frightfiction Chapter 569: Forced into the palace?
Chapter 569: Forced into the palace?
The Ministry of Rites was surrounded by the people. An official went out to persuade the people to leave, but was hit on the head with rotten eggs.
The people were talking at once, saying that they must be in collusion with the Dongli group and demanded that they hand over the Dongli envoy.
No matter how the officials explained that the Dongli envoy had left the capital, they did not believe it.
The officials were beaten back, and the Ministry of Rites had no choice but to close its doors.
If Wu Heting had not brought the Golden Guards with him later, the gate of the Ministry of Rites would probably have been lost.
He had some prestige among the people, and what he said was much more useful than the officials of the Ministry of Rites.
But in just a moment, the noise in front of the door disappeared, and even the vegetable leaves at the door were cleaned up.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites were in tears when they saw Lord Wu, as if they had seen their own mother.
"My lord!"
Wu Heting took a step back with horror on his face. Divine gold!
If Jiang An hadn't come to him, he wouldn't have cared about such trivial matters!
Wu Heting wanted to watch from the sidelines, since the law doesn’t punish everyone…
The Ministry of Rites is already very incompetent, so it would be better to let the people tear it down and rebuild it.
However, Jiang An's words woke him up. There is no order without rules. If he lets them make trouble, they will probably develop bad habits.
If there is injustice again, then go ahead and make a scene. After all, the law does not punish everyone...
If this continues for a long time, where is the majesty of the law?
And the little girl at this moment...
On the way to the Imperial City.
On the main street, two carriages were running side by side.
Jiang An in the carriage seemed to sense something strange and turned his head to look to the side.
"Miss, it's the princess' carriage..."
"Make way."
In the carriage, her voice was calm.
The princess did a great job in this matter. Besides, she is the elder, so it’s okay for her to give way...
But strangely, Jiang An's carriage slowed down, and the princess's carriage also slowed down.
At the end of this main street is the imperial city.
It seems that their destination is the same.
Zhengyan, who was driving the carriage, looked back and saw the Dingyuan Marquis' Mansion...the General's Mansion, and several officials who had a say in front of the emperor were all there.
Even the old man who was among the censors was there; his carriage was at the end and the most shabby of the group.
“Brew…”
The little girl closed the window and said with a smile, "Remember to buy the old man a better carriage after you return from the palace."
Look at that old guy...
Jiang An was worried that the carriage would break into pieces before reaching the imperial city!
All the carriages stopped in front of the palace gate.
Everyone who got off the carriage was wearing official robes, and they stared at Jiang An's carriage, fearing that the girl inside would run away first.
Qi Shanyuan and Li Xingsang stood side by side.
Xingsang looked at the people heading in this direction and poked Shanyuan's shoulder with his folding fan.
"I told you, they will all come~"
"Master's calligraphy, don't forget to send it to my hospital."
Qi Shanyuan smiled helplessly, "I will definitely send it."
As soon as Jiang An got off the carriage, Jiang Ling and Cui Huaixu rushed up and held her on both sides.
"Okay, you don't want to involve us in such a big thing, right?"
"that is!"
"treachery!"
"ungrateful!"
"Heartless man!"
Jiang An: Ah?
The wife of Marquis Dingyuan slapped her son on the back of the head and said, "If you don't know how to use words, don't use them!"
Princess Nan Shang walked forward and with just a look, the two young men let go of their hands in disappointment.
She took the little girl's arm and the two of them walked towards the palace gate.
With the two of them present, the guards guarding the palace gate did not dare to stop them, and the group swaggered into the imperial city without the emperor's summons.
"It's such a big thing, how can you handle it alone..." The princess' voice was gentle, even with a hint of smile.
Jiang An glanced back and said meaningfully, "Everyone has his own way."
Anyway, our emperor is just a decoration, so we can just grab the jade seal and print it on the prepared imperial edict~
"but…"
The little girl grinned, "It's much easier to deal with a group of people than one person."
The princess seemed to have guessed her plan and could only chuckle helplessly.
"Your father told me that you must be stopped and not allowed to return to the North to participate in this war."
"What do you think?"
Jiang An pouted, being willful and spoiled, "Just because he says no, then it's not allowed?"
I still want to go back!
She had to ask her father in person. Why didn't he discuss such a big matter with her? Wouldn't she, the eldest daughter, need to know if the palace was moving tomorrow?
The princess gave her a reproachful look, with a look of doting on the younger generation in her eyes, "I knew you would say that."
"So... I might as well tell you earlier, and I can even earn a favor."
Moreover, Princess Nanshang did not think that Jiang Jichen really stopped his daughter.
The aunt and niece looked at each other and smiled.
Perhaps Princess Nanshang joined forces with the Zhenguo Palace out of selfish motives, but everyone lives for themselves.
It's not that bad to resort to some means to achieve her own goals. She has always been honest and contented.
However, she genuinely likes Jiang An, her junior.
What she represents...is the Jiang family's kingdom that will last for thousands of years!
The Jiang family has been emperors for generations, and there are not many heroes in all these generations...
Except for the founding emperor who founded Southern Business, the later generations were all defending the country.
But there happened to be two of them in the King Zhenguo’s Palace!
Even Jiang Yuchuan and Princess Nanshang truly admired him.
Back then, she secretly helped the imperial concubine in the hope that he could become emperor.
Thinking in a daze, he walked to the Dragon Riding Hall.
Princess Nan Shang looked back at the palace road and only today discovered... it was so short and so easy to walk on.
Outside the palace, the young eunuch was waiting at the steps, "Greetings to Princess Nanshang, the county lady..."
"Is your majesty in the palace?"
"Yes, Your Majesty used calming incense before going to bed, and he just woke up now."
The young eunuch smiled with narrowed eyes. On the surface, he was an angel, but secretly, he was a man who stuffed sleeping pills into tranquilizing incense.
Jiang An gave the little eunuch a look and said, "Well done!"
"Your Majesty~"
The little girl swaggered into the hall and found a chair for herself to sit on.
Not only did she sit there herself, she also asked the princess to sit there as well.
Jiang An waved his hand, "Everyone, sit down~Everyone, sit down~"
The others glanced at His Majesty's expression and decided to forget it...
After this series of actions, the emperor was very angry.
But for some reason he felt dizzy as soon as he got up. He could only hold on to his body and poke Jiang An with his finger in the air, "I'm not dead yet, you don't take me seriously at all!"
The little girl nodded and said perfunctorily: "Let it go...let it go, I'm watching you."
The emperor was furious, "I...you!"
Jiang An took the things that had been prepared long ago from Niang Niang and asked the eunuch to deliver them to His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, please check if there is any problem. If not, please take out the imperial seal~"
At this moment, the emperor could not hear anything. He just stared at the young eunuch with a sinister look in his eyes, "How dare I use you so highly!"
"You are a spy!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me..."
The young eunuch was as respectful as usual, as if this was ingrained in his bones.
"Over the years that the Xie family has been in power, Your Majesty, under the pressure of Empress Dowager Xie, has confiscated the property and exterminated the clans of many honest officials."
"How many of them wanted to return the power of the Xie family to the royal family for the sake of Nan Shang... for His Majesty to compete with the Queen Mother? Do you remember?"
"You wrote the edict yourself, killing them."
Killed those ministers who were loyal to the country.
Even though he has a thousand difficulties as an emperor...
The young eunuch entered the palace as a eunuch after his family was destroyed and he escaped by chance. He knew that he did not have the ability to defeat the Xie family, but he was determined to see what kind of person the emperor his father followed was, who could make his father lose the lives of his entire family!
But what he saw... was just a cowardly and extremely incompetent emperor.
"you…"
The emperor looked carefully at the little eunuch's appearance for the first time, but he could not remember whose child he was.
The young eunuch seemed to have anticipated this scene, and a hint of mockery flashed across his eyes.
He no longer dwelled on these things. Nan Shang was about to have a new emperor, and he was about to leave the palace anyway.
Thinking of this, the young eunuch pushed the imperial seal towards His Majesty's hand and said, "Your Majesty, please act quickly."