Mistress

Chapter 69

After arriving at the imperial palace, and then Chengyuan Palace, Feng Luan finally stopped.When Li Yan looked up at the three words "Chengyuan Palace", she was quite moved. This must be Xu Cheng's changed name.Although all the things from the old dynasty were kept, and no new palaces were built, all the door plaques were changed, and all the palaces and halls had their names changed.Use old things, but also have a new look.

When Li Yan walked into Chengyuan Palace and looked closely at the place where she was going to live, there was a commotion outside the palace. Xu Jing jumped off the Princess Yijia regardless of the obstruction of the servants.When she was about to flee into the crowd, she was surrounded by imperial guards.The common people were curious and rushed to watch, resulting in dozens of people being trampled and injured.

At this time, Xu Cheng had just arrived at the palace, and just sat down on the dragon chair in Chunhui Hall, his dormitory, when he heard someone from outside reporting that Xu Cheng asked Xu Jing to be brought in.

Xu Jing looked at her elder brother who was wearing a shining dragon robe, she didn't congratulate her, and she didn't bow down, she just stood there in a daze.

Xu Cheng had a headache, "What the hell is my little girl thinking? Just because of your jump, dozens of people were trampled and injured, do you know?"

"The emperor is really sympathetic to the people, so why is he not sympathetic to his little sister? Other princes were imprisoned with wives and children, why is only Prince Bao alone, am I not his first wife? The emperor does things so discriminately, How to rule the world?"

Xu Cheng was so angry that his face was livid, but he didn't get angry, he just said lightly: "Brother is thinking of my little sister, I can't bear to see you live in confinement, and I can't bear to see you being abused by Prince Bao, maybe... he I will kill you to vent my anger."

Xu Jing sneered, "The emperor is wrong, Prince Bao would not treat my little sister like this. Do you think he is like you, in order to win the country and become the emperor, he never loves women?"

Xu Cheng would like to ask, why has he never cared for a woman, he obviously loves his wife very much.But after thinking about it in his heart, he only had a heart for Li Yan in the past few months, and because he was busy overthrowing the Ye Dynasty, he hardly spent much time with Li Yan, so he was tongue-tied and did not speak.

Xu Jing was determined at this time, "If the emperor is not willing to make my little sister perfect, and refuse to let her husband and wife reunite, he would rather see us husband and wife alone, living a life of longing for each other, and he would not see us in high school. The wall laughed, and that little girl..."

She looked up at the white jade dragon pillar in the hall, and said without fear: "Little sister touched the pillar and died in the emperor's Chunhui Hall. After death, her soul will cry here every night, making the emperor feel uneasy. , There will never be peace!"

Xu Cheng fully understands that in Xu Jing's eyes, the love between brother and sister is not worth the love she has for Prince Bao as husband and wife.Forcing to stay in the palace, she also wants to seek death.Perhaps a woman's love for a man is really far heavier than a man's love for a woman.

He closed his eyes and waved, "It's up to you."

Xu Jing got Xu Cheng's consent, and ran out quickly, and asked someone to take her to the confinement place of Prince Bao.

On this day, Xu Cheng stayed in his Chunhui Palace and never came out again.

The second day was the enthronement ceremony, with loud gongs and drums and cannon salutes. Xu Cheng walked up to the high platform step by step and sat on his dragon chair.

After the civil and military officials bowed down, Xu Cheng rewarded all the meritorious deeds.

Although these courtiers are usually trusted by Xu Cheng, he has learned from the lessons of the previous dynasty, not only will he bestow great rewards on everyone, but he will never release any power in their hands, so that they feel that the emperor is enough to trust them , let them feel that the emperor regards them as pillars, and hopes to govern the world with them. They are indispensable for Kuangfu's new government.

After hearing the reward, all civil and military officials were satisfied and kowtowed to thank them.Xu Cheng looked forward to the future with high spirits, and spoke impassionedly for a long time to inspire everyone's fighting spirit. Every word touched the hearts of all the officials, and all of them were excited with red faces and high fighting spirit.

The enthronement ceremony was very successful. According to the example of the old dynasties, before the ceremony, the emperor would send officials to read out the call for the appointment of the queen, and then come to the queen's bedroom to have lunch together.

Li Yan had already put on the phoenix robe and was waiting in Chengyuan Palace.

Nanny Cui, Qi'er, and Qing'er watched from the side, smacking their mouths non-stop, looking straight.Li Yan was originally dignified and beautiful, and wearing such bright and colorful clothes, the gold thread all over her body was very dazzling, and the phoenix symbolizing nobility seemed to be dancing on her body, setting off Li Yan's dignity and grace, inviolable in the slightest.

Nanny Cui and the others couldn't get enough of her, they circled around Li Yan again and again.They had never seen a queen before, and now that a noble queen was right in front of them, of course they would have to pay more attention, not to mention that this was their very familiar master.

Li Yan saw that Nanny Cui and the others were all happy, but she was inexplicably uneasy. It's already this hour, why hasn't the canonization officer come yet?
She had never dared to wear a phoenix robe before, but now she has put it on according to the regulations, but Xu Cheng refuses to be canonized. Isn't this embarrassing her?
Li Yan had a slightly sad look on her brows. She sat in front of the dressing table and looked at her delicate and bright makeup in the mirror. She really looked like a matriarch.However, with her mentality, can she be the master of the harem?

Xu Cheng didn't allow anyone to read the canonization call, perhaps because he didn't write it at all.A woman who wants to dominate the emperor, any man will think twice if he wants to make her queen.

Seeing that Li Yan seemed sad, Mammy Cui also got anxious and kept looking at the clepsydra beside the table, it was almost noon.

"Your Majesty, this old slave guesses that the enthronement ceremony is very grand, and the things to be done must be cumbersome, and it may take a while."

Qi'er and Qing'er hurriedly ran to the yard to look around, but they didn't wait for anyone to come for a long time.After a while, the canonizing officer didn't wait, but the people from the imperial dining room came and said that the imperial dining room was ready, and they would serve the dishes only after the empress ordered.

Li Yan looked at the long sandalwood table, which was carved with complicated patterns, and in the middle of the table was engraved with a dragon and a phoenix crossing their necks, symbolizing the deep love between the emperor and the empress. This kind of table is for the emperor and the empress to eat together It is specially made, and only the queen's room can have such a table.

Li Yan was in a daze for a moment, and said: "Don't call me the empress empress. Before the canonization arrives, I can't be the empress. You can call me the empress. It's already this hour, and the canonizing officer won't come. Your majesty is here You should have returned to his Chunhui Palace by then, and you can send all your meals to the emperor, and I only need nine dishes here."

Mother Cui said in shock: "Your Majesty, no! The Emperor will definitely come. Your Majesty should wait a while. If the meals are sent directly to Chunhui Hall, the Emperor might...be angry."

The people on standby bowed their heads and remained silent. Qi'er and Qing'er were full of panic. If their master is not a queen, is he only a concubine? Who will be the queen?
But Li Yan waved her hand and said: "There's no need to wait, just follow my orders."

The people in the imperial dining hall took orders and left in fear.

Li Yan said again: "Nurse, Qi'er, come here, this one will take off the phoenix robe and the phoenix crown on my head for this palace."

Nanny Cui, Qi'er, and Qing'er were so frightened that they all knelt down.

Cui Nanny persuaded: "Your Majesty can't, you haven't been canonized yet, how can you take off your phoenix robe and pick up your phoenix crown? Today is the day of the emperor's enthronement, and also the day of the empress' canonization. This is the first day, the empress can be sure Don't make the emperor angry, it's just too late, your empress should be calm."

It's not that Li Yan can't hold her breath, but she has already guessed that Xu Cheng is unlikely to come. Based on her understanding of Xu Cheng, he is definitely not a negligent person. How could he miss the hour for such a big event? .

He must be hesitating. At the beginning, she asked if he could only guard her for the rest of his life?
His answer: not sure.

If he couldn't do it, and made her a queen in a hurry at this time, but later made a bunch of concubines, there would definitely be bloody storms in the harem in the future, which would be more insidious, cruel, and shocking than the battlefield.

Li Yan looked up at Yujin and Yuyu who were standing by the door, they were the two little girls sent by her parents. Their parents wanted her to use these two girls to curry favor with Xu Cheng. , all of this seems so natural, so in line with human relations, in line with the worldly ways of this dynasty.

Li Yan gave a wry smile, if that was the case, she would rather not be the queen.

She gave herself some time in her heart, if Xu Cheng did not make her queen within a month, she would first plan to have Xu Cheng make Xiao'er the crown prince, and then give these two girls to Xu Cheng generously, before she escaped from the palace , Live your own happy life.

The world is so big, she doesn't believe that she can't meet a man who is only willing to guard her for the rest of her life.She really didn't want to live a life of being jealous with a group of women in the palace. Zhang Yuliu, Song Ruzhi, and Ji Yanqiu, three people who were not liked by Xu Cheng in the past, had annoyed her to death in the past few months.If Xu Cheng really fell in love with a woman, she might not be able to hold on for a day.

Although she loves Xu Cheng deeply, it's not enough to make her feel like Xu Jing, who loves her so much that she loses herself.

The people from Yushantang sent ninety dishes to Chunhui Hall in a mighty way, and they only sent nine dishes to Chengyuan Palace according to Li Yan's order.

There are only nine dishes on a huge table, which looks so shabby and sad.

It was noon, and Li Yan sat down at the table.Nanny Cui was wiping away tears, while Qi'er and Qing'er were clothing vegetables with red eyes.

Li Yan took a bite of the dish, but she didn't know what ingredients it was made of. She saw "Mandarin Duck Jones" written on the bottom plate under the plate.She couldn't help laughing wryly, this dish really fits the occasion, expressing her state of mind vividly, what kind of mandarin ducks, what kind of love, I can't see the essence of it, although it tastes refreshing, I don't know what words to use to describe its taste. Suitable.

Just like her getting along with Xu Cheng in the past few months, although it seemed like a husband and wife with one heart and one heart, loving each other like honey, but in real aftertaste, it was so ethereal and illusory, without a trace of reality.

(End of this chapter)