The queen has so many tricks

Chapter 163 Enthronement ([-])

Before the banquet was half over, there was a sound of clattering pipas, and a group of young men in white came up holding long swords, all of them were handsome and extraordinary, dancing with white flowers and silver sparkles.

Sitting on the emperor's throne, Chang Ji squinted his eyes, but couldn't see what this dazzling mass was.

Behind them came a group of young boys in Tsing Yi playing, playing, playing and singing, another macho sumo wrestler, and a little official with a delicate face, who writhed like a cramped snake and performed a dance.

A group of ingenious officials carefully looked at Chang'an, to see which one she was interested in, or which one she stared at more than three times, and hurriedly tried to find a way to send it to Her Majesty's imperial couch.If there are more than three eyes, the number of times His Majesty has seen them will be arranged in order, and one will be sent every now and then.

But Her Majesty the Empress seemed to be lacking in interest, so she first invited them to have a drink together, and said some words of encouragement to all the ministers, she was blinked by the shining silver sword dance, and the rest of the eyelids did not lift, occasionally a few Every time he raised his eyes, he stared at the same place, where the fourth son Kanmu Shi Shenshe was sitting.

All the ministers had their own thoughts, and some spared no effort to calculate how many times the Empress looked at this and that, some kept flattering the horse and racking their brains to make the Empress smile, some started to stumble because of something in their words, and some were holding back and didn't know where to go. No matter what, I'm too busy.

Looking at the entire hall, only Shen She came to eat sincerely.

From the beginning of the banquet, he has not stopped talking, the wine, vegetables, fruit and cakes are delicious.During the period, he also tried to encourage the officials next door to drink and punch him, but was glared at by Chang Mo, and finally sat down and ate his meal honestly.

The ingenious group of officials immediately fixed their eyes on Shen She according to the number of times Chang Wei looked at it, um... the men in this hall are not as handsome as this fourth young master.Hmm... Her Majesty the Empress really has good eyesight!

It's time to solve problems for Her Majesty the Empress!
When the banquet was half over, Chang Wei left first.This is the king's usual behavior. After all, not everyone is like Shen She, no matter who is sitting on it, he can let go of his hands and feet to eat and drink.

All the ministers respectfully sent off the royal driver, and the banquet really became lively. Among the ingenious officials, Jin Geliu, the eldest son of Jin Ge Mansion, was the first to lead a group of people to toast Shen She enthusiastically.The sooner you get him down, the sooner you can send him to Her Majesty's bed.

After a few rounds of drinking, people drank again and again, Shen She was still not satisfied, grabbed Jin Ge who was about to slip away and said: "My son is not happy with drinking, why do you want to leave? Come on, come on, drink!"

He just poured Jin Ge down.

Chang Ji returned to the Zhengjing Hall, first went to the inner hall to take off his crown clothes and put on regular clothes, and Tan Qing served sobering tea.Although she likes to drink, she doesn't hold much alcohol, and she didn't drink much at the banquet.When the ministers came to toast, Shen Shanze and Shen Shanzhi blocked part of her for her, and Nie Chuanzhen also drank a lot for her, so as not to get drunk.

It was still early when she drank the hangover tea, she came to Qingxin Pavilion, and then entered the door, Hong Liaozi came in and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zuoxiang is seeking to see you outside."

Chang Wei said: "Tell me."

Nie Chuanzhen came in to salute, Chang Wei waved her hand to excuse her, called Tan Qing and said, "Give Zuo Xiang a bowl of sober tea. Zuo Xiang also drank a lot just now, maybe he also escaped from the banquet?"

Nie Chuanzhen looked at her with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty made fun of me."

Chang Ji sat on the couch and asked Nie Chuan Zhen to sit too.

Nie Chuanzhen thanked his seat, sat opposite Chang Wei and said: "Just now the envoys from Weishui came to present Empress Chongxi to congratulate His Majesty on her enthronement?"

Chang Ji said, "Empress Chongxi?"

Empress Chongxi is the empress of Weishui. The first empress of the Eastern Continent, the Weishui family, has abdicated and is honored as Chongxi.

Chang Ji said: "I know her. When she came to the throne, she ordered Lin Hu's family to be killed. A pair of Lin Hu's brothers fled to Shenshan. Because of this matter, Yuan Che and I had a disagreement. The congratulatory gifts are received by the Zongzheng Temple, so why did Prime Minister Zuo send what kind of gifts she gave?"

Nie Chuanzhen said: "It's a big gift, this is the letter, please read it, Your Majesty."

She took out a gift letter from her sleeve and handed it to Chang Wei.

Chang Wei received the gift letter, opened it, was slightly surprised, and then smiled and said, "Empress Chongxi is so generous. She actually returned the three cities of Cangshan, Canglang, and Cangyang to Luoshui."

In the past, Emperor Chu took advantage of Weishui's national funeral to attack Weishui. In order to reduce the military power of Shenshan Mansion, Duan Zhi was appointed General Pingyuan, and he dispatched 50 troops from Shenshan Mansion to march against Weishui.In this famous battle between Wei and Luo, Luoshui not only failed to defeat Weishui, but was chased by Weishui.

Nan Zhao also sent troops to Luoshui at that time, and fought against Weishui from both sides. Emperor Chu had no choice but to order Yuan Che to clean up the mess.Yuan Che repelled Nan Zhao's soldiers and horses, and asked for an order to recover the three cities of Cangshan, Canglang and Cangyang.

Emperor Chu refused, and would rather cede these three cities to Weishui than let Shenshan Mansion take back the lost land and re-command the military power of the 50 soldiers and horses.

The three cities of Cangshan, Canglang, and Cangyang have always been occupied by Weishui, and now they are sent back unconditionally just to congratulate Changbi on his ascension to the throne.

Chang Ji said: "We were at the banquet just now, and the envoys from Weishui were also there, so why didn't we present such an important gift in public?"

Nie Chuanzhen said: "The Weishui envoys at the banquet are people who are in the Weishui today, and the person who came to deliver this congratulatory gift just now is the person of Empress Chongxi. Although Empress Chongxi abdicated, her power should not be underestimated. The gift of returning the city Although the letter was not presented in public, when the minister came, everyone in Xuanhe Palace probably knew about it."

Chang Wei put down the letter of ceremony, frowned and pondered for a moment and said, "What does Zuo Xiang think about this?"

Tan Qing asked the palace servants to serve sober tea, and then brought tea to Chang Ji.Chang Bi turned his face towards her, and she led the palace servants in the pavilion to retreat.

Nie Chuanzhen said: "Since ancient times, heroes have cherished heroes. Empress Chongxi is the first empress born in Dongzhou. Now Your Majesty is following her closely. Empress Chongxi must show something. Besides, Nan Zhao sent back Shen De and Shen Wu. In the second city, Weishui may also be worried that Nanzhao and Luoshui are too close, if they form an alliance to attack Weishui, Weishui will not be able to support them, so they also want to take this opportunity to win over Luoshui."

Chang Ji smiled: "Master Zuo is right, but Empress Chongxi is really willing."

Nie Chuanzhen said: "Wei River has occupied the three cities of Luo River, since we want to return the cities like Nanzhao did, if we want to return a few and keep a few, it will make people unhappy, and it will only make people laugh. It's better to return the three together, so that His Majesty will remember her as a great favor."

Chang Wei nodded, and said in silence for a while: "I think it's not just that. What does Zuo think about Empress Chongxi?"

(End of this chapter)