greet Li Chen.Facing the greetings of the crowd, Li Chen remained silent.He walked straight up to Zhao Qinglan and Li Yinhu, narrowed his eyes, and stared at them.In the silence, a murderous intent w...Chapter 1132: Early Court

"Xu Changqing"

Li Chen, served by Wan Jiaojiao, put on his clothes and walked to the table to start his breakfast with a bowl of congee.

While sipping congee, Li Chen asked, "What did he say"

"He came with the magistrate, probably to find a good future for his nephew."

Wan Jiajiao's tone was full of disdain.

She thought Xu Changqing was being a little too arrogant.

His Highness is showering them with such favor, and yet he wants more.

Li Chen glared at Wan Jiaojiao and said, "Don't talk nonsense."

Wàn Jiāojiāo stuck out her tongue, but didn't say any more.

"Taking a piece of the pancake with some porridge, Li Chen said: 'Xu Changqing has no children of his own, only this nephew, Xu Junlou. So he essentially treats Xu Junlou as a son.'"

Xu Junlou was young and ambitious, always eager to prove himself and never missed an opportunity to do so.

"Both the uncle and nephew were blameless in these two matters."

"It's just a difference in starting points, so there's no fault to be found. Don't gossip about it behind my back."

Wàn Jiāojiāo acted coquettishly: “Your Highness, I was just joking.”

“You can tell me, it’s fine. But if you get used to it, sooner or later rumors will spread that you, Wan Jiaojiao, are arrogant and domineering, interfering with the appointment and dismissal of court officials. The former is fine, but the latter, if heard by those with malicious intentions, wouldn’t that cause trouble”

Li Chen passed the empty bowl to Wan Jiaojiao and asked her to pour him another bowl of porridge. He then asked, "Did you say anything else"

Wan Jiaojiao carefully added congee to Li Chen's bowl and then said, "Actually, last night I just greeted him and said that Your Highness had already rested. Sir Xu didn't say anything more and went back. He didn't say anything specific."

"Uh-huh."

Li Chen scooped up some porridge and said, "That's just his personality."

"Don't worry about him, he's a smart guy and knows what to do."

After finishing his meal and drink, Li Chen stood up, flicking his sleeve, "Let's go, to the morning court."

Outside the Taihe Palace, ministers had already been waiting at the palace gate.

I don't know if it's an illusion, or the difference brought out by comparison, but the ministers all felt that there were fewer courtiers and more guards.

Although the rain has stopped today, the sky over the capital city is still overcast, as if it could start raining again at any moment.

This left the court officials' minds gloomy as well.

Over the past few days, the Jinyiwei have been arresting officials on a large scale. Every official has seen this and is terrified, fearing that if they make even the slightest mistake, the Jinyiwei will appear at their doorstep the next moment.

It was precisely because of the Jinyiwei's actions this time, that although Siba died, the Dongchang's reputation not only did not decrease, but instead became even more powerful.

As for Chen Tong, he has already been referred to as a "tiger-head chopping block" by officials in private.

There are three types of execution by chopping: the dog-head chopper kills commoners, the tiger-head chopper kills officials appointed by the imperial court, and the dragon-head chopper kills relatives of the emperor.

And Chen Tong, having just taken charge of the Dongchang affairs with his tiger-head axe, had already scared the capital officials witless.

A mournful horn sounded, the Imperial Eunuchs made their appearance today, standing at the entrance of the Taihe Hall wielding a ceremonial fly whisk and striking it nine times.

"Go to court!"

With a solemn proclamation, the palace gates swung open. Civil and military officials lined up on either side, entering in order from the Golden Water Bridge.

The main gate of the Taihe Palace was wide open, officials entered, and stood in order according to their ranks.

Wen Yi Zhao Xuanji for the head, martial Zun Su Zhen Ting.

Today is different, even Dantai Jingzhi, who rarely attends court, has come.

Zhao Xuanji saw Dantai Jingzhi and said, "Mr. Jingzhi, would you stand beside me"

Dantai Jing smiled and waved his hand: "No, no, I'll still stand here."

Nodding, Zhao Xuanji said no more.

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