Chapter 394: 394 ascended the throne

Chapter 394: 394 ascended the throne

Chapter 394 Chapter 394 ascending the throne

Gu Jue originally planned to enjoy a peaceful afternoon with Shen Qianchen, just the two of them.

But the change came so quickly. As soon as their lunch was finished, someone came in a hurry and said, "I have an audience with the King of Nanyang!"

Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen knew that Qin Yao was coming to the capital, and they also knew that he would arrive in the next two days. They did not expect that he would arrive so quickly, one day earlier than expected.

If it were someone else, Gu Jue would just leave him alone, but if it was Qin Yao, he would have to leave.

Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen looked at each other, with thick smiles in their eyes, just like the sparkling lake.

Gu Jue said with a smile: "Tell him to come here quickly."

There is obvious joking and familiarity in this sentence, which makes people know that the friendship between Gu Jue and Qin Yao is different from ordinary monarchs and ministers.

The middle-aged servant who came to report the message was not surprised when he respectfully responded.

King Suwen Chen and King Nanyang were as close as brothers. When Qin Yao was held hostage in the capital, he was very close to Gu Jue, who was still the ninth prince at the time. Last year, Qin Yao was framed for patricide, and Gu Jue also tried his best to defend Qin Dynasty against all opinions. Yao.

The middle-aged chamberlain already knew how to greet Qin Yao later.

After a cup of tea, a blaring male voice broke the tranquility of Qianqing Palace.

"Brother Ninth!" Qin Yao came in a hurry, with an overly bright smile on his face, "I came here specially to attend your enthronement ceremony. On such an important day, no one can be missing without me, right? "

The young man in a purple robe was dusty, his crow-feather-like black hair was tied into a high ponytail. As he walked, the ponytail and clothes flew up and fluttered freely.

After hearing the news of the death of the late Emperor Gu Lang, he rushed to the capital from the northwest.

Shen Qianchen looked Qin Yao up and down. Even without checking for his pulse, he could tell that Qin Yao's leg injury was completely healed.

When he left the capital last year, he was still in a wheelchair. In order to avoid being noticed, he had to be secretive. But this time, Qin Yao was finally able to come to the capital openly.

Shen Qianchen's eyes flashed slightly and he curled his lips. In this life, he and she are both peaceful.

When Qin Yao's eyes met Shen Qianchen's, his smile deepened, and he said with a bit of mischief and a bit of teasing: "Little miracle doctor... No, I should call you 'Nine Sisters' this time!"

Qin Yao smiled cynically and sat down by himself without Gu Jue's greeting. He poured himself tea and drank half a cup in one go. His eyes lit up and he continued to pour himself more tea without stopping:

"Sister-in-law Jiu, when Tang Yuchu went to the northwest to tell you that Gu Lang would marry you and Brother Ninth, Brother Ninth was still hesitant at that time, but I had already guessed that the marriage would be successful."

"I don't have many advantages, but my intuition is very good. Sure enough!"

Qin Yao spoke eloquently. Rather than speaking to Shen Qianchen, it would be better to say that he was deliberately teasing Gu Jue.

"Should today be regarded as acknowledgment? Sister-in-law Jiu, my meeting gift cannot be less."

Qin Yao shamelessly asked for the meeting gift, and at the same time winked at Gu Jue, unable to hide his teasing intention.

He felt that he had a really sharp eye. When Xiaojiu's sister-in-law treated his leg injury, he could tell that his ninth brother treated Xiaojiu's wife very differently.

Qin Yao was teasing Gu Jue on purpose, but Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen had never met each other before, so they would not look shy just because of Qin Yao's few teasing words. Both of them were calm and relaxed.

A more important reason is that both of them are used to Qin Yao's poor talk.

Gu Jue turned to Shen Qianchen and said, "Qianchen, please give him a prescription."

Shen Qianchen nodded obediently with a sweet smile: "Would you like to add more coptis?"

Gu Jue: "If you need to add more, add more."

Shen Qianchen: "That's right."

Qin Yao: "..."

Watching the couple singing together, Qin Yao shook his head, feeling that he had been fed a mouthful of greasy candy before Coptis chinensis was eaten.

Qin Yao said with a smile: "Brother Ninth, you are too cruel. It's a shame that I went all the way to bring a 'meeting gift' to Sister-in-law Ninth."

He paused for a moment, but before Gu Jue asked, he recruited it himself: "I got a new batch of good horses, a thousand of them. I entered the city first today, and those horses will arrive soon." ”

Speaking of horses, Shen Qianchen was also aroused and asked: "What horse?"

"Dawan horses." Qin Yao became even more proud and winked at the two of them, "I robbed these horses from the people of Lin State and originally wanted to send them to the North."

As he said that, a trace of regret arose in Qin Yao's heart, and he couldn't help but say: "Originally, I have renovated the northwest, and the northwest plus the north can form a self-contained area. If you and I brothers work together, we will have a happy life."

Qin Yao also wanted to help Gu Jue with such a big thing as forcing him into the palace, but he was far away in the northwest, beyond his reach, so he could only defend the northwest.

It wasn't until the situation in the capital was settled that Qin Yao got a handwritten letter from Gu Jue. He learned that Gu Lang had passed away and Gu Nanjin was seriously injured but was rescued by Shen Qianchen. It was still unresolved who would take the throne next.

As the Nanyang King stationed in the northwest, Qin Yao was not allowed to leave his station without authorization, but he still secretly came to the capital from the northwest. His purpose was to ask Gu Jue personally about his next plan.

Unexpectedly, before his people arrived in the capital, they heard that Gu Jue had issued an imperial edict on the throne, and the good news spread throughout the world.

Qin Yao finally felt at ease, but instead of turning around and returning to the northwest, he still made this trip. Since he was already here anyway, just think that he was announced by his ninth brother to come to the capital to attend the enthronement ceremony.

Anyway, with his Ninth Brother supporting him, he has nothing to fear.

Qin Yao quickly lost the trace of regret he had just now, and said with a playful smile: "But it's better now. The whole Daqi belongs to Brother Ninth! From now on, I will have Brother Ninth as my backer, and I will go sideways." ”

He smiled brightly and felt very at ease, still the same as before, no change due to Gu Jue's rising status.

When the middle-aged chamberlain outside heard these words, he couldn't help feeling that the Nanyang King was too courageous. Every sentence he said was shocking.

There were cheers and laughter inside, but the middle-aged chamberlain had to go in and interrupt them: "Your Highness King Chen, the envoy of Dahao has just arrived outside the capital to congratulate His Highness on his enthronement."

The room fell silent for a moment.

Shen Qianchen raised his eyebrows thoughtfully and stretched out his fingers to lightly tap the back of Gu Jue's hand.

Gu Jue understood what she meant and shook his head.

He had never heard before that Emperor Hao Duluo was going to send an envoy to Da Qi. Now the relationship between Qi and Hao is really delicate. After all, the marriage between the two countries failed, and the king of Andaman died in Da Qi. together.

Gu Jue asked calmly: "Who is among the envoys?"

The middle-aged chamberlain immediately replied respectfully: "It's Dahao's third prince Wu Helangnan and his second princess Shaye."

Now that everyone has arrived at the door of the house, we still have to meet him and see what kind of medicine is sold in Wuhaduluo's gourd.

So, Gu Jue ordered: "Take people to Wuying Palace."

The middle-aged chamberlain withdrew. As for Gu Jue, he was not in a hurry to meet anyone and asked Qin Yao, "You can stay in Prince Chen's Mansion for the time being."

"The one who knows me is Ninth Brother!" Qin Yao was eager for this, so he patted his **** and stood up, planning to leave.

Before leaving, he even pestered Gu Jue to get Jueying away. For this reason, he was so eloquent:

"Brother Ninth, it's rare for me to come to the capital. Can't you let Jueying accompany me?"

"Hey, I haven't seen Jueying for more than half a year."

"Brother Ninth, I will remember your kindness..."

“…”

Shen Qianchen thought Qin Yao was a hopeless chatterbox, until after burning incense, she met the third prince Wu Helangnan and the second princess Shaye from Nanhao in Wuying Palace, and she felt her ears were ringing. .

Wu Helangnan is about seventeen or eighteen years old. He has deep eye sockets, a high nose bridge, clear contours, tanned skin, and deep facial features that make him not from the Central Plains.

The second princess Saya is about the same age as him. She is dressed in white clothes and a white skirt, with a veil covering her face. Her face cannot be seen clearly, but her blue eyes, smooth and graceful forehead, and her tall and exquisite figure are all exposed outside the veil. With her figure, you can tell that she is a great beauty.

Shen Qianchen was sizing up the two Nanhao visitors. At the same time, Wu Helangnan and Sha Ye were also sizing up Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen with complicated eyes.

The two of them walked up to Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen as if nothing had happened and performed the Da Hao etiquette towards Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen.

"Your Highness King Chen, Princess."

The brother and sister's speech was only passable, and they spoke with a strange emphasis.

Wu He Langnan's smile was so attentive that it was almost flattering: "On behalf of my father, Emperor Hao, my sister-in-law and I would like to congratulate His Highness King Chen on his upcoming enthronement. It is truly a great joy for your country."

What he said seemed to be that he came to Daqi from Nanhao specifically to congratulate Gu Jue, which was a high-sounding reason.

In the history of Da Qi, there were many small countries and small tribes that were dependent on Da Qi and came all the way to Beijing to congratulate the new emperor on his enthronement. They also took the opportunity to establish diplomatic relations with the new emperor of Da Qi.

However, Gu Jue would not be fooled so easily by Wu Helangnan's few words.

He looked directly at Wu Helangnan with cold eyes, and first said something for the occasion: "Emperor Hao is interested."

"However, next time your country sends an envoy, it's better to follow the rules." There are rules for the exchanges between the two countries. Hao State should first go to Qi State to submit official documents. After Qi State agrees, Hao State will then An envoy was sent over, and the officials of Qi State received the envoy of Hao State at the border, and escorted the envoy all the way to the capital.

However, it was extremely unreasonable for Hao Emperor Uhaduluo to send envoys to Qi every time. The first time, Andaman entered the country secretly, and waited until outside the capital before revealing his identity as an envoy of Hao Kingdom and asking for an audience. This time, Wu He The same goes for the Langnam brothers and sisters.

Wuha Langnan: "..."

Shaye: "..."

Wuhan Langnan's face looked a little ugly.

Of course they knew this was against etiquette. They originally came to Daqi in private to see Gu Jue secretly behind Gu Lang's back.

Halfway through, they realized that Gu Jue was forced into the palace just like their father Wuhaduluo. Gu Lang died in Gu Jue's hands, and the country of Daqi changed hands.

So, they hurried to the capital in a hurry, hoping to make good friends with Gu Jue.

Wu Helangnan suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, maintained the smile on his lips, and said politely: "His Royal Highness, King Chen, is right."

"When I was in the Hao Kingdom, I heard that Your Highness is a genius who is invincible in every battle. My father also often boasted that Your Highness is a genius that is rare to see in a hundred years. I must reminisce with His Highness if I have the opportunity."

Wu Helangnan spoke a series of praiseworthy words without changing his expression, and also talked about Gu Jue's mission to Nan Hao back then, as if Gu Jue and Wu Heduluo had hit it off.

Gu Jue originally thought that the other party would mention the death of the King of Andaman, but the young Prince Nanhao was very patient and did not mention the "disappearance" of the Andaman envoy team in Daqi.

If the other party didn't mention it, Gu Jue certainly wouldn't ask. He was too lazy to deal with the other party anymore and ordered the Minister of Etiquette to say: "Yang Xuanshan, the third prince Wuhe has come all the way here, and it's been a long journey. Please help me entertain the distinguished guests."

"Yes, Your Highness." Yang Xuanshan promised, as if he was as big as the other. The Ministry of Rites has been busy day and night with the enthronement ceremony and the queen-establishment ceremony recently, and it just happened that the Nanhao people were coming to cause trouble at this time!

Sha Ye quietly pulled down Wu Helangnan's sleeve, but Wu Helangnan didn't even look at her. He thanked Gu Jue politely and said to Yang Xuanshan, "Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Yang."

After getting rid of the evil-minded brother and sister, Gu Jue took Shen Qianchen out of the palace and ran to the Qian Mansion to look for Qin Yao, or in other words, to see the batch of Dawan horses that Qin Yao had brought to the capital this time.

Although Qin Yao joked that these Dayuan horses were a meeting gift for Shen Qianchen, the ninth sister-in-law, others believed that these horses were a gift for Gu Jue's enthronement, and they couldn't help but sigh that this young King of Nanyang was really good at pleasing people.

Two days later, the ceremonial schedule re-drafted by the Ministry of Rites was finally approved by Gu Jue. This was just the beginning. After that, the entire Ministry of Rites became even busier. All officials worked overtime every day to prepare for the enthronement ceremony and the queen-establishment ceremony. .

Over the next ten days, the capital became increasingly lively, with officials and civilians from various states arriving from all directions, all for the enthronement ceremony on the first day of May.

With everyone's eager anticipation, the first day of May has finally arrived.

On this day, it was sunny and windy, with no clouds in the sky.

On that day, to celebrate the new emperor's accession to the throne, many families gave up firecrackers, and the sound of "cracking" firecrackers continued one after another.

On that day, the streets in the capital were crowded with people, and crowds of people flocked towards the palace like birds flocking to the phoenix. Even though they could not see the new emperor ascending the throne, they still wanted to stand in the nearest place and enjoy the joy.

Shen Qianchen got up very early today. She got up at dawn and wanted to dress up first.

Today she has to put on a full dress belonging to the queen. The dress is very particular and complicated. She has to wrap the clothes and accessories around her body layer by layer like rice dumplings. She has to wear Zhai clothes on the outermost part, and then she has to put on the auxiliary belt and the big coat. Belt, leather belt, bright red knee-covering and Xiapei... Finally, put on the nine dragons and four phoenix crowns made of pearls, emeralds, gold and silk.

After repeatedly confirming that there was nothing wrong with Shen Qianchen's clothes and jewelry, the maids and palace maids breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone in a state of high tension was sweating profusely.

At this time, a chamberlain came in and winked, and an old woman carefully helped Shen Qianchen up: "Princess, it's time for you to go, His Highness Prince Chen is waiting for you."

According to the ritual system, the ceremony of establishing a queen should not be like this. The future queen should wait at her residence to receive the edict from the new emperor, then kneel down and kowtow to receive the edict, and then go to Taihe accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Rites. The emperor would wait for the queen to pay her respects in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

However, at Gu Jue's request, the procedure of the ceremony was changed again and again, so that Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen set off from Qianqing Palace to Taihe Palace together.

"The princess is here!"

As these four words rang out, Gu Jue, who was standing in the main hall, immediately looked over.

Today, Gu Jue was wearing bright yellow robes and a twelve-stringed crown on his head. When he turned his head, the twelve strings of colored jade were swaying slightly in front of his beautiful and picturesque face like a bead curtain.

Gu Jue's gaze passed through the swaying curtains and looked at Shen Qianchen with burning eyes.

The girl's skin is like snow, her phoenix eyes are bright, and her red lips are like fire. The crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes on her head is inlaid with more than a hundred rubies and thousands of pearls. It shines brightly, making the girl's bright eyes shine brighter than those in the sky. The rays of light will be even more brilliant, overwhelming the country and the city.

Gu Jue looked straight at her, his eyes getting brighter and brighter, and the lingering smile couldn't stop overflowing from his eyes.

She was the only one in his eyes, and everything around her seemed blurry.

When she walked to him, he stretched out his hand to her, and as usual, said warmly: "Let's go."

He smiled slightly, his beautiful eyebrows reflecting her shadow like rippling spring water.

Shen Qianchen also habitually put his hand gently on Gu Jue's palm, his eyes sparkling with dazzling light.

To her, it was the same no matter where she was, as long as she was with him.

He is more important than her life.

It was like this in the past life, and it is still like this in this life.

She knew, she was sure, that her presence was equally important to him.

They will be together forever!

The two of them held hands and walked out of Qianqing Palace step by step.

Behind him, the left minister of the Ministry of Etiquette, who had gray hair and a stiff face, simply looked away and wanted to tell Gu Jue that this was not in line with etiquette.

He can be sure that there is no such step in today's ritual.

However, on such a big day, no matter how inappropriate it felt for the Minister of Rites, Zuo Shilang, he could not speak and could only let them go.

There is a big red carpet extending all the way from the entrance of the main hall of Qianqing Palace to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The golden sunshine poured down, warming the heart. Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen bathed in the sunshine and walked forward slowly on the bright red carpet.

The palace was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and everyone's face was beaming with joy. Only this pair of talented men and beautiful women were in their eyes.

Shen Qianchen walked forward slowly, with a smile on his lips and a calm expression, as if they were not going to attend the enthronement ceremony, but just casually went for a walk and admired the flowers.

As the two walked, they looked at each other from time to time, and a silent understanding flowed in the surrounding air.

Amidst the melodious sounds of ritual music, the two arrived at the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The civil and military officials were divided into two rows, kneeling on both sides of the royal road, quietly waiting for the arrival of the emperor and empress.

The atmosphere in the square was solemn and solemn.

The couple walked hand in hand through the royal road between civil and military officials and went straight to the main hall of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The threshold of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was very high. Gu Jue paused outside the threshold and reminded Shen Qianchen in a low voice: "Be careful."

Along the way, he was matching Shen Qianchen's pace, reminding her when to pay attention to her steps and be careful and thoughtful.

At this time, he slightly raised his hand so that Shen Qianchen could hold his hand across the threshold.

This was just a threshold. Shen Qianchen was not so delicate on weekdays, but today the crown of nine dragons and four phoenixes on her head and the dress on her body were so heavy that they pressed her so hard that she could hardly straighten her neck.

She grabbed Gu Jue's hand tightly, borrowed some strength, and carefully crossed the high threshold, then looked up and smiled at him.

"Slow down." Gu Jue's pace became even slower, and he helped her walk through the main hall, then climbed up the stairs, and sat on the high golden throne together.

The left minister of the Ministry of Rites did not squint his eyes and did not look at the golden throne at all. He was exhausted both physically and mentally.

In the history of the Qi Dynasty, this position should have been reserved for the new emperor alone, but Gu Jue insisted on sitting with his princess and accepting the obeisance of hundreds of officials.

The elders of the Ministry of Rites and the Cabinet could not defeat Gu Jue and had no choice but to let him go. Anyway, as long as the enthronement ceremony could be completed smoothly.

Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen, who were sitting on the golden throne, did not look down at all. They looked at each other with smiles. Their hands were still tightly clasped together, but now they were intertwined with their fingers, lingering and caressing each other's body temperature.

Immediately afterwards, the civil and military officials entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony in order according to their official positions, and stood in two rows in an orderly manner.

The music stopped, and after the officials of Honglu Temple shouted salutes, the officials all knelt down and knelt three times and kowtowed nine times.

"Long live my emperor!"

"See that the Queen is a thousand years old and thousands of years old!"

The ministers saluted respectfully and their voices were uniform.

Today, the new emperor's enthronement ceremony and the queen's establishment ceremony were held at the same time.

(End of chapter)