"Since you are unreasonable in protecting your shortcomings, what qualifications do you have to evaluate my behavior?" King Changqing sneered, "If you want to ridicule me, just say it directly, why do you have to find a high-sounding reason."
"My man has blood on his hands for the sake of the people of the world, and you..." Ban Hua showed a bit of disdain on her face, "You are just playing with other people's lives for the sake of power. No one's hands are clean, but no one's hands are clean. Why is it dirty, you can't compare to my man."
Ban Hua, a man from my family, expressed his disdain for King Changqing with his eyes.
"Shut up, what do you know?!" King Changqing rushed to the door frame, "If it wasn't for Emperor Yunqing, I..."
"Master Liu, you send someone to take care of him and don't let anyone approach him," Ban Hua turned to Liu Banshan and said, "After His Majesty's enthronement ceremony, he will be dealt with properly."
"Yes." Liu Banshan raised his head and looked at the distorted King Changqing, and couldn't help showing a bit of a smile at the corner of his mouth.
Wang Changqing was full of complaints and confidants before he had time to speak, when he saw Ban Hua turned around and left without interest. His anger was like being poured oil, and it exploded with a bang. I can't be bothered to listen to what you say. Your grievance has nothing to do with me. It makes him feel more uncomfortable than people yelling at him by the nose.
He kicked the two-foot fence hard and cursed loudly.
No matter the princes or nobles, or the merchants and pawns, when they lose their minds, everyone is the same, and there is no manners at all.
Liu Banshan glanced at King Changqing, who was so angry that he wanted to go crazy, arranged for a heavy army to take this place, and then imitated Ban Hua's appearance, without saying a word to him, turned around and left the prison.
The most unbearable thing for a person like King Changqing is that others don't take him seriously. When others don't care about him, he will feel that he has been provoked, and the whole person is like a toad in pain. Can't wait to jump up.
After walking out of the prison, Ban Hua directly rushed back to the Dayue Palace. She happened to meet a few courtiers who had finished talking with Rong Xia. She nodded to these people and left first. Several courtiers saw her entering the Dayue Palace as if she had entered a realm of no one, exchanged glances with each other, bowed their heads and retreated.
"You guessed it right, King Changqing really wanted to sneak out of the city today," Ban Hua walked to Rong Xia and sat down, "and pretended to be someone whose face was burned, just as you expected."
Before going out in the morning, Rong Xia had told her that King Changqing would most likely escape from the city among the common people. In order not to be recognized by the patrols, he would dress up with a pockmarked face or disfigured appearance. people. Ban Hua also felt that Rong Xia was just guessing, and did not expect that the facts were really as Rong Xia expected.
"He was always satisfied with his appearance, so when he ran away, the first thing he wanted to modify was that face," Rongxia put down her pen and smiled at Ban Hua, "A person who is extremely conceited always feels that others are the same. Care about his face."
Banyan:…
"Don't talk about such a spoiler," Rong Xia took her hand, "Come and eat."
The two washed their hands under the service of the palace maid, and Ban Hua suddenly asked, "The enthronement ceremony is the day after tomorrow, will you be nervous?"
"If you look at me down below, I won't be too nervous."
Ban Hua couldn't help laughing and said, "Am I that good?"
"For me, Baa is the most powerful."
"Okay, remember to keep it."
After the meal, the eunuch came to report that the former prince wanted to see Rongxia.
Ban Hua stood up and said, "Talk about it, I'll go to rest behind the screen for a while." With her present, the prince's character would definitely not let go, so she'd better avoid it.
The prince stepped into the side hall of the Dayue Palace. Apart from a few eunuchs serving on the palace, there was only Rong Xia alone. He wanted to go forward and salute, but was stopped by Rong Xia himself.
"Your Highness doesn't have to be so polite."
The prince shook his head lightly: "The ceremony cannot be abandoned."
After he insisted again and again, he still gave Rong Xia a salute, and Rong Xia returned the half salute again. The atmosphere between the two really did not have the tension between the former prince and the current emperor.
"I came today because I have something I want to give to Your Majesty," the crown prince held the wooden box in his hand in front of Rong Xia, "I don't have anything valuable now, I can only give this thing to congratulate Your Majesty on his enthronement ceremony."
Rong Xia took the box and opened it to see that it was the Imperial Jade Seal. Under the jade seal is an imperial decree. The imperial decree was written by the prince himself. Most of them praised Rong Xia's character and ability, and the remaining half wrote that the prince was willing to give up the throne and let Rong Xia rule the world.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your righteousness."
The prince smiled and shook his head, and after speaking with Rong Xia a few words, he got up and said goodbye.
It's not that he has no illusions about the throne, it's just that reality is reality, it's not that he can make everything come true. He is still temporarily living in the East Palace, but in his current status, living here is a little embarrassing.
A eunuch came up to help him, but he waved his hand and refused, and walked into the gate of the East Palace.
The two of them have nothing to say now. The crown prince knows that the crown prince is dissatisfied with his handing over the throne to others, but he has to consider the whole East Palace and his mother.
The prince concubine blessed the prince, and just as she was about to speak, she saw that the prince was going to turn around and go to the side hall.
She couldn't help but said, "Where does the prince want to go?"
"I'm going to the study to read a book."
"Is the prince so unwilling to talk to me now?" Shi Shi looked at him unwillingly, "I have been married to you for many years, even if I have no credit, I have worked hard. Why does the prince treat me so mercilessly?"
"Shi Shi," the crown prince rubbed his forehead wearily. After being placed under house arrest by Emperor Fengning, he lost weight day by day, and now he was wearing a brocade robe that was empty. He sighed, "Don't call me the prince again, I'm not the prince anymore."
The Crown Princess couldn't help but said, "I don't understand, why did you refuse Rong Xia's request to invite you to the throne?"
"Shi Shi, I can't ascend the throne, and I can't ascend the throne, do you understand?" The prince looked a little bored, "You are not a princess now, do you understand?"
"You mean, if you ascend to the throne, you won't be able to live?" Shi roared in a low voice, "Even if you can only be a queen for one day, what about being a queen for half a day? At least when it was recorded in history, I was a queen, not a concubine. Princess!"
"You're so obsessed, it's unreasonable!" The prince turned pale with anger, "If you want to be a queen, you can find a man who can make you a queen. I can't give you what you want!"
The prince had never said anything too ugly to Shi Shi, and today's words were his sharpest words.
Watching the prince walk away, Shi Shi stood there in a daze, is the prince already so dissatisfied with her
"Princess, are you okay..."
"Clap!" Shi Shi slapped the palace maid in the face with a backhand, "What nonsense, didn't you hear what the prince said, I'm no longer a prince concubine."
The maid who was beaten knelt on the ground with tears in her eyes, and did not dare to complain.
This East Palace is like a tomb at this time, those who stay inside are lifeless, and those who stay outside don't want to come in.
The day when Rong Xia ascended the throne was sunny and sunny, and the blue sky was dotted with a few white clouds, making people feel happy for no reason.
The rules of the enthronement ceremony are very complicated. Kneeling from east to west, not only the ministers are tossed, but even the emperor himself is not easy.
"Pass the jade seal."
As soon as the officials of the Ministry of Rites announced the news, they saw a woman in a red dress with embroidered golden peony walked into the palace, holding a gold silk nanmu box, and walking towards the palace step by step.
Woman, it turned out to be a woman holding the National Jade Seal
Some courtiers were horrified, and some looked calm and unresponsive, but no matter what the courtiers thought, this woman wearing a palace uniform and a golden crown led thirty-two strong guards to kneel in the center of the hall.
Ban Hua held up the golden nanmu box and said loudly: "I wish my emperor a thousand generations, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the world sings and dances for peace."
She stood up, and the thirty-two guards were still kneeling on the ground, motionless.
The steps on the hall were made of pure gold, and Ban Hua stepped up the steps with his right foot and walked towards Rongxia step by step.
The steps were divided into five sections, each with nine steps. She held the wooden box high and walked extremely steadily with each step until she reached the last step.
"Your Majesty." She wanted to kneel down and present the jade seal to Rong Xia, but Rong Xia grabbed her arms and took the jade seal from her hand.
Rong Xia held the jade seal in her left hand and Ban Hua in her right hand, turning her head to smile at Ban Hua.
The courtiers knelt and worshiped in unison, shouting long live.
In the first year of the Ying Dynasty, the 26-year-old founding emperor Rong Xia ascended the throne, and the year was named Cheng'an, so this year is also called the first year of Cheng'an.
After Rongxia officially ascended the throne, the first imperial decree issued was to confer the crown prince as the prince and the prince's mansion.
When the world heard it, they praised Rong Xia for his kindness and kindness, and he treated the prince of the previous dynasty so politely.
Some officials also stood up and said that when the new emperor ascended the throne, he should have amnesty and congratulations to all the people, but he was rejected by the Rongxia dynasty.
"The prisoners detained in Laozhong have their own faults, and their crimes are forgiven. It is not the congratulations of the people, but the injustice to the ordinary people," Rongxia sat on the dragon chair with a calm expression. " If we want all people to have fun, it is better to exempt the tax from several hard-hit areas for one year, this is the real fun of all people.”
"Your Majesty is famous." Zhou Bing'an stood up and said, "This is a good move."
"Your Majesty's name."
Afterwards, Rong Xia awarded some meritorious soldiers, and he recalled the civil servants who had been rejected by Jiang Luo. The entire court was in shambles, but there was not the slightest clutter.
Especially when Rong Xia was not willing to grant amnesty to the world, but was willing to exempt the tax from the hardest-hit areas, the people all applauded and scolded the previous emperor for his stupidity and absurdity.
Many civil officials were reinstated, and Pei Dongsheng, who did not walk the doorway, was one of them. After he received the decree issued by the palace, he burst into tears of joy, and he was half cured within two days.
Miss Pei suddenly remembered the noble person she had met ten days ago. She said that her father was the most suitable for offering sacrifices to the Imperial College, but it was not long before her father resumed his post. Who is that noble person
Who can call King Changqing his cousin
There are those who are happy to work for Rongxia, and some are sitting at home, pretending to be high-profile, posing a gesture of loyalty to the previous dynasty, to show that they have integrity. Some people even wrote poems for this purpose to express their noble spirit of disdain for complicity with everyone in Vanity Fair.
But their high profile didn't last long, and they were "unintentionally" slapped in the face by the Ban family.