Early the next morning, Zhu Qiyu got up early and led everyone in the mansion to the entrance of the Han Dynasty. He opened the main door and waited for the arrival of Concubine Wu Xian.
Concubine Wu Xian is a religious person who advocates simplicity, tranquility, and quiet practice. Except for personal belongings, he did not bring any belongings from the palace with him. So I just put my luggage in one car, took a car by myself, and drove to the palace in a light and simple manner.
Seeing Concubine Wu arriving in her car, Zhu Qiyu hurriedly took the concubine and everyone in the house to kneel on the ground to greet her with a grand ceremony.
Concubine Wu Xian got out of the car and ordered everyone to get up. Then he smiled at Zhu Qiyu and said: "I told you earlier that everything should be kept simple. If you don't listen, why bother keeping this big family here and waiting for me alone in the cold wind."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and replied: "This is the spontaneous filial piety of our family. Why bother? Mother and concubine, please come into the house quickly and see if the house prepared by the son and daughter-in-law for mother and concubine is satisfactory. If not, let the princess go immediately." Send someone to change it.”
Concubine Wu Xian smiled and waved her hand: "It's enough to have a pillow to protect me from the wind and rain. Back then, I left the palace as a little palace maid, but I didn't want to return to the palace as a concubine now. It can be regarded as a return to my hometown in glory. This is already lucky enough. People must be content.”
After saying that, Concubine Wu entered the mansion, supported by Zhu Qiyu and Lin Xiangyu, one on the left and the other on the right.
The three of them talked and laughed until they entered the palace. Concubine Wu looked around the palace and saw that the palace was full of rare treasures. Even when she entered the door, there were eighteen large corals six or seven feet high, arranged on both sides, forming a corridor.
In the palace, there are all kinds of jade, porcelain, pearls, agate and other rare treasures, arranged in an orderly manner everywhere.
Concubine Wu praised: "My daughter-in-law has good taste. Although she used so many treasures, the whole bedroom is still so elegant and warm, without any impetuousness.
Living in such a house, you can calm down and return to nature without meditating. "
Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "As long as my mother-in-law likes it, if there is anything wrong, please tell my mother-in-law and my daughter-in-law will correct it immediately."
Concubine Wu smiled and said: "Everything else is fine, but I have been trapped in the palace for so many years, and I have had enough. Now when I see the blue bricks and red walls in the courtyard, I will think of the days in the palace, and I feel unspeakably uncomfortable. .”
Lin Xiangyu hurriedly replied: "It was my daughter-in-law's negligence. As soon as His Highness beat back the tiles, my daughter-in-law immediately transported white marble from the west of Beijing, dismantled the red walls and blue bricks, and replaced them all with white marble. Does the mother-in-law think this is good?"
Concubine Wu nodded: "That's very good, but state affairs are important, and everything must be defeated by Oala first. Don't miss the state affairs just because I am wasting people and money."
The three of them sat down in the hall again, drinking tea and chatting happily.
Not long after, the maid came to report: "To report to the concubine, your highness, and the princess, the ministers are here again. They are surrounding the main courtyard of our palace and want to see your highness."
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he knelt down in front of Concubine Wu and begged in a low voice: "The ministers asked their son to succeed him, and my mother and concubine must have heard about it. They have made three concessions in the past two days, and today they should no longer be able to shirk it." , can only agree to succeed.
My son is unfilial. I hope my mother and concubine will not accept the title of Queen Mother and please be considerate. "
Hearing this, Concubine Wu hurriedly smiled and said: "Get up, the ground is cold. I have lived in the palace for a long time. How can I care about the title of Queen Mother? I just hope that our family can be together neatly. Even if If the ministers please take the title of Queen Mother, you can just resign for me."
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed and thanked her. He left Lin Xiangyu to talk to Concubine Wu while he rushed back to the main courtyard of the palace to meet the ministers.
After temporarily appeasing the women in the palace and mansion, Zhu Qiyu felt a little more confident.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty, generally in his twenties, and at most in his thirties, had to go through four steps:
The first step: Don’t hesitate;
Step 2: Don’t look at the direction;
The third step: ascending to the great gradient;
Step 4: Collapse.
The most terrifying thing is that these four steps will be completed within a month.
The most extreme one is his grandfather, Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi: On the first day, I didn’t hesitate. The next day, when the disease worsened, the imperial edict was passed on. On the same day, it collapsed.
In less than two days, the process was completed. Zhu Qiyu couldn't believe it that no women from the harem were involved.
Therefore, Zhu Qiyu has always firmly believed in leadership and must implement the golden rule that when resisting foreign forces, we must first pacify domestic affairs. One day I can't handle the woman around me, and one day I don't dare to sleep peacefully.
Otherwise, once the process begins, no matter how talented and wise an emperor may be, they will all end up in vain.
While thinking about his thoughts, Zhu Qiyu quickly came to the main courtyard. As soon as the ministers saw the appearance of the rightful master, they all knelt on the ground. Without any nonsense, they once again respectfully invited Zhu Qiyu to inherit the throne.
Zhu Qiyu asked: "Are Chen Yi and Yang Shan back?"
After Chen Yi and Yang Shan heard this, they stood up and walked to Zhu Qiyu to salute.
Zhu Qiyu asked again: "Does your Majesty have any will?"
Chen Yi stood in the middle, faced Zhu Qiyu and the ministers, and shouted: "Your Majesty has an oral message."
Zhu Qiyu hurriedly knelt in the first row and led the ministers in shouting: "I respectfully listen to your Majesty's decree."
Chen Yi cleared his throat and preached loudly: "The Emperor Chengyun issued an edict: The captives invaded the border, and I was afraid of bringing disaster to the clan, so I had no choice but to fight in person. Unfortunately, I accidentally fell into the captive court while driving.
When the country is in crisis, we rely on the eldest king, and the rituals of the ancestral temple cannot be neglected for a long time. I should abdicate and become the supreme emperor. My younger brother Qi Yu, the king of Qi, is old and virtuous, so he will continue to worship him. All civil and military officials should serve the new king with due care, repel the bandits, and bring peace to the world. I admire this. "
With the emperor's oral decree to pass on the throne, Zhu Qiyu no longer refused, and with all his ministers shouting long live, he accepted the imperial edict and formally agreed to succeed the emperor.
Zhu Qiyu stood up, and all the officials were about to formally pay homage. Zhu Qiyu hurriedly stopped the ministers: "Don't be too busy bowing. Before the formal succession ceremony is held, I will still be in charge of the country's affairs as the prince of the country."
Upon hearing this, Hu Hu, the Minister of Rites, came out and said: "The sixth day of September is an auspicious day. I would like to invite His Highness to hold a ceremony on that day to officially ascend the throne as emperor."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Zhunzou, keep everything simple, start moving from now on, and go all out to organize the defense of the capital. All other ceremonial matters can be avoided if possible, and saved if possible."
After that, Zhu Qiyu added: "We must give the Empress Dowager a royal title and treat her as the Holy Empress Dowager. This cannot be omitted. We must make great efforts to calm the world."
Hu Hu replied: "I have been ordered, and your Highness's biological mother, Concubine Wu Xian, should be honored as the Empress Dowager."
Zhu Qiyu interrupted before Hu Xi finished speaking: "My mother-in-law is indifferent by nature and does not like common people's duties. She has made it clear to me that she only wants to live quietly in the Qi Mansion as the concubine of the Prince of Qi, and will not return to the Forbidden Palace to live again. I will not accept any honorary title, and there will be no need for the Ministry of Rites to make any further requests."
When the ministers heard this, they all looked at each other in shock. It was the first time they saw someone who refused the title of Queen Mother.
After being stunned for a long time, Hu Hu could only hold his neck and ask: "May I ask Your Highness, are you canonizing Princess Xi as the queen, or canonizing Princess Qi as the queen?"
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "No, no, no, Uncle Zong made a mistake. There is no queen or imperial concubine. The Ministry of Rites only needs to give Queen Qian the title of Supreme Queen.
After Wa La was defeated, King Zhu Jianji of Ni immediately took the entire palace of King Ni to join the feudal clan. Everyone in Prince Qi's Mansion will not move. They will continue to stay in Prince Qi's Mansion. How they lived in the past will be how they will live in the future.
You all remember that I was forced to take over the throne temporarily in order to protect the ancestral temple and the country. Once we welcome back the imperial brother, we must still stay with the eldest brother. "
As soon as these words came out, the ministers below immediately exploded.
Zhu Qiyu was not in a hurry. He ordered someone to bring a chair and sat in the middle, basking in the sun leisurely.
Anyway, Zhu Qiyu occupies the moral high ground: I am not greedy for fame or power. I just have to take the throne temporarily for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. When the crisis is over, I will retire and still be the eldest brother.
You see how selfless and honorable I am. I hold the rule of law, I hold the right to justice, and I am justified.
The ministers will definitely not be happy: Your Highness, King Qi, has become the co-author of all the good people, while all of us ministers have become treacherous ministers and traitors.
After a while, the ministers gradually calmed down, and Chen Xun, Hu Hui and other important ministers responded forcefully, demanding that Concubine Wu Xian be respected as the empress dowager and that the empress must also be appointed.
