33. Chapter 33
At this time, ordinary people had just opened the door and sprinkled water. After breakfast, the ministers in the main hall in the capital had already gone to court.
When the new emperor boarded the plane, the Wei Dynasty reformed the ancient system and made an early court one hour ahead of the morning court. Therefore, it was the time of Mao, and all civil and military officials were not close to the water towers than the emperor. They lived in the palace. They often had to go out early to get into the sedan chair before the stars were scattered and before the morning rooster crowed, and gathered in the hall to wait for the court.
It has been ten years since the throne of the emperor. When I came to the predecessor, all civil and military officials did not have to come to court so early. However, the current priest is lofty and imitates the predecessors and works hard to govern. After ascending the throne, he advanced the time for court to attend the court by an hour and changed it to the hour of Mao.
When the order was implemented, the ministers who were used to being lazy were really complaining. If it was too late, the punishment in the court would be extremely strict, not only would they take a monthly salary, but they would even beat ten small boards. The ministers were used to sitting on the upper-up chairs, but they could not afford to suffer a noble face. Therefore, they worked diligently and no one dared to be late. But they got up too early, comparable to torture. Early in the morning, the official sedan chairs fell to the palace gate, and the snoring in the sedan chairs rose and fell, which led to the grand occasion.
Immediately afterwards, a big storm broke out at the beginning of the order.
It turned out that it was raining and foggy. An official who was far from the palace was sleepy and got up a little late on the rainy day. He was afraid that he would go to the court to go too slowly. He thought the sedan chair was too slow, so he actually left the sedan chair and carried his official robe all the way, with mud and water splashing everywhere and running forward. As a result, the fog was heavy on the rainy day and turned the wrong direction. The mud road was slippery. The official panicked and fell into the Yu River outside the palace. In addition, he was old, lacked strength and was not water-free. The servants who rushed to rescue him were not in time and drowned alive.
The drowned was an honorable old minister, which immediately caused an uproar.
A group of pillars in the court advised the emperor to take back his destiny on the grounds that the new emperor did not follow the ancestral system. The new emperor's dragon throne had not yet sat on the hot seat and had not yet established his majesty. He suddenly encountered a forced palace and was in a dilemma.
Just as the dragon face was ruined, the second son of the Yao family advised the emperor to write to the emperor and said bluntly that the emperor said that the emperor should not change the orders in the morning and night. If he was sympathetic to the elderly and weak ministers, he could be allowed to return home to sleep soundly, avoiding the pain of getting up in the morning, and simply a group of young talents flooded the court and the country.
The new emperor was overjoyed and took advantage of this excuse to give a group of old ministers to return to his hometown. He promoted a group of young officials, and then slowly settled on the throne.
People think Erlang is arrogant, but they don’t know that although Erlang is a little arrogant and willful on weekdays, he has a clear position on the side of the saint when he really comes to the pass, which really makes the saint grateful to him and is a model of loyal ministers and wise men. Even if it is recorded in history, there is no need for too much embellishment.
But somehow today, the Great Wei Tongliang, who had always maintained the sages, came late. When the Taiwei Yao entered the hall, all the civil and military officials had already stood up, and they all looked at the jade crown and long gown of the Yao family Erlang, with their long sleeves floating and flying collars.
The emperor hesitated for a long time before opening his mouth. He didn't know how to speak and scold Erlang of the Yao family. So he slowly closed his eyes and glanced at the eunuch standing on one side, signaling him to do his job as supervising all officials and speak for the emperor.
After being glanced at by the emperor, the eunuch who supervised all officials to attend the attendance felt a little distressed: Your lord, you, the body of a thousand chariot, didn't speak, but I was so unbearable that I offended the arrogant Taiwei Yao?
I suddenly felt like a pan of oil in my heart, and it was frying very much. I wondered if I would soak the fresh ones in my crotch now, but I just said that I had a stomachache, so I would have a shit escape?
However, the Taiwei was in a very good mood today. When he stood in front of the ministers in the hall, he took the initiative to receive punishment without waiting for the ministers to speak, and he would be exempted from his salary for one month and be beaten ten small pieces.
As soon as these words were said, the emperor on the dragon throne had a breath of dragon energy. The eunuch who was about to scare could also tighten the back door tightly, and the king and ministers were in harmony for a while, and the hall was filled with spring.
The ministers all knew that the whipping board was just a formality. Any internal minister who executed the execution dared to be so unhappy and really hit the buttocks of the Grand Marshal. However, they were always the first Grand Marshal to attend court, and they were late today, which really surprised the ministers.
After going to court, the ministers who got up on hungry days went to court to eat breakfast. After they finished their meal, they went back to the yamen gate to work.
Bai Shuiliu walked beside Yao Muye, sitting with him at a sandalwood table placed alone on the side of the hall, and couldn't help but tease the Grand Marshal: "I had a rest yesterday. I sent someone to your mansion to deliver letters and invite you to have a banquet, but you are not in the mansion. Today I am here again. I wonder which beauty I invited to my brother to last night, so I couldn't get up?"
Bai Shuiliu's words were a joke, and he didn't even take them seriously. If Yao Muye could be tied up by a beauty, he would have been surrounded by his children. Why would he still make the noble girls in the capital hate to marry?
But unexpectedly, after hearing his joke, Yao Muye smiled slightly and had no intention of refuting. He only took the fragrant rice porridge that the eunuchs had just brought to him and drank it lightly.
Young Master Bai didn't expect that in his words, he forgot to bite the grouted buns with the grout buns, but just stared slightly and said, "It's true? Which noble lady in the mansion has such a skill to stumbling on my brother's platform. I wonder if I've seen it before?"
But Taiwei Yao did not want to say much and said lightly: "She is born shy and does not want anyone to know. I think Brother Bai has never seen him... Today's steamed buns are very delicious, but they are not like the seasonings of the kitchen in the palace!"
Seeing that the Erlang of Yao's family changed the topic, Bai Shuiliu could not ask for it for a while. At this moment, the little eunuch who was waiting aside replied cleverly: "Report to the Grandmaster, this steamed bun is the cured rice from the northwest hometown in the palace. After receiving the approval of the emperor, he personally transferred water and dough, made it into a tray and steamed it in a tray to reward the officials for their hard work in the morning court. For this breakfast, Concubine Xiao got up at midnight, and was busy in the middle of the night..."
Bai Shuiliu bit the steamed bun and said with a smile: "Oh? I really want to thank Concubine Xiao for her hard work."
Yao Muye did not respond, but put the half-eat steamed bun on the table, drank a bowl of rice porridge, then said goodbye to Bai Shuiliu, got up and prepared to return to the military camp.
Seeing him get up, the little eunuch hurriedly followed him, bent down behind the Taiwei and said, "Please leave a step. The young man is entrusted by Concubine Xiao, and I want to inquire about something with the adults."
However, Taiwei Yao did not stop. He tidied up his hair crown buckle while walking and continued to move forward quickly.
The little eunuch was not as long as the Taiwei's legs and wide steps. He was so angry that he could only seize the opportunity and said, "The brother of Concubine Xiao broke into someone else's house because of drunkenness. He became a little maid and was arrested by the Tianzhang Mansion in the capital. It is logical that as long as he compensated the money, it was not a serious crime. However, Concubine Xiao's brother was not released for a long time. It is said that he had fallen into the guilt of exile. Concubine Xiao ordered the young man to come and ask for a few things. I don't know the Taiwei... can you... do you know the details inside?"
It turned out that Xiaoshan was in trouble, and the Xiao family got news on the second day. When Mrs. Wang heard that her always steady eldest son had actually broken into the widow's house after drinking, and was then sent to the Tianzhang Mansion. It was like a thunderbolt, and even Nale was useless. Fortunately, when she entered the palace that day, she bought the eunuchs and guards in the palace, so she found a reason. Mrs. Wang came forward and asked Concubine Xiao again. When she first entered the palace, Concubine Xiao asked why the sixth girl had not come, Mrs. Wang only vaguely felt that the girl was sick, so she hid Xiaoshan at this time and wanted to commit the traitor of Yuzhu, saying that Xiaoshan was drunk. She cried and begged her second daughter to mediate and received the imperial edict to save her elder brother.
When Xiao heard the ridiculousness of his elder brother's drunkenness, he was stunned and whispered that his mother would shut up quickly. He was in the palace and could not say anything wrong. How could such a shameless family?
As for receiving the imperial edict to save the eldest brother, it was even more whimsical about the Northwest women's wife. But Xiao Shan couldn't ignore it, so Concubine Xiao had to pay for herself and ask the eunuchs who had a way in the palace to clear and mediate.
It was originally a matter of sesame and mung beans, and the eunuch who ran errands was happy to make a fortune, but after running away from the government office, the silver seal returned to the consumer queen intact.
After further investigation, the eunuch said vaguely that this matter is very relevant, and I am afraid that the guilt of the Empress and Brother will be aggravated. This is not what Tianzhangfu himself means. It is really the instructing above that the evil wind was vaguely blown from the Taiwei.
Concubine Xiao was shocked when she heard this. She thought about it and could not contact the eldest brother of the merchant with the second young master of the Yao family who was powerful in the court and the country.
So today, using the excuse of rewarding all officials, he sent his close eunuch to come and ask the Grand Marshal in person.
Unfortunately, although the Taiwei was in a good mood today, he did not caress the little eunuch far behind him. He was asked too much by the eunuch, so he turned around with a cold face and said, "You are from Concubine Xiao's palace? I think that Concubine Xiao has been in the palace for a long time, so why hasn't she learned all the rules and taught the servants well? Following him all the way, but want to be rude to me? If someone comes, send him to learn the rules!"
As soon as these words came out, the guards who were accompanying him walked forward and pressed the eunuch to the ground, blocked his mouth, and sent it to the internal supervision office for punishment.
Besides, Concubine Xiao worked hard all night and was waiting for the eunuch to reply.
Unexpectedly, the eunuch was beaten to death and sent back to the palace on a stretcher.
Originally, Concubine Xiao was not sure, but now she has some confidence. The eldest brother did offend Taiwei Yao, who has always been cold and silent! Moreover, she offended it very much! If the Taiwei refused to give up, she was afraid that the Xiao family would be in trouble.
Chapter completed!