Chapter 38: Enthronement
Xiao Mo and Zhou Chang cleared the rebels, and the Southern Dynasty tended to be stable, and Xiao Xun and Qianying also rushed back in time, Xiao Xun knew that he was guilty, and knelt outside the Xuanlin Hall with Jing Tiao on his back, Xiao Mo didn't want to see him now, so he asked people to take him back to the Qi Palace.
"Why didn't Xia Man come back with you?" Xiao Mo lost his temper with Qianying for the first time.
Qianying didn't dare to look directly at Xiao Mo, and said apologetically: "In order to persuade Mu Hanchuan to retreat, she agreed to go back to the Northern Dynasty with him. ”
Xiao Mo grabbed his hands, and the teacup on the desk shattered in response, and when Qianying saw this, he hurriedly said, "She said it, she will come back." ”
"You go back to the Illusion Pavilion first." Xiao Mo's heart suddenly began to ache, he couldn't blame Qianying too much, he could only let him go back first.
After Qianying left, Xiao Mo couldn't calm down for a long time, sitting motionless in his chair, until Feng Ruoqing walked in, he moved his stiff body and asked, "What's the matter?"
Feng Ruoqing saluted, unfolded a crumpled piece of paper, and placed it in front of Xiao Mo, "This is what Lan'er fished up from the lotus pond." ”
Xiao Mo glanced at it, changed his expression, and said, "Who threw it?"
Feng Ruoqing said lightly: "Xia Man threw it, and Liu Niangniang gave it." ”
"Let's go down." Xiao Mo threw the paper into the stove, his eyes were dark, he didn't know if Xia Man's trip to the Northern Dynasty had anything to do with it.
The little eunuch whispered about Xia Man's non-return, and Liu Wuwu was rewarded with an ingot of gold after knowing it, and he couldn't stop smiling on his face.
"Ling'er, thanks to your cleverness, you got that picture, otherwise there would be Xia Man, and it would always be a threat." Liu Wuwu was in a good mood, so she took off the jade bracelet on her wrist and put it on for Ling'er.
Ling'er was grateful, and was busy thanking, but was stopped by Liu Wuwu, and said, "Did the eunuch who helped you steal the picture deal with it?"
"Don't worry, it's done."
"That'll be fine."
"Slave and maid, congratulations to Niangniang." Ling'er knelt on the ground and made a big salute to Liu Wuwu, which was enjoyed by the queen, so that Liu Wuwu was very happy.
October 20 of the first year of Jiahe, the weather is very good, Rao is early winter, but also a piece of sunshine, warm but not dazzling, Xiao Mo from the Ministry of Rites presented the golden seal, led to the temple, kneeling to worship the ancestors, to the gods, to show the four seas, at the same time to reward the ministers, the big seal of the six palaces.
King Qi was crowned as Prince Qixian, Zhou Chang was the Marquis of Zhenyuan, Ye Bozhang was the imperial history of the capital, Deng Yuan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Zhou Yue of Dali Temple rewarded thousands of acres of fertile land, and the rest of the meritorious ministers were rewarded in turn.
Zhou Jinge, the daughter of Zhou Chang, lived in Weiyang Palace for the queen, and was canonized three days later, and Liu Wuwu was the virtuous concubine living in Changxi Palace, Feng Ruoqing was the concubine of De living in Huayang Palace, Ye Wanli, the daughter of Ye Bozhang of the imperial history, was Zhaoyi living in Yongning Palace, and the concubines Zhang and Zeng were nobles living in Yuntai Palace, Qiuyun was demoted to a concubine and lived in the northwest abandoned palace, and Xiao Yun, the daughter of Feng Ruoqing, was the eldest princess of Xingping.
The next day, Xiao Mo issued an order to rehabilitate his mother and concubine, and posthumously named her the Empress Dowager Dequan, so that the name of the harem of the former dynasty has been decided.
After the ceremony was set on October 23, the ceremony was held in the temple for several hours, and at the same time announced, the tax was halved, and the amnesty was granted to the world.
The Southern Dynasty was a festive event, but the Northern Dynasty ushered in a severe cold, Xia Man was arranged by Mu Hanchuan in the Lechen Palace not far from his dormitory, just arrived in front of the palace, I saw Xia Man holding the hand stove, rolling a woolen blanket, sitting on the couch, as if he was afraid of the cold.
"Why don't I ask someone to carry you a charcoal brazier?" Mu Hanchuan sat down by himself and dismissed the maidservants.
Xia Man sniffed, shook his head, and said, "No need." ”
Seeing Xia Man's state, Mu Hanchuan asked, "Is this a wind chill?"
"It's really cold in the north of you." Xia Man couldn't help but shudder.
Mu Hanchuan smiled and said, "The north is in the north, and the north has always been cold, so you can get used to it." ”
Xia Man also smiled stiffly, without saying a word, full of slander: This ghost place, sooner or later, you have to escape.
Seeing that Xia Man was silent, Mu Hanchuan said again: "Today, Xiao Mo ascended the throne and sealed the six palaces, do you want to know who became the queen." ”
"I don't want to." Xia Man saw that Mu Hanchuan seemed to be smiling but not smiling, so he knew that this move was not good, and he didn't want to talk to him.
Mu Hanchuan didn't care, and continued: "Liu Wuwu has sealed the virtuous concubine, and Zhou Chang's daughter has become the queen. ”
Xia Man was surprised for a moment, then regained his composure, and said, "The royal matter is like this. ”
"You're different." Mu Hanchuan stared at Xia Man, trying to find some other emotions on her face, but Xia Man's expression was the same.
"All beings are the same, nothing different." Xia Man tilted his head to the side, a little wooden.
"You can live first, and tomorrow I will show you the great rivers and mountains of my northern dynasty." Mu Hanchuan looked at Xia Man and left satisfied.
After Mu Hanchuan left, Xia Man gathered the woolen blanket on his body, his body suddenly became cold, and a sense of loss rose in his heart, he smiled to himself, and muttered, "He is the emperor." ”
Lost women abound, and Liu Wuwu in the Changxi Palace is even more jealous.
"I'm the concubine, and I actually made the concubine, and now, I'm watching the jokes of the palace." Liu Wuwu smashed a white-glazed vase again, frightened Ling'er to kneel on the ground, and hurriedly said: "Niangniang is angry, it is a great joy to seal the concubine today." ”
"What a big joy, she Zhou Jinge picked up the cheap for nothing, she knew it was so, so she let that Xia Man stay." Liu Wuwu regretted it in her heart, if she didn't design Xia Man, maybe she would be the queen.
"Shh Ling'er hurriedly closed the door of the palace, helped Concubine Xian to the couch, and said, "Niangniang, be quiet, if you are listened to by someone who cares, maybe something will happen." ”
Liu Wuwu sat on the couch like a madman, laughing first and then crying again, causing the palace people to whisper.
"Niangniang, I heard that Concubine Xian is going crazy in the palace." Lan'er changed Feng Ruoqing's dress and removed the hairpin ring for her.
Feng Ruoqing straightened her hair and said with a smile: "She is a concubine, she should be a queen, but now she has become a virtuous concubine, how can she be stable." ”
"Although the position of Niangniang is after the virtuous concubine, there is the eldest princess of Xingping, which is noble." Lan'er knew very well that the master gave birth to the only child for the emperor, and he should have been under one person and above ten thousand, but his family background was not good, and he was subordinate to others, and he couldn't help but feel distressed.
Feng Ruoqing patted Lan'er's hand and said with relief: "Yun'er has sealed the eldest princess, so there is no need to worry about the future marriage, so what is there not to be satisfied with in the palace." ”
At night, Xiao Mo rested in Weiyang Palace, looking at the sleeping queen beside him, Xiao Mo did not feel sleepy at all, looking out the window, thinking about the people in the distance, busy during the day, but also over, now lying quietly, his mind is full of Xia Man's figure, and her voice is also in her ears, she used to get along day and night, but she is also used to it, but now she can't see anyone, but she begins to miss and hope in her heart, such a mood has never been there, tossing and turning, suddenly sat up, hurriedly put on her clothes, and rushed back to Xuanlin Hall at night, urgently summoning a thousand shadows to see.