lcionline Chapter 425 Forbearance
Chapter 425 Forbearance
"As Minister Lin said, children have their parents' blood flowing in their bodies, so their behavior will be similar to their parents."
"I have seen that Minister Lin is a serious person who never smiles, but Minister Lin made irresponsible remarks at the Lidong Palace banquet, committing an offense against his superiors. Could it be that... Minister Lin is not Minister Lin's biological son?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Lin Yuanxuan shouted, with veins bulging on his forehead.
In ancient times, blood inheritance was a top priority. When the words "not biological child" came out, even though everyone knew that this was Luo Xiaoran's retort, it was extremely damaging to Lin Yuanxuan.
As the saying goes, rumors can kill people.
If one day, the news that "Lin Yuanxuan may not be the biological son of Minister Lin" spreads throughout Kyoto, then the next head of the Lin family can basically be confirmed to be Lin Yuanhao, the second son of the Lin family.
Firstly, Lin Yuanhao was older, and like his father Lin Xiaotian, he was also a martial artist. He was also the garrison commander of Kyoto, so it could be said that a good father will have a good son.
Secondly, Lin Yuanxuan is an ambitious person, and is deeply involved in a scandal of confusing his bloodline. In order to prevent future troubles, the position of the head of the Lin family will not be passed on to him.
Of course, if Lin Xiaotian was willing to pass his position to Lin Yuanxuan, then the rumors of confusing bloodline would be self-defeating.
But seeing that Lin Yuanxuan spoke nonsense about the Prince of Yan's mother in the hall today in front of everyone, touching upon Daliang's taboo, if Lin Xiaotian had not been possessed by a devil, he would definitely not have let Lin Yuanxuan become the next head of the Lin family.
"Minister Lin is making a loud noise again. Minister Lin has not said a word since he came into the palace. Minister Lin has Minister Lin's blood flowing in his veins, but he is acting so rudely and rebelliously. This is too strange!"
Luo Xiaoran was not afraid at all of Lin Yuanxuan's look as if he wanted to eat her. She turned to look at Emperor Tianqi with a very respectful expression.
"Your Majesty, Minister Lin is a young and talented man. He has already held the position of Left Minister of the Ministry of Justice at a young age. I have great respect for him."
"We were able to see the real person today, but Minister Lin got drunk and made trouble. He offended the Empress Yun and even spoke inappropriately in front of Your Majesty. He was disrespectful and impolite in front of the Emperor. He really doesn't live up to his reputation. Your Majesty, please severely punish Minister Lin!"
After watching the excitement all night, Emperor Tianqi was dragged into the battle.
Luo Xiaoran did it on purpose. Didn't Emperor Tianqi bring her and Chen Ji to Kyoto just to deal with the major families in Kyoto?
Since you want them to be the knife, then the person holding the knife, Emperor Tianqi, can't just hide behind all the time, right?
The Tang family has been defeated, and the Jiang family and the Lin family jumped out one after another to test the situation with the "Princess of Yan", which was a kind of counterattack.
Emperor Tianqi understood that Luo Xiaoran was forcing him to express his position, but before he could say anything, the lackeys of the Lin family stood up to defend Lin Yuanxuan.
"Your Majesty, it is true that Minister Lin was drunk, but it is false that he caused trouble. I hope Your Majesty will consider this as his first offense and give him a lenient punishment."
"Your Majesty, Minister Lin is in charge of the Ministry of Justice. He shoulders a heavy responsibility and has made great contributions. Please be lenient with him."
"I second the proposal."
"I second the proposal"
"I second the proposal"
"..."
At that moment, more than a dozen officials present at the meeting pleaded for Lin Yuanxuan. Emperor Tianqi's expression remained unchanged, as if he had anticipated this situation. He also cast a teasing look at Luo Xiaoran.
Look, you want me to deal with Lin Yuanxuan, but the court officials don't agree, and I can't go against their wishes!
The art of ruling lies in checks and balances.
Now that the east wind has suppressed the west wind, it depends on whether the west wind can suppress the east wind.
Luo Xiaoran's face darkened. She knew that the Lin family was powerful, but when she saw so many ministers stand up without hesitation to protect Lin Yuanxuan, her mood became very heavy.
You know, the seats for officials are arranged from high to low according to their ranks, and those who can sit in this hall are all officials of the third rank or above...
From this we can see how many followers the Lin family has in the government!
Luo Xiaoran subconsciously looked at Chen Ji. She was the first to notice Chen Ji's anger, anger from the bottom of his heart.
When people are angry, it is easy to make mistakes in what they say and do, so she suppressed Chen Ji and refuted Lin Yuanxuan herself. Unexpectedly, the Lin family prevailed in the end.
Emperor Tianqi was slow to express his opinion, and everyone knew that he was waiting for Prince Yan's attitude.
After a long while, King Chen Ji of Yan responded:
"Your Majesty, wine can relieve worries, but it can also cause sexual disorder. Minister Lin was young and greedy for wine, so he bumped into Your Majesty and offended the nobles. This can be considered...excusable."
As soon as these words were spoken, a hint of mockery flashed in the eyes of the officials who had just pleaded for Lin Yuanxuan, as if they had expected this.
No matter how powerful the King of Yan is, he is still just one person. Their unanimous opinions can still defeat this Northern God of War!
Chen Ji's expression was indifferent, as if the response just now was just an extremely ordinary sentence to him, and even the expression on his face did not change at all.
Luo Xiaoran looked at him, and her eyes suddenly turned red. For some reason, she just felt like crying.
Since arriving in Kyoto, she has sent out all the secret guards given to her by Chen Ji to collect information, some of which is about Chen Ji.
She discovered that Chen Ji still had a very good reputation among the people. After all, he was a god of war who protected an area. Without Chen Ji leading the Northern Border Army in bloody battles outside, how could the people of Kyoto live such a peaceful and comfortable life?
But in the eyes of the Kyoto officialdom, especially those at the top of power, Chen Ji is just a tool in their hands to suppress the northern barbarians.
Chen Ji would return to the capital to report on his work every year. Officials of all ranks in the capital would be respectful when they saw Chen Ji, but secretly they hoped that Chen Ji would return to the northern border as soon as possible and not stay in the capital for too long.
They relied on Chen Ji, but looked down on Chen Ji, some even called him "son of evil" in secret!
Chen Ji did not want to make too many enemies in Kyoto. If there were too many enemies, more imperial censors would be sent to the northern border to supervise the army, which would cause more trouble for the army.
As the number of enemies increases, the already scarce military pay and food supplies in the North will become even less, and the people in the North will have to squeeze out more food from their own teeth to feed the soldiers.
Chen Ji endured it for the sake of the soldiers and civilians in the northern border. Today, even though his deceased mother was offended, he still chose to endure it!
A deep solemn look flashed across Luo Xiaoran's eyes. She remembered that Chen Ji had told her that now was not the best time to bring down the Lin family, just as the time for her to kill Chen Lingyi had not yet come.
They both need patience...
Ever since Lin Yuanxuan made irresponsible remarks about Concubine Yun, Luo Xiaoran had been holding Chen Ji's hand. At this moment, she approached Chen Ji and said in a low but firm voice:
"Chen Ji, I just wanted to be a small landlord, to be self-sufficient, and to take good care of myself and my family. That was my biggest wish in life."
"But today I have the opportunity to sit here and witness with my own eyes the people who steal the throne and eat for free being fearless, while those who care about the world are forced to give in. This world shouldn't be like this!"
"I don't want to be a small landlord anymore. I want to be a super big landlord. I want to do business, I want to make money, I want to earn military pay for the Northern Army. I want you not to be constrained by these bastards in Kyoto in the future!"