Xiao Guang said: "Do you really want to see the emperor?"
"It's not that I want to see him, it's that he wants to see me." Yang Ning said: "I didn't even eat lunch at noon, so I hurried over here. I thought I would give him something as a reward, but now it's better. I'm afraid even dinner will be delayed."
"Do you want the emperor to reward you with something?" Xiao Guang said with a smile: "The emperor will not reward you randomly, unless you have made great achievements. If rewards and punishments are not clear, trouble will occur."
Yang Ning waved her hand and said, "You don't understand."
Xiao Guang said: "The emperor has just ascended the throne and has a lot to deal with. He has to deal with many things, which is very tiring. Now that you are in the palace, please be patient and wait. Don't you think that even the emperor can't wait?"
"That's not true." Yang Ning said, "But too much is not enough. The emperor has just ascended the throne, and many things can only be done slowly. If you want to rush to handle everything satisfactorily at once, I am afraid it will be counterproductive."
Xiao Guang frowned slightly and was about to say something when he suddenly heard a voice coming from outside: "The Queen Mother is here!"
Xiao Guang and Yang Ning changed their colors at the same time. Yang Ning wondered why a queen mother suddenly appeared? The Queen Mother is of course the mother of the new emperor. How could she appear in this place
But Xiao Guang stepped forward, grabbed Yang Ning's arm, and said anxiously: "No, too... too late."
Yang Ning thought that although the Queen Mother was a little strange, it was not a big deal. However, seeing Xiao Guang frowning, he asked: "Why, are you afraid of the Queen Mother? It can't be because you ate snacks, right?"
Xiao Guang looked around, looked at the bookshelf in the corner, pointed over there and said: "You hide behind the bookshelf first, the Queen Mother is here, so she doesn't want to see her."
Yang Ning said: "Are you afraid of being confused? I am Jin Yihou, and the Queen Mother is here. I will just go see her, why hide?"
"You can hide if I tell you to." Xiao Guang dragged Yang Ning to the bookshelf and said, "This is... the place where the emperor studies. Foreign ministers are not allowed to come in normally. If the Queen Mother sees you here today, she will definitely Will be angry."
"No foreign ministers allowed to come in?" Yang Ning was confused at this time, thinking that if the foreign ministers were not allowed to come in, why would Eunuch Fan lead him here? I have been sitting here for most of the day, and no one is trying to drive me away.
But seeing Xiao Guang's solemn expression, he didn't know whether what he said was true or not, so he could only hide it behind the bookshelf, thinking that it was really unlucky to enter the palace this time. He had waited for most of the day, and now he had to hide. Maybe something strange will happen later, so it seems that it is better to leave the palace as soon as possible.
The back of the bookshelf is covered with thick red boards, completely blocking the view and making it impossible to see what's going on in the room.
There was a sound of footsteps, and then the door of the house was pushed open. When Yang Ning heard someone entering the house, she was wondering if the Queen Mother had already entered the house, when she heard a voice saying: "My son, please bow to your mother!" "
Yang Ning's body shook when she heard the sound.
He clearly heard clearly that it was Xiao Guang who spoke, but Xiao Guang called the Queen Mother "Mother", and Yang Ning was immediately horrified.
"Your Majesty, what are you doing?" Yang Ning heard a rather stern voice say again: "Why are you wearing these clothes?"
He is the emperor
Xiao Guang is the emperor
Is he the newly crowned Emperor Longtai
Yang Ning was shocked, her mind was racing, she understood instantly, and she wanted to slap herself.
He originally thought that Xiao Guang spoke boldly just because he recognized himself as the fake Jin Yihou, but now he realized that this place originally belonged to someone else, so he naturally spoke without any scruples.
If he were not the emperor, how could he dare to pick up the snacks and enjoy them
Yang Ning only blamed herself for being too confused and didn't react, but Xiao Guang turned out to be the newly enthroned emperor of Da Chu, which really surprised Yang Ning.
Images were already rolling around in his mind, connecting back and forth, and he quickly figured it out.
Someone has said before that the Eastern Qi State held a grand ceremony to establish the crown prince, and the crown prince of Chu personally led a team to attend the ceremony. When the clouds were gathering in the capital, many people even thought that the crown prince of Chu was still in Eastern Qi.
It now seems that when the crown prince was in Dong Qi, he had already received the news that the late emperor was critically ill, so he had already secretly set off from Dong Qi and rushed back to Jianye day and night.
However, the whereabouts of the Crown Prince have obviously been traced. Ordinary people do not have much feeling about the change of imperial power in Chu Kingdom. However, secretly, there is already a storm. There are naturally many people who do not want the Crown Prince to rush back to the capital in time. Naturally, these people sent assassins to intercept and kill them along the way.
When I met Xiao Guang that day, he must have experienced many hardships and obstacles, and his purpose was to return to the capital in time before the death of the late emperor.
The former emperor was obviously prepared. He calculated that the crown prince might be hindered on the way, so he sent the Black Knife Battalion to respond.
Otherwise, if he was just a young eunuch, how could the people from the Labor Black Knife Battalion come to the rescue
Yang Ning still clearly remembered that when Duan Canghai and others discovered the traces of the Black Knife Camp at the ruined temple, their reaction was great surprise. In their opinion, the Black Knife Camp would not even take action because of the Marquis Prince. It must be a big deal to be dispatched. Now that I think about it, it is of course because Xiao Guang is the crown prince. If the crown prince is in danger, the Black Knife Battalion will naturally dispatch to respond.
He reluctantly pieced together the fragments in Yang Ning's mind, thinking that even if he didn't guess all of them correctly, he should be pretty close.
But I heard Xiao Guang's voice saying: "I want to personally try out the clothes of these palace servants to see if they are comfortable and see if there is any improvement."
Yang Ning thought to herself that you lied without hesitation and your voice was calm, making it sound like you were telling the truth.
"Improve the costumes?" The Queen Mother's voice came over and said: "Why should the emperor personally take care of these matters? Moreover, the costumes of the palace people have not been changed every year or two, but have been like this for many years, so why should they be improved?"
When Yang Ning heard the Queen Mother's voice, she didn't look old, and it sounded like she was in her thirties. She thought to herself that Xiao Guang was only sixteen or seventeen years old. In this era, it was not too late for women to have children. Logically speaking, this The Queen Mother should not be more than forty years old.
The young Emperor Longtai said respectfully: "My son has overstepped his bounds. Please punish me, Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother softened her tone slightly and said: "The Emperor has just ascended the throne and wants to break away from the old and bring forth new ideas and work hard to govern. This is of course good, but it does not mean that everything has to be overthrown and started over. The founding of the country of Chu has been painstakingly managed by three generations of emperors. This has just been passed into your hands. They are all wise and powerful, and many of the regulations have been customized and cannot be changed easily."
The young emperor Longtai said: "I know. Everything follows the ancestral system, and I don't dare to change it."
Although Yang Ning heard Longtai's tone of voice was very respectful, she always felt a little weird. She thought that this was a conversation between mother and son, and there was no one else in the room. Longtai's tone seemed too respectful. Mother and son were alone together, even among the royal family. People shouldn't be so respectful.
If you are too respectful, it will appear too external and there will be no warmth between mother and child.
"I am very pleased that the emperor can sympathize with the difficulties of our ancestors in starting a business." The Queen Mother said: "Your Majesty, I originally wanted to invite you to my palace, but thinking that the emperor is busy these days, I came here in person. , I want to discuss something with the emperor."
Longtai said: "What orders does the queen have?"
"Your Majesty, you are already sixteen years old. Logically speaking, you should have gotten married a long time ago." The Queen Mother sighed softly: "It's just that there has been a war in the past few years. The late Emperor was busy with many things and had trouble sleeping and eating. Naturally, he did not have the energy to arrange a marriage for you. I also have to take care of the late emperor, so I delayed it." After a pause, he said: "Now that the emperor has ascended the throne, it is time to arrange the marriage as soon as possible. In the universe of yin and yang, if there is no queen in the harem, it will always be impossible."
Longtai still said respectfully: "Mother, my son has just ascended the throne. The most important thing is to learn how to handle state affairs. I think it will not be too late to get married when I can handle political affairs alone and become more mature."
"Cultivate your moral character, harmonize your family, and govern the country to bring peace to the world." The Queen Mother said: "There is a clear saying in ancient times. If you want to harmonize your family, you must first cultivate your moral character. If you want to govern the country, you must first harmonize your family. The emperor has not yet married, how can he manage his family? If he cannot harmonize his family, how can he govern the country? Your Majesty, For a man to mature, the best way is to start a family first, so that he can mature quickly."
Yang Ning hid behind the bookshelf, but now she understood a little bit.
It seems that the Queen Mother came here today for the marriage of the young Emperor Longtai. The Queen Mother wanted to marry the emperor as soon as possible, but Longtai's tone seemed not to be willing to marry immediately after he ascended the throne.
After a while of silence, Long Tai said: "The queen mother wants her son to marry Sima Wanqiong?"
The Queen Mother sounded quite unhappy and said: "Wanqiong is the emperor's cousin. She has been smart since she was a child. Now she is a well-educated, intelligent and virtuous girl. The emperor should know that before the Battle of Qinhuai, the late emperor had already intended to let Wanqiong enter the palace as a The princess was just delayed by the war."
"But my father never mentioned this matter to his son," Longtai said.
The Queen Mother's tone was even more displeased, "Does Your Majesty mean that I am lying?"
"I don't dare." Long Tai said immediately: "I know that establishing a queen is a major matter for the country. It does not mean that whoever I like will be allowed to enter the palace as the queen, and whoever I don't like will not be allowed to enter the palace."
"The emperor can put the country first, which is a blessing for Dachu." The Queen Mother said: "But the emperor means that he doesn't like Wan Qiong? Regardless of appearance, character and family background, Wan Qiong is already incomparable But I can’t be picky, I really can’t think of another person in the world who is qualified to be the queen.”
"Don't be anxious, Queen Mother." Long Tai said in a calm tone: "My son just thinks that for such a big matter, should we summon some loyal ministers in the court to discuss it together?"
"I don't think it's necessary." The Queen Mother said in a cold tone, "This is a royal matter, and there is no need for those foreign ministers to make irresponsible remarks."
Yang Ning listened and thought that it seemed that the mother and son were a little cold because of this marriage. The Queen Mother obviously insisted on making Sima Wanqiong the queen, but Long Tai seemed to have other considerations. Sima Wanqiong She is also the cousin of the young Emperor Longtai, but she is also the daughter of a noble noble.