Ye An woke up and pounded the bed. He was supposed to take care of the patients, so how could he just sleep forever?
But no matter how determined he was before going to bed, he would fall asleep as long as he lay next to Mu Ci, unless he stayed up all night or slept alone on another couch. Ye An quickly ruled out all the possibilities. It’s definitely not okay not to sleep, the child won’t be able to handle it. If they sleep in separate beds, I’m afraid it will be inconvenient for Mu Ci to call him. Ye An had to take care of his own health to some extent, so he could only change taking care of Mu Ci into sleeping with Mu Ci, although there was no difference between the two for Wang Xingren and other people serving in Zhaoyang Palace.
While Mu Ci was recuperating from his injuries, the Supreme Court had already thrown Ye Zhi and Cui Lan into jail. In the case of Prince Yu Luo, there was another "prince" who colluded with Yelu Xiong, that is Cui Lan. After learning that Cui Lan was arrested, Yelu Xiong confessed the truth and admitted that he was seduced by Cui Lan and wanted to use the Wei Dynasty to get rid of Yelu Chu. Later, with Cui Lan's instructions, he slandered Yuan Xiang. Cui Lan promised to help him become the king of Yu Luo after the success, and he helped Cui Lan.
Yuan Xiang's charges were thus cleared. However, Prime Minister Yuan resigned on his own initiative, thinking that he would never get his position back. But Ye An talked nonsense in the court, saying that he and Prime Minister Yuan had conspired to stage a show to trick Yelu Xiong. The court officials were stunned. It turned out that this whole fuss was the emperor's plan? The emperor is really outrageous. Is a mere prince named Yu Luo worthy of causing the prime minister to resign?
Censor Qin was so angry that he wrote two letters on the spot, accusing the emperor of making fun of state affairs.
Faced with the accusation, Ye An accepted it amicably and said that he would never make the same mistake again. His attitude was so good that even Censor Qin could not say anything.
Zhang Qian and Master Mu knew that the Cui family and the King of Huainan were involved, and they admired the emperor very much. They had not made any serious progress, but the emperor made such a fuss and actually caught someone? !
Yuan Chenggang was also very sensible. Since the emperor said so, he immediately cooperated and requested to remove the King of Chu, who had not yet taken office, as it was inappropriate to have a king of a different surname in all dynasties. Ye An nodded with a smile, and at the same time, ordered Prime Minister Yuan to return to his post and conferred the title of Marquis Xuanping on him.
The arrest of Cui Lan and Ye Zhi was a royal secret and was not announced to the court. Only the three ministers and the court judge knew about it. Ye An, the Queen Mother, the Three Dukes, and the Chief Justice gathered in the Vermillion Bird Hall to discuss how to deal with Cui Lan, Ye Zhi, and Yelu Xiong.
Yelu Xiong dared to come to the Wei Dynasty to stir up trouble, so Ye An ordered the Taifu to draft a stern letter to the state, writing down the crimes Yelu Xiong had committed and the corresponding punishments of the Wei Dynasty on the letter. He then ordered Zhang Qian to put shackles on Yelu Xiong and send him back to Yu Luo together with the letter.
Not long after, the King of Yu Luo sent back the news that he had demoted Yelu Xiong to a commoner and punished him according to the punishment recorded in the state letter. The King of Yu Luo did not want to offend the Wei Dynasty, so he apologized sincerely again and again in the state letter and finally asked to name Yelu Chu as the heir. Of course, this is all a story for later.
The three ministers and the chief justice had no objection on how to deal with Yelu Xiong, but they had different opinions on how to deal with Prince Huainan and his wife. Tai Shi Yang rarely requested that the two men and their followers be executed together. As a military general, Tai Bao Qiao also agreed to cut the roots. However, Master Mu disagreed. It goes without saying that Cui Lan was guilty of a grave crime, but King Huainan Ye Zhi was deceived by Cui Lan. Ye Zhi was the prince of the previous emperor, and Taifu Mu also did not agree with the emperor bearing the name of killing his brother.
Ye An said, "The Princess of Huainan was sentenced to death by the late Emperor, and the King of Huainan has now passed away. How can there be a story about the King of Huainan and the Princess? It is just that someone is using the name of the King of Huainan to cause trouble. Cui did intend to rebel, and the late Emperor had no choice but to do so. The execution of Cui was indeed a bit harsh. I intend to make public the truth of that year, pardon Cui's descendants, eliminate their resentment, and prevent the Cui family and the Yuan family from being enemies for generations."
Tutor Mu's expression was stern. Was the Emperor refusing to acknowledge the King of Huainan's identity and was going to execute him secretly? As for the treatment of the Cui family, the emperor wanted to resolve the hatred, and the Taifu had no objection. He also felt that the previous emperor's order to execute the entire Cui family was a bit too much. The emperor announced the truth and pardoned the descendants of the Cui family to prevent anyone from jumping out in the future to speak up for the Cui family.
Ye An said: "As for the others, just deal with them according to the law."
In fact, Ye An had his own plans in mind, which the Grand Tutor did not know. Although the Grand Tutor wanted to save King Huainan's life, King Huainan had indeed violated the law, and the emperor's decision was not wrong.
Ye An had already communicated with the empress dowager in private, and she had no objection to the emperor's handling of the matter. When they dispersed, Ye An left Tutor Mu alone, and Grand Tutor Yang gave Mu Zheng several sarcastic looks.
Mu Zheng didn't know what the emperor meant and felt a little nervous.
Ye An smiled and said, "Taifu just opposed it for my reputation and for the sake of the late emperor. I understand."
Mu Zheng felt warm in his heart. He didn't expect that the emperor would comfort him in return.
Ye An explained: "This is what I think. Ye Zhi and Cui Lan have violated the law after all. I don't want the people to think that I disregard the law and make excuses for the royal family."
Mu Zheng nodded involuntarily. This was indeed the attitude of a wise ruler.
"It's just that..." Ye An changed the subject and said with a smile, "I have a piece of good news that I want to tell the Master secretly."
Ye An dismissed the others, stepped down from the dragon throne, came to Mu Zheng, and said softly: "I have been pregnant with a dragon heir for nearly two months. I can announce it to the world when it is three months."
Mu Zheng: “…”
Tutor Mu opened his eyes wide. According to old rules, if the emperor was pregnant with a dragon heir, he would grant amnesty to the whole country and pray for the heir. This meant that although the emperor had decided to punish the King of Huainan according to national law, he would still pardon the King of Huainan in the end.
Conviction is according to the law, and forgiveness is according to the old rules. It is perfect. Who can say anything?
The emperor has a kind heart. Although he has lost his memory, his talent is still there.
Mu Zheng knelt down and said sincerely: "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Your Majesty is wise. It is my fault for not thinking carefully."
Ye Anxu helped him up, smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Master, aren't you curious about whose child I am pregnant with?"
Mu Zheng: “…”
Master Mu was so absorbed in his official duties that he had not thought about it at first. But after the emperor reminded him, Master Mu remembered that when Mu Ci first entered the palace, she had mentioned that the emperor might be pregnant with an heir. Now the emperor was indeed pregnant. This, this...
Master Mu looked at Ye An with trembling lips, and Ye An nodded encouragingly. Master Mu's head buzzed. It seemed that Long Si was really his grandson!
Ye An said with a smile: "Master, please don't faint."
Master Mu's face was flushed, and he would be happy even if he fainted at this moment. He and his wife Xiao had been looking forward to their sons getting married and having children, but Mu Ci ended up being a male concubine, which was a little different from what they expected, but it did make a difference in having children! Although, although the grandson has become a grandson-in-law, he is also his family blood, and he is the heir of the dragon!
"Actually, I have one more thing to say." Ye An hesitated and said, "Brother Aci is injured..."
Ye An was afraid that the Grand Tutor would blame him, so he mentioned the dragon heir first, hoping that Ye Xi, who was not yet born, would add some points for him.
Mu Zheng only knew that Ye Zhi and Cui Lan sneaked into the palace and made a scene, but he didn't expect that Mu Ci was injured. Although Taifu felt sorry for his son, his son was injured to protect the emperor, which was the highest honor. Taifu Mu hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this is what he should do."
Ye An felt relieved, and asked the Grand Tutor and Xiao to choose a day to visit Mu Ci in the palace.
The court affairs came to an end. After Ye An left Suzaku Hall, he hurried back to Zhaoyang Palace.
After Ye Zhi and Cui Lan were arrested, the empress dowager lifted the emperor's ban, and the emperor was finally able to travel around the palaces - but it didn't make much difference to Ye An, because he saw Mu Zhaoyi's name everywhere he looked anyway, and after the ban was lifted, he also went to Zhaoyang Palace.
He remembered that the imperial physician must have come during the court session. Ye An first grabbed Wang Xingren and asked about Mu Ci's condition. The imperial physician was conservative and only said a few words. There was no change, but Ye An could feel that Mu Ci's complexion had improved a lot.
He walked into the bedroom and took a look. Mu Ci was resting with his eyes closed. Ye An did not inform anyone and sneaked out of the room. He called Wang Xingren to his side and went to the small kitchen of Zhaoyang Palace together.
The cooks and eunuchs in the small kitchen were so frightened that they fell to their knees.
After Ye An asked where several ingredients and condiments were placed, he sent everyone away, leaving only a little eunuch who knew how to make a fire.
Ye An rolled up his sleeves of his uniform, first used various condiments to make a simple sauce, then took out a few raw chicken legs and some flour, marinated the chicken legs with the sauce, put the flour in a porcelain bowl, added some water, and stirred it with chopsticks to make a batter.
Ye An ordered the eunuch to light a fire and pour some oil into the pot on the stove. When the oil was boiling, he picked up a chicken leg with bamboo chopsticks, dipped it in the batter, and threw it into the oil pan.
Wang Xingren's eyelids jumped, and he stood in front of Ye An and shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, tell me what you want to do, and I will do it. This oil pan is dangerous, don't get close to it!"
Ye An raised his eyebrows: "I'm just frying a chicken drumstick, how can it be dangerous? It's dangerous if you try to stop me. Look, the oil pan is about to catch fire."
Wang Xingren saw the frying pan creaking and wisps of green smoke coming out. He didn't know whether to push the emperor away first or put out the fire first. Ye An took the opportunity to kick him away and threw the battered chicken leg into the pan. Wang Xingren subconsciously covered his eyes. He could only hear the sizzling sound of frying, and there seemed to be some fragrance. The emperor skillfully used bamboo chopsticks to stir the chicken leg and said to Wang Xingren, "Salt."
Wang Xingren: “…”
Wang Xingren came back to his senses, quickly found the salt and handed it over.
Ye An struggled for a long time and finally fried four chicken legs. The first one was fried like charcoal because Wang Xingren was in the way, but the others looked good. He tasted the batter, and although it was not as delicious as in modern times, it was very rare to use the existing ingredients. In fact, he had fried chicken once in modern times just for fun, and that time it was all mushy, and the result was not as good as this time...
Mu Ci had woken up. Ye An held up a plate with four fried chicken legs on it and said flatteringly, "Brother Aci, try my cooking!"
When Mu Ci opened his eyes, he saw Ye An holding a plate of strange-shaped things. The dragon's claws were all black, and there were patches of dirt on the dragon's face and clothes. Wang Xingren next to him had a straight black mark on his face, and his eyes were full of admiration.
Mu Ci looked at the things on the plate carefully: "What is this?"
Ye An said proudly: "I fried the chicken legs!"
A while ago, Mu Li said he was fat and Ye An was very angry. After Ye Zhi and Cui Lan's trouble, Ye An felt that compared with life, being fat really didn't matter. He was already pregnant, so he should not restrict himself from losing weight. He could eat chicken legs every day and eat them in different ways!
"Brother Aci, I've made up my mind. I'll fry chicken legs for you every day from now on! We can eat them together!"
Although he couldn't take care of Mu Ci at night, this was still a contribution!
Mu Ci: “…”
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Ye An had his reasons for pardoning Ye Zhi and the others, which will be discussed later. It was also from his perspective as an emperor. He did not want the Cui family to bear grudge against him again, and he also wanted to eliminate this future trouble. It would be better to show benevolence than to kill them. Thank you to the little angels who cast their votes for me or irrigated me with nutrient solution~
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