When Liang Ci and Crazy Stone were in full swing to interrogate the Bodhi Sect captives, Lan Ying'er and Qingqing's concubine ceremony was in full swing.

Hearing that the Queen Mother was happy, she personally convened the officials of the Ministry of Rites to give a lecture, and ordered that all the officials in the court should enter the palace to congratulate them on the same day, and the ceremony must be held grandly to highlight the royal grace.

On the third day, a decree came from the palace, and the emperor ordered Liang Ci to transfer all the interrogation of the Bodhi prisoners to Dali Temple, and turn to be responsible for the guards in the palace on the day of the ceremony, and absolutely no mistakes were allowed.

Along with this will, there is also an edict from the emperor, that is, on the day of the ceremony, I will follow Liang Ci into the palace and participate in the ceremony of sealing the concubine.

In the past two days, Liang Ci was a little annoyed that I had infiltrated the Bodhi Sect with my own strength, and he was secretly making a little 'sex'. After I returned home, in order to please him, I really had a lot of rules, and I tried everything to please him, and let Xia Chu find books such as "Boudoir Training" and put them in a conspicuous place.

I thought that if I behaved like this, his anger would disappear. Unexpectedly, when I woke up on the second day, there were a few more books on the head of the 'bed', such as "'Female' Commandments", "Internal Training" and "'Female' Analects", which were neatly arranged. Knowing that it must be a good thing that Liang Ci did, he opened it in annoyance, and there was a letterhead inside, with an iron painting and a silver hook: Vote for your wife.

I didn't expect to hit myself in the foot, and it was when I was depressed that this holy decree finally relieved me. Although Qingqing and Lan Ying'er's faces are as unpleasant as these boring books, but Qingqing, Lan Ying'er, plus the three 'female' people of Ling Guifei are in one play, and they are working together, there must be excitement to watch, but I don't know who these three extremely smart 'female' chess opponents can win or worse, and who will die in the end.

Liang Ci was like a great enemy about this matter, locked himself in the house with the mad stone, discussed it for a whole afternoon, and repeatedly told me.

I'm extremely puzzled by this, Liang Ci has always known everything about the palace guards, why do you still bother with such thoughts. What's more, Crazy Stone has always avoided this kind of thing and never participated in it, so he seems to be quite interested in this ceremony.

Liang Ci only lightly explained my doubts: "This concubine ceremony, in addition to the Chinese military officials of the court, there may also be envoys from other countries to Chaohe, I am afraid that the guards are not strict enough and there is a mistake, so we must strengthen the palace guards." ”

"Crazy Stone is just a head catcher, how can you still understand these trivial things?" I muttered inadvertently.

"Just a headcatcher?" The corners of Liangci's 'lips' smiled, slightly upturned, and a little helpless: "You also underestimate your rouge brother, in fact, he is literary and martial, and he is 'fine' in the art of war, and he knows everything." It's a pity that I can only be wronged to be a head catcher. ”

"Why?" I was surprised and asked, "Wouldn't this bury talents?"

Liang Ci sighed lightly: "When Crazy Stone was born, it was actually the time when the Loyal and Brave Marquis made great achievements in battle, and he was the most proud of the 'spring' wind. Mrs. Zhongyong Marquis is the 'female' Zhuge and knows too well what it means behind this high power. But as a veteran general, he has countless enemies, and if he has no power or power, it will be difficult to protect himself in this turbulent court. It is not easy to retreat bravely without a trace, dispel the doubts of the queen mother and the royal brother, and stabilize the current position.

The first wise thing Mrs. Zhongyong Marquis did was to deliberately raise Mad Shi as a 'woman', otherwise why did Marquis Zhongyong know that Mad Shi was not a 'woman' body, and he aggressively asked his wife to settle accounts, but the tea kung fu returned with a feather and ended up in a fearful name?

If you can follow the battlefield of the loyal and brave marquis to kill the enemy and defend the country, now it must be a battlefield hero who stands up to the sky, compared with the loyal and brave marquis, it can be said that it is better than that. But in the end, he had to 'mix' the market, pretend to be a fool, and be a head catcher if he was wronged, which is the second decision made by Mrs. Zhongyong Hou after judging the situation. ”

For a long time, I have only been cynical about Crazy Stone, and I have long heard of his unbearable reputation, but I didn't expect that there would be such a secret. When I saw him again, I couldn't help but have a little more respect in my eyes. In the words of Crazy Stone, he was a little 'hairy' and flattered.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the concubine ceremony, I and Liang Ci entered the palace an hour in advance, he went to check the palace first, and left me alone and was not at ease, so he told me to stay in the carriage for the time being, read the book quietly, and wait until the concubine ceremony began, and then come to pick me up and go to the ancestral hall to watch the ceremony.

I don't like to stay with a group of court 'women', my status is humble, I have to kowtow when I meet, and after a toss, not only my face is stiff, but my bones are falling apart. I woke up early and woke up early, and now it's time to get some sleep.

As soon as I was getting better, I was about to fall asleep in a daze, and Shui Lin, who was guarding outside the car, called me in a low voice: "Miss Eleven, Miss Eleven." ”

I 'rubbed' and 'rubbed' sleepy eyes, and asked, "What's the matter, is the concubine ceremony starting now?" ”

Shui Lin said in a respectful whisper: "It's still early, someone from the palace has come to spread the word, please invite Miss Eleven to the ancestral worship hall, and the emperor will please." ”

The emperor is invited? My drowsiness disappeared immediately, he didn't look for his two concubines to fall in love, imagine the blessings of Qi people in the future, what do you want me to do?

What Brother Lin said to me in the carriage from Beijing that day is still in my ears, which makes me a little jealous of the emperor. Even though I was in the palace last time, the emperor sacrificed himself to save me, and he was deeply affectionate. I still unconsciously have the mind of retreating.

But since the emperor has a will, he can't go against it. I lifted the curtain, and there was a little eunuch standing respectfully beside the car, standing with his head down, and a shoulder car parked behind him, but it was the kind of concubine honor guard that the concubines in the palace rode on.

"Lead the way before you have to work." I straightened my loose 'messy' hair and jumped out of the carriage: "There is no need for a sedan chair, the young woman has a humble status, and there is a violation system for sitting on this." ”

The little eunuch immediately turned sideways to give way, nodded and bowed: "The ancestral worship hall is relatively remote, so the emperor specially ordered us to carry the sedan chair." ”

If I really take advantage of this gorgeous guard of honor and carry me all the way into the palace, even if the eyes of those 'women' in the palace don't kill me, I'm afraid that the vinegar jar of cold words will be overturned, and I will be pickled into pickles.

"It's okay, as long as you can go, I can go, and the ancestral regulations dare not go beyond it."

The little eunuch waved his hand helplessly and sent away the eunuch palace people in front of him: "That eleventh young lady is hard, come with me." ”

I followed the little eunuch all the way to divide the 'flowers' and brush the willows, through the corridor and through the pavilion, clearly copied the shortcut, and walked for about two or three quarters of an hour. The eyes suddenly opened, surrounded by clear water, the ancestral hall is built according to the mountain, standing on the top of the mountain, walking Luan Feifeng, the gold shop is bent, the flying pavilion is Liudan, the momentum is magnificent. The neat stone steps on both sides of the main hall are paved with red carpets, layered on top of each other, majestic and dazzling. On both sides of the stone steps, the white 'jade' railings are coiled with dragons and phoenixes, and the flags are displayed.

The Ming and Huang Son of Heaven honor guard stopped at the foot of the mountain, there were already a lot of civil and military officials, and the court ordered the 'women' to wait in the shade, waiting for the concubine ceremony to begin.

The little eunuch waved his hand at me: "The emperor is waiting in the ancestral worship hall, but I and other eunuchs are not allowed to enter, so Miss Lao Qingwen can only move into the hall by herself." ”

I nodded, and climbed up step by step in the suspicious and suspicious eyes of the hundreds of official 'women' around me.

At the end of the stone steps, the emperor's dragon crown yellow robe is standing in the wind at the entrance of the main hall's 'door'. The surroundings were quiet, only Guo Gonggong was waiting behind him.

I bowed respectfully, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

Above his head, the emperor was silent for a long time before he spoke: "I hate you most like others, kneeling at my feet with a servile face, and letting me look down on you condescendingly." ”

"The emperor is the honor of the Ninety-Five, and the three kneels and nine knocks are for the courtiers, and the rules of the people, and the young women dare not rebel. In addition, Qingwen is respectful to the emperor, not servile. ”

"Hmph, it's still like this." There was no joy or anger in the emperor's voice, it was cold and cold, like the ice and snow melting.

He turned to Guo Gong and said fairly: "Go down to pass the holy decree, the county lord of Deyi has made meritorious contributions to the killing of the Bodhi Sect, and he has been promoted to the county lord of Deyi County, and he will enjoy the official of the first grade, and he will be exempted from the courtesy." ”

I can't help but be surprised, since the establishment of the Chang'an Dynasty, there has never been a 'female' in the outer room who has won the title of Yipin County Lord, let alone not kneeling!

"Qingwu was terrified, and she didn't dare to be rewarded for this."

"How not?"

"Qing Wu is just a businessman's 'daughter', immoral and incompetent, this time the killing of the Bodhi Sect is also the credit of the Qi prince and the soldiers, Qing Wu does not dare to take credit. It is already flattered to be crowned the county lord by the saint, where can he dare to be rewarded by the saint again? I bowed my head and carefully pondered the words.

"Don't dare? Su Qingwen, I always thought you were ambitious. ”

I was shocked: "Why did the emperor say this?" Qingwu is content with the status quo, willing to be mediocre, and does not dare to have any ambitions. ”

"Hehe," the emperor chuckled again: "As a businessman's 'daughter', you dare to enter Beijing to participate in the palace election, dare to climb to the position of Princess Qi, dare to frame the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and dare to argue with the Queen Mother." Do you dare to say that you have no ambitions? ”

"The young woman is just following the 'wave' and has no choice but to do it, not to mention that there are some crimes in this, the young woman can't bear it, please forgive the saint."

"What is the sin? I hope that you are ambitious, not only to have the ambition to be the county lord of Yipin, but also to have the ambition to stand in this position by my side! ”

I raised my head in surprise, and the emperor was pointing to the two Ming Yellow Lotus 'flower' futons side by side in the ancestral worship hall, and said word by word.

I naturally know what the meaning of that position is, it is the time when the royal ancestors are worshipped, the emperor and the queen kneel to worship the ancestors of the emperor, and it is also the position where the queen is enshrined during the ceremony.

The emperor's meaning is self-evident.

I was in a cold sweat, and I carefully thought before I spoke: "The emperor's harem has three thousand beauties, and the city and the country are overwhelmed. Qingwu has her own self-knowledge, and she is grateful for the wrong love of the Qi prince, and she does not dare to be delusional. ”