Dragon Queen

Zhao Zhouxing ascended the throne.

This day is very lively, but also very deserted.

The entire palace was full of joy, preparing for the new emperor's enthronement, but Zhao Zhouxing's heart was overgrown with weeds and full of desolation.

The father said, "Zhou Xing" means the way, and if you have the way to be a king and have the skills to govern the country, you can be called an emperor.

The old man who left these words has passed away long ago, and it seems that there is nothing wrong with the father's death, but this son is a woman.

The blood of the royal family of Zhao State is thin, and when Zhao Zhouxing comes here, she is the only princess. Looking at the royal family of Zhao State, there is no one, there is no way, the throne can only be handed over to her, and the country can only be taken care of by her.

Regardless of the objections of the officials, the imperial father appointed her as the crown prince of Dazhao, and the relatives with different surnames saw her as a thorn in the side. If there is no such princess, then the crown prince may not know who will fall.

What's more, before the new emperor came to the throne, he made insinuations and asked to choose a son-in-law for the princess. Now that the new emperor has just ascended the throne, relying on the death of the previous emperor, he doesn't pay much attention to Zhao Zhouxing. The emperor chooses his son-in-law.

Choose a son-in-law, what if you choose, what if you don't choose?It is nothing more than a delusion to control the government through the harem, a delusion to insert his own people, and perhaps a delusion to give birth to an heir. From then on, the world of Zhao State will be changed by others.

There are powerful enemies in the north, harassed by Qizhao in the south, vassal states in the west, and pirates in the east.The politics of the court is unclear, the relationship is intricate, and there are internal and external troubles. How dare you say that your children love each other?

Zhao Zhouxing used this as an excuse to throw all the zhezi on the faces of a group of ministers kneeling on the ground, and left the table with a flick of his sleeves.

The new emperor was furious. Although he had already left, none of the kneeling officials dared to get up.It wasn't until three hours later that the eunuch who followed Zhao Zhouxing came to announce his retreat, and these ministers helped each other to stand up. Some kneeled so hard that their knees were stiff, and when they were lifted up by several people, their legs beat. It's not straight anymore, so it can only be carried all the way to the outside and put on the sedan chair.

"Your majesty, pass on the food? It's time." Liuzhu carefully reminded that today the princess, no, it's the emperor. The emperor is in a bad mood, but he has to eat. Eat, the emperor doesn't know if she's hungry or not, the key is that she's so hungry.

Zhao Zhouxing put the pen in his hand on the pen mount, leaned on the desk with one hand and rubbed his forehead feebly, "Biography."

This was supposed to be done by the eunuch, and no one in the palace asked a girl to shout "Chuan Shan" at the top of her voice. It's just that Liu Zhuda grew up with Zhao Zhouxing, and her personality was a bit informal, so she was ordered to go out and shout outside. When the two young eunuchs came, they had standard meals, and Liu Zhu ordered a few more dishes to help clear the fire.

Zhao Zhouxing heard every word and every sentence clearly, but he felt inexplicably irritable, but he forced the pressure down, "Okay, I can't eat that much. Where's Zheng Fuhai? It's too slow to ask him to announce his withdrawal from the court."

After all, Zhao Zhouxing can't be cruel enough to make people kneel there without eating or drinking for a day and a night until he goes to court the next day, and seeing that the time has come, he asks Zheng Fuhai to unblock those old things and go home for lunch .

But when this person is old, it is inevitable that there will be only a handful of old bones that are hard to touch, and Zheng Fuhai has not returned for a long time, because he was accidentally crushed by such a hard old bone. .

It still hurts.

The Minister of Rites, with a long white beard, followed Zheng Fuhai, and when he arrived at the harem, Zheng Fuhai left him to wait, and the latter hurried into the imperial study.

This Zheng Fuhai saw that the new emperor stood obediently with his head down and was scolded for a while, and then saw that the new emperor's anger had subsided, so he carefully told Zhao Zhouxing about the Minister of Rites asking for an audience.

Zhao Zhouxing didn't respond.

At this time, lunch was ready, a long table was put together, and all kinds of exquisite meals were passed on.Seeing this posture, Zheng Fuhai also guessed a little bit, I am afraid that the old bones outside will have to wait for a while, and he dare not make rash comments on the speed of the new emperor's meal.

Zhao Zhouxing picked a dish at random, and a young eunuch tried the dish, and then brought the dish to her.Growing up in the palace since childhood, I have eaten this delicacies from mountains and seas for many years, and I don't have anything I particularly like to eat. Besides, think about it, let others eat this dish before eating it.As an emperor, no matter what is good, you can't even take the first bite of food.

By the time Zhao Zhouxing tasted all the dishes, half an hour had passed.After eating, he had to tidy up, rinse his mouth, and wash his hands again. After an hour of procrastination, Zhao Zhouxing started to lean over his desk to read the memorial again, and Zheng Fuhai carefully reminded him, is the Master Shangshu still there?

Zhao Zhouxing suddenly said, "Look at me, I forgot. Let him in."

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is surnamed He, with a single name and a guardian. From the generation of Zhao Zhouxing's grandfather who became an official, to the generation of Zhao Zhouxing's emperor's father who became a minister, and then to Zhao Zhouxing's here, it seems that there is no possibility of promotion.

If you want to say that old bones have the benefits of old bones, isn't there a saying called relying on the old to sell the old?It is not impossible for these three generations of veterans to pretend to be the first emperor to suppress the newly enthroned little emperor.

No matter how bad it is, just label it as unfilial, and she can't help but choose a son-in-law.

He Shou was thinking loudly in his mind, but he didn't know if the newly enthroned little emperor could see it or not.

"Why do you want to see Master Shangshu?" After all, He Shou is an old senior. Zhao Zhouxing still respects him a little.

He Shou looked respectful and thanked the "mighty emperor", but he didn't sit down. He lifted his clothes and knelt on the ground. The floor of the imperial study room was covered with a tribute carpet, which was softer than that of the Chongde Hall.

Recently, these ministers have been tortured for several days because of the matter of choosing a son-in-law. Zhao Zhouxing has almost mastered mind reading skills. As long as the eyes of these ministers change, she will know what they are thinking.

Therefore, He Shou's kneeling did not have any impact on Zhao Zhouxing, but she still pretended to be a little puzzled and panicked, and asked He Shou to get up quickly and not to perform such a great gift.

He Shou didn't get up, "The old minister has something to ask, please agree with the emperor."

Here comes the topic.Zhao Zhouxing withdrew his hands that were supposed to be in vain, turned around and looked out the window, and asked for a long time: "I'm afraid it's because of the morning affairs."

"Emperor Shengming."

It was really because of this that Zhao Zhouxing stretched out his hands to fiddle with the flower arrangement in the corner of the desk. This flower was folded from the outside by Liuzhu in the morning. When I saw it in the morning, it was still beautiful and charming, but now it looks a little sluggish.

However, there was less water in the vase.

"What if I don't agree?"

He Shou had already thought up his rhetoric. It would be too hurtful to perform a scene like kneeling to the ground without agreeing to something. It is better to save your energy until the last moment. Why bother to be stabbed if you can speak quickly, "How old is the emperor now?" gone?"

Zhao Zhouxing didn't quite understand why He Shou asked his age, but he answered truthfully, "Seventeen."

"According to the etiquette, women and hairpins, and men with hair tied, should be married. Zhao Yili established the country, from the emperor to the common people, all abide by the etiquette system. Marriage at the fifteenth day is the ancestral system. Even the first emperor never broke this rule. Your majesty, are you going to be a person who does not follow the rules of etiquette?"

Zhao Zhouxing asked back: "Is there any precedent in Zhao Guo for a woman to ascend the throne?"

He Shou replied hesitantly, "It's true that there wasn't one before, but..."

Zhao Zhouxing continued to ask: "In the "Zhao Li", there is an article that states that only the sons of the royal family can ascend the throne."

He Shou could only answer truthfully: "There is indeed such a thing."

"Then it seems that I am a person who does not conform to the etiquette system. If so, why should I abide by the etiquette system?"

Zhao Zhouxing thought that this old thing should have nothing to say, but He Shou was very calm, "I don't agree with you on this point."

"You might as well tell me your disapproval."

"If it is said that it is inappropriate for a woman to ascend the throne, then it is not in accordance with the etiquette to appoint the emperor as the prince. If the emperor insists on thinking that he is an inappropriate person, can the old minister understand that the emperor thinks that the first emperor is an inappropriate person? People? But the veteran thought that nothing the late emperor did violated the rules of propriety. And women cannot be emperors, so there is no basis for what the emperor said. The two ministers disagree."

One of Zhao Zhouxing's subordinates accidentally pinched off half of the petals of that poor flower. This old bone is very capable of distorting the facts, but she couldn't find anything to refute.Now if you say "I don't think so", wouldn't it be a direct fall.

It's okay to vent the wrath of the emperor, but I've probably seen the old bones a lot, so I may not be afraid, otherwise I won't come to trouble myself again.What a trouble, trouble...

Zhao Zhouxing originally thought about how to deal with this He Shou, but now he only had one idea, one day he would pick a fault and demote this old bone out of the capital, out of sight and out of mind.

Her mind was in turmoil, which made He Shou feel at a loss.Since Zhao Zhouxing had always turned his back to He Shou, He Shou naturally couldn't see her expression, and now he didn't even say a word, let alone what information he got from it. The satisfaction of success is in sight, but at this moment it gradually turns into an inexplicable pressure that cannot be breathed.

After all, even if victory is in sight, if victory does not come for a long time, it will hurt people more than when victory is not in sight.

Just when he was feeling uneasy, Zhao Zhouxing finally spoke, but what he said was not what he wanted to hear.

"I keep my filial piety on the 27th day, and I will be enthroned for three days. You will ask me to choose a day to choose a son-in-law. You must know that the etiquette is based on the death of parents, and the system will be kept for three years. For three years, you will not be married, you will not have banquets, and you will not wear auspicious clothes. Now you are the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. , but came to persuade me to break the etiquette system and not abide by filial piety, should the Minister of Rites be replaced?"

He Shou's back was dripping with cold sweat when he said these words, Nuonuo immediately refuted.