How to Be a Male Queen

【Old is also an old flower】

The Purple Bamboo Palace was specially arranged by Emperor Ren for Qin Yuan.

Back then, Emperor Ren told him personally that he could live in whenever he wanted.

However, he was "driven" to Lingnan by Emperor Ren before he lived for a few days.

At that time Qin Yuan was so angry that he almost smashed Zizhu Palace to pieces.

Qin Yuan is the posthumous son of Prince Wenxuan, and the Crown Princess left with him not long after he was born.

Brother Huang is 14 years older than him, and he has worked hard to bring him up. The relationship between the two is brothers on the surface, but actually more like father and son.

Qin Yuan was only interested in leading troops to fight since he was a child, and had never coveted the throne of Emperor Ren. However, he never expected that his most respected and beloved emperor brother would be suspicious of him!

Yes, it is suspicion.

At that time, Qin Yuan recognized this point, otherwise, why did Brother Huang rush him to Lingnan as soon as he ascended the throne?

It has to be said that Qin Yuan's thoughts like this have something to do with Emperor Ren's deliberate act in order to let him leave.

Qin Yuan remembered that, the night before he left, Brother Huang drank a lot of wine, a lot, and talked a lot with him.

Because Qin Yuan was holding his breath in his heart, he either ignored him or retorted, but Brother Huang kept smiling, more gentle than before.

On the day of his departure, regardless of the dissuasion of the ministers, the emperor insisted on sending him outside the city for ten miles and ten miles.

Qin Yuan never looked back.

He was so uncomfortable that he cried. He was afraid that if he looked back, he would not be able to help but beg the emperor to let him stay.

Thinking about it now, I don't know if Brother Huang will blame him.

Xiao Shizi patted His Royal Highness King Ping on the shoulder, and assured him earnestly: "It's too late for the emperor to like you, and I will definitely not blame you!"

This "Brother Huang" was so easy to pronounce, His Highness Prince Ping rubbed his red eyes, and a warm current surged in his heart.

If Brother Huang was still alive, he would definitely like Haohao.

Most definitely.

***

His Royal Highness Prince Ping has been investigating what happened back then these days.

Facts have proved that Qin Sheng did not lie, that Emperor Ren was indeed infected with the disease, not only him, but none of his confidantes who went to Quzhou with him back then were all caught.

According to people who knew the old palace, Emperor Ren's illness did not show up at first, and it was not until the eve of his enthronement that something was wrong.

During the two years of Emperor Ren's reign, the people who took care of him, apart from his confidants who were also sick, were those who were recruited in secret from Quzhou. He was careful not to hurt innocent people as much as possible.

It can be said that Emperor Ren's death had no direct relationship with Qin Sheng. Before Qin Sheng led his troops into the palace city, he set fire to the palace.

However, Qin Sheng's rebellion is also a fact.

When Emperor Ren sent Qin Yuan to Lingnan, firstly he was afraid that his illness would infect him, and secondly, he wanted to train him. Lin Mingzhi, Gu Feibai, Qushui, Liushang, Haiyan, Heqing and others all Emperor Ren arranged for him.

Apart from these people on the bright side, in the capital, Emperor Ren did not know how many hidden stakes had been planted for him.

Emperor Ren had originally planned to take Qin Yuan back to inherit the throne when he matured, but he did not expect that Qin Sheng would accidentally learn of his illness and conspire against him, so Emperor Ren had to change his plan.

At that time, Qin Sheng was in the prime of life, and with the help of King Xian and Ji's family, His Highness King Ping could not defeat him no matter what.

Qin Sheng led his troops all the way to the capital, forged the imperial edict, snatched the jade seal, and murdered people to silence him. For his own ambition, he caused countless innocent people to die.

Xiao Shizi snorted coldly, and concluded: "Qin Sheng is entirely to blame for his fate like today!"

His Highness King Ping hugged Xiao Shizi in his arms, and said in a gentle voice: "I can have today's blessing, thanks to Haohao's great help."

Xiao Shizi raised his chin and replied without humility: "That is! Let me tell you, you have to be nice to me, you must curry favor with me every day, don't be half-hearted, don't look at pretty girls..."

Xiao Shizi widened his eyes and emphasized: "Although I am as beautiful as a flower now, even if I am old, I will definitely be an old flower, but you can't think I am old!"

His Highness Prince Ping couldn't help laughing, he tightened his arms, and reminded helplessly: "Haohao, I'm ten years older than you."

Xiao Shizi blinked - that's right, how could I forget about this!

Xiao Shizi immediately became happy, turned around and put his arms around His Royal Highness King Ping's neck, and generously assured him: "Don't worry, I don't think you are old!"

His Royal Highness Prince Ping kissed the young prince and said "Yes" with a smile.

Xiao Shizi smiled and kissed back.

The two of them lingered for a while, then Qin Yuan suddenly said: "Haohao, I want to make the cause of the death of Brother Huang known to the public."

Xiao Shizi nodded, "Then post a notice to let everyone know—do you have any concerns?"

His Royal Highness Prince Ping looked at him, a trace of uncertainty flashed in his deep black eyes, "Haohao, tell me...will this disturb the soul of Brother Huang?"

Xiao Shizi thought for a while, and said solemnly: "How do you say that sentence? 'Death is more important than Mount Tai, lighter than chicken feathers'? Well... probably that is what it means, I think, if Brother Huang has a spirit in the sky , I definitely don’t want others to think that he was forced to death.”

His Royal Highness Prince Ping rubbed Xiao Shizi's head and smiled silently.

With Brother Huang's personality, he wouldn't care about such things, but he did.

As Xiao Shizi said, as a benevolent king, the emperor can die for the country and the people, but he cannot die for power and profit.

His Highness Prince Ping breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he had let go of a big stone that was weighing on his heart.

"Haohao, thank you."

Xiao Shizi hugged the head of His Royal Highness King Ping, kissed it on the mouth, and said with a smile: "At this time, we should promise each other with our body instead of politely saying 'thank you'!"

His Royal Highness King Ping raised the corners of his lips, and it was true with his body and appearance.

***

The date of Qin Yuan's accession to the throne has been fixed, October 25.

According to Mr. Liang who is in charge of Si Tiantai, this is a good day for everything.

In this way, Qin Sheng would no longer be able to dominate the Taiji Palace without moving his nest.

Qin Sheng was mentally prepared to be abused, but he never thought that he could still live in Yongle Palace.

He didn't know how much manpower, material resources, and financial resources he invested in building this palace before, and he was almost insane, and even indirectly took his position as emperor.

It is no exaggeration to say that he regards Yongle Palace more important than his son's life.

Qin Sheng originally thought that after Qin Yuan became emperor, he would occupy Yongle Palace as soon as possible, but he didn't know that he thought it was a treasure, and others only thought it was a dog's skin plaster, and he wished to throw it away as soon as possible.

It was Xiaoshizi's idea to let Qin Sheng live in Yongle Palace. In Xiaoshizi's original words, "Yongle Palace is the most remote, and a palace wall can separate it from the palace city. Both of us are quiet."

Such an arrangement not only made Qin Sheng extremely grateful, but Qin Yuan also gained a good name for it, which was considered a happy event for everyone.

In short, after Qin Sheng moved to Yongle Palace, the huge palace was completely the domain of Prince Ping and Xiao Shizi.

However, Xiao Shizi is the only one who enjoys the queen-like treatment. In order to support the "queen", "His Majesty the Emperor" has been busy. He has a lot of papers to read and official documents to approve.

Looking at the square private seal on the desk, Xiao Shizi finally remembered a very important thing.

He took out the ear-missing jade seal from his oversized "pouch" and proudly claimed the credit, "Look, I brought this to you!"

It is worth mentioning that with the unremitting efforts of Xiao Shizi and the hidden guards, Jun Yuxi's severed ear has "grown" back.

His Highness Prince Ping put down the booklet, turned Xiao Shizi's head and kissed him stickily for a while.

Xiao Shizi collapsed on the spacious chair, laughing happily.

His Royal Highness Ping Wang patted his head, and then went to get the jade seal.

Xiao Shizi specially instructed: "Be gentle, the glue is not very strong..."

However, as soon as the words fell, the ear that was "not too sticky" was knocked off by His Royal Highness King Ping.

Xiao Shizi knocked his head on the desk, annoyed for a while, "I told you not to use paste, it's useless!"

His Royal Highness Prince Ping rubbed Xiao Shizi's head, and comforted him: "Since you can't stick it back, just make another one."

Xiao Shizi raised the messy chicken coop, blinked and asked, "Do you want to make another jade seal?"

His Royal Highness King Ping smiled, rolled up his wide sleeves, took off the writing brush on the shelf, poured cinnabar on it, and drew a bent tiger ear stroke by stroke at the fracture.

Xiao Shizi's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he said in surprise, "It looks like a cat with folded ears!"

Just looking at Xiao Shizi's happy appearance, His Highness Prince Ping knew that he liked it.

This is enough.

In this way, the jade seals passed down from generation to generation in the Great Xia Dynasty became in the hands of the heroic Emperor Shengwu, with protruding jade ears on one side and folded vermilion ears on the other.

——What is the meaning of Emperor Shengwu's behavior?

——Is it to commemorate the benevolent and wise Emperor Naruhito who died young?

Later historians debated endlessly about this.

Even if they were beaten to death, they would never have imagined that on this ordinary afternoon, His Highness Prince Ping's graffiti was just for the sake of coaxing his wife.

***

From mid-September to late October, the days are not long or short.

If it's just the enthronement ceremony, there are certain rules and regulations, so it's not difficult.

However, Qin Yuan privately requested that the enthronement ceremony be held at the same time as the emperor's wedding ceremony, and that the dresses, accessories, and ceremonial guards should be prepared within a month, so the time is very tight.

The most important thing is that Jian Hao is the only male queen so far, and all the links have to be finalized.

Fortunately, the newly promoted Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is a capable person, and all matters are being carried out in an orderly manner according to Qin Yuan's wishes.

The accident happened unexpectedly.

On the night of September [-]th, while Qin Yuan and Jian Xiaoshi were still asleep, someone from the palace came to report, "The commander of the forbidden army, Hai Yan, asked to see him."

Xiao Shizi grunted, "Is it dawn?"

His Highness Prince Ping got up, tucked him in the quilt, and coaxed him softly: "No, Haohao sleeps a little longer."

Xiao Shizi turned over and continued to sleep obediently.

His Highness Prince Ping waited for him to sleep soundly, then put on his clothes and strode towards the outer hall.

Haiyan stood in the hall, dressed in military attire, with a dignified face.

Qin Yuan took a deep breath - what was supposed to come still came.

In the early winter of the 11th year of Zhenlong, Li Wenbing, a major general of the Liaodong Army, colluded with An Xiaoming, the son of Anyuanhou, and rebelled.

It's a surprise that these two can get together.

You must know that the Liaodong Army, like Jian's family, were pure ministers who guarded the frontier and never participated in party struggles, let alone rebellion.

However, if we take a closer look, it is not difficult to find that shortly after Qixi Festival, Li Wenbing, a major general of Liaodong, made a marriage contract with An Zixian, the daughter of An Xiaoming, the son of Anyuanhou.

An Xiaoming controls the patrol camp of the entire Yong'an City, and even the Jingzhao Yamen participates in it.

In addition, the demoted Feilongwei Tianzi and Dizi teams did not leave Beijing on time, but colluded with the rebels with desperate thoughts.

Under the banner of "King Qin", these four people tried to take advantage of the emptiness of Beijing's defenses and get rid of Qin Yuan.

The biggest crisis before Emperor Shengwu came to the throne was officially staged.