dognovel Chapter 339: Going to Court on His Behalf
Chapter 339: Going to Court on His Behalf
"Is it over for today?" Li Siqi asked breathlessly, wiping the sweat from his face as he spoke.
While packing up her things, Xu Yingying said, "The acupuncture is over. You will have a medicinal bath later. You take a rest now. I'll go see if Lian Qiao is healed."
Li Siqi suddenly collapsed on the bed with despair. How could he not see that Xu Yingying was making fun of him?
After being "tortured" by Xu Yingying for three days, Li Siqi felt that he was almost used to it. Only then did Xu Yingying completely vent her anger.
Calculating the time, the court was almost at its limit. That day, after Xu Yingying finished the acupuncture, she helped Li Siqi to take a medicinal bath. While adjusting the water temperature, she discussed with Li Siqi, "Take me to the morning court tomorrow. If no one shows up in the court, I'm afraid it will be a mess."
Li Siqi nodded, agreeing with Xu Yingying's words, "Okay, then you go first tomorrow, I will watch in the back hall, and I will come forward when necessary."
The next morning, Xu Yingying was woken up by Li Siqi. "Yingying, wake up. It's time to go to court."
Xu Yingying looked impatient. She was just dreaming when she was woken up. Seeing that it was still dark outside, Xu Yingying suddenly felt a little desperate. "Why does the court have to start so early? Can't I sleep?"
But even though she complained, Xu Yingying still got up, washed, changed her clothes, and put on her queen's court dress. She took Lian Qiao and a group of servants to the Qianqing Palace, which was where the emperor had always held court.
"The Queen has arrived!" The announcement was made and all the ministers already in the hall were stunned. They were a little puzzled as to why Xu Yingying had come. However, Xu Yingying's figure had already appeared at the door of the hall. At this point, they had no choice but to kneel down and salute.
"The Queen is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
With the help of Lian Qiao, Xu Yingying walked step by step to the dragon throne. Then, under the stunned gaze of the ministers below, she slowly sat down on the dragon throne.
When the ministers saw this, they gasped. That was the dragon throne, where the emperor sat. Although Li Siqi doted on Xu Yingying, the queen, this was not the way to dote on her. Not only did he let Xu Yingying attend the morning court, he even let her sit on his dragon throne.
"My dear ministers, please stand up." Xu Yingying's voice reached the ears of the ministers, and their faces turned green.
After standing up, the censor was the first to jump out and said, "Your Majesty, according to the laws of this dynasty, the harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs. Now that Your Majesty is here in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, it seems a little inappropriate."
"Why not? The emperor is ill now, and I will handle government affairs for him. I think it won't have any impact."
There was no anger in Xu Yingying's tone, she just explained calmly.
"Your humble servants and others have never heard the emperor mention this matter. Besides, the emperor is in his prime. No matter what, he should have recovered in the past few days. Why can't he look down on the emperor now?" At this time, another minister stood up and began to question Xu Yingying's words.
"My dear ministers, are you doubting that I have lied to you?" Xu Yingying also heard it and narrowed her eyes.
However, the ministers were not afraid of Xu Yingying like this. After all, in their opinion, Xu Yingying was just a woman now. How could she cause any trouble? Even if she was the queen.
When the ministers were about to say something, Li Siqi's voice came out, "How dare you!"
As soon as the voice came out, everyone in the palace fell silent. Sure enough, the next second, Li Siqi walked out from the back hall and said, "Today I want to see who is questioning my queen."
Li Siqi glanced sharply at the ministers below.
The ministers knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, long live the emperor."
"Come on, why don't you continue? I want to see today who else is dissatisfied with my queen!"
Li Siqi sat down next to Xu Yingying, and held her hand on her knee with his broad hand. Noticing the sweat on her palm, Li Siqi smiled at Xu Yingying, signaling her not to worry.
"Your Majesty, since ancient times, the harem has not been allowed to interfere in government affairs. This..." The censor still bravely walked out on his knees.
"When did I have a harem?" Li Siqi smiled contemptuously, "I said that after I ascend the throne, I will abolish the harem. In the future, I will only have Yingying as my wife, a queen, and no other women!"
Li Siqi's words were powerful.
"Your Majesty, you are confused. Since ancient times, the dynasty and the harem have been closely related. How can you change the rules of our ancestors?" The censor was very disappointed.
"My dear Li, if you mind so much, how about letting you be the emperor?" Li Siqi was also angry and his face turned unhappy.
"Wei Chen dare not."
"If you don't dare, then shut up. I am the emperor. From today on, meeting the empress is like meeting me in person. If anyone has any opinions, just come to me directly!" Li Siqi was too lazy to say so much to these ministers. He still felt a little unwell.
"I obey your order." Even though the ministers were unwilling, since Li Siqi had said so, no one dared to say anything more.
Li Siqi left the front hall and returned to the back hall again, looking at the ministers coldly. Suddenly, he waved his hand, and the guards appeared in front of him the next second.
"Your Majesty, your subordinate greets you." The guard knelt down in front of Li Siqi.
"He, you know what to do." As he said that, Li Siqi pointed at the ministers who had opposed the most strongly just now.
The guard murmured a response and then disappeared.
Now Li Siqi is also acting as a sting operation, and together with Xu Yingying, they can catch all the traitors in the court in one fell swoop.
For the next half month, Xu Yingying lived the same life as before with Li Siqi, getting up early and going to bed late every day, feeling extremely sleepy every day. However, it would have been fine if she had just been dealing with state affairs, but there was still Li Shen. Li Shen was a child after all, and although he had a wet nurse to look after him every day, Xu Yingying was still a little worried.
But Li Siqi couldn't see Li Shen yet. He had Yunyansan on him and he didn't know if it would affect Li Shen. To be on the safe side, he suppressed the impulse in his heart.
In the previous dynasty, Xu Yingying had always been very diligent and responsible. Taking this opportunity, she also brought modern thinking into the court. Although Xu Yingying only had a superficial understanding of those advanced ideas, they were enough for her now.
Xu Yingying's governance has begun to show results, and those who still have complaints about Xu Yingying have gradually become more vocal, and it seems that everything is on the right track.