Establish a queen
Upon hearing these two words, Mu Lianxuan's pupils shrank slightly, and he almost couldn't maintain his expression. Even Rong Feizhou, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but clench his fists.
In his memory, this Emperor Yuanyuan and Xiao Si had always been at odds. If it weren't for the Rong family's face, he might even have sent Xiao Si to the cold palace without a care. He had always favored a woman with no beauty. How could he suddenly...
How many things happened during the time he was away from Beijing? What did Xiao Si think of Emperor Yuanyuan? If I... would she resent me
Rong Feizhou narrowed his eyes and raised his head slightly, just in time to see Rong Si's profile that seemed to be coated with a layer of light gold in the sunlight, so he lowered his head again.
Even if he resents it, he... still won't stop!
Hearing Mu Yuanxiu say this, not only the other people present, but even Rong Si looked down in surprise at Mu Yuanxiu, who had a delighted look on his face.
Seeing Rong Si's surprised expression, Mu Yuanxiu quickly put her down, holding her hand with a serious face, "I am sincere. After you fell off the cliff and disappeared, I realized what it meant to live a day like a year, and I secretly made a vow that if you can't come back alive, my queen will always keep this position for you. You are my empress. If you can come back alive, choose an auspicious day to complete the ceremony of establishing the queen, Si'er, you are my queen, and you will never be deposed. This is not only my vow, but also my mother's last wish."
Hearing him say this, Rong Si immediately raised her head, "Empress Dowager..."
"My mother was killed by an assassin in the Huguo Temple and was buried in the imperial mausoleum some time ago. Fortunately, I found you..." Mu Yuanxiu hugged Rong Si in fear, "I will treat you well, Si'er... I will always treat you well..."
Mu Yuanxiu above was still making serious promises, but Mu Lianxuan below, when he heard that the Queen Mother had entered the Imperial Mausoleum, there was obvious confusion in his eyes.
Is Murong Wan dead
Was it one of your own people who did it
No, he had clearly instructed them to only attack Rong Si and Mu Yuanxiu, and deliberately avoided Murong Wan's room, but why now...
Mu Lianxuan felt a huge emptiness in his heart. The woman who had chosen his brother since childhood and abandoned him, and who had never even come to see him when he was suffering, had always treated him indifferently after he became an adult, even worse than Rong Si, who had received more care from her than he did. Did that extremely biased woman just leave like this? He even... he didn't even see her for the last time...
Thinking of this, Mu Lianxuan suddenly felt like laughing. He couldn't control the sudden burst of laughter. Remembering that he was stupid now, so he didn't need to care too much about other things, he half-sat on the ground and laughed.
"Someone, take His Royal Highness Prince Jing away."
Mu Yuanxiu, who had known that Mu Lianxuan was already dumbfounded at this time, heard the laughter, let go of Rong Si's arms, and said this with a frown.
His mother had passed away, and his younger brother was stupid and could no longer pose any threat to him. Mu Yuanxiu could not bear to see him embarrass himself in public, so he asked someone to take him away.
Now the two people who posed the greatest threat to the throne under his butt have become stupid and foolish. Although his mother left him, he found Si'er again. Mu Yuanxiu really felt that he had no regrets now. When he worked harder in the future, he would let Rong Si give birth to a bunch of children and train their eldest son well. Then his life would be completely complete.
Thinking of this, Rong Si smiled with great joy when she saw this naive and innocent girl.
The seventh day of the seventh month in the seventh year of Yuanyuan was calculated at noon as an auspicious date by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory after combining the birth dates of Rong Si and Mu Yuanxiu.
There is still 1 day left.
Rong Si counted the days and leaned lazily on the chaise longue, watching the Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter girls beside her running in excitedly to say what gifts the emperor had sent her again. There were pearls from the South China Sea, cloth from Suzhou and Hangzhou, jade jewelry, rouge and powder, etc. It seemed that as long as Mu Yuanxiu remembered them, he would go to the national treasury and then grab some for Rong Si. There was a small gift every day and a big gift every three days. Rong Si's Ningcui Palace was almost unable to hold them all.
These actions made countless women in the harem bite their handkerchiefs in hatred, but they could only bury such jealousy and envy in the deepest part of their hearts. There was no other reason, because Mu Yuanxiu doted on Rong Si too much. Maybe if she asked for all the stars in the world, Mu Yuanxiu would find ways to pick them for her.
A few days ago, a concubine who entered the palace when Rong Si disappeared, relying on Mu Yuanxiu's slight favor, came to Rong Si and made a few sarcastic remarks. The gist of her remarks was that Rong Si had been missing for so long that her innocence might have been ruined, so how could she still be the mother of the country.
Rong Si didn't react much. On the contrary, the woman disappeared completely that night. No one knew where the emperor took her. However, all the rumors in the palace disappeared from then on, which made Rong Si's ears a lot quieter.
But the woman's eyes, which were extremely similar to hers, were worth pondering.
Rong Si smiled.
The days passed quietly like flowing water. The day before the Queen's coronation ceremony, Rong Si met Mu Yichen again.
He was still wearing the same mask, but as soon as he entered Rong Si's palace, he took it off.
Right in front of him, Rong Si was half-raising her chin, fiddling with the white Epiphyllum blooming outside the window with her fingers. Her wrists were as white as snow, and she wore a jade bracelet on them. She had no intention of turning back.
"You said you wanted to think about it. How are you thinking about it? I don't think my request is too much."
"Rong Feizhou found me."
Hearing this, Rong Si paused, "Really?"
"He seemed to know that I was not stupid, so he offered to cooperate with me."
"Cooperation? My brother... Rong Feizhou wants to help you up?"
"I have no idea… "
Hearing him say that, Rong Si chuckled, then retracted her hand and turned to look at the man standing not far behind her, "No, you know, you may know much more than me, and you may even have hidden some other things from me. You knew that Rong Feizhou had already harbored rebellious thoughts, so you told me about it. What do you want to tell me? Hmm? If Rong Feizhou really had such thoughts, then you should be able to understand the role of this half piece of military talisman here, right?"
Yes, half a military talisman. The jade pendant that Rong Tianpu gave her before was actually a fake jade. Hidden inside was the most critical central part of the military talisman. So it can be imagined that the military talisman that Rong Feizhou had was actually a fake military talisman with a hollow middle. Only the small piece in her hand was the complete military talisman.
Rong Si didn't know how Rong Feizhou fooled those veteran generals in the army, but if he counted carefully, he only had half of it. Together with the jade pendant in Rong Si's hand, it was the real military token that could command the millions of Wei troops.
And this small part is hanging on Rong Si's neck at this moment!
Hearing Rong Si's words, Mu Yichen fell silent for a moment, and after a long while he spoke softly, "I came here to say this to you because I want you to pay attention to Rong Feizhou..."
"Thank you." Rong Si said with a smile.
"I have already thought about the previous things. Even if you think that I am just trying to fool you, I still want to say this. Regardless of whether I succeed or not, I will do my best to send you away and will not make things difficult for you. If you want to learn martial arts, I can also send someone..."
"But if we really reach a cooperative relationship, then we must be honest with each other. You can see at a glance that I have no other secrets except for the matter with Mu Lianxuan. What about you? My Prince Rui, are you sincere to me and have nothing to hide?"
Rong Si looked at him with a smile.
Hearing this, the wind outside the house suddenly became stronger. The blooming night-blooming cereus petals were blown away by the strong wind. Outside the courtyard wall, there were occasional sounds of hurried footsteps, and the branches of the plum tree in the yard were rustling in the wind.
Hearing Rong Si ask this, Mu Yichen lowered his head to look into her eyes. After a long while, he slowly spoke, "I... did hide some things from you. You might even resent me after you know it, but I have no regrets."
After saying that, Mu Yichen kept looking at Rong Si's gentle face. The little face that had become thinner during her disappearance was finally fuller now. Mu Yichen smiled in his heart, then took two steps forward and said softly, "Keep the military token for yourself. I know that Rong Feizhou's military token is not complete. This is enough information for me to make such a deal with you for the military token. Be careful on the day of the coronation. Rong Feizhou not only contacted me, but I received intelligence that he had also contacted Mu Lianxuan. He might have seen through our flaws a long time ago. It can be said that if he was sitting in Mu Yuanxiu's position, Mu Lianxuan and I would never have any thoughts. Ha, the son of a scholar is more suitable for that position than the three of us brothers. Maybe he is more like... his mother?"
Mu Yichen thought of the cowardly and poor scholar and came to this decision.
With Rong Si's slightly stunned expression, he put on the mask again and said, "I came here today mainly to remind you to be careful on the day of the coronation. Swords have no eyes, and Mu Lianxuan doesn't understand his subordinates very well..."
The mockery in the man's tone brought Rong Si back to her senses. The next second, a wooden hairpin appeared in front of her, with an exquisite plum blossom carved on it. "Press the hairpin head and a hidden chess piece will appear immediately. Keep it for self-defense that day."
The man handed the hairpin to Rong Si without any concern, then withdrew his slightly trembling hand and clenched his fist tightly.
Looking closer, Rong Si found that the hairpin was so exquisite that it was a little scary. The stamens of the plum blossoms were carved so clearly that they were visible to the naked eye, and even the patterns on the petals looked lifelike.
While she was looking at the hairpin, Mu Yichen was already preparing to go out.
"Why are you so nice to me?" Rong Si asked while holding the hairpin.
Hearing this, Mu Yichen paused, then turned around to look at Rong Si. At this moment, her hair was simply tied into a casual bun, fixed with a white jade hairpin. She was wearing a white robe embroidered with bamboo leaf patterns. Her eyes were as clear as autumn water and her face was pretty.
After just one glance, he withdrew his gaze, laughed, and disappeared.
Who knows? Maybe he was obsessed with sex, and Rong Si had changed her appearance. He wanted to be good to her, only to her, because her name was Rong Si.
On the second day, the palace maids pulled Rong Si out of bed while she was sleeping soundly. It was almost four o'clock. She took a bath first, and then began to dress up. Just for her hair, a group of palace maids and nannies spent a full hour combing her hair. Her hair was indeed beautiful after combing, but it was too heavy, with twelve gold hairpins inserted in it, and no one knew how many wigs were used. After combing her hair, Rong Si thought about it, and to everyone's surprise, she found a place to insert the plum blossom hairpin. It must be said that they complemented each other very well.
The nanny who was mainly responsible for dressing up had to swallow back the objection that was about to come out of her mouth when she saw Rong Si's satisfied expression. Now everyone knew that Concubine Rong was the emperor's treasure, and no one could offend her.
After that, it was time to put on makeup. The fine hairs on the face were pinched off bit by bit, and then powder and rouge were applied, with every touch of depth being very particular. Rong Si was amazed that the ancient people's makeup techniques were also very sophisticated.
Finally, it was clothes. She put them on layer by layer, making her stand up straight. The gems on the clothes looked beautiful, but she felt tired when she really put them on. After putting on the last coat, Rong Si even felt very straight and could not bend down. She walked like a patient with a stiff neck, slowly and steadily. Perhaps this is called... majesty
The red embroidered shoes were put on her by Nian Xia and her friends after they squatted down. The heels were a bit high, but they fit her feet very well.
After all the dressing up, it was almost ten o'clock. It took six whole hours. Even someone like Rong Si, who had excellent emotional management, couldn't hold back her emotions and was about to get angry. It was really tiring.
After getting dressed, Rong Si got into the sedan chair holding the jade ruyi, saying that she would travel around the capital and then follow Mu Yuanxiu to offer sacrifices to the sky.
The sedan chair was a large one that could hold sixteen people. It was quite spacious inside and it was fine inside the palace, but once outside the palace gates, noise immediately arose. The enthronement of the queen was a big event that everyone celebrated.
The sedan chair was very stable, and the bumps made Rong Si, who had not slept well, feel drowsy. Nian Xia and the others had said before that the sedan chair had to arrive at the foot of the Tian Pavilion at the exact time calculated by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory.
After shaking for almost half an hour, Rong Si finally felt the bearers stop. Just as she was stunned, she felt the sedan chair tilt forward slightly. The curtain was lifted by someone outside, revealing the familiar face of Mu Yuanxiu. There was an obvious flash of surprise in the man's eyes.
"Please get out of the sedan, my queen."
He said with a smile.
Rong Si was stunned for a moment, holding the jade ruyi, she took the other party's outstretched hand and got off the sedan chair. There was a thick carpet under her feet. She had just landed because she had been shaking for too long. If Mu Yuanxiu hadn't held her, she might have fallen down.
"Thanks… "
Rong Si said in a low voice.
At the bottom of the Tiange, kneeling on both sides were the ministers, including Mu Lianxuan, Mu Yichen, and Rong Feizhou.
Mu Yuanxiu held her hand and walked forward step by step.
I have to say, this feeling is really great. You walk slowly and everyone will crawl at your feet. They kneel for as long as you walk, devoutly and attentively. Perhaps this is the feeling of being an emperor, that feeling of being above everyone else, is indeed addictive.
Rong Si smiled in her heart, and followed Mu Yuanxiu's lead as she slowly walked up the stairs to the Tiange. There was already a Taoist priest kneeling there, wearing a green Taoist robe, and he seemed to be from the Imperial Observatory.
"There are stairs ahead, be careful." Rong Si was distracted when Mu Yuanxiu suddenly reminded her and reached out to pinch her fingers.
Rong Si came back to her senses immediately and hummed softly. Before she could say anything else, she suddenly heard the sound of fireworks coming from behind her.
She was suddenly startled, and Mu Yuanxiu beside her had already turned around.
But the royal guards who were kneeling on the ground before all stood up, with cold and ruthless expressions.
Almost at the same time, the green-robed Taoist priest standing on the high platform suddenly shouted sharply, "The auspicious time has arrived!"
This shout was heard by almost everyone present. Rong Si then heard Mu Yuanxiu shout, "What do you want to do? Are you planning to rebel?"
Before he could finish his words, the group of royal guards immediately jumped over the soldiers beside them and rushed forward.
The movements were quick and swift, as if they had been rehearsed countless times.
"presumptuous!"
Mu Yuanxiu immediately smashed a jade pendant from his waist to the ground. You have to know that he is not without people on his side and a melee is about to break out.
Rong Si just turned around stiffly and saw a man with a sword stabbing towards Mu Yuanxiu's shoulder. Mu Yuanxiu dodged awkwardly, and a man in silver armor immediately rushed up from behind and blocked the sword.
"Protect the emperor!"
The silver-armored man's voice was solemn and calm.
Mu Yuanxiu, who had dodged a sword, had just escaped from danger and was about to grab Rong Si's hand, but the next second the crowd became crowded and Rong Si was pushed to the side.
“Protect the emperor, protect the emperor, protect the emperor…” Some ministers below had not reacted in time, but when they heard the voice, they quickly stood up and shouted anxiously.
Some people who might have known about it before also stood back with sullen faces. Mu Lianxuan could no longer care about Rong Si at this moment. Rong Feizhou intended to step forward to protect Rong Si, but he misjudged the situation and he could not get to Rong Si at all.
He actually watched the red figure getting farther and farther away from him, "Xiao Si..."
He shouted, but it was soon drowned out by the sounds of clashing swords, the noisy voices of ministers, and the screams of palace maids and eunuchs.
"Xiao Si!"
Rong Feizhou continued to roar, but this fatal scene made him feel like he had power but nowhere to use it. He had clearly thought about the unexpected events in his life before. He rushed to Rong Si as quickly as possible and took her away from the disputes, but who knew that the events would change so quickly that he couldn't even reach Xiao Si.
However, Mu Yichen did not reveal the slightest flaw and showed a helpless expression. He had made two preparations for Rong Si. The plum blossom hairpin and the people planted in the Imperial Guards were the minimum to protect Rong Si. Even if there were unexpected situations, with her intelligence, she could definitely protect herself.
Although he still looked confused, Mu Yichen's eyes never left Rong Si.
I watched her pull out her golden hairpin directly, pinch it with her left hand, and be pushed into a small corner. In her right hand, she tightly grasped the most important plum blossom hairpin, and watched coldly the blood splattering in front of her and the screams.
As she had guessed before, the auspicious time was not only suitable for the queen's coronation, but also for the change of dynasty. Mu Lianxuan was a narrow-minded person. Because of his childhood experiences, he hated his brother very much, so he chose such a good day to make things difficult for him.
Rong Si was thinking so seriously that she didn't notice that the two imperial guards exchanged glances with each other and slowly approached her.
They were ordered by their superiors that Concubine Rong was involved with Prince Jing, so as to avoid her becoming an excuse for him to be attacked in the future, or even causing him to do irrational things because of Concubine Rong. It would be best to kill her here while the chaos was going on. All this was for their great cause.
Mu Yichen was the first to see these two people with bad intentions. He immediately winked at the people he had placed there. At the same time, he clenched his fists and looked at Rong Si's direction. He also had hidden weapons ready in his hands. If he really couldn't suppress them...
Rong Feizhou was the second one to open his eyes wide, "How dare you!"
"Stop!" Mu Lianxuan yelled in disbelief.
"Si'er!" Mu Yuanxiu reacted and just took a step forward when a long sword was immediately placed on his neck.
Rong Si turned around quickly and threw the golden hairpin directly at them, but the two men opened it without taking it seriously. The next second, a drizzle of poisonous needles flew towards their heads.
The first sight of blood kills the enemy.
Before the two of them could even react, they immediately fell to the ground with their eyes bulging in disbelief.
Rong Si stepped back, revealing a look of fear. The men who had their swords pointed out by Mu Yichen immediately put their swords back, raised their eyebrows, and squeezed into the crowd again.
"stop!"
At this moment, Rong Si looked up and saw a man walking up the stairs with a knife against Mu Yuanxiu's neck.
"stop!"
Mu Lianxuan roared, then focused his gaze on the faces of the two people who were poisoned to death by Rong Si, then walked out of the crowd, looked at Mu Yuanxiu with a cold face, and smiled faintly.
"You are really a wicked man with evil intentions. It's beyond my expectation!" Mu Yuanxiu sneered.
"There are many unexpected things that happened to me. Which one are you talking about?"
"for example… "
"For example?" Mu Lianxuan laughed again, turned his head and looked straight at Rong Si, then raised his arms.
"Rong'er, come here." (83 Chinese.83.)