Chapter 652: Conferring the title of Queen Mother Minrou!
Zhou Xinrou scratched her hands unhappily. She just didn't want Shen Congwen and the Shen family to take advantage of them.
But she was being selfish. We couldn't let her impulsiveness ruin the whole thing.
“Okay, then I’ll agree to Shen Lanxi!”
Huang Yu said happily: "I'll have someone send the letter back right away."
Zhou Xinrou forced a smile, just like the other members of the Shen family who were forcing themselves to smile.
The next day, Zhou Xinrou sent someone to deliver a letter to Shen Lanxi.
She made a request in the letter that only she should be allowed into the palace.
Shen Lanxi didn't hesitate and replied with one word immediately.
allow!
At noon, the Shen family received the imperial edict, which was still announced by the white-faced eunuch in person.
"By the will of Heaven...Princess Minrou Zhou Xinrou is kind, virtuous, farsighted, and has the demeanor of a mother of a country. I hereby announce to Heaven and Earth, and to the common people, that Princess Minrou shall be crowned Empress Dowager, with the title Minrou. I decree this!"
The Shen family members were all surprised, but also not surprised.
The princess is your majesty's biological mother. Logically, she should have entered the Cining Palace long ago. It was because Tianjin was not pacified before. Now that Tianjin is pacified and the remnants of the previous dynasty have been eliminated, there are no more worries. It is only natural to confer the title of empress dowager.
But what about big brother?
My eldest brother is your majesty's biological father. If we don't make him the emperor, at least he can be made a king, right?
Why is there no imperial edict to confer a title on my eldest brother?
"Eunuch, is there any imperial edict that has not been read out?" Shen Conglian asked bravely.
The white-faced eunuch did not give him a good look. He rolled his eyes at him, turned around and left.
The Shen family looked at the palace maids leaving and realized clearly that there was no place for the eldest brother!
Zhou Xinrou didn't enter the palace casually, of course.
After that, the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Observatory will jointly select several auspicious days, and then the final time will be determined after the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty make their decision.
Then there are the empress dowager's phoenix robe, phoenix seal, phoenix crown, and court beads, all of which have to be made before an auspicious day.
Zhou Xinrou took this visit to the palace more seriously than anyone else. She had even thought of things that the palace had not thought of.
"Why isn't there a phoenix sedan?"
The man from the Ministry of Rites slapped his head hard and knelt down to beg for mercy.
"Your Majesty, I am so busy that I am confused. It is because the merger of the school and the inspection of the old Grand Tutor collided, and the Ministry of Rites is short of people."
"I will go back and stop the inspection of the school and the old master, and use all the manpower to purchase the Fengyi."
Zhou Xinrou's face darkened, but then she thought, they were all working for the court, if the old tutor's service was stopped because of her, and if someone criticized her in the future, that would be going against all the students in the world and their teachers.
The mouth of a scholar is sharper than a knife!
"Don't stop, I will send some people to assist you." Zhou Xinrou's eyes lit up, and she just placed those people who had grown up smoothly into the Ministry of Rites.
She understood Huang Yu a little bit. Using Shen Lanxi's orders to do their work really achieved twice the result with half the effort.
The people from the Ministry of Rites hesitated for a moment and then agreed.
"I will follow the Queen Mother's order."
The gloomy look on Zhou Xinrou's face disappeared in an instant.
"Do your job well. If you do it well, I will never forget you!"
"I obey your order!"
The time it took for the Imperial Observatory and the Ministry of Rites to deliver it was too short within one month, and she thought four or five months was too slow. Naturally, she wanted good ceremonial objects, so she would not tolerate being treated unfairly if she was allowed to use the leftovers from the previous women.
In the end, he reluctantly pointed to an auspicious time two months later.
"Since time is so tight, we should work day and night and hire more people to do the work."
"As long as the money is in place, there will naturally be people who will rush to make all the ceremonial objects for me within two months."
Zhou Xinrou added at the end: "If the silver is not enough, I have some here, you can use it."
How dare the people from the Imperial Observatory and the Ministry of Rites ask for money from the Empress Dowager?
"No, no, I dare not. For this preparation, His Majesty has already told the Ministry of Revenue to open up the treasury to support us. We will give us as much as we want!"
Zhou Xinrou was even happier, it was obvious that Shen Lanxi did not fool her.
When they were discussing it before, she wanted to tell her life story before entering the palace, but Shen Lanxi stopped her.
She said that after she entered the palace, she would use her status as the empress dowager to openly announce the matter.
At that time, she agreed for no other reason than that the Empress Dowager could issue an imperial decree.
At least Shen Lanxi has a conscience.
"Hurry up and get ready. I still need to choose the styles of the phoenix crown and court dress!"
The people from the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Observatory left quickly. Not long after they arrived at the yamen, the people sent by Zhou Xinrou arrived.
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Tianjin
"You have been with His Majesty for such a long time, why haven't you been attracted to him?" Liu Xian felt that she had to ask this question.
If I don't ask her, she will be unhappy. If I don't ask her, she may feel depressed for the rest of her life. So I decided to make things clear before we get married and before any formalities are given.
Xiao Fang was stunned for a moment, then looked frightened and quickly looked around.
"You don't want to live anymore, how dare you talk nonsense about His Majesty." Xiao Fangxin's heart was beating wildly.
Liu Xian's eyes were red, she thought Xiao Fang scolded her because of His Majesty.
"Hmph, Xiao Fang, I misjudged you!" She had shown so much courage, but now she just felt so embarrassed.
When Xiao Fang saw Liu Xian crying, he hurriedly grabbed her.
"Darling, what did I say wrong? Tell me and I'll change it, right?"
Liu Xian frowned and said angrily, "Since you have His Majesty in your heart, why did you marry me?"
"Liar, big liar, all men are big liars, I will never trust men again!" Liu Xianfeng roared angrily.
Xiao raised his hands unconsciously, looking confused.
What did he say?
Why did she react so strongly?
He has His Majesty in his heart? He is not crazy?
"Stop, don't leave. Why are you cursing at me without knowing right or wrong?"
"Prisoners who are to be beheaded have to sign their names before they die. How come I don't even know how I died?"
Liu Xian kicked Xiao Fang angrily.
"Let go!"
"I won't let go!" He was not stupid. Although he looked down on Yuan Lang, one thing Yuan Lang said was true.
He really has a way with women.
He summed up Yuan Lang's words and concluded that just keep pestering him.
"Even if you kick me to death today, you have to let me die knowingly."
"What did I do to you? You came up and kicked and scratched me. Fortunately, it was me. If you want someone else, try it. See, a man's big hand is like a palm-leaf fan. I just waved my big hand slightly..."
"What? You still want to hit me?" Liu Xian glared angrily, her eyes burning with flames.
"I dare not. You are my sweetheart. If I dare to attack you, wouldn't it be like breaking my sweetheart?" No one could have imagined that a man with a bandit-like demeanor in front of outsiders would become cowardly so quickly.
It's like he didn't even think about it, it's just natural.
"You you you..." Liu Xian was so angry that she couldn't get angry at all.
"Hello, answer my question."
"Hey, you say!" Xiao Fang stood there with his eyes wide open, listening attentively.
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