Gu Zhong immediately knelt down, bowed his head firmly and said: "Return to Your Majesty, it is the newly promoted little Mr. Lang Bai who is crying."
The emperor frowned slightly, turned his head and said, "Bai Shan, today is the Empress Dowager's birthday, why are you crying?"
Bai Shan stood up from the table, wiped away his tears, walked to the main hall and knelt down, the smile on the Empress Dowager's face also fell, and she was looking at him with some displeasure.
Bai Shanfu said: "Returning to Your Majesty, the minister saw that the Empress Dowager's descendants are filial, and the Empress Dowager is also kind and kind, so he couldn't help but think of his father, thinking of his father's early death, the minister failed to be happy, and the grandmother was young. As the years get older, but you still have to work hard for the little minister, the little minister feels sad for a moment, so he can't hold it back."
The Empress Dowager's face paled slightly, and she said with a smile: "It's good that you have this kind of filial piety. Your father died for the country, and he died without regret. From now on, you should be more filial and filial to your grandmother. Good boy, don't cry."
Bai Shan cried louder, his whole body lying on the ground, his crying was depressing and sad, and instantly spread throughout the silent hall.
Master Tang and Wei Zhi looked at each other, both having a bad feeling.
The queen mother was a little displeased, and asked, "You child, why are you crying more and more sad?"
Bai Shan raised his head and looked directly at the empress dowager and the emperor sitting on it with tears all over his face. He glanced at the emperor and saw that his face was expressionless, and he didn't intend to stop him, so he understood what was going on.
Bai Shan's lips trembled slightly, and his hands trembled because of anger and fear. He suppressed his worries for the two little friends, stretched out his hand and wiped away his tears, and said, "Because I'm not a filial person, my father died unjustly, but my little minister But because he was afraid of power, he kept hidden and did not dare to speak out. Only then did he see that His Majesty and the princes, princes and grandchildren are so filial to the Queen Mother. punishment."
The queen mother pursed her lips and said, "What wrong do you have..." Afterwards, she went to Dali Temple and said that it was...
As a result, before she could say anything, the emperor continued: "Your father died for suppressing bandits, and he died for the country. What grievance is there?"
The King of Yizhou clenched the wine glass in his hand, and was about to speak, but Bai Shan quickly answered: "Your Majesty, my late father died for the country, but he was killed by the King of Yizhou instead of suppressing the bandits." !"
The whole hall was shocked.
King Yizhou threw the wine glass in his hand fiercely, "Where did the yellow-mouthed boy come from to slander me so much at my mother's birthday banquet, Brother Huang!"
The Queen Mother glanced at the King of Yizhou, then turned her head and said: "Emperor, I don't understand the affairs of the court, but today is my birthday, if there is anything wrong, why don't you ask someone to take this child down tomorrow. "
Bai Shanfu said: "Your Majesty, twelve years ago, the king of Yizhou corrupted the money from the Qianwei Weir's embankment to feed his private soldiers. In the past twelve years, he has been plundering Yizhou's people for recruiting talents and raising private soldiers. The elite of its private soldiers is comparable to that of the Forbidden Army, and the number of private soldiers is even higher than that of the Forbidden Army, so it doesn't matter?"
The ministers turned pale with shock.
The king of Yizhou widened his eyes, and subconsciously looked at the emperor.
The emperor also had a look of astonishment. Before he could react, the emperor had already scolded, "Bold, do you have any evidence for what you say? If you talk about it, you are slandering the royal family. This is a serious crime for killing the clan!"
The ministers had already started talking, and the hall suddenly became noisy.
Old Lord Tang and Wei Zhi looked at each other, then stood up and said, "Your Majesty, raising private troops is a major matter. Since this young man is convincing, it is better to take him down first, and then send someone to investigate."
Today's affairs are enough for this sake, the emperor turned his head and glanced at the queen mother, seeing her ugly face, he quickly nodded, "Okay, come and take Bai Shan down."
"Wait a minute," the Queen Mother tugged her sleeves to cover her slightly trembling hands, staring at Bai Shan and said, "Since what he said is convincing, obviously there is evidence, let him present the evidence now, otherwise who will know?" Is he slandering the king of Yizhou with empty teeth?"
The queen mother said: "If this kind of thing is not severely punished, someone will say on my birthday today that the king of Yizhou is raising private troops, and tomorrow someone will say on the emperor's longevity that other vassal kings rebelled. Is it true that the whole country will have to fight for this?" Are the lies of one or two running around?"
The vassal kings who were already in the vassal state knelt down one after another, deeply aware that they had suffered an indiscriminate disaster.
The emperor frowned slightly, and looked down at Bai Shan.
Seeing Bai Shan kneeling, the queen mother said angrily: "Why, did you enter the palace empty-handed to file a complaint? There is still no evidence, and it is only because of personal grievances with the king of Yizhou that he took this opportunity to slander the king of Yizhou?"
"The evidence is with me." A voice came from outside the hall.
Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw Man Bao running in panting, running all the way into the main hall, she slowed down, brushed the messy hair on her face back, and stepped forward step by step with a bloodstain on her face .
When Man Bao entered the palace today, he was combing two bags with only a little beaded flower embellished on them. At this time, his hair was disheveled, and the bloodstains on his face were especially obvious.
Because she was sitting with Princess Mingda before, most of the people in the hall had paid attention to her before, seeing her in such a mess, they couldn't help but look behind her.
The fifth prince, Ji Hao, and Princess Changyu ran in after her. They obviously didn't hear what the queen mother said just now, and they didn't know what happened in the hall. There was silence inside, and Zhou Man was still walking forward with his head up. , he was startled, and quickly stepped forward to hold Zhou Man, knelt down and said, "Grandmother, father, cousin Yunfeng had some conflicts with Doctor Zhou, and the cousin was impulsive and accidentally hit Doctor Zhou." With a whip, Erchen will take her out."
The fifth prince knelt down, but Man Bao didn't. She broke free from the fifth prince's hand and walked towards Bai Shan who was kneeling on the ground.
Bai Shan had already turned his head to look at her, and seeing her looking embarrassed, with injuries on her face, her whole face was tense, and he watched her walking towards him step by step.
Above the main hall, the fifth prince couldn't pull Zhou Man hard, so he could only get up and follow him, and persuaded in a low voice: "Zhou Man, you don't want to die, you went crazy just now, why now...the imperial grandmother loves Yunfeng very much, She won't for you..."
Man Bao quickened his pace, the fifth prince couldn't keep up with him, so he gritted his teeth and stopped.
In the garden just now, Zhou Man didn't know what happened, he obviously stopped Li Yunfeng, so she and Mingda just left.
In the end, she rushed up suddenly and pushed him away, then pushed Li Yunfeng to the ground fiercely.
At that time, not only he and Li Yunfeng, but the others were also stunned, and then Li Yunfeng got up and gave her a severe whip.
Who knew that she wouldn't dodge it, so she stood and let her slap her face with a whip.
Everyone was stunned at that time, Ji Hao rushed up to see her face, but Man Bao waved him away, then she tore her hair in front of them, and ran towards the hall.