Chapter 713 Sympathy

The first day of the court meeting after the New Year started with the ministers' passionate speeches and ended with a unanimous response, as if the sky had thundered several times in a row, crackling as if a violent storm was about to fall from the sky... However, before the dark clouds gathered, the sky had cleared up, which was a shocking surprise.

Until the sound of "adjourn the court" rang out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

But the end of the morning court did not mean that the matter was over.

When Prime Minister Xie was about to turn around and leave the hall, many colleagues surrounded him. Prime Minister Xie turned his head and looked at the left side. Mr. Zhang, Mr. Wang, and Mr. Xu all looked sympathetic. Looking at the right side, Mr. Wu, Prime Minister Lu, Minister Ye, and all the cabinet colleagues looked pitiful and indescribable.

"Prime Minister..." Mr. Zhang hesitated.

Prime Minister Xie raised his eyebrows: "What for?"

"Although as parents, we certainly don't want to see such a thing happen, but since it has already happened, we can only mourn and accept the change..."

Mourn and accept the change?

This is a bit too much.

Prime Minister Xie said indifferently: "The Xie family had a good year. No one died. Even the servants and maids are alive and well. If Lord Zhang couldn't speak, believe it or not, I would ask you to mourn immediately?"

Lord Zhang's face changed, and he smiled awkwardly: "I made a mistake, Lord Prime Minister, please forgive me."

Lord Wu said earnestly: "Lord Prime Minister is not in a good mood, we can understand, after all, such a thing is not glorious..."

"What kind of thing is not glorious?" Prime Minister Xie interrupted Lord Wu and smiled faintly, "I think it is glorious. My Jin'er has also set a precedent that has never been seen before and will never be seen again. Let Your Majesty grant marriage for this special relationship, which shows the love of Her Majesty the Queen and the Regent for Jin'er."

Lord Wu was speechless: "..." Is this self-consolation?

"You don't have to pretend that you don't care, just show your sadness. After all, no one wants this to happen." Cabinet Master Cen comforted him gently, "The Xie family is prominent, but it would be a pity if there is no inheritance."

"Master Cen is wrong. How could the Xie family not have an inheritance?" Prime Minister Lu finally spoke for Prime Minister Xie, "The Xie family has other illegitimate sons, so the bloodline is not broken after all, right?"

Prime Minister Xie nodded nonchalantly: "Prime Minister is right. But I'm really not sad, you worry too much."

The people who came around all had an expression of "I understand, I understand", and they all thought that Prime Minister Xie was just forcing a smile at this time, not wanting to be laughed at by others, and they were so self-righteous that people wanted to beat them up.

Prime Minister Xie was too lazy to pay attention to these idiots.

However, he suddenly thought of something, stopped his steps, and suddenly sighed deeply, with a look of melancholy and regret on his face.

Lord Wu hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Lord Xie?"

Prime Minister Xie looked depressed.

"If Lord Prime Minister has any unhappiness, you can speak out." Lord Cen of the Cabinet said, "We won't laugh at you."

The adults comforted each other, all deceiving themselves as if the fierce impeachment of Xie Jin just now had never happened - in fact, if it was really an impeachment, it was not.

The real purpose of this group of old foxes in the court was just to test the attitude of Her Majesty the Queen and the Regent. Compared with the messy feelings of Xie Jin's legitimate son, they wanted to know whether His Majesty and the Regent really had the intention to deal with the Xie family, so that they could cater to the emperor's heart in the future and make plans for their own careers.

"Actually, I didn't want to say it." Prime Minister Xie turned his head and took a look. He seemed to have some concerns and lowered his voice involuntarily. "Although Jin'er's incident was not what I wanted, it has happened after all. The imperial decree to grant marriage is a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed. I can only accept it. But you may not know the cause of this incident."

Cause?

Is there any other hidden secret?

The adults were immediately shocked and looked at Prime Minister Xie with burning eyes.

Prime Minister Xie coughed lightly, not wanting to admit that the expressions of these colleagues at this time looked really stupid: "I'm reminding you today, but you can't talk nonsense when you go out, otherwise the charge of speculating on the emperor's mind will be enough for you to drink a pot."

Everyone expressed their opinions: "Master Xie, please tell us, we promise to keep it confidential."

"Yes, we will never leak a word!"

"What is the reason?"

Prime Minister Xie was silent for a moment, as if it was difficult to speak, and sighed again: "It was originally Jin'er who overestimated her own abilities..."

Hmm?

Overestimated her own abilities?

The ministers listened attentively, fearing that they might miss some important information.

"After Jin'er won the first place in the imperial examination, she was deeply favored by His Majesty and the Regent. She was full of vigor and ambition, and even wanted to enter His Majesty's harem."

What?

Harem?

The ministers were shocked.

"I guess His Majesty's sudden marriage decree should be related to this, and the marriage decree must not have been issued by His Majesty willingly. It might have been the Regent's idea." Prime Minister Xie said, with a look of worry on his face, "So if you don't want your sons to be married to a man inexplicably in the future..."

The faces of the ministers changed, and they couldn't help but think of the Queen's constant defense of Xie Jin and Xuanyuan Yao in the palace just now, and emphasized the seriousness of the marriage decree, and repeatedly stated that she and the Regent agreed to this matter... So, this matter was actually entirely the Regent's idea?

The regent has always been very possessive, domineering and controlling the harem of the queen. No matter how they persuaded, they could not let the queen have one more person in the harem... When the ministers thought of the memorial submitted before the New Year, they felt cold all over.

"It's okay." Lord Ye said with some relief, "My Chang'er has already married, and he will not be granted another marriage..."

"That's not necessarily true." The Prime Minister said indifferently, "What if he grants a handsome young man... Oh, no, handsomeness is not important. What's important is that even if the emperor grants your son a servant as a concubine, it will not sound good to the Ye family."

Lord Ye's face suddenly changed.

The other ministers suddenly thought of the fact that His Majesty had given Xie Jin several handsome boys in succession. It seemed that it had not been long since then, and they were still quite impressed. They did not expect that Xie Jin's legitimate son would actually be given to a man, and a royal noble...

The prince of Huainan is also a rare young talent and a young military commander. His Majesty's marriage has solved two candidates for the empress at once... Oh, that's not right, Xuanyuan Yao is a royal noble, and it is impossible for him to be a candidate for the empress.

But he still suffered from the disaster.

The ministers felt a chill on their backs, and they couldn't help but have the urge to run away.