from widow to dame

Chapter 137

When Sister Yuan was four months pregnant, Zhu Chongguo, who was over eighty years old, did not survive the cold winter, and died of illness in the Pushan Palace.

All of a sudden, the world is plain.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's edict said: My fourth son Zhu Ping, the king of Huai'an, is of good character and deeply respects me. He will surely inherit the great order and succeed me to the throne as the emperor." What came was the passionate announcement of the Cabinet Secretary Ma University in front that almost filled the entire court. The succession of the fourth prince was something that everyone could have expected, so at this time, there was no one who was desperate. Dare to speak out against something.

"Follow the imperial decree." The voices of thousands of people calling were deafening.

And when Zhu Ping, whose eyes were red from crying, stood up and took the imperial decree with his own hands——

"Long live, long live, my emperor."

Zhu Ping took a deep breath, and said in a voice that was almost choked up: "Everyone loves you."

With the rising sun in winter, the second monarch of the Darui Dynasty was born.

The succession of the new emperor marks the alternation of the old and new dynasties. Whether it is the change of power in the court, or the change of old and new concubines in the harem, everyone seems to be very busy.And the first thing Zhu Ping did after he came to power was to give his father-in-law great powers, commanders of the five cities, Shang Guozhu, doctor Guanglu, governor of the left army, super first-rank officials of the empire, all of a sudden, Yan Hongzhen is so powerful that everyone is in awe of him.

As for Su Huiniang, she devoted all her energy to her daughter. Sister Yuan was pregnant, but she had to deal with all these things, so she was exhausted.In this way, in a hurry, in the blink of an eye, a month has passed.Unlike the previous emperor, Zhu Ping was a soft-tempered emperor who could listen to people's words. The ministers found that the current master seemed to serve him better than the previous one, so the monarch and his ministers tried each other several times and finally found some balance. At this point, Zhu Ping finally passed the most difficult time, and gradually sat firmly on the dragon chair under him.

He became the emperor, and sister Yuan was naturally the future queen.

Not long after the Enthronement Ceremony ended, the Conferment Ceremony was held, so that the situation could be stabilized as quickly as possible, so Sister Yuan survived hard work.On the day of the ceremony, Su Huiniang knelt on the ground, watching her daughter walk up the white jade steps step by step, ascending to the throne, and mothering the world, she really felt an indescribable feeling in her heart.

However, there is probably still a lot of joy.

All the ceremonies of the emperor and empress have been completed, and it will be the empress dowager's turn next, but there is a difficulty here, although the new emperor's biological mother is the Lu family, but in name he is the child of Concubine Li, so According to the law of etiquette, it should be Jingli Guifei who is the queen mother.There was a lot of debate about this court.In the end, it was Ma Dashi from the cabinet, who used to talk to Liezi, the empress dowager of the East and West Palaces, and finally appointed Concubine Li as the Empress Dowager of the East Palace, and Lu Shi as the Empress Dowager of the West Palace.The two palaces are juxtaposed, and there is no distinction between them.

In this way, the last New Year of the first emperor ended in this way, and the new emperor changed the name of the country to Jian'an, and the time entered the early years of Jian'an.

In Fengzao Palace, Sister Yuan, who has been more than eight months old, was talking to her mother halfway on the soft pillow embroidered with gold. When they were chatting happily, a maid from outside hurried in and said something in Sister Yuan's ear. Whispering, who would have thought, after hearing these words, sister Yuan's expression suddenly changed, and an angry expression appeared on her face.

"You all go down!" Sister Yuan waved her hand, and all the maids and servants in the palace retreated without a sound.

"What's wrong?" Seeing her daughter's unhappy expression, Su Huiniang couldn't help asking worriedly.

Sister Yuan sneered twice, and said to her mother, "It's not that there is something wrong with the Eastern Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager of the East Palace refers to the former Concubine Li Gui.

"Mother, please tell me, whether it is food, clothing, or dignity, this palace has never been less than her, but she is just dissatisfied. For a while, she thinks that the amount of ice and charcoal tribute paid by the Imperial Palace Secretary is not enough, and for a while, she hates the palace where she lives. The location is not good enough, it’s not good enough, it’s just that you can make mistakes in eating and drinking every day, you can make troubles day and night, and others can’t say a word, but if the emperor and I have a little bit of impatience, they will immediately cry and wipe their tears Shout out to the first emperor." Sister Yuan's beautiful little face turned blue with anger, obviously she couldn't stand the woman anymore "Last month, she said that she was not feeling well, and she insisted on taking the soup and medicine in person. I just stood in front of her for a long time, and I almost got pregnant, if the emperor hadn't arrived in time, I wouldn't have dared to imagine it." As he said that, he shed tears.

As a mother, the most unbearable thing is that the child is being bullied. Su Huiniang's face immediately fell down when she heard this.

"The Empress Dowager Guan didn't act like a fool before. How could she do such a thing?"

"Humph...it's not all for King E." Sister Yuan said with tears in her eyes: "When the first emperor left, he issued an edict stating that after he returned to the west, King E would leave Beijing immediately. Fiefdom... The Empress Dowager Xi couldn't bear to part with her son, so she asked the emperor to disobey the late emperor's will and keep him in the capital..."

"This is impossible." After hearing this, Su Huiniang shook her head again and again, and said decisively: "It is better for King E to leave Beijing as soon as possible. The decree of the previous emperor may not be for his own good." Wouldn't a prince who is free and wealthy be better than staying in the capital and becoming a thorn in the side of the new emperor?
"...But the Empress Dowager West just disagrees...for this matter, she has been tossing around in different ways all day long." Sister Yuan sighed for a while: "The emperor has a kind heart, and he still has a bit of brotherly love for King E."

Because Sister Yuan stayed in the palace for a while as a princess when she was a child, both Zhu Ping and Zhu Cong were familiar with each other. Thinking back when she heroically rescued Zhu Ping who was being bullied from several "bad guys", The culprit behind that was Zhu Cong. The kid was just having fun, so he found someone to block his brother.

Although the childhood memories were unintentional mischief among children, it is undeniable that Zhu Ping's nominal mother, Concubine Li Gui, gave all her love to her biological son, which inevitably neglected and left Zhu Ping in the cold, leading to a gradual deterioration of the relationship between the two. Going far away, Zhu Ping's temperament is indeed gentle, but today is different from the past, and power and status often change a person's temperament. As the emperor, whether he can tolerate the potential threat of King E is anyone's guess. .

"Okay, I will tell your father about this matter." Su Huiniang couldn't bear her daughter's troubles, and comforted her: "Now you just take care of your body and give mother a white and fat grandson."

Sister Yuan's face was full of sorrow when she heard this, she was pregnant with Liujia and she really didn't have the energy to deal with that woman, and Sister Yuan knew her father's tricks well, she thought that the old woman could live in peace for a while.

"I knew that Mother loves me the most!" Sister Yuan said coquettishly.

Su Huiniang shook her head, touched her daughter's beautiful long hair, and sighed: "You, you should grow up quickly!"

Sure enough, she told her husband about her daughter's worries that night.After Yan Hongzhen finished listening, a sneer sneered on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "I don't know what to do." Naturally, he was referring to the Empress Dowager Xigong.

Seeing his flamboyant and wanton arrogance, Su Huiniang was actually worried in her heart, so she couldn't help but said, "Just a little warning, don't go too far, after all, she is His Majesty's mother in name."

"Sister Hui, don't worry, I have my own measure!" Yan Hongzhen nodded, stretched out his long arms suddenly, and put his wife in his arms: "The eighth day of next month is a good day, so let's move back on that day."

When Su Huiniang heard this, she sighed slightly in her heart. She raised her head and looked at the man, really wanting to ask him, after all these years, is he really so brooding?
"Sister Hui..." Yan Hongzhen couldn't help trembling when he saw that she hadn't spoken for a long time. Seeing his pitiful look, Su Huiniang finally softened her heart: "It's all right, I'll listen to you!"

Yan Hongzhen immediately became happy when he heard this, pouted and wanted to kiss her on the face.

Su Huiniang couldn't help but her face turned hot, and she said angrily, "They are all about to become grandfathers, why do they still like to mess around like this?"

"What's wrong with me being intimate with my wife?" Yan Hongzhen, who is already middle-aged, is still as radiant as when he was young, and said with a big laugh: "Just wait until we all become grandpas and grandmas* **Bad eyes are blurred, I still want to kiss you whenever I want, I can’t kiss you enough in my life.”

For Yan Hong's ability to say such nasty words without changing his face and heartbeat, Su Huiniang has learned it countless times over the years, but every time she is still blushing from being teased.However, there was probably no disgust in her heart, which could be seen from the corners of her lips that would slightly curl up every time she listened to it.

To deal with the Empress Dowager of the West Palace, Yan Hongzhen did not take any tough "measures". He just asked his daughter to invite the Empress Dowager from the other palace.In other words, because the Empress Dowager of the West Palace used to be the maid of the Empress Dowager of the East Palace, she was not the kind to be favored when the former emperor was there. If she hadn't given birth to a son, she would be alone in the Buddhist hall like an ordinary concubine It's just old.But due to luck, his son has become the emperor, and he is on an equal footing with his former master. The latter is naturally proud, but how can the former be convinced, because the two of them have been fighting each other recently, so the Lu family has also changed his low profile in the past Ben, as if he wanted to let out the grievances of more than ten years together, he was so high-profile that he had no choice but to confront the Queen Mother several times, but he didn't let the other party take advantage.

(End of this chapter)