Eight years later.
Zhu Wuhuan and Feng Changye have been together for twelve years, but their relationship seems to have only lasted for a year and a half. They are not tired of each other, they still love each other so deeply, laughing and joking all day long, and do not look like people in their thirties at all.
This year also marked the beginning of the most absurd and dazzling era in Daning's history.
Because the wise ruler Feng Changye sitting on the throne suddenly fell ill and could not get up, all the officials requested the emperor to let the crown prince govern the country. However, Feng Changye rejected the advice on the grounds that the crown prince was too young to handle important matters, and ordered his most trusted queen to govern the country in his place.
Today, after Eunuch Yuan read out Feng Changye's decree in the court, all officials were in an uproar.
All the officials still remember what the emperor said to the queen while holding her hand on the city wall many years ago.
——When Daning is covered with high-yield grains, and when the people of Daning live and work in peace and contentment and no longer have to endure the suffering of hunger, he will share the country with the queen who has worked hard and made great contributions, and the two saints will rule the country.
Thinking of this, they looked at each other obscurely...
Eight years later, Daning was already full of high-yield grains, and the people were all grateful for the kindness of the Emperor and the Empress, and the kindness of the Duke of Zhenguo...
Could it be that the emperor is pretending to be sick now, and wants to use the excuse of being seriously ill to let the queen govern the country for him, and then after a few months, let the queen become the empress?
They were deeply shocked. Who could have imagined that the emperor would be willing to give up his imperial power and hand it over to a woman?
They thought that after eight years, the emperor would change his mind!
Unexpectedly, they underestimated the emperor's determination!
With extremely solemn moods, they all came to the back hall of Taiji Hall in silence and knelt in the courtyard to request to see the emperor.
Among these ministers, there are naturally the three brothers of the Zhu family.
Compared to the solemn expressions of other ministers, the three brothers of the Zhu family were much more relaxed.
They had already been summoned by the Emperor and Empress and informed privately of the matter. Although they were initially as apprehensive as the other ministers, they gradually came to terms with their father's composure.
Their father is their weather vane.
My father felt that there was no risk in the Queen becoming the Empress and that it would not endanger the Zhu family, so there was no need for them to stubbornly obstruct her.
Anyway, no matter whether it is the emperor or the queen, they are all equally loyal to Daning. Thinking about it this way, it seems that there is nothing to worry about?
So they remained calm and didn't take it seriously at all.
They were kneeling here at this moment, just following the crowd. They didn't want the officials to think that the Zhu family had become arrogant because they had an empress, and that they would no longer be willing to work with them...
Often, the higher you stand, the more you must keep up with the crowd. Otherwise, you will be isolated and dragged down from your perch...
"Uncle, second uncle, fourth uncle——"
All the officials were kneeling in the courtyard. Not far away, under the long corridor, a little girl in bright palace clothes was holding a big white goose. She shouted happily towards them a few times, then waved to them to come over and play with her.
Hearing the crisp sound, all the officials looked up at the same time.
Seeing the pretty girl with bright eyes and gentle smile, the officials' eyes softened slightly.
It’s Her Royal Highness the Princess.
A twelve-year-old girl can already choose her husband...
Get engaged first and get married in three years, the age is just right.
Oh, come to think of it, they all have sons and nephews of marriageable age. So at this moment, they looked at the little princess with a very gentle look, hoping that the little princess could marry into their family...
However, thinking of certain rumors, they turned their heads and looked at a young man among them who was extremely handsome.
Chu Yujie. The top scholar in the imperial examination five years ago.
Originally, Chu Yujie's literary talent was enough to earn him the title of No. 1 scholar. However, that class of young students wasn't up to par. Besides Chu Yujie, the other two in the top three were already 38 and 41 years old. One had pockmarks on his face, and the other had wrinkles. Neither of them was suitable for the position of No. 3 scholar.
So the emperor personally selected Chu Yujie as the third place winner, and he wore a palace flower on his head and rode a horse in a parade, which attracted the women in the capital to throw flowers and handkerchiefs at them crazily.
The grand scene that day is probably the most unforgettable in recent decades.
The only things that can be compared to it are the day when the late emperor passed away and all the officials bid him farewell with the people wearing mourning clothes and kneeling to bid him farewell, and the incident where the Prince of Jin was taken to the execution ground and tortured to death.
But rankings, that thing, are just for others to see. The emperor doesn't use rankings to decide who to appoint. Even though Chu Yujie was wronged and became a third place winner, he still entered the Hanlin Academy. And a year later, because of his good performance, he was appointed as the Prince's Junior Tutor.
And now, this man who won the third place in the imperial examination five years ago has become a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.
In just a few years, he was promoted to the rank of Fifth-Rank Hanlin Academy Bachelor and also held the title of Prince's Junior Tutor. Everyone knew that he was definitely the candidate for Prime Minister being trained by the Emperor and the Crown Prince...
Just a year ago, the Right Prime Minister submitted a petition requesting retirement due to advanced age, but the Emperor refused to approve it, asking the Right Prime Minister to work hard for a few more years and even asking Chu Yujie to become his disciple. Who doesn't know what the Emperor is planning? Tsk tsk, isn't he just trying to keep a position for Chu Yujie?
Of course, even if Chu Yujie was the only one who received the emperor's "favor", the officials would not be jealous.
Because although Lord Chu is young, he is really knowledgeable and capable of doing things, and he can learn anything once he learns it.
They were a little jealous at first, but after working with Lord Chu, they were no longer jealous.
Some people are just like the ancient sages, born wise and talented, with God chasing them and feeding them. They are different from ordinary people like them!
Of course, they did not dare to be jealous of Chu Yujie. Another very important reason was the princess in the corridor.
Although the royal family has not stated it explicitly, Lord Chu is already 26 years old this year, or even 27 in terms of age, and he has not yet married. Everyone guesses that he is waiting for the princess to grow up!
Who dares to mess with the noble royal son-in-law?
Don’t you know that the emperor is a crazy doting daughter-lover and the prince is a crazy doting sister-lover?
Anyone who dares to provoke the princess can be killed by the Emperor and the Crown Prince with just one finger...
All the officials stared at Chu Yujie with sour eyes, and then looked at the princess in the corridor with regret.
Although they wanted the princess to marry into their family, it was probably hopeless, alas!
Chu Yujie himself, on the other hand, was very calm. Even when being stared at by everyone, he didn't even raise his head.
"Uncle, second uncle, fourth uncle——"
In the corridor, the beautiful princess called out to her uncles while looking at Chu Yujie in the crowd. Seeing that all the officials were looking at her, but Chu Yujie didn't even look at her, she snorted.
That bad guy ignored her again.
"If people ignore you, you can only sulk to yourself."
After being called twice by the princess's niece, Zhu Chunjun looked around and saw that his elder and second brothers did not move, so he stepped out of the crowd and came to his niece.
He smiled and whispered to his niece, "You have the ability to be angry with him, but what's the point of being angry with yourself?"
The little girl Arqiong looked up at her tall and handsome fourth uncle and instantly calmed down.
She smiled and gently patted her fourth uncle's chest, saying slowly, "We two, nephew and uncle, should not dislike each other, okay? Haven't you also liked my cousin Shu'er for a long time? Every time she ignored you, didn't you just drink and sulk? If you have the guts, go get angry with cousin Shu'er!"
"..." Zhu Chunjun looked at his niece dimly, "Can't you learn something good from your father, the emperor, and your mother? You've learned their way of arguing with people, haven't you?"
When Aqiong saw her fourth uncle being humiliated, she was no longer depressed and was completely happy.
Zhu Chunjun knocked her head unhappily and asked in a low voice, "Where are your father, the emperor, and your mother?"
Ah Qiong smiled and replied secretly, "Father is pretending to be sick, and Mother is trying to coax him into taking medicine. Come on, I'll take you, Fourth Uncle, to see it. It's really beautiful!"
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