Empress Chu

The emperor nodded slowly, with a smile on his lips.

The officials are a little puzzled, who is Vice-General Zhong?

Without the slightest hesitation, Deng Yi turned around and told the eunuch, "Adjutant General Zhong please."

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All the people who retreated outside the hall saw a general with a face and a scar walk in, with puzzled expressions, and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Most people don't know who this person is.

No matter who he is, when His Majesty was dying, even the Little Highness would not let him be by his side, and he would not take a second look, but wanted to see this person instead.

It's so weird.

Chu Zhao watched Lieutenant General Zhong's figure. She probably knew why. It was his father that His Majesty wanted to see.

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Vice Admiral Zhong stood blankly in front of the dragon bed, seeming to have a lot of thoughts, but nothing at all. He had no idea what he should do or say here.

The emperor looked at him and said, "I, I can't see you, it's the last time for Chu Ling."

Seeing the emperor with a slack expression, Vice-General Zhong's eyes turned sore, he knelt down on one knee, and his voice became more choked: "Your Majesty, don't worry, General, soon, follow your Majesty."

The emperor laughed heartily: "Yes, he is going to die too."

The emperor looked over the kneeling Vice-General Zhong, passed through the spacious and deep hall, and looked outside.

"I, I want to see it once, the Flame Order."

Fire order?

Vice-General Zhong raised his head, moved his lips, and said, "Your Majesty, the general said that the Fire Order is not for fun."

The emperor laughed again, because laughing made him even more out of breath.

"Don't be afraid." He said, "When he is dead, I will see him, and I won't allow him. I will punish you. If he wants to scold you, just scold me."

Chapter 11 Alternate

Outside the emperor's palace, fireworks exploded in the air.

The officials standing outside the hall looked up at the sky with gloomy and bewildered expressions.

Vice-General Zhong came out not long after he entered, and without looking at anyone, he went to the front of the hall and suddenly set off two fireworks.

What is this for?Your Majesty wants to watch the fireworks?

Most people didn't understand, but some people quickly realized that although the daytime sky swallowed more than half of the fireworks, the shape could still be seen.

"That night." An official murmured in a low voice, "In the second half of the night, there will be this fireworks."

At that time, I was hiding at home and guessed what kind of tricks it was.

It turned out to be, His Majesty's side.

Chu Zhao, Deng Yi, Xie Yanfang, and the officials from the previous court, Xie Yanlai who was guarding the city gate, were all looking up at the sky at this moment, with a touch of emotion and a blank expression on their faces.

As the fireworks exploded, the ground trembled faintly, as if countless people were rushing towards this side.

"Your Majesty—His Majesty is dead."

Eunuch Qi shouted tremblingly in the sleeping hall.

All the people looking at the sky came back to their senses in an instant, knelt down on the ground, bowed their heads and sobbed.

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The fireworks in the sky soon dissipated, and the news of the emperor's death was also sent out.

The death knells of all temples in the capital rang together.

The people who have not yet settled down from the prince's turmoil are terrified again. Although the emperor does not seem to exist for more than ten years, there is an emperor after all.

But following the news of the emperor's death, there are a series of follow-ups, such as the emperor's eldest grandson's ascension to the throne, Chu Yu's daughter Chu Zhao as the canonized queen, Taifu Deng Yi in charge of the country, Dongyang famous scholar Xie Yanfang's entry into the court, and so on.

The panicked people have settled down again, and the imperial court is still there. Although the new grandson has never heard of it, the Dongyang Xie family is the uncle of the emperor's eldest grandson. With him, the court will be stabilized. Moreover, the emperor's eldest grandson has a queen , can be regarded as married and established a career-although he is only six years old, it is always reassuring.

As for the empress Chu Zhao, when the emperor’s imperial edict named the princess concubine, it caused heated discussions, and now it has been turned up again. After all, the prince concubine is still inferior to the queen, and being a prince concubine does not necessarily make her a queen. , referring to the dead princess.

The people did not think that the emperor would die. They thought that there would be a long time before the emperor raised the eldest grandson of the emperor, and when the eldest grandson of the emperor grew up——

It's a long time, and anything is possible.

But the emperor died suddenly, the emperor's eldest grandson became the emperor, and the crown princess Chu Zhao immediately became the empress.

"This, this, is not appropriate."

"Don't talk about how many well-known and well-educated ladies in the world, just talk about the capital, this Chu Zhaosuan—"

"What's wrong with this Chu Zhao? Don't forget whose daughter this Chu Zhao is. Chu Yu was His Majesty's most trusted general back then. Chu Yu was even more accomplished in battle. Now he is still stationed in the border county, like a needle of Dinghai. In order to stabilize the border county, I haven't returned to the capital for more than ten years."

Because of the emperor's funeral, plain clothes were worn all over the world, and dancing, music, wine, banquets, and wedding holidays were banned, which gave everyone more time to chat.

Hearing this kind of words, people are a little dazed.

Chu Ling has not returned to Beijing for more than ten years, is it because of this?

It seems not!

"It's his fault——"

"What kind of crime! Will His Majesty be convicted? Will Chu Ling be imprisoned? He is the majestic General of the Yunzhong County Guard!"

This is also a fact. Those who are refuted have nothing to say, and those who refute are still unwilling to give up.

"It's stated in the imperial edict that the eldest grandson of the emperor was able to escape this time because of Ms. Chu's credit. This is a tiger father without a dog daughter."

"First, Chu Ling established the country for His Majesty, and now there is Chu Ling's daughter to protect the blood of Da Xia for His Majesty."

"She is not qualified to be a queen, who is?"

Who knows who has it, at this time, whoever has it is to be roasted on fire, the people who gathered the crowd stopped talking immediately, and the man who refuted just flung his sleeves and walked away.

The gathered people looked at each other and asked in a low voice, "Who is this person?"

Nobody knew who he was, it just seemed to come out of nowhere.

The person who was refuted before snorted: "It seems that he deliberately flattered the daughter of the Chu family."

It must be from the Chu family.

"I think it is." Someone agreed, "There are more and more words like this now, obviously, someone is manipulating—"

"That's right, otherwise, who said that the daughter of the Chu family—" The previous person agreed even more, and hurriedly nodded.

But when the words fell, another voice came.

"Who said Chu's daughter before? Where did you come from?"

This time it was not a male voice, but a delicate female voice.

The people here hurriedly turned their heads and saw a group of girls coming down from the second floor of the teahouse, one of them raised his eyebrows and stared mockingly.

"Haven't you heard of the Chu Yuan Wenhui before?"

"Who doesn't know that the daughters of the Chu family are neither humble nor overbearing and compete with scholars all over the world?"

Another girl among them smiled: "Miss Qi, they probably really don't know—" the little girl turned her nose up, her eyes arrogant, "It doesn't look like she has read a book."

Ms. Qi's expression was full of sarcasm: "I haven't read the book, do you know what it means to have both ability and virtue? You know the family background. If you have a famous family background, you can be a queen?"

Another girl smiled: "Then, the famous Zhao family is the most suitable."

The Zhao family has been implicated in the nine clans, and the imperial court has not given up, and is still chasing the remaining parties. Whoever dares to have anything to do with the Zhao family, the people sitting in the lobby of the teahouse immediately dispersed.

These girls are really venomous!

The turmoil has just passed, and His Majesty has just passed away. These girls are dishonest and just stayed at home and ran out to roam around!

Of course they knew about the Chuyuan Wenhui, but the Chuyuan Wenhui made the girls in the capital a big hit, and each of them became more arrogant.

In the final analysis, it was all because of the daughter of the Chu family.

Now that the daughter of the Chu family has become a queen, I don't know how arrogant the girls are in the future.

If you can't afford it, run away quickly.

Seeing the people who gathered in the hall dispersed, Qi Leyun was proud but still unsatisfied.

"You still look down on Chu Zhao." She said, "How powerful Chu Zhao is."

The girl next to her chuckled: "Qi Leyun, didn't you also look down on her before?"

"That was before." Qi Leyun didn't deny it, "Isn't that because I'm not familiar with her, I don't know how powerful she is."

Zhou Jiang, who seldom speaks, also nodded: "Chu Zhao is very powerful. She is not only capable of writing and martial arts, but also has a compassionate heart. When I came here earlier, I heard some people talking on the street, saying that during the turmoil that night, They were displaced and extremely dangerous, and no one would open the door when they knocked, but it was Chu Zhao who opened the gate of Chu Garden and took them in, saying that Chu Zhao is a bodhisattva with a heart, and the mother of the country is benevolent."

There is also such a thing, the girls recalled that night, only full of fear, wishing to hide underground, who dared to open the door at that time.

Chu Zhao is really amazing.

If it was said that she pretended to admire her because of her status as a queen, now the girls are all sincere in their eyes.

Qi Leyun nodded: "That's right, our family is being taken in in Chu Garden now."

Although Chu Tang allowed them to go in, it was equivalent to Chu Zhao taking them in.

"Also, people from the Chu family are bragging about it." Qi Leyun snorted, "It's even more nonsense, the Chu family is still closed, and I can't even call Chu Tang to talk to me when I climbed onto the wall. Not to mention the Chu family ran out to talk to people."

Well, although I believe it is not someone from the Chu family who is touting, but the touting must be done by someone behind the scenes. Zhou Jiang pursed his lips and looked towards the street.

"It doesn't matter if she is praised, she did all those things herself, so she deserves to be praised."

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The tall palace walls are layered layer by layer, isolating the noise from the outside world.

Although he has not been formally canonized yet, Chu Zhao is also dressed in modest clothes according to the queen's specifications. At this time, the crying of the officials outside has just come to an end.

Chu Zhao sat opposite Xie Yanfang in the hall.

"Third Young Master, drink some hot tea." She said, and poured the tea with her own hands.

Xie Yanfang is now an official in the court, besides crying and mourning, there are many things to do, after three days, he is not easy, but the young master is in good spirits except his face is paler and his eyes are redder.

He didn't refuse, took the tea and drank it down in one gulp, looking at the girl wrapped in a faded dress opposite, she looked even smaller and smaller.

He said, "Don't worry about things outside."

Chapter 12 Dependence

There's a lot going on in this paragraph.

The three princes rebelled, the prince died, the emperor died, and the six-year-old grandson of the emperor ascended the throne as the emperor.

However, although all of this is shocking, it is acceptable to both the public and the officials. After all, what everyone is shocked is not the person, but the event.

But Chu Zhao's being the queen is bound to cause a lot of controversy.

It's not just a thing, it's a person.

She was so sudden and unexpected.

The grandson of the emperor is only six years old, but she has a 13-year-old queen, which makes people full of suspicion about her.

Chu Zhao didn't need to look outside, the way the officials looked at her these days was enough.

If it wasn't for Deng Yi's covetous eyes, and if there weren't for the murderous guards in the palace city, I'm afraid the emperor would be questioned on the day of his death.

Chu Zhao nodded: "I am very relieved to have the third son here."

Xie Yanfang said: "It's not because of me, it's because of what Ms. Azhao has done, which deserves to be reassured."

Chu Zhao smiled: "Even if what I have done is not worthy of being reassured, I believe that the third son will definitely make it worthwhile."