"Long live His Majesty!"
The new emperor ascended the throne and the court officials knelt in worship.
Song Shoufu and his entourage, who had been fighting fiercely with An Zhongyi, saw the situation clearly after Song Shoufu's death and decisively defected to An Jingzhi. An Jingzhi ordered the emperor to issue the edict of succession and then sentenced him to life imprisonment.
With the emperor's edict, An Jingzhi quickly secured his throne with the help of Han Hao and a group of soldiers.
They themselves were originally rebels, and under the leadership of Han Hao, the group of rebels, big and small, in the north were quickly pacified.
An Jingzhi also cleared the Han family's grievances as promised, and the Han family revived its reputation.
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A teahouse somewhere.
"Our current emperor is very handsome, and it is said that he is even more handsome than Pan An."
"Isn't it said that the Emperor has three heads and six arms? It's said that he is a star official from heaven who has come down to earth to benefit the people."
"That's what I heard too. Before our emperor ascended the throne, he was the leader of the Taiping Sect. He sounds like an immortal."
"You're all wrong. On the day His Majesty ascended the throne, all the officials were present. My wife's brother's neighbor works at the government office. He heard from the county magistrate that the emperor didn't have three heads and six arms, but he was handsome and extraordinary, with a full beard, and his words were like thunder, with a terrifying aura."
An Zhongyi served tea and drank water with great interest while listening to the people talking nearby.
"Master, His Majesty said he wants to have dinner with you tonight. Do you think we should go back?"
Holding a birdcage in his hand, Zhang Baotian was serving beside him. Seeing that it was getting late, he stepped forward and whispered a reminder.
After taking the birdcage and taking a look at it, he handed it to Zhang Baotian, stood up, put his hands behind his back, and swayed leisurely. "Then let's go back first. I still have to eat with my son."
After An Jingzhi ascended the throne, An Zhongyi officially became the emperor emeritus. Naturally, he no longer did any serving work, and the position of the head of the East Factory was taken over by Liu Qianhua.
"Too..." Before Zhang Baotian could finish his words, he was interrupted by An Zhongyi.
"Don't forget to call me when you're out."
"Yes, yes, it's all my fault," he said after a pause, "Master, those people just now framed Your Majesty. Should we send someone to arrest them?"
An Zhongyi smiled and said, "They have never seen the emperor, so it's normal for them to be curious. Don't bother with them." Before he entered the palace, didn't he also think that the emperor used a golden hoe to farm?
He turned to look at Zhang Baotian, "Now... I have resigned from all my positions, so you don't have to be so sensitive. My son said that as long as they are not deliberately inciting the people to rebel, we don't care what they say. My son is not that petty Zhou Liu."
Zhou Liu is the former emperor who has been deposed and is now imprisoned in Kyoto.
If Zhou Liu had not pushed him out so ruthlessly, An Zhongyi might have pleaded for him because of all the years they had been together, but his actions really broke his heart.
He didn't ask his son to kill the other person, which was already considered a way of repaying the favor.
"Oh, you are blind! Do you know who our master is? How dare you offend our master!"
The two were walking on the road and were almost hit by a sedan chair that came out from the side. Fortunately, Zhang Baotian quickly reached out and pulled An Zhongyi. Not only did the other party not apologize, but he also spoke wildly.
"Who is your master?" An Zhongyi said with a cold expression.
He was a rich man for a while, but when he got serious with his aura, he was still there.
"Is it really possible for an old man like you to find out our master's name?"
"It's okay to tell you, he's the Minister of Public Administration, a third-rank official in the imperial court!"
"Zixiang, why are you talking so much to them? Go back home quickly, I'm tired."
Hearing the familiar voice, An Zhongyi smiled, "I was wondering who it was, it turns out to be the Minister of Public Administration, Sun He."
"How dare you! How dare you call an adult by his name?!" The middle-aged bearded man immediately jumped up and accused An Zhongyi.
This ambiguous voice sounded like the sound of Sanskrit that was asking for one's life in Sun He's ears.
He suddenly opened the curtain, and after seeing An Zhongyi and Zhang Baotian standing beside him clearly, he was so frightened that he turned pale and crawled out of the sedan chair. He walked tremblingly in front of the two people and said in fear, "Madam, Madam, Madam——"
"I don't remember you having a stutter." An Zhongyi interrupted unhappily.
"Greetings to the Supreme Emperor!" The other party knelt down suddenly, not daring to look up.
Sun He was one of the core figures in the party headed by Prime Minister Song.
He had often opposed An Zhongyi in his early years, but now An Zhongyi's son had become the emperor directly, and Prime Minister Song was dead, and even before his death he lost his integrity. An Jingzhi found all the evidence of his crimes and put him on the pillar of shame. The incident of stealing 1 million troops from the border with the help of insiders and outsiders was also exposed.
The group of people who originally followed Prime Minister Song also immediately turned to the new emperor. As for An Zhongyi, who had fought very fiercely with them, they did not dare to have any thoughts about him and only hoped that the other party would not bear a grudge.
The middle-aged bearded man who had just pointed at An Zhongyi and cursed him arrogantly was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. He then knelt down. After a while, An Zhongyi smelled a strong smell of urine.
This kind of foul smell mostly appeared on eunuchs, but after he took the medicine prepared by his son, his health improved a lot and he no longer had this problem.
He took two steps back in disgust and said, "Forget it, get lost."
Sun He and his follower then left as quickly as possible, feeling relieved.
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Inside the palace.
"Dad, where are we going to play today? I'll go with you tomorrow." An Jingzhi said as he picked up some food, not caring about the royal style or the rules of not talking while eating or sleeping.
"Just go sit in a teahouse, walk around, and see the world my son governs." An Zhongyi said.
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