King’s Landing: The Proud Empress

  Chapter 53 Before the storm

  In the early morning of the next day, just as the dark sky turned pale, the whole palace rang with the sound of bells and drums, which was the bell to remind the courtiers to start their court.

The ministers stood neatly outside the main hall, under the long steps on the left and right, with civil officials on the right and military officers on the left, all of them were full of energy, their faces were flushed, and they looked sharply or shrewdly at the front—the main hall The dragon chair among them!

   "Your Majesty's morning court, and the ministers are here—" the **** with a male duck voice held the dust in his hand and screamed while standing on the high steps.

   All the ministers straightened their clothes, and after confirming that their appearance was correct, they walked towards the hall.

  After the officials entered the hall, Jun Li strode in from outside the hall, followed by Eunuch Duan and a group of attendants.

   "Your Majesty, I'm waiting to see you!" The voices sounded one after another, enough to circle the beam for three days.

  Jun Li sat down and raised his hand gently, "Everyone loves you."

   "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

   Squinting his eyes slightly, he looked down and found that Mr. Yang was nowhere to be seen. A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

  Master Yang never arrives early or late. What's going on today?

   Not only Jun Li was puzzled, but Prime Minister Meng also muttered in his heart, could something have happened?

   Sensing Jun Li's questioning look, Prime Minister Meng smiled wryly and shook his head lightly.

  Jun Li was silent.

  The eye movement between them was not noticed just now, but the fact that Mr. Yang did not come to the morning court was discovered immediately.

  Of course, many people discovered it. After all, Mr. Yang usually stands in the front. Now that there is a space there, anyone with eyes will naturally find it.

Mr. Li, Li Huo, who has always been at odds with Mr. Yang, disregarded the winks from the people around him, walked out of the ranks of civil servants, stood in the middle of the hall, and bowed his hands to Jun Li who was seated high, "Report Your Majesty, I have something important to announce!"

  Jun Li's eyelids twitched a few times, even though he didn't want to answer, he just twitched the corners of his mouth helplessly, and said in a stiff voice, "Quick!"

  The corner of Li Huo's mouth raised a cold arc, Yang Qing, you are dead this time!

"Report to Your Majesty, Master Yang, as Minister of the Ministry of Punishments and a first-rank member of the court, did not come to the early court for no reason. This is really contempt for Tianwei, and does not take you seriously, Your Majesty!" Li Daren looked furious, just like Li Daren The person who doesn't look down on her is just like her.

  Jun sighed inwardly, well, here we come.

  As soon as Master Li said this, some people among the civil servants and military officials stood up one after another, echoing Master Li's words.

  Jun Li and Meng Cheng looked at each other with narrowed eyes at the same time, keeping all these people who spoke in mind, and secretly decided that these bedbugs must be cleaned up!

  Nearly half of the officials in the entire court asked Junli to punish Lord Yang for his contempt for the power of God and the crime of ignoring the court for no reason. Seeing this, the eyes of Junli and Prime Minister Meng sank at the same time.

Those upright and honest officials who had been on good terms with Mr. Yang on weekdays, as well as those students of Prime Minister Meng, all stood up at this time, and bowed their hands to Junli, "My Majesty, Mr. Li did it for no reason. The crime of contempt of Tianwei and Mr. Yang, I want to sue her for the crime of framing a first-rank official of the imperial court!"

  As soon as the voice fell, more than a dozen officials walked out of the queue, and bowed their hands to Junli, "I report to Your Majesty, and I second my proposal."

   "Second minister!"

   "Second minister!"

  …

   When Master Li and the officials who echoed her words saw this, their faces were livid with anger. They were about to pull Yang Qing down, but in the end, these **** got mixed up!

Mr. Li glared angrily at the officials standing on Mr. Yang's side, and immediately forgot that this was the court, pointing to the official who spoke first, and said in a bad tone, "Master Ye, Mr. Yang didn't come to the early court for no reason. Everyone has seen it, how can you say that this official is a false accusation! If you don't tell the reason today, this official, this official, this official will be smashed to death on the hall!"

There was a hint of sarcasm in the corner of Master Ye's mouth, "Master Li, if you want to bump into it, you can hit it, no one will stop you. But if you want to bump into it, don't bump into it in the hall, so as not to pollute the hall. air, that would really be despising Tianwei."

  Hearing this, Jun Li raised an imperceptible smile at the corner of his mouth, in his heart he strongly agreed with what Master Ye said.

   Daqi Li’s eyes were red, and Master Xu pointed at Master Ye and said angrily, "Master Ye, are you trying to force the imperial court official to death!"

Master Ye didn't even look at Master Xu, "Tsk tsk, forcing the imperial court official to death? This crime is serious. How can I want to force the imperial court official to death? It's just that Master Li wants to seek death. I kindly give it to you. Let me remind you, tell her not to seek death in the hall, so as not to frighten some timid adults, that would be a serious crime."

   "Master Ye is right. No one forced Master Li. It is Master Li who wants to seek death. She doesn't want to live anymore, she wants to die. Do we have to stop her from dying!"

   "That's right, that's right, Mr. Wang is right, who can stop her if she wants to die!"

   "I also agree with Lord Ye and Lord Wang."

  …

  When the officials standing on the same line as Master Li saw this, they all blushed and quarreled with the officials of Master Ye.

  Prime Minister Meng frowned. Seeing the increasingly fierce war of words in the court hall, and Jun Li's displeased eyes, he immediately reprimanded, "What is the noise in the court hall like? Your Majesty hasn't spoken yet!"

  As soon as these words came out, the originally noisy court fell silent for a moment, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. Only then did they remember that His Majesty hadn't spoken yet, and they were just making noise here. Wouldn't this make His Majesty angry?

   Immediately, one by one shrank, and slowly retreated to their original positions.

Seeing this, Prime Minister Meng stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think it's better not to jump to conclusions before knowing the truth of the matter, so as not to wrong a good person. After all, Lord Yang never arrives early or late. I'm afraid something happened this time, so it was delayed. We might as well wait until we see Mrs. Yang and ask her the reason carefully, so that we can draw a conclusion!"

  A gleam of appreciation flashed in Junli's eyes. Sure enough, this old fox was the calmest.

   "The prime minister's words are right. You don't have to speculate anymore. My lord was sent by the emperor to handle errands, so the early court will be delayed. Do you have any objections to this?"

  Jun Li coldly scanned the people below, especially Mr. Li and his group.

  A proper lie can change the whole situation!

  Master Li swallowed the words that came to his lips because of Junli's eyes, but he felt a little unwilling after thinking about it, so he forced himself to speak loudly, "Then I would like to ask Your Majesty, when will Lord Yang arrive?"

  Jun Li's eyes instantly turned cold, and he stared at Master Li with a hint of murderous intent.

  Master Li's throat tightened, and she felt a cold air rise from the soles of her feet instantly, freezing the blood in her whole body!

   "I don't know, but Mr. Li cares about me so much!" A slightly mocking voice came from outside the hall, breaking the oppressive atmosphere in the hall.

  (end of this chapter)