si-mexico Chapter 546 Get the key
Chapter 546 Get the key
It seems that imperial power is more important than him, Yuan Chao smiled self-deprecatingly.
He moved his lips, and his throat felt uncomfortable and painful as if there was sand stuck in it.
After a long while, he said to Queen Mother Yuan and the Imperial Master: "Okay, since this is what you expect of me, I am willing to attend the ceremony of establishing the crown prince."
Just consider it as my final way of repaying you for your kindness in raising me.
Yuan Chao did not say the latter sentence out loud. He repeated it silently in his mind to hide his sadness.
Empress Dowager Yuan and the Imperial Master were so delighted when they heard this that they laughed with satisfaction.
"It's great that you can figure it out, Chao'er. I'll send someone to take you to change your clothes right away."
"When our Chao'er puts on the four-clawed dragon robe, he will definitely be the most handsome and outstanding Crown Prince. He will definitely dazzle their eyes when he goes out later."
As soon as Empress Dowager Yuan finished speaking, the Imperial Master immediately echoed, "Who says it's not true? Chao'er inherited your beauty and my intelligence. He is both handsome and smart. Compared to Chu Yi, he is many times better."
Ji Yuntang: "..."
When she heard this, she was speechless.
These two people should praise the Yuan Dynasty, but why do they have to drag Hua Feixue out and step on her?
Hua Feixue's appearance is seductive and charming, yet dignified and elegant. She looks like a character walking out of a painting, so beautiful that it is difficult to tell whether she is male or female, and she is extremely aggressive.
It is totally incomparable to the melancholy temperament of the Yuan Dynasty.
After seeing this, Ji Yuntang left the Cining Palace directly.
She found Xie Liuzheng and Hua Feixue.
Today, both of them wore human skin masks on their faces. Different from their previous roles as brother and sister-in-law, Xie Liuzheng and Hua Feixue appeared today as Shen Xiangming's personal guards.
Both of them were wearing black men's robes and had a sword hanging on their waists.
When Xie Liuzheng and Hua Feixue received Ji Yuntang's scissors gesture, they understood it instantly.
This was the signal they had agreed to contact each other, indicating that she had obtained the key to save Emperor Chu!
Now they are just waiting for Yuan Jiuan to come and help them delay time.
Yuan Jiuan was wearing a purple brocade robe with cloud patterns today. He had a clear face, a tall figure, and his eyebrows appeared particularly soft in the sunlight. He looked casual and distant.
When the ministers around him saw him, they came forward to greet him, and Yuan Jiuan nodded in response to each of them.
Not long after, Empress Dowager Yuan and the Imperial Master came out one after another.
Empress Dowager Yuan was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had a dazzling array of jewels on her head, showing her elegance and luxury.
The Imperial Master was wearing an orange-yellow Taoist robe and standing aside with a whisk in his hand. He looked like the guardian angel of Empress Dowager Yuan.
As soon as the two arrived, the surroundings suddenly became quiet and you could hear a pin drop.
The ministers looked at Empress Dowager Yuan and the Imperial Master with a more or less strange look in their eyes.
They didn't dare to look any further, let alone say anything, and quickly knelt on the ground and saluted.
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, the Queen Mother. May you be blessed with good health and long life."
Everyone was kneeling, except the Imperial Master and Yuan Jiuan.
Everyone knows that Yuan Jiuan has privileges granted by the founding emperor and does not have to kneel before members of the royal family.
But it is different for the national teacher. Even though he is a master invited down from Mount Taibai, he is still a minister and not a king.
Since ancient times, there has been a distinction between the ruler and his subjects. As a subject, one should perform due etiquette.
But in the impression of the ministers, it seemed that the imperial teacher had never knelt down to the Empress Dowager.
And every time, he would stand on the left hand side of Empress Dowager Yuan, or sit close to her hand.
This gave people the illusion that when the ministers saluted Empress Dowager Yuan, they were actually saluting him.
Some people who have seen the photos complained in their hearts, wondering why they hadn’t noticed before that there was such an ambiguous relationship between the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Master?
Ever since they saw the photo, any action of Empress Dowager Yuan and the Imperial Master would be infinitely magnified in their eyes.
Everyone lowered their heads and dared not say a word, for fear that the Empress Dowager Yuan would notice that their expressions were wrong and get angry and send someone to chop off their heads.
However, Empress Dowager Yuan and the Imperial Master did not notice anything wrong.
She thought that the ministers suddenly became so reserved because Yuan Jiuan was also here.
Empress Dowager Yuan raised her hand and said gently: "My dear ministers, please stand up!"
"Yes, we thank the Queen Mother."
Everyone stood up and heard Queen Mother Yuan say: "Emperor Chu is seriously ill, the crown prince just passed away, and the Chu family has no male heirs. I also know that it is too hasty to hold the ceremony of establishing a crown prince, but the country cannot be without a king for a day."
"I have discussed this with all the ministers and have decided to select an outstanding young talent from the five great families of Yuan, Liu, Qi, Zhou and Xu to be the new crown prince, who will ascend the throne today."
Having said this, she paused and looked at the Imperial Master lovingly.
"As for this candidate, the Imperial Master has already chosen him through divination and fortune-telling. He is Yuan Chao, the young master of the Yuan family's branch."
"Those who accomplish great things must first go through many hardships. Although Yuan Chao is in poor health, he is destined to be the emperor who appears once in a hundred years. He has dragon energy in him, so the position of crown prince this time must belong to him."
"I believe that under the leadership of the new emperor, everyone can be promoted and make money, and reach the pinnacle of life."
No one dared to say anything. In the past, they might have even said a few compliments.
But now, after learning about the unclear relationship between Empress Dowager Yuan and the Imperial Master, the halo in their hearts was shattered.
There are many children in the Yuan family and its side branches, and there are also many famous young men in the side branches.
But they had never even heard of the Yuan Dynasty, let alone anyone knowing what it looked like.
If he was really destined to be the emperor and was so outstanding, how could he remain unknown in the capital for so many years?
The ministers were speechless and felt that the Empress Dowager Yuan and the Imperial Preceptor were simply rubbing their IQs to the ground.
"Pa pa pa!" At this moment, Yuan Jiuan suddenly stood up and applauded.
"Your Majesty the Queen Mother, what you said is very good. I have never seen what the once-in-a-century emperor looks like in my entire life!"
"The Queen Mother and the Imperial Master were able to choose such a person as the crown prince from among so many people. I believe he must have his own outstanding qualities."
"Please, Queen Mother, quickly bring the new crown prince up so that the king and the ministers can see him."
When Empress Dowager Yuan heard these words, she felt more or less uncomfortable.
She felt that Yuan Jiuan was deliberately trying to seduce her.
But now the time is almost up, and there is less than a quarter of an hour left before the ceremony of establishing the crown prince begins.
Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Yuan sent someone to bring Yuan Chao over.
Yuan Chao followed Empress Dowager Yuan's instructions and changed into a four-clawed python robe that only a prince could wear. He had a seven-treasure belt pendant on his waist, and the hem of his robe was embroidered with cloud patterns with gold thread and cloud patterns, and on his body was a four-clawed python.