Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 179

Chapter 179 The Ascension Ceremony
However, Nalan Jinhong firmly placed the token in his hand. and said, “Take it first, These forces, His Highness the Crown Prince is completely unaware of this. It was all secretly accumulated by this king. Handing it over to you now can be considered as leaving a path for your mother and son to retreat. Even if it is an additional layer of protection, you have followed me for all these years like a brother. Now that you can only help me, this is the only thing I can do. Remember to think twice about doing things in the future.

“I really can’t make up my mind if something uncertain happens. I can’t help but ask the Crown Princess. She is a smart woman and she will help you when necessary. You’ve been tired these past few days. Why don’t you go back and rest for a while? The ceremony for your father’s ascension is tomorrow. Now that he’s in prison again, how busy are you, young general?”

Mu Hai lowered his head and looked at the token in his hand. He held it firmly in his hand, As Nalan Jinhong said, This may be the only way for them to retreat in the future, All of this was given to him by Nalan Jinhong. He didn’t doubt Nalan Jinhong’s words. Thus, he sighed and said, “Ah … well, that’s the only way. He is a monarch and I am a minister. I, Mu Hai, will have to die. It seems that I, Mu Hai, can only make the sharp sword in his hand with peace of mind in this life.”

As you said, tomorrow is the ceremony for the ascension to the throne. There are many things to prepare. My father has been thrown into the heavenly prison again. How can I go back and rest in peace? I’ll see if I can arrange for him to go back and enter the palace immediately. I’ll see if there’s anything missing. I’ll take my leave now. “He turned around and left the side palace.

When he returned to the manor, After telling her everything, The mother and son couldn’t help but sigh again. Thinking back to the glorious Great General’s Mansion, Thinking about how badly their mother and son had suffered in the General’s Mansion over the years, and looking at the current situation in the General’s Mansion, the mother and son couldn’t help but sigh with emotion. However, in the face of such a result, the mother and son could only sigh. After settling down their mother, Mu Hai went out, just as Nalan Jinhong had said.

Tomorrow is the ascension ceremony, Now that Mu Feng was imprisoned, and Mu Lin was Mu Army’s deputy commander, he would inevitably be implicated in such an incident. Therefore, as the young general, he was now the highest commander of the Military Ministry. Therefore, all the major defensive duties at the ceremony naturally fell on him. He was really busy this night.

At this moment, the entire imperial capital was in chaos. Facing Huyan Mingshuo’s decision to ascend the throne early, not only was Mu Hai in chaos, but even the entire Ye Lan Imperial Capital was in chaos.

Early this morning, Towards the end of the morning, Huyan Mingshuo suddenly announced in public, “Because of the recent instability in the imperial capital, “In order to avoid long nights and dreams, this palace has decided to hold the ceremony ahead of time. The time will be tomorrow morning. After the ceremony, there will be the ceremony after the conferred title. This palace will reward those officials who have contributed. As for the ceremony, it will be postponed to three days later in the West Palace. All of these matters will be left to Mu Hai and Lan Zheng to handle.” After saying those words, he didn’t care what everyone was thinking, so he directly walked down the Imperial Rank and left the main hall.

Facing Huyan Mingshuo’s sudden decision, everyone was completely at a loss. Therefore, the main hall was silent for a moment. All of this was completely different from what they had imagined. It could be said that all their arrangements had been disrupted. They could not understand what this Crown Prince meant.

This Crown Princess was not even in Ye Lan. He actually held the Empress Seal Ceremony as usual. This was clearly telling everyone that her status as Fu Yingran was irreplaceable. Even in her absence, her status was unshakable. If that was the case, would their daughter still have a future after entering the palace?

This was a solid display of power. The moment he attacked, he directly cut off everyone’s delusions. It could be seen that in Huyan Mingshuo’s heart, he was quite repulsive towards this Consort Sealing Ceremony. If he still insisted on sending the girl into the palace, then not only would it delay his daughter’s happiness for life, but it would also cause enmity between Huyan Mingshuo and his wife.

As a result, everyone was busy trusting people around to see if Huyan Mingshuo could give a decree so that his daughter wouldn’t have to enter the palace. As a result, the imperial capital was in a mess again.

But no matter what everyone wanted to do, no matter what the imperial capital was in chaos, and no matter what ideas everyone had, they could not change the rising and setting of the sun in the east and west. On this day, the sun would set and rise again, and a new day would arrive.

At this moment, the entire imperial capital was under martial law. Three steps, five steps, one guard, and one sentinel were extremely solemn. The citizens of the city had never seen such a scene before. They were so frightened that they didn’t dare to leave. They could only quietly guard the entrance of the palace, wanting to see this rare occasion in a hundred years.

After all, Yelan had been struggling to survive for so many years, Now that he had finally ushered in the unification of the world, The grand occasion of the arrival of all the kingdoms was something that every subject of Yelan was most proud of. Unfortunately, the Empress was not present at today’s Empress Seal Ceremony. I heard that she was the greatest contributor to subduing all the kingdoms. If she was also in the palace, this ceremony would definitely become the biggest ceremony of the Yelan Kingdom’s ascension to the throne in its history.

However, the palace walls were deep, Even though they had already stretched their necks to the longest, they were unable to see what was happening on the throne hall. At this moment, Huyan Mingshuo was wearing a dragon robe and a crown. He sat on the throne with great dignity. He swept his gaze over the officials in the hall without anger. As soon as he sat down, everyone immediately knelt down and shouted, “Long live our Emperor!”

Huyan Mingshuo looked down at the crowd and raised his hand slightly.

“Thank you, Your Majesty.” After saying that, everyone stood up and retreated to both sides of the hall. They stood quietly and waited for the new emperor’s lecture.

When everyone got up and returned to their seats, Huyan Mingshuo said, “I ascend to the throne today thanks to the blessing of the heavens. From now on, I hope that you will lend me your full support to make our country of Ye Lan prosperous.”

In addition, from today onwards, my biological father is the Grand Emperor, my biological mother is the Empress Dowager, and moved to the Northern Garden to rest for the rest of the year. My direct son, Huyan Haoze, has been made the Eastern Palace Crown Prince. Everyone has contributed greatly to the unification of the world this time.

Among them, the former Crown Princess and Fu shi Ying Ran contributed greatly. Furthermore, she was originally my wife, so she ought to be the empress of the Central Palace. However, because she was not in the palace at this moment, she sent the Phoenix Crown and Phoenix Seal to the Central Palace. When she returned to the palace, she was rewarded. Mu Lian, the daughter of the former Great General, was named Imperial Consort Lian, and Xiao Ya, the daughter of the Right Virtuous King, was named Imperial Consort. Three days later, she was conferred the empress of the West Palace.

King Nalan Jinhong was the only bloodline of the Crown Prince of the previous dynasty. Today, his birth mother, Nalan Jinhong, was named the side concubine, while Nalan Jinhong was the Iron Hat King. His throne was hereditary and he was ignored. After the ceremony, he immediately went to the fief. He was allowed to enter and leave the capital at any time without having to play.

Young General Mu Hai has followed me for many years and worked diligently since childhood. Back then, he sneaked into the southern border to save Father of the Emperor. His contributions were not small. He was named a general and was in charge of the Military Department. His mother was named a First Grade Imperial Mandate Lady and enjoyed the salary of the Imperial Court for the rest of her life.

“Minister Shulan of the Original Ministry is the Prime Minister. He is still in charge of the Ministry and the State Treasury. Lei Yu, the former guard of the Crown Prince’s Mansion, is the commander of the Guards Legion Corps. He is in charge of the safety of the entire palace. He and everyone else have their rewards. Little Yizi, please declare the decree.”

After hearing Huyan Mingshuo’s words, Little Yizi was stunned for a while before he took out his imperial edict and cleared his throat, “Feng Tian Cheng Yue, the Emperor Zhao Yue … I admire you for your kindness.”

Everyone listened carefully. They all wished they could read their names, However, only after Little Yizi finished reading one word did the hearts of the people in the hall feel at ease. This could be said to be half joy and half sorrow. Those who were rewarded were naturally fish leaping through the dragon gate and glorifying their ancestors. Those who were not mentioned were also uneasy, especially the Right Virtuous King.

He’s a real uncle now, Even the current Emperor wanted to call him uncle, Normally, the new emperor would ascend to the throne, To reward the officials, As the uncle of the new emperor, He should have mentioned more or less, but he didn’t hear his name until the last moment. He was really panicking. It seemed that Huyan Mingshuo had done what he said and was beginning to act seriously. Just as he said before, he gave Ya’er a consort position, but it cancelled out all the credit of the Youxian Palace from now on.

Right Virtuous King was truly anxious. If Huyan Mingshuo really decided to ignore him, then what should he do? Because of him, Only then did the old emperor plan this Consort Sealing Ceremony. After these women entered the palace, It was destined to be a lonely life, Therefore, he had also indirectly harmed these women. Their families might even hate him. Originally, he wanted to suppress Huyan Mingshuo with his status as the uncle of the country. However, judging from the current situation, he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to even talk to Huyan Mingshuo. Thinking of this, the Virtuous King of Right felt extremely anxious.

So he raised his head and looked at Huyan Mingshuo in disbelief. This was his nephew who he had watched grow up with. How could he be so heartless to him? However, when he saw Huyan Mingshuo’s oppressive aura, his entire body was filled with the aura of not approaching strangers. Only then did he have to believe that all of this was true. Huyan Mingshuo really wanted to draw a clear line with their Right Virtuous Palace.

At this moment, as Little Yizi’s last sentence fell, the crowd kneeling on the ground also shouted, “Thank you, Lord Long’en. Long live! Long live!”

Huyan Mingshuo’s gaze crossed the Right Virtuous King and looked at the kneeling crowd. He was very gratified. Looking at the people who had followed him for many years, Finally, he could stand in front of the hall openly, There was no longer any need to hide anymore. His heart was filled with emotions. Thinking about how difficult it had been these past few years, Huyan Mingshuo put away the pressure around him and said to his subordinates in a gentle tone, “Get up. I have just ascended the throne today, and the court is waiting for all the cripples to rise. In the future, Ye Lan will have to rely on you all.”

His words were for his own people, and also for those old officials. The meaning was very obvious. This was clearly telling them that the Ye Lan Imperial Court was not only in their hands, it was also messed up by them. That was why he would use this sentence to describe the current Ye Lan Imperial Court.

Hearing Huyan Mingshuo’s words, The old officials were unavoidably unconvinced, but they were powerless to refute. After all, he was already the Emperor now, and the Sovereign King was not at fault. This was a truth that everyone acknowledged. And these people who had just been conferred the title felt great pressure in their hearts. In order to repay the new Emperor’s trust in them, they had no choice but to do their utmost for the prosperity of Ye Lan in the future.

Whether they were willing or not, it was all because of their sacred intent. Moreover, this was the world they had fought with the Emperor, so they were even more obliged. Thus, everyone said without hesitation, “I will obey the decree.” Then, everyone stood up from the ground and retreated to their positions.

Huyan Mingshuo saw that the matter was almost over. He had already said everything he needed to say, and all the rewards he needed were also given. Thus, he said, “Let’s call it a day. I’m also a little tired. If there’s anything else, we can discuss it slowly in the future.”

After he finished speaking, he stood up and strode out of the Golden Royal Palace.