"Why is the Queen Mother here?" Queen Chen's attitude instantly became respectful.
"My son is dead, so I can't come?" Queen Mother Wei confronted her as soon as she opened her mouth.
"That's not what I meant. It's just that the Queen Mother is old. It's so late now, and I'm worried about her health." Queen Chen gritted her teeth secretly, still speaking respectfully.
However, this time, Queen Mother Wei simply ignored her.
"Shuangbao, what's the matter with the imperial seal and the imperial edict?" Queen Mother Wei asked little Shuangbao.
"Grandmother, this was given to me by Uncle Wendi when he first met me."
Xiao Shuangbao immediately complained, "The jade seal is for Brother Ayu. As for the imperial edict, Uncle Emperor Wen said that when the time comes, I will naturally know how to use it.
"Now that Uncle Wendi has passed away suddenly, I took out the imperial edict and learned that Uncle Wendi wanted to pass the throne to Brother Ayu. It was clearly written in the imperial edict, but I didn't expect that the Queen would obstruct it in every possible way and would not agree to Brother Ayu ascending the throne!
"Grandmother, is the Queen really Brother Ayu's biological mother?
"Could it be that she stole another concubine's child and passed it off as her own?
"Otherwise, how could a mother treat her child like this?
"But no matter whether she is Brother Ayu's biological daughter or not, as long as Uncle Emperor Wen has given his imperial decree, no one can stop Brother Ayu from ascending the throne!
"Grandmother, do you think Shuangbao is right?"
When Empress Chen heard what Xiao Shuangbao said, she became so angry that she was about to retort.
Queen Mother Wei glanced at her coldly, and then her eyes instantly became gentle. She looked at Little Shuangbao and touched her little head: "You are right."
Then he faced everyone present and said with dignity, "The country cannot be without a ruler for a single day. Since the Emperor has left an imperial decree for the Crown Prince to ascend the throne, then the Crown Prince shall ascend the throne immediately."
"Empress Dowager, you can't do that! The prince is still young. If he ascends the throne, it will be difficult to convince the people!" Empress Chen said hurriedly when she heard this.
"It's hard to convince the people? Who among you is dissatisfied?" Upon hearing this, Queen Mother Wei looked at several important ministers who came here.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you! The Imperial Guards swear allegiance to the new Emperor until death!" The commander of the Imperial Guards was the first to kneel down to Zhongli Yu.
After he started to speak, three more ministers followed suit and saluted Zhongli Yu.
The other two were Queen Chen's men.
Others looked at Prince Qi standing beside them.
"I'm afraid Prince Qi won't agree to the Crown Prince ascending the throne, right?" At this time, Queen Chen also looked at Prince Qi with some hint in her eyes.
She had been fighting with Prince Qi for many years.
Perhaps, at this time, they should put aside their prejudices against each other and cooperate once.
After all, their goals are the same, which is that they don’t want Zhongli Yu to ascend the throne smoothly!
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!" However, shockingly, Prince Qi chose to kneel before Zhongli Yu at this time.
As soon as Prince Qi knelt, several ministers behind him also knelt down and expressed their loyalty until death.
"Prince Qi, you!" Queen Chen was extremely shocked!
"Uncle Qi, please stand up." Zhong Liyu walked up to Prince Qi and helped him up personally. He said modestly, "I am young, and I still have many things to do in the future. I need your guidance."
"Your Majesty, you are too kind." Prince Qi stood up.
The uncle and nephew looked at each other, and both of them recalled their previous private meeting.
That was after Xiao Shuangbao met King Qi, and King Qi made a private appointment with Zhong Liyu.
During that meeting, both of them had a frank talk.
Thus, the situation today has arisen where King Qi is submitting to Zhongli Yu.
"...Even if the Crown Prince has Prince Qi's assistance, he has spent so many years as a hostage in the Eastern Qi Kingdom's palace, a zither player, dealing with the guqin every day. He has no understanding of the principles of governing a country. How can he govern the country well?"
At this time, how could Queen Chen not understand that Prince Qi had already reached a cooperation with Zhongli Yu?
However, she still said unwillingly, "The Crown Prince can ascend the throne, but I must assist him to rest assured. Otherwise, the government of Southern Yan will be in chaos!"
“No need!”
On the side, Xiao Shuangbao found an opportunity and directly confronted her again, "When Brother Ayu was in the palace of Dongqi Kingdom, he studied in the upper study with my prince brothers!
"Whatever the prince brothers learn, Brother Ayu will learn too!
"The princes naturally need to learn the ways of governing a country and the tactics of an emperor!
“And he’s learned it well!
"So, there's no need for you to help!"
When Empress Chen heard her say this, she gritted her teeth and glared at her.
This little bitch!
If she finds the chance, I will kill her!
"You really can't help the new emperor." At this time, Queen Mother Wei also spoke.
She gave a direct look to the palace maid following beside her.
The palace maid immediately brought out an imperial edict.
Empress Dowager Wei threw the imperial edict at Empress Chen's feet and said in a cold tone, "The late emperor has ordered that after his death, you may no longer remain in the palace and interfere in state affairs. From this day forward, you must move to a nunnery outside the palace to practice asceticism! From now on, you may not return to the palace! You may not even set foot in the imperial capital!"
"What did you say?"
When Empress Chen heard this, an expression of disbelief suddenly appeared on her face.
She glanced at Queen Mother Wei, then picked up the imperial edict.
When she confirmed that what was written above was exactly the same as what Queen Mother Wei said, she almost laughed out of anger.
"Great! You keep saying you love me, but you issued two imperial decrees behind my back!"
Empress Chen was so angry that she slammed the imperial edict in her hand heavily onto the dragon bed, almost hitting Emperor Wen's body.
"Come here! The Queen has desecrated the Holy Body. She will be stripped of her title immediately and demoted to a commoner! She will be sent to a nunnery for asceticism! She will never be allowed to return to the palace!" Seeing this, the Queen Mother Wei no longer needed to be polite and gave the order with a cold face.
Once she gave the order, the guards didn't even need to take action.
The Elite Guards under the command of Queen Dowager Wei directly held down Queen Chen, forcibly took off the phoenix crown on her head, and then dragged her out of the hall.
All the while, Empress Chen was heard shouting at Zhong Liyu unwillingly, "I am your mother! If you ascend the throne, I will be the Queen Mother! You can't do this to me! You can't!"
However, no matter how loudly she screamed, the only outcome was that she was dragged away.
As soon as Queen Chen left.
When everyone looked at Emperor Wen again, they all sighed in their hearts.
Emperor Wen doted on his queen all his life, but unfortunately, his sincerity was not reciprocated with equal sincerity.
Because of Queen Chen's departure, the palace was once again filled with a sad atmosphere.
Xiao Shuangbao didn't say anything at this time, but sensibly held Zhong Liyu's hand.
Although Empress Chen was not a very good mother, at least Emperor Wen, as a father, had good plans for Zhongli Yu.
"Let's begin preparing for the late emperor's funeral."
After a while, Queen Mother Wei sighed and gave an order in a deep voice.
After Emperor Wen passed away, Zhongli Yu had to observe mourning for him for 27 days before he could ascend the throne.
Little Shuangbao has always been by Zhongli Yu's side.
After everything was settled and Zhongli Yu successfully ascended the throne, she began to busy herself with her own affairs.
That is, to resurrect Daddy Su Liao.
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