The courtyard of Gan Mansion is solemn everywhere, far less elegant than the Hou Mansion. Yun Zhao walked behind the butler without squinting until he reached the main hall.

General Gan was dressed in civilian clothes, just like an ordinary father.

Yun Zhao stood in front of the court and saluted him, and General Gan stood up to support her arm: "Master Hou is really polite." ”

"This is what Yun Zhao should do." She smiled lightly, "I brought snow ginseng and matsutake mushrooms to Gan Shuai, which are the most nourishing for the body." ”

Thirteen took a step forward with the gift, and the old general Gan stroked his beard and smiled: "The many medicines sent by the Hou Ye before have benefited the old man a lot, how can I make the Hou Ye break the bill again." ”

Yun Zhao sat down with him and smiled: "If you can benefit Gan Shuai, it's all worth it." ”

General Gan looked at her worriedly and said, "The old man's body is already well, why do you see that you have lost a lot of weight?" This face is not good, the imperial doctor in the house has not left yet, please ask him to take a look. ”

"No need. It's just that I'm just getting sick of food and drink near summer, so I'm just a little thin. ”

However, the weather in late spring is far less unbearable than the extreme heat. General Gan knew that she was a pretext, and he didn't expose it.

The servants served tea, and after a cup of tea, they talked about the frontier and the barracks, and the old general said with some embarrassment: "I specially invite Hou Ye to come to the mansion today, there is really something I have to tell Hou Ye." ”

"What the general wants to say is Gan Qing, right?" Yun Zhao looked like he had already understood, and Old General Gan smiled embarrassedly: "Master Hou has clear insight, and it is indeed my unworthy nephew's business." ”

"Gan Shuai, Gan Qing and I are brothers in Paoze, and there is nothing else. Please also advise the general not to let him cling to some meaningless people and things. I'm not worth it. ”

The old general sighed: "This kid has been stubborn since he was a child, and he admits death. I'm causing trouble to Master Hou. ”

Yun Zhao only shook his head, and he said again: "When he was a child, his father died on the battlefield, and his mother was seriously ill. Later, I took him to my side, and he always mixed up in the barracks, and he was a little more rude. But this child's heart is real, and he won't play tricks. The old man also really lowered his face and asked the Hou Ye to take care of him more. ”

Yun Zhao put down the teacup, looked at him solemnly and said, "Gan Shuai, I know it's not easy for you to open your mouth this time. But Yun Zhao couldn't agree. ”

Gan Qing didn't know where to come from, rushed to Yun Zhao, and asked her angrily, "Why don't you like me?" ”

Old General Gan glanced at them, sighed, and walked out silently.

Only Yun Zhao and Gan Qing were left in the main hall.

Their eyes widened, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was so cold.

"I really like you." Gan Qing said with a slump of shoulders. Yun Zhao frowned.

He looked at her and confessed sincerely: "If I marry you, I will be really good to you." I can learn whatever you like, poetry or calligraphy and painting. You can do whatever you want, I'll listen to you. If you don't want to get married, I can get married. I'm not afraid of people saying I'm greedy for wealth, I just like you. ”

Yun Zhao looked at him carefully, he was no more than two years older than himself, his face was a little tanned because he had been in the army all year round, his eyes were very bright, and his eyebrows were broad. The look in his eyes was sincere and hot.

"Gan Qing, what do you like about me?"

He didn't answer for a moment, Yun Zhao pinched the cup in his hand and carefully stroked its raised lines.

"The Yun Zhao you see is the general of the battlefield, the marquis of the court, and he is infinitely beautiful, brave and resourceful. But Yun Zhao is not like this. ”

He looked at her stunned.

How could it not be like this?

Gan Qing took two steps back and sat down in her chair dejectedly, only as if this was her reason to refuse again.

Yun Zhao got up and walked over to him, grabbed the armrest of the chair with both hands, and leaned over slightly to confine him to the chair. Gan Qing's eyes were mixed with confusion and horror as he looked at her.

Yun Zhao looked at him like a prey, wanting to hunt, trap, raise, and tear it.

Gan Qing frowned, as if she didn't know her. Yun Zhao smiled at him, smiling evilly: "Scared? Oh, you're no more than that. ”

Yun Zhao stood up and stared at him indifferently: "I won't marry you, and you are not worthy of entering the Prince's Mansion." ”

She walked out, and Gan Qing suddenly shouted behind her: "I'm not worthy, is that gentleman of yours worthy?" ”

Yun Zhao was like a gust of wind, turned around and rushed over and gave him a slap.

Gan Qing's eyes were red, I don't know if it was pain or anger.

"This is the second time, you hit me because of him."

"Trust me, if there is a third time, you will be the ghost of my men."

He glared as if he was about to cry: "He's that good? He doesn't even want you, and you're still protecting him like this! ”

Yun Zhaohu looked at him suspiciously: "How do you know?" ”

Xu was her acumen who pulled Gan Qing's sanity back, and he sat back and kept silent.

Yun Zhao didn't need his affirmation for a long time. She was going to ask her husband about it.

She hurried back to the Hou Mansion, but was pulled by Lao Jiu before she entered the mansion. Lao Jiu said a few words in her ear, she changed into court clothes and rode into the palace.

Outside the Qiankun Palace, the forbidden army was surrounded by water, and it was Fang Jingliang who was the leader.

Yun Zhao hurriedly climbed the stairs, and Fang Jingliang stood in front of her.

"Get out of the way!" She shouted angrily, and Fang Jingliang bowed his head: "Forgive me, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince commanded, no one can enter." ”

Hu Sanhai guarded the door of the palace, saw this, went into the Qiankun Palace, and reported the news.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is inside?" Yun Zhao frowned, what the hell was he going to do?

"Yes."

"He's alone?"

"Yes."

Yun Zhao was about to break in, and the forbidden army shouted up.

She looked at the scene in front of her in astonishment. The guards of the Son of Heaven have long since obeyed the orders of the crown prince.

She raised her hand and pulled out Fang Jingliang's saber and held it in her hand, the long sword was horizontal, and she shouted angrily: "Get out of the way!" ”

Fang Jingliang was still in front of her, not taking a step: "Lord Hou, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has an order, and no one is allowed to enter." ”

Yun Zhao glared at him angrily, and with a twist of the long sword in his hand, he smashed into the encirclement. She didn't kill anyone, she just drove away the forbidden army that stood in her way. All the way to the door, the door of the main hall suddenly opened.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Zhilan Yushu slowly walked out, like a fairy in the sun.

Behind him, Hu Sanhai hurriedly left.

Yun Zhao threw his sword and rushed forward: "Your Highness! What are you doing here? The Praetorian Army behind her fell to her knees.

The prince hooked the corners of his lips in a good mood and looked at her with a smile: "I should ask you this." Dancing with a knife and a gun in front of the Qiankun Palace, Ah Zhao, this is a great crime of rebellion. ”

Yun Zhao knelt down and shouted loudly: "The minister has no intention, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me." ”

The prince frowned slightly, bent down, his hand clamping her forearm and pulling her up. Yun Zhao stumbled and almost fell into his arms.

She raised her eyes in horror and saw the gloom in his eyes.

"Ah Zhao, if I become the emperor, will you be so loyal to me?"

There was no doubt about it, Yun Zhao didn't understand why he was asking.

But before she could say anything, the bells that rang through Miyagi were heavy and sad.

Yun Zhao was stunned, and her frightened gaze looked past the prince to the darkness in the Qiankun Palace.

The forbidden army led by Fang Jingliang shouted "Your Majesty" in a deep and pathetic voice, evoking Yun Zhaoyuan's memories when he was five years old.

Yun Zhao glanced at the crown prince, his face was calm, as if the dead person was not his father. She struggled to escape his shackles and ran into the inner sanctum, slung her clothes in hand.

The emperor lay quietly on the dragon bed, the black-brown curtain half-rolled, and the candle flame at the bedside jumped.

Yun Zhao stopped five steps away and knelt down.

"Your Majesty." She prostrated herself to the ground, faintly sad. The friendship with the emperor is really not deep, but after all, he kept the Ronglai Marquis Mansion.

Yun Zhao was grateful in her heart, she had received so much from the emperor over the years, and she couldn't help but feel heartache.

Your Majesty, you have been in a high position of power all your life, and you have looked down on all living beings, but you have never enjoyed the normal feelings of others, and your own sons have become enemies, betrayed, forced to the palace, placed under house arrest, and even ......

She suppressed that thought and sighed softly in her heart, is it worth it?

There was no moment when Yun Zhao was so glad that he had never grown up in Miyagi.

Ji Xingyan stood silently behind her, watching her kneel, and watching her get up. Seeing her turn her head and bow down to herself: "Chen Yunzhao, meet Your Majesty the Emperor." ”

The new emperor ascended the throne and changed the name of the year to Xinghe. Canonized the crown princess Zhao as the queen, the mother-in-law Wang as the queen mother, and posthumously named the biological mother as the empress dowager Xiao Zhaoren.

Although the crown princess set by the first emperor was still in the filial piety period, she first performed the imperial queen ceremony in accordance with the ancestral regulations, and then kept the filial piety ceremony in the Yukun Palace.

The ceremony of canonizing the empress took place on the same day as the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor.

The time was set seven days later, May 13th.

Yun Zhao put on his court clothes early in the morning and wore a crown on his head.

She finished her breakfast in silence and patted Yunduo's head: "I'll be very busy these two days, you play by yourself, if you go out, call sixteen, don't run around by yourself." ”

"I know, Sister don't worry."

Miyagi is the same as before, and the rulers of Miyagi have changed.

The ministers walked into Yong'an Gate one after another, and walked to the Chaoyang Hall to meet their new emperor.

On the square in front of the Chaoyang Palace, the ministers lined up, and the honor guard of the six armies was magnificent.

As soon as the time came, Hu Sanhai wore the service clothes of the chief eunuch and wore a high hat with ears wrapped, stood under His Royal Highness Chaoyang, and shouted loudly: "Welcome Your Majesty to the throne!" ”

The drums beat and the solemn and majestic atmosphere was terrifying.

Yun Zhao was behind Taifu, looking under the canopy, Ji Xingyan stepped into the Chaoyang Gate, walked through the square, accepted the attention of hundreds of officials, and finally climbed the stairs and ascended the Chaoyang Hall slowly and elegantly.

The sun let go of his hands and feet and stretched comfortably. The flowing clouds chased and frolicked with each other, and between light and shadow, the enthronement ceremony officially began.

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites read the long book, and Yun Zhao barely listened to it. She bowed obediently, prostrate, and shouted in the midst of the crowd.

"Hooray, hooray, hooray."

The young emperor slowly raised his hand, and his deep and mellow voice resounded through the square.

"Zhongqing is flat."

Yun Zhao looked up at him. The young best friend, after all these years of grinding, finally sat in the position he wanted.

Hu Sanhai unfolded the holy decree of the empress.

With his voice, outside the Chaoyang Gate, Zhao Ruyi wore court clothes, a phoenix crown, and red makeup. She walked slowly, with twelve honor guards behind her, and her momentum was magnificent.

The queen walked up the steps expectantly and slowly towards her husband. That's her God, all she relies on.

The queen knelt down in front of the emperor and kowtowed: "Concubine Zhao Ruyi, knock to see Your Majesty." ”

She lifted herself up and held out her hands. The emperor indifferently put the empress's golden book and phoenix seal in the palm of her hand, and then helped her to her feet.

The emperor and queen faced the ministers and accepted the worship.

The sound of the song below was like a turbulent wave, Zhao Ruyi trembled all over, and his hair stood up. Her eyes flushed with excitement and she looked sideways at the Emperor slightly.

The emperor's eyebrows were cold, and his expression was serious. He didn't seem to be shocked at all, and he wasn't moved at all.