"How can this be done!" Chuntao said, "Now it has been announced to the world! How can the establishment of a crown prince be a joke, change as soon as you say!"
Rong Changan stood there blankly, she really didn't know what to do now.
"Could it be, could it be that I'm letting Zixuan down!"
Chuntao was very puzzled by Rong Changan's words: "How can the empress betray the Eastern Empress? When the ministers appointed the crown prince, they first asked the Eastern Empress, how could she have any objections when the Eastern Empress designated your prince as the crown prince? Empress Rong, how much do you want?" Think about it."
Now that it has been announced to the world, Rong Changan is powerless to recover.
"Zixuan, why are you so stupid!"
"Queen Rong, just admit it!" Chuntao persuaded, "You are the well-deserved first queen of the Dajing Kingdom. Now that the emperor has passed away, you are the most powerful person in the country. Hold the prince and listen to the government behind the curtain." , and only you can do it. If the Eastern Empress leads Yan Bao to govern, do you think it’s okay? The prince is young, and the Eastern Empress is ignorant of political affairs. She can handle so many things in the country!"
What Chuntao said was reasonable, but Rong Changan was very upset.
When she came to the courtyard, thunder was rolling in the southeast, and a dark cloud was like a curtain, gradually covering the sky. In the sweltering heat, the white flags were flying, and the six armies were silent, as if the whole palace was still under the heavy snow in the middle of winter.
"Let's go to the Taiping Palace!"
Before Rong Chang'an finished speaking, he had already gone far away.
Just in case, the back mountain and the queen's surroundings are heavily guarded, and the soldiers are on standby. On the way to the Taiping Palace, there are guards everywhere.
After climbing up a hundred steps, you can see the coffin in the center of the Taiping Palace, and the palace is completely white. Hundreds of ministers from the capital knelt beside the coffin and wept. The nanny hugged the prince and knelt at the front, and beside the nanny were Zixuan's two children, Yan Bao and Yan Di.
A tinge of desolation rose in Rong Chang'an's heart, and he felt sorry for Yan Ci's birth, and then his father passed away.
Someone saw Rong Changan standing outside the palace gate and hurriedly shouted: "Queen Rong!"
All the ministers also looked over: "Queen Rong is here!"
Now that Yan Li is dead, the eyes of the entire Dajing Kingdom are on Rong Changan alone. In the future, the direction of national policies and the well-being of the people will be determined by her.
Rong Changan reprimanded all the ministers: "You have violated the emperor's will and appointed me as the crown prince. Under the emperor's nine springs, how can you rest in peace?"
All the ministers thought that Rong Changan would be happy if Yan Ci was chosen, but they didn't want to blame them, they all looked at each other, confused and scared.
A minister said: "The queen's mother is honored to the world, and she is very prestigious among the people and ministers of the whole country. If the queen's prince does not become the prince, then whose prince dares to be the prince! This is what the people want, and I hope the queen will not refuse. I think the reason why the emperor didn't appoint a prince for a long time is that he wanted to wait for the queen to give birth to a prince before establishing a prince. This is what the emperor really meant!"
Up to now, even if she wanted to refuse, she couldn't.
"You didn't even ask my opinion, so you cut it first and played it later. If things go on like this, the country won't be in chaos!"
The ministers wondered what Rong Chang'an meant. Did they want to punish some leading ministers to make an example of others
Rong Chang'an did have this idea, but Yan Li had just passed away, and people's hearts were uncertain. If the high officials were severely punished, it might cause turmoil in the country. Generally, when an emperor dies, the country will give amnesty to the whole world, and Yan Ci should also be amnesty when he was just born.
"Your Majesty Xinyou, I'm not good at punishing you, but in the future, this trend can't grow, you understand?"
"Yes!" All the ministers said in unison.
Rong Chang'an's sharp gaze scanned all the ministers again, and a strangeness flashed across his pupils: "Where are the Empress and Uncle of the Eastern Palace?"
The emperor's uncle is a patriarch, the eight virtuous king personally appointed by Yan Li. At this time, he should lead the ministers to guard the spirit here. Why can't anyone be seen
"Reporting to the Empress, the uncle and the Empress of the East Palace are discussing important matters in the side hall." A minister said.
When Rong Changan came to the side hall, he saw Yan Shijie and Zixuan sitting at the table with worried faces. There is a memorial on the table. Eunuch Lu stood by.
"Uncle Huang, Zixuan, what are you discussing?" Rong Changan couldn't wait to know what was written in the memorial.
Zixuan and Yan Shijie hurriedly stood up and came out to greet them. Rong Changan first glanced at Yan Shijie, then looked at Zixuan guiltily.
"The ministers appointed Yan Ci as the crown prince, why don't you stop them, but respond to them? Yan Bao is the eldest son..."
Zixuan said: "Now that it has been announced to the world, there is no need to mention this matter again. Just now we got the memorial from the front, saying that the soldiers of the Southern Barbarians captured the prefectures and counties, and Wenchang County has been captured!"
Rong Changan's face was calm, but he unconsciously clenched his fist.
She remembered that when she was giving birth, Yan Li went to the Minister's study to discuss matters related to the Nanman. It is estimated that Yan Li passed away before a countermeasure was agreed upon.
A trace of sadness appeared in Rong Changan's eyes.
"Didn't the emperor agree on a countermeasure at that time?" She looked at Eunuch Lu and then at Yan Shijie.
"No." Yan Shijie sighed, "The emperor finished reading the memorial and was listening to the frontier guards to understand the situation ahead, when suddenly he..."
As Yan Shijie spoke, his voice choked up again.
Yan Li has always been in good health, how could he suddenly get sick and die? Rong Changan really couldn't figure it out. But this matter will be discussed later, the most important thing now is to resist the Nanman.
"That is to say, no general has been sent to counter the rebellion yet?"
Yan Shijie nodded: "The ones resisting Nanman today are only soldiers from counties and counties. Not only are there few soldiers, but they are also poor in ability. They are no match for those vicious people at all."
If you wait until Yan Li is buried before sending troops, then Dajing Kingdom has already lost a large piece of land.
"The country is in great concern. I can't lead troops to fight. I can only send a general to quell the rebellion." Rong Chang'an thought of someone, "I heard that Xiong Yanchao is guarding the border in the south, why not write an imperial decree and canonize him as Pingnan General, let him mobilize the troops in the south to deal with the Nanman rebels."
Yan Shijie knew that Xiong Yanchao was very powerful in battle, but his only shortcoming was that he lacked resourcefulness: "Xiong Yanchao is too straightforward. If he were to lead troops to deal with the cunning Nanman, I'm afraid..."
The words were unlucky, so Yan Shijie didn't say anything.
It's not just Yan Shijie who has this worry, in fact, Rong Changan is not alone! But now that Yan Li has passed away, and the ministers of the common people are harassing, it is very necessary for Lin Hai to guard the capital and cannot leave. There is no other way to choose Xiong Yanchao as the handsome man.
Yan Shijie saw helplessness in Rong Chang'an's eyes, so he didn't say any more.
Therefore, Rong Chang'an asked Yan Shijie to write an order, and according to what she had just said, Xiong Yanchao was canonized as General Pingnan, and the soldiers from the southern states and counties were summoned to crusade against the Nanman rebels.
The imperial decree was sent overnight without mentioning it.
But Rong Changan, Yan Shijie and Zixuan drew up the imperial decree, and then returned to the mourning hall to continue to watch.
Zixuan suddenly pulled Yan Bao over, pointing to Yan Ci who was in the swaddle: "Bao'er, kneel down and kowtow to the prince!"
Yan Bao was also well-behaved, he listened to his mother very much, so he put his knees on the ground and made a gesture of kowtow.
"Sister, what are you doing?" Rong Changan hastily helped Yan Bao up, "They are brothers, so I can't bear it!"
Zixuan cried: "Now the emperor has passed away, abandoning the world, and throwing the country to us women and Taoists. Just yesterday, the minister decided to make Yan Ci the crown prince, and the roles of Bao'er and Ci'er as monarch and minister have been determined. Minister Worshiping the king, this is a logical thing. If the king is not the king, and the ministers are not ministers, there will be chaos in the future. I am also thinking about Bao'er."