Luo Qi hugged Chu Rui more tightly. He almost misunderstood this sensible woman. For so many years, she had been guarding him silently, asking for nothing, just because of the love in her heart that he wanted to give her.
The best, but he didn't think Chu Rui would be the queen. Maybe he should go back and have a good talk with An Zhisu. Maybe everything was true as Yuchi Yue and Chu Rui said. Maybe he was really attracted to her.
Her tough and pure eyes didn't always sting him. Sometimes, those eyes would touch him, just like him before.
The two of them stayed quietly in Ningxiang Garden until the sky was faintly white. Luo Qi was going to court. This was his first time to go to court, so he must not be careless. It would take a few days before the official enthronement ceremony would be held.
The civil and military ministers entered the court and were talking among themselves. Some had serious faces and some were smiling. Everyone knew about the coup last night, but no one dared to say a word. It was a war without gunpowder.
During the war, the Queen Mother was arrested by the new emperor and the Sixth Prince Luo Qi before she could resist. However, this Sixth Prince had died many years ago. Good people said that he was rescued by an expert, and some people speculated that he had been hiding for many years.
In order to rebel, but no matter what, now that he has proclaimed himself emperor, they have nothing to say.
When Luo Qi, who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, sat on the dragon chair, the officials knelt down and shouted long live.
"Your Majesty's death!" Luo Qi frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "Unfortunately, the late Emperor was assassinated and passed away. Now I am the one who passed the news. Today's morning meeting is mainly about canonization and rewards and punishments! Dear dear friends, do you have anything to say?"
"Your Majesty, I dare to ask a question!" A man stood out from the crowd, with white beard and hair, wearing a python robe, and an ashen complexion. "I heard that you dispatched troops and generals to enter the imperial city last night. I am afraid that it is not the throne.
The late Emperor's biography is yours, right? Shouldn't you give everyone an explanation for this matter?"
As soon as this person finished speaking, the ministers started talking and whispering. Even though everyone knew that Luo Qi was plotting to usurp the throne today, some of them were supporters of Luo Qi, some were neutral, and some supported the Queen Mother.
, but had already expressed his willingness to surrender to Luo Qi.
"Prime Minister Yan, I know that you are a loyal supporter of the Queen Mother. Since this is the case, I would like to ask you, a veteran of three dynasties, about the late emperor's sudden illness thirteen years ago. I would like an explanation!"
Luo Qi's eyes became sharp, "I heard that the late emperor had issued a posthumous edict, but the edict did not establish Luo Yao as emperor. Do you know what is going on?"
"You..." the old man was extremely angry and shouted loudly, "You rebel, you are trying to usurp the throne. I will never accept your becoming emperor!"
Luo Qi took a deep breath, glanced at the ministers, and said loudly: "Anyone who refuses to accept my proclaimed emperor today should stand up for me. I will give you an explanation, but I also have to answer what happened thirteen years ago.
I want an explanation!"
Several ministers hesitated and did not take a step after all. Yuchi Yue stood up and said: "The Sixth Prince proclaimed himself emperor is what everyone expects and God's will is for!"
When the other ministers saw what Yuchi Yue said, they all knelt down and shouted long live. Prime Minister Yan was left standing alone in the court hall. He was so angry that he was trembling all over and shouted: "You people, are the oaths you made in front of the Queen Mother back then?
Is this all bullshit? Yesterday you all supported the Queen Mother one by one, why do you have to surrender to this traitor today?"
No one paid any attention to Prime Minister Yan anymore. Luo Qi just took out a piece of old paper and handed it to the eunuch beside him. The eunuch took the piece of paper and walked up to Prime Minister Yan and said sharply: "This is the last edict of the late emperor before his death.
The late emperor had long expected that the Queen Mother would rebel, and deliberately left an extra copy of the imperial edict. Now, the Sixth Prince has only ascended the throne again after many years. If it comes to plotting to usurp the throne, I am afraid that only the Queen Mother can bear this crime!"
Prime Minister Yan took the piece of paper tremblingly, put it into his mouth and swallowed it without even looking at it. The eunuch next to him frowned.
Luo Qi took out another square of yellow silk from his sleeves and snorted coldly: "Prime Minister Yan, I thought you were a veteran of three dynasties, so I didn't embarrass you. I didn't expect you to be so stubborn! I tell you, what you swallowed was just...
It’s just a fake edict! How could the late emperor’s edict be just an old piece of paper! What I have in my hand is the edict that the late emperor secretly brought out of the palace!”
Prime Minister Yan's veins were exposed and he said angrily: "You...you..."
"Come here, take off Prime Minister Yan's veil and take off his python robe!" Luo Qi shouted coldly.
Two guards dragged Prime Minister Yan away, and everything in the court hall was quiet.
Luo Qi cleared his throat and said, "Who else has any objections to my accession to the throne today?"
Everyone was quiet.
Luo Qi adjusted his tone and said: "Since Prime Minister Yan has mentioned the matter of plotting to usurp the throne, I will explain these things clearly today, lest any of you are dissatisfied! Thirteen years ago, the late emperor did not die of a sudden illness, but
He was poisoned to death, and the person who poisoned her is the current Queen Mother!"
"Ah?!" All the ministers sighed, with expressions of disbelief.
"After the death of the late emperor, he issued a will for me to ascend the throne. However, the Queen Mother secretly tampered with the edict and poisoned my mother-concubine, Concubine Rui, to death in front of me, and then sent an assassin to kill my twin brother Luo.
Xiao thought he was killed by me, and I have continued to live with his disabled identity to this day. Now, I have obtained another edict from the late emperor, and ascended the throne after the queen mother murdered myself. Does anyone still think that I am plotting to usurp the throne?
?The reason why I issued an edict to the world is that Luo Yao passed on to me, just because I don’t want the world to panic!”
Luo Qi finished speaking in one breath, and the officials had different expressions. It turned out that the Queen Mother had so many ulterior secrets after being in power for so many years, and the Queen Mother did not even let her own son go.
"In addition to announcing my enthronement today, I also have several other things to announce." Seeing everyone's silence, Luo Qi said, "The first thing is that the late Emperor Luo Yao passed away, and I decided to hold it after his burial.
The enthronement ceremony; the second thing is that I will take the Queen Mother back to the palace to take care of her old age; the third thing is that all the remnants of the rebels will be thrown into the dungeons and sent to the frontiers; the fourth thing is that since I will no longer pursue the matter of the Queen Mother, I will not pursue those who
I will no longer pursue the ministers who have reformed, but if someone commits the crime again, I will not be lenient. The fifth thing, I will make the vassal king Wei Chiyue the general to protect the country; the last thing, today I will
Canonize Chu Rui, the only daughter of the late emperor’s imperial physician, as a noble concubine!”
After hearing Luo Qi's words, the ministers knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty is wise! Long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!"
"Everyone is equal!" Luo Qi raised his hands in the air, as if he was a born king, full of domineering power.