Xu Gucheng offered such an attractive offer, and Concubine Liu Defi would not refuse.
Therefore, Xu Gucheng petitioned to make Concubine Liu Def the queen, because she had the emperor's only heir.
On the second day after Xu Gucheng submitted the memorial, many ministers followed suit and asked for the decree.
Among the people who asked the emperor to appoint Liu E and Concubine Liu Defi as queen, more than half were the connections that Concubine Liu Defi had accumulated over the years. Some were recruited by Xiao Yuan. There were also a few people who shared the same aspirations with Xu Gucheng and originally thought that Concubine Liu Defi was qualified to take this position. Location.
There were those who supported Concubine Liu Defi as the queen, but naturally there were also opponents. For a time, the emperor's desk was filled with memorials about the establishment of the queen.
Concubine Liu Defi often helped the emperor correct the memorials, but she just laughed it off when faced with the memorials that opposed her for being late and using vicious language.
Such magnanimous and tolerant behavior made the emperor even more satisfied with her, and he believed from the bottom of his heart that she was worthy of the title of queen.
The two have been together for so many years, and Concubine Liu Defi has always been with the emperor, and the emperor is willing to give her the throne in his heart.
The delay in making her his queen until now was mainly because the ministers believed that her family background was weak, so they never raised the issue of making her his queen.
Now that Xu Gucheng took the lead in bringing up the things he had been struggling with, he breathed a sigh of relief and thought that Xu Gucheng really understood him.
The matter of establishing the queen was discussed for many days, and was finally decided on the last day of November.
In December of the fifth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, the emperor promoted Liu E to the title of queen, and promoted officials to various ranks.
The emperor listened to Concubine Liu Def's opinions and kept everything simple. He neither allowed officials to attend congratulations nor held a grand ceremony for conferring the queen. The edict on conferring the queen also avoided public discussion by the courtiers. He only ordered that the imperial edict be sent to Zhongshu Province and announced with an imperial edict in the harem.
Forty-four-year-old Liu E finally became the queen of the Song Dynasty.
Liu E was so aware of etiquette that she did not hold a grand canonization ceremony, which actually made the few courtiers who opposed her becoming the queen less disgusted with her.
As for the emperor's intention to marry Xu Nuo and Fang Jing, he was persuaded by Concubine Liu to come down the night after Xu Gucheng's presentation.
It didn't matter what Concubine Liu Defi said, but the emperor was smiling all day long the next day.
Before Xu Nuo left the palace, Fang Jing asked the emperor for permission to meet Xu Nuo. By this time, the emperor had given up the idea of getting married and asked Concubine Liu Def to arrange the meeting.
"I'm leaving Beijing tonight." Fang Jing looked at Xu Nuo with a light smile.
He vowed not to stay in Bianjing for more than three days. After returning this time, he was left in the palace. There was a time when I left Beijing overnight and came back the next day, so I didn't break my oath.
But he didn't want to do such an opportunistic thing twice, so today was the deadline. The emperor also agreed to his departure.
Xu Nuo didn't know what happened in the past few days, but she actually asked Concubine Liu Defi not to disclose Fang Jing's identity.
However, this result is the best.
At least Fang Jing did not lose his freedom.
Xu Nuo raised her head and looked at the square mirror that was much higher than hers. She looked into his clear eyes and said only four words: "You have to be careful."
She really didn't know how to treat this benefactor. After all, it was the original Xu Liuniang who got along with Fang Jing back then, not her.
But she had to act like she knew him well. It's really difficult.
There was a trace of confusion in Fang Jing's usually clear eyes, and he hesitated to speak. He raised his hand and touched Xu Nuo's head: "You have grown up."
What he originally wanted to say was that you have changed, but when he thought about it, he and Xu Nuo had not seen each other for three years. She comes into contact with many people now, and it is normal for her to change, so she changed her words.
Promise clasped her fingers in her sleeves. After being silent for a long time, he suddenly said: "Is Qiyue yours? She helped me a lot at that time, thank you."
She was referring to the days when she had just traveled through time and was known as a poisonous mother. Qi Qi's shoulders built a bridge for her to enter and leave the Xu family. Without Qi Qi, those days would have been even more difficult for her.
The words "thank you" made Fang Jing stunned for a moment.
Promise never to say thank you to him.
She has changed so much in three years?
"She is not mine. She lacked a way to make a living, so she went to live with you. It is better to be with you than with others." Fang Jing suppressed the confusion in his heart and said softly, with endless tenderness deep in his eyes. and patience.
He believed that even if Xu Nuo was restored to her status as the legitimate daughter of an official family, she would not be harsh on the servants. With her temperament, she would be able to trouble others as little as possible.
But he didn't know that the simple promise in his heart had completely changed to a different person.
Xu Nuo felt very guilty when she was with Fang Jing, feeling that she shouldn't deceive such a person, but he hesitated again and again and still didn't tell her that she was not the original Xu Liu Niang.
The two of them chatted for a while and then left one after another.
After Xu Nuo returned home, she learned that Xu Gucheng and Lu knew that she was raised by Fang Jing when she was a child. In order to prevent her from bearing the word ungratefulness, they disrupted Concubine Liu Defi's plan that she had been planning for many years.
It turns out that Concubine Liu Defi didn’t disclose Fang Jing’s identity in the end because of her father!
Concubine Liu Defi is a thoughtful person, and stopping her plan will definitely cost a lot. Xu Nuo can't imagine what happened in the middle.
Even though my father was smart and wise, he must have been troubled by this for a long time.
Xu Gucheng seemed to have said something in front of the emperor that day and changed the direction of the whole matter. This process seemed simple, but in fact it was a test of his endurance and ability to adapt to changes.
He thought about what he said that day the night before, and thought of countermeasures for every change the emperor made. As long as he didn't say one sentence correctly at that time, and failed to successfully guide the emperor's thinking, all his efforts would be in vain.
Xu Nuo originally wanted Xu Gucheng to stand up in line in the official circles through the words she asked Lu to spread, but she never thought that he would actually do this.
Protect her with all your might.
Xu Nuo was so moved that he almost lost his memory.
Fortunately, I didn't dare to speak in order to hold back my tears, otherwise I would have really spoken out.
At the beginning of December, Hu Ling came to Xu Mansion to look for Xu Nuo to go out to listen to music and go to the Wanxiang Tower that Xu Nuo saw when she came to Beijing.
When Xu Nuo wanted to talk to Hu Ling about the Cuju competition, he naturally agreed to go out, so he went to Lu to ask for instructions.
Xu Nuo agreed, and Xu Nuo followed Hu Ling out.
Of course, when she and Lu asked for instructions, they said they were going out to buy some jewelry, not that they were going to the largest brothel in the capital to listen to the famous prostitutes playing.
If Mrs. Lu knew where they were going, ten thousand people would not allow her to go out.
Hu's carriage was very big. As soon as Xu Nuo entered, he lay down directly in it and covered himself with a thick blanket.
Hu Ling grabbed the blanket and said, "You are too private."
"Ms. Hu Sanniang, can't you be more generous?" Xu Nuo said with a smile and turned over to sit up.
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Chapter 2 will be out before twelve o'clock, so you can watch it tomorrow. (To be continued)
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