Chapter 369

"The new emperor ascended the throne."

A hoarse cry cut through the sky. Chu Zongge wore a seven star Pearl Dragon crown and a bright yellow dragon robe. Sitting on the Dragon chair. He glanced down at the respectful kneeling minister.

He brushed his sleeve. "Get up."

The new Prime Minister Liu Bingliang was personally mentioned by Chu Zongge. He took the lead to stand up and worship again. Only then did other ministers follow him up according to the size of his official posts. He worshipped the emperor seven times to show his respect and loyalty to the new emperor.

Chu Zongge frowned. "Why didn't the left and right generals come. Don't they have to attend my grand ceremony to ascend the throne?"

Liu Bingliang arched his hand and said, "general Zuo is unwell and doesn't dare to meet the emperor with his sick body. So please forgive the emperor and salute again when his body recovers."

Chu Zongge touched the Buddha beads on his wrist and covered his eyes with a mist. "What about the right general? He won't fall ill with the left general. How can the two generals get together when they are ill?"

"The right general didn't. the right general went to the northwest early in the morning." Liu Bingliang pursed his lips. "The second son of the right general was in a tight war with Xirong on the northwest border. He didn't have time to report to the emperor, so he went to the rescue."

There was a cold light in the eyes of Chu Zongge. "It seems that I can't delay for a moment. It's just a great ceremony to ascend the throne. Xirong broke the front line arranged earlier. I can't feel comfortable from the first moment I sat on the Dragon chair. The emperor of Xirong really gave me a big gift."

Liu Bingliang wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, "the grand ceremony of accession to the throne will continue. The emperor will continue later..."

"Xirong is going to fight in. The people in Northwest China are suffering from the displacement caused by the war. I have no intention to carry out these so-called complicated etiquette," Chu Zongge half narrowed his eyes. "Go back to the study. I have something important to discuss. I'll go there now."

"But this is an old rule handed down by our ancestors. Does the emperor want to destroy this tradition," Liu Bingliang said painstakingly. "Emperor, this ceremony of accession to the throne has not been completed yet. There are still many things to do. You must not leave."

"I've heard that the first emperor's grand ceremony to ascend the throne lasted seven days and spent enough gold and silver for the soldiers on the front line to fight five wars," Chu Zongge said in an irresistible tone, "Since it's a rule handed down by our ancestors, we'll finish it here. In the future, no matter which emperor, as long as it's a descendant of the Chu family in the state of Qin, the grand ceremony to ascend the throne can't last more than three days, and the cost of property must be limited."

All the ministers below were sweating. Liu Bingliang's hands shook a few times and didn't dare to say anything more. Chu Zongge's fierce eyes swept down, "historian, do you want me to write it down in your book."

"Yes, yes, I'm here." the historian gave him a wrist to calm his mood. He clearly wrote down what he said in his book. He didn't dare to neglect it for a moment.

Chu Zongge's hand clenched into a fist and knocked on the table, "I know what you're thinking, but it's because the former Emperor didn't have many children, so I let me pick up this cheap for nothing. But I want to tell you that there's no pie falling down in the world. I want you to know that I'm not stepping on the blanket when I sit on this throne."

The ministers looked at each other and knelt down without hesitation, "I understand."

Chu Zongge glanced at Liu Bingliang obliquely, "the wedding ceremony between me and the queen will be completed in three days. You should remember this."

"Emperor," Liu Bingliang's pupils tightened, "didn't the eldest lady of Xue's house cancel her engagement with the emperor? The former Emperor once said plainly that Miss Xue was not allowed to enter the harem."

"The first emperor is in the imperial mausoleum now. Since you listen to the first emperor like this, why don't I write you a note and let you go to the imperial mausoleum to talk to the first emperor," Chu Zong said coldly, "She has shared joys and sorrows with me for so many years. I can't treat her badly. She is my queen. When the former Emperor was there, I didn't break the engagement with her, so she is my fair queen. No matter what the former Emperor said or what you old ministers thought, she is the queen. No one can deny this."

"Yes," Liu Bingliang soon bowed his head. After all, he was a Junjie who knew current affairs. He didn't dare to face the new gentleman. "Since the emperor said that the wedding would be done three days later, the minister ordered it."

"You don't have to intervene in the wedding ceremony. I'll give you something else to do," Chu Zong Gordon said. "Now you let the top three generals into the upper study to wait for me. I'll discuss with them about Xirong."

Liu Bingliang was stunned. "Now? Now it's the grand ceremony to ascend the throne."

"Even now, I have become the emperor. This so-called grand ceremony is just a ceremony," Chu Zongge's eyes flashed a trace of displeasure. "The people on the northwest border are still in the midst of water and fire. I'm so sorry for the people sitting here listening to silk and bamboo strings and watching light singing and dancing. Call them to the study now."

Xue ronghua's slender jade finger crossed the eight immortals table with exquisite patterns, and sighed slightly in his heart, "the ward palace is really the place where the queen lives. It is different from other places everywhere. How many craftsmen can carve such detailed patterns."

"What do you care about the grain? As long as it's what the emperor and the queen want, everyone has to rack their brains to send it up," Liu Yuan walked around the palace with envy in his eyes. "Sure enough, it's a place where women all over the world want to come in. Who can block the dream of the harem."

Xue ronghua turned his eyes. "Where all the women want to come in? Do the residents think so?"

"I don't dare to think so. The emperor is yours, not mine. Besides, he doesn't like me," Liu Yuan gently fluttered his fan. "I've heard of the fighting in the harem, but I'm not interested in such a place of intrigue."

"Your temperament is still suitable for staying in guimeng temple, but since the emperor has promised you, he will arrange a clean and elegant place for you to stay in the harem," Xue ronghua smiled. "You can tell me what kind of place you want to live."

Liu Yuan was absent-minded for a moment. "Does the king want to live in the palace?"

"The king doesn't want to live outside the palace alone. Of course, he wants to live in. It's up to him to choose."

Liu Yuan swallowed, "I want to live in a place with peach blossoms and willows. There don't need many palace people in the palace. Just a few who can help."

Xue ronghua raised his eyebrows. "Is this the only thing the lay people want?"

"I have no desire. As long as I have a place to eat delicious food, it's the best," Liu Yuan bit his lower lip. "However, I still want to go back to guimeng temple. It doesn't seem to mean anything to stay in the palace."

"It's boring, but if you go back, I'll be alone in the palace," Xue ronghua said in a panic. "Are you still complaining about the king and unwilling to stay with the king? If you really don't like the king, the palace is so big, I can let the King Live the farthest away from you."

Liu Yuan frowned and a strange light flashed across his eyes. "The emperor left the king in the palace. In fact, he also wanted the king to help in government affairs. I'm just an outsider to you. I'd better go back to guimeng temple. If you have any problems, I'll go into the Palace immediately."

Xue ronghua looked at her blankly, "why can't you put the prime minister so much in your heart? Has there been irreparable harm between you? What did the prime minister say to you to make you care so much?"

Liu Yuan became anxious after her questioning, "I don't care what he said, I care about him..."

"What, do you care about him?" Xue ronghua suddenly woke up. "It turns out that you like Xiang Wang, so you don't want to live with him. Do you feel uneasy in your heart, but liking is not a sin. Just tell him openly. Even if you can't be a lover, you can become friends."

Liu Yuan's eyes are wet, "You don't know. I'm not the one the king really likes. If I tell him as you said, I'm just insulting myself. Not everyone can be happy with each other like you and the emperor. Most people marry people they don't like and work hard for him to have children all their life."

Xue ronghua was stunned. Looking at her lonely side face, he didn't know how to comfort her for a moment.

"Your good luck is really coming. You are the only one in the emperor's heart. You won't let your concubines enter the palace again. You're not even spoiled by 3000. You can be regarded as a real cinnabar mole in your heart. No woman has the ability to compete with you," Liu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. "I'd better go back to my guimeng temple. Maybe there are sick people waiting for me to go back."

"Liu Yuan," Xue ronghua shouted to her, "I've never had good luck. Even the emperor, I didn't get together until I cleared many obstacles. I became a prospective Princess and even a queen. I won it back by fighting openly and secretly. I'm not as good as you see, but a reborn man with hatred. Now it's hard to settle down and enjoy a peaceful life."

Liu Yuan's lips moved a few times, looked back and took a deep look at her, "if only I could come back in my life and never met a king who fell in love with others."

Chu Zongge grabbed the hand that untied his belt and said softly in his white jade like ear, "what's the matter with you today? How do you look unhappy? Are you not very adapted to the environment of the harem?"

"What's wrong with this? I haven't come in before," Xue ronghua held his hand and snuggled into his arms. "I heard that you lost your temper in the court today. Originally, the ceremony to ascend the throne was going to last seven days. But you said it was going to end on the third day."

"It's just that the new king succeeded to the throne. It would be a waste of seven days like the former Emperor, so I told the historian that three days would be enough for the future emperor," Chu Zongge said with a faint smile. "Whose mouth has so many things that it has spread to the harem."

"Are you blaming me for being nosy," Xue ronghua pursed. "I also heard that you are going to have a big wedding in three days, but the prime minister has something else to say."