boyutpedia Chapter 518: People sit in the East Palace, and the pot comes from the sky
Chapter 518: People sit in the East Palace, and the pot comes from the sky
Inside the Li Zheng Hall.
Wu Zhao lay on the dragon couch, drinking the tonic fed to her by her maid while recalling her every move just now.
She was very worried that her physical condition would be discovered.
After all, he hasn't shown up for so long, and as soon as he shows up, he gives the power to Chu Ning, so naturally the people below will have opinions.
Fortunately, she didn't appear for long tonight, and her previous majesty was still there, which calmed everyone.
While he was deep in thought, he heard footsteps coming from the outer hall. He looked up and saw Chu Ning walking towards the inner hall.
"You go down first." Chu Ning motioned the maid to go down.
The maid stood up, bowed to the two men, and then left.
Wu Zhao glanced at Chu Ning, who looked calm, and asked with a smile, "Has everything been arranged properly?"
Chu Ning smiled and nodded: "With you coming out to support us, the officials below will naturally not dare to say anything more.
The imperial examination will be handled by me personally, border trade will be handled by Lord Di, and arresting the remnants of the rebels will be handled by General Su Cheng. I'm afraid this one will be busy."
Each matter is assigned to a dedicated person so that it can proceed in an orderly manner.
Wu Zhao couldn't help but look at Chu Ning deeply when she heard this: "If I didn't know your situation, it would be hard for me to imagine that you have never handled political affairs before.
In fact, I am very curious about why you, a prince born in the common people, are the best in both character and strategy!"
She didn't look down on the lower class people, but in this era, it was impossible for the lower class people to have someone as smart as Chu Ning.
Chu Ning laughed and stretched out his hand to pinch her delicate face: "This king is gifted and is the chosen one of heaven. The mere political affairs are easily handled by this king!"
Wu Zhao pushed his dirty hands away angrily and raised her eyebrows, "Why don't you say that you were sent by God to unify the nine dynasties?"
Chu Ning touched his chin and thought: "Maybe this is really possible."
Looking at Chu Ning who was getting more and more outrageous, Wu Zhao rolled her eyes and said, "You are so unruly all day long!"
After a pause, she couldn't help but ask, "After this battle, you can't hide the fact that you stayed here. Have you thought about how to explain it to the Emperor of Chu?"
Chu Ning shrugged: "I ordered someone to take your handwritten thank you letter back. Could it be that my father will embarrass me?"
Afterwards, he covered Wu Zhao with a blanket and said softly, "Okay, you should have a good rest from now on. I will handle the affairs of the court."
After he finished speaking, he stood up and walked out of the hall, muttering, "Strange, why do I miss that little guy so much after not seeing him for a while?"
Wu Zhao smiled slightly, knowing that Chu Ning was just like her, missing her child when she hadn't seen him for a while.
Perhaps this is the nature of being a parent.
But then, she thought of the bloody storm that was about to happen in Los Angeles, and couldn't help but sigh.
In order to eliminate the remnants of the rebels, many people must be killed.
This is also the reason why Chu Ning did not arrange anything for General Xue Huaide. With the general in charge of Luocheng, who would dare to act rashly?
But unfortunately, Wu Zhao still underestimated the rebels' desire to survive.
After the celebration banquet, someone attacked the city gate that night, attempting to leave Los Angeles under the cover of night.
Unexpectedly, the city gate had been guarded by Xue Huaide, with several times more troops, and all the attackers were captured.
After interrogation, it was found that they were remnants of a rebel party. Xue Huaide immediately handed them over to Su Cheng for interrogation.
Su Cheng got a lot of information from these people, plus he himself knew a lot about the remnants of the rebels, so in the next few days, the entire Luo City fell into a bloody storm!
As long as it is a list submitted by Su Cheng, after Chu Ning has reviewed and confirmed it to be correct, Su Cheng will immediately bring people to ransack the house and exterminate the clan.
In just a few days, the empty treasury began to fill up.
With the money, Chu Ning had the confidence to start promoting the imperial examination.
Everything is going on in an orderly manner.
The letter that Chu Ning sent to the emperor fell into the hands of the prince a few days later.
Great Chu Dynasty, Eastern Palace.
The Crown Prince who was the regent looked at the letter brought by Chu Ning and his face turned pale and blue.
This damn guy didn't go to the front line. Instead, he helped the Zhou Dynasty to quell the rebellion and even defeated the Yan army!
How should such a great military achievement be rewarded?
The prince became more and more angry as he thought about it. His face was extremely gloomy and he snorted coldly: "Come here, gather all the ministers to discuss this matter!"
At the order, half an hour later, all officials above the fourth rank gathered in the East Palace.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Everyone bowed and saluted.
The prince nodded and said in a deep voice: "My Lords, the King of Chu did not rush to the front line, but went to the Great Zhou Dynasty to assist the Queen of the Great Zhou in suppressing the rebellion and killing 70,000 Yan troops!
How do you think this matter should be handled?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.
No one expected that Chu Ning would not go to the front line, but instead went to the Great Zhou Dynasty.
You could say that Chu Ning disobeyed orders, but he killed so many Yan soldiers and also established good relations with the Zhou Dynasty.
But if we want to give Chu Ning credit, it was clear that Chu Ning disobeyed the emperor's order.
Moreover, Chu Ning is now a guest of honor of the Queen Mother of the Great Zhou. Will the Queen Mother of the Great Zhou agree to convict Chu Ning now?
Now that the Chu Dynasty has already gone to war with the Zhao and Yan dynasties at the same time, it would be unwise to offend the Zhou Dynasty at this time!
For a moment, everyone fell silent.
Seeing that no one was talking, the prince frowned and said, "My Lords, how should we deal with this matter? We must come up with a rule. We can't let the King of Chu do whatever he wants!"
The word "reckless" was used to characterize Chu Ning's actions.
All the ministers knew that the Crown Prince and the King of Chu did not get along, and they wanted to take this opportunity to trip up the King of Chu.
An official from the prince's party immediately stood up and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, the King of Chu disobeyed orders and disrespected Your Majesty. If we don't deal with him, others will follow suit in the future, and our dynasty will be in chaos, right?"
"Mr. Zhou is absolutely right. This matter must be dealt with seriously and must not be tolerated!"
"Your Highness the Prince of Chu is so arrogant that he even dares to disobey His Majesty's orders!"
"We cannot allow the King of Chu to do whatever he wants. We must punish him severely according to the law!"
However, Liu Shouren, Chu Ning's confidant, snorted coldly upon hearing this, and took the initiative to stand up and defend himself: "My Lords, the purpose of His Majesty sending the King of Chu to the front line is to resolve the crisis!
Now the King of Chu has destroyed 70,000 Yan troops in the Great Zhou, greatly weakening the Yan army's strength and relieving the pressure on our front line. Although such a record has the flaw of disobeying orders, the flaws do not outweigh the merits! "
After saying this, he looked at the Crown Prince and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, His Majesty asked you to be the regent because he wanted to see your ability to govern. If you can't handle this matter well, His Majesty will be very disappointed in you!"
The prince's expression changed slightly.
This is exactly what he is most worried about!
At this moment, the new Minister of Rites Deng Hongwen took the initiative to step forward and said with a serious face: "If Your Highness wants to punish the King of Chu in this way, I am afraid he will offend the Queen of Great Zhou.
If the two countries become enemies, His Majesty will probably take back your power as regent."
As soon as these words were spoken, the prince's face changed drastically.
This bastard Chu Ning has given him a big problem!
Even though he did nothing, a huge problem fell on him.