin Hall is his place and Xie Ciyan will not be allowed to break into it without permission.

He was still standing in the hall, but he had no intention of greeting him at all. His face was calm, but his eyes were full of coldness.”I heard that the emperor issued an order to depose Queen Yan this morning.”

Xie Ciyan was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic today. He seemed to have no respect for him at all. Even his title was not “Emperor Brother” as before, but “Emperor”.The emperor frowned and didn’t care about the title. He only lost interest when he suddenly mentioned Yan Zhaozhao.”So what, that poisonous woman attempted to murder the Queen Mother. I just deprived her of her position as Queen and put her in the cold palace. That’s already a mercy.”

“Does Your Majesty have any evidence that she is the murderer who poisoned the Queen Mother?” He raised his eyes and looked directly at the still somewhat lazy Emperor with his dark eyes.”Your Majesty should know that there is no law in the Sheng Dynasty that allows you to arbitrarily accuse people without any evidence!”

“Laws?” The emperor felt ridiculous when he heard this, “Are you talking to me about laws and regulations? I am the emperor and the only emperor of this great prosperity! The laws and regulations to me are just a miscellaneous book, you can just read it at will. The regent should also know that I am the law of this great prosperity!”

Xie Ciyan’s hands at his side slowly clenched into fists, “The emperor should be a role model for all the people in the world. If the emperor cannot lead by example, how should he control his subordinates and unify the hearts of the people!”

“Presumptuous!” The emperor never liked Xie Ciyan telling him such things as the way of the emperor. Whenever he preached like this, he would feel that the dragon chair under him was being coveted and he wanted to replace it.”I am the emperor, and there is no need for the regent to tell me what I do! So what if I deposed that poisonous woman? She is nothing more than a humble woman. A person of no importance is worthy of the regent speaking to me here?!”

“She is not a lowly woman.” Xie Ciyan’s eyes flashed with a trace of evil, “The emperor must have forgotten that Yan Zhaozhao is the legitimate daughter of Prime Minister Yan Huai.”

The emperor sneered, “So what?!” He threw the imperial edict he had just written that he was not satisfied with at Xie Ciyan’s feet, “I sent one of his daughters to the cold palace, and then made his other daughter a queen. How dare he, Yan Huai, feel dissatisfied?”

Xie Ciyan looked at the imperial edict at his feet. The words on it seemed to be written with Yan Zhaozhao’s blood, and every stroke seemed to be gouging out his heart.”When I act, I always have the word “justice” engraved in my heart. It is even more important to understand the law clearly. Now that the emperor is acting like this, it chills my heart.”

The emperor stood up suddenly, furious, “Xie Ciyan, you are so impudent!” Xie Ciyan’s words seemed to be silently telling him that he did not have the qualifications to become the emperor, as if he was the only one in the world who could sit on this dragon throne.A strong sense of uneasiness arose in his heart, “Why are you so crazy today! You come to me and say these nonsense for a woman like Yan Zhaozhao!”

“I want your Majesty to take Yan Zhaozhao out of the cold palace.” Xie Ciyan only wanted to think that his Zhao Zhao was still suffering in the cold cold palace, and he could no longer calm down, let alone waste time with the emperor here. He only wanted Yan Zhaozhao to be taken out of the cold palace, and he would not allow anyone to throw dirty water on her.

“Xie Ciyan, are you crazy?!” The emperor was filled with anger, and the feeling of uneasiness was even heavier. He urgently needed to build up his confidence at this time, so that Xie Ciyan would not crush him.The emperor rolled his eyes and caught a glimpse of the memorial on the desk. He picked it up and hit Xie Ciyan.

But how could Xie Ciyan let him succeed now? He only turned slightly and hid the memorial, looking at the emperor with an indifferent expression, as if nothing could arouse his emotions.”I’m not crazy.” He repeated word for word: “I want the emperor to take Yan Zhaozhao out of the cold palace!”

“You!” The emperor picked up the memorial and wanted to throw it at him. The moment he raised his hand, he suddenly thought of something and his expression was a little strange.”You have never interfered with my harem affairs, but now you are disrespectful and rude to me because of Yan Zhaozhao. But you have other thoughts towards her!”

Being impressed by the Tao, Xie Ciyan clenched his palms into fists unnaturally, and then relaxed them. His face remained as calm as water, with no emotion at all.”Your Majesty is worried. I have never known each other before, and there are very few opportunities to see each other in the palace. There is no need to talk about a personal relationship.” He paused for a long time before continuing: “I owed Prime Minister Yan a favor in the early years. Now that the Yan family’s legitimate daughter is in trouble, I can’t just sit back and watch.”

The emperor was still suspicious, staring straight at him with a pair of sharp eyes, trying to find some flaws in him, but Xie Ciyan still stood tall and straight, with no trace of guilt in his eyes, so he relaxed a little.

After thinking about it, it was true that as Xie Ciyan said, the two of them had never behaved strangely before. Even at the palace banquet, they were so alienated that they seemed not to know each other.Although he hated Yan Zhaozhao very much, he could not tolerate anyone doing such a disgraceful thing under his nose.

The emperor’s suspicion eased a little, and the memorial in his hand was casually placed on the case.He raised his eyebrows slightly, “If I don’t agree, what will you do?” He had just personally ordered Yan Zhaozhao to be thrown into the cold palace this morning for murdering the Queen Mother. Now that he has only been around for half a day, asking him to take that bitch out is simply a dream!

As if he had expected that the emperor would say this, a smile suddenly appeared on Xie Ciyan’s lips, and his voice was slightly lowered, “If the emperor is not willing, I will have to wait until tomorrow morning to question the emperor in public to see which of the great laws can consign an innocent middle-gong queen with no evidence to the cold palace!”

His move was undoubtedly a declaration of war on the emperor, dragging in a group of ministers, and imposing great laws on the emperor’s head.Those ministers were not emperors, and they did not think that Dasheng Laws was just a miscellaneous book.But this move was also a bet on whether the emperor would dare to reveal the matter in front of the ministers. He was not completely sure that those courtiers would not stand behind the emperor.

It would be fine if it were anyone else. Among the courtiers with real power in the court, most of them looked up to Yan Huai and Ma Ma.If Yan Zhaozhao and Yan Zhiyi were placed in front of Yan Huai, he would definitely choose Yan Zhiyi, who was beneficial to the Yan family. At that time, he would only worry that the courtiers who supported him behind Yan Huai would also stand on the same front as him.

Therefore, Xie Ciyan was betting that the emperor was guilty and did not dare to reveal the matter in front of others.

The emperor gritted his teeth, his confidence suddenly lacking.He knew better than anyone else that there was no conclusive evidence for Yan Zhaozhao’s murder of the Queen Mother. It was just a ploy to depose her from the throne. How could he put this idea in front of the ministers?!

His eyes were cold and half-closed, “Xie Ciyan, are you threatening me?”

“My lord, I don’t dare.” Although he said the word “dare not” in his mouth, there was no intention of giving in in his eyes.

The emperor lowered his eyes for a while, and when he raised his eyes again, his eyes were dark.He said slowly: “It is not impossible for me to release Yan Zhaozhao from the cold palace, as long as you thank Ci Yan and fulfill one of my requirements.”

Xie Ciyan’s eyes flashed lightly, and a trace of joy flashed in his eyes, which was fleeting.”Your Majesty, please speak.”

The emperor suddenly smiled and said, “I want you to lead the troops to attack Fengguo. If you can return victoriously, I will take Yan Zhaozhao out of the cold palace on the day you return. How about that?”

He deliberately made things difficult for Xie Ciyan, and even took this opportunity to get rid of him.In the past, most of Xie Ciyan’s military expeditions resulted in triumphal victories, and he was well received in the court.For this reason, when Feng Guo invaded, he would rather send Yan Zhaozhao to the old emperor for marriage rather than let Xie Ciyan go on an expedition to continue to build up support among the people.But today is very different from the past. Fengguo and Anguo have formed an alliance and are no longer the same. Xie Ciyan does not have the confidence to win this expedition.

The emperor used this method to let Xie Ciyan go on an expedition. After a narrow escape from death, if he died in battle and no one in the court could compete with him, he would become the true emperor of the Great Sheng Kingdom. He would no longer need to act based on anyone’s opinion. He would lead all the people and become the one man who speaks the truth, allowing the courtiers to regard him as the only emperor who has been destined by destiny!

The emperor’s thoughts were clearly revealed, and Xie Ciyan’s expression remained unchanged after hearing this.The first emperor of the court made a compilation, and he agreed without hesitation, “I accept the decree.”