"Long live, long live, long live my emperor!"
"The Queen is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old -"
The ministers paid homage.
Xiao Yuchen held Wen Jin's hand, walked into the palace step by step from the palace gate in the middle, and climbed up the imperial steps.
Originally...the queen was not allowed to go through the palace gate in the middle.
Only the emperor can enter that palace gate.
Only the emperor can step on the imperial steps.
But when the Ministry of Rites was planning every procedure, Xiao Yuchen proposed, "The Queen must walk side by side with me."
The officials of the Ministry of Rites were stunned, "Your Majesty, this...is not in line with the ancestral system."
Xiao Yuchen sneered, "Who made the ancestral system?"
you still need to ask?
"Of course it was decided by our ancestors!" the official said.
Xiao Yuchen nodded, "Ancestors are also human beings, and they will make mistakes. When the ancestors set the ancestral system, they did not think carefully. The descendants who are filial should correct the mistakes of their ancestors. Otherwise, why not make mistakes from generation to generation?"
Officials: "..." You are the only one who dares to say this, but we dare not respond.
"Change this ancestral system! When the emperor ascends the throne, he should take the hands of the queen and walk together from the central palace gate. Walk up the imperial steps together."
Xiao Yuchen hasn't finished speaking yet.
The Minister of Rites knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, you must not! How can you change your ancestors just because of a woman..."
"Shang Shu of the Ministry of Rites!" Xiao Yuchen suddenly stopped him, "Back then, I held a banquet in Furong Garden and invited six ministers to attend the banquet. You were the only one who didn't go, right?"
The Minister of Rites shuddered... This happened for a long time. Why did the emperor suddenly settle the blame after he ascended the throne?
"Oh, the Minister of Rites was disrespectful to me back then! Now he is deceiving the public with his monstrous words, clinging to dead principles and not knowing how to adapt, and preventing me from correcting the mistakes of my ancestors! It hinders me from being a wise king and leaving a good name in the world!" Xiao Yuchen said coldly Face said, "You should go home and reflect on yourself!"
The Minister of Rites' legs went weak and he immediately knelt on the ground...
What did he say?
He said that the ancestral regulations cannot be modified casually! The queen cannot be allowed to enter through the central palace gate!
The emperor just gave him such a big "blame", can he afford it? This is going to crush him to death!
"Wen Shengjun, Treasurer of the Ministry of War, has been promoted to serve as the Left Minister of the Ministry of Rites."
"The Minister of Rites took a leave of absence at home, reflecting on his past, and acted as an agent for the affairs of the Ministry of Rites!"
Xiao Yuchen ordered without changing his expression.
Everyone gasped.
The Minister of Rites was so angry that his face turned red.
Directly promote the queen's brother to arrange the enthronement and canonization matters as an agent!
I'm afraid others can't make thoughtful arrangements for the Queen!
Does he dare to be more obviously partial?
Xiao Yuchen is so brave.
He looked at the Minister of Rites with a sneer, "I heard that Aiqing and the deposed prince are very close... You are dissatisfied with me, but is it because of the deposed prince?"
The Minister of Rites was shocked!
"Your Majesty! I... I have no dissatisfaction with the Emperor! I have nothing to do with the deposed prince!"
"I am getting old. Nowadays, the affairs of the Ministry of Rites are heavy, and I am unable to do what I want... I beg the Emperor to grant me permission... to retire and return home!"
If you don't leave, your life will be in danger!
Xiao Yuchen nodded, looking considerate to his ministers, "Ai Qing has served the Supreme Emperor for many years. It's really hard work."
"Originally, I hoped that you could work for me again just like you were loyal to my father... But since I have decided to leave, I'm ready to do it."
The Minister of Rites had a mouthful of old blood in his throat and wanted to spit it in his face.
However, in the blink of an eye, he has been kicked out of six departments and far away from the center of power.
Therefore, Xiao Yuchen and Wen Jin went hand in hand during today's enthronement ceremony.
No one said a word.
Isn’t it just a ceremony? This new emperor is vigorous and resolute, and he dares to fight and kill anyone.
Why do you have to risk your own future and even your head to fight with him?
The Minister of Rites is a lesson learned from the past!
The enthronement and canonization ceremony came to an end with Xiao Yuchen's persistence and the officials' compromise.
The officials had not expected at this time that their compromise with the new emperor during the ceremony... would not be the last.
It was just the beginning of their compromises and concessions.
…
Let’s talk about Taihe Palace.
The Supreme Emperor looked in the distance from the direction where the drums of the Imperial City came from.
He looked pensive, even a little worried...as if something valuable in his hands was gone, lost.
"My son, I pay my respects to my father."
A cute voice suddenly came from behind.
The Emperor turned around slowly.
Concubine Zhuang and Princess Xinyue were seen saluting.
The Supreme Emperor twitched his lips and said, "Get up, why are you here to see an old man like me? Everyone should have gone to the front to watch the ceremony, right?"
There was a deep sense of loneliness in his tone.
Princess Xinyue glanced at Princess Zhuang and hesitated to speak.
She wanted to watch the ceremony, but her mother-in-law insisted on dragging her here.
Concubine Zhuang smiled and said, "When Your Majesty came to the throne, I took a look at you from a distance. That look will never be forgotten to this day."
Concubine Zhuang's deep affection made the smile on the Emperor's face a little warmer.
"Come on, sit with me. Maybe I haven't seen Xinyue for a long time! Xinyue has grown so tall!"
The Supreme Emperor touched Princess Xinyue's head.
Seeing that the time was right, Princess Xinyue immediately stated her intention, "Yes, father, my son has grown up!"
"I'm asking the emperor to give me a mansion. I plan to move to the princess's mansion next month!"
The Supreme Emperor paused, and his face that had been smiling just now suddenly became clouded.
"How old are you? Are you going to move to the Princess's Mansion? Can't the Palace of Supreme Harmony accommodate you?"
Princess Xinyue heard his harsh tone and couldn't help but look to her mother-in-law for help.
Concubine Zhuang motioned her not to say more... wait until the Emperor's mood calmed down.
"Father just now said that I am grown up! Now I am saying that I am young again!" Princess Xinyue always acted coquettishly in front of him.
Seeing her pretty face and pouting little mouth, the Supreme Emperor breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm not doing this all for your own good! You are still young, how can you go out to open a mansion by yourself? Stay in the palace. , there are many people taking care of you. And you can see your father and your mother and concubine every day!"
Princess Xinyue couldn't help but said, "Even if I leave the palace, I don't really live alone! My grandmother, aunts, maids and little girls who usually take care of me will follow me out of the palace! Why is there no one to take care of me?" "
"If I want to see you and my mother and concubine, I can enter the palace! The emperor has already said..."
At this point, Princess Xinyue suddenly realized...
She raised her eyes to look at her father, and sure enough, the Emperor's face had darkened.
The previous kindness was gone in an instant, replaced by shame and anger.
Princess Xinyue said, "Actually, my father is not dissatisfied with me leaving the palace and building a palace. Rather, he is dissatisfied with my brother for allowing me to leave the palace and build a palace without your consent, right?"
"In the final analysis, you are dissatisfied with the power falling into the hands of the imperial brother! Father, you have already abdicated the throne! Is it just the position you abdicated?"
"You are clearly giving in to the power that belongs to that position! Why do you still want to control your children? What about controlling power?"
Concubine Zhuang was shocked, "Xin Yue! Stop talking!"
Princess Xinyue frowned, "I just want to say it! The emperor brother and the emperor's sister-in-law are good to me, the father, and the mother and concubine. But the father is always on guard against them..."
"Pa—" A harsh slap interrupted Princess Xinyue's words.
Her delicate little face was slapped to the side.
She covered her face and looked at the Supreme Emperor in disbelief.
