Jun Jiuling

In the early morning of early winter, the room is always a little dark.

The heavy curtain was raised by two court ladies, and the emperor walked out from inside.

"Your Majesty." Several eunuchs hurried forward.

The emperor covered his mouth with his hand and coughed twice.

"Your Majesty, let's go after taking the medicine." A delicate voice shouted from behind.

The emperor waved.

"It's okay, it's not too late to eat after the court." He said, and went straight out without looking back.

The eunuchs looked at each other in fear and uneasiness.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's body is important."

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager heard that His Majesty was going to court late, and she was worried about His Majesty's business, so she let us take a look."

They said hastily.

The emperor smiled kindly.

"It's my fault too. I didn't want my mother to worry, so I didn't say anything." He said, "Don't say anything when you go back to the queen mother later. Just say that it's my fault that I got up late, and I won't be lazy next time." gone."

The eunuchs looked excited.

"Your Majesty, I have really wronged myself." They said with emotion, and bowed respectfully and retreated.

Of course, they would not really not tell the queen mother that the emperor was ill. This kind of violation of the holy will is not a fault but a great achievement.

Seeing the eunuchs leave, the emperor's face immediately sank, and he turned his head and poohed to the side.

The servants on both sides lowered their heads as if they didn't see it.

After King Qi succeeded to the throne, the servants and maids in the palace have not been replaced, so basically they are all staffed by the Queen Mother, but things will always change.

After all, the queen mother was getting old, and the emperor had already established himself. Especially after the emperor set up a new police department, more and more servants no longer obeyed the queen mother.

The emperor walked into the Hall of Qinzheng, and the officials who had been waiting for a long time filed in. The emperor saw Ning Yunzhao at first sight. Among the older officials, the young people brought a different vigor, especially him. There was an undisguised admiration for the emperor on his face.

It's not that the emperor has never seen flattering officials, but he doesn't think Ning Yunzhao is the same as those people.

Those flattery were only for his status as the emperor, but Ning Yunzhao's respect was for him as a person. Since he was allowed to live in the house temporarily, he had more contact with him, especially in political affairs.

It stands to reason that Ning Yunzhao should avoid it, or keep his mouth shut in fear, but he didn't. When the emperor asked him, he would think carefully and answer frankly.

"I think His Majesty is right," he said.

If it was just answering in this way, it would be no different from other flattering officials, but Ning Yunzhao would seriously explain why he thought it was right.

"If it is a minister, the minister will do the same." He will finally say.

Such words always feel that it is not so much a compliment to the emperor, but more like a compliment to himself.

But the emperor didn't think there was anything wrong, because Ning Yunzhao was a talented person from the Ning clan, and he was a child prodigy since he was a child. Such a young man must be proud.

It is this kind of arrogance that makes him different from those flattering officials. His approval of the emperor is more like a hero's sympathy.

Praise others as you praise yourself, this is the real and unquestionable praise and recognition.

This kind of recognition made the emperor sigh. He sat in this position. Although no one said anything, the emperor could see the contempt from these officials' eyes.

Compared with the prince who was brought up before the first emperor and taught by the best Confucianism, he must be a waste in the eyes of these officials.

However, he wasn't really stupid, he just pretended to be stupid for decades.

Those who look down on him are stupid.

So it is really good to see a young man who is not stupid among this group of stupid people. The emperor glanced at the court and sat down, watching the civil and military officials leaning over and saluting Long live, and then seeing the standing officials The mood is better with one less person.

Cheng Guogong is indeed very capable, but this capable and prestigious man with a heavy hand is the confidant of the first prince. The first prince is dead, but he still has a son, and Cheng Guogong is still very friendly to this son. .

Since that day when he heard that Duke Cheng had entered Prince Huai's mansion to visit Queen Huai in person, he had dreamed several times that Duke Cheng brought King Huai to force him to abdicate and woke up.

The death of King Huai can be done once and for all, but now that King Huai can't die, Duke Cheng must be made a non-threatening person.

A tiger that pulls out its teeth becomes a mouse, nothing to be afraid of.

Although going to court is too hard, but the days are always getting better and better, the emperor coughed twice.

"Loves have been waiting for a long time." He said, with a bit of self-blame.

All the officials bowed down to salute.

"Your Majesty, Duke Cheng's second request for resignation has been delivered." An official came out and said, holding out a memorial.

The emperor hummed, looked at the memorial, with a hesitant expression.

It stands to reason that if an official resigns, the emperor will not allow it, and then the official will write a letter, and the emperor will approve it after three times, so that the face of the monarch and his ministers is enough.

But this time...

The emperor doesn't want to play like this anymore, he has already done enough sympathy, there is no need to wrong himself anymore.

"Sure." He said lightly.

"Your Majesty is holy."

Just as Huang Cheng was about to speak, someone was one step ahead of him.

He looked at Ning Yunzhao, and he was too lazy to lose his temper.

Let him go, this kind of flattery is also welcome at this time.

It seems that I was wrong, I thought this kid was on the same side as Cheng Guogong, but now it seems that people love themselves more after all.

"Follow the order." Huang Cheng and other officials bowed down and took the order in unison.

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"Nothing is left." Chen Qi came back from the street, rubbing his hands to dispel the chill and said, "Except for the title of Duke Cheng, there are no other official positions."

It stands to reason that if the military power is removed, at least one idle position in the military department or some other department will be vain, but this time the court did it very simply, and if it is exempted to the end, it will not save any face.

"This is to let the world know that Cheng Guogong's resignation is not a normal resignation, but a guilt." Shopkeeper Liu said with frowned eyebrows.

Chen Qi nodded.

"It has already been discussed. It is said that Cheng Guogong is greedy for military exploits and military power, and intends to provoke the two countries to fight again." He said, "His Majesty has no choice but to dismiss him."

"I'm afraid the people will be dissatisfied with Cheng Guogong." Shopkeeper Liu said.

For the common people, they don't know much about the truth. They only know that war is a terrible thing, and they only want to live in peace. Those who intend to destroy the peace are bad people.

Chen Qi smiled wryly.

"I'm not afraid." He spread his hands and said, "It's really dissatisfaction. Nowadays, there are a lot of criticisms against Cheng Guogong in the streets and alleys."

As he spoke, he glanced at Miss Jun who was beside him.

"It is said that Cheng Guogong is actually not that powerful. The fight against the Jinren is all thanks to Miss Jun, and De Shengchang contributed money and effort. He actually didn't do anything."

Things changed really fast, and just as soon as he resigned, the situation took a sudden turn for the worse.

Miss Jun stood up.

"I'll go to the Duke's mansion to have a look." She said, "Let's see what the Duke's plan is."

When Miss Jun came to the Duke's mansion, Duke Cheng and his wife were packing up and saluting. They were leaving the capital to return to Duke Cheng's hometown. Zhu Zan had already told her, but seeing this scene, her mood was still very complicated.

Just leave like this?

That's all?

"Isn't this expected?" Cheng Guogong smiled gently at the comments from the outside world brought by Miss Jun, "When I decided to make your achievements public, I knew this day."

Distributing credit will inevitably become a handle to question credit.

It's just that he didn't do anything? Let it go?

"No, you're wrong. It's only me who is questioning, and the credit is still there." Cheng Guogong said with a smile, pointing at her, "and it will be even more prosperous."

Miss Jun also looked at herself.

"All the credit will go to me," she said.

"Yes, this is still a good thing." Cheng Guogong said

Is this a good thing?

Miss Jun smiled wryly.

This is to weaken Cheng Guogong's reputation, divert the public's attention, and make the public believe in Cheng Guogong's fraud.

"This is a good thing for you, Miss Jun. You need these fame." Cheng Guogong said, "The more the better."

Yes, she needs fame, a reputation that can respond to everyone.

But this reputation is changing each other...

"It's better than both of us." Cheng Guogong laughed.

That's true, Miss Jun smiled wryly.

"However, His Majesty won't let me live for long," she said.

Cheng Guogong smiled.

"It should be enough for what you're going to do," he said.

Miss Jun was slightly startled.

What is she going to do? What does Cheng Guogong know?

Zhu Zan said that she would not tell anyone, including her parents, that she was Chu Jiuling.

What does Cheng Guogong mean by this?