On this side, Chu Beihe watched the person approaching, and stretched out his hand to pull the person and prepared to walk in together.
Hearing the voice suddenly, he turned his head slightly, but his hands continued to pull the person up without stopping.
After pulling the man to stand beside him, they both turned their heads in unison and looked silently at the official from the Ministry of Rites who was speaking.
Although there were no words, his eyes seemed to be asking——
"What are you going to say?"
The official from the Ministry of Rites looked at the emperor and the future empress standing together and staring at him, and the words he was about to say were suddenly stuck.
I just had a strange feeling that I was being unsociable.
Strangely enough, it was said that His Majesty had specially left the palace to see this legendary girl who could attract phoenixes because of the miraculous sight of the phoenix flying towards the sky yesterday, and then he issued an edict on the spot to make her the queen.
But looking at the two of them standing together at this moment, one always gets a sense of tacit understanding that they have actually known each other for a long time.
Nevertheless, after the initial blockage, the officials of the Ministry of Rites bravely performed their duties as officials of the Ministry of Rites.
"Your Majesty, although the decree has been issued, Miss Feng has not yet held the ceremony of being crowned as queen. She did not perform the ceremony when she met Your Majesty and stood shoulder to shoulder with Your Majesty. This is not in accordance with etiquette."
He spoke a little haltingly at the beginning, but later on his speech became powerful and neither humble nor arrogant.
The officials around listened and agreed secretly.
Yes, this is against etiquette!
Your Majesty is the same. He was too willful after his serious illness and didn't even tell them about such an important matter as the title of Queen. This is even more inappropriate.
After all, it’s because Your Majesty didn’t discuss this matter with them.
Chu Beihe listened to what the other party said, but did not let go of Jiang Xuxu's hand. He just listened silently and asked after a while,
"You're done?"
It was just a light sentence, but it inexplicably gave people an invisible sense of oppression, and even those ministers who secretly agreed with it shut up at the right time.
The official from the Ministry of Rites who had just spoken swallowed his saliva and finally restrained his neither humble nor arrogant attitude.
"Minister, I have finished speaking."
Chu Beihe nodded and said, "Now that you're done, leave now."
The official from the Ministry of Rites was stunned for a moment, obviously not knowing what the king meant.
Just let him back off, and that's it?
Will the future queen change?
Shouldn't you express your opinion?
Seeing that he didn't seem to want to retreat, Chu Beihe's eyes sank slightly, and he wanted to kill a chicken directly. However, just as he was about to open his mouth, his palm was pinched by a soft hand.
This is what Jiang Xuxu meant to let him perform appropriately.
After all, you are using someone else's body, so you can't overdo it.
Chu Beihe collected his thoughts, shook hands with the other party to show that he understood, and then his dark eyes swept over the officials present, and he said slowly,
"Yesterday I had a clear decree that the daughter of the Feng family is the one chosen by the Phoenix and is the one with the same dignity as me."
As he said this, he looked at the official from the Ministry of Rites who had just spoken and said,
"Minister of Rites, for ignoring my will, I will punish you by copying the "Law of Rites" a hundred times and demote you.
Anyone who objects to the Queen's etiquette in the future will be charged with offending the Queen, dismissed from office, and fined fifty strokes of the cane. There is no need to report to me."
After saying this, he ignored the panicked faces of the officials around him, took Jiang Xuxu, and walked away with the palace servants.
It was also because yesterday was just a coming-of-age ceremony. Although there were many family members present, there were not many ministers. In addition, there was too much excitement yesterday. In comparison, Chu Beihe's words "Equal respect with me" seemed not so important. Many family members and ladies forgot about it after returning home.
Coincidentally, the wife of the Ministry of Rites official who was speaking was one of the people who let this slip.
As for the others present, some were as unaware as he was, while others knew but kept silent in the hope of taking the opportunity to test the emperor's bottom line. Now they all knew clearly.
Although it is just a warning today, if it happens again, it won’t be as simple as punishment or demotion.
As for the official from the Ministry of Rites who was hit hard, no one paid any attention to him no matter how devastated he was.
Chu Beihe simply killed a chicken to scare the monkeys, and without caring about the thoughts of the officials and palace servants behind him, he personally led Jiang Xuxu to the palace prepared for her.
Because it was not an official canonization, Jiang Xuxu did not move directly into the harem.
Chu Beihe was arranged to stay in a main hall close to his Qianyuan Hall, which had been cleaned up a few days in advance.
The layout and furnishings in the palace were all based on Jiang Xuxu's preferences. In addition to the fact that it was close to where he lived, this place was chosen because there was a ginkgo tree planted in the courtyard of the palace.
Although it is winter now and the ginkgo trees are almost covered with snow, the familiar scent of the ginkgo trunks still makes Jiang Xuxu quickly fall in love with this yard.
Knowing that she didn't like too many people walking around in her territory, Chu Beihe only arranged one palace servant to serve her, and the other palace servants who were responsible for cleaning tried not to appear in front of her unless necessary.
Knowing that this was Chu Beihe's care for her, Jiang Xuxu couldn't help but hug him again after sending the palace servants away.
Yesterday at Feng Mansion, the two of them didn't want to spend too much time together in private, so after recognizing each other, they quickly got down to business. They didn't have the chance to reminisce about the past or talk about each other's experiences after traveling through time.
Now that the person had been brought into the palace, the two of them had time to talk without any scruples. Chu Beihe subconsciously wanted to ask her for some reward.
Just as he was about to lean over, Jiang Xuxu blocked him and then distanced them again.
Chu Beihe was stunned for just a moment before he realized why this happened. He felt a little helpless, but he no longer had the same thoughts as before.
Although they both knew that the other was someone they knew, they were borrowing someone else's body. It was okay to just hold hands and hug, but it would be inappropriate to go any further, and both of them would feel uncomfortable.
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