The new emperor personally visited Huangjue Temple, and all the monks came out to welcome him.
The empress dowager led the female relatives out. When she saw that the new emperor wearing a dragon robe was the Prince of Jin, her eyes flashed and she silently stepped aside, revealing Jiang Changning who was following behind.
"Empress, I'm here to pick you up." The new emperor said with a smile.
Jiang Changning bowed and said, "I greet your Majesty. I pay my respects to your Majesty."
"You are still so polite." The new emperor smiled and stepped forward to help her up. "It's settled. Ningning, follow me back to the palace."
"Okay." Jiang Changning put her hand in his, and the new emperor personally escorted her onto the phoenix chariot.
After the new emperor sat on the dragon chariot, Chang Youzhong shouted, "Let's go back to the palace."
"Farewell, Your Majesty. Farewell, Her Majesty." Everyone bowed.
Jiang Changning has not yet been canonized and is not considered the queen, but the new emperor has already called her the queen, so she is definitely the queen.
However, she is the second wife. It is unknown whether the new emperor will posthumously confer the title on the original wife.
But even if she is posthumously honored, it will only be a tablet and will not affect her status.
Jiang Changning followed the new emperor directly into the palace and temporarily lived in Tiancheng Palace.
After the new emperor dealt with the affairs of the previous dynasty, the first decree he issued regarding the harem was to order the Ministry of Works to repair the Qiyuan Palace starting immediately.
The second decree was to renovate Zhongjing Palace and change its name to Ciren Palace. It was obvious that this palace was for the former Princess Dowager of Prince Jin to live in.
The Queen Mother returned to the palace and saw the abdicated emperor was still alive. She was stunned for a moment, "Your Majesty, Shen'er, you're awake!"
After Emperor Xun ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager named him Helian Shenyi.
"Mother, my son is fine." The little emperor smiled easily.
He had a very hard time being an emperor. All those classics, history, imperial techniques and state affairs made him miserable and exhausted.
He was actually quite happy when Prince Qing rebelled. He was even happier when Prince Jin was willing to be the emperor, as he had finally handed over the important responsibility of governing the country to him.
"Let's go to Fushou Palace," said the Queen Mother.
She wanted to ask the Empress Dowager why she was colluding with Prince Qing
There were more than a dozen guards with swords standing outside the Fushou Palace. When they saw the Queen Mother and the Abdicated Emperor, they saluted and said, "Greetings, Madam. Greetings, Young Master."
"My master and I would like to go in and see the old lady. Is that okay?" The Queen Mother changed the address.
"Madam, please." The guard stepped aside.
The Queen Mother and the abdicated emperor entered the Fushou Palace. The palace was very quiet and they did not encounter any palace maids along the way. It seemed that the new emperor had dismissed many people.
Yes, the Empress Dowager loved to enjoy herself, and the number of people serving her had long exceeded the number set by Emperor Taizu.
Due to etiquette, she could not restrain the Grand Empress Dowager on such a small matter, but now that the dynasty has changed, the Grand Empress Dowager is no longer the Grand Empress Dowager, and she can forget about living a luxurious life.
The Queen Mother's mood suddenly improved. She entered the back hall and saw the Grand Empress Dowager, who was wearing wrinkled clothes and looked listless.
She didn't salute, but asked directly: "Why do you do this?"
The Empress Dowager did not answer her question, but glared at the abdicated emperor, "Why don't you just die? You actually gave away your ancestors' kingdom to someone else. How can you be worthy of your father?"
"Now that he's dead, the country will have to be passed on to someone else." The Queen Mother said coldly before the abdicating emperor could.
The Empress Dowager glared at her and gasped. She had never liked this daughter-in-law.
"Don't look at me like that. When you colluded with Prince Qing to plot to seize the throne, you should have expected that Prince Jin would take action to reap the rewards." The Queen Mother no longer had any respect for her mother-in-law.
"You are already the Empress Dowager, are you still not satisfied?"
"Do you want to be the queen?"
The Empress Dowager snorted, "Why not
The abdicated emperor was stunned. He never expected that his grandmother had such ambitions.
The Queen Mother sneered, "You really don't know what you can do. You want to be the Queen, but you have no talent and no military power. How can you hold the throne securely?"
"Leave the palace? I won't leave the palace." said the Empress Dowager.
The Queen Mother sneered again, "Whether or not to leave the palace is not up to you."
"I am the Grand Empress Dowager. I wonder who dares to force me out of the palace." The Grand Empress Dowager said proudly.
At this time, a noise came from outside the hall.
Then they saw Consort Song and others being escorted in by the guards. The guard leader told them, "Please stay in Fushou Palace temporarily until the house is repaired, and then you can leave the palace."
"Go and call Helian Yu. I want to see him." The Empress Dowager said loudly.
The commander of the guards ignored him and left with his guards.
"Shut up, everyone." The Queen Mother felt a headache from the women's chattering.
After a moment of silence, Concubine Song said disdainfully: "Why are you so arrogant? You are no longer the Queen Mother."
"Even if I'm not the Queen Mother, and I'm from an ordinary family, I'm the legitimate wife and you're the concubine." The Queen Mother smiled maliciously, "I'm a trader, do you think the Song family would buy you if I sold you out?"
"You dare!" Concubine Song said in a timid tone.
The Queen Mother sat down on the chair, adjusted her skirt slowly, and then slowly said: "You can try it and see if I dare?"
Concubine Song became obedient, and the others did not dare to say anything more. They all found a place to sit down in an orderly manner.
The Queen Mother restricted these people and did not allow them to leave Fushou Palace, while Jiang Changning, who was busy handling palace affairs, did not pay any attention to them for the time being.
Jiang Changning had been busy all day. After taking a bath, her tiredness was slightly relieved. She half leaned on the soft pillow and closed her eyes to rest.
Xiaochun took a dry towel and wiped her hair.
At this time, the sound of palace servants paying respects to the new emperor was heard outside the palace.
Jiang Changning opened his eyes, and after a moment, closed them again.
When the new emperor came in, he saw a picture of a beautiful woman sleeping. He smiled slightly, waved his hand to let Xiaochun leave, and he wiped her hair himself.
It was not the first time he wiped her hair, but it was the first time since he became emperor.
In the past few days, the couple has not seen each other, one busy with the affairs of the court and the other busy with the affairs of the harem.
Jiang Changning pretended to be awakened by him, "Your Majesty."
"Ningning, you forgot what I said again. You must be punished." The new emperor picked up Jiang Changning and walked towards the inner hall.
"Yong Zhou, I was wrong. Is it not okay if I was wrong?" Jiang Changning said hurriedly.
This man is a greedy person, and now he has been a vegetarian for so many days. Can this little fish like her see the sun tomorrow
Just as the couple was enjoying themselves, a carriage drove into the back door of Marquis Anding's Mansion.
Marquis Anding and his wife looked at their daughter getting off the carriage, their brows furrowed so tightly that they could kill a mosquito.
"Dad, Mom." Park called out in a crying voice.
"Shut up." Marquis Anding said in a deep voice.
Park pouted, "Mom, look at Dad. He was mean to me when I just got back. I got angry."
The wife of the Marquis of Anding sighed softly, "Master, let's go inside and talk."
If you stay here for too long and are seen by unsuspecting servants and the news gets out, you could still compete with them in the past, but now it would be a crime of deceiving the king.
(End of this chapter)