The underground martial arts performance hall of Longqian Palace fell into deathly silence, but in fact the atmosphere was very tense.
Everyone was waiting silently. Qin Youan took off his clothes and laid them flat on the ground, letting Lu Wuji lie flat on his back. Due to the fierceness of Lu Zhao's shadow guards, no one could get out, so the king of a country could only lie down in humiliation like this. here.
The door was pushed open suddenly, and a group of Jinwu guards rushed in. Qin Youan's face immediately showed an expression of joy.
"It's finally here! His Highness the Third Highness lived up to his trust and brought the Jinwu Guards. Lu Zhao, your death will soon be coming!" He clapped his hands suddenly, full of excitement.
But after Jin Wuwei walked in, he directly surrounded the group of officials, and then lined up on both sides, as if to welcome someone in.
On the long stairs, someone was carrying a sedan chair down. Chen Xueying was sitting crookedly on it, looking extremely leisurely and wealthy.
"Is it over?" she asked softly.
The woman's eyes swept around the venue, her eyes lingered on Lu Wuji's body for a moment, and then quickly moved away.
"Why is it you?" Qin Youan asked in shock.
Chen Xueying ignored him at all, and walked directly to Lu Zhao under the protection of the Jinwu guards.
"Are you seriously injured?" She leaned over to check his injuries, but the man suddenly held her hand.
"It's okay. I'm very fine before things are settled. I have to achieve my small goal no matter what." He comforted in a low voice.
Chen Xueying didn't chase after him. There were countless pairs of eyes staring at him, and they must have guessed about Lu Zhao's injury. Perhaps he wanted to tease the enemy by not exposing himself, and didn't want to reveal his trump card too early.
"Where is the Third Highness? The Jinwu Guard's token was given to him. He should be the one bringing the people here." Qin You'an asked anxiously.
"Did you give him the token? That was really a wrong choice. After all, he is a useless person appointed by the late emperor. How could he possibly hold the token. Well, someone sent it to me. I guess he is You must have lost it accidentally." Chen Xueying chuckled, took out the token from her sleeve, and shook it gently.
This move immediately made Qin You'an's face turn black with anger. He asked sharply: "Impossible, you sent someone to rob her, right? Are you going to rebel? You don't even obey the emperor's orders. Catch her quickly." !”
He shouted with great effort and excitement, but no one paid him any attention.
The so-called emperor's orders are not very easy to use now. After all, the emperor has become the late emperor. There is only a corpse lying here, which is useless except for embarrassment.
"Sit down." Lu Zhao stood up and took the initiative to give up the chair.
Chen Xueying subconsciously wanted to shake her head, but suddenly she felt countless hot gazes coming from all directions, as if they were trying to pierce her.
She immediately turned around and saw that the courtiers and Qin Youan were paying attention to her.
When his eyes met hers, Qin Youan immediately raised his voice and said: "Lu Zhao, tables and chairs are never allowed to be brought down from the martial arts arena of Longqian Palace. Only this dragon chair was set up for the emperor to sit on. She is a female prostitute, and you dare to let her sit down. She is worthy of being a future emperor. If Northern Qi is handed over to people like you, the country will soon be destroyed. I'm afraid that she has the fate to sit down, but she will not be lucky enough to enjoy it. "
He directly started the vicious curse.
Chen Xueying sneered: "There is a person on this chair
It smells fishy and old, so I'm not willing to sit down. However, the barking of your castrated dog is really annoying, so I felt aggrieved for a moment and reluctantly sat down. I want to see if I am not lucky enough to enjoy it, or if you die first. "
After she finished speaking, she lifted up her skirt and sat down firmly without any hesitation.
There was a sound of inhalation in the martial arts arena. It was obvious that Qin Youan was not the only one who disagreed with this matter. Half of the courtiers also shook their heads and sighed.
Beiqi looked down on women, it was engraved in his bones.
It's just that it's a special period now, so I keep it in my heart and wait until it calms down before attacking again.
"You go and sit in the sedan. My palace's sedan is fragrant and soft, but much more comfortable than this hard chair." Chen Xueying raised her hand and pointed.
Lu Zhao sat on the sedan obediently, with a tired look on his face and looked seriously injured.
It's just that with Jinwu Guard at this moment, no one dares to challenge him.
Besides, the people who challenged him just now were all killed by the prince. At that time, the prince looked very sleepy and weak, but his power was still undiminished.
It is estimated that the prince is deliberately showing weakness and wants to deceive someone to come to his door and kill him.
Qin You'an snorted coldly: "Lu Zhao, people said that you indulged in women. I didn't believe it at first. But today I saw that you are more serious than the legend. What does a woman say? If you point east, you dare not go west. My lords You guys, do you really dare to hand Northern Qi into the hands of such a person? I’m afraid that in the future, you will have to have people listen to politics behind a curtain, and women will bring disaster to the country, right?"
Chen Xueying really couldn't bear to listen. She hadn't done anything yet, and this man kept throwing blame on her. It was really unbearable.
"Why haven't you punished him yet? What are you doing here just to piss me off?" She looked at Lu Zhao with a hint of complaint in her tone.
"The late emperor was not lucky enough to see me ascend the throne. It would be good to let the dogs around him see it. At least when sending him down to accompany me, Manager Qin could clearly explain how majestic and elegant he was when he was sitting on the throne alone." Zhao patted the back of her hand and whispered comforting words.
"Bah!" Qin You'an over there couldn't help but spat after hearing this, and said impatiently: "You two are so proud here. When the Second Highness comes down, I will take your heads!"
Faced with the warning from his strong-willed man, Chen Xueying almost laughed out loud.
When the Jinwu Guards came in just now, Qin Youan was also so arrogant, thinking that Lu Qingming had come to support him, but his hope was shattered, and now he was counting on Lu Qingfeng.
Except for Qin Youan, everyone in the martial arts arena fell into silence.
People who can survive to this moment have very flexible minds.
The two measures Qin You'an mentioned before were to let the Third Highness take control of the Jinwu Guards, while the Second Highness went to command the Eastern Suburbs Army. Now the one who came with the Jinwu Guards was the Crown Princess. It was obvious that the Crown Prince had been prepared.
Naturally, the Eastern Suburbs Army also took precautions.
In fact, Qin You'an could also guess it, but he had no choice but to keep shouting, as if he could achieve spiritual victory in this way.
After two cups of tea, the sound of uniform footsteps came from outside. It was obvious that soldiers were rushing towards them.
"Your Highness, the Eastern Suburbs Army is here. The chaos in Jicheng has been suppressed. You are safe now." The report of the general of the Eastern Suburbs Army came from outside.
Qin Youan obviously can't
Accepting the reality, he screamed loudly: "Impossible, absolutely impossible. The tiger talisman has been taken away by His Highness, how could the Eastern Suburb Army resist the decree? His Highness must be in control of the Eastern Suburb Army and wants to stage a show. I'll trick you into going up there, and then I'll kill you in the chaos..."
He is obviously in chaos. The Eastern Suburban Army is the last hope. The other armies are far away from the emperor. Even if they have the tiger talisman, they will not be able to call back for a while.
When Lu Wuji made arrangements before, he did not dare to let the troops guarding the border return. After all, Lu Zhao had led troops on the border before and was invincible. He was almost regarded as a military god. Maybe he could call them back at this time. Directly loyal to Lu Zhao.
But now, the Jinwu Guards are under the control of the Crown Princess, and it sounds like the Eastern Suburbs Army has also defected to the Crown Prince. No one can count on it. This made Qin Youan very excited, and everyone started talking nonsense.
"Who is shouting here? Are there any rules anymore?" came a dissatisfied but familiar voice.
Everyone looked over and saw the fourth prince walking down slowly. He was holding the tiger talisman in his hand, playing with it leisurely in his palm, throwing it up and down from time to time, so leisurely.
Qin Youan's eyes widened when he saw the tiger charm in his hand.
"Your Highness, Fourth Highness, where did His Highness the Second Highness go? This Tiger Talisman was obviously handed over to him, where did he go?" Qin Youan asked sternly. If there were no Jinwu guards around to stop him, he would have rushed over and grabbed him. He asked Lu Qingyue's collar.
"Second brother? Why did Mr. Qin ask such silly things? The second brother rebelled and was sentenced to death by his father. Didn't you do it yourself at that time? Why are you asking such silly things now?" Lu Qingyue frowned, feeling full. His face showed disapproval.
"Impossible. In order to prevent one family from becoming dominant, the Emperor specifically told me not to kill anyone. The Second Highness just faked his death, and the legs of the Third Highness were not crippled -" Qin Youan immediately denied it.
But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lu Zhao with a cold voice: "General Manager Qin, you are a loyal servant of my father, and you killed him alone. You are resentful and want to delay time for other princes to ascend the throne. But. You can't make up lies either. The second brother faked his death and the third brother is safe and sound. These are all your words and no one can prove it."
"Someone can prove it!"
"who?"
Qin Youan opened his mouth to say a long list of names. After all, he couldn't do this by himself.
However, due to the seriousness of the matter, those involved in the palace were silenced, fearing that the news would reach the ears of the prince. But now he is in a situation where he has no evidence, and the boomerang has pierced him, without even a witness.
"Fourth brother, Gu has launched a fight to the death against his father. You should know the rules. As Gu's biological brother and his father's son, you are also qualified to challenge Gu. As long as you kill Gu, you can ascend to the ninth level. The fifth position.”
Seeing that he was stuck, Lu Zhao ignored him and looked directly at Lu Qingyue to explain the situation to him.
Lu Qingyue sneered lightly and said disdainfully: "Whoever wants to be the emperor should be the emperor. The Northern Qi royal family is full of tricks. They want to send good people to the wolf's den, and they want to turn people into beasts. It's really After the human has assimilated with the wolf, I want to change him back. And as it is passed down from generation to generation, this rule becomes more and more outrageous. I don't want to change from a human to a psycho again."
He stretched out his hand and threw the tiger talisman over.
Lu Zhao caught it immediately, and before he could speak, Lu Qingyue walked away without looking back.
It was obvious that he had simply given up on fighting for the throne.
"No, I can't give him the Tiger Talisman!" After Qin Youan saw this scene, his eyes were almost splitting, and he stretched out his hand to grab it, but it was in vain.
Lu Zhao held the tiger talisman, looked at Qin Youan who was filled with anger and resentment, and couldn't help but sneer.
"Father follows the rules of our ancestors and even likes to play all kinds of tricks. Not many of Gu's younger brothers can survive, but he doesn't have many competitors."
"The outcome has been decided. Let's send Manager Qin on his way." He waved his hand.
Immediately, a guard drew his sword and stepped forward, wanting to kill Qin Youan.
Qin Youan roared loudly, pulled out a dagger from his boot, and began to kill the surrounding Jinwu guards.
He only injured a few people at first, but after Jin Wuwei reacted, everyone swarmed up and quickly stopped him.
This martial arts arena is already filled with Lu Zhao's people.
Qin Youan knew that he was outmatched and could not even get close to Lu Zhao, let alone assassinate him.
He looked up to the sky and shouted: "Your Majesty, I can't help you. The only thing I can do is to prevent my life from being lost in the hands of this traitor!"
After shouting these two words, he raised the dagger and stabbed it into his neck, killing him on the spot.
Lu Zhao saw the master and servant lying on the ground, quite close to each other. There was no special expression on their faces. He just waved his hands and said coldly: "Collect the bodies."
After the death of the late emperor, Dayan took advantage of the chaos to attack the border, obviously hoping to take advantage of the situation.
The new emperor had not yet officially ascended the throne, and the first imperial edict issued stated that all funeral arrangements for the late emperor should be simple.
In the sky jail, there was a person sitting in each of the two largest adjacent cells.
Unlike the other cells that were dirty and messy, these two cells had obviously been carefully tidied up and were relatively clean. There were no bloody torture tools, but both of their hands were shackled.
After the brothers were arrested, they kept glaring at each other until Lu Qingming broke the silence.
"Second brother, I really didn't expect that even though you rebelled, the old man would still spare your life."
Lu Qingfeng sneered: "Because the old man saw that you also want to rebel, and I stayed here to guard against you."
"After all, it was me who made the superior move and let my second brother take the lead." Lu Qingming couldn't help but feel proud.
Lu Qingfeng spat directly: "You have been so hypocritical since you were a child. You know that holding a banner for yourself will help you become invincible in terms of fame and fortune. But so what, it's useless even if you are eight moves better, and now you have become the same Being a prisoner is just a waste of effort."
The two exposed each other's shortcomings, and they both disliked each other. They glared at each other until their eyes were sore, and they both let out a long sigh.
"Don't talk about you and me. Looking at this posture, the old man has also fallen into trouble, and if he falls into it, he will lose his life. We don't know what will happen to us."
When this matter was brought up, the previous tit-for-tat instantly disappeared.
Although they rebelled and saw that they had already thought about the ending, when they were really waiting for death, they felt that the time was so long, and countless feelings of fear arose in their hearts.
Subtle footsteps were heard, and the cell leader led people down.
The person who came was none other than Lu Qingyue. He was holding a jar of wine in his hand. The cell leader picked up the wine cup, placed it carefully, and opened the cell door.
He waved his hand, and the cell leader bowed and left lightly: "I'll take my leave, little one."
Lu Qingyue filled three wine cups with wine and pushed them in front of her two brothers.
Lu Qingfeng's eyelids twitched, and he said in a mocking tone: "Lu Zhao doesn't dare to come, so I sent you to give him poisonous wine?"
Lu Qingyue did not rush to reply, but picked up one of the bottles and drank it all in one gulp, indicating the five poisons of this wine.
It's a pity that neither of them believed it. Lu Qingming said again: "You put poison on the wine cup?"
Lu Qingyue couldn't hold back this time and rolled her eyes: "You two are so cowardly, how could you dare to rebel in the first place?"
"If I don't rebel, the old man will kill me, so I have to rebel." Lu Qingfeng snorted lightly. After finishing speaking, he seemed to have made up his mind. He picked up the wine cup, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
Lu Qingming stopped talking nonsense and drank the wine.
"Brother asked me to bring you a message. The old man has been killed by him. The mountains are high and the roads are far. Everyone should take care of each other. Don't go back to Jicheng again."
He clapped his hands, immediately walked in a guard from outside the cell door, put down two heavy packages and left.
"This is a lot of money, enough for you to spend the rest of your life. Let's go." After Lu Qingyue said this, she turned around and left.
"Wait a minute, is he going to let us go?"
"Yes, he became the new emperor and granted amnesty to the world. Even the prisoners could have their sentences reduced. There is no reason for his own brother to die." Lu Qingyue nodded.
"Then why doesn't he do this kind of favor thing himself?" Lu Qingming was puzzled.
Lu Qingyue sneered: "There is always a wrongdoer and a debtor. Although all this is probably because of that damn old man torturing everyone, but after so many years of confrontation, seeing your faces makes me sick. In order to prevent myself from being hurt by the killer, I came here." ."
"Did he really kill my father?"
"The death knell has tolled, and obituaries are flying everywhere. Can they still be false?"
"He killed my father in a fight to the death. In front of all the ministers, there must be some people who are dissatisfied. Now that he is letting us go, isn't he afraid that we will contact our father's old troops and join forces to fight back and let the tiger return to the mountain?"
When the two men learned that they could be freed, they had many doubts and kept asking questions one after another.
"Tsk, you two are just talking nonsense. The old man helped you balance the power before, but you two couldn't win once. Now that he has the power, it's not like he's just kidding you to death. He's letting the tiger go back to the mountain, what kind of tiger?" Bullshit?" Lu Qingyue said angrily.
These words immediately blocked the two people.
They didn't say any more nonsense. Each of them picked up a suitcase and turned around to leave the dungeon.
"Fourth brother, don't speak so rudely in the future. If my eldest brother can tolerate you, I'm afraid that sister-in-law will slap you."
Before leaving, the two men did not forget to stimulate him.
Lu Qingyue jumped up with anger on the spot and chased him out, but the person was gone.
The first emperor was newly mourned, and the new emperor immediately ascended the throne. After that, he was busy quelling the chaos and resolving the dispute with Dayan. The entire New Year passed in a hurry.
It wasn't until the warm weather turned cold again, early spring arrived, and all internal and external troubles had been calmed down that Northern Qi could take a breather.
It was the fifth day of March, the spring was bright, and it was still a good day according to calculations.
The new emperor decided to hold a grand ceremony, and the entire palace and even Jicheng began to be decorated with lights and colors, making it look very grand.
Heavy.
Although the late emperor's three-month mourning period has passed, according to custom, no happy events can be held for three years, let alone such a lively ceremony.
The courtiers had also raised objections, but the new emperor was strong. The first thing he did after he ascended the throne was to firmly grasp the general power in his hands. Later, he asked the Jinwu Guards to collect a lot of evidence as a handle. If he got into trouble too much, he would definitely be punished. Bad luck.
Under such high pressure, the voices of opposition in the court gradually disappeared, leaving only the obedient voices of agreement.
In a carriage engraved with the pattern of a flying phoenix, Chen Xueying was sitting in the queen's court dress.
The curtain of the sedan chair was raised, and along the road were the people of Jicheng watching the excitement.
Unlike when she first came here, she had to throw money all over the place in order to receive compliments from these people. Now, even if no one throws money, she is always nice and obedient all the way.
There were guards on both sides controlling the field and stopping these people, but the laughter never stopped.
Countless people gathered together and recounted the scene of the emperor and empress getting married in twos and threes.
"I think back then, when the Crown Princess got married, many people scolded me. I'm not like those idiots. Although the Crown Princess is the princess of Dayan, she is just a female streamer. She came all the way to Northern Qi to marry, and she had no choice at all. . I feel that the Crown Princess is beautiful and kind-hearted. When she and His Highness the Crown Prince worship at the palace gate, she is like an immortal descending to earth."
"Bah, I believe you. When you scolded the most vigorously, it was the Crown Princess's maid who gave you the money. You picked up a whole bunch of money before you changed your mind."
"Stop calling her Princess, she is the Queen now!"
"To the Queen, will the Queen give me money?"
"It shouldn't be possible. I didn't see the person giving out the money!"
While everyone was joining in the fun, they were still thinking about picking up money. After all, when the Crown Princess got married, she was given money.
As he was talking, he suddenly heard a commotion behind him, followed by cheers.
"Money has been distributed, and this time it is golden beans. Hey, luckily His Highness the Crown Prince has become the emperor. If it had been any other prince, how could such a good queen have given us gold?"
"Where is it? Where is Golden Beanzi?"
"Come on, come on, look at those pretty girls. They were the ones who handed out money to the Crown Princess back then. Now they are the ones spreading the gold!"
Ye Jing, Hua Rong, and Hua Pu each held a small basket in their hands, grabbed a handful of golden beans, and threw them to both sides, and countless people began to pick them up.
This handful was thrown out, and soon it bottomed out, and another full basket came in.
Looking at this posture, Hua Pu couldn't help but frown. She approached Ye Jing and whispered: "Master is happy to be the queen. We all know it, but he has spread too many golden beans. Where is the share enough? You won’t spread out all the dowry at the bottom of the box, right? You might as well spread the money like you did before!”
"Our queen's canonization ceremony is the only one in her life, and it doesn't cost much. Besides, what she wants in her heart is more than just the title of queen. She has many things to do in the future, and she will inevitably encounter many obstacles. This Sometimes gold cups and silver cups are not as good as the reputation of the people. The golden beans scattered in front of you will be rewarded in the future!"
Ye Jing patted her arm and said with a soft smile, her tone was high, and she was obviously in a very good mood.
Hua Pu still wanted to ask more questions, but seeing the people surrounding him, he still
Shut up.
She didn't quite understand what Ye Jing said, but the master and Ye Jing had a very good relationship, and sometimes they didn't feel like masters and servants, so what Ye Jing said should be what the master meant. It didn't matter if she didn't understand, just follow it.
The group of people followed the motorcade to the palace gate. At this moment, the main entrance of the palace was open. The vermilion door and the golden copper lock looked impressive under the sunlight.
The towering buildings in the palace are faintly visible through the palace gate.
The first thing Chen Xueying did when she became queen was to get rid of the bad habits of the Northern Qi royal family. No matter how noble their status, royal women were not allowed to go through the main entrance for funeral matters.
She couldn't control others, at least she had to go through the front door.
Although this may seem like a small thing, many old rules are broken starting from the details. Sooner or later, more rules will be eliminated.
"I am responsible for the combination of virtue and education of the universe and the transformation and education of Shilong. It is used for the internal and external governance and the promotion of Yonghe. The ceremony was prepared here, and the education and civilization flourished. I am the direct princess of the Yan Kingdom. I am the direct princess of the Yan Kingdom. Zhongxiang, worshiping honors and showing off, being gentle and good-natured, should be taught by Zhaonu in the Sixth Palace. Be chaste and quiet, and bow, in accordance with the rites of the mother in all nations..." (The imperial edict of the empress was modified according to the empress seal of Kangxi.)
The eunuch's long and distant voice came. Chen Xueying stood under the steps of Guangming Palace, while Lu Zhao stood on the steps waiting for her.
She climbed up the steps, and he lifted his feet to go down. The two of them met in the middle, clasped their fingers and continued walking up.
Hold your hand and grow old together.
The two of them crossed the high threshold and walked to the top of the hall together.
Next to the dragon chair, a newly made chair was added, also made of gold. It was decorated with a five-clawed golden dragon, creating a scene of hundreds of birds facing the phoenix.
Behind her were the focused eyes of the officials. These scorching gazes almost penetrated Chen Xueying's back.
When we first started discussing the Queen's canonization ceremony, countless courtiers jumped out.
Lu Zhao's requests were more and more outrageous. Even the emperor's enthronement ceremony was hastily held, but he paid so much attention to the conferment ceremony and even opened the main entrance of the palace to welcome him. This in itself has an unusual meaning.
Later, when he asked to make a phoenix chair based on the dragon chair and place it next to the dragon chair, it aroused countless objections and protests.
This time, even if Lu Zhao tried his best to suppress it, none of the courtiers agreed. There were even some civil servants who followed Dayan's example and tried to criticize him, which made the atmosphere in the court tense.
In the end, Lu Zhao took a step back. The dragon chair still occupied the absolute center position, and the phoenix chair was moved to the back and side, so that they could not keep pace.
At this point, many people disagreed. After all, the Queen's Ceremony in the Northern Qi Dynasty was very perfunctory. The queen just knelt in the court, listened to the imperial edict, accepted the imperial edict and the Phoenix Seal, and left.
There are no such cumbersome steps, but the new emperor is unwilling to give in, and there are always three things to do when a new official takes office. The same is true for a new emperor when he ascends the throne. As long as it is not an outrageous order, the courtiers will nod in agreement.
Now that Lu Zhao has taken a step back, they can no longer make trouble and can only agree.
I don't know if it was the glow behind her, or Chen Xueying's first step to challenge the feudalism of Northern Qi. She was inexplicably nervous, and her fingers were cold and stiff.
Lu Zhao held her fingers and rubbed them quietly a few times under the cover of his sleeves, obviously wanting to warm her hands and also transfer energy to her.
The two looked at each other, and the man raised the corners of his lips with a comforting smile.
Chen Xueying breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile.
He sent her to sit on the phoenix chair, and then sat back on the dragon chair.
After both of them were seated, all the ministers knelt down collectively and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, my queen, my queen, my queen, my queen."
Everyone knelt at their feet. When Chen Xueying lowered her head, she could only see the tops of their heads and their backs. No one dared to look up.
She couldn't help but reach out to the dragon chair next to her. When the man looked over, he saw her brows raised, showing a somewhat provocative look.
Lu Zhao couldn't help but look soothed, and reached out to hold hers.
Even if they break the rules at this moment, no one can see them. Even if someone looks at them quietly from the corner of their eyes, they don't dare to accuse them of breaking the rules.
In such a solemn moment, a moment of joy was stolen.
"Flat body."
The two of them let go of their hands at the same time, but their hanging sleeves were entangled together, as if they couldn't bear to be separated. !
