At the beginning of February, the second dragon raised its head, and the new emperor's enthronement ceremony was held at the time of the revival of spring.

Situ Jing, dressed in a Xuanhuang dragon robe, walked up to His Majesty step by step to greet the hundred officials.

On top of this magnificent enthronement ceremony, Situ Jing only felt boundless loneliness, and the woman who knew that he loved him disappeared quietly that night, leaving only a letter that made him crumple with hatred.

She said that the current court can't tolerate her, she has to wait, and she will not come back to be his queen when the world thinks she can be the mother of the world. She wants him to wait, and if she loves her, she can wait for her to come back and stand by his side in a dignified manner.

Situ Jing didn't know what she was going to do, so he only scolded hatefully: "Mu Yunqi, you ruthless woman. ”

Situ Jing looked at the black people below, and standing at the head were Situ Xi, Situ Xuan and Situ Xun, although they had fiefdoms, they were left by Situ Jing in Beijing to assist the government.

Situ Pi asked to leave Beijing on the second day after the edict was announced, so he did not attend the enthronement ceremony today, and perhaps he did not like to see this scene.

Situ Minchang has also asked for an order to go to the six departments of the Western Regions, the six departments of the Western Regions were originally Situ Jing's fiefdoms, and now he has ascended the throne as the emperor, and the whole world is his, so he gave the six departments of the Western Regions to Situ Minchang.

This matter was opposed by a group of old ministers led by Mu Zhiyuan, who believed that with Situ Minchang's experience, the possibility of rebellion was very high. However, Situ Jing still remembered that on the day Mu Yunqi just left, everyone in the court saw that Situ Jing's face was wrong, and they didn't dare to play it right, but Situ Minchang stepped forward and offered to send Situ Ji.

After Situ Minchang came back after sending Situ Mi back, he went to the Qin Palace, Situ Jing walked to the main hall and saw Situ Minchang sipping tea and said: "The tea in the Qin Palace's Mansion is really good, you said that Mu Yunqi's girl is blessed and will not enjoy it, although she can't be the queen, with His Majesty's love for her, or with her ability, it is not just around the corner to sit in this harem." ”

Situ Jing sat there and listened to him say these words, and snorted, "You don't know her, she won't beg to stay by my side, what she wants is to stand there in a dignified manner, and no one will be allowed to say anything, and I will not be criticized in any way." ”

Situ Minchang arched his hand and said: "Mu Yunqi is a woman among women, Situ Mi was also impressed by it, and Weichen was also deeply influenced by it along the way, Miss Mu, she was able to restore the devastated Binzhou by pirates in three days, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment; can be misunderstood by the minister without arguing or annoyance, and use wits to let the minister understand what is treacherous and what is pure. Therefore, Situ Ji just said that if the country is stable and the people are safe, he is willing to defend a corner and atone for his sins. ”

Situ Jing pointed his finger at the table, and Situ Minchang said again: "Your Majesty knows that the Six Divisions of the Western Regions were once a natural barrier established by Wechen, Your Majesty is a wise and divine general, what Wechen could not accomplish back then has been realized, and Wechen now wants to be like King Ren to stay in a corner for the benefit of the people." ”

Situ Jing thought about Mu Yunqi's letter to him, which he wrote: "Those who commit one crime must not be killed; Sin is forgivable; The three sins will be unforgivable. ”

Finally, he knocked heavily on the table and said, "Uncle Huang has worked hard. ”

So no matter what the old ministers admonished later, Situ Jing only said: "It is not the Ming monarch who killed the heroes." ”

Look at the two little guys in the prince's clothes below, this is Situ Leiming and Situ Leiyu, who just came back two days ago, their father ascended the throne as the emperor today, they are also noble princes, and they will be crowned kings for them in a few years, no matter what they look like, no matter who their biological mother is, the noble identity is not to be criticized. What puzzled him was why Mu Yunqi sent the letter early, but they arrived two days ago, and Yu Chi Zhan personally sent them back and disappeared, not giving him any room to speak, he guessed that he should have met Mu Yunqi on the road to delay for so long, thinking that she also had an explanation to Yu Chi Zhan, Yu Chi Zhan did not dare to stay for a long time, for fear of revealing Mu Yunqi's whereabouts. Situ Jing thought a little angrily: "If you want to go, you can leave, you will come back sooner or later, after all, her two sons are still here, she will not bear the children to live the days when her parents are not around." ”

At this time, to everyone's surprise, what was the presence of King Yeluzheng of Shengjing. The old King Shengjing thought that he was old, and took the initiative to give way to Yeluzheng, and this time, Situ Jing pardoned Yeluzheng and entered Beijing to be entitled, which also fulfilled the original promise to Yeluzheng.

At the dinner, Situ Jing said to Yeluzheng: "Emperor Taizu's secret affairs have been made public, and the king of Shengjing has made meritorious contributions this time, so Yelu can ask for an order to go out of Shengjing." ”

"Your Majesty, why don't you travel at will?" ”

Situ Jing glanced at him and said, "The Yelu clan has kept more than one secret for so many years, and it's good to be able to come out." ”

Yeluzheng was so angry that he clenched his fists but had no choice but to step forward and raise his glass to toast him, and then said in a voice that only two people could hear: "Are you afraid that Weichen will see the queen, and you will be so strict." ”

Situ Jing laughed and said, "I don't have a queen. ”

At this time, a minister came out and said: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, but the emptiness of the Middle Palace is not a blessing." ”

Ye Luzheng looked back at the old man, frowned and said, "How can there be no queen, isn't Mu Yunqi the queen?" ”

The old man sneered and said, "Miss Mu is probably not worthy of the position of the middle palace, she murdered the queen mother, and it is her creation to not punish her for capital crimes." ”

After listening to his words, Ye Luzheng thought deeply, there will be no falsehood in what the dead man said when he came back, Mu Yunqi naturally won't let outsiders know, otherwise her layout will be in vain, but looking at Situ Jing's reaction, it seems that he doesn't know, which means that the two people are misunderstanding.

Yeluzheng cleared his throat and said: "After this dynasty has no crown, this is the secret edict left by Emperor Taizu, which is kept in the secret treasury and is known to everyone in the royal family. ”

Situ Xi raised his head and said, "Are you saying that there are people in the world today who have obtained five chrysanthemum hairpins?" ”

"Yes, these five chrysanthemum hairpins have been seen by the king, and he has also seen this woman."

Situ Xuan snorted and said: "You mean that Mu Yunqi has five chrysanthemum hairpins in his hand, how is it possible, most of these chrysanthemum hairpins are buried with me, and there are very few surviving hairpins, how did she get them, who did they get?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the entire banquet was boiling, and everyone was talking about it, Situ Jing's eyes were cold at this time, he didn't know such an important matter, otherwise why would he be in a dilemma between the minister and her.

Seeing that everyone was arguing and shouting, Situ Yao couldn't hear what Ye Luzheng said, so he couldn't help but stand up and shout loudly: "Everyone be quiet and listen to King Shengjing." ”

The noisy voice gradually stopped, and Ye Luzheng took a step forward and said to Situ Jing: "At that time, Miss Mu came to Shengjing for help, and she showed Weichen the five chrysanthemum hairpins, which were Concubine Ren Zongzhuang and Concubine Changzongchen, ......

These two branches of Situ Jing know, so who will the remaining three be, the Queen Mother, for the Queen Mother, only to hear Ye Luzheng continue: "Concubine Ren Zongshu, that is, the mother concubine of Changzong, the first queen mother." ”

Situ Xuan said impatiently: "We all know these, who else?" ”

Ye Luzheng continued: "Concubine Jiang of Changzong and Concubine Ji of Changzong. ”

"Concubine Ji? Which branch did this king take to Shengjing? "Situ Xuan didn't expect that girl to give the chrysanthemum hairpin to Mu Yunqi, Concubine Jiang? Can't figure it out.

"Concubine Jiang has a grudge against her, how could she give her a chrysanthemum hairpin, and when did she give it to her?" Situ Xuan asked everyone's curiosity.

Ye Luzheng walked up to Situ Yao and said: "Later, she said that she was on death row before she was assigned to the extremely cold land in the northeast, and Concubine Jiang was also on death row, and in death row, she knew that it was Emperor Changzong and the Empress Dowager who instructed Concubine Jiang to kill her parents and Concubine Chen. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone understood why Mu Yunqi wanted to poison the Queen Mother, but no matter whether the Queen Mother had an enmity with her or not, it would be a big crime after all. But only those who know Mu Yunqi's identity know that she has done nothing too much, she not only has this qualification, but she also has that power.

Ye Luzheng walked up to Situ Jing and whispered: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to solve Your Majesty's heart knot, can you go outside for a while." ”

Situ Jing nodded, got up and went outside, and after a while, Ye Luzheng followed. Situ Jing retreated left and right, and Yelu Zhengcai said: "The dead soldier sent to Mu Yunqi by Weichen in the name of Yu Bai came back and said that the Queen Mother is not dead, Mu Yunqi gave her a special medicine, this medicine can make people hold their breath for three days, and they will be resurrected after three days, but because the Queen Mother still has some damage after waking up after holding her breath for three days, she doesn't remember anything, Mu Yunqi arranged a new identity for her, and arranged for a couple to take care of her as a son and daughter-in-law. ”

Situ Jing sighed deeply, now he understood why she persuaded him to let Situ Xia and Situ Minchang go, she seemed to be a lot less angry and more tolerant now.

"Now she has really become more, maybe it is tempered in the extreme cold land of the Northeast, she knows more about tolerance and benevolence."

Ye Luzheng arched his hand and said: "The courtiers only know Mu Yunqi who bullied the king, and only know that Mu Yunqi, who murdered the queen mother, as a demon girl, but he doesn't know how to kill the pirates, build a school, redress the wrongs, and recommend Mu Yunqi, who can be a good general." The minister thought that this was also the reason why she was leaving, and she wanted the courtiers to recognize her before she would come back and sit in the back seat. ”

Situ Jing couldn't help but take a deep breath and said, "Yes, you are right, she just wants to sit in the back seat in a dignified manner, and not let the courtiers say that I am not." I'll wait for her to come back! ”

As soon as Yeluzheng left, before Situ Jing could turn around, an old voice sounded behind him and said, "The old minister has seen Your Majesty. ”

Situ Jing didn't react to whose voice it was for a while, and when he looked back and saw that it was Mu Zhiyuan, it was a little incredible, although Prime Minister Mu was over half a hundred years old, he had always been high-spirited, and he had never seen old age.

Situ Jing stretched out his hand to signal him to continue, and Mu Zhiyuan arched his hand and said, "The old minister intends to ask His Majesty to resign and return to his hometown. ”

Situ Jing was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer, you must know that when the emperor was alive, Prime Minister Mu Cheng was a high and powerful person, and he couldn't breathe, so he had to ask him for instructions on everything, and for Mu Yunqi, he even drank his life to reach an agreement with him that was enough to overturn the world, but at this time, not only did he not mention the agreement, but he actually had to retreat bravely, so that he couldn't understand it for a while.

Mu Zhiyuan saw that Situ Jing was only staring at him, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he explained for him: "When Your Majesty has not yet woken up, Yun Qi has found the old man, she is willing to hide her identity for Your Majesty, and since then she has retreated behind the scenes and never fought for the throne again, she also brought Prince Duan back to sit in the town, so the old minister's plan was finally in vain, and the old minister has no shame to face His Majesty, and asks His Majesty to give the old minister a forgiveness, so that the old minister can enjoy his old age in peace, and the old minister will advise his descendants to keep to themselves, and never mention the original agreement in the future." ”

Situ Jing looked at Mu Zhiyuan, thinking that he was also afraid, after all, it was a move against the sky, he could still get lost and return before the big mistake was made, which could be regarded as a merit, Situ Jing thought about it and said: "The prime minister still owes credit to Sheji, I will not treat you badly, but the Mu family can no longer live in Beijing, of course, Mu Yunxuan and Mu Yunzhi, who are already married, can stay in Beijing, and the rest will go back to their hometown to live a stable life, I will not pursue it, can the prime minister understand?" ”

Mu Zhiyuan hurriedly knelt down and said, "The old minister understands, thank Your Majesty for not killing. ”

After Mu Zhiyuan retreated, Situ Jing looked around, this was really a good place to talk about something outside, he looked inside, it was estimated that no one would come out to say anything to him again, so he moved back to the main hall.