Great Tang princess

Chapter 324 The New Emperor Ascension
When the new emperor ascends the throne, he must stay in front of the former emperor's coffin for a while, which is considered a custom.

As for whether the ministers cried or laughed at the coffin after they left, that's not what they should care about.

The officials and the royal family gradually left, leaving only one family in the mourning hall.

Now that the bronze pipe has been sealed, the brazier can be lit in the hall. Wu Zetian waved his hand and asked Zhang Chengxin to get the brazier.

As soon as a few braziers were placed, the temperature in the hall quickly increased a lot and became warmer.

Wu Zetian looked at Zhang Chengxin, and said slowly: "Now that the new emperor is on the throne, you, the chief executive, will have to be replaced..."

"Yes!" Zhang Chengxin agreed with a sad face.

The head of the palace is a position only held by the emperor's personal eunuch. Under normal circumstances, when the emperor dies, this position should be given up.

The next step should be Li Xian's personal eunuch Sun Jingbang.

For the position of chief executive, I don't know how many people are flattering and filial every day. Now that I am leaving, I am so reluctant to part with it.

Besides, the situation in the palace is complicated, and it is common for people to leave the tea to cool off. Even if he has not officially resigned now, his words are definitely not as useful as before.

On the contrary, Sun Jingbang, although he hasn't handed over the work yet, but there must have been many people who have fawned on Xiaojing in the past.

"You have served the late emperor for many years, and you are not young now." Wu Zetian sighed, as if lamenting the ruthlessness of time, "If you are tired, I will give you a good place to retire. If you still have energy, then continue to be with me. Serving by your side..."

"Thank you, maidservant!" Zhang Chengxin saluted immediately upon hearing this, "Servant maidservant is still able to support Tianhou before her hands and feet fail!"

Wu Zetian nodded: "That's fine too. Let's step back first, let's have a good chat as a family."

"Here, my servant is waiting outside the door!" Zhang Chengxin agreed and walked out of the door.

Just as he came out and closed the door, Sun Jingbang walked over with a smile on his side, and saluted very respectfully: "I've seen Eunuch Zhang!",

Zhang Chengxin was a little surprised by his smiling attitude, but he still replied with a smile: "Eunuch Sun will soon be the chief executive, why is there so much courtesy?"

"This statement is wrong. In front of Eunuch Zhang, we are juniors, so we should learn a lot from our seniors!" Sun Jingbang kept his posture quite low.

Seeing his humble appearance, Zhang Chengxin smiled: "It's okay, we will continue to serve Tianhou in the future, if there is anything you don't understand, just ask questions at any time!"

Hearing this sentence, Sun Jingbang breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt lucky for his intuition.

Thanks to not putting on airs in front of this senior just now, otherwise the consequences would be quite serious!

Today, the Empress Dowager is still powerful, and the new emperor has just come to power, so he, the chief executive, needs to be familiar with many things.

Only by continuing to build a good relationship with this senior can we deal with many things smoothly in the future.

If I dared to put on airs for others just now, if I said in front of Tianhou that my personal eunuch was bewitching the new emperor or something, I'm afraid I wouldn't even know how to die.

He smiled and took out a small bag and stuffed it into Zhang Chengxin's hand: "Oh, I still need more advice from Eunuch Zhang..."

……

In the Hall of Renshou, Wu Zetian suddenly turned his head, looked straight at Yiyang and Princess Xuancheng, without saying a word.

Princess Yiyang was taken aback for a moment, and then a huge sense of fear instantly filled her heart.

All those sitting in the hall at this moment are her biological children, only her two sisters, right?

Now that the late emperor is gone, he won't protect them, I'm afraid she will start to kill the grass and roots!

"Why is A Niang looking at the two sisters like this?"

At this moment, Li Yuechen suddenly spoke, and at the same time brought a teapot to add a cup of tea in front of his mother.

When she opened her mouth like this, the originally serious atmosphere just now changed instantly, and the pressure on the two sisters eased a lot.

When she looked straight at the two sisters just now, Li Yuechen felt bad.

After all, he has already been on the battlefield, so Li Yuechen is quite sensitive to murderous intent.

Although my mother didn't look fierce just now, when she wanted to kill someone, that special aura was easy for those who had been on the battlefield to feel.

Wu Zetian raised his head slightly, looked at his daughter and asked, "What? Are you worried?"

Hearing such a straightforward question, Li Yuechen didn't bother to hide it, and replied directly: "Yes!"

Since she was a child, she has never played tricks in front of her parents. She has always said what she said, and she will not change in the future!
"Then you want to protect them?"

"Yes!" Li Yuechen replied with a nod, "Besides, Auntie is a little bit too old, how long has it been since the beginning, and still want to hold on to it?"

As soon as these words came out, Li Xian and Li Dan were a little dazed. They didn't expect this younger sister to be so courageous. She dared to speak so bluntly to her mother!

It's not that the two of them didn't know about Concubine Xiao Shu back then, but Li Yuechen was the only one who dared to speak up at this time.

However, Wu Zetian was not angry because her daughter contradicted him, but asked with a slight smile: "Do you know, to them, I am the enemy who killed their mother?"

"There are too many people in this world who hate Auntie, can you kill them?" Li Yuechen asked back.

"Yuechen! It's too much!" Li Xian quickly reminded.

He was really terrified. He didn't expect that his sister would dare to talk to his mother like that. He was so desperate!

"Then, Chen'er, how can you guarantee that I won't be dealt with in the future?" Wu Zetian asked curiously.

Li Yuechen looked serious: "No matter what happens, even if the world is an enemy, I will stand by A Niang's side unswervingly! Before I die, no one can touch a hair of A Niang!"

Hearing these words, Princess Yiyang was slightly taken aback.

Li Yuechen once said similar things to them, if one day they clashed with Tianhou, she would definitely stand on Tianhou's side.

Li Xian and Li Dan looked at the serious-looking younger sister. If someone else said such a thing, they might not believe it, but this younger sister has a precedent!

At the beginning, the second elder brother Li Xian was tricked into rebelling, and Li Yuechen didn't back down when facing the crowd of soldiers alone. What she said was really achievable!

Hearing her daughter's words, Wu Zetian smiled slightly, then turned to look at Yiyang and Princess Xuancheng and said, "Chen'er has already said so, and I don't want to embarrass you. If you can promise me a request, I will I will no longer regard you as a threat, and I can also treat you as my own daughters!"

The two sisters looked at each other, and Princess Yiyang was a little cautious: "I don't know what is the request?"

"You two are not allowed to get married and have children!" Wu Zetian said.

"How can this be done?" Li Yuechen asked rhetorically, "They..."

Wu Zetian interrupted suddenly: "I'm afraid of being a widow, so I just need to raise a few noodles. That's all I want!"

She can let the two of them go, because with her daughter around, it is impossible for these two people to threaten her.

But if you get married and have children, it will be different, and the hatred for yourself will continue.

What else did Li Yuechen want to say, he went to see Princess Yiyang and smiled and said, "I'm almost forty now, so I didn't think about it at all. Since Auntie has requested, my sister and I can swear to the late emperor here that we will live forever for the rest of our lives." Get married, have no children, and have sisters for life!"

"Sister, this..."

Princess Xuancheng patted her on the shoulder lightly, interrupting her words: "It's okay, Chen'er doesn't have to be in trouble, it's true that I didn't think about it at first."

The two made an oath in front of the late emperor's coffin without any ambiguity, that they would never marry or have children for the rest of their lives.

Li Yuechen looked at all this with a frown, and still felt that his mother had gone too far.

But at this time, she couldn't continue to say anything.

In the final analysis, after all, she was the female emperor who had left a great reputation in history, and she would not be able to stay with her two sisters forever in the future. If she wanted to take advantage of the opportunity, there was really nothing she could do.

But in any case, it is quite a good result to save the lives of the two sisters.

After Princess Yiyang and Princess Yiyang finished their vows, Wu Zetian waved to them: "Okay, sit down!"

At least on the surface, she did what she said and did not let the two leave, but continued to listen to the next arrangement.

"There are still a few days until the Chinese New Year. During the national mourning period, don't make any noise at the grand court meeting. Let's wait until Sanlang's enthronement ceremony. During this period, the clan princes of various fiefdoms will also go to Beijing to attend the funeral. As the new emperor, Sanlang, remember to arrange a bit……"

After making the follow-up arrangements, she seemed a little tired, so she went to rest first after saying hello.

As soon as his mother left, Li Xian, who was the emperor for the first time, felt that his backbone was gone.

"Yuechen, how do you arrange these few days?" Li Xian turned his head and asked.

Li Yuechen thought for a while: "The Chinese New Year is only a few days away, brother, you have to prepare for the grand court meeting, so you should study hard in the next few days. For the latest vigil, I, Dandan and two elder sisters will take turns to come. gone."

"Then, brother..."

"His identity is too sensitive. It's better for this kind of thing to happen less in the palace." Li Yuechen shook his head lightly.

……

At night, Li Yuechen was in charge of the night watch.

Just after midnight, even Li Yuechen, who was always in good spirits, felt a little tired because of the sadness of the past few days, and lay down on the rocking chair next to the coffin, drowsy.

While half asleep, she suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, she opened her eyes slightly, only to find that it was Shangguan Wan'er who came in on tiptoe, holding a tray in her hand.

"Why is Wan'er here?" Li Yuechen asked.

Seeing that she was awake, Shangguan Wan'er put the tray on the table: "Your Highness has been busy for the past few days, and I didn't think I had a good meal. Tonight's vigil, Wan'er went to stew some ginseng chicken soup and brought it to His Highness."

"Oh? Just a little hungry!" Li Yuechen sat up expectantly, came to her side, opened the lid and leaned his head over to look.

I saw a few slices of chicken mixed with a piece of ginseng soaked in the translucent chicken soup with a few drops of oil floating in it, and there was a slight heat in the cold weather.

Li Yuechen sniffled and nodded: "Well, the taste is pretty good..."

But the question is...if such a big ginseng is eaten...will it cause nosebleeds?

The things in the palace are not simple, let alone for the princess to eat. Judging from the size of this ginseng, it is at least a hundred years old.

However, considering that I once drank more than a dozen bowls of ice cream in one go without any problems, it should not be a big problem.

It happened to be a little hungry, Li Yuechen didn't care about that, and drank the chicken soup in one go.

Seeing that she had an appetite to eat, Shangguan Wan'er smiled: "It seems that His Highness is in good spirits, so Wan'er is relieved."

"Well, don't worry, it's fine." Li Yuechen waved his hand and lay down on the rocking chair again, "It's getting late, Wan'er, go back and rest early."

"Don't you need Wan'er to accompany His Highness?" She tilted her head and asked.

Li Yuechen shook his head: "This is the mourning hall, it's not appropriate to be with you without laughing and joking."

"Alright then, Wan'er will go back first." Although she was a little disappointed, since Li Yuechen was fine, at least she was relieved.

After Shangguan Wan'er went back, Li Yuechen closed his eyes again and planned to squint for a while.

However, I don't know if it's because of eating ginseng. I feel a little hot in my body, and I can't sleep at all when I close my eyes.

After thinking about it, he simply took a cushion, sat cross-legged in front of his father's coffin, and began to recite scriptures.

……

A few days after Li Zhi's death, Datang ushered in the new year of Yongchun's third year.

Because it happened to be during the national mourning period, even if it was the grand court meeting on the first day of the new year, all the officials looked sad.

At the noon banquet, no dancers were called to add to the fun. Everyone ate very quietly, and the atmosphere was even a little stiff.

After finally surviving the banquet, as soon as he returned to the East Palace, Li Xian couldn't wait to take off the tiara, and called the maids to come over to help take off the troublesome diadem on his body.

Because the late emperor's coffin was still in the palace, even Li Xian, who had become the emperor, still lived in the East Palace during this time, but he would go into the palace to accompany his mother when he was free.

After changing his clothes, Li Xian sat down on the rocking chair and rocked lightly, and waved to Sun Jingbang: "Hurry up and make tea!"

Wei Lian'er, who was next to him, walked gently behind him, and kneaded his shoulders: "What will happen to Dachao?"

"Don't mention it, I'm too tired!" Li Xian waved his hand and murmured to himself, "I said I was wrong, but you insisted on letting me be... I knew it would be so troublesome, I shouldn't agree to anything at the beginning... ..."

The current Li Xian really regrets being the emperor. Wouldn't it be good to sleep more on the first day of the Lunar New Year?I have to sit on the dragon chair to listen to the nonsense parallel prose, and I have to accept congratulations from the ministers and foreign envoys.

After all, there are only a few words every year, and there is nothing new.

Seeing his poor appearance, Wei Lian'er hated iron for being weak, she advised: "How can Your Majesty do this? As the Son of Heaven, it is only right and proper to accept court congratulations, how can you feel tired?"

"You don't understand..." Li Xian waved his hands and said casually, "When there is a chance in the future, I will let you sit behind the bead curtain like A Niang and see!"

After speaking, he twisted his neck, moved his shoulders, looked left and right and said, "Where's the tea? Hurry up and bring it here! Lian'er, use your strength!"

"Ah? Oh oh..."

Wei Lian'er, who was a little dazed, came back to her senses and continued to knead his shoulders.

(End of this chapter)