Everyone knew how much she was favored. The Gao family, with the advice of Concubine Gao, directly proposed to Emperor Qianlong during the court session that Mu Sili be made empress.
"Your Majesty, the Central Palace cannot remain without a master. Please choose a successor. I recommend Concubine Xian as the empress."
"I second the motion."
"I second this motion."
Qianlong did not expect that Gao Bin would be the first to stand up and propose the establishment of a queen, and he also recommended Mu Sili as the queen. He was surprised and satisfied.
Haven’t you seen that since he made this request, people have been seconding the motion one after another?
Since they all seconded the proposal, it proved that they also thought that Mu Sili was capable of serving as the queen. In this case, he certainly would not refuse.
However, the empress dowager has just passed away, and it would seem a bit hasty to make her the empress at this time. It would be better to wait until the empress dowager's funeral is over.
"I understand what you all mean, my dear ministers. However, the Empress Dowager has just passed away, so it would be inappropriate to appoint a queen now. We should wait until the Empress Dowager's funeral is over."
Gao Bin understood what Qianlong meant, but he had to take this opportunity to win Concubine Gao's favor so that no one would dare to bully her even if she stayed in the palace for the rest of her life.
That's his daughter, how could he not consider her?
If he hadn't been worried that Qianlong would suspect him of having ulterior motives, he would have wanted to ask his daughter what she had done and why she was sent to the palace.
After all, the queen is dead, and Concubine Jia has been banished to the cold palace. If nothing unexpected happens, she won't live long. He is really worried that his daughter will be next.
It is true that this daughter is a little stupid, but her stupidity also has its advantages. At least it will not bring harm to the family.
After all, a minister who dares to send a fool into the palace is easy to control at first glance. Not only that, Qianlong will also entrust him with important tasks, after all, he sees through him clearly.
"Your Majesty is right, but I still think that deciding on the empress is the most important thing. Noble Concubine Xian is blessed. If she can become empress, she will definitely bring good fortune to the Qing Dynasty."
"I think so too. Just looking at the Sixth Prince and the Princess, I can tell that the Imperial Concubine's blessings will surely benefit the Qing Dynasty. I ask Your Majesty to decree that Imperial Concubine Xian be made Empress."
At that moment, all the ministers joined the team that supported Qianlong to establish a queen. After pretending to hesitate for a moment, Qianlong showed a helpless smile.
"Since you, my dear ministers, are so optimistic about Consort Xian, I will issue an edict to make her Empress. However, the ceremony of enthroning her will have to wait until the Empress Dowager's funeral is over. Do you have any objections?"
"Your Highness and I have no objection."
Qianlong didn't waste any more time talking to them and directly issued an imperial decree to make Mu Sili the empress.
In Chengqian Palace, Lanxiang looked at Mu Sili with excitement. She had just received a message from Li Yu, saying that the emperor had issued an edict to appoint the queen as empress.
That position originally belonged to the Empress. If the Empress Dowager had not plotted against the late Queen, the Empress would never have missed out on the position of the Emperor's legitimate wife.
If the Empress had been the Emperor's legitimate wife from the beginning, how could these things have happened later? The Empress has suffered too much injustice over the years.
"Your Majesty, good news! I congratulate you! The Emperor has decreed that you be crowned Empress. This news was relayed by Li Yu, and it cannot be false."
"What? The Queen was crowned Empress? Is this true? Does that mean we will be the Queen's maids from now on?"
Lanxiang gave Haitang a blank look. Isn’t this nonsense?
"The news about Li Yu? That's true, but I'm curious. Why did the Emperor suddenly make me Empress? The Empress Dowager's body hasn't even been buried yet!"
Could it be that someone mentioned this to the Emperor, prompting him to make this decision? Although I don't know who that person is, I am grateful to him.
After all, if he hadn't mentioned the matter of making me the queen, it would have been impossible for me to be made queen so quickly by the emperor. When the emperor comes, I will definitely ask him in detail.
No matter what, his actions have helped me, so I should return the favor."
"Your Majesty is right. The imperial edict should be arriving soon. Your Majesty, would you like to freshen up?"
"No need. The Emperor never cares about these things. I don't need to pretend."
"The imperial edict has arrived!"
Speak of the devil, and he appears. As soon as they finished talking, Li Yu arrived with the imperial edict.
"Your Majesty, I congratulate you. The Emperor announced in the Great Hall that you will be crowned Empress. He wrote an imperial edict right after leaving the court and asked me to read it."
"Thank you for the trouble. Please give me the imperial edict. You all know what kind of person I am. I don't want to kneel down to receive this imperial edict."
Li Yu didn't say anything. After all, when Qianlong handed the imperial edict to him, he only told him to give it to Mu Sili, and did not tell her to accept the edict.
This means that he had never thought of asking her to kneel down to receive the decree from the beginning. Since he had never thought of asking her to kneel down to receive the decree, she could naturally receive it while standing.
"Yes, I have to return to the Yangxin Palace to serve the Emperor. The Emperor asked me to bring you a message. He will come to dine with you in the evening. Please prepare it."
"I understand."
As soon as Li Yugang left, Mu Sili handed the imperial edict to Lanxiang. She knew all the contents of the edict and there was no need to open it.
"Won't you take a look, Madam?"
"The Emperor never lies to me. There's no need to look at it. Just put it on display."
"yes."
In the evening, Qianlong arrived as promised. He looked at Mu Sili with some excitement. After a month or so, he would be able to hold a ceremony to crown her queen.
It had been his regret for so many years that he had not been able to marry her. Now he could finally make up for that regret.
"Your Majesty, why are you looking at me like that? Is there something wrong with my face?"
"I was thinking that in a while you would become my wife. I would be very happy."
"I am the Emperor's wife now, but it's just a title. I don't care. But I still want to know why the Emperor suddenly appointed me as Empress. After all, the Empress Dowager just passed away. It's not a good idea to bring this up now."
"I originally planned to wait until the Empress Dowager's funeral was over before instructing my confidants to mention this matter, but I didn't expect Gao Bin to bring it up so suddenly.
Since someone has brought it up, I will certainly not refuse. After all, your becoming the queen is what everyone wants, so of course I have to fulfill their wish.
But after thinking about it carefully, I think this matter is most likely related to Concubine Gao. She has gone to the palace now, and she must be worried that something might happen to her, so she asked him to do this.
I have to say that Gao Bin is a sensible person. I am very satisfied with how he did this. Since I am satisfied with his work, I will naturally take good care of Concubine Gao.
Li Yu, send someone to the temporary palace to give Concubine Gao some gifts, and instruct the people in the temporary palace to take good care of her. If she gets into trouble, I will kill them."
"yes."
Li Yu smiled and retreated. This noble concubine Gao was really smart at times. Look, she directly preserved her wealth and glory.
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