Chapter 1: The Regent's Princess
The worldββ
In the first year of the Great Song Dynasty in 457, in the winter of December, it was bitterly cold, the cold wind was whistling and hitting the palace lanterns back and forth, and the shadows were falling and falling.
"Knock-knock-knock!"
It was night, and suddenly three bells rang in the silence, three times in a row, startling the nighthawk in the treetops, and the bell rang throughout the Great Song Palace.
The imperial bell rang three times in a row - the emperor collapsed.
Half an hour ago, the outside of the Jinluan Hall was already full of courtiers, waiting for the emperor's final summons, but the emperor would finally summon the eldest princess Kangping.
In front of the emperor's bed, a woman sat next to the emperor, looking sickly, as if she would go west as soon as she closed her eyes.
Even so, the emperor, who is already old and about to die, has exceptionally clear and bright eyes.
I don't know how long it took, the emperor tried his last strength to put the holy decree beside him into the woman's hand, patted the woman's slender jade hand, nodded, and then calmly swallowed away.
"Father!" The woman looked at the emperor who had gone peacefully, and unconsciously, a tear slipped down.
This day, it's going to change again.
From the bright yellow veil came a woman's clear and gentle voice, without sorrow or joy: "Four joys." β
Hearing the voice, it was an old eunuch who was a little old, "Eldest princess." When Sixi came in, he saw the emperor who was extremely quiet, and he didn't have to think about it to know what was going on.
This daughter is the eldest princess of Kangping, Liu Jiqing.
Sixi knelt down, wiped his tears, and said, "Holy him...... He went, the eldest princess's day mourning. β
Liu Jiqing wiped away the tear and turned her head, what a face that brought disaster to the country and the people, the skin was like congealed fat, the phoenix eyes were narrow and long, and it seemed that the corners of the eyes could be slightly bent to provoke the shallow arc of the evil charm, and when you looked closely, there was still some heroism.
It's just that there is still a trace of immaturity on his face that has not receded, and Liu Xiqing is only five out of ten.
The emperor died in his eighties, and there were only three sons and one daughter under his knees, and the first two princes died early, to put it bluntly, the emperor only had one daughter and one son, all of whom were born to the queen.
The last prince of the Great Song Dynasty was Liu Zhan, the younger brother of Liu Jiqing, who was only four years old and a child.
Liu Jiqing glanced at the holy decree in his hand slightly, and then threw it to Sixi behind him.
"Father-in-law go out to announce the decree, this palace wants to stay here for a while."
"Whoa."
Sixi retreated with the holy decree in his hand.
The ministers kneeling outside the Jinluan Palace, you look at me, I look at you, until Sixi came out, all the ministers stabilized their minds, and the prime minister at the top was about to speak, when he saw Sixi holding out the holy decree and shaking the dust in his hand.
"Holy Decree!"
Everyone knelt down and saluted.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor Zhao said. Today, my fate has been exhausted, my unification is inherited by my third son, Liu Zhan, the third son is young, the eldest princess of Kangping, Liu Jiqing, is three years old, and can go to the battlefield at the age of nine to make countless achievements, at the age of twelve, he has been the commander of one party, and has a benevolent heart, and has the amount of people, specially named the regent princess, and the national teacher Candle Yin is next to the auxiliary government.
Before the third son has the ability to take over the government, everything needs to be approved by the princess regent and the national teacher, and give Shang Fang the sword and the princess regent, remove the treacherous ministers and abolish the tyrant for me, and hope that the ministers can be harmonious and help the Great Song Dynasty to prosper forever, and I hope that the emperor can be harmonious and help the Great Song Dynasty prosper forever, and I will see thisββ"
As soon as the holy decree arrived, all the ministers talked about it, and named a female lady as the regent princess and took charge of the government, which ...... This is truly unprecedented.
Guogong is naturally the first not to approve, no matter what, he is the queen's father, and in any case, he should also be the regent of his father-in-law.
"Minister, dissatisfied, the princess is a woman, how can she control the government, does the saint want me to come out of the second Wu Cao of the Great Song Dynasty??"
"Think twice, Si Chen, the only way to find a family!" The Kuomintang ^ naturally began to echo it.
Just then, the imperial bell rang.
At that time, all the words, the emperor, no, the former emperor could no longer hear.
"It is not indispensable for women to control the government, didn't Wu Zetian push the Tang Dynasty to a prosperous era back then." The prime minister spoke, and the ministers were silent. "Guogong is like this, don't you, you want to ......" The last few words of the prime minister did not say, there are some words, just click on it.
"You little white ......" Guogong was angry, and was about to refute.
Just listen to the "squeak-" body.
Liu Ji smiled at Yan Yan, but if you look closely, you will find that the smile is a bit far-fetched, "Why should my grandfather say more, the holy decree is clearly written." I saw Liu Jiqing stretch out her hand and clapped her hands.
"Boom-" Feather Forest Guards in battle armor were all around.
The weapons were glowing with cold, and it seemed that they could be stained with their blood at any moment.
I only heard the wind of Ji Qing's words turn, and there was a sinister breath between the lines: "This palace has always disliked nonsense, but there is such a sentence in the dictionary, those who follow me prosper and those who disobey me die." β
"Huh!" As soon as the words fell, the soldiers pointed their blades at the ministers.
Some of the timid ministers were instantly choked.
Guogong's face turned blue on the spot, Liu Jiqing's intention was obvious, and those who disobeyed her killed her directly.
He himself has military power, but who knew that Liu Jiqing's army would be so sudden.
"Minister, meet the princess regent, the princess Chitose Chitose Chitose." The prime minister was the first to pay homage.
Subsequently, one after another ministers began to pay homage, and the national teacher and the party also visited one by one.
Only the Guogong 1^ party remained.
"Grandpa Guo......"
"Come to worship, now that Liu Jiqing has the power of the army, his own prince can't transfer troops to come now, if he doesn't worship, he may not be able to get out alive!" Guogong gritted his teeth.
What's more, Liu Jiqing, what if she is Si Chen, as long as she holds the military power, then she is a female insect!
As he spoke, Guogong knelt down to worship with eyes that seemed to be about to eat Liu Jiqing.
Ji Qing made a gesture, and Yu Linwei instantly put away his weapon.
She glanced around at the ministers, but found that one of them was missing, a smiling tiger who looked peerless.
looked at the person next and asked Sixi on the side, "What about the national teacher?" β
Everyone is here, but there is only a lack of national teachers.
"Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess Regent, the National Teacher is in poor health, so he didn't come."
Ji Qing raised his eyebrows and brushed his sleeves: That person will be sick? Oh, it's ridiculous, nine times out of ten it's staying in the Star and Moon Hall to avoid trouble, national teacher, candle yin, heh.
"That's it." Ji Qing closed his eyes, "Where is Qin Tianjian?" β
"The minister is here."
"When is the earliest auspicious time in recent days?"
"Seven days later will be auspicious." Qin Tianjian replied after pondering.
Ji Qing slowly opened his sharp eyes, "Pass on the order of the palace, the emperor collapsed, posthumously crowned the emperor as Emperor Song Ren, and the whole country has been sued for three years, because the country cannot be without a monarch for a day, and the enthronement ceremony will be carried out seven days later."
The rest will be handed over to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Clothing, and the palace still needs to fulfill filial piety to the father, come and invite the new emperor. β
"The ministers obey."
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At this time, outside the Xingyue Palace, his steps were hurried: "Master National Teacher, Your Majesty has gone!" "The one who entered the hall was a good-looking guard.
I saw a screen carved by ice jade in the hall, the ice surface carved a plum blossom, embedded with some petals, colored with the flowers in the plum forest, very lifelike, on the lower left corner of the screen, carved the word candle yin.
Behind the screen, the man was lying on his side on the couch, dressed in a white robe, draped lazily and casually on his body, holding a jade porcelain wine jar in his hand, as if he was a little drunk, his eyes were blurred, and his cheeks were light red.