Chapter 325 She Refuses to Come Back
The implication is, if you have nothing, what qualifications do you have to start giving orders?
Xiao Yuan raised his eyes and glanced at the old prince indifferently, very indifferently, without any warmth. The old prince felt a little cold in his heart, but he still mustered up the courage to look him in the eye.
Although he didn't know what happened, he remembered that his brother didn't like the fourth brother.
Another member of the clan pulled the old prince and said, "Brother, you are joking. Since the emperor only has the fourth child left, it is natural that the fourth child will ascend the throne."
The old prince frowned and shook off the man's hand. "I am just telling the truth according to the rules of our ancestors. What? Don't you want to know? Without the imperial seal and the edict of succession, do you recognize it?"
Several clan princes fell silent instantly.
Xiao Yuan suddenly smiled softly and glanced at Eunuch Liu behind him. Eunuch Liu immediately stepped forward and said, "The late emperor handed over the imperial seal and the edict of succession to the crown prince yesterday. Now they are in the imperial study."
The old prince was stunned and looked at Eunuch Liu in disbelief.
The other members of the clan also looked at each other, but dared not say anything.
Xiao Yuan smiled coldly, "Uncle Wang, do you have any other questions? Do you need Eunuch Liu to bring the things over so that I can tell whether they are real or fake?"
The old prince's lips trembled a few times.
Since Eunuch Liu has spoken, then no matter where the thing came from, it must be there.
He was also blinded by greed for a while.
"I dare not. I am also making these rules for the Xiao family. If this is the case, I will kneel down and serve the new emperor."
Xiao Yuan retracted his gaze and said calmly, "Uncle Wang is right to emphasize the rule of law. In this case, Uncle Wang should also follow the ancestral system and move his family to the vassal state."
Adult princes who were given the title of king were not suitable to stay in the capital, and the previous emperor turned a blind eye to these old princes in the clan because of their duties and old age.
However, the fiefdom was not a bit inferior to the capital, especially the prince who was speaking. Xiao Yuan remembered that his fiefdom seemed to be in the barren northwest.
Xiao Yuan is killing the chicken to scare the monkey! Give the clan members a warning and sound the alarm.
The old prince's face instantly turned pale, "Prince..."
"Uncle Wang, do you have any other opinions?" Xiao Yuan gave that person a look that was neither light nor heavy, which stopped him from saying anything else.
A new official has three things to do when he takes office, and as the first to come forward, there is no way I can escape it.
Xiao Yuan's swift and severe punishment was indeed a bit severe, but it was also because of this that those ministers worked even harder and did not dare to be perfunctory or slack in the slightest.
"Since there is no doubt, let's all go down."
"yes."
The officials rushed out in a rush, as if they would be caught by evil spirits if they were a step late.
In the palace, only Eunuch Liu and Wen Yin were left. Xiao Yuan then asked, "Didn't you say you were out of danger?"
“……” Wen Yin glanced at Eunuch Liu, not knowing how to explain.
Could he say that the person was fine, but he took a nap and Eunuch Liu killed him?
Eunuch Liu lowered his head and said nothing.
The atmosphere was terribly stagnant. Xiao Yuan looked around at the two of them, but Wen Yin spoke first, "... Lao Na just took the emperor's pulse. It was because of the blood stagnation and the anger that caused the blood to flow backwards, which caused..."
Simply put, he was pissed to death. Xiao Yuan naturally understood what he heard. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the two of them. "What happened?"
How could a good person get so angry that he died?
Eunuch Liu knelt on the ground with a plop, crying, "Your Highness, this is my fault. Master Wen Yin asked me to watch over the emperor. He was sleeping soundly, but the emperor suddenly became irritable, as if he had a nightmare. He also said that the fifth prince was not his son, it was all fake, and Rou'er lied to him."
"I thought the emperor was having a nightmare and didn't take it seriously. But he suddenly spat out blood. I hurried to find Master Wen Yin, but when I came back, he was gone."
He had just said this to Wen Yin.
"Amitabha." Wen Yin clasped her hands together and sighed, "Your Majesty may have been thinking about something during the day and dreaming about it at night, and he is depressed, so... he has nightmares and is emotionally agitated."
Did you get angry to death because of a dream?
Xiao Yuan snorted and laughed, but it was hard to tell what the meaning was.
He looked up at the beams and didn't move for a long time.
In his heart, he truly had deep feelings for that woman! !
Wen Yin and Eunuch Liu tried to breathe lightly and reduce their presence.
After a long while, Xiao Yuan's voice slowly rang out, "Your Majesty, he lost too much blood from the knife wound and died because he couldn't make it."
"Yes." The two agreed immediately.
A dignified emperor was killed by a dream. If it got out, it would be really laughable.
"During the period of rest, Master Wenyin, please help my father by chanting sutras to help him attain nirvana."
Wen Yin also agreed.
With Xiao Yuan in charge of the palace, everything went on in an orderly manner. After the Ministry of Rites finished handling the emperor's funeral ceremonies, Xiao Yuan personally presided over the coffin and burial, and then began to prepare for Xiao Yuan's ascension to the throne.
The embroidery workshop prepared the new emperor's dragon robe and sent it to the imperial study.
As court affairs piled up too much, Xiao Yuan simply lived in the palace. The memorials in the imperial study piled up into a small mountain, and he didn't even have time to eat.
There is still one thing on my mind.
"Your Highness, the embroidery workshop has delivered the dragon robe. I will help you try it on to see if it fits you."
Xiao Yuan put down his pen, looked up, and looked at the dragon robe carried by several eunuchs, his brows slightly furrowed.
He didn't say anything, so the people in the embroidery workshop thought that the prince was not satisfied with the dragon robe, so they knelt on the ground with a plop and buried their head deeply in the ground.
Eunuch Liu was the most courageous among them. "Is Your Highness dissatisfied?"
"Have you prepared the empress's crown and robes for enthronement?"
When he heard this question, Eunuch Liu looked at the female official in charge on the ground and said, "Your Highness is asking you a question."
"Your Highness, the Queen wants a nine-dragon and nine-phoenix crown. It can't be made in a short time. I'm afraid we have to wait a little longer."
Eunuch Liu smiled and said to Xiao Yuan, "Your Highness's coronation ceremony will be tomorrow, and the empress's coronation will also be after your coronation. When the queen returns, the crown and clothes should be almost ready."
"Well," Xiao Yuan's brows were a little gloomy, and he waved his hand to let the female official in charge retreat.
He had originally planned to wait for An An to come back so that he could perform the coronation ceremony, but Ling Chenyi sent back a message that An An wanted to wait a few more days before returning.
He has been in a bad mood these days, but the government cannot do without people, so he cannot go to Langyue Lake in person to bring her back.
He has written three letters today, but all of them have fallen into oblivion, with no response. The Ministry of Rites had already decided on the coronation ceremony to be announced to the world, and it could not be changed.
"Your Highness, would you like to try it?"
"No need to try. Carry him out." Xiao Yuan said impatiently. Eunuch Liu immediately waved his hand and led his men out.
Eunuch Liu was also looking forward to Shen Anan's quick return, otherwise His Highness would be more difficult to serve.
Xiao Yuan dealt with memorials in the middle of the night, and got up again at the crowing of the cock.
All the officials had been waiting in the Fengtian Hall, led by the Minister of Rites, to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, to the Taimiao, to receive the imperial seal, and to have congratulations from all officials. Each event took a long time, and those officials who were a little older kept kneeling and getting up, and were already a little shaky.
Xiao Yuan had a sullen face throughout the whole process, and there was no sign of joy at all about inheriting the throne. The ministers were even more trembling with fear, not daring to make the slightest mistake.
The process was not completed until the afternoon, and then a general amnesty was declared and meritorious officials were rewarded.
When everything was over and Eunuch Liu escorted the new emperor back to the imperial study, Xiao Yuan got angry.
"No news yet on Ling Chenyi?"
"Got it, got it," Eunuch Liu quickly handed over the letter on the desk.
Unexpectedly, after seeing this, Xiao Yuan's anger increased instead of decreasing, and was even mixed with a slight sense of uneasiness.
An An doesn't want to come back, why?
"Change clothes." He strode behind the screen.
Eunuch Liu guessed what he was going to do, and his face immediately turned pale. "You absolutely cannot do that, Your Majesty. You just ascended the throne today, how can you leave the palace?"
Xiao Yuan glanced at him coldly, and Eunuch Liu immediately dared not say anything, but he was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead.
At this moment, someone reported that the commander of the Imperial Guards wanted to see him.
Eunuch Liu seemed to have seen a savior, "Your Majesty, Xiaoshen is here."
Now that the father and son of the Shen family are both officials in the court, they are basically identified by this address.
"Let him in." Xiao Yuan came out after changing his clothes, and Shen Changhe was already standing in the study.
He saw Xiao Yuan was stunned for a moment, "Is the emperor going to leave the palace?"
"Yeah." Xiao Yuan was anxious, "What's the matter?"
Shen Changhe handed over a booklet, "This is the list of the Imperial Guards who participated in the rebellion and their executions. Your Majesty, please have a look."
Eunuch Liu immediately stepped forward to take it and handed it to Xiao Yuan. He just glanced at it casually and put it on the dragon table, "You can do whatever you want."
"..." Seeing him in such a hurry, Shen Changhe couldn't help but ask, "Where is the emperor going?"
"Langyue Lake."
Hearing this, he immediately followed him and said, "Your Majesty, you have just ascended the throne, and there are people who are eyeing you covetously. The political situation is still unstable, and it is not safe for you to leave the palace."
How could Xiao Yuan listen to it? An An refused to come back. This was the only thing on his mind, and he couldn't wait to rush over.
"Your Majesty." Shen Changhe actually had the courage to block Xiao Yuan's way.
Looking at the court, it is estimated that only Shen Changhe, Li Huaiyan and Ling Chenyi have the courage and honor to avoid being punished.
"Is it because of An An?" He knew that his sister was in Langyue Lake, but at this time, Xiao Yuan really shouldn't leave the palace.
"She refused to come back, so I'm going to pick her up myself."
"I will go," Shen Changhe said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will bring the person back."
Eunuch Liu immediately advised, "Yes, Your Majesty, Xiaoshen is the queen's brother, he will definitely be able to bring the queen back."
Xiao Yuan had no place to vent his anger.
"Okay, three days. If you can't bring her back, I will go there myself."
Shen Changhe agreed and left the palace immediately.
These days he has been busy rebelling and taking over the Imperial Guards, and has not even returned to the Shen Mansion, and he will be away for a few days again.
He was worried about his wife, so he rode back to the Shen Mansion as fast as he could.
The housekeeper of the Shen Mansion saw Shen Changhe from a distance, and immediately excitedly ordered the servant to go back and report. As soon as Shen Changhe got off the horse, he threw the reins to the housekeeper and strode towards the mansion.
Just as they reached the archway with hanging flowers, Madam Shen's anxious figure came from afar.
"Mother." Shen Changhe bowed and saluted.
"Ah," Mrs. Shen burst into tears, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back."
She looked Shen Changhe up and down, her eyes slightly red. God knows how she endured these days when she learned about the rumors from the outside world.
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