Soon, Xiao Mubai saw what they were going to do next...
The Marquis stood outside Qingxin Hall all night, but the emperor refused to see him.
But after all, the day was still going to be bright, and the emperor was still going to the morning court. When the Marquis saw him leaving the palace gate, before he could greet him, he was driven away by Yu Yecheng, the commander of the Forbidden Army.
The Marquis tried to force his way in with physical combat, but Yu Yecheng held him in his arms and stopped him: "Master Marquis, don't embarrass your subordinates. The Emperor doesn't want to see you right now, so it's useless if you go. He asked me to bring you a message. "
The Marquis finally stopped his momentum, stood there and frowned and asked him, "What are you talking about?"
Yu Yecheng coughed slightly and leaned in front of him. After all, it was not a nice thing to say. He tried his best to lower his voice and fully reproduced: "This is what the emperor said, let you, um, old fox stay in the Hou Mansion peacefully. Wait. He has found out. If the matter involves you, if you don't go to him, he will go to you. Don't rush to seek punishment at this moment."
After hearing this, the Marquis took advantage of his inattention and chased in the direction of the emperor: "Your Majesty, you should ask me. If you don't ask me, you don't know. I don't know if I know. …”
Yu Yecheng was confused by his troubles, and then chased him to stop him, with a helpless look on his face: "Master Marquis, you know the emperor's temperament, and messing around like this will only be counterproductive..."
The Marquis put his hands on his waist and felt a little overwhelmed after standing all night. He glared at him and said, "Get out of the way, I won't chase him."
Yu Yecheng glanced forward and muttered in a low voice: "Isn't this the direction you are heading to the Hall of Supreme Harmony?"
"What, I can't go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony yet? I can't go to court yet?" The Marquis pointed at him and stepped forward, while scolding him.
Yu Yecheng was forced to step back and scratch his head, as if there was nothing wrong with what he said, and he really couldn't refute it.
If the Marquis wants to go to court, even the Emperor cannot blow him out in a high-sounding manner, so why not stop him...
Yu Yecheng smiled, turned sideways to make way for the Marquis, and stretched out his hand in a gesture of invitation.
The Marquis snorted, held his waist, and walked towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Seeing this, Yu Yecheng took two steps forward to help him. The Marquis glanced at him, but did not refuse and allowed him to help him forward.
"Master Marquis, you must not tarnish the emperor's reputation in front of all the officials." Yu Yecheng walked with him, and after thinking about it, he reminded him.
"I know it well." Master Hou softened his tone knowing that Yu Yecheng also had good intentions.
He sighed. He didn't originally want to ask the emperor in the morning, but the emperor didn't see him. He still doesn't know what happened. The emperor was so angry that he put Xia Chu under house arrest in Ci'an Palace.
That was Ci'an Palace. If it had been anywhere else, the Marquis might not have taken it seriously and would have gone back to his residence to rest.
At the moment, he just wants to go to the court and listen to the news.
Seeing that he had said this, Yu Yecheng stopped talking and went straight to the door of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Before the two of them entered, they were really shocked.
The door of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was open, but except for a few princes, there was not a single minister inside.
The Marquis asked Yu Yecheng uncertainly: "What time is it?"
Yu Yecheng also looked panicked: "Mao hour has passed long ago. What, what is going on?"
The Marquis knew that asking was in vain. Even if Mao hour had not arrived, it stands to reason that all the officials should have been waiting for the emperor in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
This is really the first time in the history of the Xiao Kingdom that the emperor and his prince are waiting for the ministers during the morning court, and not a single minister came...
"Master Hou, are you still going in?" Yu Yecheng looked at him deeply.
That means, at this moment, you won't have to go to court to get into trouble, right
The Marquis felt inexplicably frightened. Xia Chu had just been placed under house arrest last night.
Today, all these civil and military officials have collectively walked out of court
What does this mean
That's not how he begged for mercy, and that's not how he fell into trouble...
While the Marquis frowned and was thinking, Eunuch Li trotted out and said to Yu Yecheng, "The Emperor asked you to go to the east side door to see what's going on."
Yu Yecheng said "yes" and turned to leave. The Marquis pulled him and said, "I'll go with you."
Yu Yecheng thought for a while and had no choice but to continue supporting him.
Seeing him walking and looking back at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Marquis scratched his head again with a confused look on his face, and then said to him: "The east side door of the Meridian Gate is the side door through which ministers enter and exit the palace."
Yu Yecheng immediately understood what he meant: "Your Majesty, are you asking me to go see if the ministers are here?"
The Marquis said quietly to the side: "If you didn't come, I guess you would have to go from house to house to see what happened."
Yu Yecheng smiled bitterly: "At this moment, Lord Marquis, do you still have the intention to tease me?"
The Marquis raised his head and glanced at the sunrise, and sighed: "Who knows what happened in this palace..."
Yu Yecheng didn't know what happened, so it was difficult to talk to him. In addition, he was still worried about running errands. The Marquis was thinking about Xia Chu. They rushed to the east side door and neither of them spoke. .
Until I rushed to the east side door and took a look, it was really quiet and extremely quiet.
Yu Yecheng's eyebrows tightened, and he looked at Mr. Hou and said with melancholy: "I'm afraid that your words will turn out to be a prophecy, and I'll really have to ask from door to door..."
The Marquis waved his hand: "Hurry up and ask the gatekeeper first."
Yu Yecheng bowed and retreated. Although he knew it was useless, he still went to ask the gatekeeper Liao Zhanping as usual.
Liao Zhanping was as confused and confused as he was. Logically speaking, in the past, ministers would enter the palace one after another after two quarters of Yin hour, but today there was no movement at all.
When it was approaching Mao hour, he once doubted whether the emperor had issued a decree and whether the east door where the minister entered the palace to meet the emperor had been changed. For this reason, he went to the west door to take a look.
Zeng Fengjia, the gatekeeper of the west gate, was quite surprised to see him and asked him, "Why are you here? You should be busy right now, right?"
Liao Zhanping saw that no one was entering or exiting the west door, and muttered to himself: "I thought the minister had changed his way to enter the palace."
Zeng Fengjia pushed his shoulder and said, "Hey, you are so stupid because of the cold. This is the west door only for the royal family and princes to enter and exit. What nonsense are you talking about."
Liao Zhanping came to his senses after being pushed like this. He smiled bitterly and bowed before leaving. As he walked away, he muttered: "It's really strange. Your Majesty won't go to court early today?"
Liao Zhanping was confused and returned from the west gate to the east gate. He walked back and forth at the city gate for less than a quarter of an hour when he saw Yu Yecheng, the commander of the imperial army, walking over with Lord Xiahou...
(End of chapter)