Chapter 054
Under the complex eyes of civil and military officials, Li Zhi ascended the throne.
After ascending the throne, Li Zhi deposed the prince's wives and concubines and children to common people, and also appointed the third prince and the fourth prince moved out of the palace as king, moved into the palace, enjoying the prince's salary. Other sonless concubines and favored palace maids in the palace were arranged to go home to reunite with their relatives. At the same time, Li Zhi issued several imperial edicts in succession to reduce taxes from the people, and ordered soldiers from all over the country not to disturb the people, successfully winning the hearts of the people.
However, the people are easy to coax, but the officials are not so easy to pass on.
Next, several ministers handed over resignations to protest, including Chen Qingqing's biological grandfather Chen Qu and uncle Chen Tingkai. Li Zhi sincerely tried to keep this group of officials, but he really couldn't keep them. Li Zhi blamed himself for his lack of moral character and sent them away from the capital. Outside the capital, there were military generals with self-respecting troops who tried to kill into the capital. Li Zhi had already prepared and all the 800,000 imperial guards followed his orders.
After the situation completely stabilized, it was already a year later that Li Zhi had truly settled the throne.
Ci'an Palace.
Chen Qingqing led Niu Niu into the hall and saw Mrs. Zhu, who had been promoted to the Empress Dowager, sitting on the Arhat bed with a smile, talking to Princess Chun Ning next to her. Princess Chun Ning was Concubine Chun. After the first emperor left, it is said that Concubine Chun should be promoted to the Empress Dowager, but Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, and the brother and sister were peers. Li Zhi, despite the opposition of the ministers, insisted on winning the title of the elder sister Princess, and the two nieces also became princesses.
This is also the only thing that Li Zhi did after he ascended the throne and gave him sufficient reasons to criticize him.
In addition to Princess Chunning and the two little princesses, Jiang Yiyue was also there and sat on the embroidery stool on the other side of Mrs. Zhu. Seeing Chen Qingqing, Jiang Yiyue immediately stood up and respectfully called her "Queen".
Chen Qingqing glanced at Jiang Yiyue for a long time.
The Li family turned out to have three little girls. Li Zhi's two cousins were married, and only Jiang Yiyue was left with Mrs. Zhu. Two years later, the sixteen-year-old Jiang Yiyue became more and more charming. Her small white face as white as tender tofu seemed to be able to get out of water by pinching it. Her big eyes, which were often seen with three points of shyness, was particularly pitying.
If Jiang Yiyue was as young as a child two years ago, she is now graceful and already a confusing girl.
Zhu the old lady is more pampered to Jiang Yiyue than her granddaughter. Li Zhi was busy with a job and once looked for a noble young man from a famous family to give her. However, before Jiang Yiyue could speak, Zhu the old lady rejected it first, despising the young man for being a free and careless man. He was obviously talented but did not take the exam for fame and fortune, and was not worthy of Yiyue.
Chen Qingqing felt that Mr. Xie, whom Li Zhi, was very suitable for Jiang Yiyue. Mr. Xie's parents died and was raised by his uncle, Duke Chu, since he was a child. After he became an adult, Mr. Xie moved to a house left to him by his parents because he did not like the many rules of the Duke's Mansion. He was usually a widow and liked to play the piano at home.
If Jiang Yiyue marrys Mr. Xie, she does not have to come forward to socialize with others, nor does she have to pick on her elders everywhere. The couple are both people who like elegance, so it is really a world-famous design.
But Old Lady Zhu firmly opposed it, and Li Zhi couldn't persuade him, so Chen Qingqing could only silently regret Jiang Yiyue.
"Sister, please don't give me a gift." Chen Qingqing said with a smile.
Jiang Yiyue stood up straight and her eyes fell on the two-year-old little princess Niu Niu.
Peonies have bloomed well these days. Niu Niu likes peonies very much and wears a peony flower every day to go out. The girl's head is small, but she wears a flower that is bigger than an adult's fist. In contrast, she is very cute.
"Niu Niu is so beautiful today." Jiang Yiyue bent over and praised softly.
Niu Niu smiled happily, then left Jiang Yiyue and ran to Princess Chunning. She liked her aunt and didn't like Jiang Yiyue who was afraid of sunbathing at all. Last month, Niu Niu met Jiang Yiyue while playing in the garden. The girl didn't know about Jiang Yiyue's illness, so she enthusiastically invited Jiang Yiyue to accompany her to see the peach blossoms. Jiang Yiyue ignored the obstruction of the maid beside her and accompanied Niu Niu for a long time, but she fell ill as soon as she returned to Ci'an Palace.
Because of this, Old Lady Zhu taught Chen Qingqing a lesson. When Niu Niu learned about this from the palace maids, she no longer wanted to pay attention to Jiang Yiyue.
"Aunt!" Niu Niu skillfully hugged Princess Chunning's neck.
Princess Chunning smiled and kissed her niece: "Does Niu Niu miss your aunt?"
Niu Niu nodded vigorously.
The third princess suddenly came over and touched her cousin's little face and asked, "Does Niu Niu miss me?"
Niu Niu still nodded.
The two little sisters started chatting seriously, and the adults watched with a smile, until the wet nurses took the three sisters Niu Niu out to play, and the hall became quiet.
Chen Qingqing sat next to Princess Chunning.
Princess Chunning said concernedly: "Is the emperor still that busy?"
Chen Qingqing nodded, thinking of the whispers Li Zhi had in her ear last night, she said with some expectations: "But it's only been a few days. Last night, the emperor said he wanted to celebrate his birthday for his grandmother."
The end of the month is to celebrate the old lady's 65th birthday.
When Princess Chunning felt mixed feelings when she thought of her brother. Last year, Emperor Qingde refused to see her in bed. She had already expected her fate, but she didn't expect her brother to rebel! As a sister, Princess Chunning always knew that her brother was very cunning and was definitely not as elegant and upright as she showed. But she rebelled. It was really a pity that her brother dared to think about it, and she succeeded!
The elder brother killed the father of her children, but Princess Chunning had no resentment. She also believed that if the two daughters were allowed to choose between the father who wanted to kill their biological mother and the uncle who protected their biological mother, the daughters would definitely choose their mother and uncle. As for Emperor Qingde, Princess Chunning would not think much more. As long as the moment Emperor Qingde summoned her but drove her away, the little love between the two was completely cut off.
Now that the elder brother has become the emperor, she and her daughters are free and comfortable in the eldest princess's mansion, Princess Chunning is very satisfied.
"Grandma is happy now. The emperor is so busy and still wants to celebrate your birthday." Princess Chunning turned to Old Lady Zhu with a smile.
Old Mrs. Zhu hummed and glanced at Chen Qingqing and said, "Those are all about pomp. I am so old. He is really filial to me. He should fill the harem early and let me hold my great-grandson early."
Earlier, Changsun wanted to plan major events, and Old Lady Zhu did not dare to cause trouble for Changsun. Now Changsun has become the emperor of the world, so there is no need to be afraid of anything. Old Lady Zhu naturally has to mention the old things again. Moreover, she happily accepted that Changsun married Chen Qingqing to win over Chen Qu through Chen Qingqing. Now Chen Qingqing is useless. According to Old Lady Zhu's wishes, Changsun should not have made Chen Qingqing the queen and marry a better queen again.
As the noble Empress Dowager, Old Lady Zhu did not hide her dislike for the Empress Chen Qingqing, daughter-in-law.
Chen Qingqing has been through this year like this. She has been together with Li Zhi for a long time and has to face Mrs. Zhu's crazy face every day. If Princess Chun Ning had not treated her intimately, the Li family's group of people would have nothing worthy of her nostalgia.
Before Old Lady Zhu could finish her words, Princess Chunning looked at Chen Qingqing.
Chen Qingqing sat quietly with her eyes down, looking like she was not ready to answer the conversation.
Princess Chunning sighed secretly, "My brother and sister-in-law have a good relationship, why bother grandmother?"
"Grandma, don't worry, the emperor was too busy before. He would spend a while to spend more time with the queen, and you would naturally get what you want." Princess Chunning said for Chen Qingqing.
Old Mrs. Zhu stared at Chen Qingqing and smiled as if she couldn't understand her granddaughter's eyes: "It's good to have a pregnancy for the queen, but more concubines are more lively in our palace, right? It's not like now, you've entered the palace, otherwise you can't even get a table of mahjong with me and the queen."
Princess Chunning frowned and wanted to say something else. The palace servants outside suddenly spoke and preached: "The emperor is here!"
After hearing this, the woman in the room looked at the door at the same time.
A bright yellow squat was the first to enter the eyes. Then, Li Zhi stepped in. The gentleness between the man wearing a dragon robe had been replaced by majesty at some point, which was completely different from the once gentle and elegant imperial commander.
To be honest, Li Zhi and Chen Qingqing felt unfamiliar with this kind of Li Zhi. Only when she was lingering at night could she feel the old love.
"Grandmother." Li Zhi came in and greeted the old lady Zhu with a smile.
Old Mrs. Zhu had bright eyes and said strangely: "Why do you have time to see us come today?"
Li Zhi first signaled Chen Qingqing and others to avoid the ceremony before he sat down at Chen Qingqing's seat just now and said, "The memorials have been reviewed. I heard that my sister is here. I'll take a look. Where are the children?"
He was a little confused about his two nieces.
Princess Chunning pressed Chen Qingqing to her brother and sat down, explaining: "I went to the Imperial Garden to play, but I can't keep the three ladies in the house."
Li Zhi was quite relieved when he saw his sister's rosy complexion. When he withdrew his gaze, he quickly glanced at the little wife beside him and saw Chen Qingqing pursing her red lips slightly, not very happy.
Just when Li Zhi guessed what happened, Old Mrs. Zhu spoke and teased: "It happened that the emperor came. We were just discussing the matter of filling the harem for you. How about it, do you decide a day?"
Li Zhi instantly understood why his little wife was unhappy.
But the talent show was not only urging him to the grandmother, but also the ministers of the previous dynasty were urging him, and it would be inevitable sooner or later.
"There is no hurry to get a draft. Let's choose a day to prepare for the grandmother's birthday." Li Zhi said casually.
Changsun agreed?
I wish the old lady a happy face.
Jiang Yiyue, who was beside her, also moved her finger gently.
Chen Qingqing stared at the emperor's husband beside her in a daze. Old Mrs. Zhu mentioned the talent show, and she thought Li Zhi would at least see her before making a decision. Unexpectedly, he agreed directly without any hesitation or any embarrassment, as if the talent show was a natural thing for him.
But that's right. He is the emperor, so of course she can't be the only queen.
Some promises are effective for the Imperial Commander, and when it is the emperor's turn, it loses its meaning.
Chen Qingqing felt a little cold, so cold that Old Lady Zhu's demonstrative eyes could not affect her at all.
Suddenly, there was a hand on the back of his hand. Chen Qingqing looked along the crimson sleeve and saw Princess Chunning's beautiful face.
Princess Chunning was comforting her silently.
Chen Qingqing was indeed comforted.
Emperor Qingde is so old, Princess Chunning has survived it. Li Zhi is young and handsome, which is her luck.
When she smiled at Princess Chunning, Chen Qingqing's eyes quickly returned to peace.
But when Li Zhi came to the central palace again at night, Chen Qingqing treated him the same attitude again.
After the palace maids retreated, Li Zhi took her into his arms, pinched her chin, and smiled with a phoenix eye: "Who has messed with you again?"
Chen Qingqing sneered, why? This guy became the emperor, so he hoped that she would help him choose women in a happy mood?
He dreams!
The author has something to say: Li Guizi: Listen to my explanation...
Chen Qingqing: Stop talking nonsense, give birth to a child, and you can get out after giving birth to a legitimate son.
Li Guizi:...
Chapter completed!