Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 65 Qing Bai secretly becomes the prince
Emperor Jing'an loved his grandson Qingbai very much.

When he decided to give the Zen throne to the third prince, he also decided that the next emperor would be Qingbai.

Therefore, he also considered Qing Bai's background.

Qing Bai's biological mother Su Zhiwan was originally just the maid of the third prince, and she had died of illness long ago.

The third prince's princess is the Xiahou family. This Xiahou family also has a son, Yuan Qingzhe. Yuan Qingzhe is the third prince's eldest son and has reached adulthood.

So Emperor Jing'an specifically asked the third prince about the situation of Xiahou and Yuan Qingzhe in detail.

The third prince gave a detailed explanation, including the fact that Xiahou's family was not worthy of his position and he had not treated Yuan Qingbai well in the past. It also included that Yuan Qingzhe blackmailed his younger brother and stole the inheritance of Yuan Qingbai's biological mother.

Emperor Jing'an was furious when he found out, this is great!

When Emperor Jing'an summoned the third prince to talk about the Zen throne, he explained some things.

One of them is not to appoint the Xiahou family as the queen, but to continue to imprison Yuan Qingzhe in the Yiqin Palace.

Naturally, the third prince would not disobey him, and he wished he could do so.

He had long thought of abolishing Xiahou's princess, but it was just not convenient to do so.

How could he be willing to appoint Xiahou as his queen?

In this way, Xiahou lost the opportunity to become queen.

The third prince proposed to Emperor Jing'an that he should be appointed as the queen, and Emperor Jing'an agreed.

He has been the third prince's concubine for many years and is getting older.

The second daughter of the third prince who died of illness more than two years ago, the princess in her twenties, was born to the He family.

Mr. He is a virtuous man, but now he has no children.

With her as queen and Yuan Qingbai's mother, Emperor Jing'an was naturally relieved.

In fact, the third prince's proposal to make He the queen was also to prevent his sons from competing for the throne. He himself had suffered enough from the dangers and hardships of competing for the throne for many years.

The third prince also has two sons, Yuan Qingsong and Yuan Qingshu, especially Yuan Qingsong, whose biological mother is the third prince's concubine Du.

Emperor Jing'an and the third prince had a tacit understanding about their love for Qingbai...

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On this day, when Yuan Qingbai returned to the second of the Five Qianxi Institutes after studying at the Guards Office, he sipped fragrant tea and listened with great interest to the female family members detailing today's stupidity of the Xiahou family and the anger of the cold-faced king.

Yuan Qingbai couldn't help but be secretly happy.

Originally, he was worried that once the cold-faced king became emperor, Xiahou would be appointed as the queen. Since he and the people in his room lived with Xiahou, they would have to show filial piety to Xiahou.

He judged that the Xiahou family would probably make things difficult for him and treat the people in his room harshly, and even the lives of the people in his room might be in danger.

He originally planned to use scheming means.

Now it's better, his father, the cold-faced king, did not appoint Xiahou as the queen, and did not allow him and his family members to show filial piety to Xiahou. Instead, he wanted to appoint He as the queen.

And this guy Yuan Qingzhe is still imprisoned in Prince Yiqin's Mansion.

It saved Yuan Qingbai trouble.

However, of course Yuan Qingbai would still be wary of Xiahou. He judged that this stupid woman probably wanted to murder him, and she might turn this crazy idea into practice in the future.

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It was New Year's Eve not long after the third prince moved into the palace.

This New Year's Eve is the last day of the era "Jing'an".

The next day, the first day of the first lunar month, a grand Zen ceremony was held in the palace, which was also the grand retirement celebration of Emperor Jing'an. On the same day, Yuan Sisui, the new emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, put on the imperial attire and held an enthronement ceremony.

The era name "Jing'an" ended on New Year's Eve yesterday!

The new emperor's reign name "Chengtai" will be used today!
The era name "Chengtai" was given by Emperor Jing'an. The implication of "Cheng" is that the new emperor was inherited by Emperor Jing'an from his Zen throne. "Tai" means peace and prosperity for the country and the people.

This year is the first year of Chengtai.

From now on, Yuan Sisui is no longer Prince Yiqin, but Emperor Chengtai!
However, the power of Emperor Chengtai, the new emperor, was limited.

For example, Qianqing Palace is still the nominal residence of Emperor Jing'an, and Emperor Chengtai's residence is scheduled to be Baohe Hall.

In fact, when Emperor Jing'an ascended the throne as a young boy, he used Baohe Hall as his residence for eight years.

The Ningshou Palace area on East Neiting Road of the Imperial Palace is already being renovated, but it is expected to take three to four years to complete. When the renovation is completed, Emperor Jing'an will move there.

On the second day of the first lunar month, with the consent of the Supreme Emperor Jing'an, Emperor Chengtai honored his biological mother Yi Fei as the empress dowager. According to the Dazhou system, Concubine Yi was not the queen conferred by Emperor Jing'an, but the empress dowager conferred by Emperor Chengtai. Therefore, she was not called the "Tai Shang Queen" from now on, but the "Empress Dowager". This is also consistent with the original work, which writes, "Nowadays, I serve the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager day and night, and I still cannot fulfill my filial duty."

On the third day of the first lunar month, Emperor Chengtai also secretly appointed a heir apparent. This was Emperor Jing'an's order to him.

On this day, under the witness of Emperor Jing'an, Emperor Chengtai personally wrote the edict of establishing the crown prince in duplicate in the Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.

The edict said: "The emperor's third son, Qingbai, is a man of extraordinary talents. Among all his grandchildren, he is the most beloved by the emperor. He raised him in the palace, and he was kind enough to be beyond the ordinary. I also loved him. On the third day of the first month of the first year of Chengtai, he was established as the crown prince." "

There are two copies of the imperial edict, one sealed in a brocade box and placed behind the "Upright and Bright" plaque in the Qianqing Palace, and the other kept by Emperor Tai himself.

In this way, if Emperor Chengtai dies unexpectedly, Prince Qingbai, who was appointed the crown prince in the decree, will ascend the throne and become the emperor!

Because the existence of the prince left a deep shadow on Emperor Jing'an and made him tired, Emperor Jing'an did not let Emperor Chengtai appoint Qingbai as the prince openly, but adopted the secret method of establishing the heir apparent.

However, both Emperor Jing'an and Emperor Chengtai knew that even if Qing Bai was not appointed as the crown prince, people would know that Qing Bai was the crown prince in secret.

Because Qingbai was the beloved grandson of Emperor Jing'an.

Because Qingbai was also the beloved prince of Emperor Chengtai.

Because Emperor Chengtai only had four sons.

Because Qingbai has been treated like a prince.

Because of this, Emperor Jing'an also wanted Qingbai to serve as a minister in charge of the bodyguards, moved Qingbai into Yuqing Palace, and made Qingbai the county king...

The next day, the fourth day of the first lunar month, Emperor Chengtai appointed Qingbai, the third son of the emperor, as the minister in charge of the bodyguards of the bodyguard department. Qi Zizhang, the original minister of the bodyguards, resigned and was appointed by Emperor Jing'an as the minister in charge of the bodyguards of the Supreme Bodyguards.

The next day, the fifth day of the first lunar month, Qingbai, the third son of the emperor, moved from the second residence of the Five Qianxi Institutes to Yuqing Palace!

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Yuqing Palace is located on the East Road of the Imperial Palace, and is only separated from the Qianqing Palace by the Zhai Palace.

Yuqing Palace is a rectangular building complex with four front and rear entrances. Its area is nearly twice as large as the second of the Five Qianxi Palaces where Yuan Qingbai lived before.

There is a star gate in front of the main entrance, and inside the gate is the first courtyard.

The second gate is Xiangxu Gate. Inside the gate is the second entrance courtyard, which contains the Dunben Hall.

In the third courtyard, there is the main hall, Yuqing Palace. This main hall is a G-shaped hall. The front hall is five rooms wide and three rooms deep. It has yellow glazed tiles resting on the top of the mountain. The back eaves are directly connected to the back hall through an indirect passage. The back hall is five rooms wide. , three rooms deep, there is also a yellow glazed tile on the top of the mountain.

There is a back cover hall in the fourth courtyard.

Yuqing Palace was originally the palace built by Emperor Jing'an for the crown prince.

Ever since the prince was deposed, the Yuqing Palace has been empty.

And now, Emperor Jing'an asked his grandson Qingbai to move in...

(End of this chapter)