The first edict after Gu Jue ascended the throne was drafted yesterday. The content was to inform the world of the new emperor's accession to the throne and change the reign title.

In the presence of hundreds of civil and military officials, the Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy stamped the imperial seal on the edict.

Then, the edict was sent to Chengtian Gate by officials from the Honglu Temple. The contents of the edict were first read out in public and then announced to the world.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Jue issued a second imperial decree, conferring the title of Prince Yu on the former Crown Prince Gu Nanjin, granting him a prince's mansion, and allowing him to support Queen Song.

The meaning of this imperial edict was very clear. Gu Jue did not intend to place Gu Nanjin and Queen Song under house arrest in the palace, nor did he intend to confine them to the Prince's Mansion.

This leniency shocked all the civil and military officials kneeling below.

Even Gu Nanjin was equally shocked and couldn't help but look up at Gu Jue sitting on the golden throne.

Looking up at Gu Jue from this angle, Gu Jue's handsome face appears cold and distant against the backdrop of the slightly swaying twelve tassels, as if he is in the clouds in the sky.

Gu Nanjin quickly came to his senses and kowtowed sincerely to express his gratitude, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. Long live the emperor!"

He didn't expect that Gu Jue would be so magnanimous as to let him and the queen leave the palace... No, Gu Jue has always been magnanimous.

Gu Nanjin's eyelashes trembled twice, and the lingering scenes could not help but flash back in his mind again.

The ministers looked at Gu Nanjin with mixed emotions, but at the same time, they also felt a sense of peace that everything had settled.

Before this, only the cabinet ministers had heard with their own ears that Gu Nanjin had taken the initiative to propose internal abdication. Now, the civil and military officials had witnessed Gu Nanjin's gesture of submission, and the last trace of doubt in their hearts had dissipated.

In addition to Gu Nanjin, several princes of the late emperor Gu Lang were also canonized and named princes.

In addition, Shen Yunmu was conferred the title of Duke of Fengguo and will inherit the title when he turns 18. This is the honor bestowed by the new emperor on the queen's brothers.

On this day, Gu Jue, as the new emperor, issued several imperial decrees, conferring titles and rewards upon those who deserved them. Next, the new emperor would grant amnesty to the entire country upon his ascension to the throne. The whole country was celebrating.

When the coronation ceremony was over, all the officials in the Ministry of Rites secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that they could finally have a good night's sleep tonight.

For the people of the capital, the carnival to celebrate the new emperor's accession to the throne has just begun.

People in the streets were cheering, beating drums and gongs, setting off fireworks, and some were even performing lion and dragon dances on the streets.

The entire capital city was filled with a joyous atmosphere.

There is no curfew tonight, and many people in the capital plan to party all night long.

It was very lively outside the palace, and it was also very lively inside the palace.

After the coronation ceremony, there will be a grand banquet in the palace. Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen will first return to the Qianqing Palace to change clothes before going to the banquet.

The first thing Gu Jue did after returning to the Qianqing Palace was to help Shen Qianchen take off the heavy Nine Dragons and Four Phoenix Crown on his head and threw it aside.

The middle-aged eunuch following behind was startled, and the next moment he saw Jiang Yuan quickly catch the Nine Dragons and Four Phoenixes Crown, and the gems and pearls on the crown were swaying.

"Are you tired?" Gu Jue asked softly, looking at Shen Qianchen with eyes so gentle that they seemed to be dripping with water.

The middle-aged eunuch had been in the palace for more than 30 years. He had seen Gu Jue as a child and a young man, and had some understanding of this proud master. At this moment, he simply couldn't match the young and energetic Gu Jue in his memory with the gentle young man in front of him. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: A hero can't resist the temptation of beauty! "Tired." Shen Qianchen nodded honestly, yawned lazily, and a burst of physiological tears welled up in her eyes, and the tears made her eyes sparkle.

Without the restraint of the pearl crown, she leaned her head leisurely on Gu Jue's shoulder, acting coquettishly and tenderly.

As they talked, they walked towards the bedroom.

In fact, the two did not have any more intimate actions, but there was affection between their eyebrows and eyes, which made the middle-aged eunuch and the palace maids around them even more frightened.

Normally, the people who served the emperor and empress closely were all old friends of the palace, and other palace servants could not get close to them at all. They only knew roughly that the emperor and empress had a deep relationship. It was not until today that they confirmed with their own eyes how much the new emperor valued and loved his little queen.

This is all they could see. Once Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen entered the bedroom, no one else could follow them in.

Gu Jue felt distressed when he saw the little girl looking so sleepy.

Originally, his little girl was unruly by nature and liked the kind of free and unrestrained life with a broad mind and a vast ocean and sky. However, because of him, he had to drag her into the troubles of this mundane world.

Shen Qianchen suddenly stood on tiptoe and gently kissed his slightly furrowed brows, as if trying to kiss away the wrinkles on his brows.

Gu Jue was stunned for a moment, then the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

He also kissed her between the eyebrows, then slowly moved down, gently kissing her eyelids, cheeks, earlobes, dimples, and chin...

He didn't go any further and buried her face in his broad chest.

In response to this, Shen Qianchen wrapped his arms tightly around his thin waist.

The two of them hugged each other quietly for a while, and Shen Qianchen's muffled voice came from his chest: "I'm fine..."

Because her face was still buried in his chest, her voice was muffled and Gu Jue could not hear clearly. Before he asked, Shen Qianchen had already raised her head and smiled brightly at him, looking radiant.

Shen Qianchen swept away his previous laziness and became energetic, thinking secretly in his heart: He is so good at refreshing people, it works better than any panacea!

As she thought about it, she took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and wiped his brow.

Gu Jue didn't know what was going on at first, until he saw some red lip balm marks on the frosty white handkerchief in her hand, then he understood what was going on. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, with an ambiguous light flashing in his pupils.

Shen Qianchen was originally very calm, but he suddenly felt embarrassed for some reason, and his ears began to feel slightly hot.

She lowered her eyes, cleared her throat and said, "I'll go change my clothes."

There will be a palace banquet in Kunning Palace soon. As the queen, Shen Qianchen will naturally attend. She has to quickly change into her Yanju crown and clothes and go to Kunning Palace to accept the kowtow of all the female relatives.

This is also the last ceremony of the Queen's enthronement ceremony.

"Go ahead."

Gu Jue kissed her on the top of her head and let her go.

Shen Qianchen obediently went behind the screen to change clothes.

The Yanju crown dress is the queen's daily dress, a red large-sleeved coat over a yellow mulberry dress, and a double phoenix dragon crown on her head. Compared to Shen Qianchen's daily dress, this Yanju crown dress is still complicated and cumbersome, but it is much lighter than the formal dress she wore at the coronation ceremony.

After Shen Qianchen changed her clothes, she went to Kunning Palace surrounded by a group of eunuchs and palace maids. As for Gu Jue, he did not go with her as he wanted to go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to drink and have fun with the civil and military officials.

Here, Shen Qianchen had just set out from the Qianqing Palace; over there, the ladies of state and the princesses waiting outside the Kunning Palace had received the news and knew that the new queen would be here soon.

There were several tents set up outside Kunning Palace, and all the female family members were waiting in the tents. There was tea and snacks here. They chatted and laughed, but they waited a little long. They had entered the palace long before the coronation ceremony began, and they waited for the whole morning.

As the eunuch said, "The Queen has ascended the throne," there was a commotion in the tents. People walked out of the tents one after another and stood in line according to their titles and ranks, all with solemn expressions.

At least half of the women present had seen Shen Qianchen before, but in the past she was Prince Chen's wife, and now she is the Queen.

There is a world of difference between the two! A little girl from a poor marquis's mansion with no reputation has become the most noble woman in the Great Qi before she even reaches the age of marriage! As the music of ceremony sounded, the female relatives entered the main hall of Kunning Palace in an orderly manner.

After the eunuch reminded them, they all knelt down in front of Shen Qianchen who was sitting on the Phoenix Throne and performed the ritual of three kneelings and nine kowtows.

"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen. May you live a thousand years and a thousand years!"

Everyone's foreheads were pressed respectfully and reverently against the mirror-like marble floor, including the wife of Duke Mu, Shen Zhi, Shen Wan, and others.

As they kowtowed, they couldn't help but look at Shen Qianchen, their eyes were slightly warm, and their expressions showed relief, joy, and pride.

They were all happy for Shen Qianchen.

Even after the kowtow ceremony was over, on the way out of Kunning Palace and heading towards Shouning Palace, Shen Zhi's eyes were still sore and the corners of her eyes were slightly red.

Shen Wan noticed it with her sharp eyes and secretly stuffed a bag of osmanthus candy into her sister's pocket, meaning that her niece would have a sweet life in the future.

Shen Zhi held the oil paper wrapped around the candy, smiling.

"What a nice smell." Anle's nose moved, smelling the scent of osmanthus candy. She pulled Princess Jingle's sleeve and said, "Aunt, do you smell it?"

Compared to the other princesses who looked sad, Anle's innocent face was full of joy, and she didn't know what it felt like to be sad. To Anle, it didn't matter who ascended the throne.

Jingle was looking at Shen Qianchen, who was walking in front, with a burning gaze and did not react for a moment.

"Royal Aunt," Anle followed Jingle's gaze and looked at Shen Qianchen, sighing happily, "That's great, the Ninth Royal Sister-in-law is the Queen!"

Anle had said this to others before and was often scolded. Seeing Jingle agree with her, she was happy and said, "From now on, the Ninth Princess will also live in the palace. It will be much more convenient for me to visit her."

Anle was immersed in her own world and didn't notice that the other women behind her were looking at her with strange eyes.

These female relatives couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: Anle first escaped the misfortune of marrying Nanhao, and then joined the right side early on and became good friends with the new queen Shen Qianchen. Maybe this is what it means to be a fool with luck.

Madam Chu also heard Anle's words, but what she was thinking in her heart was that although Princess Anle was silly, she knew how to flatter and please people.

As she thought about it, a sour feeling arose in the lady's heart, and it became stronger and stronger.

Originally, Shen Qianchen should have been recorded in history as "Queen Chu", but now she has become "Queen Shen".

All of this should have been the glory of the Chu family, but now it has all been given to the Duke Mu’s Mansion.

Obviously, this should be the queen of their Chu family, and it should be their Chu family that receives everyone's envious looks and flattering words.

However, during the two hours she waited in the tent in the morning, she, the queen's grandmother, was ignored by all the female relatives. No one came to greet her or greet her.

They all gathered around the Shen family, and even Shen Wan, who had lost her title as Princess of Jing County, became the object of everyone's flattery.

It shouldn't be like this! The lady held her breath in her heart, and her eyes were dizzy and blocked.

The lady fell behind, looking at the people in front of her from afar. No one cared whether she caught up or not.

Shouning Palace had appeared in front, and Shen Qianchen, who was walking in front, entered the main hall first.

Except for Prince Li, Princess Shun and other princesses from the royal family, most of the ladies from outside the royal family present had never been to Shouning Palace.

Anyone can guess that Empress Dowager Yin has had a hard time in the past few years. Although Empress Dowager Yin has the title of Empress Dowager, the late Emperor Gu Lang, who sits on the throne, is not her biological son and is very wary of her. In recent years, he has imprisoned Empress Dowager Yin in Shouning Palace on the pretext that she is ill. Everyone is afraid of displeasing the late Emperor, so in the past, the ladies outside the court did not dare to pass cards to the palace to ask to see the Empress Dowager.

At that time, Queen Mother Yin was no different from a puppet in this palace.

But times are different now.

"Get up." When Queen Mother Yin saw Shen Qianchen, she couldn't stop smiling and looked her up and down.

The gown is as red as fire, and the yellow mulberry dress is the color of mulberry dust, just like the newly grown mulberry leaves. The colors are bright and vivid, and they make the girl's flawless skin look as white as the first snow, bright and stunning.

The more Empress Dowager Yin looked at her daughter-in-law, the more beautiful she felt. She believed that her daughter-in-law should wear such bright-colored materials to match her natural beauty.

Thinking about this, Queen Mother Yin felt that her daughter-in-law wore too few jewelry on a daily basis. The little girl only wore a few pieces of jewelry on a daily basis. Her son only knew how to fight and was too rough, so she, the mother-in-law, had to help take care of these things.

While thinking, all the female members of the family, including Shen Qianchen, took their seats one by one according to their status. Shen Qianchen naturally sat at the bottom, closest to Queen Mother Yin.

Queen Mother Yin asked Shen Qianchen lovingly and considerately: "Qianchen, you got up at dawn this morning, aren't you tired?"

This question was actually easy to answer, but the moment Shen Qianchen opened her mouth, she couldn't help but think of the light kisses that Gu Jue had given her on the face in the Qianqing Palace just now.

She blinked, her eyes moving, looking around with a radiant glow, and said with a smile, "Not tired."

Wait! Shen Qianchen suddenly thought of something: Where was the handkerchief she used to wipe the lipstick marks on Gu Jue's forehead? Did she accidentally drop it into the pile of clothes when she was changing clothes?

"Young people are full of energy, unlike us who are all old!" Princess Li said with a smile.

Princess Shun then said, "Sister, you recognize age, but we don't."

As soon as these words were spoken, other princesses of the same generation nodded frequently and laughed happily, and the originally solemn atmosphere became lively.

Even Empress Dowager Yin had a smile on her face, and a few crow's feet appeared at the corners of her eyes.

Below, many familiar ladies from the imperial court exchanged glances quietly. They realized that not only the new emperor valued the empress, but also Empress Dowager Yin.

Immediately, someone began to compliment Queen Dowager Yin with a smile on her youth, saying that she looked only a few years older than the empress. They also praised the empress for her grace and virtue, and used many flattering words.

The women gathered together and talked about the same topics over and over again: clothes, jewelry, marriage, offspring, etc. Then the topic turned to offspring, and they talked about both their own family and other families.

"My brother Ling is already four years old, and he's still only that tall." Princess Cheng complained casually, "Today I met Yuan Jia, he's one month younger than my brother Ling, and he's at least an inch taller than him."

Princess Cheng did not notice at all that the faces of several female relatives around her changed. They thought that Princess Cheng was really brainless. Mentioning Prince Yu Gu Nanjin's eldest son Gu Yuanjia in such an occasion, wouldn't that be upsetting to the Empress Dowager?

"Yuanjia is indeed a well-raised child. He has a strong and healthy body, and is also very well-mannered. I heard that he has already started his enlightenment." Queen Mother Yin said with a smile.

No matter how dissatisfied she was with Gu Lang, she would not vent her anger on a child and still had a smile on her face.

At her age, Empress Dowager Yin loves children the most. Although she has not met Gu Yuanjia many times, she has a good impression of this child. The little kid always speaks and behaves in a very polite manner with a baby voice.

Seeing that Queen Mother Yin was not displeased, many people were relieved and changed the topic to how old a child was when he started learning to read. Some said that their sons started to learn to read at the age of three; others said that children only have a few years to play, and their family hired someone to teach their children when they were five...

Almost everyone could make a few comments on this topic. Princess Zhuang complimented Queen Mother Yin with a smile on her face: "You are a good parent."

"I remember that the emperor could read at the age of three, recite poetry at the age of five, and when he was a teenager, the imperial tutor said that he could take the imperial examination."

At that time, Gu Jue's literary talent was known to the whole court. Emperor Renzong sent the fourteen-year-old Gu Jue as an envoy to Nanhao. Many people thought that Gu Jue would study literature, but no one expected that a year later, Gu Jue would go to the north to join the army.

Others don’t know why, but Shen Qianchen and Queen Mother Yin know it.

It was precisely because Gu Jue had been to Nanhao in the past and knew how powerful Nanhao’s military force was, while Da Qi valued culture over military, that he would always be prepared for danger in times of peace, and resolutely rush to the north when the smoke of war rose in the north.

Gu Jue knew that once the North fell into the hands of the Red Di people, the Nanhao people would probably be ready to take action.

The war between Da Qi and Chi Di was not only to expel the invader Chi Di, but also to demonstrate Da Qi's military power and deter all directions.

Thinking of Gu Jue, Shen Qianchen's brows softened, and he seemed somewhat impatient to see him.

She was a little absent-minded and didn't pay attention to what others said afterwards. When she came to her senses, Princess Duan had already directed her words at her: "The Queen is dignified and virtuous, gentle and virtuous, talented and virtuous, truly a virtuous queen!"

As soon as she started talking, the others also hurriedly agreed: "The Queen and the Emperor are a perfect match."

"I think they look like a perfect couple born from the gods!"

“…”

The ladies outside the court all nodded frequently, even those who couldn't come up with any beautiful words nodded in agreement.

After a while, Princess Duan sighed: "I came to the palace today and saw that it is much quieter than before. There should be more people in the palace to make it lively."

The atmosphere around suddenly became a little stagnant, and everyone looked at Princess Duan, and they all understood what "cold and cold" meant.

She was saying that the new emperor's harem was too quiet and it was time to take a concubine.

People with discerning eyes could hear it clearly and couldn't help but reveal a thoughtful expression.

So that's what happened. Princess Duan had previously praised the Queen as a virtuous queen. This was intended to elevate the Queen so that she would find it difficult to refuse to choose a concubine for the new emperor.

Some people were unhappy and did not want to get involved in the emperor's selection of concubines, thinking that they were being used as a gun by Princess Duan; some people were moved by what Princess Duan said and their eyes lit up.

It is only a matter of time before the new emperor takes a concubine. Even now, the new emperor is afraid of the national mourning and is afraid of being gossiped about. It will be about time to choose a concubine in about three months to half a year.

If the girls in their house could be the first to enter the palace as concubines, they would have the opportunity to give birth to the emperor's eldest son.

Every man would be somewhat concerned about his eldest son. The status of the eldest son was always different from that of the following princes. Even if he was not as good as the legitimate son, it was hard to say what would happen in the future...

Shen Qianchen: "..."

Shen Qianchen drank his tea by himself, his movements were graceful and as peaceful as a painting.

Princess Duan County smiled and said, "The queen is the one who commands the six palaces. Since ancient times, those who can be called virtuous queens have all been broad-minded, generous and virtuous, and have managed the harem in an orderly manner."

Shen Qianchen put down the blue and white porcelain teacup, without getting angry. With a somewhat nonchalant look in his eyes, he said, "Whether she is a virtuous queen or not is not up to you to decide!"

Her tone was gentle, and this one sentence silenced Princess Duan and others.

(End of this chapter)