"By the time the crowning ceremony is completed, it will be too late."
An old man in purple robes with white beard and hair emerged from the crowd. His long and thin face was full of wrinkles. He looked at Shen Ning and said to the Empress Dowager Zhou:
"The Queen Mother, I would like to ask, is the newly canonized Queen Mother the daughter of General Shen? Is she the princess of King Dingyuan?"
Although he is old, his voice is powerful.
This sentence asked the questions in the minds of all ministers.
Everyone's eyes immediately turned to Queen Mother Zhou.
Queen Mother Zhou's face remained calm: "So what if it is, so what if it's not?"
Then Prime Minister Xie said loudly: "I heard that this queen was personally selected by the Queen Mother for the emperor, but for some reason she suddenly became Princess Dingyuan? Princess Dingyuan is obviously the emperor's junior, how can she become the queen of a country? The queen married by the emperor is actually his nephew’s princess. Doesn’t this mess up the moral order? I don’t understand this. Please explain it to the Queen Mother!”
All the ministers nodded together and agreed in unison.
"Thank you, Prime Minister, for what you said makes sense. Please think again, the Queen Mother!"
"Princess Dingyuan cannot become the Queen under any circumstances!"
"If the emperor really canonizes her as queen, she will be ridiculed by others, absolutely not!"
Although Empress Dowager Zhou had long expected this scene, she was still speechless by the questions asked by the ministers.
Her old face was hot, and she couldn't help but glance at Mo Chuan. She was secretly angry in her heart. She had already told him not to cause trouble to everyone, but he refused to listen. Now that the situation was in chaos, how should she clean it up
The ministers unanimously expressed their opposition to the appointment of Shen Ning as the queen, and the crowd was furious. The words they spoke became more and more unpleasant. Most of the words were accusatory and sarcastic about Shen Ning, which made the Queen Mother Zhou blush. , green for a while, extremely embarrassed.
It seems that this solemn and solemn ceremony has turned into a farce and cannot go on.
Shen Ning slowly stood up amidst everyone's doubts. She had a strange figure, a snow-white face and black hair, and her cold, watery eyes slowly passed over the faces of the ministers.
There was no anger or shame on her face, as if the person everyone accused and insulted was not her at all.
When the ministers' eyes came into contact with her clear eyes, they were all slightly shocked. They could no longer utter defamatory words such as "unruly women", "married one after another", etc.
Although Shen Ning didn't say a word, it made each of them feel extremely embarrassed.
They suddenly thought, what qualifications did they have to accuse her? Insult her? Humiliate her
If it weren't for her, how could they, the ministers, stand here peacefully and loudly discuss her rights and wrongs
How could the people of Western Chu State live a stable life with adequate food and clothing like they do now
It was she who stepped forward when Western Chu was in danger, it was she who won the crown prince of Dong Qin, and it was she who sacrificed herself to marry Dong Qin.
She has done much more for the Western Chu Kingdom than all of them!
The person who is most qualified to stand here and accuse today is not them, but her!
Seeing that all the ministers had closed their mouths, Queen Mother Zhou couldn't help but look at Shen Ning with strange eyes.
She actually calmed everyone's discussions with just one look. This queen was more powerful than herself, the queen mother.
However, Queen Mother Zhou also knew that these ministers could not be dealt with so easily.