bestfiction Chapter 145: Bei Qi has long been named Ye
Chapter 145: Bei Qi has long been named Ye
Chapter 145: Bei Qi has long been named Ye
After everyone calmed down, Ye Wenyan started to speak. When she spoke, she was still sitting, with her legs crossed, her arms folded in front of her, and one corner of her lips curled up evilly. Her face was pale, like a demon.
Many years later, when someone recalled this scene, they said: When the Fourth Miss Ye sat there, she was so beautiful and heroic, and her aura was even more overwhelming than that of the Regent. If people knew at that time that the Fourth Miss Ye was so capable, she should have been the emperor of Northern Qi.
Of course, this is a later story. Right now, everyone was staring at Ye Wenyan, listening to him say word by word: "The Regent announced the good news of the Sixth Prince's recovery right after the New Year's Eve banquet started and before the Emperor spoke, not to let you worry about your children's marriages endlessly. You people should distinguish between the primary and the secondary! Look how anxious the Regent is. If he continues to argue about the main wife and concubines, this banquet will be in vain!"
After she said this, several court officials who had been speaking happily before realized that they might have gone off topic.
Yes, the Sixth Prince has recovered now, shouldn't we talk about whether to establish the heir or the youngest prince as the heir? How did this involve the princess consort?
It was because of the Emperor's sudden words that confused people and almost led them all astray.
Thinking about it this way, the new emperor is not a good person! Who said that the Seventh Prince had been dumb and brainless for more than ten years? This is not brainless at all. Not only does he have brains, but he also has enough brains.
Quan Qingcheng naturally didn't expect that he had hit the mark by accident, paving a springboard for Ye Wenyan to ridicule these court officials. He was just very happy, as long as he could join hands with his sister to fight the enemy, it would be the happiest thing.
Fourth Miss Ye continued to speak. She said, "Actually, I didn't want to intervene in today's matter. After all, I am just a girl, and it's not good for me to always interfere in state affairs. But you guys, why do you always bring it to me in a roundabout way? If I don't say a few words, it seems like I look down on you. You are all well-known officials, and it would be bad for me to be disrespectful. Then I will follow your wishes and talk about what you said."
Some people began to regret. Why did they give Miss Ye Si the chance to speak?
Unfortunately, it was too late to regret. Miss Ye Si had no intention of stopping once she started talking. She said, "I just heard from the regent that the seventh prince was made the new king because the sixth prince was injured. Otherwise, the heir should be made the new king after the death of the previous emperor. Did I understand correctly?"
"That's right!" Minister of Justice Jiang Feng responded immediately.
Lin'an Prefecture Governor Chi Hongfang was not to be outdone: "That's what the Regent meant, and he even cited the example of the previous emperor's succession to the throne."
"Yeah." Ye Wenyan nodded, "Then this matter will be easy to handle."
Everyone was puzzled. What did they mean by "this matter will be easily handled"? How could it be easily handled? From what she heard, was Miss Ye Si also going to stand on the side of His Highness the Sixth Prince? Was she going to correct this matter?
So someone bravely asked, "Does Fourth Miss Ye also think that the heir should be established? Do you want to establish a new emperor?"
Ye Wenyan laughed when he heard this. "I want to establish a new emperor? Where do I get so much power? If anyone who becomes emperor listens to me, then Northern Qi would have been named Ye long ago! What I mean is, you can go and argue with whoever established the new emperor. Now it's the New Year's Eve banquet, and we should listen to music and watch dances, and drink and eat. Why are you making a fuss here with tables of delicious food and not letting people eat? Don't you know who chose the emperor? Don't you know who said that the new emperor should be established at a young age? You all know the truth but pretend to be confused. Who are you telling this to? Who are you acting for? Or do you think the emperor should take off the golden crown in front of you now?"
What he said was almost insulting in the end, and Ye Wenyan even slammed the table to express his dissatisfaction.
Mu felt that the energy she had shown when her daughter was talking to Queen Mother Yu in Changxin Palace was rising again. In her daughter's eyes, all the civil and military officials in the court were like her grandsons. No matter whether they were court officials or the high and mighty Prince Regent, they could all be taught a lesson by slamming the table.
Although she didn't mention Yanhua Palace or Emperor Zun, every word she said was related to him. Even if she slammed the table, no one dared to challenge her in the face of these words.
Prefect Chi also echoed her words and said, "Yes, whoever made the decision to appoint the new emperor should also make the decision to correct this matter. If you want to go back to the situation more than a month ago, then kneel down at the foot of Yanhua Mountain and kowtow. But... hehe, who among you dares to tell that person? Who dares to say to him in front of him that your original decision is now controversial, and that you have to take back what you said at that time. Hehe, this is openly questioning the emperor, who dares to do this? Anyway, this prefecture does not dare, it depends on whether the regent dares."
Otherwise, why do we say that everything requires teamwork? Ye Wenyan had just finished speaking when Chi Fuyin took over. As soon as Chi Fuyin finished speaking, Yun Chen immediately stood up and said in a loud voice: "Yanhua Palace respectfully welcomes the Regent King!"
The regent was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He couldn't understand why the conversation ended up with Yanhua Palace? And why did the conversation end up with Yanhua Palace welcoming him?
The kneeling Sixth Prince was also a little confused. Even though he had made all the plans before entering the palace, he never expected that something like this would happen. This was totally different from what he had expected. He couldn't play by the rules!
He looked up at the regent Quan Ji with a confused look on his face, but seeing that Quan Ji was also confused, he knew that he could not count on anyone in this matter. The only thing he could count on was Ye Wenyan to shut up, but how could Ye Wenyan follow his wishes?
"Prince Regent, what are you still standing there for? Please come in." She smiled at Quan Ji with the corners of her lips curled. The smile of the most beautiful woman in Lin'an could make half of the guests present dumbfounded, regardless of whether they were men or women. But the Prince Regent still had cold sweat running down the back of his neck.
"This king... didn't mean that." He had to lower his head. "This king never said that he wanted to establish a new king. The Sixth Prince's recovery only allows him to return to the court. It has nothing to do with the throne."
This was the biggest concession he made, and it was also a concession he had to make. As long as the affairs of the world were related to Yanhua Palace, there was no reason to discuss them, and there was no limit to what could be discussed. Even if he had a hundred heads, he would not dare to stand in front of the Emperor and ask him to change his decision. Even if he had ten thousand guts, he would not dare to overthrow the new monarch chosen by the Emperor.
He recalled what Empress Dowager Li had said to him that day, saying that Ye Wenyan's relationship with the Emperor was unusual. He didn't believe it at all, and even rejected it from the bottom of his heart.
Ye Wenyan obviously stood on the side of the new emperor. If the girl really had the emperor as a backer, then why was he still struggling? No matter how much he struggled, could he still get out of the emperor's palm?
But thinking about it carefully, all the things that happened in the past month pointed to the same thing, that is, what Queen Mother Li said was right, Ye Wenyan did have the background of Yanhua Palace. Just like this time, the rumor in the capital was that the fourth Miss Ye was lost in the suburbs of Beijing, but he had already found out that Ye Wenyan was not lost at all, and she had been living in Yanhua Palace, under the eyes of everyone in the palace.
It seems that if we want to reinstate a new emperor, we have to think of other ways.
"So it was a misunderstanding!" Ye Wenyan laughed again, this time much brighter than before, no longer so evil. But she was still unforgiving, and still scolded those ministers who spoke for the Sixth Prince like grandsons - "Look at you, you are all court officials, and important officials in the court, how come you can't even understand what the regent said? With this understanding ability, how can you continue to serve the court? Are your brains enough to support the official rank you carry?"
These words made all the court officials start to sweat.
What's going on? Are you trying to destroy their official rank as well? What on earth does the Fourth Miss Ye want to do?
Someone was so angry that she said, "You are just a little girl with a sharp tongue. How can you make irresponsible comments on government affairs?"
The little girl immediately hit back: "You, a grown man, can talk about my little daughter's marriage like a woman, why can't I discuss your men's affairs? I'm sitting here drinking tea and eating snacks, but you have to keep talking about Miss Fourth Ye. Even ghosts will be nagged by you. Hey, why don't you keep talking about changing the emperor? Maybe the Emperor will come soon. Then we'll see who talks the most happily and be struck to death by thunder. How exciting!"
As he was speaking, there was a sudden "crack" sound. Without any warning, a bolt of thunder sounded in the starry sky.
Lightning rushed into the Phoenix Palace, slid across the jade ground, and rushed straight to the man, exploding with a spark.
The sparks were beautiful, just like fireworks, but the man was so scared that he sat down on the ground and was never able to get up again.
A palace servant came forward to carry him away. The man being carried away was almost insane, and kept shouting: "Emperor, spare me! Emperor, spare me!" Unfortunately, the emperor couldn't hear, and the lightning was not caused by the emperor. Ye Wenyan could also use spiritual power to urge thunder. It was just a matter of a flower, not very difficult. Fenghuang Yufei Palace became quiet. From the regent to the courtiers below, no one spoke anymore, and even the female relatives stopped gossiping.
Because of the spiritual power phenomenon, it is very likely that the emperor is angry. Because someone questioned his original decision, he struck a thunderbolt to warn everyone.
People didn't dare to make a sound. Old Madam Ye even thought of the night of the seventh day of the general's residence when she was struck by lightning. She felt the same way as the adult who was carried away.
But only Ye Wenyan didn't care. He put down his crossed legs and waved to a little palace maid: "Pour the tea, my mother has finished her tea."
The little palace maid immediately came forward to pour tea, not only for Mu, but also for Ye Wenyan and Ye Qingmei. After pouring the tea, she did not leave, but stood by the side, determined to serve this table exclusively.
After all, Miss Ye Si is so majestic and is her idol.
Finally, the music started, the dancing began, and the palace banquet officially began...