My bad words were heard by all the civil and military officials in the court

Chapter 210 The Sky is Exposed

"No one speaks?" Emperor Jingming asked coldly.

No one answered.

Emperor Jingming sneered: "For more than six months, do you enjoy watching me make fun of you?"

Again, no one answered, only the suffocating silence.

"Prince, you tell me about this matter." Emperor Jingming called out directly.

Xuanyuan Fu, who was dragged out, secretly swallowed his saliva, not daring to move his eyes, and said carefully with his words:

"Father, you have been hungry and miserable these days while you were away from home. I and the other ministers felt bad when we saw this. We wished we could grow wings and fly over to save you."

"But Master Tongshan has said before that this is an opportunity for you and the Great Zhou Kingdom, and we must not interfere. That's why we only sent Master Zhang Liang."

"Now that you have returned with the merit of eliminating the biggest threat to the Great Zhou, I and the other ministers will only be proud of your excellence. How can we have the slightest thought of disrespecting you?"

"Is it?"

Emperor Jingming narrowed his eyes and tapped the tabletop with his fingers again and again. The light "tapping" sound fell into everyone's ears, and they felt as if it weighed a thousand pounds, pressing them to the point that they almost couldn't breathe.

Prime Minister Shangguan was an experienced man, and he knew that in this matter he had to give the emperor a decent face, so he rolled his eyes, lifted his robe, and knelt down first.

"Your Majesty, it is the fault of the old ministers and others that you have been stranded outside. It is also because the old ministers and others did not supervise me strictly, allowing those evildoers to appear in the Great Zhou and cause your Majesty to suffer. It is the fault of the old ministers and others, please punish us."

Led by Prime Minister Shangguan, everyone immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed and apologized with humble attitudes. Their apologies were 100% sincere.

Emperor Jingming was caught off guard by his own minister. He was stunned for a moment and then laughed in anger.

He is being framed. These old loaches are really nothing.

But since they like to kneel, then let them kneel. He really can't vent his anger unless he gives them the cold shoulder for two days.

Emperor Jingming flicked his sleeves and left, and Eunuch Lin hurriedly followed.

Before leaving, Emperor Jingming turned around and stared at him unkindly, "You are going with them too."

There is no way to be lazy.

Eunuch Lin: ...

Eunuch Lin had a bitter face and went back to kneel silently.

"His Majesty."

Emperor Jingming came out of the Golden Palace and met the Queen who was walking towards him with a gentle smile.

Seeing that she paid her respects and then looked past him and straight into the hall with a guilty look, Emperor Jingming's face turned dark.

What should he do when his dark history is discovered by his first wife?

The Queen certainly couldn't be asked to kneel as well. Her body was delicate and she couldn't stand the coldness on the ground.

But when he met his wife's understanding look, Emperor Jingming felt a little embarrassed.

After a long stalemate, Emperor Jingming sighed deeply, and finally asked calmly, "Why are you here?"

The queen looked at him with a smile: "Can't I come?"

"Yes, you are the queen, you can come whenever you want, but what are you doing here today?"

The queen leaned to the side to reveal the walnut cake held by the palace maid behind her. "The brain-boosting cake that I prepared for the prince today has not been used by him yet. Look, I brought it here right after it came out of the pot. Would your majesty like to have some?"

"I don't need it. You can bring the pastries in. The prince is a good-for-nothing and really needs to improve his brain." Emperor Jingming said angrily.

"Then I'll go in." The queen brought the cakes and when she passed by Emperor Jingming, she quickly pinched a piece of cake with her fingers and put it into his mouth while he was not paying attention.

"I made this myself. Your Majesty, please try it. If you like it, I will make one for you in the future."

After finishing the cakes in a hurry, Emperor Jingming was also annoyed by the Queen's little hobby and lost his temper.

"Ahem... No need. I only need to eat one piece occasionally. If I eat too much, it will easily expose my identity."

"Your Majesty, are you not going to return to the palace?" The Queen was a considerate and intelligent person, and she could understand the elegant meaning of the music.

"I have been on the throne since I was a child, and have guarded the throne and the imperial city for more than thirty years. This time, I deeply feel that the world is so big and everything is so strange."

Emperor Jingming sighed: "I am very happy with the prince in the palace. I don't know how many years I have left to live. I don't want to be an emperor who commands the country from a high place. I want to integrate into the people and become an emperor who travels all over the world."

"I want to see my people of Great Zhou for real in my lifetime."

Not only the Queen heard what Emperor Jingming said, but also the important civil and military officials kneeling on the floor in the Golden Palace. They were shocked and felt that Ye Shengxin was truly an extraordinary person.

It is unexpected that he could have influenced Your Majesty to this extent without your knowledge. No wonder Your Majesty is unwilling to restore his memory.

However, the two countries are about to go to war, and the Dongli Kingdom’s entourage has not yet left. If Your Majesty travels far away at this time, not only will it be inconvenient for Lord Ye, but it will also be inappropriate for Your Majesty himself.

Knowing what these old loaches were thinking, Emperor Jingming turned around and gave them a heart-piercing pill: "Don't worry, I won't leave for the time being. I still have to watch over you among the people, and I can't bear to leave."

Ministers:...

Your Majesty would not think that with Lord Ye around, they, including their disappointing descendants, would continue to parade around like they did a year ago and not know how to restrain themselves.

They have really educated their descendants well and reminded them every day. Your Majesty, don’t you see the harmonious scene under the feet of the Emperor?

"Your Majesty, the enrollment and arrangements for the girls' school have been completed. A group of girls will enter the school on a chosen day. Your Majesty, please go and watch the entrance ceremony." The atmosphere was a little awkward. The queen spoke at this time and mentioned the thing that she was most concerned about as the mother of the country.

Women's reforms were not only in the military but also in schools. Although the newly built academy did not allow boys and girls to study together, it was built next to the boys' school, and in the future the two could be combined into one by simply breaking through one side of the wall.

The admission quota for the girls' school has also been decided, with a temporary limit of 500 students.

Among them, there were one hundred daughters from officials' families, and the remaining five were from merchants, accounting for fifty, and the remaining three hundred and fifty were all children of common people.

The tuition fees, book fees, meal fees and writing fees involved are all sponsored by merchants and court officials, and students do not need to pay any additional fees.

The school uniforms that students need to wear when they enter school have also been made. The blue and white color combination is very elegant and refined.

Such girls' schools are not the only ones in the capital. Various provincial governments have responded to the court's call one after another. This time, all officials are working together and vowing to make this happen. Therefore, in another two months, the number of girls enrolled in various parts of the Great Zhou will increase several times.

The Chunhe Academy in the capital was just the first batch.

“The Crown Prince will go on my behalf. As for myself…” Emperor Jingming did not say whether he would go or not. After leaving a huge suspense, he changed his clothes and left the palace.

Cui Luoshan, who had come with the emperor to the palace, returned to his original appearance and was brought to the Golden Throne Hall by a young eunuch. He looked anxiously at the court officials kneeling on the ground in the hall, feeling a little panicked.

Even after his identity was revealed, Xiaoya told him not to be afraid and directly asked him to change his clothes and face and then go to the Golden Palace where the emperor held court. To be honest, would he really not be beheaded?

It turns out, no.

Cui Luoshan looked at him and told him with a smile that from today on he would become the queen of the disciple of the national defender general Zhao Zhentian, and he felt a buzzing in his ears.

No, what exactly is Xiaoya’s identity? The Queen Mother doesn’t even care about him pretending to be a prince and he even has a powerful master.

Cui Luoshan felt that life was a bit magical...