The Submissive Emperor

The heavy door opened slowly, Xiao Chengjun stepped up the jade steps step by step, and said slowly: "Father, the son is back." For their brothers, Ji Zhuo is the real father.

A slight smile appeared in Ji Zhuo's hawk eyes, "You did a good job."

Standing at the foot of the jade steps, Xu Che stared fixedly at the man in the fine attire and the golden crown with the carved phoenix on his head, and couldn't move for a while.Even though the sky was dark, he could still clearly picture the appearance of that person in his mind, but he didn't dare to go forward, afraid of seeing strangeness and alienation from those eagle eyes.

The feeling of nostalgia is more timid, which is probably the mood at this time.

Lou Jing looked left and right, dragged her second uncle up, and said to Empress Ji with a smile, "Father, I'm back too."

Ji Zhuo raised his hand and rubbed his head, "You've worked hard this year." After speaking, he slowly glanced at Xu Che who was beside him, and let Xiao Chengjun enter the main hall without saying anything.

Those beautiful eyes did not linger on him for too long, Xu Che looked at the back of the queen turning and walking towards the palace, he felt his heart was clenched, and his whole body was no longer as vigorous as before, and he lowered his head in despair nod.

"What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you keep up?" Ji Zhuo stopped without looking back, and said arrogantly.

When Xu Che heard this, he suddenly raised his head, "Oh, here we come!"

The emperor passed away, because of the palace change, there was chaos outside, and nothing was prepared.

Xiao Chengjin was worried these days, so many things happened in the whole day, he just felt physically and mentally exhausted, so Huaizhong was asked to change clothes for Emperor Chunde, while he himself was leaning on the pillar of the outer hall, when he heard footsteps, he suddenly turned his head, I saw my brother and sister-in-law walking in, and hurried to greet them.

"Brother..." Xiao Chengjin slowly showed a smile, and suddenly his eyes went dark, and he fell to the side.

"Cheng Jin!" Xiao Chengjun ran over in three steps at a time, and caught his fainted brother.

"Where's the imperial doctor?" Lou Jing called loudly.

The imperial physicians who were trembling in the corner came out and met His Highness the Crown Prince. "Just now when Emperor Chunde read out the will, they all listened. This is now the prince again.

Xiao Chengjun frowned, he didn't have the time to argue with them about titles, so he carried his younger brother to the side hall.

The imperial doctor and the native doctor took turns to check the pulse, but luckily it was just overtired, Xiao Chengjin was not in good health, although he was much better than before this year, but the foundation was there, it was not easy to last for so many days.

Xiao Chengjun let Lou Jing look at his younger brother, went to the main hall to kowtow to Emperor Chunde, received the imperial edict from Yang Youting, and then turned back.

"You go and get busy, I'll take care of Cheng Jin." Ji Zhuo waited outside the hall for a while before leading the second uncle of Xu's family in who was smiling foolishly.

The capital and the palace are still in chaos, the members of the Chen family have not been arrested yet, Xiao Chengjun and Lou Jing still have a lot to do.

The rebellious governor of Kyoto Prefecture was arrested, and any officers and soldiers of Kyoto Prefecture who resisted were beheaded. The capital was under martial law and the nine gates were blocked.Lou Jing led [-] elite troops to guard the palace, and the matter of capturing the traitors was handed over to Uncle Qingyang, who was eager to make up for his mistakes, and asked him to lead the Habayashi army to surround the Chen family.

The officials locked up by Shang Shuxing were released and rushed to the Panlong Palace. Yang Youting read out the edict of Emperor Chunde in front of all the officials.

"...Emperor's eldest son, Xiao Chengjun, respectful, filial and benevolent, worthy of great responsibility, he will restore the position of crown prince, and wait for my funeral, so that crown prince Xiao Chengjun will inherit the throne..."

All the officials knelt down, Xiao Chengjun didn't allow them to address the new emperor directly, only said that the enthronement ceremony had not yet happened, and they called him the prince. Naturally, no one objected, and Yushi shouted the prince's benevolence.

When the Yulin Army surrounded the Youxiang Mansion, Chen Shichang had already been captured by the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of War, and Sun Liang, Minister of the Ministry of War, was standing in the main hall, still looking downcast and reticent.

"It was you, it was you who betrayed the old man!" Chen Shichang looked at his favorite student in disbelief. No wonder Xiao Chengjun walked so smoothly. Root is equivalent to listening to his plan and then dealing with him calmly.

Said to be a mentor, it is that when Sun Liang was admitted to the Jinshi examination, it happened that Chen Shichang was the chief examiner.Recognizing a teacher is doomed to a position in the officialdom, and it cannot be chosen at will.However, this relationship, in the final analysis, is nothing but mutual benefit.

Sun Liang remained silent, quietly watching Uncle Qingyang take Chen Shichang away, allowing Chen Shichang to scream and curse, and slowly closed his eyes, "Wang Jian, I avenged you..."

It was a chaotic night, and when it was dawn, the people in the capital still dared not go out, and the streets were quiet.

A peddler came out to set up a stall with a stove selling sesame seed cakes, and looked around in fear. At this time, a group of officers and soldiers in armor came over, and the peddler turned around and left in fright.

"Wait!" An angry voice sounded, which made the peddler soften his hands and feet in fright.

The leading general came over, it was Zhou Song, the left commander of the Habayashi Army, "Here are two sesame cakes." Saying so, he handed the peddler a few copper coins.

The peddler gave him the sesame seed cakes in a daze, and watched a group of officers and soldiers drift away, and then he realized that he set up a stall on the street with confidence.

If there is one, there are two. The rebellious officials and thieves in the capital were caught clean by Uncle Qingyang, who was eager to make meritorious service. Xiao Chengjun issued an order not to disturb the people, and the defense of the capital was temporarily taken over by the Habayashi Army.There was no further turmoil, shops and small stalls opened for business one after another, and the capital quickly returned to its former prosperity.

The army was dismissed in batches and returned to their original places. The Jinzhou army did not leave in a hurry. They patrolled within a hundred miles of the capital and found several hiding places of the Tartars.

But it turned out that Prime Minister Right had already colluded with the Tartars when he harmed Old An Guogong, and this time he was even more disrespectful to cooperate with the Tartars. over and over.

The Chen family, as well as the collateral blood in the capital, were all arrested, and Tao Miao, the ethereal real person who wanted to escape while taking advantage of the chaos, was also arrested.A thousand wastes are waiting to be revived in the imperial court, and only after Emperor Chunde passed the first seven days, the new emperor's enthronement ceremony will be held.

There were too many things to deal with in the palace, Xiao Chengjun was too busy to get away, Lou Jing couldn't stay in the palace for a long time, so he went back to An Guogong's mansion first.

"My lord, you are back." The housekeeper in the main courtyard smiled obsequiously when he saw Lou Jing.

Lou Jing glanced at him, "I heard that my father is ill, but did you invite the imperial physician?"

"Please, the imperial doctor said he was scared." The housekeeper looked at Lou Jing's expression and said, while the other servants in the courtyard did not dare to show their anger.Now that the son has the merits of being a dragon, it is no problem to make a fortune, and the government of this country will probably be the son of the king in the future.

Out of filial piety, Lou Jing first went to the main courtyard to greet Lou Jianyu. In the main room sat his uncle, aunt and Mrs. Wei Wei.Wei Shi looked a lot haggard, like a woman in her 30s, staring at Lou Jing unkindly.Mrs. Yang in the concubine stood behind Mrs. Wei, saw Lou Jing coming in, and respectfully blessed her body.

"Zhuoyu is back," Second Aunt hurriedly stood up and greeted with a smile, "Sit down quickly, sit down quickly, this is fighting and catching traitors, you must be exhausted."

"Zhuoyu deserves to be raised by his father himself." The second uncle nodded with a smile, and the third uncle also followed suit, as if they had a lot of credit for the restoration of Lou's family.

"Exchanging my father's life for military merits, the son of the world must be blessed to accept it." Wei said eccentrically.

The originally warm atmosphere in the room immediately cooled down, Lou Jing didn't want to pay attention to her, and went to the inner room.Lou Jianyu had a fever, his face was flushed abnormally, and he kept talking nonsense, "Nizi...help..."

The two cousins ​​waited on the sick side very attentively, and when they saw Lou Jing coming back, they quickly stood up, "Brother Tang."

"Thank you two brothers for worrying." Lou Jing greeted them with a smile.

The two cousins ​​were a little guilty. Lou Jing was in Beijing, so Lou Jing should naturally take care of this kind of sickness. They did it a little bit presumptuously, "Uncle insists on the two of us to accompany you. Since the eldest brother is back, this... ..."

Just about to return this drudgery to Lou Jing, but Lou Jing continued: "Father keeps you here because he definitely likes your company. If there is anything missing, just tell me."

After finishing speaking, Lou Jing ignored the stunned two cousins, walked out of the room, and sat on the main seat, "Father is ill, so I will take care of the family affairs for the time being. Beijing is not at peace now. Uncle must not associate with others easily, otherwise it will be troublesome to be suspected of being a traitor."

Lou Jing, who had just stepped off the battlefield, had a bloody aura on his body, making people afraid to look directly at him. The second and third uncles looked at each other in dismay, and they agreed nonchalantly.In this way, it is to take over the power of the entire Anguo government.

Wei Shi was so angry that his lungs hurt, and he couldn't help but say, "The prince has already separated and went out to live alone, why is he meddling in the affairs of the main courtyard?"

"Grandpa is ill, the son should take over." Yang advised gently.

"Do you have a place to speak here?" Wei Shi gave Yang Shi a hard look. Ever since she entered this side room, she hasn't lived a day of comfort.

Yang quickly kept quiet, but she wasn't too scared.

Lou Jing glanced at Wei Shi, and curled her lips coldly, "I don't care about other things, but if anyone dares to make trouble in the season, don't blame me for turning my face and denying people."

Having no time to entangle in these trivial matters, Lou Jing flung his sleeves and went back to Zhuque Hall, leaving only Wei Shi with a pale face and a group of shy Lou family members.

The first emperor died in heaven, and the country mourned.

After the first seven days, people put away the plain oysters on the street to celebrate the new emperor's accession to the throne.

Xiao Chengjun walked into Fengyi Palace wearing an apricot-yellow prince's suit.The huge palace is still as peaceful as in the past. Ji Zhuo practiced his sword in the courtyard, every move and style, there is a certain artistic conception in it.

Not far away stood a man wearing a guard uniform, tall and handsome, he didn't look like a guard at all, but a general who had just left the battlefield.

As if he didn't see Xu Che's clumsy appearance, Xiao Chengjun stepped forward to salute Ji Zhuo, "Father, tomorrow is the enthronement ceremony, and there are some matters that need to be discussed with the father."

A male empress is different from a female, after the late emperor's funeral, whether the male empress will stay or not depends on the will of the new emperor, Xiao Chengjun came here at this time to discuss with Ji whether to be the empress dowager.

Ji Zhuo put away his sword, took the cloth towel from guard Xu and wiped his sweat, and said with a loud smile, "I have done what I have to do, but if I want to be able to enjoy the mountains and rivers, a thatched hut is enough."