The Prime Minister was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly, saying, "General Mingwei is absolutely right. We have wasted half a day here, which has delayed many important matters. You can go and tell the Grand General to come out and see us."
Actually, with these people here, each department has deputies keeping things running smoothly, so nothing has been delayed. The Prime Minister is just hoping a troublemaker will come along to drag Wei Jingzhuo out. As long as he sees Wei Jingzhuo, he can just shove the imperial edict into his hands. Once that's done, he can choose an auspicious day to hold the enthronement ceremony and announce it to the world.
Meng Ruliu angrily gripped the sword at her waist and went straight into the Prince's mansion.
Lin Qingfeng followed behind Meng Ruliu and said, "General, our lord really can't be moved."
He could stop others, but Meng Ruliu was Su Wan's sworn sister, and he really didn't dare to stop her.
Meng Ruliu said, "What do you mean he can't move? The General was full of energy yesterday, and now he's sick and can't move? That's nonsense."
The ministers at the gate were all smiles upon seeing Meng Ruliu's decisiveness, and they whispered among themselves, "With General Mingwei going, the Grand General will surely come out to see us this time."
Half an hour later, Meng Ruliu came out again like a gust of wind.
Everyone was overjoyed and craned their necks to look behind Meng Ruliu, but there was nothing there, not even a shadow of Wei Jingzhuo, and they were all greatly disappointed.
As Meng Ruliu stepped out of the Prince's residence, she clasped her hands in a fist salute to the Prime Minister and said, "Prime Minister, I have examined the General... he truly cannot be moved. Why don't you return to rest for the night and come back tomorrow?"
The Prime Minister asked in surprise, "Is the General so ill that he can't even move?"
Meng Ruliu blushed and said, "The general's illness... is very mild; he just can't move or speak."
"How could this be? The illness is very mild, yet he cannot move or speak?" the Censor-in-Chief said to the minister beside him. "This is very strange."
Everyone was speculating about what strange thing had happened to the General. Some said that the General was practicing the art of fasting and must be at a tense moment, unable to move. Others guessed that the General had a stitch in his side, which was why he couldn't move, but this was immediately refuted by others who said that it was impossible for him to have a stitch in his side for several hours.
In the end, the Prime Minister's guess was the most reliable.
"Gentlemen, the General is perfectly healthy; he is clearly testing our sincerity. We will not leave today and must persuade the General to come out and accept His Majesty's decree."
The ministers suddenly realized what was happening, and they all knelt down again.
They refused to believe that the general wouldn't be moved by their persistence, and they decided to persevere.
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