Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 572: Asking for Advice in the Golden Palace
Zhao Yong and his deputy envoy left the palace with full of doubts.

But when Zhao Mu arrived at the harem, he was furious.

When the ladies in the six palaces heard the news, they all came to Zhao Mu.

Soon, Queen Mu Wanqing of the East Palace, Queen Li Qinglu of the West Palace, Princess Anping, Princess Chai, Princess Qian, Huyan Jin, Azhu, Wang Yuyan and others arrived together.

Facing Zhao Mu with a gloomy face, everyone didn't know what had happened.

Mu Wanqing then looked at the Four Sword Sisters and asked them what was going on.

In response to everyone's doubts, Ju Jian gave a brief explanation.

Hu Yanjin couldn't help but be shocked after hearing this: "Ah? There are actually such foolish and unjust kings in this world. My husband has expanded the territory for the Song Dynasty, but he wants two emperors to rule together. Moreover, it has been said since ancient times that 'there is no two suns in the sky, and there is no two kings for the people'. The Song Dynasty is the true emperor, and the Liao State also calls itself the emperor. If my husband is added as the emperor, there will be three emperors in the world. How can there be such a ridiculous thing in this world?"

Mu Wanqing also said at this time: "This is indeed quite absurd. If it is just like what they did to the Dali Kingdom, calling themselves the Son of Heaven internally and the King externally. It would be fine to ride the Emperor's palanquin. But this wants you to be the real Son of Heaven. How can there be three Sons of Heaven in this world?"

But Li Qinglu's idea was the opposite of theirs. Li Qinglu said, "I think this is an opportunity. We might as well accept the conditions of this fake emperor. Our army is still exhausted now, so we might as well accept the conditions and conserve our energy. After three to five years, when we are strong and powerful, we can go to compete for the Central Plains."

Faced with Li Qinglu's strategy of "saving the country in a roundabout way", Zhao Mu did not express his opinion.

At this time Zhao Mu looked at Azhu.

Ah Zhu saw Zhao Mu's gaze and immediately said, "Sir, do you want to tell them now?"

Zhao Mu nodded.

Afterwards, Ah Zhu told everyone about the golden box.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. At this time, Anping said, "Since Your Majesty is the true emperor, why do we need the fake emperor in Bianjing City to enthrone him?"

Li Qinglu then changed her attitude and agreed, "Sister Anping's words make sense. Since the throne of the Son of Heaven has been passed on to my husband by the late Emperor, then my husband is the true Son of Heaven. Why should I rule the world with him?"

Hu Yanjin looked at Zhao Mu and said, "But what my husband is concerned about now is that this matter will affect the entire body, not to mention the internal strife, it may even lead to wars among several countries."

While Zhao Mu was discussing with the ladies, he heard Long Xuan come forward and report: "Your Majesty, all the officials want to see you."

Upon hearing the news, the concubines all looked at each other in confusion.

Hu Yanjin said: "The people still don't know about the Golden Casket, they may be here to persuade him to ascend the throne."

Li Qinglu said, "Since all the officials want to see you, it is inconvenient for us concubines to show up. Sisters, let's go back to the back hall first and let the king meet all the officials."

With that, the concubines were about to leave, but Zhao Mu knew that Li Qinglu was the leader among the girls, and most of them trusted her. This girl also had the most ideas in the past.

Then Zhao Mu called Li Qinglu and asked her to meet the ministers with him.

Li Qinglu did not refuse after hearing this. She then covered her face with a veil and stood beside Zhao Mu.

Then, the civil and military officials came in one after another, and they were just as Zhao Mu expected. The military officials were headed by the Grand Commandant Wang Xian, and the civil officials were headed by the Prime Minister Hu Yanrui. All the officials held their own persuasion petitions, asking Zhao Mu to accept the canonization of the Song Dynasty, from then on establish a ancestral temple and call himself the emperor, and succeed the throne of the Son of Heaven. Act as the Son of Heaven and the King in the Western Regions.

In response to the advice from his ministers, Zhao Mu looked at Li Qinglu.

This time, Zhao Mu did not reject the advice from his ministers.

Zhao Mu said, "I approve your petition." The ministers were very surprised by Zhao Mu's "going along with it" attitude. They thought Zhao Mu was so angry that they would have to spend a lot of time to persuade him to agree.

But I didn't expect Zhao Mu to agree so easily.

But then Zhao Mu said: "It's just that I am very curious now, who is the true emperor between me and Prince Duan?"

After hearing what Zhao Mu said, all the ministers looked at each other.

Hu Yanrui then came out and reported, "Your Majesty, since the Emperor of Song has acknowledged Your Majesty as the Emperor, then Your Majesty and the Emperor of Song are both the Emperors. Naturally, there is no distinction between true and false."

Faced with this vague answer, Zhao Mu did not refute, but just said something in Li Qinglu's ear, and then Li Qinglu turned and left.

Zhao Mu said to his ministers, "Please wait for a moment, my dear ministers. I have something to show you."

Everyone didn't understand what was going on, so they had to wait.

After a while, Li Qinglu entered from the main hall holding the golden box. Everyone looked at what was in Li Qinglu's hand, all of them were confused.

It was not until he got closer and saw the carvings on the golden box clearly that he suddenly realized what was going on.

Li Qinglu placed the golden box in front of Zhao Mu's desk, and then stood aside.

Zhao Mu pointed at the golden box and asked, "Does anyone know what this is?"

Hu Yanrui replied: "Is this the golden box that Taizu and Taizong used to inherit the throne?"

Zhao Mu replied: "Exactly!"

Hearing this, all the ministers couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

After all, for most people, the "Golden Box Alliance" is just a historical allusion. Compared with the golden box in front of them, everyone is more willing to believe the story of the candlelight and the axe sound.

But no one expected that this "Golden Box" actually existed.

Zhao Mu then told everyone in detail how Fang Shisan had gone through many hardships to deliver the imperial seal.

After Zhao Mu finished speaking, he took out the imperial seal and the edict of succession that Zhezong had placed inside the golden box.

Zhao Mu handed the imperial edict to Li Qinglu beside him, and then asked Li Qinglu to read it aloud.

When the ministers heard the contents of the edict of succession, they were greatly surprised.

After Li Qinglu finished reading, Zhao Mu said, "This golden box was secretly given to me by His Majesty before I left. At that time, I didn't know what this mysterious gift from His Majesty was. At that time, His Majesty repeatedly told me not to return to the capital without his permission, and not to open this gift without his imperial decree. It seems that His Majesty had anticipated today's situation and prepared it for me. My dear ministers, do you think we should still listen to the lies of Prince Duan, a traitor who plotted to usurp the throne, and accept his conditions for enthronement?"

All the ministers were very indignant after hearing this.

Hu Yanrui said: "Since Your Majesty has already drafted an imperial edict to pass the throne to my master, then Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor of our Song Dynasty. How can you accept the title of the false emperor of Prince Duan?"

Wang Xian also reported at this time: "Your Majesty, why should a true dragon be crowned as a false dragon? Your Majesty should obey the will of heaven as soon as possible, accept the will of the late emperor, and inherit the throne. Then issue a proclamation and order the righteous armies of the world to fight against the rebels and rectify the world."

Zhao Mu looked at everyone and said, "Now that the false emperor has taken the throne first, it is natural for him to inherit the throne. But now your majesty is imprisoned, which is really worrying. If we openly attack, I am afraid that it will bring disaster to your majesty. What should we do now? I wonder if you have any good ideas?"

(End of this chapter)