Two days later, it was the eleventh day of the first lunar month.
At dawn, martial law began at the southern gate of Daning Capital City, and no one was allowed in or out.
The city defense generals in yellow armor blocked the inside and outside of the city gate. More than a hundred golden dragon flags fluttered in the wind. From a distance, the scene was quite spectacular.
"Eunuch Li, how long until Mr. Wei arrives?"
Standing on the city wall, Ning Wenjun, dressed in a dragon robe, turned to look at Li Huaizhong, who was standing beside him.
He did not call the old eunuch who had assisted three generations of emperors "Old Li" like Ning Yongnian.
Li Huaizhong's attitude towards this new master was also slightly cold.
"Back to the Emperor, Mr. Wei sent a message a quarter of an hour ago saying that he had arrived in Shanyang County, and he should be arriving soon."
"Um."
Ning Wenjun nodded, his eyes falling on a group of civil and military officials not far away, his expression a little complicated.
All the major officials of Daning, including him, the emperor, are here now.
And the person they were waiting for was just a murderer before.
Who could have imagined that Daning would undergo such a huge change in just two years. It would be no exaggeration to say that it was earth-shaking.
The mountains and rivers are broken, the wind flutters with catkins, and the ups and downs of one's life are shaken by the rain.
Alas, the world of great strife is truly unpredictable.
"..."
Sighing in his heart, Ning Wenjun stopped talking and just stared at the official road in the distance silently until a line of smoke appeared in his field of vision.
"Is it them?"
"Return to the Emperor."
Li Huaizhong, who had better eyesight, nodded slightly: "It's the Wei family's carriage."
"good."
Ning Wenjun shook his sleeves and took a breath.
"Let's go, follow me down the city wall."
"Let's go meet Mr. Wei."
...
...
"Wei Changtian, a common man, has met Your Majesty."
After a stick of incense, outside the south city gate.
In the rays of the morning sun, Wei Changtian saw the new emperor of Daning for the first time.
Strictly speaking, he actually single-handedly supported Ning Wenjun to come to power.
Therefore, it was definitely impossible for Wei Changtian to kneel down, he didn't even bend his waist, he just bowed his hands and gave up.
Of course, Ning Wenjun would not be displeased by this.
"Master Wei, Mr. Wei, madam, you have had a hard journey."
Smiling and nodding, Ning Wenjun's eyes swept over everyone in the Wei family, including Yang Liushi and Li Zimu, and finally landed on Wei Changtian.
And the tall city gate behind him slowly opened with a "rumbling" sound.
Just like previous generations in ancient times, the city gates of Daning Capital also had one main gate and two side gates.
On weekdays, people can only enter and exit through the side door, and only the army and the emperor can use the main door.
But now Ning Wenjun had someone open the main door, which undoubtedly publicly admitted that Wei Changtian's identity was not beneath his.
"Master Wei, please."
Ning Wenjun turned slightly to the side, and the civil and military officials behind him immediately moved to both sides of the road, leaving a passage large enough for several people to walk together.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
Although he said "thank you", Wei Changtian's expression remained calm.
He took one step forward and walked side by side with Ning Wenjun towards the already wide-open city gate, followed by a group of palace maids and eunuchs holding various ceremonial guards.
Wei Xianzhi and the others followed slowly further away.
The golden calyx is light and the white jade is even.
The wind from the sky followed the Holy Spirit and filled the Jiuchong City.
A solemn atmosphere enveloped the world, and at this moment everyone seemed to be a head shorter than Ning Wenjun and Wei Changtian.
If "opening the main gate" just now was a detour, now Ning Wenjun's invitation to Wei Changtian to enter the city is a direct action to confirm the latter's status.
I don't know if it's in line with etiquette or not, but no one dares to say "no".
Walking side by side with the king of a country in public, Wei Changtian is probably the first "ordinary citizen" in history to do this.
But in fact, this is just a small scene to him.
What happened to the emperor?
Not only did he kill an emperor with his own hands, but another empress called her "master".
If word of this spreads, the whole world will be in trouble...
Shaking his head to stop these random thoughts, Wei Changtian turned his head and glanced at Ning Wenjun, who seemed a little nervous.
"His Majesty."
After pondering for a moment, he withdrew his gaze and said calmly: "We are facing a formidable enemy. In fact, there is no need for you to mobilize troops like this."
"this......"
Ning Wenjun obviously didn't expect that Wei Changtian would say this, but his reaction was quick. He was stunned for a moment and then replied with a smile:
"Young Master said, I must pay attention next time."
"..."
My dear fellow, you are quite capable of bending and stretching. Are you prepared to do some hard work?
"Your Majesty, you should understand what I mean."
He complained in his heart, but his face still had that calm expression.
Wei Changtian turned to look at Ning Wenjun and said slowly:
"Da Ning still belongs to the Ning family, not the Wei family."
"As the Emperor of Daning, you don't have to be so condescending to me, and you don't have to worry that I will take away your Ning family's eternal inheritance."
"If I really wanted to do this, you would be dead by now, wouldn't you?"
"..."
The dragon robe trembled slightly. Wei Changtian's words without any foreshadowing made Ning Wenjun pause in his steps, and the smile on his face became extremely forced.
Although he was promoted to power with the support of the Wei family, today's Daning Court has basically been controlled by the Tongzhou Association.
But which emperor is willing to be a puppet for the rest of his life?
Therefore, Ning Wenjun must have a bigger plot, but he is too weak to reveal it now.
But at this moment, Wei Changtian directly exposed his thoughts, and seemed to be... encouraging him to do this?
"Master Wei, I don't understand what you mean."
Ning Wenjun replied with some difficulty, Ning Wenjun's momentum was already much weaker than Wei Changtian's.
"If you don't understand, then you don't understand."
Wei Changtian glanced at the new emperor, who was very different from Ning Yongnian in every aspect, and suddenly changed the subject.
"Your Majesty, I killed Ning Yongnian, do you hate me?"
"..."
"Mr. Master, you are joking."
Ning Wenjun should have expected that Wei Changtian would say this, and had already prepared an answer.
But the tense atmosphere at this moment still made his voice tremble a little.
"Young master, killing the evil king is a good deed to eliminate evil in the world. I, I am not grateful enough, so what can I say..."
"But he is your father after all."
Staring into Ning Wenjun's eyes, Wei Changtian interrupted: "As the saying goes, revenge for killing one's father is irreconcilable. Your Majesty has never thought of revenge?"
"..."
In his original answer, Ning Wenjun should have said something about "justice destroying relatives" at this time.
However, when he saw Wei Changtian's eyes, he suddenly felt that these words were meaningless, so he did not say them out after all.
For a moment, the scene fell into a brief silence, with only the distant sounds of ritual music echoing in the wind.
"His Majesty."
Not letting the silence last too long, Wei Changtian turned his head and looked ahead.
"Do you know what your father's last words were before he died?"
"..."
Ning Wenjun suddenly raised his head, his eyes extremely complicated.
And Wei Changtian looked at this sight full of various emotions and asked and answered softly:
"He begged me to keep Daning."
"I agreed."
"So Your Majesty, I will help you defend Liangzhou and repel the invading enemies."
"Before this, I don't want you to have any small ideas and join me in resisting the enemy."
"As for after retreating from the enemy..."
"If you still want to seek revenge from me, I will accompany you at any time."
"..."
The morning glow cast golden light, and Ning Wenjun's breathing became more rapid.
But when the two of them walked across the suspension bridge of the moat and entered the capital through the main gate, he gradually regained his composure.
"Okay, I understand."
The word "I" is heavier than before, as if it was only at this moment that Ning Wenjun finally became the emperor of Daning.