Gu Xiangning was directly parachuted into the position of prime minister, and considering his young age, he became the prime minister, which naturally made many people jealous.
Although this guy is young, he is too cunning. After such a long time, no one has been able to catch him.
Now that they finally heard Gu Xiangning say such a thing, all those jealous people started to speak out: "Gu Xiangning, those who expanded the territory are all heroes."
"Great meritorious official, you are going too far. Please, Your Majesty, punish Lord Gu severely!"
The person who spoke was a minister, who was of course sent by Gu Xiangning's enemy. Even though it seemed that the emperor had the final say in the court now.
In a short period of time, new changes have occurred in the factions in the court. Gu Xiangning's side is a group of rising stars, while there are still many old ministers in the court.
Even the elders of the three dynasties were still there. Seeing Gu Xiangning say this, the elders were also very angry. They looked at Gu Xiangning and said, "I remember that Lord Gu was one of them."
"Since you are asking what other people are, then may I ask, Lord Gu, what are you?"
Gu Xiangning didn't expect that his words would even alarm this old antique. He was helpless and saw that the emperor was looking at him with curiosity.
It seems that the emperor hasn't received the news yet. What happened yesterday happened late, and the curfew was imposed not long after it happened. Naturally, Minister Lin couldn't find anyone to ask for help.
As for them, without Xiaoman's order, they naturally would not spread the news, so this also led to the fact that no one except a few parties involved knew what happened yesterday.
Gu Xiangning looked at so many people pointing at him, but he was not in a hurry. Although few people jumped out, there were many people who laughed at him. Gu Xiangning just smiled.
"That's right, Your Majesty. I'm not asking about my doubts, but on behalf of Minister Lin's second son. Minister Lin is also aware of this matter."
"Yesterday, Second Young Master Lin asked in front of Princess Yongxi what Princess Yongxi was. Until now, I still haven't figured out this question, so I want to ask the emperor for confirmation."
The emperor did not expect that Xiaoman would encounter so many things as soon as she returned to Kyoto, and they were all related to the Lin family. He didn't even know whether to say that the Lin family was unlucky.
Xiaoman was unlucky, but the emperor was very unhappy that someone dared to insult Xiaoman. Sure enough, when the emperor heard this, his face darkened.
Everyone knows that Princess Yongxi is a taboo to the emperor. No matter what she does, the emperor can only hear good things about Princess Yongxi.
Take the time when Princess Yongxi just came back for example. She was given the title of Demon General and everyone said that Princess Yongxi was murderous, but the emperor didn’t care.
No one was even allowed to criticize Princess Yongxi. However, a few ministers criticized Princess Yongxi despite the emperor's wishes. But now looking around the court.
In such a short period of time, I didn't see those ministers anymore. They either resigned or were sent to other places.
In short, it is impossible to return to this palace, to the center of power in the Zhou Dynasty. This shows the status of Xiaoman in the emperor's heart.
Minister Lin was really frightened at this time. He knew that Gu Xiangning would not let them go so easily. He didn't expect that he could not wait even for a day.
Originally, I was thinking of sending some message to the harem and letting the imperial concubine whisper in the emperor's ear, but I didn't expect that before I could do anything, Gu Xiangning had already started to take action.
Minister Lin was so upset by the emperor's ugly face that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It is my fault for not educating my son well."
The emperor snorted coldly: "This is not a matter of poor parenting. Your youngest son is really bold. Princess Yongxi has probably never suffered such an injustice in her life!"
Minister Lin kowtowed quickly: "I am ignorant and didn't know that the other party was the Princess of Yongxi County!"
Gu Xiangning suddenly laughed when he heard this. "So according to Minister Lin, if the other party is not the Princess of Yongxi County, can he insult the people of our Great Zhou at will?"
"Who gave him this right?"
When Minister Lin heard this, he suddenly realized something. Regardless of whether this incident happened or not, Gu Xiangning was going to take action against the Lin family.
Although the Lin family has a queen and a royal concubine in the harem, in the court, the eldest son of the Lin family refuses to be an official, the youngest son is incompetent, and there is only Minister Lin.
However, because of the affairs of the harem, he can be said to have tremendous power, but the problem is that this Minister Lin is not a direct subordinate of the emperor.
Therefore, the emperor will not allow him to continue like this, and this is a good opportunity for the court. Those who were originally from the line of Minister Lin.
Just now, he was thinking of using Minister Lin's excuse that ignorance is not a crime to exonerate Lin Xin, but now he dares not say a word, too!
Who among those who have achieved this level of officialdom has not had a plan in mind? In fact, the so-called "who are you" is just the introduction to this matter.
The real purpose was that the emperor wanted to take action against Minister Lin. Minister Lin naturally understood this, and his face turned pale.
However, he still insisted on one thing: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I didn't teach my son well, which led to my son being disrespectful to the county lady. I am wrong."
When the emperor heard Gu Xiangning's words just now, he also understood that this was Gu Xiangning giving him an opportunity to suppress Minister Lin, although he could not directly deprive Minister Lin of his position.
Suppression and house arrest are also possible. Seeing that Minister Lin is so sensible, and thinking of the fact that the imperial concubine in the harem was also wronged yesterday, the emperor plans to give a lighter punishment.
However, in this case, the emperor was worried that Gu Xiangning would have some opinions about him. After all, he still cared about Gu Xiangning very much. It was not worth it to have a conflict with Gu Xiangning for the sake of Minister Lin.
Gu Xiangning had been with the emperor for such a long time, so of course he could tell what the emperor was thinking at a glance, and he couldn't help but frown! It turned out that the harem still had the ability to influence government affairs!
He couldn't help but frown. If he didn't suppress Minister Lin this time, this old fox might not be so easy to deal with in the future.
This time he just caught someone by surprise, but he targeted someone's child. Gu Xiangning looked at the emperor with some disappointment.
This glance shocked the emperor! Just when the emperor was in a dilemma, a eunuch suddenly came out and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Yongxi wants to see you!"
Gu Xiangning was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Xiaoman to really come, but he came just in time! The emperor glanced at Gu Xiangning and saw that Gu Xiangning was stunned.
I know that Gu Xiangning didn't know that Xiaoman was coming this time, so I was a little curious and looked at the eunuch: "Send it!"
Once again, everyone saw how much the emperor valued the Princess of Yongxi County. This was the first time since the founding of the country that a woman was good at court affairs! The emperor actually let it go!
They also agreed. Some conservative old ministers wanted to say something, but when they thought of the achievements of County Lady Yongxi, they were speechless and could only look at County Lady Yongxi sullenly!
I wonder what this county lady is up to this time! Xiaoman walked in quickly, wearing a bright red palace dress. After entering, she knelt down and paid her respects to the emperor.
Xiaoman originally had the privilege of meeting the emperor without having to kneel, but she had not expected that she would have to perform such a great ceremony this time. The emperor remembered that this was the second time Xiaoman had performed a great ceremony for him.
The first time was when he ascended the throne a few years ago. At that time, it was destined that there would be no possibility between him and Xiaoman. I wonder what he will do this time
Xiao Man didn't care about that, she knelt on the ground and saluted: "Yong Xi greets our emperor. Long live the emperor. Long live the emperor."
The emperor quickly asked Xiaoman to stand up: "Stand up, get up, Princess Yongxi suddenly came to the court, what's the matter?"
Princess Yongxi took out the memorial she had put in her sleeve and said, "Here is a memorial from Yongxi. Your Majesty, please take a look! This is how your subject should be an official!"
These words were a bit serious. The emperor intuitively felt that Yongxi was coming for Minister Lin. Sure enough, Minister Lin was already pale and sweating.
He felt that he was doomed. If it was just Gu Xiangning, it would be fine. Gu Xiangning was quite straightforward and would let the emperor make the decision. The emperor was thinking about his two daughters in the harem.
He will only give a lighter punishment! Of course, the emperor just planned this, so Minister Lin, the old fox, has everything planned out, but Princess Yongxi can't predict it.
This woman sometimes acts decisively, but sometimes unexpectedly leaves a way out for others. Her actions are even more unexpected and unpredictable.
When the emperor saw that Princess Yongxi had actually submitted a memorial to the emperor, he indicated that he was not going to let this matter go. He looked at Minister Lin with sympathy, and then read the memorial.
There were only a few words on the memorial: "To favor a concubine and kill a wife is punishable by death, and for less serious crimes, one is not allowed to be an official!"
The emperor looked at Xiaoman in astonishment and asked, "Does the county lady want me to dethrone Minister Lin?"
Yongxi looked at the emperor with dissatisfaction and sneered: "Your Majesty, you know the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues in this world better than Yongxi. Not being allowed to be an official is already a special favor!"
"Serious cases should all be beheaded in public!"
Everyone was shocked, not knowing what the two were talking about. The emperor looked embarrassed and handed the memorial to the eunuch: "Everyone, take a look at this memorial from the county lady. Should I approve it?"
Xiaoman walked around the entire court like this, and Gu Xiangning naturally watched it. He didn't expect Xiaoman to be so direct! And the ministers here all knew it.
The Princess of Yongxi County hated concubines so much that even her men were not allowed to take concubines! They were not allowed to have other women.
Everyone looked at Gu Xiangning with sympathy, which made Gu Xiangning laugh. How could these people know the feeling of wanting to be with someone until the end of one's life!