Chapter 2126 Father, he hit me!
Zhu Feng just waved his hand and asked, "Are you preparing for this?"
Eunuch Yu said, "When the Emperor was in the northwest, Your Majesty had been preparing for this matter. However, after the incident at Zhenjue Temple, Your Majesty temporarily put it aside."
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"However, we are almost 70% ready."
“Hmm…”
Zhu Feng nodded and said, "In that case, you should hurry up and make sure it's ready before the end of the month so as not to affect your trip."
"I understand."
"If you don't know anything, ask others instead of the Queen. She's ill now, don't disturb her."
"The Emperor truly cares deeply for the Empress."
Zhu Feng glanced at him and said nothing.
The two of them "strolled" for a while, and seeing that the time was almost up, Zhu Feng turned around and walked back to the imperial study with his hands behind his back.
The few people inside remained quiet.
But when they saw him come in, everyone stood up immediately. Zhu Feng walked in and sat down, pressing down with both hands: "Everyone, sit down. Who told you to get up?"
Everyone thanked him and sat down.
Zhu Feng asked, "How's the discussion going?"
Gu Tingqiu looked at everyone, then at Zhu Feng, and said, "We, the humble servants, have discussed this matter and believe it is feasible."
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Zhu Feng's face was calm.
He just said "hmm" softly.
Then he continued, "Since it's feasible, then, Lord Gu, please draft a memorial and hand it directly to me after you go down. The rest of you should also give it some thought."
Everyone immediately said, "Yes."
Zhu Feng said, "Well, it's getting late, you all should go down. Shifeng, you stay."
Xu Shifeng said: "Yes."
Everyone then stood up and left.
After leaving the cabinet, everyone bowed and went their separate ways. Only Liu Yueze, holding the document in his hand, hurried to Gu Tingqiu's side and said softly, "Teacher..."
Gu Tingqiu said, "This is the palace, so you'd better not call me teacher."
Liu Yueze immediately said, "Sir."
"Um."
"Is the Emperor's move similar to the previous one—reducing the power of the feudal lords?"
"I know, so don't say anything more."
"I understand the stakes. However, it was originally because of the reduction of the feudal lords that the Emperor launched his army from Peking to quell the rebellion, sweeping all the way to Nanjing to seize the throne. What will be the result of this 'reduction of the feudal lords' this time?"
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Gu Tingqiu did not answer him immediately.
Instead, he raised his head and looked at the dazzling red sun in front of him. The sunlight was so bright that he couldn't open his eyes, like a needle prick.
He was silent for a moment before he said, "Throughout the dynasties, such matters have always been difficult to resolve peacefully."
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"It depends on how the emperor operates."
Liu Yueze said: "Then, sir, what do you think we can do?"
Gu Tingqiu remained silent.
But his expression was much more serious than before.
He turned around to look at Liu Yueze and said calmly: "It is the duty of a minister to do what should be done."
After saying that, he left.
Liu Yueze looked at his back, then looked at the somewhat dazzling sunlight, and the expression on his face became more and more solemn.
But at this moment, he felt something hit his waist hard, and he suddenly fell forward and fell directly to the ground. The paper and pen in his hand flew out in an instant and scattered all over the ground.
When he fell to the ground, something heavy pressed down on his lower back.
It almost broke his waist.
"ah!"
He groaned in pain, almost choking, and turned around hurriedly: "Who!?"
When he turned around, he saw a plump little girl riding on his lower back.
She actually murmured with fear on her face: "That was a close call."
“…”
Liu Yueze was stunned for a moment. Looking at the rosy, round face like an apple, he hesitated for a long time before saying, "Xin, Princess Xinping?"
The one sitting on his waist was Xinping.
She was full of energy and could run and jump. The Yiku Palace and the Imperial Garden were not enough for her to make trouble. Today she simply ran to the front court. No one dared to stop her anyway. It was only the nanny and palace maid who accompanied her who had to chase her all the way.
And she actually climbed up the wall along the rockery outside.
Just as I was trying to avoid them, I accidentally fell down the wall.
Sit on this person.
She grinned. "You know me, too."
Liu Yueze said: "Your Majesty, I have met Her Royal Highness the Princess at a state banquet."
"Who are you, then?"
"Your humble servant... Liu Yueze."
"Liu Yueze? Never heard of him."
Liu Yueze didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Just as he was about to say something, Princess Xinping said to him seriously, "You are an official under my father, right?"
"Uh, yes. I am a member of the cabinet—"
"Oh, alright, I don't care what you do. Can you take me out of the palace?"
"What?"
"I want to find my little sister. I want to see her."
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"Take me there."
Liu Yueze thought about it and realized that the young lady she was talking about might be Gu Qiqing, the daughter of his mentor.
But no matter who she looks at, she is Her Royal Highness the Princess.
Who dares to take her out of the palace!
Liu Yueze hurriedly shook his head and said, "This won't work."
When Xinping heard someone reject her request, her chubby face immediately pouted and she said, "You, you dare not listen to me? Do you know who I am? I'm a princess!"
"Your Highness, this is not okay."
"you--"
Xinping always gets whatever she wants. When has she ever seen someone reject her so clearly and bluntly?
She felt so aggrieved that she grimaced.
"Wow--!"
Burst into tears.
The maid and the palace maid who were looking for her nearby heard the noise and rushed over. Seeing the scene before them, they were shocked: "Your Highness, what happened to you?"
"Woooooooooo!"
Xinping ignored them completely and just cried with her mouth wide open.
Her crying also attracted Zhu Feng who had just walked out from the cabinet.
When he heard his daughter crying, he immediately ran over anxiously and saw Xin Ping, who was as fat as a meatball, sitting on Liu Yueze's back, while Liu Yueze was lying on the ground, becoming her blanket.
She cried so hard that she startled the birds on the roof.
Zhu Feng hurried over: "What's going on?"
When the palace maids and nannies saw the emperor coming, they were so scared that they knelt down for fear that he would blame them.
As soon as she saw her father coming, Xin Ping immediately pursed her lips in grievance: "Father, he hit me!"
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Everyone present fell silent.
Liu Yueze didn't care about being afraid anymore. He just looked at the princess with a mixture of laughter and tears. Not to mention what she was thinking, why would she falsely accuse him of hitting her? She was even sitting on his back!
Where do I even begin to explain this?
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