Chapter 357 The Emperor's Perspective
"Your Highness, this is not true."
Gong Mingyuan bowed to Song Yunchu and said, "His Majesty has decided to confer you the title of King of Side by Side. Now all that's left is to pick a good day for the ceremony. Since His Majesty has prepared a seat for you, just sit on it. There's no difference between going up a few days later and now."
As soon as Gong Mingyuan finished speaking, the Minister of Justice echoed him, "Minister Gong is right. We will have to adapt eventually. Since His Majesty trusts Your Highness, we will follow His Majesty's wishes. Please take that seat."
With the two of them taking the lead, other ministers followed suit.
"You two are right. Your Highness Prince Ning does not need to be so modest any more."
"Your Highness has worked hard and made great contributions. Most people are convinced. If there are a few who are not convinced, Your Highness does not need to care about them."
"Your Majesty is not feeling well right now, so we should make sure that His Majesty is not worried. We cannot create a commotion over the seat issue. If His Majesty is unable to rest in peace, then we will be wrong."
Everyone was talking at once, and Song Yunchu couldn't refuse any more, so he turned and walked towards the stairs in front.
The faces of several old ministers around Master Chen were not very happy.
Before today, only the emperor had sat on the stairs, but after today, there would be one more person.
They were naturally unhappy in their hearts, but they didn't know how to resist the voices of approval around them.
Scholar Zheng mostly sided with His Majesty, and only Scholar Chen was bolder and dared to raise objections to His Majesty's decisions occasionally. But His Majesty was so angry at Scholar Chen yesterday that he suffered a heart attack, and now Scholar Chen could not speak against Song Yunchu again.
"Master Liu, are we really unable to stop her? Once she takes this position, it will be difficult to get her off the throne again."
Liu Xiang listened to the ministers' whispers behind him and turned his head slightly. "Does Lord Xu think that the words of us old ministers are still useful? Things have come to this point... it's useless to say anything."
Even if things did not develop as he wished, he knew that he was powerless to resist.
He was somewhat suspicious about the fact that His Majesty had a heart attack yesterday, but he had no way to find out.
Even if he found out that His Majesty was faking illness, what could he do? Would he expose His Majesty's "conspiracy" in front of all the civil and military officials in the court?
Once the emperor starts to play tricks, it will become a problem for his ministers. Smart people will just choose to pretend to be confused at such times.
He thought, there must be a lot of people pretending to be confused in this hall, right? This is also what His Majesty is happy to see.
Anyway, they can't cure your majesty's "illness".
Song Yunchu approached the golden chair on the stairs step by step.
When she came to the chair, she turned around and looked at the civil and military officials in the court, and her heart was filled with waves.
So this is the emperor’s perspective.
At a glance, all the civil and military officials in the court are within sight.
I used to feel comfortable standing at the front of all the officials, but now that I am standing in this position, I realize that—
The happiest thing is to stand shoulder to shoulder with the emperor.
The title of King of Side by Side is really a refreshing title.
Her eyes swept across the faces in the front row of the hall, and she could see clearly how ugly the old ministers' expressions were.
She sat down and said calmly, "Everyone, if you have something to say, please start."
At the same time, in the imperial study on the other side, Jun Li Luo was sitting behind the imperial desk reading memorials.
Suddenly he smelled a medicinal fragrance. He looked up and saw that it was Xiao Shunzi who brought in the medicine.
Because he had a "heart attack", the Imperial Hospital had to boil this medicine for him every morning and evening.
Xiao Shunzi came to the bonsai as usual and slowly poured the medicine juice into the soil of the bonsai.
Jun Liluo asked him, "What's going on in the hall right now?"
"Your Majesty, rest assured. His Royal Highness Prince Ning has sat on the chair smoothly. No ministers have strongly opposed it today."
"That's good." Jun Li Luo raised a very slight arc at the corner of his lips.
It seems that his trick of pretending to be sick was quite effective.
In the past, if he was sick, he would simply skip court. The officials probably never thought that one day they would have to attend a morning court without the emperor.
It doesn’t matter. Some things may not be used to at first, but you’ll get used to them slowly.
He had to let them know that even if he was not present, Yun Chu was capable of controlling the overall situation.
Thinking of this, Jun Liluo continued to read the memorials in a good mood.
After a long time, a burst of light footsteps were heard in front.
Jun Liluo raised his eyes and smiled faintly at the visitor: "Are you back?"
Seeing Song Yunchu approaching, he handed over the plate of chestnut cake on his left hand, "It's just out of the oven a while ago, and it tastes great."
"Eat later. My mouth is a little dry." Song Yunchu took Jun Liluo's teacup and took a sip.
Jun Liluo chuckled, "How do you feel about attending court today?"
"Very good." Song Yunchu replied, "Except for those old ministers who look awkward and don't like to talk, the other ministers are very sensible. Your illness must have really frightened the old ministers. They must be looking forward to your early recovery so that they can personally attend the government."
"Just make sure they don't cause you any trouble. Let them learn to adapt." Jun Liluo said calmly, "You will go to court tomorrow as usual. I will review memorials in the imperial study."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
