Qin Jiyan's announcement of Gu Qiancheng's entry into the palace at this time was naturally not aimed at Mr. Gu. As a majestic emperor, did he need to lower his status to argue with the old Mr. Gu?
Qin Jiyan announced Gu Qiancheng's entry into the palace this time. He asked Gu Qiancheng to enter the palace and host the New Year's Eve banquet in the palace.
Every year on New Year's Eve, the palace would host a banquet for hundreds of officials. Of course, it does not really refer to a hundred officials, but to those who are valued by the emperor or have high status.
Those who can attend the New Year's Eve banquet, even if they are not generals with real power, are from famous and powerful families in the capital. Like the Gu family, they were still eligible to participate when the old man was an official, but they lost their qualifications as soon as the old man retired.
The New Year's Eve banquet in the palace not only entertains officials, but also the officials' wives. Those female relatives are usually entertained by the queen and the concubines of the harem, but...
This year's situation is very special.
Qin Jiyan had just succeeded to the throne today. Not only did he not have a queen, he didn't even have a concubine. He couldn't find anyone to entertain his female relatives.
The court officials suggested that the Queen Mother should continue to host the New Year's Eve banquet, but the Queen Mother said that she was old and had no energy to host the New Year's Eve banquet, so she should choose someone else.
The courtiers were reluctant. They repeatedly requested that the Empress Dowager should come out to host the dinner, but later it turned out that if it didn't work, they would ask the Empress Dowager to personally host the New Year's Eve banquet.
The courtier's move was nothing more than trying to use the Empress Dowager's hand to put pressure on Qin Jiyan. You must know that this candidate is not just a casual reference. If it refers to the concubine in the palace, the Empress Dowager will be embarrassed. If Refers to an unmarried girl?
Needless to say, this girl will be either a queen or a concubine in the future, and since the Queen Mother's family does not have a suitable daughter, the Queen Mother can only point to others at this time.
The Empress Dowager has always had a good relationship with Qin Jiyan. If the Empress Dowager wants to maintain her current honor and her natal family prosper, she cannot go against Qin Jiyan. This candidate must be approved by Qin Jiyan.
Sure enough, after hearing the courtier's request, the Empress Dowager did not point directly to the person, but said that she should think about it carefully. This thought lasted for two-quarters of an hour. Two-quarters of an hour later, the Empress Dowager pointed Gu Qiancheng into the palace to preside over the New Year's Eve ceremony. feast.
"Gu Qiancheng? Who is that? Whose daughter? A powerful family with a surname in the capital?" The courtiers were dumbfounded when they heard the name announced by the Empress Dowager.
Why is this name so unfamiliar?
He still had a good memory and thought about it, "Gu Qiancheng, I remember... the woman who found the missing silver from the treasury. She turned out to be the eldest lady of Gu Guogong's house, the niece of Concubine Gu, and the former fiancee of the Crown Prince of Zhao."
Someone counted down Gu Qiancheng's identity, and everyone was dumbfounded by this number.
Why does this girl feel so unlucky? Everyone who has a relationship with her seems to be very unlucky.
For example, the Gu Guogong Mansion where she was born has now changed from the Gu Guogong Mansion to the Gu Zhai, and from the Duke's wealthy family to an ordinary family.
And her aunt, Concubine Gu, was originally the favorite concubine of three thousand people. What about now? Because of the fifth prince's affairs, Concubine Gu had already favored Concubine Gu before the former emperor, and the new emperor did not like to see Concubine Gu either. Now Concubine Gu's status in the palace is only slightly better than that of the palace maid.
As for Qin Yunchu, the eldest son of Prince Zhao, let alone that. First his father rebelled, and then he rebelled. He is still alive now only because of the emperor's kindness and generosity.
As soon as Gu Qiancheng's identity was revealed, all the courtiers started talking. One by one, they asked the Empress Dowager to replace her with someone else. Gu Qiancheng couldn't do it. It really couldn't be done. This girl's fate was too bad.
The people close to her were unlucky, and her biological parents were even worse. Her mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to her, and her father was imprisoned by her. He was not released until the emperor granted him amnesty.
How could this woman host the New Year's Eve banquet on behalf of the Empress Dowager when she was so determined to sue her father?
The courtiers quit and kowtowed desperately outside, begging the Empress Dowager to replace them, but the Empress Dowager ignored them at all. Not long after, the imperial army came and took these ministers away one by one.
The harem cannot allow these ministers to stay for a long time. It was the emperor's favor that allowed them to meet the empress dowager outside the palace. If these people take the emperor's kindness for granted and rub their noses in their faces one by one, that would be a crime.
It's time to die.
Upon hearing this, the courtiers knew that they were wrong, and left one by one in despair, not daring to make trouble for the Empress Dowager anymore, but...we can't ask the Empress Dowager to change her mind, but ask the Emperor's Head Office, right?
The person chosen by the Empress Dowager was most likely the result of the Emperor's instruction and came through the mouth of the Empress Dowager. It would be easier for them to ask the Emperor to change his mind than to ask the Empress Dowager.
So, all the ministers rushed to beg Qin Jiyan, but who was Qin Jiyan? He would always respond to requests? These people underestimated him too much.
"This is the order of the Empress Dowager. You are not allowed to make irresponsible remarks. If you are dissatisfied? If you are dissatisfied, get out of the palace. You don't need to attend tonight's New Year's Eve banquet, and you don't need to attend in the future."
Being able to appear at the New Year's Eve banquet in the palace means that you are an important minister of the emperor and a minister who is valued by the emperor. If you are kicked out by the emperor in public, it means that the emperor is dissatisfied and disgusted with this person. And those who are disliked by the emperor will be kicked out by their colleagues.
Will we support and help each other with him? Will the officials below still do their best to carry out their duties and take the blame for him?
No, no!
Not showing up at the New Year's Eve banquet means that you are far away from the center of power. Not to mention asking the emperor to change his mind, it will be difficult to enter the palace to meet the emperor.
If it is a major matter involving the country and the country, if they fight to the death and are disgusted by the emperor, they may still be able to leave their name in history. However, it is not cost-effective to anger the emperor over the selection of candidates to host the New Year's Eve banquet.
Besides, the emperor only asked Gu Qiancheng to host the New Year's Eve banquet, and he did not intend to make her his queen. It was really not worth it to lose the qualification to participate in the New Year's Eve banquet because of this.
The court officials weighed the pros and cons and kept silent. Even if they were dissatisfied, they did not dare to show it.
"Your Majesty, those adults have left." As soon as the officials kneeling outside the palace left, the eunuch stepped forward with a smile and reported to Qin Jiyan.
"A bunch of spineless scholars." Qin Jiyan snorted disdainfully.
These people thought they would only take one step back today, but they would soon understand that today was just the beginning. And with this step of concession, it would not be difficult for them to retreat again until they have Gu Qiancheng as their rearguard.
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Human nature is like this. If he had firmly established Gu Qiancheng as his queen from the beginning, the courtiers would have desperately opposed it. There might even be bloodshed, and he and Gu Qiancheng would have left a mark in the history books.
What he did was probably due to his mediocrity and heavy looks; Gu Qiancheng's beauty was naturally a disaster.
Now, step by step, he breaks the bottom line of the courtiers' tolerance and forces the courtiers to accept Gu Qiancheng little by little. When the courtiers react, they will find that they have made too many concessions and made too many sacrifices. It seems uneconomical to fight desperately at this time.
And once these people start to consider this issue, it will not be difficult for him to peacefully make Gu Qiancheng his queen!