Pihanjin

The day Mu Fulan took Xi'er to Shangjing, Yuecheng was empty. The people who saw off filled the street leading from the palace to the city gate, which was extremely lively.

The war that I was worried about turned out to be a false alarm. Not only that, the country of Changsha has survived, and the founding queen of the new dynasty is still their lord of the Mu clan. All kinds of happy events follow one after another. Why not make people feel honored?

In Changsha now, everyone has forgotten their dissatisfaction and rejection of the man named Xie Changgeng. In the eyes of the people, he is not only the founding emperor of the new dynasty, the real son of the dragon, but also a husband who endures humiliation and cares about love and justice.

The motorcade drove out of the city gate, and in the devout kneeling and jubilant farewells of the people on both sides of the road, they gradually drifted away to Shangjing.

More than a month later, on this spring day of the new year of the Dacheng Dynasty, the carriage carrying Mu Fulan gradually approached its destination.

The carriage slowly stopped, and the convoy also stopped, and finally stopped in front of a pavilion a few miles away from the gate of the imperial city.

The voice of the accompanying **** came from the front: "Report to Lord Weng, and the King of Qin will come out of the city to pick him up. Please transfer to Lord Weng and the young master to enter the city."

The door opened, and Mu Fulan glanced forward.

On the opposite avenue, a long line of honor guards stopped. The guard of honor is the guard of honor of the emperor - Xie Changgeng has not yet officially ascended the throne and proclaimed the emperor, and still calls the old name, but the guard of honor for things such as entry and exit is already equal to that of the emperor.

"Welcome His Royal Highness King Qin!"

"Welcome Your Highness Lord Weng! Welcoming Young Master!"

On both sides, the officials and entourage of their respective counterparts knelt down and saluted. Amidst the tidy shouts of salute, Mu Fulan watched him roll over from his horse and strode towards this side.

From the very beginning, his eyes seemed to only fall on Xi'er who was beside Mu Fulan.

With a smile on his face, he walked to the carriage and carried him out of the carriage in person. Fang glanced at Mu Fulan, his hand paused in the air, and finally extended towards her slowly.

Mu Fulan bent down and got out of the carriage. Under the gazes of many people around, she put one of her hands on the man's palm with a thin layer of calluses. She slightly lifted her skirt and stepped on it. A **** quickly placed the pier and got off the carriage.

As soon as she went, she withdrew her hand and held Xi'er who was looking at her and him instead.

Xie Changgeng silently turned around and walked forward. Under the guidance of several respectful officials, she also boarded another gorgeous cart parked on the road.

The fleet started again. The majestic outline of the imperial city in front gradually became clear in the smoke and willows flying in the sky.

The road has been cleared. The carriage finally entered the city gate and walked on the smooth and wide avenue leading to the palace in Shangjing.

In the future, if it can continue like this, then it should be a good ending.

That man, boarded his dream seat. Xi'er, made up for his former shortcomings, even though he didn't know it himself. The people of Changsha no longer have to worry about wars and great changes in their lives. There are also those courtiers who have served the Mu family for many years, and they can continue to keep everything they originally owned.

All are happy. she thinks.

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Three days later, with the support of hundreds of officials, Xie Changgeng performed the enthronement ceremony and became the founding emperor of the Dacheng Dynasty. On the same day, Mu Fulan was also registered as Queen.

Tomorrow is the canonization ceremony of the prince.

This ceremony will be held at the Taimiao Temple. Taishi Ling, who is in charge of astronomical techniques, deduces the auspicious time. At that time, the emperor will personally preside over the ceremony and put on his crown for the prince.

The emperor is so serious, the officials below naturally dare not slack off, and all preparations have been made early, just waiting for the arrival of the ceremony tomorrow.

These two days, Mu Fulan has been extremely busy. Since the canonization ceremony, she has been summoning the wife. Among those people, there are upstarts who rose with the new dynasty, and there are old people left behind by the previous dynasty. After seeing the people today, I gave a banquet in the palace. After the end, it was already in the middle of the night, so I returned to the bedroom where I lived and asked Xi'er.

This palace was the old residence of my aunt. She also lived here when she was a child in the palace. After the death of Empress Yuan, for nearly twenty years, this place has been vacant, leaving spider silk.

Now the palace has been renamed Ziwei Palace. In just a few months, the carvings are gorgeous, and many flowers and trees have been planted before and after. It is beautiful, like a fairy palace on earth.

Xi'er originally had a separate dormitory, but after he came, he opened his mouth and said that he wanted to live closer to her.

He was already a minor, and Mu Fulan naturally agreed, asking him to temporarily live with him and sleep in the side hall of Ziwei Palace.

The palace staff said that His Royal Highness was summoned to Yuanchen Palace by His Majesty the Emperor.

Yuanchen Palace is the place where the emperor of the new dynasty used the imperial study to handle affairs after the court meeting. The new dynasty was established, and the affairs of the state were so many things, Xie Changgeng was naturally busier than her. Since she arrived in Beijing and entered the palace, he has not seen anyone for the past few nights, and he should have rested there.

Mu Fulan waited for a long time. In the middle of the night, it was almost the end of Hai Shi, and Xi'er still didn't come back.

She glanced at the time, hesitated, and went to Yuanchen Palace.

She passed through the palace corridor where the palace guards had been installed, and came to the front of the palace, where she saw lights on from a distance. Several eunuchs who were guarding outside saw her coming, hurried down the steps, and knelt down to greet her.

Mu Fulan asked the prince. The **** said that His Majesty had been reading the memorial with the prince tonight and summoned the ministers.

"Your Majesty once said that the Queen can enter whenever she comes."

Mu Fulan walked in slowly, walked outside the imperial study, and stopped.

The door to the study was half closed. Through the door, she saw that the lights inside were bright as day, and two figures, one large and one small, were sitting behind the table, with more than a dozen courtiers kneeling in front of them, civil servants on the left and military generals on the right.

She recognized several familiar backs, all of whom were old acquaintances in Hexi.

Xie Changgeng wore a dragon robe with a solemn face, and said to the person kneeling in front of him: "You are all old people who have followed me for more than ten years. You don't need to show your loyalty, I have my own count. Today's glory is what you deserve. . As for the so-called "birds and bows", those of you here don't have to worry about it at all. I might as well tell you bluntly that all those who are called here tonight are all loyal ministers and generals that I consider."

Liu An and others, who were kneeling on the ground, were extremely grateful and kowtowed to thank them.

Xie Changgeng glanced at the young boy beside him, and continued: "Tomorrow is the day when I will establish the crown prince. Although the crown prince is young, you all know what kind of character and conduct you have. I have called you here to Let me tell you, from now on, you must be loyal to the prince as you are loyal to me, assist the prince, and help him become a Mingjun in the future."

"Do you understand?"

The ministers agreed in unison.

The voice faintly entered Mu Fulan's ears.

She stood quietly for a moment, then backed out and returned to the bedroom. After about a stick of incense, the voice of the palace servant calling "Your Majesty" came from outside the hall.

Mu Fulan turned her head and saw the man walk in, but did not enter, she stopped by the floor-to-ceiling curtain that separated the inside and outside of the bedroom, and looked at her silently.

Mu Fulan walked over: "Xi'er is sleeping?"

He nodded.

"I have sent him to the side hall to rest. It's late, so he doesn't have to come here to greet you again." He whispered.

"The palace servant told me what happened to you before. Tonight, there are a lot of things to do, so it's a bit late to get back, and you are tired of waiting for a long time. In the future, someone will send him back sooner, so you don't have to worry about it." He said again.

Mu Fulan remembered what she had seen before, and suddenly didn't know how to answer.

He seemed to be speechless, and stood for a while in the shadow that the palace lanterns could not illuminate, and suddenly said, "It's getting late, you can rest."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left, and his back quickly disappeared into the night outside the temple gate.

That night, Mu Fulan lay alone on the ornately decorated phoenix bed, unable to sleep for a long time. The next morning, she got up, dressed Xi'er neatly, led her, and sent it to the **** who was waiting outside.

According to the regulations, when the prince is added, the queen does not need to go with him, and the emperor takes the prince to the Taimiao.

The **** said that His Majesty the Emperor is now waiting in front of the Zichen Gate leading to the Taimiao Temple.

After Xier said goodbye to her, she followed the **** away.

Mu Fulan stood in front of the steps outside the hall, watched his figure disappear from sight, and turned to go to Xingning Palace.

In the Xingning Palace lived Xie Changgeng's mother, the current Empress Dowager.

Shui Xie was shocked that day. She was probably too frightened. When people woke up, their spirits were not very good. Later, they finally recovered, but when they learned that her son was going to be an emperor, she became excited again and couldn’t sleep at night. Good night. He was already older, but he caught a cold by accident a few days ago, and fell ill at once, and his illness was not serious. Although he was carefully treated by an imperial doctor, he was still bedridden.

Before Mu Fulan entered Beijing, Xie's mother had been in bed for nearly a month. Until these few days, Yin Xier came, she was very well-behaved, and she often went to see her. She was probably happy again, and her condition seemed to be getting better.

After Mu Fulan entered the palace, she had also consulted with the imperial physician several times for her.

She was halfway through, and suddenly saw the direction of Xingning Palace in front of her, a burst of smoke appeared, and it looked like a fire.

The buildings in the palace are very large, and the control of fire must be strictly controlled, not to mention that it is early in the morning, when the candles are all extinguished, how can there be a sudden fire?

"It's not good!" At this time, several palace servants from Xingning Palace rushed over, saw Mu Fulan, and knelt on the ground.

"Qi Empress, the Empress Dowager's palace was on fire just now! When the slaves were fighting the fire, the Empress Dowager was caught by a palace maid who was in the chaos of the Si Yuan Si Li, and threatened to ask the Empress to come over, otherwise she would kill the Empress Dowager!"

Mu Fulan was taken aback, and immediately called someone to call the palace guard to inform Xie Changgeng that she ran to Xie's mother's residence.

In the Xingning Palace, where Xie's mother lived, the fire had spread along the curtain that was standing at one point. Gong Wei has not arrived yet. Dozens of palace maids and eunuchs, some fell to the ground, howling and slapped the flames on their bodies, and some ran around like headless flies, shouting for water and help. Everyone panicked.

Across the door that was already on fire, Mu Fulan saw that Xie's mother was pressed against her neck with scissors by a woman who looked like an old palace maid. It's the cat.

This palace maid must have worked in the Siyuan Siyuan for many years. Her skin was dark and the palace was filled with smoke. She couldn't see her face for a while. Who, let alone why the other party was so bold, dared to threaten himself with the present queen mother.

"Mu Fulan, do you still recognize me!"

The palace maid shouted her name in a loud voice across a field of fireworks.

Mu Fulan finally recognized it.

The old palace maid on the opposite side turned out to be Qi Lingfeng.