Chapter 228: Vicious Female Supporting Character vs. Childless Emperor 72
Zhuo Wei got even angrier when she heard this. "Why is there another imperial decree? Last time the decree was announced in the middle of the night, my An An was sent to Jinzhou, and he hasn't come back yet. The emperor is too reckless. My family is a civil servant, and I've never heard of a civil servant family producing a military commander!"
"What do you want to do this time? You don't want to send the master out as well, do you? Or do you want to send Pingping out to weaken the feudal lords? An'an at least has martial arts skills, but Pingping will die if he goes there?"
Zhuo Wei shouted louder and louder, as if she was afraid that Eunuch Wei in the front hall couldn't hear her.
Prime Minister Ji had no choice but to cover his wife's mouth and humbly advised: "Madam, don't be angry. Your husband will not let your son take risks. Even if he goes to the fiefdom of a vassal king, he is a civil servant and will bring enough guards and followers... Hiss! Madam, why are you biting me?"
Zhuo Wei was still not satisfied after biting, and stepped on Prime Minister Ji again, her anger growing even stronger. "Ji Geng, you are really loyal to the emperor. I just hope that the children are safe. If the imperial edict today is directed at Pingping, I don't care. You can beg or cry, but Pingping can't go!"
Ji Yunping had already changed into his official uniform and packed up. He and his father looked at each other. Neither of them spoke, but they both understood that the emperor's orders could not be disobeyed.
Even if there were mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, he had no choice but to obey the order.
Ji Yunping supported his mother and comforted her, "Don't worry, mother. Maybe it's just some ordinary rewards. His Majesty values the Prime Minister's Mansion and has rewarded it several times this month."
Zhuo Wei's eyelids twitched violently, and she always had a bad feeling in her heart. How could the emperor's reward be so easy to get? After the reward, she still had to work hard for him in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The incense table had already been set up in the front hall, and Eunuch Wei sent a young eunuch to urge it.
Even though Zhuo Wei was unwilling, she had to help Prime Minister Ji change into his official uniform, put on the formal dress of the first-rank imperial edict herself, and go to the front hall together to receive the decree.
Ji Yunhuan was about to take the girls to the polo field when she happened to see Eunuch Wei announcing the imperial decree.
Seeing that her father and elder brother were there, she thought it was a matter of the court and had nothing to do with her, so she tried to slip away quietly, but was stopped by the sharp-eyed Eunuch Wei.
"Miss Ji, don't worry. Why don't you stay and listen?"
Many noble ladies had no choice but to stay together and were arranged to rest in the south hall.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Wei Kun began to announce the decree, "I have inherited the holy legacy of the previous emperor and have served the ancestral world with great trepidation and without slacking off. I have heard that a sage monarch must establish a queen to inherit the ancestral temple and establish a great power in all directions..."
"The daughter of Ji, gentle and virtuous, graceful and dignified, is appointed as the queen by the imperial decree."
After the imperial edict is announced, the next step is to kowtow to express gratitude and then say a few polite words to praise the emperor's merits.
But there was deathly silence in the front hall, the air was so still that it seemed frozen, it was particularly scary!
The young eunuch who came with Eunuch Wei to announce the decree had never seen such a scene before. Those who didn't know would have thought that they were announcing an imperial decree to confiscate property and exterminate the clan, rather than an imperial decree to crown the queen.
Which family doesn’t want to have a queen? Why is Prime Minister Ji not happy at all?
Prime Minister Ji's fists were clenched. This imperial decree might as well have sent Ji Yunping to the fiefdom of a vassal king. He only had this one daughter, and he didn't want Huan'er to enter the palace at all.
Wei Kun faced Prime Minister Ji's murderous gaze, cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty's order, the position of the Empress has been vacant for a long time, and it cannot be postponed or delayed. The Empress and I are deeply in love, and we cannot bear to be separated for a moment. I order the Empress to enter the palace tomorrow, without delay!"
Prime Minister Ji exploded instantly!
He had already forgotten about the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects, and didn't care that he still had to receive an imperial decree. He jumped up, pointed at Wei Kun and shouted, "No! I don't agree!"
Zhuo Wei couldn't hold it in any longer. When the imperial edict was halfway through being read, she felt something was wrong. If her eldest son hadn't held her down, she would have exploded long ago!
"I don't agree either! How can you force someone into the palace like this? Your Majesty is using his power to pressure people, and he wants them to enter the palace tomorrow, but it's so sloppy, with no time to prepare anything. How can this be the style of a queen? He is simply... going too far!"
Zhuo Wei started crying as she spoke. She sobbed in Prime Minister Ji's arms, and her tears were all over his official uniform.
When his wife started crying, Prime Minister Ji became even angrier and drove Wei Kun out directly. "Please go back, eunuch. We will not accept this imperial edict in the Prime Minister's Mansion!"
Wei Kun was very embarrassed, but he couldn't leave. If he couldn't deliver the imperial edict, His Majesty would not forgive him.
Fortunately, His Majesty had already anticipated that Prime Minister Ji would not accept it. Wei Kun turned to Ji Yunhuan and handed over the imperial edict eagerly.
"Your Majesty has instructed that if Prime Minister Ji suddenly hears good news and is too excited to accept the imperial edict, it will be the same if the imperial edict is given to the Empress. The Empress should accept the edict quickly."
Ji Yunhuan just returned to the capital yesterday and was busy with a banquet today, so he had not had time to mention this matter to his parents.
The emperor suddenly issued an imperial decree to crown her queen without even informing her in advance, so she was not prepared at all.
When the time came, she could only take the imperial edict and perfunctorily shouted "Long live His Majesty."
Wei Kun was relieved, and Ji Yunping also breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately ordered someone to invite Eunuch Wei to go to the side hall to rest.
Ji Yunping also wanted to throw the imperial edict away, but his father and mother were so angry that they lost their minds. As the eldest son, he could only force himself to calm down.
He suddenly felt very glad that his second brother was not there, otherwise he didn't know what would happen.
Given my second brother's temperament, it is possible that he would rush into the palace to question His Majesty, or take Huan'er out of the capital and hide her.
By then, it will be too late to resolve the situation.
After settling Eunuch Wei, Ji Yunping went to the south hall again. He stood at the door and spoke softly through a translucent screen:
"The mansion is busy today, and the reception is not good enough. The Prime Minister's Mansion will definitely hold a banquet another day to apologize to the young ladies. The mansion has arranged guards, so you ladies can go and have fun. You don't have to wait for my sister."
Zhong Shiya was sitting at the outermost edge. She could hear a gentle male voice and vaguely see Mr. Ji's profile. Her heart was beating so fast that she couldn't help but blush.
The ladies left the Prime Minister's residence, dressed in elegant clothes, with the hustle and bustle of carriages and horses. The noble ladies gathered in the carriages in twos and threes, chattering non-stop.
Xia Mengyao was unhappy and complained in a low voice: "We agreed to play polo together, why is she suddenly going to the palace to be the queen? How can she survive in the palace with such a bad temper? My father said that the women in the palace are all bad, especially the queen mother..."
Mo Niang pulled Xia Mengyao and said helplessly: "Miss, don't talk nonsense. Being a queen is a good thing."
Zhong Shiya, who was standing next to her, also thought it was a good thing. She counted the women in the palace on her fingers, "There is one Consort De, and I think there is another concubine. I have never heard of the rest. Anyway, they are not of high birth and have no favors."
"Your Majesty doesn't like the selection of concubines, and the harem is empty. The slightly richer families in the capital have more women in their backyards than Your Majesty. Besides, Sister Ji is the queen, and everyone in the harem has to listen to her. Sister Ji is so smart, she will definitely live a good life."
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