ebookland Chapter 118: Jiayu is crowned as the Queen
Chapter 118: Jiayu is crowned as the Queen
Jiayu woke up before dawn and looked at the time. It was not yet five in the morning.
She couldn't help but think, at this time, Qi Tianlin should be attending the morning court, right?
Today is the day to crown the queen. I don’t know if the civil and military officials will be shocked or object when the man announces the queen in front of them.
She also wanted to know what kind of identity the man would give her.
The minister's daughter?
Or the princess of Gauss?
No longer feeling sleepy, Jiayu was in a daze for a while, then changed his clothes and left the room.
Before leaving, take your cell phone and jade pendant with you.
She went to the studio and continued to build the Phoenix.
After a while, I heard a group of people talking:
"Empress? Impossible? I've never heard of the emperor falling in love with any minister's daughter."
"Didn't General Zhendong make great contributions in the battle of Shangyangguan? I guess if the emperor is announcing the establishment of a queen, he should be planning to marry General Su's daughter."
"I also think this is possible. After all, the Su family army has made great contributions to the court. The emperor married the daughter of the Su family to thank the Su family for their efforts and to better consolidate the relationship between the Su family and the royal family."
"My Lords, you are going off the track. If the Emperor really wanted to establish a queen, would he have waited until now?"
"Didn't the general who guarded Guannan two years ago also win a victory? The Bian family also had great military achievements, but the emperor did not marry the daughter of the Bian family, so I think it is not the queen who will be canonized, but someone else."
"Lord Li is right. The one who is being canonized may be someone else. It is not to establish a queen. The third uncle passed away three years ago. The three-year mourning period for the crown prince has been completed. It is time for him to inherit the title."
Jiayu was a little confused by the discussions on the other end.
It seems that the civil and military officials were unaware that the emperor was going to establish a queen.
So, is Qi Tianlin planning to announce it without any warning?
At this time, the jade pendant.
Qi Tianlin looked at the prince who was constantly talking, his expression was normal, without much fluctuation.
Seeing that the ministers were discussing more and more heatedly, Qiu Zizhen glanced at the emperor and interrupted:
"What do you think this place is? Be quiet."
Only their emperor is easy to talk to, and generally he won't get angry.
If it were any other king, these ministers would have been sent out and beaten with fifty sticks.
The officials noticed that they were indeed discussing very loudly, and they all quieted down.
Some officials turned around and faced the emperor again.
Qi Tianlin saw that His Highness had calmed down, so he continued:
"While announcing the three matters, my dear ministers, if you have anything to say, please say it first."
The officials looked at each other one by one, hoping that the other party would play first.
After waiting for a while and seeing that no one came forward, Qi Tianlin asked:
"No one to comment?"
Then his eyes fell on Qiu Zizhen:
"The six ministers have no important matters to report today?"
Qiu Zizhen bowed and replied respectfully:
"Your Majesty, everything is stable in my Ministry of Rites, and there are no emergencies."
Qi Tianlin looked at Shangguan Fei, "Neither does the Ministry of Justice?"
Shangguan Fei trembled slightly when his name was suddenly called, then he bowed and stepped out of the line:
"Your Majesty, except for the murder case in Liao Village which has not yet been solved, everything else... is fine."
Qi Tianlin said: "Since there is nothing important to report, then let's announce the decree."
After saying that, he looked at Gao Weifu who was waiting on the side with the imperial edict in his hand.
Gao Weifu then handed the tray in his hand to the young eunuch beside him.
Then he picked up an imperial edict from the plate, walked to the emperor, and faced the officials below.
He slowly opened the imperial edict until he could see all its contents.
After carefully glancing over the words on the imperial edict, Gao Weifu glanced down, then retracted his gaze and read the imperial edict in his hand:
"The Emperor proclaims, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, that a thousand years ago, the Kingdom of Gaosi was part of the territory of the Kingdom of Lanyue, and our Daqi and Gaosi both belonged to the city of Lanyue. Due to the secession of foreign nations in later generations, Gaosi broke away from its motherland."
"Lan Yue is the predecessor of our Great Qi. Now Gao Si longs to return to the embrace of his motherland. Our Great Qi should open its arms to accept him."
"I declare that from now on, Gaosi will be the border city of Great Qi and will be named Gaosi City. Emperor Qi Zhu Yunan will be named the King of Gaosi and will continue to rule Gaosi."
"From the imperial court to the common people, no one can discriminate against the subjects of Gaosi and show that they are superior to others. If found, the whole family will be exiled to a bitter and cold place for the rest of their lives."
"From now on, General Teng Jingyun of Annan, who is guarding Qizhou City, will be appointed as the General of Zhennan and will go to Gaosi City to guard it next month."
"The position of General Annan in Qizhou Camp is vacant. The Ministry of War must select a suitable candidate to fill the position as soon as possible. I decree this."
Because everyone knew that among the three major events announced today, one of them must be related to the surrender of Gaosi State, so after hearing Gao Weifu read the imperial edict, the civil and military officials did not react very much.
Everyone agreed that it was reasonable to appoint General Teng Jingyun of Annan to guard Gaosi City.
Originally, the most likely person to guard Gaosuo would be General Bian Zhenghong, but because General Bian was more familiar with Guannan, the one who could guard Gaosuo had to be someone else.
Teng Jingyun has been guarding Qizhou for many years, and the border of Qizhou is Gaos. He knows Gaos better, so he is the most suitable candidate for the General of Zhennan.
At this time, Liu Jinghuan, the Minister of War, stepped out and bowed:
"Your Majesty, I accept your order. Gao Si's return is what everyone expected. I congratulate our Great Qi on its recovery. I hope our Great Qi will last forever."
As soon as Liu Jinghuan finished speaking, all the officials on both sides of the hall knelt down, repeating Liu Jinghuan's words in a loud voice:
"Gauss's return is what everyone expected. Congratulations to our Great Qi for recovering it. May our Great Qi live forever for thousands of generations."
Gao Weifu rolled up the imperial edict, walked down and handed it to Liu Jinghuan.
The imperial edict mentioned that the position of General Annan in Qizhou Camp was vacant, and the Ministry of War should arrange someone to fill Teng Jingyun's position as soon as possible and take over the Qizhou Camp.
Therefore, this imperial edict was taken over by the Ministry of War.
Qi Tianlin instructed Liu Jinghuan:
"There is no need to be nervous about the situation in Guannan. Guannan will continue to be guarded by Bian Zhenghong. After the Teng family army withdraws, there is no need to mobilize troops from nearby military camps to Guannan."
"As for who you will arrange to take charge, Qi Zhou, I will not ask. You can arrange this matter, Lord Liu."
Liu Jinghuan nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will definitely handle this matter properly and will not cause any trouble to Your Majesty."
Qi Tianlin nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Gao Weifu and ordered:
"Continue to read the next imperial edict."
Gao Weifu went back upstairs and took one of the two remaining imperial edicts on the tray from the young eunuch.
Then he walked to the emperor, slowly opened it, and soon began to read aloud:
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims that the Beilin Kingdom has colluded with the Great Jin Kingdom, has no respect for martial ethics, has launched an undeclared war, and has attacked our Eastern Kingdom Gate in an attempt to occupy our Great Qi City."
"Da Jin's aggression will never be forgiven by Da Qi. Considering that Bei Lin has no control and is afraid of Da Jin's ruthless hands, in order to prevent the people of Bei Lin from suffering from war, Da Qi will unilaterally announce that Bei Lin will be formally incorporated into Da Qi and become Da Qi's territory."
"From now on, if Dajin dares to occupy even half an inch of our Daqi land, Daqi will mobilize the whole country to crush Dajin and unify the Central Plains."
"My words and actions will be announced to the world. If anyone disobeys, I will see you on the battlefield!"
"After Beilin was incorporated into Daqi, it has been a border city of Daqi for generations. It was named Beilin City. Emperor Tangxiu of Beilin was canonized as the King of Lin and continued to control Beilin. Beilin City will be guarded by the Crown Prince Qi Ziyan."
"The Crown Prince will be enthroned as the Northern King and will rule the Northern Lin together with the Lin King Tang Xiu. No objection is allowed. I decree this."
After hearing the imperial edict, some officials could not help but start talking. After all, these officials had previously firmly believed that one of the major events was to announce that Crown Prince Qi Ziyan would inherit the title.
They speculated that one of the three imperial edicts announced Gauss's surrender.
Another part is that Beilin was incorporated into their Daqi.
Then the remaining one must be the announcement that the mourning period has ended and the crown prince has inherited the title.
However, what they didn't expect was that the prince was indeed crowned king, but it was actually related to the annexation of Beilin into Daqi.
So, now that the two national events have been announced, what is the content of the remaining imperial edict?
The emperor had previously mentioned that the enthronement ceremony was being planned, which meant that a grand ceremony would be held in the palace soon.
Generally, grand ceremonies are held for either the coronation of the throne, the enthronement of the queen, or the appointment of the crown prince.
Apart from these three, other enthronement ceremonies were rarely held in the palace.
"I think I have guessed the content of the remaining imperial edict..."
"It seems that I have guessed it as well."
"No way? Have we really been waiting for this day?"
"cough~"
Hearing that there was more discussion among the princes, Gao Weifu coughed as a reminder.
Immediately, the hall fell silent.
Soon, Qiu Zizhen, as a representative, knelt down first and said proudly:
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. May God bless our Great Qi!"
Then other officials knelt down one after another and said the same words as Qiu Zizhen.
After Gao Weifu and everyone else got up, he shouted loudly:
"Is the prince here? Please accept my order."
At this time, a young, elegantly dressed man hurried in.
He knelt down in front of the temple and kowtowed:
"Qi Ziyan, accept the order, thank the Lord for his grace!"
Gao Weifu rolled up the imperial edict, walked in front of the prince, and placed the edict in the prince's raised hands.
Gao Weifu smiled congratulatoryly, "Congratulations, Prince. No, it's the Northern King."
Qi Ziyan took the imperial edict and replied with a smile: "Thank you, General Manager."
Gao Weifu smiled back and went back up.
Qi Tianlin looked at his prince's gentle cousin and said in a gentle voice:
"Zi Yan, get up."
After his cousin stood up, he said in a half-joking tone:
"Zi Yan, you are still single at the moment. I have met Lin Wang Tang Xiu. She is not a cunning person and she cares about the people. She is also pretty. You and she will rule Beilin together. I believe that I will be able to drink your wedding wine in the near future."
Beilin needed someone to take charge, and it had to be someone from the royal family. It just so happened that the third uncle’s son Qi Ziyan had finished his mourning period.
Moreover, he has not yet married, so it is very appropriate for him to be named King of the North and guard the north.
Together with the Tang family, Beilin will not be under the sole control of the Tang family. There will also be people from Daqi there to prevent the Tang family from becoming more powerful and escaping from Daqi's control in the future.
Besides, Tang Xiu has not yet married. If this marriage really happens, the Tang family will have a bond with her and will never have any other thoughts.
As for the fact that he had several opportunities to become the eldest cousin of Emperor Daqi, he trusted him very much and there was no need to worry that he would take Beilin for himself in the future.
How could a person who doesn't even want the throne of emperor have the idea of taking Beilin for himself?
But what Qi Tianlin didn't expect was that his words not only scared his cousin, but also scared a group of officials.
what?
Drink wedding wine?
The Crown Prince and the Emperor of Beilin?
Isn’t the Emperor of Beilin a man?