NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 12 Forgetting love and being selfish
The next day. Court meeting.
"Prime Minister... Prime Minister..."
Seeing Shen Yuan approaching, all the civil and military officials around him gave way and saluted.
"Good morning, gentlemen."
Shen Yuan also had a smile on his face and greeted the officials enthusiastically.
A sincere and enthusiastic smile, a clear and elegant appearance, and generous and decent etiquette. People who don’t understand will only feel like a spring breeze.
But how come these old foxes in the court don't know Shen Yuan's true face?
If you are deceived by his affable pretense, he will eat you until you have no bones left!
There was a stupid young official who read Shen Yuan's book for a trivial matter. Within seven days, the official's residence was besieged by many evil sects!
In the end, not only was the official made a human being by those evil sect members, but his wife and daughter were also used as a furnace, and life was worse than death!
As a result, Shen Yuan was still crying in the court hall on the next day, bursting into tears, expressing deep sorrow and regret for what happened to that official, and even demanded a strict investigation of those evil sects.
But everyone with a discerning eye knows that, but you don’t know about this? Are you a liar?
But no matter what, Shen Yuan picked himself too cleanly! No clues were revealed at all. Even if those evil sect disciples were later caught, they denied any involvement with Shen Yuan.
But if Shen Yuan had nothing to do with that incident, even these officials wouldn't believe it!
As an official in the court, who is not an old fox who has been practicing Buddhism for hundreds of years?
I'm afraid only one of those stupid young men will appear every hundred years.
Shen Yuan greeted these officials in a coquettish manner, while limping toward the Jinluan Hall on crutches.
Although Shen Yuan was lame, everyone who saw him turned around and gave way.
However, there was still someone who did not give way, but stood straight in front of Shen Yuan.
The commander-in-chief of Longmen Guards is Wei Qi.
"Sir Shen has the body of a prime minister, but he still insists on going to court every day despite having serious leg problems. He is really a role model for us officials."
There seems to be nothing wrong with these words, but in fact they are mocking Shen Yuan for being a cripple.
Shen Yuan propped up his crutches, and the crutches hit the bluestone ground, making a "dong dong dong" sound.
"Eating the emperor's salary and sharing the emperor's worries. Even if I am carrying a broken body, I should always think about sharing the worries for your majesty. This is our duty as ministers. Mr. Wei, do you think so? ?”
"I didn't expect Master Shen to be so enlightened. I am really lucky to be at the court of the Northern Qi Immortal Dynasty!"
When saying this, Wei Qi specially emphasized the words "lucky to the court".
But Shen Yuan continued as if he didn't understand.
"It's not just the truth. This is the obligation of all our ministers. They are all things we should do. Master Wei, don't talk as if the truth is so great."
Wei Qi smiled softly, "Master Shen is a model of integrity for all officials."
Wei Qi failed to get any advantage in the verbal exchange, so he stopped talking to Shen Yuan.
Not long after, all the officials gathered together, and with the eunuch's words, the Empress arrived, and the Empress of Yaochi slowly landed on the dragon chair.
All the officials knelt down.
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
"All the gentlemen are flat."
"Today, dear ladies, what do you have to report?"
"Your Majesty, I have a secret to tell you!"
"Wei Aiqing, what do you want to do?"
"The humble minister is reporting that Prime Minister Shen Yuan is cruel and vicious, and forcefully gouges out people's pupils! He regards the laws of our Northern Qi Immortal Dynasty as nothing!"
Before Shen Yuan could speak, another official immediately stood up from the court.
"Your Majesty, at this time, the Prime Minister intends to punish those who violate the family's rules. The truth is excusable."
"Master Wang, what you said is wrong. Even if you are a member of the Shen family, you are still a citizen of our Northern Qi Immortal Dynasty. Don't they, the Shen family, have to abide by our Northern Qi Immortal Law?"
"Master Fang, it is normal for someone in the family to violate the rules and impose a few minor disciplines. Why make such a fuss?"
Seeing more and more officials speaking in the audience, the empress could not help but frown.
These officials who spoke were either there to excuse Shen Yuan, or they were there to help Wei Qi insist on dealing with Shen Yuan.
There is no neutral point of view at all!
This also means that the following officials have either been classified as "Wei Party" or "Shen Party".
The situation of cliques and selfish interests was so serious, how could the empress' mood improve?
"Sir, I have something to say."
Shen Yuan took a step forward and saluted.
The empress frowned: "Ai Qing, what do you have to say?"
"Your Majesty, what I did yesterday was really for me, Northern Qi!"
"Oh?"
Shen Yuan turned around and faced the civil and military officials with burning eyes. He glanced around. The officials who had spoken for Wei Qi couldn't help but swallowed their saliva, then lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Shen Yuan.
"Everyone in the court must have heard about what happened yesterday, but after all, it was just hearsay. If you don't understand the whole story, let me explain it to you sirs."
"No need to explain, everyone in the world knows that the Prime Minister is eloquent and has a sharp tongue. I'm afraid the Prime Minister can also say that this black thing is white, right?"
The speaker was Liu Qian, a loyal member of the Wei Party and Minister of Rites.
Shen Yuan said nothing, but gave Liu Qian a meaningful look.
For some reason, when Liu Gan saw Shen Yuan's eyes, he always felt like he was being stared at by a terrifying poisonous snake.
Ignoring Liu Qian, Shen Yuan continued.
"My clan, Shen Xiaoer, has betrayed the family and will not be punished! I'm afraid you don't want such ungrateful people to always appear in your family, right?"
"Such an ungrateful person would not regret dying, but he actually misses his friendship for so many years and intends to let him go. However, Qian Huan Ling Tong is the foundation of our Shen family. This kind of person who betrays the family also has How can I enjoy it?"
"With no choice, I had to gouge out his eyes."
"But Shen Xiaoer is just a prostitute. Isn't it too cruel for the Prime Minister to act like this? The Prime Minister should know that since the founding of the Northern Qi Immortal Dynasty, the first female emperor, the laws of the Northern Qi Immortal Dynasty have always treated women lightly. of."
It was Wei Qi who opened the mouth, so naturally he would not miss any opportunity to suppress Shen Yuan.
"Master Wei, what you said is wrong!" Shen Yuan looked furious and raised his fists to the sky, "I think of the founding empress of Northern Qi, Empress Liuli, how heroic she was. Thanks to her, I, Northern Qi, have a history of five hundred years! "
"The greatest advantage of Empress Liuli is that she knows people well and is kind to them. Her subordinates are all heroes who are loyal and righteous!"
"Therefore, in the early days of the founding of Empress Liuli's country, even if it was extremely difficult, no one would abandon Empress Liuli because they were loyal and loyal!"
"And I am ashamed to say that, on the other hand, Shen Xiaoer of my Shen family decided to betray the family just for a man! This is in stark contrast to the ministers of Empress Liuli!"
"In this regard, I just want to say that such an unfaithful and unjust person has his eyes gouged out, which is not worthy of sympathy at all! Today, she can betray the family for a man, then if one day, she will do it for someone else The reason is to betray our Northern Qi Immortal Dynasty!"
"Unfaithful people will always be unfaithful wherever they go. They will never change just because there is an extra man beside them!"
"At that time, if she betrays our Northern Qi Immortal Dynasty for other reasons, what will happen to our Northern Qi Immortal Dynasty's five-hundred-year national destiny? After the true form of Jiuquan, how can she go to see the Liuli Empress and meet the previous emperors of the Northern Qi Immortal Dynasty? where!"
As he said this, Shen Yuan actually shed tears.
The officials in the audience twitched their mouths. They all said that Shen Yuan could pretend, but they didn't expect him to be so good at pretending!
You are so loyal to the Northern Qi royal family. Didn't you see you like this when you killed those Northern Qi officials who disobeyed you?
Now a mere Shen Xiaoer has been promoted to the national destiny of the Northern Qi Dynasty for [-] years by you?
You are really good at bullshitting!