NovelsAlex Chapter 816 Empress Dowager Wu in Action【中】
Chapter 816 Empress Dowager Wu in Action【中】
Chapter 816 Empress Dowager Wu in Action【中】
[There are still two or three thousand words tonight]
The enthronement ceremony was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, commonly known as the Hall of Golden Luan.
The overall scene is more than solemn, but it is far from being grand and enthusiastic. After all, this is the succession to the throne during the mourning period. It is too extravagant and not beautiful-so in this dynasty, the first grand ceremony held after the new emperor ascended the throne , often when the yuan is changed in the following year.
Of course, no matter what, the new emperor was enthroned, and there was still some ostentation that should be there. Since dawn, civil servants above the sixth rank and military officers above the third rank gathered in the square outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Because there were many more people than the Dachaohui, especially some nobles and relatives who usually don't need to participate in the Dachaohui, they all appeared at the front of the line at this time.
So when it was dawn and the enthronement ceremony was about to be held, those who were eligible to enter the hall were basically civil servants of the second rank or above, military officials of the first rank, and the four hereditary princes.
Of course, it is not without exception.
For example, the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Niu, the father of Concubine Wu Gui, and the Tongzheng Envoy and Dali Temple Minister who are ranked in the Jiuqing.
Although he has become a goalkeeper, as long as he enters the gate, he is considered to have entered the sequence of important ministers, and he is divided into two worlds with the nearly thousand officials outside the gate.
Jia Yucun, who was looking eagerly at the hall, was the best proof.
As the huge trombones on the left and right sides of the imperial steps blew, the noisy inside and outside of the Hall of Supreme Harmony immediately fell silent. All civil and military officials knelt on the ground regardless of their rank, and only a few flags were left rattling in the wind. .
Seeing the door of Supreme Harmony that had been closed not long ago opened again, the first thing that caught the eye was a huge yellow canopy. Under the canopy, the Queen Mother Niu held the hand of the prince, and moved forward solemnly.
The Queen and Concubine Wu followed closely behind, and behind them were not any concubines, let alone court ladies and eunuchs, but Jia Tanchun who had been by the Prince's side recently.
Tanchun also had a solemn face at this time, but her two black and white eyes were rolling around in her eye sockets. Every time she recognized a familiar figure from the crowd, the look in her eyes would become brighter.
And the closer to the palace, the more familiar faces.
That was Liu Fang from the Duke of Li's mansion. Because she was a young minister in Dali Temple, she always looked down on other nobles with her nostrils turned upside down.
This is Feng Tang, the martial general who is friendly with his family. Not far away is Jiayu Village, where people are employed to face the front, but not to the back, and there... No matter if they are rebellious, close, or capricious, they are all crawling at this time. At the foot of the team!
Just like this, when she came to the throne step by step with the team, and helped the little emperor onto the dragon chair with her own hands, the voice of the mountain shouting long live immediately rose into the sky.
And at this moment, Jia Tanchun's starry eyes shone like never before.
That is yearning and greed for power!
Although the sound of the mountains and tsunami was not directed at him, so what?
Even if the master included the two queens and one concubine in the palace, he would not be able to go in and out of the forbidden palace at will, and knowing the inside story, he would naturally become the bond to maintain the relationship between the two parties.
At that time, I will definitely become an existence that most officials look up to!
This kind of imagination made Tanchun's blood so excited that he didn't pay much attention to those cumbersome etiquettes.
When she calmed down a bit, she happened to hear that the Queen proposed to have the East and West Palaces side by side. This matter was brought up by her, so naturally no one would be stupid enough to jump out and object.
So Tanchun hurriedly took a chair from the waiter, and placed it exactly on the west side, which stood side by side with the empress.
Although it needs to be canonized separately afterwards, from the moment Concubine Wu Guifei takes a seat on the chair, she can already be called Queen Mother Wu, or Queen Mother West.
Empress Dowager Wu's joy was obviously better than Tanchun's, plus she was not deep in the city, and she almost danced and danced after she sat down, which made the Empress Dowager look sideways frequently.
Sitting on the dragon chair that was not leaning on all sides, the little emperor couldn't help looking over, and then secretly glanced at the dignified and solemn Empress Dowager Li [the queen's surname is Li], shaking his head secretly like a little adult.
Empress Dowager Wu doesn't care about this, she dared to fight against Empress Dowager Niu when she was a noble concubine, and now she is a queen mother, she is even more fearless.
As for the emperor...
That crawled out of her intestines!
The entire enthronement ceremony lasted about an hour and a half, including the time for the courtiers to gather, it was more than two and a half hours, but this is not over yet. In the afternoon, we will face Emperor Longyuan at Fengtian Hall The coffin's coffin and the coffin have to go through some mourning and crying before it can be considered a success.
Although Jiao Shun was the goalkeeper of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, according to the rules, he was the second to last one to come out - behind him, there was only one Minister of Dali Temple.
When the two of them stepped out of the hall, the officials outside Hou's door also began to leave the venue in order of rank, like a bead curtain rolled upside down.
After stepping down the stairs, just as Jiao Shun exchanged a few words with others, Jia Yucun rushed up from behind.
Seeing him staring at him eagerly, Jiao Shun couldn't help but wonder, "What advice does Brother Yucun have?"
"Ah~"
Jia Yucun sighed, and suggested: "This is not the place to talk, how about going to my brother's room?"
Seeing the distressed look on his face, Jiao Shun had some suspicions in his heart.
When he was in the value room, Jia Yucun opened his mouth and began to complain: "Brother, you know that my Shuntian Mansion is said to be a parent official, but in fact there are more mothers-in-law on the head than lice and fleas! If someone says anything casually, put it in my house." Your head is bigger than the sky, if you are slow, people will say you are arrogant, if you are slow, people will laugh at you!"
Speaking of this, Jia Yucun covered his face with his sleeves and looked like he was about to cry.
But Jiao Shun was unmoved, tapped lightly on the table, and said with a half-smile: "What's going on in Shuntian Mansion, anyone with a discerning eye knows, but your old brother often comes and goes with King Zhongshun on weekdays, but It's not fake either."
"me……"
Jia Yucun was really going to cry this time, how could he have imagined that King Zhongshun, an idle prince with no real power, would go on the road of no return of treason? !
It's good now, how much trouble he had to stick to King Zhongshun at the beginning, now it's so troublesome to break away from King Zhongshun.
Although he hasn't been found yet, who can guarantee that King Zhongshun's henchmen won't go after him indiscriminately, and who can guarantee that no one will be jealous of his position as Shuntian governor? !
In the past few days, he has been begging and begging everywhere and bumping into walls.
Naturally, he had no reason to let go of Jiao Shun's ready-made relationship, but for some reason, it was not a coincidence that he searched for it several times, and he didn't catch the opportunity until the Great Court Meeting.
He was about to beg Jiao Shun to come forward, but he heard Jiao Shun ask, "I heard that before Second Uncle Zheng left Beijing, he already gave you the land sacrifice ceremonies from the clan?"
Jia Yucun didn't know why he suddenly brought up the Jia family's sacrificial fields at this time, but he replied obediently: "There is indeed such a thing, but Duke Zhou and I agreed that we will not make it public until he comes back from the south." .”
"Just right."
Jiao Shun said with a smile: "In the second half of the year, I will probably ask the Rongguo Mansion for the third girl. At that time, I will need the same important dowry. How about this? Brother Yucun will transfer the price increase of the sacrificial land to me, and I will return it to Zhao again. Best of all?"
As soon as Jia Yucun heard that he had something to ask for himself, he immediately said: "What are you talking about, brother? I bought the sacrificial field to understand the urgent need of Duke Zhou. Send it back, now that my virtuous brother has such kind intentions, I should borrow flowers to offer Buddha and give the sacrificial fields to my virtuous brother!"
Jiao Shun frowned artificially: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate?"
"It's suitable, it couldn't be more suitable!"
Jia Yucun said anxiously, "I'll have someone send the land deed to Brother Xian's residence at night."
"There's no need to be in such a hurry, besides, I can't let you lose money, brother..."
"I was originally here to help the clan, if my virtuous brother wants to talk about money, he would be scolding me for being greedy for profit and disowning my six relatives!"
After pushing back several times, seeing that he insisted on giving it, Jiao Shun reluctantly agreed.
Jia Yucun hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "Then you see, my business..."
"Isn't that nice, man?"
Jiao Shun didn't intend to take money to do things, he fiddled with the lid of the teacup, and said, "As long as you really have nothing to do with the treason case, who can force it on you?"
"so……"
Jia Yucun's eyes lit up, and he leaned forward and asked cautiously, "Don't worry about my affairs?"
"Then you'll have to ask yourself, old man."
Jiao Shun spread his hands together: "As long as you have a clear conscience, you will have nothing to worry about."
Such an ambiguous answer, how can Jia Yucun be satisfied, but no matter how he tried, Jiao Shun just practiced Tai Chi blindly, every sentence seemed to have a meaning, but after thinking about it, it seemed that he didn't agree to anything.
In the end, Jia Yucun became a little anxious, and couldn't help saying pointedly: "I heard that my virtuous brother still has some contacts with the Mei family?"
Jiao Shun's eyes turned fierce, and he immediately pretended to be confused and said, "Which Mei family?"
"Naturally, he once supervised the construction of engineering..."
Just as Jia Yucun was about to speak further, a servant suddenly walked in outside the door, bowed and said, "Jiao Tongzheng, Your Majesty invites you to go to the Qing Palace to discuss matters."
Jia Yucun immediately took back the words that came to his lips, and secretly regretted that he should not have acted too hastily, if he forced Jiao Shun to slander him in front of the little emperor and the two empress dowagers, he would be doomed!
But now that the situation is so critical, how could he resist using Mrs. Mei as a foreshadowing? !
While he was full of contradictions, he hastily cupped his hands and said, "Jiao Tongzheng, just now the subordinate officials were talking nonsense, so don't take it to heart!"
"Is it?"
Jiao Shun glanced at him indifferently, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty summoned me, please don't delay, forgive me, forgive me."
With that said, he left the room without looking back.
Jia Yucun watched his back disappear outside the door, his face turned blue and red, and finally gritted his teeth, thinking that he is not poisonous and not a husband, since you Jiao Changqing refuses to express his opinion, then don't blame me, Jia, for making double preparations!
Let's not mention what he wants.
But Jiao Shun followed the servant to the Qianqing Palace, but he saw that the surroundings were deserted, not to mention the little emperor, and there were not many court ladies and eunuchs.
But Jiao Shun didn't think it was strange, because the little emperor decided to stay in Yuqing Palace temporarily because of his filial piety, and then formally enter the main Qing Palace after Emperor Longyuan was buried.
Of course, this does not rule out that the little emperor temporarily chose to summon Jiao Shun in Qianqing Palace.
But that's clearly not the case right now.
Then the person who invited Jiao Shun to come here in the name of the emperor is self-evident.
Sure enough, the servant took Jiao Shun to a side hall and retreated. After a while, a aggressive woman turned out from the side door, but who else could it be if it wasn't the newly promoted Empress Dowager Wu?
Seeing that Jiao Shun didn't seem to be surprised at all, just looking at her with a smile like this, Empress Dowager Wu's aura suddenly weakened, and she stood still from a distance and scolded: "Bold Jiao Shun, why don't you kneel when you see Aijia?!"
Jiao Shun looked at her for a moment, then slowly knelt down and called the Queen Mother.
The Empress Dowager Wu breathed a sigh of relief, and when she looked at Jiao Shun again, she felt so angry that she took three steps forward and kicked Jiao Shun, cursing, "You are such a big dog." Daredevil, I really feel sorry for my family... ah~!"
Before she finished cursing, she suddenly let out an exclamation, but it was Jiao Shun who quickly grabbed her small and delicate ankle.
This suddenly became hasty, Empress Dowager Wu never thought that he would dare to be rude to her, Golden Rooster was stunned for a moment, and then said suddenly: "Bold, how dare you..."
"Ha ha."
Jiao Shun interrupted her angry reprimand with a chuckle, raised his head and looked directly at her: "Didn't I already do something more daring?"
Empress Dowager Wu blushed from being choked, and immediately scolded: "You! You, you damned bastard, bullying slave, let go of Aijia soon! If you don't let go, be careful that Aijia will punish you!"
Jiao Shun didn't interrupt her this time, but stood up slowly, and at the same time raised the lotus feet in his palms high. Just after the words of "Zhu Jiu Clan" were finished, Empress Dowager Wu was forced to face the sky Split horse pose.
The Empress Dowager Wu couldn't stand firmly, she had to hug her legs tightly, it looked like she took the initiative to pose this shameful gesture.
Naturally, Concubine Wu Gui also knew how shameful and indecent this posture was, she raised her head desperately in shame and anger, the veins on her neck were bulging, her two rows of silver teeth were gnashing, she stared at Jiao Shun, wishing she could eat his flesh Sleep on its skin.
Jiao Shun was not afraid at all, he put his body up with a smile, and sighed: "The Queen of the Weidao is called the flying swallow in the palm, but the former minister blindly chewed peonies, and missed a lot of beauty."
"you!"
Empress Dowager Wu struggled to maintain her balance, and shouted, "Let go, let me go! If you don't let go, I'll call someone!"
In desperation, he even forgot Aijia's self-proclaimed name.
Although she had already figured it out, she wanted to take the opportunity to solve her physical problems, but that was based on the premise that Jiao Shun was servile and begged for alms from herself, but now what does this traitor think of herself? !
She is the empress dowager, the emperor's biological mother!
However, the more she threatened her from embarrassment, the more Jiao Shun refused to let go. Instead, he put his thumb into the back of her embroidered shoe and pushed it lightly. Hanging on the jade feet that can't be grasped.
Empress Dowager Wu finally regained her composure, and hurriedly shouted: "I called the queen, no, it's Empress Dowager Li who is here to discuss matters later, if you don't let go, she will be here soon!"
Jiao Shun laughed, and asked back: "I've already seen what I should see, and Empress Dowager Li is afraid of bumping into this?"
As he said that, he stroked the palm of the Empress Dowager Wu's feet upwards, pushed the thick-soled embroidered shoes to the toes, and then smiled evilly: "Nothing happened last time, and this time the empress probably won't mind, let's just One does not do two endlessly..."
"Etc., etc!"
Empress Dowager Wu hurriedly explained: "I'm going to let you and the empress... You don't know, the three memorials you wrote are all in the hands of Empress Dowager Li, and she has to take them out to read them from time to time, and now she has memorized them all by heart!"
(End of this chapter)