jdhmnovel Chapter 113 Court Meeting
Chapter 113 Court Meeting
The spring rain continued to fall until midnight.
When Yun Xi fell asleep, she was still thinking, does Mu Sheng still have time to sleep? Will he have to get up and go to court after lying down for a while?
But she didn't have the energy to think about it and fell asleep in a daze.
Mu Sheng woke up after sleeping for an hour just as she thought. There were also disadvantages to being in the imperial court, and getting up early every day was quite unpleasant.
There is nothing big happening in the court now. It's just that you report me and I report you. Lord So-and-so fails to manage his household properly and favors his concubine and kills his wife, and Vice Minister So-and-so fails to educate his son and lets his son fight in the city. After everyone quarrels in the court, they are still good colleagues after the court session.
Just like yesterday, Censor Zheng from the Censorate reported Minister Zhang of the Ministry of Revenue for favoring his concubine and killing his wife. Minister Zhang cried out for injustice on the spot, accusing Censor Zheng of taking personal vendettas. His wife was Censor Zheng's sister, and because she punished the pregnant concubine without reason at home, he criticized her. He simply said that she was unvirtuous and intolerant. Mrs. Zhang, Zheng, went back to her parents' home in anger, and this morning his wife's brother came to cause trouble for him!
Just for such a small matter, the court was in a turmoil like a market. People were on both sides! In the end, the emperor gave each of them fifty lashes of the cane, and both were fined three months' salary.
Perhaps he felt that Minister Zhang did have the suspicion of favoring his concubine over his wife, and needed to be punished. He also felt that Censor Zheng was "disturbing" the court with such things, which was giving him a headache, so he had to be suppressed appropriately.
At that time, General Mu lowered his head and rolled his eyes.
Now is a peaceful time, and it is a bit boring for a military officer like him to stand there every day. If nothing works, he can ask the emperor for a long vacation. If nothing works, he will not go to the morning court anymore. If something happens, he can be summoned to see the emperor.
Mu Sheng put on his clothes, looked at his sleeping wife, bent down and kissed her delicate cheek, and somewhat experienced the feeling of "The spring night is short and the sun rises high, from now on the king will not hold court early in the morning."
When I walked out of the inner room, the maids were already waiting outside. Unlike other noble families, the men of the Mu family did not have the habit of having maids help them dress and bathe. They did all the bigger things themselves. The maids only served in the outer room.
After Mu Sheng finished washing up, he ate a bowl of lotus seed and red date soup, rinsed his mouth, put on his outer robe and left.
The habit of drinking lotus seed and red date soup in the morning was formed after Yun Xi came. He used to go out directly after washing up.
When he arrived at the Tailou Courtyard, several ministers had already arrived earlier than him, and they exchanged pleasantries when they met. The ones on night duty were still yawning. Although there was nothing to do most of the night, they didn't dare to sleep soundly.
When everyone saw General Mu, who was full of energy and spirit, their faces showed a bit of envy. He was indeed a young, strong and vigorous general! His spirit was stronger than anyone else's!
But at the same time, I was complaining in my heart. They had only been married for less than a month. Shouldn't he be addicted to sex? Why couldn't I see anything from his physical condition? Was the general not good at this? Or was he just not good enough?
How curious!
Don't be fooled by these officials who are so serious and talk about morality, ancestral etiquette and laws. If others are not careful in their words, they will shake their heads and criticize them as "disgraceful" and "vulgar". But this is just on the surface. In fact, their minds are filled with a lot of obscene thoughts. Most of them have three wives and four concubines. It is rare to have only one wife and no concubines. The only two are Mu Sheng and his former brother-in-law Xie Lang.
Everyone's gazes were quite obvious, but Mu Sheng sat there calmly resting. He didn't know why everyone was looking at him, and he didn't care, because no one dared to dance directly in front of him anyway.
After sitting for a while, all the officials arrived one after another. Before the water in the clepsydra was about to run out, everyone automatically lined up according to their ranks. Those who came to the court were officials of rank 5 and above, with civil officials in one line and military officials in another, and Mu Sheng standing at the head of the military officials. When the clepsydra ran out, the civil and military officials entered the Taiji Hall one by one to meet the emperor.
These are fixed procedures and everyone is familiar with them.
Today's court meeting did discuss some serious matters. His Majesty the Emperor took the initiative to ask the Minister of Agriculture what impact yesterday's rain had on the harvest.
Sinong Qing is the chief officer of Sinong Temple, a third-rank official, in charge of the country's agricultural and forestry affairs. The current Sinong Qing Shen Jingping is already an old man in his fifties. He has been in Sinong Temple since he started his career, rising step by step from chief clerk to deputy secretary to junior secretary and then secretary. He is a person who truly loves farming.
As soon as he heard the emperor's question, he immediately stepped out and talked at length about the benefits of yesterday's rain.
Mu Sheng glanced at him secretly. Wow, Shen Zhengqing's eyes were bright, he was excited, and saliva was flying out.
He calmly moved a little to the side to avoid being sprayed.
The emperor was also helpless. He only needed to know that the rain had no harm, and he didn't need to know the specific and detailed benefits. Besides, how did you know so much?
After Shen Jingping had been talking for a long time and stopped to take a breath, the emperor quickly said, "I understand. My dear minister, please return to the ranks."
Shen Jingping: “…”
No, he hasn't finished yet.
Yesterday afternoon, before the rain started, he had already gone to the suburbs to investigate, and returned before the city gates closed, with many insights.
But he still had some sense. Now that the emperor had spoken, could he really refuse his respect on the spot?
If you don’t want to say it, just don’t say it.
Shen Zhengqing returned unhappily.
The eunuch next to the emperor quickly shouted, "If you have something to say, please get up. If not, please dismiss the court."