My emperor, long live!

Seeing that Pei Mo was determined not to ask any questions, Qin Zheng couldn't persuade her with all his strength, so he couldn't help being angry. He really changed into his normal clothes and went out of the palace to drink at the Zuihua Pavilion.

Seeing that Qin Zheng, the great Buddha, had finally left, Qin Ran's ears immediately became much cleaner. He touched his ears that were buzzing from Qin Zheng's noise, looked at Pei Mo and joked, "You're bad enough, at least you should talk to my second sister." One sentence, it's not like you don't know her, so you'll believe her even if you say it casually."

Pei Mo chuckled, scratched Qin Ran's tall nose and said, "Qin Zheng is not really stupid. Didn't she remember what I lied to her to be the queen before? She also threatened me, I can agree to anything with her?"

As she spoke, she sighed softly, stared at Qin Ran with star-like bright eyes, and said seriously: "Now all the turmoil in Qin State has calmed down, and no one dares to oppose Qin Zheng in the court, which is enough to sit on the empress seat. It doesn't matter whether I have my assistant or not, why don't we find a time to resign from the empress, and I will take you to travel among the people, how about it?"

After many storms, and almost parting from life and death like before rebirth, Qin Ran is naturally willing to say anything to Pei Mo now, nodded and said: "I am tired of watching the two lives in the palace. My second sister is not here, so I won't play tricks to persuade you to stay, so go and find my empress right now."

After discussing and finalizing their decision, Pei Mo dragged Qin Ran, who couldn't be impatient while walking, to walk slowly to find the queen.

The queen has nothing to do now, and her illness has recovered and she is healthy. She will not just sit in one place like before, but play around in the imperial garden. When Pei Mo found the queen, she was leisurely leaning on the railing to feed her. Koi, fish are afraid of people, so Pei Mo and Qin Ran stood quietly watching, planning to wait for the queen to finish feeding the fish food in her hand before opening her mouth.

The queen noticed them when they approached her side, and she deliberately didn't speak. Seeing that the two of them were uncharacteristically daring to speak first, she turned around and wondered: "Why are you so quiet when you see me today? But it's a crime." Wrong, is there a ghost in your heart?"

Although the two discussed how to bring it up and how to ask the queen for permission, but when the matter came to an end, when the queen asked her personally, Qin Ran bit her lips again, not daring to look directly into the queen's eyes, for fear of being dismissed, he hesitated Said: "Mother, daughter... I have something to ask..."

"Huh?" The queen raised her eyebrows lightly.

Qin Ran tugged at Pei Mo under his sleeve, and Pei Mo held her little hand instead, and then cut straight to the point: "Mother, my son would like to request to resign from the position of prime minister and leave the seat to a new virtuous minister."

The queen knew that Pei Mo and Qin Ran were tired of intrigues, but she didn't expect them to leave so early, she frowned and tried to persuade her to stay: "Why are you resigning now? Qin Zheng hasn't Officially ascended the throne, and I mentioned to me the day before yesterday that I want you to preside over her enthronement ceremony."

Pei Mo didn't expect Qin Zheng to have such a plan. No wonder she had to rely on her to return to the court. However, since the idea of ​​resigning from office came up, she would not give up the idea easily, so she had to take a step back and said: "If the mother agrees to my son According to my request, I am willing to stay temporarily until Qin Zheng ascends the throne, and then leave after presiding over the grand ceremony for her."

Fearing that the Empress would still disagree, Pei Mo added: "Even if I resign from the official position, if there is something in the court, I will definitely not ignore it, and I will definitely come back and do my best."

Seeing that Pei Mo had made up her mind, the empress agreed, even though she was reluctant: "In this case, I will make you the Prime Minister of Protecting the Country, and your status is above all the officials. You don't need to go to the court at ordinary times. You can do whatever you want." What to do, how about not being bound by the court."

Pei Mo wanted to refuse, but the queen took out a token from her sleeve and handed it to her. She seemed to have been prepared, and said in a deep voice, "Seeing this token is like seeing me. You don't have to worry about Qin Zheng cheating."

Even if the queen is ready for this step, I am afraid that she is really very reluctant. Seeing that the queen insists on this, Pei Mo has no choice but to accept it.

On the morning of the second day, Her Majesty the Empress, who hadn't seen her face for a long time, came to the court in a serious manner.

The ministers are all old foxes who have been in the officialdom for many years. They can tell at a glance that the queen must have an extremely important state announcement when she comes to court.

"The side lord Qu Huai colluded with the rebellious ministers and the traitor Chen Yi in an attempt to commit crimes. Although I have been married to him for many years, I can't condone the traitor. From now on, Qu Huai will be abolished as the side lord, and Qu Huai's father and daughter will be demoted as criminals. They will be executed at a later date!"

"The Qu family and the Chen family have been punished for several crimes, and the whole family - copying and beheading!"

The words were harsh, revealing a chilling deterrence, all the ministers of His Highness were sweating coldly, no one dared to do anything wrong, immediately knelt down, and shouted: "Your Majesty is wise!"

The empress looked down at the ministers under her feet, Sen Han's face softened slightly, and her tone was not as cold as at the beginning, and she announced in a warm voice: "Prime Minister Pei Mo has made meritorious service in protecting the country, but he insists on surrendering his hand to the virtuous and returning to the commoner market. , I decided to get rid of the position of Prime Minister Pei Mo and change her to be the Prime Minister of Protecting the Country without being bound by the court's laws and regulations, and all the lovers still respect her as Shangqing, and the courtesy remains the same."

The ministers were startled when they heard the words. They did not expect Pei Mo to make such a great contribution to protecting the country. Not only did he not invite awards, but he even resigned and left. It can be seen that Pei Mo is not the greedy villain Chen Yi said, but a generous man. Loyal ministers and pillars, their admiration for Pei Mo inevitably went up to a new level.

There were murmurs of discussion in the Political Hall, and after a while, seeing that the Empress had no intention of retiring from the court, the ministers consciously quieted down, silently waiting for the Empress to release another big news.

I only heard the empress let out a long sigh of relief, slowly got up from the dragon chair, looked at the throne of power that had been sitting on it for decades with gentle eyes, a smile appeared on the corner of her lips, and after a while she said loudly: "I have been on the throne for more than [-] years, I have never slacked off for a day. Now that I am getting old, I have more than enough energy to manage the government. Fortunately, my daughter, the second princess Qin Zheng, has become a leader who can take care of herself. It is time for me to let go of this burden. "

After a pause, he solemnly announced: "The second princess, Qin Zheng, has outstanding ability, benevolence and tolerance. I have drawn up an imperial edict to make her the crown prince. The enthronement ceremony will be held in seven days, and she will officially succeed the next empress!"

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were in an uproar again when they heard the words, and the whispers were much more noisy than when Pei Mo was named the prime minister of the country.

The queen's phoenix eyes swept over the faces of all civil and military officials one by one. Wherever her eyes went, the courtiers kept their tongues tightly shut and kept silent. When everything was silent, they looked down and said: "Do you have any objections? Is there a better candidate for the crown prince?"

All the officials fell silent. After two princess rebellions, among the adult princes and princesses, there was really no one who was more benevolent than Qin Zheng, so they all echoed: "I have no objection!"