450. Chapter 450 I'm Not Asking for Your Opinion
The palace without the emperor seems to have lost the pillar of vitality, and the entire harem has lost its vitality. Murong Zhan is like the soul of the palace. Only when he is there can everyone have meaning to live.
When the concubines in the harem learned that the emperor had finally returned to the palace, they immediately regained their vitality and walked out of the palace one after another, wanting to see the emperor as soon as possible. In women's minds, they all feel that they will be the one and only. Maybe, after meeting the emperor unexpectedly, she will become the only one favored by the emperor.
The first thing Murong Zhan did when he returned to the palace was to send someone to find the tomb of Princess Qin who was buried in a lonely mountain. He wanted to bury her in the imperial tomb, even though his Xiao Yaoyao actually lived in a different way. But this is the way he can think of to make his heart feel better.
Regardless of the shock of the ministers, he has directly ordered to build the imperial mausoleum for Princess Qin, and summoned the cabinet ministers to posthumously designate Princess Qin as the first empress, with the title of Yuan.
Prime Minister Xu gasped. He and Liu Zongyuan glanced at each other. They didn't understand why the emperor wanted to chase after the first queen when he went out. This...Princess Qin is from the Ye family. If he wants to chase after her as the first queen Empress, do you want to pardon the Ye family too?
"Your Majesty, this matter needs to be discussed again." Prime Minister Xu couldn't help but said, remembering that his daughter is still in the palace, he must not let the emperor easily chase after her as a queen.
Mo Rongzhan's eyes were condensed, "Dear dears, I summoned you not to ask for your opinions, but to tell you that I will posthumously confer the title of the former queen and build the tomb of the former queen."
"Your Majesty, absolutely not, after Ye Zhen is a sinner, how can she be easily pursued?" Liu Zongyuan said immediately.
"What did Ye Yiqing commit?" Mo Rongzhan asked back, "There is another thing that is the matter of pardoning Ye Yiqing and his son. They have never committed any crimes and should not be implicated by Ye Yisong."
Now all the ministers in the cabinet were shocked. It seems that the recent rumors in the capital are true. Lu Yaoyao is a descendant of the Ye family. For her, the emperor not only wanted to pursue the former queen, but also pardoned Ye Yiqing. This... ...Could it be that the emperor will be in the hands of the Ye family in the future like the first emperor?
"Your Majesty, I can't agree." Liu Zongyuan knelt down, "You can't chase after the former empress, and you can't pardon Ye Yiqing. I also ask the emperor to take back the fate of conferring Lu Yaoyao as empress."
Prime Minister Xu remained silent. He was able to push the emperor to be the empress for his son, but when the Ye family was involved, he could no longer force himself.
The Ye family must never make a comeback.
Mo Rongzhan's thin lips evoked a cold smile, "I said before, I'm not asking for your opinions, but telling you that I'm going to do this!"
"Your Majesty!" Liu Zongyuan cried out heartbroken, "For Lu Yaoyao, have you even forgotten the lesson of the late emperor? Lu Yaoyao is the descendant of the Ye family, and will definitely avenge the Ye family in the future. This woman is a catastrophe for the Kingdom of Jin!" , I beg the emperor to think twice, Lu Yaoyao cannot become a queen, and Ye Yiqing cannot be pardoned."
"I'll give you three days. As long as you find the evidence that Ye Yiqing should be convicted, I will follow what you said. If I find out that someone deliberately fabricated a crime, then the fate of the Ye family will be the fate of your family." Mo Rong Zhan said lightly.
All the ministers in the study looked at each other with a terrified thought in their hearts, is the emperor in a daze?
"I have one more thing to tell you." Mo Rongzhan said flatly, "I have never bestowed the death of Princess Qin, nor Ye Yiqing and his son."
Prime Minister Xu became more and more panicked. He felt as if something had changed, "Your Majesty, what do you mean... Ye Yiqing and his son are still alive?"
Mo Rongzhan glanced at them indifferently, "I was killed when I was young, you all know about it, Ye Zhen was the one who saved me, she has always been her."
The person he wanted to keep in his heart was always her. It was his persistence and arbitrariness that misunderstood her and made her framed by Lu Lingzhi.
Now even Liu Zongyuan didn't know what to say, if Princess Qin was the emperor's savior, how would they prevent the emperor from going after her as the first empress? It seems that everyone has forgotten that Princess Qin is the original match of the emperor.
"Your Majesty, then Ye Yaoyao..." If Ye Zhen is the savior of the young emperor, then what is Ye Yaoyao who is now conferred the title of Concubine Yao?
Murongzhan sneered, "A pawn used by Lu Lingzhi."
Did the emperor know the inside story before? That's why he opposed Ye Yaoyao's entry into the palace from the very beginning?
Prime Minister Xu looked at Murong Zhan, lowered his head and asked, "Your Majesty, will the matter of chasing Ye Zhen as the first queen make some people ready to move? I'm afraid there will be a lot of disasters in the future, endangering Da Jin."
Everyone knew that the Ye family belonged to the deposed emperor's faction. If Ye Yiqing was still alive and his crimes were pardoned, he might have to reconnect with the deposed emperor's family. Sooner or later, it would become a serious worry for the emperor.
Mo Rongzhan lowered his eyes and looked at Prime Minister Xu calmly, "If chasing my former queen would endanger the country, then I should stop being such a useless emperor as soon as possible."
These ministers have been following Murong Zhan for more than a year. They have already figured out that Murong Zhan is a one-sided emperor. Unlike the previous emperor who was indecisive, he will never be threatened or suppressed by ministers. Yaoyao...I'm afraid that no one can change it.
"If you have nothing else to do, let's all go down." Mo Rongzhan said softly.
Prime Minister Xu and Liu Zongyuan looked at each other, and they both smiled wryly in their hearts. The emperor did not summon them to ask their opinions, maybe even the imperial decree had been drawn up, and the only thing left was to read it out in the morning.
In the past, they hated iron and felt that the first emperor was controlled and used by Ye Yisong, but now they find it hard to live with such a strong and cold emperor.
If the Ye family really makes a comeback...
I'm afraid that neither the Xu family nor the Liu family will end well.
"Old Liu, we are colleagues, and we have never had a drink together. Today, I want to show you face and ask me to buy you a drink?" After leaving the palace, Prime Minister Xu took the initiative to invite Liu Zongyuan.
Liu Zongyuan glanced at him and said with a smile, "Then have a good drink."
Mo Rongzhan in the imperial study room learned of their conversation outside the palace, and just laughed it off, "Call Song Qi'an into the palace."
Mr. Fu agreed, knowing in his heart that he was going to invite the great scholars of the Song Dynasty to enter the palace to draft the decree.
In the past, the emperor's will asked Lu Shiming to draw up the decree, but now Lu Shiming and Ding You did not expect that the person who summoned him was Song Dashi.
It can be seen that the emperor attaches great importance to the pursuit of the former queen. In order to please the princess, the emperor is really willing to do anything.