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With a word, Tao Zhongwen was driven to Liudu, Yingtian Prefecture, and retired.

The officials in the hall bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhu Houcan looked at Xia Yan's head and suddenly settled down. This matter was a bit strange.

It was Xia Yan's report that Yan Song was idle at home. Guo Xun and Xia Yan have always been dissatisfied, and all court officials knew about it. Xia Yan's inaction today is a great achievement.

Xia Yan, what exactly he is going to do, what is he thinking

Xia Yan knew very well that the power of the cabinet was all about His Majesty’s favor. He hated Yan Song for being ungrateful and hated Guo Xun for being arrogant and greedy for being overbearing, but he was powerless.

Recently, his body has been getting worse and worse, and he often sweats a night. When the sweat dissipates, he feels like he is fighting a war and is weak all over.

He seemed to be exhausted and could not resist the alliance between Guo Xun and Yan Song. In addition, he said the wrong sentence just now, and suddenly he lost confidence.

He felt Zhu Houcan's eyes, but ignored him. He was indeed old, but he was so confident. As Yang Qu said, Your Majesty now doesn't know how much influence he Xia Yan has.

He needs to find an appropriate opportunity to get rid of Guo Xun and let His Majesty know that the Ming Dynasty cannot do without him, but not now.

Therefore, he chose to remain silent.

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At the funeral ceremony of Empress Dowager Zhaosheng, Zhu Houcong's elegant expression was inevitably a bit sad.

He wore a crown and a garment of Qihuang, but did not hold a mourning stick in his hand. His garments were made of rough linen cloth, and the clothes were divided into different shapes, so they were called Qihuang mourning clothes. This garment was standard for the funeral of my uncle and his parents. When the important minister saw this uniform, he knew what Zhu Hougui meant.

This emperor once again used the funeral to show his throne that he was inherited from his father Xingxian Huangkao. Empress Dowager Zhaosheng was his aunt, not his mother!

The quietness in the hall was even obvious. In order to express condolences and admiration, the ministers gave them clothes and quilts, which were taken one by one by the eunuchs and held on the embroidery platform beside them.

The coffin is heavy, and a curtain is set up in front of it to cover it.

Shang Zhu presided over the funeral, masking the body of the noble empress dowager, covering her ears and wearing clothes.

After the ceremony was completed, Zhu Houcong said with a sad expression: "The Empress Dowager Zhaosheng is the throne of Ya Changqiu, and she is tall and kind, and she is generous and performs rituals. Now that the Empress Dowager has passed away, I feel very sad, and the whole world is full of death for a year."

After one year of mourning, Empress Dowager Zhaosheng was completely regarded as the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng as the Empress Dowager Xiaozong, rather than the Queen Mother.

The ministers below kowtowed and shouted: "Your Majesty is kind!"

"Flat!" Zhu Houcan actually smiled.

The ministers and royal relatives below slowly stood up.

After a generation of female heroes, Emperor Hongzhi, the funeral of Emperor Zhengde's mother was gently exposed. This is naturally an open matter, but the court has been surrounded by this matter far from over.

After the funeral of Empress Dowager Zhaosheng, Xia Yan sincerely admitted his mistake to the emperor and asked to retire on the grounds that he was old and had a serious illness.

This day was August 10th in the 20th year of Jiajing, the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Jiajing did not try to keep him as usual. In fact, in Jiajing's view, Xia Yan had committed a big taboo. If he did not ask for retirement, he would find an excuse to denounce him.

I think Xia Yan also realized this, so he took the lead in accusation.

Xia Yan stood outside the gate of Xiyuanzhai Palace, took off his crown, folded his official uniform and hat flatly on a tray. The red official uniform was filled with colorful literary styles, silk, colorful embroidery, and jade with hat beads.

He knelt on the ground holding his official uniform in both hands, and tears flowed down involuntarily: "The criminal minister has been an official for decades and has retired twice in succession. I am ashamed of the grace of Your Majesty. I am guilty of your Majesty's holy grace. I am guilty!"

He kowtowed three times in a row, and tears fell on the neatly folded official clothes in front of him, making him even more sad.

Two Qinggu, one on the left and one on the right behind Xia Yan, looked at each other. Wu Qingnan stepped forward and helped Xia Yan, handed over a soft handkerchief, and whispered: "Marquis of Jingshan is on the Xiyuan today, and the carriage has just left."

Xia Yan took the soft handkerchief after hearing this, coughed, wiped his tears, turned to look at Yang Quye, and asked, "Those fourteen strategies have arrived in the palace at this moment."

Yang Qu also bowed and smiled, saying, "Liu Qing has been circulating, Yan said, "Your Majesty was stunned for a while when he looked at the stakes for a while, and finally sighed, saying, "Everyone in the world has grown old for a day. Although Xia Shoufu is old, his patriotism is still not diminished." He looked at the corner of the street with no one and said quietly, "The rest, let's see how the Marquis of Jingshan do it."

Xia Yan finally let out a long sigh, shook his sleeves, and said, "When Cui Yuan, the Marquis of Jingshan, was often bullied by Guo Xun before he became famous. Let's go to our house."

"Yes." The two cleaners bowed and smiled.

Let’s talk about Cui Yuan’s “sad” performance when he saw Xia Yan’s “sad” performance, he felt sad in his heart that he had been working hard for many years but was so hurt by Guo Xun’s villain.

I remembered that more than a dozen shops in my home were bullied by the Guoxun clan, and I felt even more itchy. I couldn't calm down that day and night, and finally I was in a dawn until the sky was dawn. After washing up quickly, I set off into the palace.

Cui Yuan is the upstart in front of His Majesty. It is common for him to enter the palace to serve, and he was not hindered along the way.

When he arrived outside the hall gate, Huang Jin had been waiting outside the door for a long time. Seeing Cui Yuan coming in a hurry, he looked happy and then stepped forward and bowed.

"Marquis of Jingshan, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you seem to be more energetic."

Cui Yuan quickly responded with respect and said, "How dare you?" He looked at his left and right slightly and asked in a low voice, "How is Your Majesty's state of mind?"

Huang Jin pretended to hesitate for a moment and lowered his voice: "Since the retired minister of Xia, Your Majesty has not been able to calm down even in meditation. It is probably because he missed the assistant of Xia."

He sighed lightly and continued: "Although Grand Secretary Qu has been in the cabinet for many years, he is still not as good as Chief Xia in handling state affairs. Earlier today, Guo Guogong was sick at home, and the Tibetan chief's report on his job was stranded again. Your Majesty is so upset."

Cui Yuan was stunned at first, and then asked, "It's not that those people are arranged to enter Beijing in September, it's late August. At this critical moment, he is so sick."

Huang Jin raised his eyebrows and said helplessness.

Seeing this expression, Cui Yuan's eyes rolled and asked, "He is waiting for His Majesty to urge Mr. Xia to leave Beijing."

Huang Jin didn't comment.

Cui Yuan was furious and said, "In the face of state affairs, he is getting worse and less serious as he grows older!" Then he bowed and said, "I beg Huang Fan to pass on his behalf, and Cui wants to see Your Majesty."
Chapter completed!