"If the emperor thinks that I have spoken out of turn, please sentence me to death. This will be my last contribution to the Great Zhou."
After Lord Xu finished speaking, he closed his eyes as if resigned to his fate and waited for Murong Zheng to speak.
Murong Zheng looked at Lord Xu who had a calm face, and felt as if there was a volcano in his heart, with raging anger erupting uncontrollably. His remaining rationality warned him again and again not to lose his temper, never.
Lord Xu was the most trusted courtier of the late emperor. The late emperor had praised him several times in imperial decrees, and he also left a will before his death, stating that Lord Xu should be enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple a hundred years later.
Therefore, even if he wanted to die, for the sake of his own reputation, he could not let him do so.
"Lord Xu, you are a close minister of the late emperor. You should know the late emperor's mind best. If the late emperor knew that you were bewitched and said these words today, I wonder if he would regret trusting you in the first place."
"The Emperor also said that I was a close minister of the late Emperor, and that the late Emperor respected the Empress Dowager the most. If he knew that you treated the Empress Dowager so badly after his death, he would definitely regret handing the Great Zhou Dynasty over to you."
Hearing that Murong Zheng's words were no longer as strong as before, Lord Xu, a man who had been in the court for half his life, had already guessed what he was thinking, so he simply ignored it and went straight for the fight.
"Xu Chong, you..." Murong Zheng had already backed off, but he didn't expect that Lord Xu would disregard his dignity at all and actually say such words in front of the envoys from Bei'an. How could he take him, the king of a country, seriously
"Your Majesty, I have endured this for thirteen years. I have wanted to risk my life to make a warning many times, but I only endured it when I thought of the words of the Grand Empress Dowager. The Grand Empress Dowager said that you are the ruler of a country, and it would be so frustrating if you can't even favor a woman. So as long as your indulgence in Concubine Dong does not endanger the Great Zhou, I will let you do as you please."
When Lord Xu heard Murong Zheng calling his name, he was already furious, but his expression remained unchanged. He was as calm as ever, and spoke passionately, without hiding his respect for the Empress Dowager in his words.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager also wrote to me and my wife and said this." Chen Jingting, who was kneeling on the ground, also spoke.
After Chen Jingting finished speaking, several old and important ministers said that they had been instructed by the Empress Dowager.
The court, after the sudden chaos, fell into an eerie silence.
Murong Zheng's face changed again and again, and he felt extremely ashamed and angry in his heart.
What did the Empress Dowager think of him? Just a child? What about the court officials? Did she also let them treat her like children and make her happy
"I am the emperor, and I dote on a woman. Do I need you to indulge me? This is really a huge joke."
Murong Zheng suddenly spoke, his fair face was already gloomy, and his eyes seemed to be hiding a sharp blade.
"Your Majesty, whether you favor a woman or not is your internal affairs. I am not interested in it. But you indulged your favorite concubine to set fire to our Bei'an embassy, causing the two princesses of our dynasty to be injured. You must give us Bei'an an explanation."
Qu Jingze naturally understood that the debate in the court about the Empress Dowager was actually directed at Concubine Dong, so when Murong Zheng was about to vent his anger on the court officials, he suddenly spoke up and brought the topic back to the original track.
However, when Qu Jingze spoke this time, he sounded even more confident. He had heard clearly what Lord Xu and the others had said just now. The bottom line for the Empress Dowager of the Great Zhou and all the civil and military officials in the court when dealing with the matter of Concubine Dong was that they must not harm the Great Zhou.
This time, Concubine Dong's behavior has seriously endangered the peace between Da Zhou and Bei'an. No matter what Murong Zheng's attitude is, the court officials are definitely on the same front with him.
Moreover, as long as we guide the debate about the Empress Dowager carefully today, we can direct the Emperor's paranoia towards the Empress Dowager to Concubine Dong.
Qu Jingze was thinking about how to lead the conversation, but Elder Xu took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, I have always felt that it was Concubine Dong who caused you and the Grand Empress Dowager to become estranged. If you had not protected her and caused her to behave recklessly, the Grand Empress Dowager would not have given up the affairs of the Great Zhou Dynasty and fled to Hanshan."
(End of this chapter)