Those people looked at each other, and when they saw him asking like this, they were full of desire to ask, but they couldn't ask at the moment.

Wu Shangshu saw the embarrassment in everyone's eyes, and he was very proud in his heart. That's the brilliance of his words.

He didn't know who he touched this morning, he made disrespectful remarks, and openly fought with his sworn enemy in the court, which made the emperor angry and demoted, and he was naturally angry and embarrassed in his heart.

But he deliberately pretended to be fine, but let those people take into account his feelings, and were unwilling to rub salt on his wounds, so he couldn't ask for a while.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Wu Shangshu pretended to have a heavy look on his face again, and said in a low voice: "Since you have nothing to do, the contemptible person will leave first." It will take a lot of effort to transfer positions. ”

He deliberately brought up the matter of his demotion again, just to make those people even more jealous and dare not ask more, for fear of offending him.

This trick really worked, and the people all got out of the way and comforted him. Wu Shangshu walked away.

But in my heart, I was worried. The emperor casually made up an official position, but he didn't know where to take office?

Puzzled, I had to go back first and wait quietly for news. Anyway, he is already a seventh-grade official now, and he doesn't need to go to court every morning. It's a pleasure to be idle.

I also heard that the emperor summoned He Shilang of the Ministry of Rites into the palace overnight, and asked him to replace Wu Shangshu and take the position of Shangshu.

As soon as the news came, those who had made friends with He Shilang secretly sent people to congratulate him; That Wu Shangshu's nemesis, Zhang, naturally wished in his heart.

On the morning of the second day, He Shilang took Wu Shangshu's place, and everyone in the court was not surprised to learn the news in advance.

Everyone was still discussing the matter of the small country coming to the court, and two of them were disrespectful and were transferred by the emperor, but this time they were all idle.

The two of them already knew in their hearts that when they saw the emperor fall like this, they still felt panicked in their hearts, and couldn't help but secretly think: "Your Majesty is really the true dragon emperor, such a dragon might, the old minister has really never seen it in his life." "At the moment, I am only more impressed by the emperor.

On this day and overnight, three people in important positions were demoted, and everyone in the court was terrified, and the people in the capital were deeply disturbed when they heard about this.

There is a saying in one version: The emperor listened to her slander because he favored the noble concubine too much, and expelled everyone in the court.

One version said: The emperor wants to marry his little princess to Wu Shangshu's son. But the two of them are very young now, so Wu Shangshu politely excused himself, saying that the child was still young and did not dare to think more about marriage customs in the future. Who knew that the emperor believed it, but Wu Shangshu was unwilling, and felt that Wu Shangshu did not put his royal face in his eyes, so he assigned him an apocryphal official position, which was actually dismissal.

…… The rumors spread more and more, and the three people who were degraded were all programmed into the story. Although the three of them knew that this was just a trick to lure the enemy, they listened to the word of mouth of those small people in the market, which was really hard to hear, and there were often uneven expressions on their faces.

This gossip spread in the capital, and so many versions emerged, but it was only a matter of one day, and it quickly became like a wind.

But it was Ruan Di who hyped up and arranged it behind his back. She likes to join in the fun by nature, and she is even more interested in these things that make up stories and spread rumors.

Therefore, after secretly discussing with the emperor, he wrote several versions randomly and spread them to the maids of Tianxianglou. That day, the business of Xianglou was booming, and there were many people, and it was already boiling and in full swing in less than half a day.

The emperor lives in the palace, and some rumors inevitably reach his ears, but he is not angry at the moment, but laughs: "This Ruan Thorn History has some good means!" Since ancient times, where have courtiers made up indiscriminately to slander the Son of Heaven? She's the first! It's really a process that doesn't let the eyebrows go! ”

On the third day, it was the day when the small vassal nation came to pay homage. The envoys sent by the small country made it easy for them to come to pay homage in the early days.

The emperor shirked the court, and only asked people to wait in the Dragon Wing Palace. The Dragon Wing Hall is a side hall, a place for the emperor and his concubines to drink and have fun on weekdays.

When the first emperor was there, he often set up a stage over there to watch the play and have fun with the concubines. After the emperor ascended the throne, he didn't like to watch dramas very much, thinking that watching plays would make people lose their minds, so the Dragon Wing Hall was cold.

Weekdays are even more deserted, if it weren't for the three fires of the new official of the Ministry of Rites He Shilang at this time, he had the intention to see the big from the small and show his talent in this matter, I'm afraid that no one would remember to clean the Dragon Wing Palace.

When the envoy saw that the king did not go to the early court, he was surprised, but it was inconvenient to ask more. I only thought to myself: "When I didn't enter the capital, I only heard that the contemporary monarch was extremely wise, and he treated the subject countries with courtesy, and he would never be lazy and difficult." Why is it a little different today? ”

Thinking like this, he had followed the little yellow gate that led the way to the front of the Dragon Wing Palace. Looking up, I saw that the trees were luxuriant, and although the morning sun was rising at the moment, the sunlight could not penetrate the leaves, and the temple was only gloomy.

When the messenger touched the scene, there was a bit of desolation in his heart. Raising his eyes and looking around, he listened carefully, but was horrified to find that in this dragon wing hall, although the trees are extremely lush, there are no birds and birds nesting and playing.

The messenger was dismayed, and thought to himself, "Why am I so lazy when I have been waiting here for a long time, but I have not seen the king coming?" This Dragon Wing Hall is gloomy and lifeless, since the king has asked me to wait here, what is his intention? ”

He searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, but he still couldn't think of why, and in a blink of an eye, he saw the little yellow door standing next to him, and wanted to ask him. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a sharp voice and remembered: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

At this moment, apart from the messenger and the little yellow door that accompanied him, where was there anyone else in the temple? This voice is sharp and piercing, and it echoes in this Dragon Wing Hall for a long time, which is really a lingering achievement.

The envoy and the little eunuch were startled, tried to calm their minds, and bowed down: "Northwest Qi clan, see the emperor." ”

The emperor didn't raise his eyes, he went to sit on the upper seat, and said in a deep voice: "No courtesy." There was a lot of nonchalance in his tone.

When the envoy peeked at him like this, his heart was very unhappy, but he was in the enemy camp at the moment, and he didn't dare to show it, so he had to hold back for the time being, and when he returned to Qishui, it was not too late to make plans.

was thinking about it, but he heard the emperor yawning again and again, and he seemed to be extremely sleepy. Although the envoy was not from the Central Plains, he had also grown in the Central Plains for decades, and he was very proficient in the customs and habits of the Central Plains.