Women are like vines, men are like trees, and women with high status are nothing more than thick vines, which still have to be wound around thick trunks to exist and grow. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The emperor's death was at best a sudden change for others, and all it took was a little time. Xu is a month, Xu is a year, how life should be lived or how to live, there is not much difference. But for Liu Ruyan, this matter is like the sky falling, and her life has encountered the second great change after entering Beijing.

She has a very delicate affection for Himesugue, who is old enough to be her grandfather. There is no girl who does not have a spring, but the object will never be a bad old man, when she first entered the palace, she was all complaining, complaining about the ups and downs of her fate and the deep despair of the future.

Mentality determines life, and then she was relieved, and when she looked away, she even felt that she was living a very happy life. The emperor was indeed older, but it could not be denied that the old man was a very attractive man, and it seemed that she was fascinated by the innate kingly spirit. And Ji Zhong was obedient to her, but she asked for something, and she didn't allow it. After entering the palace, she almost monopolized all the favor of the emperor, and truly experienced the taste of being above ten thousand people, and even Ji Qiyun had to obediently perform a junior salute when he saw her, and he did not dare to have the slightest disrespect in his attitude.

But this happiness was too short-lived, and it took half a year for her to fall from heaven to hell. Who is the worst person in the palace? Not a eunuch, not a palace maid, but a concubine. A woman who has lost her man is already sad, but it is especially tragic to have the imprint of a deceased emperor's woman. Not only will no one dare to take over them, but they will be completely forgotten, and in the end they will not even be able to guarantee food and clothing, and the end of their lives will be to grow old and die alone in the cold palace.

Every time she thought that she was about to live such a life, Liu Ruyan trembled with fear. Ji Qiyun ascended the throne, and then did her best to organize Ji Chong's funeral, during this time she was in a panic, but she could only wait for the judgment of fate, this sense of powerlessness almost drove her crazy, she didn't even dare to step out of the gate of the Thousand Willow Palace, maybe only in the "home" that still retains a little emperor's breath, she can feel a little bit of security.

This went on for a long time, until Heaven had mercy and things suddenly took a turn for the better.

The turnaround came from an accident, an accident that Liu Ruyan had secretly thought about but didn't dare to have too many expectations, when she learned the news, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the nerves that had been tense for most of the month could finally relax and have a good night's sleep.

Liu Ruyan can fall asleep now, but Ji Qiyun can't sleep, and it is difficult to sleep peacefully. Who would have thought? No one could have imagined that even the late old emperor would never have thought that he would leave Liu Ruyan a posthumous son before he died. Imperial Concubine Liu... Pregnant.

Gather power, subdue hundreds of officials, smoothly ascend the throne, and organize funerals, everything is in order and orderly. Regarding the death of the old emperor, Ji Qiyun was the one who adapted the fastest, and Ji Chong had been asking him to prepare for this for a long time. Just as Ji Qiyun was empty-handed, pondering about preparing to comply with the old emperor's secret edict, Liu Ruyan was actually pregnant.

What makes Ji Qiyun most helpless is that even if he has the secret edict of the emperor in hand, even if he has ascended the throne as the emperor, he still has to call the baby who has not yet been born... Uncle Wang. In this case, no matter how justified and high-sounding his reasons are, it is absolutely impossible to bury Liu Ruyan according to Ji Chong's intentions.

And Liu Ruyan is the foundation of the entire Liu family's power, if she doesn't die, Ji Qiyun won't be able to attack Liu Fengzi and Zhou Ang, and the old emperor's secret edict is simply to throw him on the fire grill for barbecue.

After learning the news, Ji Qiyun walked back to the East Palace in a daze, locked himself in the house, and spent a whole day thinking about this thorny question. Gradually, he came back to his senses and found that he seemed to have fallen into a rather misunderstanding.

Is it really necessary to eradicate the power of Liu Ruyan? Was Grandpa Huang's decision correct?

At this time, unlike in the past, he had ascended the throne as the emperor, and he was justified in the throne with the collective support of hundreds of officials in the imperial court. Whether it is those officials who are already under their hands, or officials like Zhou Ang and Liu Fengzi who use them because of necessity, or officials who naturally lean over after the death of the old emperor, there seems to be no difference, the court is one, aren't these people all his courtiers?

Since they are courtiers, there will definitely be a distinction between high and low, even if the power of the Liu family is eradicated, there will still be other powerful ministers. Those scholars who have been based in the Great Zhou for hundreds of thousands of years are not fuel-efficient lamps, their hands have always been stretched out, Ji Qiyun needs a force that is absolutely loyal to himself to reconcile, and the art of balance is one of the compulsory courses for emperors.

Retaining Zhou Ang and the others seems to have a lot more benefits than directly eradicating them. What's more, a courtier is a courtier after all, no matter how powerful he is, it is impossible to have any impact on him. Wuzong's existence is to ensure that the Great Zhou Jiangshan does not fall into the hands of people with foreign surnames, and the opponent who can wrestle with Wuzong may not have come out of his mother's womb, so he has nothing to worry about.

At this moment, what should really be considered is how to manage to recover the rights in their hands for those local vassal kings who have self-respect and are not within the scope of Wuzong's defense, which is the top priority at present. The court must be united, and there must not be the slightest disturbance, otherwise it will surely give an opportunity to those with bad intentions. As long as Zhou Ang and the others are more restrained, don't do anything to offend hundreds of officials, and there will be no problems in the future.

Thinking of this, Ji Qiyun finally made up his mind, he took out the wooden box from under the bed, opened it, took out the secret edict in it, and placed it on the candle flame. A puff of smoke floated up, and in a short time the edict had been reduced to ashes.

Destroying the secret edict not only announced that Zhou Ang and the others had escaped death, but also meant that he did not need to comply with the instructions above and replace the vassal king. Ji Qiyun has to wait and see what happens, and if the time is right, he may want to go further and cut down all these tricky vassal kings.

Solving this matter, Ji Qiyun suddenly felt refreshed, he walked out of the East Palace leisurely, but he didn't want to go out of the gate to meet a little eunuch, kneeling down and gasping and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Wu went to Beijing for funeral, and has arrived outside the south gate of the palace, waiting for His Majesty to summon him." ”

As soon as these words came out, Ji Qiyun "brushed" the ground and blackened his face, this King Wu was sincere in causing trouble for him! If he had changed his weekdays, he couldn't ask for King Wu to go to Beijing, but now... It's really not the right time!

After the old emperor's funeral, Ji Qiyun did not announce the world for the first time, because he was afraid that the vassal kings would be too early in Beijing. He is the grandson of the emperor, the first in line to the throne, but not the only legitimate heir. The emperor died too suddenly, and did not leave a will to clearly announce who would inherit the throne, in case the vassal king went to Beijing at this time, the ministers who were friendly with him in the court would inevitably have other thoughts, and then it would be a trouble.

Therefore, Ji Qiyun ascended the throne first, then held a funeral, and finally announced to the world, and sent people to all parts of the country to inform the vassal king, the messenger who went to the notification was still on the way, and the king of Wu had killed it single-handedly, how should he deal with this?

With the rising bird of King Wu, the vassal kings from all over the country will inevitably not immediately be edicted to enter Beijing, but will choose to wait and see how the imperial court reacts. This time is enough for King Wu to finish his funeral, will he be released or left at that time? If you put it... If you are unwilling, if you stay... How dare the rest of the vassal kings go to Beijing? At that time, let alone cutting the domain, even if you want to replace it according to the emperor's wishes, I am afraid it will be difficult to reach the sky, after all, the secret edict has already made him burn.

The more he thought about it, the more helpless he became, Ji Qiyun sighed slightly, and said, "Welcome the third emperor uncle into the imperial study and want to see him." ”

Seeing that it was a must, after giving the order, Ji Qiyun did not rush immediately, but first went to the imperial garden for a circle, and sat for half an hour before walking slowly towards the imperial study.

Pushing the door in, King Wu had obviously waited for a long time, and after seeing Ji Qiyun, he didn't think about it, and immediately made a courtier salute. "Your Majesty."

"Uncle Sanhuang, please get up quickly." Ji Qiyun hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, his eyes kept looking at him, and there were faint tears in his eyes. "Uncle Sanhuang, I haven't seen you for many years, and my nephew is very worried. I heard that you were seriously ill before, but I wonder if you are getting better now? ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, the minister is fine." King Wu went straight to the point and said: "The minister is here for funeral, I wonder if I can go to the imperial tomb to see my father now?" ”

"The imperial grandfather was not buried in the imperial mausoleum." Ji Qiyun shook his head and sighed: "Before his old man died, he made the last holy decree, but Wang Li didn't hear it clearly. I only vaguely heard the words not entering the imperial mausoleum and the top of the North Mountain. I thought that the imperial grandmother was buried in Beishan, and perhaps the imperial grandfather originally planned to be buried with her, so he did not let the imperial grandfather enter the imperial mausoleum. ”

"Yes." King Wu said: "Beishan in the suburbs is the place where my father first met his mother, and he should want to accompany his mother." The minister first went to see his father, and then retired for the time being. ”

"Uncle the Three Emperors... Ji Qiyun hesitated for a moment and said, "I haven't been to Beijing for many years, stay a few more days, and give my nephew a chance to talk about my uncle and nephew." ”

"Obey."

"Well, there are a lot of trivial matters in the palace now, I will arrange a house for you outside the palace, you can live first, and then enter the palace to accompany me in your spare time." Ji Qiyun smiled and said: "I have just ascended to the great treasure, and it is inevitable that there will be something wrong with my actions, so please ask the imperial uncle to mention more." ”

"Okay, the minister will retire first."