Guo Yuan was now in a panic, as if he had already anticipated that the situation would get out of control and future generations would judge him as the incompetent Minister of Rites.
"this……"
"Da'an has been established for a long time, and has gone through more than a dozen emperors, but there has never been a princess who legitimately became emperor. According to the Zhou Li, it is unheard of for a princess to succeed to the throne!"
The first person to come out was an imperial censor from the Censorate.
His flushed face showed that he was extremely angry at the moment, as if he had experienced something terrible.
"Indeed, I also think this is absurd. Once the news of Your Majesty's identity as a princess spreads everywhere, the world will be in chaos! The people will also turn against you."
Minister of Rites Guo Yuan spoke up. Whether he truly felt it was inappropriate or not, he had to stand up.
Then, the originally quiet court became noisy again.
Perhaps some people were just pretending, but there were also ministers who were very dissatisfied with this matter.
After hearing many comments expressing dissatisfaction with the matter, Xiao Ling's face began to turn ugly.
Although she had been prepared for the character of these so-called civil officials, she still got angry when they stood in front of her and attacked her crazily.
finally,
Xiao Ling, who had been sitting on the dragon throne, stood up again and stared at the ministers in the court with angry eyes.
"This is simply nonsense! I thought you were truly pedantic!"
This sudden rebuke silenced all the ministers who were shouting.
They were all looking at the emperor in front of them. Even though the golden crown covered his face, the anger on his majesty's face seemed to be clearly visible to all the ministers.
"I am the heir of the late emperor. When the late emperor passed away, there was no prince. I was appointed in a time of crisis. For three years, I have diligently guarded the country and ensured its stability. If my succession to the throne is still against etiquette and law, who do you think should take it?"
this……
Faced with the emperor's accusations, the hall was silent for a while.
To be frank, they never thought from the beginning that the Xiao family could still hold on to the throne.
Who would have known that the series of actions taken by the Chu family at the beginning of the first month of the new year would make all the civil and military officials confused.
At the last moment when the dynasty was about to change, the Chu family actually gave up the rebellion?
At that time, perhaps no one understood the reason for all this.
But now, at the morning court session in Hanyuan Hall, many sharp-eyed ministers have already noticed it.
The empress in front of the dragon throne was furious, her anger overflowing, but when she looked at Minister Chu, her eyes were not right.
It was obvious that the only time he looked at Lord Chu was when he wasn't angry. Instead, his eyes were somewhat gentle, and his expression was a little bit... asking for help?
There is something wrong with Lord Chu!
There is something wrong with His Majesty too!
No wonder there have been rumors in the capital recently that Lord Chu stayed overnight on the dragon bed, but Lord Chu was dismissive and didn't even bother to explain.
Isn't this obvious?
The rumors are not wrong at all!
It's not just about sleeping on the dragon bed at night. It's hard to say, that's not right. It's not hard to say anymore. It's obvious that I will sleep with His Majesty every night.
The Minister of War was a die-hard Chu Yi fan. When he noticed all these little details, he couldn't help but think of the quarrel between Minister Chu and His Majesty a while ago.
At that time, the emperor and his ministers in the court were at loggerheads with each other, and their disagreements were so great that they almost overturned the house.
He even suspected at one point that Lord Chu might be furious because of this, and would decide to rebel again after the court session to completely vent his anger.
And now you tell me that although they had such a big fight at that time, they were actually a couple secretly without anyone knowing?
The Minister of War's mind was a little confused.
...The young couple had a lot of fun.
I don’t know how badly the empress was bullied by the Shangshu later.
It was not just the Minister of War. At this time, those in the court who did not care about the emperor's identity began to care about other things.
Some people were curious. Lord Chu had clearly married and had a wife last year, so now he had an obvious relationship with the empress in front of him.
Could it be that the empress was willing to be a concubine to Minister Chu for the sake of the stability of the royal family?
Although they all sent gifts when Chu Yi got married, they did not know Mrs. Chu's true face, so they did not know that the empress in front of them was the former Mrs. Chu.
It's just a change of identity.
Faced with the emperor's accusations, Guo Yuan remained silent for a moment.
He suddenly turned his gaze towards Minister Chu Yi who was not far away.
Soon, after just a little thought, I realized the key.
No wonder Lord Chu suddenly stopped rebelling before. It turns out... Lord Chu had taken control of the empress in the inner house.
If this is the case, then no matter what happens in the future, if the empress's offspring inherits the throne, he will also be Lord Chu's son.
The only thing Guo Yuan didn't know was whether Lord Chu would let his wife and children succeed to the throne and take away the Xiao family's empire, or let the empress in front of him and his children continue to inherit the empire legitimately.
If Lord Chu wants to make your Majesty's son the crown prince of Anguo, whose surname will the child take?
Although there are still many questions, these are no longer what he needs to consider.
Thinking that Minister Chu must have his own plans, he began to follow his heart.
He knew that he could not defeat the Chu family, let alone Chu Yi.
Unless Chu Yan, who is now on the front line, rebels, even so, he will not be in Chu Yan's eyes.
only……
As the Minister of Rites, Guo Yuan knew very well that he had to oppose the empress's continued reign.
After all, he did not receive Chu Yi's instructions before the court meeting, so he had to do what he should do.
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