klisemfg Chapter 163 The Mother of the Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices
Chapter 163 The Mother of the Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices
If there's no follow-up, then so be it. With so much information, we should be able to get to the bottom of this.
Soon, the Dragon Scale Guards captured Prince Li and the prince who was trying to escape.
These two are having an affair.
The old emperor looked at the Prince of Li and his heir, who were being brought in, with great shock.
It's unbelievable! He's so straight, how come his sons are all so bizarre?
The old emperor pointed at the crown prince's nose with annoyance and said to Prince Li, "You want to kill me just for this?"
"Father, Emperor, you should be more careful. It's not about killing you, it's just about letting you lie down for a while."
The old emperor: "Hmm?"
Look, look, look! This is human language!
“Father, my elder brother may not care about you, but your son does.”
These don't sound like something a human would say.
“You’re already so old, yet you’re still handling state affairs every day. Isn’t that abusing an elderly person? My brother really doesn’t know how to care for you. It breaks my heart every time I see this.”
"So, in order for Father Emperor to be able to retire comfortably as soon as possible, I wish you to abdicate early. In fact, I don't really want the throne, but only if I ascend to the throne can I ensure that you can retire comfortably."
Once diagnosed, Prince Li's words became inhuman.
[Click on a 6.]
The old emperor had been speechless before, but rarely had he been this speechless. He was so shocked that he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Finally, it was the Crown Prince who broke the silence.
"Bullshit."
The crown prince was furious.
"What do you mean I don't care about my father anymore? You think you care about him if you beat him half to death?"
"Hey tui, look at your feet."
To everyone's astonishment, Prince Li was left with a bruised and swollen face after being kicked by the Crown Prince's Shadowless Kick from Foshan.
"Ahhhh, big brother, I was wrong, Father, I was wrong."
The old emperor took a sip of tea, trying to calm his anger, but the more he drank, the angrier he became, so he simply joined in.
Prince Li was thus brutally beaten by his father, the emperor, and his elder brother, the crown prince.
After beating the emperor for a while, the old emperor, feeling somewhat relieved, sat back on the dragon throne.
"Prince Li, exile to Lingnan."
"As for this imposter posing as the prince, execute him immediately."
The last prince exiled to Lingnan is dead; I wonder if this Prince Li will also die on the way.
Prince Li was completely panicked.
"Father, I really know I was wrong. Could you please exile me to a different place? I think Jiangnan is a good option."
The old emperor sneered, "You've got a knack for picking places, huh? Dream on."
Afterwards, the old emperor lost interest in the spring hunt and went straight back to the palace.
The civil officials looked at Prince Li and stepped forward to express their gratitude.
What a good person! He's such a good person!
The military officer looked at Prince Li with such rage that he wished he could spit on him.
This rare opportunity to get back at the civil official was ruined by this brat.
*
Inside Yanying Hall.
The old emperor had his eyes closed, and in front of him stood a row of ministers, the very people at the very top of the pyramid in the entire Da Ye kingdom.
"Gentlemen, I will not be able to eat or sleep in peace until all these rebels are eliminated."
[The old emperor shouldn't sleep too soundly at night.]
[You should know that with your policy of prioritizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, many merchants are secretly providing financial support to the rebels.]
[For example, right now, in the Bingzhou region, there's a small group plotting a rebellion. And what's more, the bandits and robbers in the southern barbarians are actually rebels from the previous dynasty; these groups rose up with the financial support of some merchants.]
The old emperor was furious.
The local officials are all useless!
However, not all local officials under the old emperor were incompetent. Some would find ways to suppress the rebels, while others would accept bribes from wealthy merchants and turn a blind eye.
The old emperor gave everyone a look, and they began to eliminate the criminals one by one according to the list in Shen Zhiyi's mind.
The rebels, still in their nascent stage and not yet fully developed, were all wiped out by the imperial court.
After confirming with Shen Zhiyi that there were no rebels, the old emperor finally slept soundly.
In high spirits the next day, he rewarded each of his civil and military officials with 100 catties of pork.
Shen Zhiyi looked at the raw pork in her hand with a heavy heart and took out her notebook.
【May.】
[On the day of Yimao, the Emperor gave a lecture at the Hall of Supreme Harmony and rewarded all civil and military officials with 100 catties of pork (how stingy!).]
The old emperor blew on his beard. That was a whole hundred pounds of pork! How could he be stingy?
I like to eat beef.
The old emperor gave Chen Decai a meaningful look.
Chen Decai immediately understood the old emperor's meaning: Shen Zhiyi's reward changed from pork to beef.
Shen Zhiyi wasn't the only one dissatisfied with receiving pork as a reward.
"Your Majesty, I think pork is not good."
What's wrong with pork? Pork is delicious, and pigs deserve to be eaten too.
Prince Duan looked at Shen Zhiyi in shock.
We're supposed to be inseparable, aren't we? Why are you contradicting me?
But words spoken cannot be taken back, so Prince Duan braced himself and continued to express his opinion, deeming the pork bad and filthy.
The old emperor roared, "You were born in the year of the pig! What, are you something filthy?"
"Of course!"
Wow, this Prince Duan is quite a character. To avoid eating pork, he's even gone so far as to curse himself.
Prince Duan continued, “Your Majesty, I believe this ‘pig ban’ is very necessary. Firstly, I was born in the Year of the Pig, and secondly, you were also born in the Year of the Pig.”
[Sorry, the old emperor wasn't born in the Year of the Pig. He was born in the Year of the Pig because his grandfather added a year to his birth date. Later, after becoming emperor, the old emperor consulted the Imperial Astronomical Bureau to choose a very auspicious birth date, so he changed his birth date again. In short, whether it's his actual birth date or the one currently used, our old emperor was not born in the Year of the Pig.]
Prince Duan opened his eyes wide and looked at his father, the Emperor, in disbelief.
The old emperor gave a half-smile.
Prince Duan quickly went back.
Speaking of pigs, I remember seeing a really shocking piece of gossip last night.
The officials and civil servants, who were initially somewhat drowsy, suddenly felt wide awake.
Why am I feeling both excited and scared?
Once upon a time, there was a man who kept searching for his mother, but he never found her, even after he had achieved great success.
Having spent so much time with Shen Zhiyi, all the officials in the court already knew that the "mother" she mentioned meant her mother.
Is one of them constantly looking for their mother?
Everyone quickly focused their attention on the Minister of the Court of Imperial Stud.
After becoming the Minister of the Court of Imperial Stud, the first thing he did was to try to find his mother through connections, but the government had no leads over the years.
The long-dormant heart of the Minister of the Imperial Stud began to stir.
He had actually thought about contacting Shen Zhiyi, but he had many things he was too embarrassed to say, and he was afraid that Shen Zhiyi would take notice of him.