"This is the other way around!"

The Queen Mother stood up and pointed at the courtiers in front of her, shouting angrily.

"How dare you come to discuss this!"

"Have you all forgotten your responsibilities?"

"How can a little girl like me be allowed to make irresponsible remarks about the succession of the emperor?"

"Are you crazy or confused?"

The court officials seemed to wake up after hearing the Queen Mother's scolding.

Yeah, this is really ridiculous.

At that time, they were outside the imperial mausoleum. They were shocked by the woman's sudden words and the emperor's reaction. They were dizzy and at a loss.

"The emperor thought he was guilty, so he was humble and forgiving. In order to appease the people, he was aggressive towards this woman and could not refute her."

The Queen Mother's face turned red with anger, and she continued to point at and scold the court officials.

"What about you guys? What do you guys do?"

The court officials knelt down one after another.

"I am guilty," they said.

"This is too absurd." A court official also raised his head and said, "It must be refuted."

"This is a violation of the government's principles," another court official said. "It cannot be tolerated."

"To be so successful that one threatens the ruler and disrupts government is a treacherous act."

Officials in the court denounced him one after another.

The Queen Mother's expression relaxed a little, with a hint of satisfaction, but she also noticed that several officials remained silent and looked thoughtful.

Most of them were young officers, standing at the end of the line.

Feeling the Queen Mother's gaze, one of the young officials couldn't help but shrink his head.

"Are we really not going to say anything at this time?" He moved his lips slightly and squeezed out a word to the official beside him.

"Yun Zhao is with the emperor." The official next to him looked straight ahead, his lips moving only slightly. "The emperor's meaning must be Yun Zhao's meaning."

They all knew that the emperor certainly disagreed in his heart, but at the same time, he did not directly object, and it was obvious that he wanted to discuss the matter.

Since it is a discussion, we naturally cannot oppose everything, so what else is there to discuss?

But if they really want to stand up and agree, they can't do it, so they just remain silent.

After all, in the court, silence is sometimes just an attitude.

These young men who had just entered officialdom were most likely to harbor evil intentions. The empress dowager looked at them coldly, her gaze swept over and fell on another person, and she couldn't help but frowned.

This man is not a young man, although he has not appeared in the court for a long time.

"Master Ning," the Queen Mother said, "what do you think?"

Everyone's eyes fell on Ning Yan, and only then did they realize that Ning Yan had not spoken a word.

Could it be that he had other intentions?

The Queen Mother looked gloomy.

"I remember that Lord Ning had once advised the late emperor about orthodoxy," she said. "Could it be that now that the late emperor is gone, Lord Ning has changed his mind?"

When it came to enthroning Prince Qi as the crown prince, unlike those courtiers who opposed and insisted on enthroning the crown prince, he supported enthroning Prince Qi.

The reason is that the eldest son should be appointed as the heir, not the youngest.

The Crown Prince has passed away and the Crown Prince is too young to take charge of state affairs, so the Prince of Qi is the most suitable person.

It was also because of this that Ning Yanshen was valued by the late emperor and King Qi, and he was promoted to a higher position and eventually became an important official in the inner cabinet.

But is he going to go back on his word now?

Was the decision to appoint the eldest son instead of the youngest son just a means to curry favor with the superiors and gain promotion?

How can such a minister be considered an upright and noble one?

Ning Yan looked serious.

"I still don't agree with the idea of ​​upholding orthodoxy," he said. "Miss Jun's behavior is indeed rebellious and absurd."

Hearing him say this, the Queen Mother's expression eased a little.

Other court officials also nodded.

"So I hope Your Majesty will come out and denounce this matter." Ning Yan continued, "Miss Jun has made great contributions, but rewards and punishments are clear. She deserves the reward, but she tried to use her merits to interfere in government affairs. Your Majesty should severely denounce her, refute the rumors, and clarify the orthodoxy."

The Queen Mother frowned slightly.

"The emperor values ​​her great contribution and wants to comfort her," she said. "You are all aware of your majesty's kind and benevolent character."

"So-called consolation should be done wisely," Ning Yan said. "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, a ruler and a father. As a ruler and a father, you should praise when necessary and reprimand when necessary. To indulge is to flatter, and this is not true consolation and praise."

That is indeed the truth.

The emperor should stand up, reprimand and punish Miss Jun, and also show the people that his legitimacy is justified and beyond doubt.

"Miss Jun made a mistake this time and must be reprimanded."

"Yes, I scolded him openly."

"Your Majesty, there is no need to avoid it."

The officials present nodded and spoke.

The Queen Mother clenched her hands tightly on her knees. This is true, but the emperor is such a waste...

She looked at Ning Yan, not knowing whether to hate him or praise him.

However, the court officials basically agreed that Miss Jun's proposal to uphold the orthodoxy and establish Prince Huai as the crown prince was wrong, and the Queen Mother was very pleased with this.

It is not known whether this Miss Jun is lucky or unlucky. Every time she achieves something great that makes others uneasy, she will do something that destroys her reputation.

This is her own fault, no wonder the court is so ruthless.

The Queen Mother straightened her posture.

Then let the people know what Miss Jun said and did, and let everyone see how arrogant and rebellious this woman is, and how she dared to interfere in important state affairs.

It would also allow that useless emperor to take advantage of public opinion to deal with Miss Jun, and then get back quickly.

She still had a debt to settle with him.

Miss Jun's words were spoken outside the imperial mausoleum, and with the Queen Mother's tacit approval, word quickly spread, and the capital was in an uproar.

For the people, establishing a crown prince is a major event for the court, and it is indeed terrifying for Miss Jun to bring it up like this.

"There have been many such incidents in the past. Those foreign relatives supported the princes they favored and forced the emperor to make them the crown prince, causing many conflicts between fathers and sons and brothers."

"The eldest son should be appointed as the heir, not the youngest. This is a principle known to everyone."

"Even the Grand Masters of the Inner Cabinet would be very cautious when talking about establishing a crown prince. How could a woman like Miss Jun do this?"

"How can that be possible? It's all because of her great contribution."

"Just because she has made great contributions, she can influence government affairs? Then what kind of person is she?"

"What kind of person is he? Aren't all those treacherous and powerful officials like this?"

"I never thought that Miss Jun is such a power-hungry person."

All kinds of discussions spread in the streets and alleys, and Jiulingtang became even quieter than before. None of the powerful and wealthy people came here to get medicine anymore.

They came to Jiulingtang to get medicine to save their lives, but Miss Jun's behavior at this time was undoubtedly a capital crime of disobedience, and they didn't want to be implicated and lose their lives.

"Ms. Jun, why do you do this?" Chen Qi turned around and said.

Obviously a good thing, but the result...

"Miss Jun, I know you treat Prince Huai very well." Shopkeeper Liu was silent for a moment and then spoke up, "But this matter should not be said like this."

Miss Jun smiled.

"No, this is how it should be said," she said. "You can scold me, the more you scold me, the better."

The better?

What's good about this?

Shopkeeper Liu and Chen Qi looked at her.

This Miss Jun has always behaved strangely from the beginning.

"If they scold me, they will ask why they scold me." Miss Jun said, looking out the door, and through the open door, she looked at the crowd gathered on the street who were pointing and talking here from time to time. "If they talk more, people will talk more about remembering that person, and eventually someone will start to think about whether what I said makes sense."

…

"Yes, why mention Prince Huai as the crown prince? It's not like the Emperor doesn't have a son."

A citizen curled his lips.

“It’s ridiculous.”

There was laughter all around, but one person did not laugh, but pinched his chin.

"But if that's the case, then the Prince of Qi shouldn't have been made emperor in the first place," he said, "It's not like the Crown Prince doesn't have a son."

As soon as these words were spoken, the laughter of the people around stopped abruptly.