After Lin Qing learned that his son had won the election, he finally let go of the heart he had been holding on to. After talking with Shen Ru, he went back satisfied. He thought that his son and daughter would be able to go to Beijing in a few days, and the family would be reunited. Even more joyful.
Lin Qing was elated because of the reunion, but Zhou Yan was worried about the upcoming reunion.
Compassion Palace
Zhou Yan sat on the lower head of Empress Dowager Yang, drinking tea in silence.
Empress Dowager Yang looked at her son, waved her hands to the maids and eunuchs next to her, and asked after all the maids and eunuchs in the room went down, "What's the matter, have you been depressed?"
Zhou Yan put down the tea, and said lightly: "Just now the emperor's oral order came from the terrace palace. He is in good health now and plans to return to the palace next month."
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Yang tightened her hands, but said calmly, "If you want to come back, come back!"
Zhou Yan looked at Empress Dowager Yang, hesitated, and said: "Father has always been strong, and now the son has just straightened out the government. If the father comes back to intervene, what will the son do?"
Empress Dowager Yang said lightly: "He is your father and the Supreme Emperor. If he wants to intervene, it is justified."
Hearing this, Zhou Yan was worried again. In fact, his relationship with his father was not bad. Although his father did not love him the most in his early years, he was not bad to him because of his lack of heirs, so Zhou Yan treated him well. The emperor still has some admiration.
But even so, he, who has been in front of the emperor for several months, would not naively think that it is very good for his father to come back, and his father's return is just a family reunion!
Because he knows that once his father comes back, even if he doesn't do anything, the reputation his father has accumulated over the years is not comparable to the new emperor who has only been in office for a few months. What's more, there is also a word of filial piety.
Therefore, Zhou Yan has been entangled since receiving the order from the Supreme Emperor. On the one hand, he is happy that the Supreme Emperor¡¯s health has improved, and on the other hand, he is worried about the embarrassing situation that the Supreme Emperor will face when he returns.
Empress Dowager Yang looked at the expression on Zhou Yan's face, she didn't know what her son was thinking, she couldn't help but sighed in her heart, this is the nature of father and son, unless her son is really hurt, he still has feelings for his father. A glimmer of hope.
But thinking of that character, Queen Mother Yang silently picked up the tea next to her and took a sip. Presumably her emperor will immediately know how cruel his father is!
Zhou Yan struggled for a while, but in fact there was nothing to fret about. The Supreme Emperor wanted to come back, and as his son, he couldn't stop him.
So Zhou Yan raised his head and said to Empress Dowager Yang: "The queen mother, tomorrow I will issue an imperial decree to the Ministry of Rites to prepare them to welcome you."
Empress Dowager Yang nodded and said, "You can figure it out! I feel a little uncomfortable these days, so I won't go."
Zhou Yan knew that his mother had always been indifferent to his father, but his father never said anything, so it was not surprising what he said to Queen Mother Yang, so he said: "The mother will take good care of her, please take care of yourself."
Queen Mother Yang nodded.
After Zhou Yan and Empress Dowager Yang finished talking, they went back to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to continue reviewing the papers. By the way, they also passed the oral order to the cabinet, and asked the cabinet to draft an imperial edict, and the six departments were ready to welcome the Supreme Emperor.
Just as Zhou Yan thought, this oral order really made the forces in the court that had been dormant start to move.
September 9 is suitable for migration
On the fifth watch, all the ministers in the court, including the new emperor, waited outside the city gate, waiting to welcome the Supreme Emperor back to Luan.
Everyone thought that with the distance from the palace to the imperial city, even if the Supreme Emperor got up after dawn, he would definitely arrive in an hour, so when everyone first waited, it was very easy, and they even talked to each other while they were not here. Some whispers to pass the time.
But everyone thought very well, until the sun was high, they still didn't see the emperor's chariot.
Zhou Yan, who was waiting at the front, was also in a hurry, so he sent the guards next to him to investigate and see where the emperor's chariot had gone. I'm back.
Zhou Yan couldn't help being even more anxious, and sent two or three teams to check, but none of them came back. Now, even the ministers in the court are not calm.
Just when Zhou Yan was planning to send a few more generals, everyone finally saw the dust flying in the distance, and the emperor's holy car finally appeared at the end of the road, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly adjusted their clothes, and planned to welcome the emperor Holy ride.
Sheng Jia soon arrived at the gate of the city. When Zhou Yan saw it, he hurriedly led all the ministers to salute to welcome the Supreme Emperor.
? According to the usual practice, Zhou Yan, as the new emperor, brought all the ministers to pay respects to the Supreme Emperor.?The emperor should personally support the new emperor, and then invite the new emperor to enter the chariot together, and then return to the palace.
But when the Supreme Emperor's holy car stopped in front of everyone, the Supreme Emperor lifted the curtain of the chariot and said lightly: "Forget it!" Without even looking at the new emperor, he let the chariot drive directly, and he took a set of clothes with him. Helped people in.
The new emperor Zhou Yan, who was left in place, was suddenly embarrassed.
And the ministers waiting behind the new emperor Zhou Yan also lowered their heads silently, not daring to look at the new emperor's face.
Zhou Yan's face turned blue, he took a few breaths, suppressed the anger in his heart, and then said calmly: "Father has been exhausted all the way, it was very hard work, and now I have returned to the palace to rest, let's go back too! Ladies and gentlemen Aiqing, please enter the palace tomorrow to greet your father!"
All the ministers responded quickly, and then followed Zhou Yan back to the city.
After Zhou Yan returned to his palace, he was so angry that he sat directly on the throne. Yang Yun brought tea and gave it to Zhou Yan. Zhou Yan took a sip and fell to the ground in anger.
?The female eunuchs in the house were so frightened that they knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, calm down!"
Zhou Yan was irritable and said angrily, "Get out!"
The maids and eunuchs in the room quickly retreated.
As a great eunuch, Yang Yun naturally couldn't retreat, so he could only persuade in a low voice: "Your Majesty must not be angry, be careful of hurting your body."
Seeing that there was no one in the hall, Zhou Yan asked directly: "I asked you to investigate just now, but what did you find?"
"The old slave just asked the eunuch who followed the Supreme Emperor in private, saying that the reason why the Supreme Emperor gave His Majesty a disgrace was because His Majesty never went to the palace to greet him in person." Yang Yun whispered in Zhou Yan's ear.
"Isn't it the cabinet's order to welcome you at the gate of the city? Didn't the emperor know about it beforehand?" Zhou Yan said directly.
"But at the time of departure, the Supreme Emperor was unhappy because he got up late and the time was delayed. King Cheng and King Dai persuaded him next to him, saying, 'With your majesty's filial piety, even if the emperor's grandfather is delayed, your majesty will definitely not What do you say, on the contrary, His Majesty will definitely be anxious because the grandpa didn't arrive, and will come to pick up the grandpa in person.' After saying these words, the Supreme Emperor was very happy, but later, "Yang Yun looked at Zhou Yan, cautiously Said: "You just sent someone to ask, but you didn't go in person. The Supreme Emperor inevitably felt that His Majesty didn't care enough for him. So it's normal to be displeased."
After hearing this, Zhou Yan clenched his hands, and said bitterly: "Cheng Wang, Dai Wang! Are they looking for death!" (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com