"My dear friends, now that the evidence of the eldest prince's affair with the empress dowager and the murder of the late emperor is conclusive, and Li Yong has fully confessed, I want to kill them both with white silk and poisoned wine. What do you think, dear sirs? "
In the court, although Li Rui spoke in a high-sounding way, as if he was soliciting the opinions of the ministers, he actually said: "I want to kill his mother and father. Which of you agrees and who opposes?"
Naturally, there was no objection from these Beijing officials who were already in the court, especially the group of party members headed by Yan Song.
Although Jiang Zichuan, the governor of Youzhou, came to Beijing not long ago, he also heard that the late emperor's eldest prince Li Yong and his biological mother, the empress dowager, were caught in adultery by the emperor and his ministers.
Although Jiang Zichuan also felt that something was fishy, considering that he had just arrived in Beijing and knew very little, he did not raise any objections.
Not surprisingly, Empress Dowager Nangong was given one foot of white silk.
Although Nangong Empress would never die with such a stigma, the situation was stronger than others, and there were eunuchs and maids in the palace to help Nangong Empress look decent on her own.
As for the inhumane eldest prince Li Yong who was tortured in the prison, after he was given half a bottle of paraquat, he burped before the effect of paraquat took effect.
Li Rui's act of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys did have some effect. Those imperial brothers who were dissatisfied with him now looked at him with trepidation, as if they were walking on thin ice.
The auspicious day for Li Rui's official ascension to the throne was chosen half a month after Jiang Zichuan, the governor of Youzhou, and his entourage entered the capital.
On this day, all the civil and military sages gathered, and all the officials were present, but the only ones missing were the Yongzhou prefect, Tiance general Zhou Yi and Wenhou Li Feiyu.
"Prime Minister Yan, today is an auspicious day for me to ascend the throne as emperor. Why do I still see two vacancies among the hundreds of officials?"
Before Yan Song could speak, Wei Zhongxian next to him rushed to answer: "Reporting to your majesty, Yongzhou has come to report that the Khitan thieves led 50,000 vanguard troops to invade the border. Yongzhou prefect Zhou Yi and Hussar general Li Feiyu defeated the Huns and Qiang. The three Di tribes have returned to support Yongzhou."
In fact, now that the giant glass wolf hidden by Zhou Yi on the Khitan Mountain has been discovered, the princes and leaders on the Khitan grassland are now fighting fiercely, and they have no time to pay attention to Yongzhou above.
The urgent military situation on the Khitan border was nothing more than the refusal of Zhou Yi and Wang Dachui to go to Beijing.
"Oh, so it can be said that the governor and General Li have done a great job this week!"
"The affairs here are really dangerous. Governor Zhou and General Li have just finished defeating the Xiongnu Qiang and Di, and now they have to deal with the invading Khitan thieves. They have worked so hard. They are really my loyal ministers!"
Wei Zhongxian had just snatched the question. At this time, Yan Song hurriedly jumped out and reported: "Your Majesty, Governor Zhou and General Li defeated the Xiongnu and defeated the Wuwan Chanyu. The late Emperor left on a crane before he could award the reward. Your Majesty is enthroned today. Just in time to complete the reward for the two of them for the late emperor."
People are in high spirits during happy events, and Li Rui, who officially ascended the throne today, immediately agreed.
"Prime Minister Yan, what official position do you think I should bestow upon these two?"
"Reporting to your majesty, General Li played the most important role in defeating the Xiongnu this time. Therefore, I proposed that Li Feiyu be promoted to Liangzhou Jiedu Envoy, in charge of the military and political affairs of Qingzhou Yiying in Liangzhou. The Zhou Prefect was awarded the title of General Tiance! "
Anyone with a discerning eye can tell who has a more generous reward, Zhou Yi or Li Feiyu.
Zhou Yi was named General Tiance from the original General Tiance, just adding a title.
"Li Feiyu" was promoted to Liangzhou Jiedushi, taking charge of the military and political affairs of Qingzhou and Liangzhou. Such a reward is not unreasonable.
Zhou Yi, the commander-in-chief of the entire army, only had a false reputation, but Li Feiyu actually became the military and political leader of the two states.
Although An Pingbai did not dislike Li Feiyu, such a reward from the new emperor made An Pingbai sincerely defend Zhou Yi from the bottom of his heart.
"Hmph~ In this battle, it was obvious that Marshal Zhou had wiped out the most enemies and had the most credit. But now it seems that he has been rewarded the least, and his rewards and punishments are unclear. It seems that if the new emperor Li Rui is so ignorant of right and wrong, then Da Chen may be doomed. "An Pinbai secretly said with disdain in his heart.
An Pinbai wanted to stand up and seek justice for Zhou Yi, but his father-in-law pulled his sleeve and stopped him. An Pinbai had no choice but to give up.
No one in the court had any objection to the awards given to Zhou Yi and Li Feiyu, and everyone agreed.
The new emperor Li Rui also followed the proposal of Prime Minister Yan Song and awarded him this reward.
After conferring awards to Zhou Yi and Li Feiyu, Li Rui's original father-in-law, Zhu Huaiyi, the third-rank minister of the Ministry of Etiquette, proposed excitedly: "Since your majesty has ascended the throne, why not take advantage of all the officials here to appoint a queen to honor the world!"
"What Ai Qing said is true. I was about to bring up the matter of establishing a queen, but Ai Qing had already thought of it before I thought about it."
"In this case, Zhongxian, just let the ministers and officials listen to your decree!"
Zhu Huaiyi couldn't help but be happy when he heard this. Previously, because the third prince Li Rui was born to a maid in the harem, most of the noble ministers in the court were unwilling to betroth their daughters to Li Rui, but Zhu Huaiyi wanted to use his identity as the third prince to establish a relationship with the royal family. , so he betrothed his daughter to Li Rui.
Now in Zhu Huaiyi's view, if Li Rui ascends to the throne, his daughter will definitely become the empress of the world.
Just when Zhu Huaiyi was overjoyed, he heard Wei Zhongxian in front of the dragon chair holding the imperial edict and slowly reciting: "I am the only one who has made the virtues of the universe and the universe together, and the transformation and education of Shilong. It is the purpose of internal and external governance, and the promotion of Yonghe." Ceremony It is here that preparations are made for enlightenment and prosperity. There is a noble concubine, Wanyu, who is virtuous and auspicious in the world. She respects her honors and makes her beautiful. She has a gentle and graceful nature. She is chaste and quiet and bows. She should be the mother of all nations. I will book you as the queen. He respects his talents, his filial piety and his support, and praises his respect and diligence. I appreciate this~"
Zhu Huaiyi pricked up his ears and listened carefully to the imperial edict, fearing that he would miss a word. But he didn't hear his daughter's name in the imperial edict. Instead, he heard that a noble concubine named Wanyu was named the queen.
Not only was Li Rui's father-in-law Zhu Huaiyi a little confused, but other officials in Kyoto had never heard that Li Rui had a noble concubine named Wanyu.
For this reason, all the ministers in the court became very interested in the queen named Wanyu.
"The Queen has arrived and all the officials are here to pay her respects!"
As a sharp voice sounded, a woman with gorgeous palace makeup, wearing a golden phoenix robe and a nine-phoenix rosy crown, slowly walked towards the court with the support of several palace maids and eunuchs. Come up.
When all the ministers in the court saw it, their jaws dropped in shock.
The person in front of me is not Concubine Wanyu, she is clearly the late emperor's enchanting concubine Li Wanji.
