After Yun Xuan's death, this sudden rebellion took only three days from the time he started to the time he committed suicide.
This was the shortest rebellion in the history of Wanjin State and also the one with the least casualties.
Prince of Qin Gao Yan was captured alive by Prince of Jin Gao Rui. The seriously ill emperor issued an edict to demote Prince of Qin Gao Yan to a commoner and placed him under house arrest for life in the Prince of Qin's mansion.
It is said that emperors are ruthless, but after all, this is the son he has raised personally since childhood. How could the emperor be ruthless to this sixth son?
Even if Gao Yan wanted to kill him, the emperor would only say that Gao Yan was bewitched and used by the rebel leader Yun Xuan.
Although the civil and military officials were dissatisfied with this and tried to persuade Gao Rui to submit a memorial to the emperor, Gao Rui did not do as they wished and instead agreed with the emperor's idea.
It's all Yunxuan's fault.
The emperor was very pleased with Gao Rui's support for him, and issued an edict to appoint Gao Rui as the crown prince, and appointed Jiang Shi as the third-rank minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and promoted him to the rank of Marquis of Wu'an, to supervise the country together with the crown prince.
Jiang Shi was promoted to the second-rank minister less than three months after entering the court, and was able to supervise the country together with the prince. This made many civil servants very dissatisfied, and they submitted memorials to oppose it.
He shouted even louder during court sessions.
"Historically, the highest position a top scholar would have started as a sixth-rank Hanlin Academy editor upon entering the court. Even if his promotion was rapid, he could only rise two ranks a year, reaching the fifth rank. Even if Jiang Shi had merit in suppressing the rebellion, he could only have been promoted to the third rank at best. A fifth-rank official upon entering the court is already a very high position. How could he have been directly appointed the second-rank Minister of Personnel and even served as a regent alongside the Crown Prince? Your Majesty, please withdraw your decree."
"That's right, Lord Li is right. I second your opinion!"
"I second this motion!"
The military generals were very supportive and helped to fight against the civil officials.
"Why can't Marquis Wu'an be directly appointed as the Second-Rank Minister of Personnel? Rules are fixed, but people are alive. If any of you can contribute to suppressing the rebellion, you can also be directly appointed as a Second-Rank official. But you all hide away, afraid of death. How dare you say that Marquis Wu'an can't co-regency with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
"That's right, General Gong is right. I second your opinion!"
"I second this motion!"
However, no matter how much the civil and military officials argued, the seriously ill emperor never came out to court, nor did he change his will. He didn't even need Jiang Shi to ask for the title, and directly issued an imperial decree to confer the title of Marquis' Lady on Yu Tanqi.
Yu Tanqi had only been the Crown Prince's wife for a few days when she was directly promoted to the Marquis' wife.
After the imperial edict of enthronement came down, she and Jiang Shi were finally able to take their honeymoon leave.
According to the rules of the Wanjin State, officials who get married will have six days of wedding leave.
The Crown Prince, who was in charge of the country, was grateful that Yun Xuan had ruined two important days, Jiang Shi’s wedding and his return to his parents’ home, so he specially granted him ten days of wedding leave.
Yu Tanqi and Jiang Shi finally had a belated wedding night.
On the night of June 6th, the big red lanterns and the Chinese character "囍" (happiness or happiness) were not removed from the Wu'an Marquis Mansion, and dragon and phoenix candles were burning in the bridal chamber.
Yu Tanqi had been teasing Jiang Shi for the past few days, but when it came to the wedding night, she started to get scared again.
"Can you put out the candles?"
She lowered her eyes and didn't dare look at Jiang Shi.
The long, thick eyelashes trembled nervously.
Under the dragon and phoenix wedding candles, the girl's crystal clear skin is delicate pink, like a carefully carved and tempting pastry.
Jiang Shi's eyes were dim, and he stretched out his long hand, grabbing her arm hiding in the corner of the bed, and said in a low voice: "The dragon and phoenix candles must burn until dawn and cannot be blown out. Only in this way can they bless our sweet and long-lasting life."
The young man's knees separated the girl's slender, white legs.
The curtains had long been drawn, and looking out the window, one could only see vague shadows, entangled together, inseparable.
Yu Tanqi bit his lips tightly, his heart beating so hard that it seemed like it would jump out of his chest at any moment.
She had clearly been looking forward to this moment, but when it finally came, she became afraid again.
She pushed him.
“Ugh… no…”
The young man's breathing was heavy and restrained.
This time, he no longer obeyed her.
"Don't be afraid, if it hurts, just bite me."
He kissed her rosy, moist lips lovingly, holding down her flapping hands with one hand and her legs that were trying to kick him with the other.
Yu Tanqi felt like a fish on the chopping board, with its scales scraped off. No matter how hard he struggled, it was useless.
I could only lie flat, and was finally turned over and over and eaten clean.
At that moment, she cried out in pain, and her freed hands tightly pinched his arms.
If she is in pain, he must be in pain too, that's fair.
"No..."
She was still trying to stop him.
"My lady, call me husband."
Jiang Shi whispered coaxingly in her ear.
Yu Tanqi was very stubborn at first, "Husband, uh..."
However, as soon as he exerted force, she quickly surrendered, "Husband..."
A night of pleasure.
Later, Yu Tanqi fell asleep in a daze, with a few wet tear marks on his face.
Jiang Shi couldn't hide his joy. He held her tenderly for a long time before calling out "Shui".
Linlang and Taohua took a quick look after entering the room, then lowered their heads blushingly.
The girl's originally snow-white skin was now pink, her long, thick black hair was soaked, and her slender neck was covered with suggestive red marks.
Jiang Shi didn't let Linlang and Taohua serve him. He personally helped Yu Tanqi bathe and cleaned her inside and out.
It’s just that my hair is hard to wash. It’s too late now. I have to wash it tomorrow.
While bathing, the girl moaned a few times with her eyes closed, but her body was too sore and tired that she was unable to open her eyes.
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