The little emperor frowned and said, "But I think——"
"No buts."
Before the young emperor could finish his sentence, the empress dowager interrupted him, "I have already made a judgment on this matter, the emperor does not need to say more."
In the past, the young emperor would have stamped the imperial seal on the imperial edict as the empress dowager said, but today was different. The young emperor put the imperial seal aside and frowned, saying, "Mother, since it is as Lord Feng said, there is nothing to investigate in detail, then why don't you investigate it thoroughly? This way, we can stop the gossips of the world."
"Your Majesty, I have something to say."
The little emperor looked at Song Ping who suddenly spoke, frowned, and then spoke, "Master Song, just say what you want to say."
In the past, when the little emperor saw Song Ping, he would always call him cousin, but today, calling him like this, it really seems strange.
But no one said there was anything wrong with him calling her that. Although Song Ping felt that the little emperor's attitude towards her was strange, she didn't take it to heart.
In his opinion, the little emperor was cowardly and didn't like to talk. What could such a person accomplish?
"Your Majesty, this is indeed as Lord Feng said, but the practice of ministers donating official positions for their children and grandchildren has existed since the time of the previous emperor. If Your Majesty finds out and spreads this to the outside world, wouldn't it damage the wisdom of the previous emperor? Besides, this has been going on for so many years, and nothing has happened, right?"
Song Ping asked questions one after another, and then looked at the little emperor and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, for such a trivial matter, not only did you contradict the Queen Mother in front of the court officials, but you also didn't care about the opinions of so many ministers at all, and you even forgot the teachings of the late emperor. Could it be that Your Majesty is only willing to do things according to his own wishes, and doesn't care about filial piety at all?"
When the little emperor was flattered, he was stunned for a moment, then remained silent for a long time before he could only speak again, "Madam, I have no intention of being unfilial."
The Queen Mother seemed angry and didn't want to speak, but the person sitting in front of her was her son after all. After being silent for a long time, she finally spoke, "It's a good thing that the Emperor is willing to handle state affairs, but government affairs are not so easy to handle. You have to take into account the forces of many parties and weigh the pros and cons. You have to learn more in the future."
If even the empress dowager doesn't care about matters like filial piety or unfilial piety, what qualifications do others have to say that the emperor is unfilial?
Song Ping's eyes flickered, but she didn't say anything more.
The little emperor nodded and said, "I understand what the Empress Dowager means. I will learn from you and the others in the future and not let you down."
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