"Marquis Pingxi is quite old, and his ambitions are not small. Without even considering his own worth, he dreams of imitating Empress Lü and implementing a dictatorship of foreign relatives. Do you think the imperial court will perish under your mind, which is obsessed with food and drink?"
Pingxi Hou was so angry at Qin Ziyi that his beard stood up. "You... Qin Ziyi, who do you think you are? You are just Rong Chengxuan's lackey, and Rong Chengxuan is just a dog used by His Majesty to handle government affairs. Do you really take yourselves seriously? Rong Chengxuan has been holding on to the ruling power and refusing to give it back. Isn't his wolfish ambition obvious? If he is allowed to continue like this, maybe one day the world will change its name to Rong!"
"Hmph, even if I'm a dog, I'm still better than a pig that only knows how to eat and drink! You said that Prince An's ambitions are obvious. So, I dare to ask, when the Marquis of Pingxi suddenly asked Prince An to return the power to the government for no reason, doesn't he have any intention of establishing a dictatorship with his relatives by marriage?"
"I can guarantee that I have absolutely no desire for a dictatorship by my relatives. Everything I do is for the good of Your Majesty. If the late emperor or our ancestors were to see the Ji family's kingdom fall into the hands of outsiders, what would they think?"
"Bullshit! You may sound nice now, but when His Royal Highness Prince An takes power, you will definitely be the first one to rush forward."
"Qin Ziyi, watch your words. This is the imperial court, not some market town. Take back those vulgar words of yours!"
"What business do you have of what I want to say? You haven't even taken the reins of power yet, and you're already thinking of interfering with me, the Prime Minister?"
No matter how fierce the argument between Qin Ziyi and Pingxi Hou was, Rong Chengxuan, who was in the middle of the storm, remained unmoved, as if what was happening in the court had nothing to do with him.
Rong Chengxuan could not care less, but Zimmer upstairs heard them arguing there in the morning, and what they were arguing about was related to him. They were all arguing among themselves, and no one came out to ask him what he was thinking from beginning to end.
Zimmer suppressed his anger and said, "Shut up!"
But Pingxi Hou and Qin Ziyi were still arguing fiercely, completely ignoring Ji Moyi's words. The argument even got more and more out of control, digging up the other's ancestors' past.
Seeing that his words fell on deaf ears and that their arguing was giving him a headache, Zimmer raised his hand and swept the pen holder, inkstone, and paperweight on the table in front of him to the ground. The palace servants in the hall immediately knelt down. The servant beside Zimmer said with a bitter face, "Your Majesty, calm down..."
Because of Ji Moyi's action, Qin Ziyi and Pingxi Hou were both silent. The remaining ministers also raised their heads to look at the emperor who had been treated as a mascot and puppet since he ascended the throne. This was the first time they remembered seeing Ji Moyi angry in front of everyone.
"Calm down?" Zimmer laughed in anger. "Does anyone care whether I'm angry or not?" Zimmer pointed at the courtiers below, venting his emotions in front of so many people for the first time. "Does anyone care what I say? Does anyone care how I feel?"
"I don't trust any of you. I only trust Prince An. I'm putting this out there today. I'm willing to be a puppet emperor for the rest of my life, but the prerequisite is that the power of government lies in Prince An's hands!"
"You don't have to say in the court anymore that you want Prince An to return power to me. I don't want it, and I don't want it! I was never interested in this position in the first place, and you forced me to sit on it. If possible, I would even give the throne to Prince An!"
As soon as Ji Moyi said this, all the court officials except Rong Chengxuan knelt down and urged Ji Moyi: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! You absolutely cannot do this!"
Ji Moyi had just lost his temper. This was the first time he had spoken his true thoughts in front of so many people, and in front of Rong Chengxuan. After he finished speaking, Ji Moyi subconsciously looked at Rong Chengxuan.
When Zimmer noticed that Rong Chengxuan's face was not angry as he thought, but even seemed a little happy, Zimmer blinked desperately, fearing that he had seen it wrong and had such an illusion.
Under the gazes of the crowd, Rong Chengxuan finally spoke, "Your Majesty, your words are too kind. Your Majesty trusts me and thinks highly of me. In the future, I will definitely do my best to manage government affairs for Your Majesty."
After finishing his words, Rong Chengxuan walked up to the Marquis of Pingxi without any haste. "I'm very sorry. Was the Marquis of Pingxi dissatisfied with me just now? Why don't you tell me now? I'll take note and make corrections later."
When Rong Chengxuan said "correct yourself well", Pingxi Hou heard it, it sounded like the same thing as death by slicing.
He took two steps back, shaking his head. "No, no, no, I'm not dissatisfied with Your Highness at all... I don't even dare to be dissatisfied with Your Highness..."
Rong Chengxuan looked at Pingxi Hou with a sinister smile, "In that case, did I mishear what Pingxi Hou said just now?"
Pingxi Hou only felt that Rong Chengxuan looked extremely scary at the moment. He was in no position to answer, and neither was he to answer. He didn't know how many rounds of cold sweat had already broken out on his forehead.
Rong Chengxuan took two more steps forward and said, "I feel like I've been a little exhausted lately, so why don't you use your annual salary as Marquis of Pingxi to help me recuperate? I don't think Marquis of Pingxi would mind, right?"
Rong Chengxuan took the annual salary of Marquis Pingxi with satisfaction, and then said he was leaving the court.
After leaving the court, Rong Chengxuan did not return to the imperial study, but went to find Yun Wanwan with the silver he had just extorted from the Marquis of Pingxi, which was his annual salary.
This time, Rong Chengxuan finally remembered to enter through the main gate. When he entered, Yun Wanwan was feeding the fish that Rong Chengxuan had asked someone to send over this morning with fish feed. When she saw Rong Chengxuan coming, Yun Wanwan gave Rong Chengxuan some fish feed and asked him to follow her to feed the fish.
When Rong Chengxuan finished feeding the fish in his hand to Yun Wanwan, he took out the one-year salary of Marquis Pingxi from his arms and gave it to Yun Wanwan.
Yun Wanwan looked at Rong Chengxuan who inexplicably handed her so much silver. She couldn't understand why Rong Chengxuan suddenly gave her so much silver when nothing happened today and it wasn't a special day.
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