Rebirth after waste

Chapter 114

"What do you think, empress?" Liu Shanggong said.

"There will definitely be resistance, but I don't know how big it will be." Gu Yunxian said,
"Do you want to figure out a way by yourself?"

Gu Yunxian thought for a while, then shook his head, "No. Now that His Majesty has taken the initiative to take over this matter, let's see his methods first. If I act rashly, it would be bad for him to find out."

Liu Shanggong nodded, she originally meant the same thing.

Gu Yunxian got up, looked at the newly decorated Hanzhang Hall, and suddenly showed a faint smile, "Actually, why bother? Anyway, I won't live in this place for long."

Looking into the distance, in the direction east of Hanzhang Hall, she saw the black roof and the flying eaves.The momentum is magnificent and the end is eye-catching.

That is, Changqiu Palace.

Queen's bedroom.

She had lived there for two years, and now she has a determination to go back.

Even if it is for her child, she must not lose.

She caressed her still flat belly with her right hand, her eyes were indifferent, filled with determination and determination to spare no expense.

The day after Dajia returned to the palace, His Majesty called a group of ministers to hold a court meeting in the Bozheng Palace.After talking about various important military affairs, the matter of restoring the empress was finally brought up.

This topic, which had been repeatedly discussed in Yongjia for three years, reappeared in front of everyone, and immediately aroused heated debate among everyone.

Same as last time, Song Qi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, is still the faction that opposes the restoration, while the side that supports the restoration is headed by the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Xu Ping, and the censor Chen Liang.The two sides each brought a group of spokespersons, and started a debate by citing scriptures, which made their faces blush and their necks thick.

Although the emperor had already made up his mind to restore Gu Yunxian, he pretended to be neutral at the moment, sitting on the dragon chair in the Bozheng Palace every day, listening to the two factions' opinions seriously, and even pretending to be serious. Nodding his head in thought, he looked very open-minded and receptive.

But being neutral on the surface does not mean that he does nothing. While dealing with the ministers, he secretly gave orders to the left minister Xu Qinghua, ordering him to guide those courtiers who were ambiguous and let them support Fuli.

His move played no small role.

In the third year of Yongjia, Zhou Shitao was the prime minister on the left. Although he was trapped by Cui Shuo's bullets and did not dare to intervene too much, he still opposed the restoration.Now the left minister was replaced by Xu Qinghua, who was obviously the leader of the Northern Party, but secretly echoed the emperor's wishes, which naturally dealt a blow to his opponent that should not be underestimated.

Those courtiers with ambiguous attitudes were originally on the sidelines, but now seeing that the Prime Minister of the Left seemed to be supporting the Gu family, they gradually turned to support the Fuli faction.

Song Qi saw that more and more courtiers were standing against him, and he had fewer and fewer helpers around him, he was furious.

In line with his conscientious and persistent style, he wrote a memorandum of nearly [-] words to the emperor overnight, discussing the impossibility of the restoration from various aspects of etiquette, morality, and ethics.

However, after this wonderful memorial was submitted, he did not receive the expected response.It is said that after the emperor spent two cups of tea reading it, he casually threw it aside, and his only comment was two words, "Sophistry."

The ministers who heard the news were stunned for a moment, and then belatedly remembered that His Majesty always hated others to talk to him about the truth, and now that Song Qi has made it like this, it might be counterproductive!
Maybe His Majesty looked at this matter neutrally at first, but now that he is provoked by Song Qi, maybe he feels that it is reasonable to support the Fuli faction?

Just when the forces of all parties were uneasy, the emperor suddenly issued a decree to promote Yuan Chongyi Gu as a first-rank virtuous concubine and take charge of Fengyin.

As soon as the news came out, the ruling and opposition parties were in an uproar.

At first everyone thought it was a compromise chosen by the emperor.Just like in the third year of Yongjia, some of the court demanded the restoration of the Gu family, while some demanded that he be executed.Such two extreme attitudes make people wonder what to do.

That time, after repeated weighing, the emperor finally decided to confer the title of Jieyu on Gu's family and keep her by his side.Both sides took a step back, and there was no objection.

Could it be that His Majesty intends to do the same thing again?
Concubine Xian is one of the four wives. If Mrs. Gu reaches this position, she will become No. 1 in the harem. Yu Zhaoyi, who has been in charge of palace affairs for more than two years, will be under her again.

But even so, a concubine is a concubine, no matter how high her status is, she is still not a queen.

Everyone also understood in their hearts that according to this trend, the Gu family might still have to reset in a few years.But as long as her child was born when she was a concubine, she couldn't be regarded as the legitimate eldest son.In the future, when it comes to the crown prince, other princes will still have a chance.

As long as these ten months are delayed, all factions will have a glimmer of hope.

If His Majesty really does this, those who oppose the restoration can reluctantly accept it.

Before I had time to be happy, another news came out again.When the Ministry of Rituals asked His Majesty how the Concubine Concubine Ceremony would be held, they replied with four words, "Everything is kept simple."

The seemingly insignificant four words reveal too much information inside.

His Majesty loves the Gu family now, so it is impossible for her concubine ceremony to be hasty, and it is reasonable to do it with great fanfare and grandeur.

But he said, keep it simple.

There is only one explanation for what he would do.

The concubine ceremony is not important, and there will be other opportunities to show how much he attaches to the Gu family.

They are already the fourth lady, and the higher-level ceremony can only be that one.

After the closure ceremony.

After trying to understand this, everyone suddenly came to their senses.The so-called conferring a virtuous concubine first is just a step given to them by His Majesty.

He has decided to restore the queen.But those who opposed Fuli made too much noise, he didn't want them to lose face, so he gave them a hint to let them stop first.

In the court room of Zhongshu Province, Cui Shuo sat alone by the window, playing chess with himself.

When Du Qing opened the door and came in, his game of chess was coming to an end.

"Why are you alone?" Du Qing asked with a smile.

Cui Shuo looked calm, "You don't even need to check what time it is. They are almost out of the palace."

"Then why are you still here?" Du Qing smiled, "Everyone has left, is it interesting for you to be alone?"

Cui Shuo put down the last chess piece and smiled, "If I leave, wouldn't your trip go to nothing?"

Du Qing sat down opposite him, "You knew I would come over?"

"Your Majesty made such a decree today, so you will naturally come to me." Cui Shuo said indifferently.

As soon as he mentioned this matter, Du Qing's expression immediately became serious.

Early this morning, the imperial decree of conferring a virtuous concubine was announced to the former court and the harem, and in the afternoon, the words "everything should be kept simple" were also spread.Everyone knows what His Majesty is thinking.

"At the beginning when you asked me to lobby Xu Ping, I was a little hesitant. Now, it seems that you, Cui Rujing, are really cunning and clever, and you never miss it!" Du Qing sighed softly after confirming that there was no one around.

When he was in Musan, Cui Shuo asked him to do something, saying it would be good for him.He later inquired privately and found out that he actually asked him to go to Xu Ping, the minister of rites, and asked him to come forward and ask for Fuli.

He was a little hesitant at first.

Although the Gu family is very much favored by His Majesty now, but she was abolished by His Majesty himself, and no one knows what His Majesty is thinking now.Coupled with the fact that Gu Shi is pregnant now, her reinstatement is not only as simple as who is the queen, but also related to the ownership of the crown prince.

If I rashly get involved in this matter, there is no guarantee that I won't ruin my bright future.

But in the end it was Cui Shuo who convinced him.He thought about it for a while, and with Cui Shuo's clever mind, he would never do something that would kill him.In addition, he is not a timid person, and it is not the first time he has done opportunistic things. Part of the reason why he was transferred from the Ministry of Rites to the Ministry of Officials was because he flattered His Majesty.

He decided to take a gamble.

Xu Ping had a good friendship with him, so it wasn't too difficult to get him into the gang.Then Xu Ping was in the open, he was in the dark, together with the officials, finally provoked this vigorous debate.

Now, His Majesty's attitude is finally clear, which is the result he expected.As long as the Gu family is successfully restored, both himself and Xu Ping will be the contributors to this event.Not only can you make a good impression in front of His Majesty, but you can also make a contribution to the hearts of the queen and the future prince.

This is really a big victory.

Thinking of this, he was both happy and grateful, and said to Cui Shuo, "Rujing, don't worry, I will definitely mention your merits before Your Majesty, and I will never let you plan this for nothing!"

Cui Shuo smiled and shook his head, "No need."

"No need?" Du Qing was a little surprised, "You mean, you don't need to tell His Majesty that you did all of this?"

Cui Shuo nodded, "I just made a suggestion, and you made the rest of it. It's really nothing."

That's not what Du Qing wanted to say. If he hadn't persuaded him back then, how could he have dared to take such a big risk?But after thinking about it, Cui Shuo has always had a weird temper, maybe he has other considerations.

He stopped talking, and just said: "In this case, I will be the host another day, and I invite you to have a good drink. Rujing, you must give me face."

Cui Shuo said with a smile: "This is the best."

Du Qing got his promise and left with satisfaction.Cui Shuo looked at Du Qing's back and sighed softly in his heart.

Where does he need to tell His Majesty.From the beginning, this has been a drama he plays with His Majesty.

He still remembered that night, the emperor summoned him to the Hall of Yiyuan and asked him casually, "If I want to establish a queen now, Rujing, can you find someone to do it?"

He immediately understood what he meant, "Your Majesty is saying, find someone to provoke this matter instead of you?"

He nodded slightly.

He pondered for a moment, "I have the courage to ask Your Majesty, which empress do you want to be the queen?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, and said after a while, "Of course she is my wife."

I don't know if it's his illusion, but I always feel that the voice is quite lingering and gentle.

He was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Naturally. I can find someone for His Majesty to complete this matter."

What happened next was all planned by them.

Due to the delicate situation, it is not easy for the emperor to express his attitude from the beginning, so he decided to remain neutral on the surface, allowing the two forces to confront each other, and secretly guiding the direction of the situation.After the forces supporting the Fuli faction gained the upper hand, he lowered the order to confer the concubine Xian, which completely messed up the opponent's position.

Obviously, there are less than two years left, which is the best time for them to implement the New Deal, but the emperor still has to distract himself from the matter of restoring the empress at such a time.

And he, another key player in the New Deal, should have spoken out to stop him from doing so.But in the end, he chose to join forces with him to minimize the adverse effects.

All this painstaking effort is just to let that woman get the respect and happiness she deserves.

Neither she nor her child should be wronged in the slightest.

The ceremony for Gu Yunxian's canonization of a virtuous concubine was held on March [-]th. All the concubines attended the ceremony in accordance with the palace rules. Except for Ming Xiuyi, who was pregnant with Liujia, no one was absent.

The ceremony was not grand, and it ended without too much tossing.After the ceremonial officer stepped down, Gu Yunxian, dressed in the court uniform of a virtuous concubine, stood in the hall to accept everyone's kneeling.

Yu Zhaoyi was at the head, followed by Ling Shuyuan, Zhuang Guiji, Rou Jieyu, Ding Shenyi and others. All the concubines and concubines knelt down in front of her.

Gu Yunxian looked at Yu Zhaoyi's Liuyun bun, and remembered that the last time she bowed her head in front of her like this was when she was the queen.

Now that more than two years have passed, she has finally regained her former majesty.Finally, she no longer had to bow her head in front of any woman.

Smiling slightly, she slowly said: "Yes."

Everyone stood up, Gu Yunxian looked at everyone's different expressions, but did not speak.

Although the imperial decree to confer the title of Concubine Xian has been issued long ago, when she really becomes the head of the Six Palaces again, these women still feel a little uncomfortable.

But that's okay, they'll get used to it soon.

(End of this chapter)