Chapter 136: Disobedience
After the holy decree was announced to the world, the entire Liang Kingdom was in chaos. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoPeople were first surprised by the sudden death of the first emperor, and then surprised why Meng Tao ascended the throne as the new emperor. The ups and downs all over the city all pointed to the harem Queen Shu, not the Queen Mother, but she was calm and undisturbed by these rumors.
"Ruocha, go and invite the emperor." The Empress Dowager moved from the dilapidated Guilantang to the palatial Cining Palace, and the Empress Dowager went to Le Shoutang without asking about the government.
She thought to herself and smiled inadvertently. The Empress Dowager Shu has been in the harem for decades and has never been favored by the emperor, but she didn't expect that she would become the queen mother when she reached middle age. And her sworn enemy, the Threshold Clan, became a cold palace, and her precious son also became a defeated subordinate.
Could it be that Qin Yang is really a broom star? The Empress Dowager's eyes moved, and she covered her mouth and laughed happily.
At this moment, Meng Tao followed Ruocha into the house. He was still dressed in the prince's python costume and saluted the Queen Mother. "Mother...... Queen mother. ā
The Empress Dowager glanced at him and frowned. "Xi'er, why are you still wearing this dress? Don't go for a change yet! ā
"Queen Mother, my father has not mourned yet, how dare my son be the emperor first?" Meng Tao lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment. "The queen mother doesn't know, and now there are rumors inside and outside the palace. said that it was the queen mother that killed the monarch and forced your father to change the crown prince, and also blamed the Threshold Clan, a femme fatale. After that, Meng Tao stared directly at the face of the Empress Dowager Shu, hoping to detect a hint from her delicate makeup face.
When the Empress Dowager heard him say such a rebellious word, she didn't have a trace of anger, but laughed arrogantly.
She held her head high, as if she were looking at the world. "No matter what others say, it's their business, what's in the way of this palace? Could it be that this palace can still gag their mouths? ā
She looked at Meng Tao quietly with a pair of narrow eyes. "The gossip is nothing more than those losers."
"Queen Mother!" Meng Tao couldn't hold it back, he couldn't help but roar at the Empress Dowager Shu. "I don't want to be the emperor, and I don't have the ability to be the emperor!"
"Shut up!" Empress Dowager Shu raised her eyebrows and glared at him angrily. In those narrow eyebrows and eyes, there was endless majesty, and even Meng Tao felt a sense of oppression. "Do you still want to disobey the emperor's orders! This is an edict written by your father himself, and there can be fakes! ā
Meng Tao didn't speak, but he faintly felt in his heart that things were not so simple. The mother, who is usually kind and kind, suddenly seems to be a different person at this moment, and everything she does makes Meng Tao feel very strange, so crazy, and so unreasonable.
"But, the queen mother ......" Meng Tao lowered his head, biting his lip stubbornly, unwilling to make the last struggle. I can't be an emperor. ā
"Whether you can be in this palace or not, you have to be it!" Empress Dowager Shu's categorical words shocked Meng Tao's heart. He raised his head in surprise, just met the cold and threatening eyes of the Empress Dowager Shu, secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and no longer dared to say a word.
"Do you think Meng Yin can be the emperor?" Empress Dowager Shu snorted coldly. "Do you think that if the emperor liked him, he would make him the new emperor? Meng Yin is ruthless and vicious, and will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. But his character is cowardly and he doesn't dare to say much, and he is very worried about the future. You will see that he was above the court yesterday, and he didn't dare to say a word, and it will be clear. ā
With that, she sighed again, her tone softening slightly. "The first emperor will not make him the new emperor. If he had this thought, he would have been made a prince a long time ago. ā
"The queen mother means to say...... Does my father want to appoint me? Meng Chen's pupils trembled slightly, he pursed his lips and felt unbelievable, and there was a hint of joy.
Empress Dowager Shu shook her head and replied to Meng Tao wordlessly.
"Don't talk about this, tomorrow you will worship the mourning emperor, and you will have the new emperor ascend the throne in front of the mourning hall. The palace was afraid that those opponents would raise troops, so they specially summoned General Murong to him. ā
When her words fell, Ruocha took Murong Trai into the hall. Murong Chui walked calmly in front of the Empress Dowager, he did not squint and looked expressionless, and bowed respectfully to the Empress Dowager.
"Weichen see the Empress Dowager." The tone was calm, and there was no emotion. The Empress Dowager looked at him so deferentially and smiled contentedly.
"General Murong please hurry up, no need to be polite!" She stroked Ruocha's hand, and Ruocha moved a Taishi chair to Murong's side and let him sit down. Murong Chui was unrestrained, he raised the hem of his clothes and sat on the Taishi chair upright,
Meng Tao stood on the side, feeling very helpless, and the Empress Dowager glanced at him and motioned for him to take a seat.
"When we mourn tomorrow, we will have to bother General Murong."
Murong Chui sat upright and arched his hand at the Empress Dowager. "The queen mother can rest assured, since the emperor was personally ordained by the emperor, then Weichen will definitely keep his peace, and he will never let those traitors offend the emperor's face! Wechen has already ordered the Imperial Forest Army to also be in Wechen, everything is under my control. ā
"That's great!" Empress Dowager Shu nodded with a satisfied face, she waved her hand, and Ruocha, who was serving on the side, walked to Murong Trai with a wooden plate, Murong Trai looked at it, and found that there was a tiger talisman on it. Seeing this, he hurriedly lost his face and looked at the Empress Dowager with a frightened expression.
"The Queen Mother, this must not be!" You must know that the tiger talisman is a talisman of the emperor's dispatch of troops, half of which belongs to Murong Chui, and the other half belongs to the emperor. Only when the two are combined will the armies be ordered to dispatch their troops. With such a noble thing, obtaining it means that the entire Liang's military strength is controlled, and no one dares to resist if an army is sent to attack Chang'an.
He stared straight at the tiger talisman, but he didn't dare to take it. You must know that from ancient times to the present, there are countless people who covet such a small tiger talisman.
Empress Dowager Shu just nodded slightly at Murong Shui. "This half of the tiger talisman was temporarily handed over to General Murong for safekeeping. In the early days of the new emperor's accession to the throne, the world was bound to be in chaos. This palace knows that you believe in you, so I will give you the tiger talisman, and General Murong must not live up to the trust of this palace! ā
She said it perfectly, so that Murong Trai didn't have any excuses, so she had to take off the tiger talisman with trembling hands. He pursed his lips, only to feel that his hands were as heavy as a thousand pounds, and he felt as hot as charcoal, and he wanted to throw them aside. However, he could only bow to the Empress Dowager who was sitting high and thanked her.
"Thank you for the trust of the Queen Mother, the minister will live up to his mission!"