coobybook Chapter 168 I Want You to Be My Queen
Chapter 168 I Want You to Be My Queen
Li Ce held her hand, applied slight force with his five fingers, and inserted them between her fingers.
Two people, two hands, fingers clasped together.
"My father left this mess behind, and I have to trouble you to clean it up. But I mean it, Liangyi Palace is too big, I want you to come and accompany me."
Jiang Wanyue was stunned and looked up at him.
"But, Your Highness, this is against the rules..."
"What's the big deal? Aren't rules made by people? Who dares to object to what I say?"
Li Ce spoke very seriously.
"In my heart, I only want you to be the queen."
After hearing these words, Jiang Wanyue finally felt relieved.
She blinked, with a look of emotion in her eyes.
"Your Highness... Your Highness is so kind to me. I, I, I don't know what to say."
She stood up, walked to Li Ce, squatted down, and leaned on his knees.
"No matter what happens in the future, I will always be by your side."
Li Ce stroked her back gently, feeling unprecedented satisfaction at this moment.
After lunch, Li Ce took Jiang Wanyue back to the palace.
He was busy with the affairs of the throne, while Jiang Wanyue began to take over the affairs of the harem.
The emperor's abdication caught the entire court off guard.
Because it was a sudden abdication, unlike the usual 27-day mourning period for the new emperor, he had to ascend the throne immediately, so there was not enough time and he had to call in more people to help.
The prince said that the flood problem in the north had just been solved and the treasury was empty, so he wanted to simplify everything and even exempted some of the cumbersome rituals.
This naturally won unanimous praise from both inside and outside the court.
The auspicious day is set for three days later.
The busiest department during these three days was the Ministry of Rites. The entire department almost did not sleep. After three days and three nights of hard work, they finally got everything ready.
The fourth day of June.
Li Ce put on the dragon robe, led the civil and military officials to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, announced to the world, and finally ascended to the highest position.
As soon as the ceremony was over, Li Ce summoned officials from the three ministries of Menxia, Zhongshu and Shangshu and ordered them to draft an imperial edict.
The first edict was to appoint Jiang Wanyue as queen.
The ministers had no objection to this.
Although Jiang entered the palace as a concubine, she had followed the rules and performed her duties conscientiously in the past two years. She had a good family background and had given birth to an heir. The East Palace was also well managed, and the emperor liked her, so she was qualified to be the queen.
only……
The attendant at the gate glanced around and couldn't help but speak.
"Your Majesty, it is only natural to confer the title of Empress, but since Jiang is the successor, shouldn't you first issue an edict to confer the title of Empress to Crown Princess Yuan?"
Li Ce glanced at him, his expression unchanged, and just asked a question.
"My dear ministers, do you think so too?"
The Minister of the Interior originally thought that many people would agree with him.
Unexpectedly, the hall was completely silent, with no one speaking in response.
The Shizhong panicked and couldn't help but glance at the Zhongshu Ling.
But the Minister of the Secretariat had his hands folded in his sleeves, his eyes half closed, as if he was asleep.
The waiter cursed in his heart: Old fox!
He looked at the others again, but they either lowered their heads or looked away.
The Minister of Revenue, in particular, was staring at the pillar beside him, as if he was studying the patterns on it.
Li Ce chuckled and continued speaking.
"I'll trouble you, my dear ministers, to carry out the Queen's decree."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Minister of the Central Secretariat immediately stepped forward and bowed.
"The minister obeys the order."
The emperor showed a satisfied expression and then announced his second decree.
The second one is for the old emperor.
Now that the old emperor insisted on becoming a Taoist priest, Li Ce, as his son, could not disobey. To show his filial piety, he thought about it and decided to build a Taoist temple in the capital.
He had already thought of a name for the Taoist temple: Yuqing Palace.
Since it was for the old emperor to live in, it naturally could not be designed according to the ordinary Taoist temple, but was built according to the specifications of a temporary palace.
Li Ce called the newly appointed Minister of Works to come forward and repeated his request.
"Minister Gong, I'll leave this matter to you."
Minister Gong was so excited that he raised his hands high and shouted.
"Sir, obey the order!"
The voice was so loud that it startled the Minister of Justice next to him.
After these two imperial edicts, it was time to confer titles on meritorious officials and concubines. This could not be done so quickly and needed to be discussed. Li Ce was too impatient to think of names for the titles and directly asked the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel to skip the discussion.
After finishing talking about the important matters, Li Ce stood up and was about to leave, but suddenly stopped.
"Oh, by the way, I plan to hold an additional special examination this year. I will have to trouble the Ministry of Rites for this matter."
The dark circles under the Minister of Rites’ eyes haven’t faded away yet!
After completing two tasks in succession, the Minister of Rites did not feel tired at all. Instead, he became more energetic.
He wiped his face and bowed solemnly.
"I will live up to the emperor's trust and conduct the imperial examination well."
Li Ce nodded and left Liangyi Hall.
The Secretariat acted quickly and issued the first two edicts that afternoon.
As soon as the decree to confer the title of empress arrived, everyone in Yichun Palace was overjoyed and ran around excitedly.
Later, everyone in the Jiang family who received the news breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen kept rubbing her palms.
"I heard that the palace has been very busy these days. I will go to the palace to help Wan'er tomorrow."
She felt that Wan'er could not handle the affairs of the palace alone, and she thought that she could help to some extent if she went there.
But as soon as he said this, he was opposed by Jiang Zhi.
"No."
Shen was stunned.
"Dad, why not? My daughter-in-law is just going to help, and she has no other intentions."
Jiang Zhi looked serious.
"No, from today on, you can no longer go to the palace to see the queen as frequently as before, unless the emperor and queen take the initiative to invite you. The same goes for the rest of you."
Jiang Zhi's eyes swept over everyone.
"Also, the way you address me must be changed. Whether you are outside or at home, you must call me Queen. You can no longer call me by my nickname."
"You, as parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, must not act like elders in front of the queen. You must know that she is now the queen and the emperor."
Jiang Zhi said slowly.
These words sobered everyone up from their excitement.
Shen was somewhat reluctant, but she also knew the importance of the matter.
"My daughter-in-law knows."
Jiang Guang waved his sleeves, quietly held his wife's hand, and comforted her silently.
Jiang Zhi turned to his little grandson Jiang Jie.
"The emperor is going to hold an imperial examination. From today on, you must close your door and refuse visitors. Study hard at home. If you fail the exam, you must return to the border and work for your uncle."
Jiang Jie was smiling at first, but when he heard this, his face turned pale.
Jiang Zhi snorted.
"After you passed the imperial examination, you spent all day drinking and having fun with your friends. Tell me, how many days have you not read a book? Do you really think that you have nothing to worry about because you have your parents and brothers and sisters?"
"My grandson doesn't dare."
Jiang Jie shrank his neck, knowing that he had played too much during this period and made his grandfather unhappy. He did not dare to refute and hurriedly ran out of the hall and returned to his room.
It has to be said that old people are like treasures. Although Jiang Zhi caused suffering to his family in the past, he is still the mainstay of the family.
With him around, Jiang Wanyue doesn't have to worry about her parents' home.