After Jia Yi left the Qilin Palace, he only felt a chill on his back, and when he got down the imperial stairs, Jia Yi muttered in a low voice: "Your Highness, the minister has done his best to ............ it."

When he had finished speaking, he rode away in a carriage.

However, since then, there has been no movement in the place of Liu Qi, the son of heaven, who has neither issued an edict to make Liu Rong the crown prince, nor has he summoned Queen Bo.

And it wasn't until the end of the year when it was time to sacrifice to the high temple that Liu Qi, the son of heaven, moved.

On this day, Cao Qi, the Marquis of Taichang Pingyang, entered the palace early in the morning to pay homage to the Son of Heaven and discuss the matter of sacrifice.

Liu Qi, the son of Cao Qibian, saluted and said, "Your Majesty, this is the matter of this sacrifice proposed by the minister."

After finishing speaking, he took out a roll of bamboo slips from his arms, held it above his head, and presented it to the Son of Heaven.

Wang Yan was busy stepping forward and took the bamboo slip in Cao Qi's hand and handed it over to Liu Qi, the son of heaven.

Although the Han family attaches great importance to sacrifice, since the founding of the country, the Han family has been following the set of rituals formulated by Shusun Tong.

For this reason, every year when the high temple is sacrificed at the end of the year, it is too often to copy this ritual again, at most, it will be presented to the Son of Heaven after changing the time.

How could Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, not know about this matter, Cao Qi originally thought that after a cursory glance, the Son of Heaven would respond immediately.

But I never thought about it, and after a long time, I only heard Liu Qiyan, the son of heaven, say: "The sacrificial matter will be talked about tomorrow morning!" ”。

Cao Shi was just stunned for a moment and immediately reacted, and arched his hand and said, "No!" ”。

After saying that, he withdrew and left.

Only after leaving the palace gate did he secretly say: Your Majesty, what's the matter............

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Rong and a group of courtiers all went to wait outside the Xuan Room, which was the last court meeting before New Year's Day.

After a while, I saw a messenger walking to the front of the hall from one side and shouting, "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”。

In this way, the courtiers outside the Xuan Room Hall walked into the Xuan Room together.

Not long after, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, walked into the Xuan room.

The courtiers immediately said: "The ministers meet Your Majesty!" ”。

"Excuse me!".

After the courtiers sat down, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, cleared his throat and said: "A few days ago, I received a report from Zhang Ou's mansion in Hedong, at this time, he and Tang Sheng have completed the disaster relief in Hedong, and the people of Hedong have all had several months of grain and seeds to be sown next year, and I am very relieved."

Dou Ying immediately got up and said: "Your Majesty cares about all the people in the world, and the people of Hedong will definitely be grateful for Your Majesty's kindness."

And Liu Rong also stood up and saluted at this time: "The benevolence of my father and emperor should be an example for the subjects of the world."

Liu Rong said this, not to flatter his father, but in the era of the monarch, the livelihood of the people had a great relationship with the son of heaven in power.

If the Son of Heaven cares about the people, even if the people can't eat every day, they can barely survive.

If you meet a monarch like Emperor Jin Hui who "why not eat minced meat", then the people will be finished............

In this way, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty immediately echoed: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”。

Seeing this, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, was also happy in his heart, who doesn't like to be praised by others, even the Son of Heaven is no exception.

At this time, I saw Liu Qi, the son of heaven, smile and say: "I am determined to give Zhang Ou and Tang Sheng a first-class promotion, a hundred catties of gold."

Then when it came to the sacrifice at the end of that year, Liu Qiyan, the son of heaven, said: "Yesterday, the Marquis of Pingyang presented a letter on this year's sacrifice, and I have ordered the confessor to copy dozens of letters, and I will wait to see it."

However, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, almost no one understands what the Son of Heaven means, this sacrificial etiquette, since Emperor Gao has used more than 55 years, the courtiers do not know, but now His Majesty actually wants the courtiers to watch it at this time, so they are looking at each other one by one, I don't know what the Son of Heaven is going to do.

At this time, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, said again: "The secretaries can know what is missing from this sacrificial ceremony."

Hearing this, the courtiers were even more confused, and they all thought in their hearts that it was not this sacrificial gift that was used last year, and there was anything missing.

And Jia Yi, the only one who knows, has already guessed what the Son of Heaven means.

Seeing that the ministers did not speak, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, was "furious" and said: "The Marquis of Pingyang can be convicted!" ”。

The Son of Heaven said that there was a mistake in this sacrificial ceremony, and the most anxious person present was, of course, the Marquis of Pingyang, who was too often, because no matter what went wrong, it was his responsibility............

However, the Son of Heaven suddenly said that he was guilty or not, this flying disaster made Cao Qi very frightened, and Cao Qi just wanted to say at this moment, what did I do wrong............

But Cao Qi can serve as the head of the Nine Emperors in the middle of the court, and he will stand tall too often, so naturally there is some way to be an official.

Regardless of whether he is guilty or not, as long as the Son of Heaven says that he is guilty, he is guilty, and if the Son of Heaven says that he is not guilty, then he is innocent.

Immediately, Cao Qi walked to the hall, knelt on the ground and said: "The sinner is guilty!" ”。

Seeing that Cao Qi was so interested, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, did not embarrass him anymore, and cleared his throat and said: "Why is there one less person in this list of worships to Emperor Gao?" ”。

Cao Qi knelt on the ground and saluted again: "The guilty minister, please make it clear to Your Majesty."

"On this list, the ministers of the three princes and the nine kings have them, but why is there only no queen."

As soon as this statement came out, it was really not shocking to die, no one knew the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, the Son of Heaven did not like the queen, it was not an ordinary dislike, and it could even be said that he was bored.

However, Cao Qi remembered that when Liu Qi, the son of heaven, succeeded to the throne, he submitted a list of sacrifices to participate in the sacrifice, but there was Queen Bo, and after Liu Qi, the son of heaven, approved it, Cao Qi found that the queen's name was missing.

At this time, the Son of Heaven said again, without the queen, Cao Shi didn't understand what His Majesty meant.

However, he hurriedly apologized and said: "This is the crime of the minister, please forgive your majesty."

After speaking, he prostrated his head and bowed.

And Liu Qi, the son of heaven, rebuked: "The Marquis of Pingyang has such a mistake, he must be punished."

"I hope that Your Majesty will condemn the crime, and the guilty minister is willing to be punished", at this moment Cao Qi's heart is very entangled, strictly speaking, the queen is omitted from the sacrificial list, which is a big crime.

What exactly does Your Majesty want to punish, it won't be to remove the official and let me return to the feudal country, or to cut the feudal city!?

Cao Qi grew up in Chang'an since he was a child, even if he inherited the title of Marquis of Pingyang, he has never been to Pingyang County several times, although Pingyang is rich, but how can it be compared with Chang'an. And if he is dismissed from the official position and sent back to the food town, there is no possibility of entering the court as an official in this life.

Not to mention cutting the feudal city, if it is really cut, it is no different from cutting Cao Qi's flesh............

However, there is no need to think about the Son of Heaven Liu Qi, but the thunder is heavy and the rain is small: "It is not easy to read that it is too common to be the Marquis of Dangyang for many years, and it must not be done deliberately, so he will be punished for one year as a punishment."

To put it mildly, the annual service of 2,000 stones in these nine Qings is not worth mentioning in Cao Qi's eyes, and the more than 10,000 households in Pingyang County have collected taxes in a year, which is enough for him to serve for decades.

In this way, of course, Cao Qi immediately saluted and said: "The guilty minister admits punishment."

After this matter was finished, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, asked, "What else can you play?" ”。

Seeing that no one spoke, Liu Qi said: "If there is nothing to do, let's disperse."

After speaking, Liu Qi left with the support of Wang Yan.

"Greetings to Your Majesty."

As soon as they got out of the Xuanshu Palace, the courtiers couldn't help it, and they talked about it in groups.

I heard one person whisper: "Your Majesty, what are you going to do?" ”。

"Who knew that His Majesty would ask the queen to sacrifice to him at this time."

However, when these people were discussing it in an uproar, Chao Cuo passed by from then on, and snorted coldly: "How can a courtier talk about the Son of Heaven in private!" ”。

As soon as these words came out, the people present immediately dispersed like birds and beasts.

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However, this matter was not only reported in the court, but also exploded in the harem.

For those who are not favored or favored by the Son of Heaven Liu Qi, the eagerness to be left behind after being fortunate is naturally nothing.

But the Wang Wan sisters were shocked, and after hearing the news, Wang Erjiao immediately went to Wang Wan to discuss.

"Sister, have you ever heard that Your Majesty has said in the court today that you will make the queen sacrifice to the ancestors this year."

Wang Wan said with a dark face: "How can I not know, let the Bo family be happy for a while for the time being."

However, Wang Wan always thought that she was very smart, but she didn't know that she had already shown her feet, because of the last Li Ji incident, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, had already sentenced her to death in his heart.

At this time, Li Ji seemed to have made some progress after this catastrophe, and thought that since he couldn't sue Liu Rong, he would first improve his relationship with Liu Rong.

And Liu Rong is very likely to be canonized as the crown prince at this time, as the daughter of the prince, he must be able to replace Queen Bo as the queen of the Han Dynasty.

He even thought that if one day, the Son of Heaven Liu Qi funeral Tian Liu Rong ascended the throne, she would be the queen mother, not to be windy, to rain and rain, even if you want to abolish the Son of Heaven and set up another, it seems that it is not impossible, at this time Empress Lu has become the idol of Li Ji.

However, it is the determination of the queen of Lu, and the scheming of the queen of Lu.

However, when Liu Rong went to visit Li Ji, Li Ji's attitude towards Liu Rong was greatly changed, which was very different from before.

It is not impossible for Liu Rong to mend the relationship with his mother Li Ji, but after this, Liu Rong always feels that there seems to be a rift between himself and Li Ji like a ravine..............................

However, although Li Ji was trapped in her bedroom and grounded, she could still hear the news from the outside world, and when she knew that His Majesty ordered Queen Bo to worship the high temple with her.

Its reaction is the same as Wang Huan, gritting his teeth, hating and not being able to replace him.

And since the funeral of the Empress Dowager Bo Ji, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, has rarely seen Empress Bo, let alone sleeping in her palace, and has not seen it overnight.

Not long ago, during the night banquet, the Son of Heaven sent someone to summon him, but Queen Bo was very happy, but after the dinner, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, did not say a superfluous word to him, and after returning to the palace that night, Queen Bo was crying alone in the palace until late at night.

At this moment, in the Jiaofang Hall of Weiyang Palace, I saw a maid running into the hall quickly, saluting a woman dressed in palace clothes and dignified manners: "Female monarch, do you know, something big happened."

However, the woman seemed to be completely unable to lift her spirits and asked, "What's the matter?" ”。

But the palace maid said eagerly: "The slave maid heard that His Majesty said in the court today that he would make the female monarch and His Majesty worship the high temple together."

Empress Bo's eyes immediately lit up and said, "Really? ”。

This time, I heard that His Majesty actually asked her to go to the high temple to worship her, but Queen Bo rekindled a glimmer of hope.

"Naturally it's true, the maid, this matter has been spread all over the palace, and the slave maid has to congratulate the maid", after speaking, the palace maid even bowed to Queen Bo.

After a while, I heard a report from the attendants outside the palace, "Female monarch, Your Majesty has sent someone to deliver the edict."

Hearing this, Queen Bo, who was already excited, immediately got up and went outside the hall.

When Wang Yan saw Queen Bo coming out of the palace, he saluted: "The minister pays homage to the queen."

"Excuse me".

"Niangniang, Your Majesty sent a minister to come today to inform you that when the high temple is sacrificed, I hope you will go."

Of course, Queen Bo, who was excited, hurriedly replied: "The palace will naturally go."

Then Wang Yan took the tray in the hand of an attendant behind him, and said: "Niangniang, this is a gift from Your Majesty."

Since marrying Liu Qicheng, Bo has never received any gifts, and he is naturally overjoyed to see this.

Back to the Jiaofang Palace, lift the silk cloth on this tray, only to see that it is a piece of exquisite and flawless jade.

Queen Bo stretched out her hands and took out this jade bi and hugged it in her arms, crying with joy.

"The Empress Dowager has a spirit in the sky, and Your Majesty has finally accepted the concubines."

And the palace maids present all knelt on the ground and said, "Slaves and maids congratulate the female monarch."