Chapter 682 The conflict between Zong Qinke and Wu Sansi
Chapter 682 The conflict between Zong Qinke and Wu Sansi
The sun is rising.
The prosperous Luoyang bid farewell to a thrilling night and ushered in a thrilling day.
Yes, it's time to go to court.
but.
The emperor is not here!
The female officials, palace maids, and eunuchs were extremely anxious, but no matter how hard they searched the entire Taichu Palace, they could not find Wu Zetian.
It was not until this time that they finally realized that the emperor was gone and had never come back!
In the Linde Hall of Shangyang Palace, Li Cunxi had already sat on the cushion, sleeping with his head tilted.
After sending away the servants in Wu Youde's mansion last night, he couldn't sleep the whole night. Now that the emperor is not around, it's a good time for him to get a good night's sleep.
Another person who had the same idea was Wu Chengsi. He also did not sleep last night. Now he was sitting next to Li Cunxi. The two were less than a foot apart and were sleeping soundly with their heads down.
In similar situations were Di Renjie, Zhang Jianzhi and others. Although these ministers fell asleep last night, they did not sleep well. Their mental state was not as good as before, and they just forced themselves to stay awake.
From their expressions, it can be seen that they still have doubts about Wu Zetian's safety.
When the Chen hour was about to end and the Si hour was about to begin, Wu Zetian returned to the palace, put on the dragon robe, and came up to receive the greetings of the ministers.
After glancing at the ministers below, Wu Zetian smiled calmly.
Di Renjie bowed first and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"
Wu Chengsi, who was startled, slapped Li Cunxi on the back of the neck. Li Cunxi felt pain, opened his eyes and shuddered.
"Hurry, His Majesty is coming." Wu Chengsi said.
Li Cunxi hurriedly stood up, straightened his court clothes, and then bowed to Wu Zetian.
"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
All the officials followed suit: "Your Majesty, we are here to see you!"
Wu Zetian found it funny and asked, "My dear ministers, did you sleep well?"
Li Cunxi smiled awkwardly and bowed: "Your Majesty, we are being rude."
"You should take a rest if you are tired. I am not the kind of person who does not sympathize with my subjects. Well, do you have anything important to report?"
It was time for the much-loved quarreling segment again. Wu Zetian was in high spirits, ready to see how the officials would quarrel.
At this stage, Li Cunxi naturally didn't need to do anything. He simply sat down and prepared to take a nap.
The infighting among officials is the ugliest thing, and there is no dignity left at all.
It is said that during a grand court meeting, Xu Xi cursed so harshly that Wu Sansi was so angry that he wanted to fight him to the death on the spot. In the end, he was stopped by Wu Zetian, and both of them were spared from bloodshed in the Linde Hall.
In such a grand court meeting where there was no decorum at all, insults like "your mother is a servant" could be considered the least damaging.
Therefore, Li Cunxi did not like to watch these people fighting.
He is a good boy and there is no way he can be corrupted by these people.
Just when Li Cunxi was in deep sleep, a voice like thunder rang out.
"King Liang!"
"I'll go to bed at eight in the morning!"
"You are a traitor who was dismissed several times. What right do you have to show off your power here? What qualifications do you have to impeach our Censorate?"
Zong Qinke, the Imperial Censor, held up the imperial tablet and acted as if he was going to kill Wu Sansi if we couldn't reach an agreement.
Xu Xi laughed so hard that he almost cried while holding his stomach.
"Your Excellency, we grew up reading books written by sages, so please don't lose face!"
Another official shouted, "Yes, be more alert!"
Zong Qinke suddenly became more aggressive: "Fuck!!!"
"Yeah!"
"Well done!"
"That's great!"
"Yes, let's see what Wu Sansi can do to you!"
Several officials were shocked by Zong Qinke's momentum and encouraged him.
Zong Qinke gradually found his true self in the words of these people, and immediately stepped forward step by step, facing Wu Sansi.
With the imperial sceptre in hand, Zong Qinke's courage reached its limit at this moment.
"Humph, Wu Sansi, aren't you going to impeach my Zong Qinke?"
"I'm telling you, you want to remove me from office? I've worked diligently for several years, and apart from offending His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin last time, I've never failed in my duties!"
"Your Majesty will not easily believe your treacherous slander!"
"You want my life..."
"I won't give it to you!"
"Why do you want to kill me, you little bastard?"
Zong Qinke's voice was like thunder, and Wu Sansi was so frightened that he stepped back repeatedly.
Of course, what Wu Sansi feared most was probably the imperial scepter in Zong Qinke's hand.
In the past two years, Wu Sansi's relatives Zhu Liren and Zhu Liji were both beaten with the imperial hu by Li Cunxi. After that, officials of this dynasty knew that being hit with the imperial hu was quite painful.
Not to mention that Li Cunxi also blinded the Julian people with his imperial hu tablet.
"You, are you going to commit murder?"
Wu Sansi pointed at the imperial sceptre in Zong Qinke's hand, and his voice trembled as he spoke.
He was really afraid that this thing would hit his eyes and turn him into a one-eyed man.
"Humph, you treacherous official, I am the Imperial Censor, and I cannot stand seeing you being so arrogant and domineering!"
"Today, even if I am dismissed from office and thrown into prison, I will not stop fighting with you, this evil beast!"
"Watch the fight!"
Zong Qinke is not a delicate little boy, he is also a ruthless man who crawled out of the Neiweifu prison.
Although he is older than Wu Zetian, if Wu Sansi could beat him in a one-on-one situation, he would not be so arrogant and domineering.
"Beat you to death, you bastard!"
Zong Qinke shouted loudly and waved the imperial tablet in the Linde Hall, wanting to beat Wu Sansi into a pulp.
Wu Sansi was frightened to death, but when he looked around, he found that in this huge Linde Hall, no one dared to stand up and say a word in his favor.
No one even dared to stand up and stop Zong Qinke.
Even Wu Zetian, who was sitting on the dragon bed overlooking all the officials, took out fruits and fine wine as usual, ready to watch a good show.
Although Wu Chengsi, who was sitting next to him, and Li Cunxi, the head of all officials, woke up, they just watched calmly, not worrying at all that the aftermath of the battle would affect them.
"Mom!"
Wu Sansi, holding his official uniform and holding his imperial tablet, began to run away, bypassing all the officials.
Although Zong Qinke was old, he still followed closely with high spirits, as if he was determined to kill Wu Sansi.
After the two of them ran around all the officials, Wu Sansi was already out of breath. On the other hand, Zong Qinke was still in high spirits, his face did not change color and his heart was not beating fast.
"Don't run away, traitor!!"
"Eat me!"
Zong Qinke let out a howl, caught up with Wu Sansi, raised his imperial tablet and hit him on the back of the neck.
Wu Sansi felt pain and became more and more panicked as he was beaten. He gathered all his strength and continued to run away.
One of them was fleeing while the other was chasing, and they staged a hilarious scene of "King Qin walking around the pillar" in this huge Linde Hall.
But Wu Sansi couldn't escape after all. He was caught up by Zong Qinke again and again, and then was hit by a court tablet that made his neck chill.
"Zong Qinke, Zong Qinke!"
Wu Sansi almost burst into tears.
"You dare to attack this king, you deserve to die!"
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