Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 718: : Agreeing on the Country Name
Wu Mi smiled and declined three times. This was the third time the emperor had issued an edict to abdicate. According to tradition, he could no longer refuse, but had to follow the will of the people and take a further step.

Although Wu Mi didn't care much about fame and fortune, she would be happy if she could become the queen.

Since Wu Mi was like this, the other women were naturally even happier.

Among them, Xiao Yunxi, Chu Juan and Chu Ran are the most popular.

After all, one is the former wife of Prince Huai, and a princess of a vassal state with military power, one is the daughter of Prince Huai, and one is the princess of the Great Song Dynasty and the eldest daughter-in-law of the former prime minister with real power.

Before they got together with Chen Mo, each of them had a higher status and position than Chen Mo.

After being possessed by Chen Mo, she lost all these halos. Although she did not show it on the surface, in her heart she would more or less compare Chen Mo with her previous life and with her previous partners, and feel that it was not very satisfactory.

Later, as Chen Mo's status and power grew, this sense of dissatisfaction gradually dissipated.

By now, it is completely gone.

Chen Mo took the abdication edict sent from the palace. This time, he was no longer humble and asked someone to call Geng Songfu.

Geng Songfu came very quickly. Although Chen Mo sent someone to notify him, it took him only a quarter of an hour to arrive at the mansion. It was hard not to suspect that Geng Songfu was waiting outside the Prince of Wei's mansion.

Chen Mo was also startled by Geng Songfu's quick arrival, but then he smiled and quickly regained his composure, saying, "Since Your Majesty has given in so much, I can no longer refuse."

Geng Songfu continued to set the stage for Chen Mo, saying: "Your Highness is indifferent to fame and gain, loyal to the Song Dynasty and Your Majesty, I really admire you. But the throne of the Son of Heaven is more important than the mountains and seas, and Your Majesty believes that he is not talented enough to take on such a big responsibility, so he passed the throne to Your Highness. It just so happens that this is the will of heaven and the people, and Your Highness should follow the will of heaven and the people and succeed to the throne."

"Since Your Majesty, Prime Minister Geng, the ministers, and the people all support me, I will obey the will of heaven and inherit the throne. Prime Minister Geng, please ask Lord Chen to prepare for the abdication ceremony."

"promise."

Geng Songfu bowed and withdrew.

After coming out of Prince Wei's Palace, he refused to take the sedan chair as his legs and feet were a little unsteady, and hurried to Hanyuan Hall with brisk steps.

In the Hanyuan Hall, ministers such as Zuo Lianglun, Chen Xiu, and Wu Yanqing did not leave and were waiting anxiously.

After seeing Geng Songfu coming back, they all came forward and asked impatiently: "Prime Minister Geng, what happened?"

"Prime Minister Geng, has the King of Wei agreed?"

"Geng Xiang"

Geng Songfu deliberately kept everyone in suspense to whet everyone's appetite, then turned his gaze to Chen Xiu: "Master Chen, hurry up and prepare for the abdication ceremony."

Although this was not a direct answer, its meaning was very clear: the King of Wei agreed.

For a moment, all the ministers were excited. If they were not people of high status and who cared about etiquette, they would have danced with joy at this moment.

After Geng Songfu moved his gaze back from Chen Xiu, it fell on a man in a gray robe.

The man in gray robe is Xu Zheng from the Imperial Observatory.

He was also the person who helped Lu Sheng open the Soul-Devouring Array in Luonan last time.

In the Song Dynasty, it was illegal to study astronomy privately, so there were very few people who could observe celestial phenomena. Xu Zheng was the epitome of this small number of people, and a talent that was difficult to cultivate.

Therefore, Chen Mo did not punish him last time. After arriving in Tianchuan, he still let Xu Zheng serve as the director of the Imperial Observatory.

"Sir Xu, it's up to you to pick an auspicious day." Chen Xiu said.

"Don't worry, Prime Minister Geng. I will take care of this matter." Chen Mo did not punish him and allowed him to continue serving as the director of the Imperial Observatory. For this, Xu Zheng was very grateful to Chen Mo. However, he did not need the Imperial Observatory normally and Xu Zheng could not show his gratitude. Now that the opportunity has finally come, he must choose a good day for the abdication ceremony.

"Lord Xu, please do it as early as possible. I hope that everything can be completed before winter, and it can also cooperate with the launch of the new calendar." Zuo Lianglun considered things more comprehensively.

……

When Emperor Yong'an learned that Chen Mo agreed, he felt humiliated and angry, but a huge stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

At least I don't have to worry anymore.

But he still felt a little unsafe.

To be on the safe side, he had been bothering Wu Xian almost every day these days, hoping that she could give him a child as soon as possible.

But this time cannot be guaranteed.

So he has to prepare for both situations.

He ground the ink himself and started writing on a piece of white paper.

After a lot of dancing.

Emperor Yong'an looked at the words he had written on the paper, a trace of reluctance and grief flashed across his face, but thinking about what that person had done to him, Emperor Yong'an completely calmed down and said, "Come here."

"Your Majesty." A eunuch walked in quickly.

Emperor Yong'an handed a letter to the eunuch and said, "Send it to Kunning Palace and give it to Empress Zhao."

……

Zhao Yusu was only deposed by Emperor Yong'an, and the other ministers did not approve of it, so she still lived in Kunning Palace and was still the queen.

Ever since she figured it out in her mind, or perhaps she felt that Emperor Yong'an did this because he was forced by Chen Mo, and that after Emperor Yong'an abdicated, she could reconcile with him, her mentality improved again. She had three meals a day, and her complexion gradually became much better, not so haggard, waiting for that day to come.

After learning that Emperor Yong'an had abdicated three times today, she felt much better, even though she had yet to receive news on whether Chen Mo agreed or not. After all, refusing three times is a tradition, unless Chen Mo really doesn't want to "usurp the throne."

In this way, the day when she and His Majesty will be reunited is not far away.

Just then, the palace maid came to report that His Majesty had sent someone.

Zhao Yusu was delighted when she heard that. She knew that His Majesty had done that on purpose before. His Majesty loved her and had her in his heart.

Now that the three abdication edicts have been issued, I finally don’t have to worry about anything anymore.

Although Zhao Yusu thought so in her heart, she received a divorce letter from Emperor Yong'an.

Emperor Yong'an wanted to divorce his wife.

After the abolition of the empress, this is about the state system.

It requires the consent of all the ministers.

But divorcing a wife is a family matter and does not require the consent of the ministers.

Especially when Emperor Yong'an issued three edicts.

The ministers didn't care whether he divorced his wife or not.

I only care about the day when the King of Wei officially ascends the throne.

After reading the divorce letter, Zhao Yusu was so sad that she couldn't bear the blow and fainted.

It was not until the evening that I woke up.

At this time, she still retained a glimmer of hope.

He believed that the matter had not yet been completely settled, the abdication ceremony had not yet begun, and Chen Mo had not yet ascended the throne.

Perhaps after Chen Mo ascends the throne and Emperor Yong'an is no longer the emperor, it will be the time for her and Emperor Yong'an to reconcile.

It was already the afternoon of the next day when the army learned that the King of Wei had accepted Your Majesty's abdication.

The whole barracks cheered.

They were happier than the ministers in the court.

Compared with the civil servants in the court, these soldiers have no empty ambitions and ideals.

Their idea was very pure, that is, to get promoted, get rich and marry a wife. And most of the credit for the King of Wei's present day was due to them.

As the saying goes, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

So if the King of Wei becomes emperor, can they be left out of the benefits?

Perhaps by then there will be many more lords in the army.

……

The time came to July of the fourth year of Yong'an.

Hot summer.

In the side room, Xia Zhining was lying on a soft couch covered with a bamboo mat. Her face was bare of makeup and she looked a little haggard. She was holding a big belly and did not look well.

But because of the discomfort, I was also muttering in my heart that I hated someone.

After all, she suffered all this sin because of that man.

Xia Zhining was conceived around December of the third year of Yong'an, and it has been more than eight months now.

It will be around the middle to late next month.

There was a wooden barrel of ice in the room. Xia Zhiqing, the elder sister, was taking care of her. She held a plate of spicy beef in her hand and would occasionally pick up a piece and feed it into Xia Zhining's mouth.

"Zhi Ning, people say that sour and spicy food bring about boys and girls. You eat so much spicy food, so aren't you afraid of giving birth to a girl?" Xia Zhiqing said softly.

"What's wrong with girls? I like girls too, I don't believe he dares not like it." Then, Xia Zhining said proudly: "Sister, you can give birth to twins, so can I."

"Okay, okay, then help Zhining give birth to twins, a boy and a girl." Xia Zhiqing coaxed.

At this time, a midwife entered the hall. As Xia Zhining's belly grew bigger, the waiter was replaced. She said to Xia Zhiqing, "Madam, the prince is here."

Xia Zhining was delighted when she heard this, but she said coldly, "He still knew how to come over. Why didn't he die in Yue Ruyan's belly?"

During this period, Chen Mo had been obsessed with Yue Ruyan, causing complaints from other women in the mansion. Xia Zhining, who was more than eight months pregnant, had the most complaints.

"Zhi Ning, don't say that. His Majesty has just abdicated, and your husband has been busy with court affairs during this period." Xia Zhiqing winked at the midwife, and said after the midwife left.

"Hey, who made Zhining angry? I heard it outside."

As soon as Xia Zhiqing finished speaking, Chen Mo also entered the room. Looking at the two sisters lying and sitting on the couch, his eyes lit up slightly.

Xia Zhining snorted coldly: "Besides you, a bastard, who else would you come to see me?"

Chen Mo didn't say anything else. He walked closer, stretched out his hand and gently took Xia Zhining's slender hand, saying, "I'm thinking of you."

"Hmph." Xia Zhining snorted again, but the anger in her heart had passed.

Of course, if she wasn't pregnant, she wouldn't be so easy to talk to.

"The baby is due in more than a month, why are you eating spicy food?" Chen Mo said as he looked at the spicy beef that Xia Zhiqing brought.

"Zhi Ning wants to eat, and she especially likes spicy food recently. Sister Mi said that as long as she doesn't eat too much, it will be fine." Xia Zhiqing said as she picked up a piece of spicy beef and fed it to Chen Mo.

Chen Mo ate the beef and his fingers, and after a moment, he said, "It smells good."

Xia Zhiqing's face only slightly blushed at this kind of intimacy. After all, they had been together for a long time and she was not as shy as before.

"Husband, how is the name of the country going?" Xia Zhiqing put down the spicy beef, took out a handkerchief, wiped her hands, and said.

"I haven't decided yet, but I've chosen a few."

"Which ones?" Xia Zhining interrupted.

"There are Wei, Chen, Qing and Qian. These four country names are the most recognized by the people, but they are also the most controversial." Chen Mo said.

There are many reasons and backgrounds for determining the country's name.

The name of a country was determined by the title of a noble, so there was Wei.

Some countries also use the surname of the founder as the country's name, so there is Chen.

Some are named after the place where they originated or their specialties, so Qingzhou’s Qing was taken.

The name Qian comes from the fact that the land of Qingzhou originally belonged to the ancient Qian Kingdom.

There are also those based on prophecies or social slogans.

For example, Chen Mo’s previous life, Ming Dynasty founder Zhu Yuanzhang, named his country Ming based on the slogan “The wise king was born to save all living beings”.

"Which name did Uncle Geng choose for the country?" Xia Zhiqing asked.

"Chen." Chen Mo said, "They also said that I am a descendant of the Chen Kingdom, which can be regarded as a restoration of the country. But I think that using Chen as the country's name is too personal and petty."

In Chen Mo's history books from his previous life, except for those small countries, there were no unified countries that used the founder's surname as their country name.

"Husband, which country's name has more ministers agreeing with it?" Xia Zhiqing asked again.

"Wei and Chen, I haven't done a specific statistics, but I think the number of people who agree with these two country names is about the same." Chen Mo said.

"Which one do you identify with, husband?"

“I’m still thinking about it.”

Chen Mo wanted to name the country Wei, but the Wei Kingdom in his previous life had a very short lifespan. Although there was no Wei Kingdom in this world, he still felt a little bothered about it.

The name of a country is a big matter and it is even more related to the country's destiny.

The Xia Zhiqing sisters did not give any advice casually, but asked Chen Mo to think carefully about it.

Chen Mo said: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Since I'm here, I'll spend some time with you guys."

As he spoke, Chen Mo gently embraced Xia Zhining's delicate body, moved closer to her plump and slightly moist lips, and kissed them, greedily taking them.

Xia Zhining stretched out her two white and tender hands and gently pushed Chen Mo away.

With her big belly, this kind of "hug and kiss" made her not in the mood for intimacy.

Chen Mo thought she was being too proud and ignored her. However, seeing her continuous rejection, he had no choice but to let her go. After looking at her face and seeing that she really didn't have this intention, he could only restrain himself and talk to her.

After chatting for a while, Xia Zhining felt a little sleepy. At this time, she was actually "considerate" to Chen Mo.

It would be inconvenient for her to serve Chen Mo as she was pregnant, so she asked her sister to do it.

Xia Zhiqing: "..."

Although she felt a little embarrassed and annoyed, Xia Zhiqing didn't mind. Instead, she was quite excited.

She thought about it too.

Chen Mo could only turn around and hug Xia Zhiqing, kissing her on the lips, then he moved closer to the beauty's chest, his mind slightly concentrated.

Xia Zhiqing's heart trembled, and she was about to refuse but also to accept. Xia Zhining said: "Don't do it here."

Although she didn't mind, it was annoying to watch.

Originally, Xia Zhiqing was fine, but when she heard her sister speak, her beautiful face suddenly turned red like fire and bright like clouds, and she said shyly, "Husband, come to my room."

Chen Mo nodded, and carried Xia Zhiqing in a princess hug to her room.

As soon as they entered the room, before the door was closed, Chen Mo put her down, kissed her, then kicked his foot back lightly, closed the door, turned around, and pushed Xia Zhiqing against the door.

(End of this chapter)