I bet their emperor came to the morning court today just to inform them?
Your Majesty, you should at least listen to our advice! !
Suddenly all the ministers were confused.
"Prime Minister Zhang, what should we do?!" After the emperor retreated, the ministers cheered and surrounded Prime Minister Zhang.
In this chapter, the prime minister's power in the court is second only to the emperor.
Many decrees were issued only after the emperor discussed with Prime Minister Zhang. If Prime Minister Zhang strongly opposed it, sometimes the emperor would withdraw his orders.
Prime Minister Zhang stretched out his hand to smooth his beard, glanced at the other old prime minister standing next to him, considered it for a moment, and then asked: "What do you think of this matter, old prime minister?"
The ministers' eyes immediately turned to the old prime minister.
"This..." The old prime minister hesitated for a moment, and then said tangledly: "The old minister feels that if the emperor really wants to abdicate the throne to his daughter, then there seems to be nothing wrong with it from a rational point of view, not to mention, the emperor's daughter There are also golden keys and Xuanye swords that have disappeared for many years. The late emperor once said that as long as she is a member of the royal family and has these three national jade seals in her hands, her status must be recognized."
"Old Prime Minister, you are really old and confused." Prime Minister Zhang squinted his eyes, looked at the old Prime Minister and said: "Not to mention whether these three national jade seals have really been collected. Over the years, have you ever heard that Have you said that any country has a woman as the emperor?? If this really follows the emperor’s wishes, wouldn’t we, the Night Kingdom, become the laughing stock of all the countries in the world?”
"This...but..." The old prime minister still hesitated.
"I will write a letter to express the wishes of the ministers to the emperor. I hope the emperor can reconsider his decision, hum." After Prime Minister Zhang glared at the old prime minister, he flicked his sleeves and robes, leading all the ministers to exit. to the main hall.
That afternoon, the emperor received a letter of remonstrance from Prime Minister Zhang.
The words in the remonstrance were fierce and impassioned, detailing his reasons for opposing Ye Qiqi's appointment as the new emperor. He also threatened the emperor in an extremely arrogant tone. If Ye Qiqi really succeeded to the throne, then He and a group of ministers retired and returned to their fields, never to serve as officials again.
After reading Prime Minister Zhang's remonstrance, the emperor was so angry that he threw the memorial on the ground.
Ye Qiqi was sitting next to the emperor. Seeing her father lose his temper, he couldn't help but ask: "Dad, what's wrong with you? You seem very angry??"
"Prime Minister Zhang is getting more and more arrogant now, and he even dares to threaten me!!" The emperor slammed the table hard, his chest heaved and he said to Ye Qiqi: "This old guy usually does a lot of evil. Does he think I don’t know?? I’m just turning a blind eye and saving him some face. Does he really think he can threaten me??”
threaten?
Ye Qiqi blinked, stood up, walked to the memorial that was thrown to the ground, bent down and picked it up.
Opening the memorial, Ye Qiqi glanced at it casually, then turned to his father and asked, "Is this Prime Minister Zhang the person that father wants to deal with?"
"Yes." The emperor took a deep breath, tried to calm down his emotions, and then nodded: "It's just that I haven't found enough reasons to capture him yet."