Qi Yuning said, "Lingling has gone to the Taoist temple to become a nun. You should change into this dress and ascend the throne to become the emperor."
Little Zhao Jie allowed the maids from the Shanggong Bureau to change him into a dragon robe. Qi Yuning put a linen shirt on him and patted Zhao Jie's head: "You are so handsome."
Zhao Jie raised his eyes to look at Qi Yuning and asked, "Is he as handsome as my eldest cousin?"
Qi Yuning coaxed little Zhao Jie, "Well, he's more handsome than your older cousin."
Lu Ze came forward and saw little Zhao Jie wearing a dragon robe. He walked up to Zhao Jie, knelt down and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty."
Zhao Jie didn't understand why his cousin knelt down to him. When he was about to follow suit, Qi Yuning stopped him, "Your Majesty, you should speak to him."
Zhao Jie said, "Cousin, get up quickly."
Lu Ze walked up to Princess Duan and bowed, saying, "Her Majesty the Queen Mother."
"Stop being polite."
Lu Ze said to Empress Dowager Zhou, "Your Majesty, the country was in turmoil last year, and the treasury is not very prosperous now. I think the most important thing now is the funeral of the late emperor. Your Majesty has been emperor for over forty years, and all the foreign nations will come to mourn. The funeral must be grand."
Empress Dowager Zhou nodded and said, "That's as it should be."
Lu Ze said, "But if you do that, the ceremony for your Majesty's coronation will be a little awkward. I'd like to wait until ten years from now, when your Majesty gets married and takes power, and then hold a grand ceremony. What do you think?"
Queen Mother Zhou repeatedly said, "It's okay, it's okay. Zhao Jie is still young. If there really were a grand coronation ceremony, I'd be afraid he'd make a mistake. There's no need for a grand ceremony."
Lu Ze ordered someone to escort Queen Mother Zhou to Ci'an Palace to see what the palace looked like. Taking into consideration Zhao Jie's young age, the temporary residence chosen for Zhao Jie was also very close to Ci'an Palace.
After Queen Mother Zhou and Xiao Zhaojie left, Lu Ze ordered all the palace maids and eunuchs to go down, and then he hugged Qi Yuning in his arms, resting his head on Qi Yuning's shoulder and choking with sobs.
"I never thought that my grandfather would make me the Prince of Chen."
The word "Chen" carries a lot of weight.
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