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Chapter 7 Intrigue

The next day was the day to marry the queen. He was woken up by the palace maid early in the morning and finished his careful dress. During breakfast, the queen mother came to Qianyuan Palace for the first time.

Zhou An immediately stood up and went out to greet him. When he saw the Empress Dowager coming in a group of purple-clad guards, he immediately bowed and shouted, "See the Queen Mother."

"Well, today you need to go to Kaiyuan Gate to welcome the queen in person. When the fall, all civil and military officials in the court will be present. You must pay attention to your words and deeds and look like an emperor.

You know what should be said and what should not be said. I am right behind you. If there is an unexpected situation, you don’t need to respond. I will be there for everything." The Queen Mother said.

"My son understands that he will not disappoint the mother." Zhou An's tone was firm and his very obedient look made the empress dowager very satisfied.

"This morning is your coming-of-age ceremony. The etiquette is complicated. Eat more. I will follow me to Qianyuan Hall later." The empress dowager said, walked into the hall and sat on it.

Zhou An followed and sat next to him and ate breakfast quietly. The queen mother just took a few sips of tea.

As soon as time came, he took Zhou An and his group to the main palace in a mighty manner.

Since the death of the former emperor, Zhou An has never been to the main palace again. This is his first time entering the Qianyuan Palace, and all the civil and military officials have been waiting here early.

As soon as I stepped into Qianyuan Hall, I received a sign-in reminder. After choosing to sign-in, I got a complete set of Qianyuan Dragon Armor.

This is the armor used by the founding emperor when he conquered the country. It was made with almost the best materials and craftsmen from the Qianyuan Empire. Unfortunately, it was destroyed in an important battle and it was difficult to recover.

Entering the court, I sat on the dragon throne for the first time. Behind the throne was the queen mother's phoenix chair.

The ministers watched Zhou An walk up, their eyes were complicated, their expressions were different, and their ulterior motives were illusions.

When facing all officials, to be honest, Zhou An didn't know how to say the opening words, and he never remembered this kind of thing. His own life experience could not withstand the current situation. The best way was to remain silent and the empress dowager would make arrangements.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager was the first to speak: "The time is almost over, let's start."

The left minister gave a tribute and personally presided over the emperor's coming-of-age ceremony. Under the guidance of the minister of the Ministry of Rites, he took a car to the rooftop to hold a ceremony to worship the sky.

Zhou An didn't need to do anything, everything was handled by the people below. He just sat in the car and watched the ceremony go on.

It took more than an hour of cumbersome procedures before it was the emperor's turn to go to the rooftop. After going up, he signed in and got the Qianyuan Soldier Talisman and a dragon-shaped metal Talisman.

The system introduction can summon hundreds of imperial city dragon guards. Each one has the fifth level of acquired realm, and there is also a commander who has the seventh level of acquired mirror realm, and can only summon once a day.

This thing has a great effect, and I finally have soldiers on hand to use it.

When he was secretly happy, Zuo Xiang asked someone to send a ritual vessel to sacrifice to heaven. Zhou An calmed down and took the vessel to respect the sky. Then Zuo Xiang personally crowned him, put on the crown, gave him a Qianlong sword representing the emperor's identity, and Qianyuan dragon robe.

In fact, these are all imitations, and are only used to represent the emperor's identity symbol. The real Qianlong Sword and Qianyuan Dragon Armor have been destroyed.

This Qianyuan Dragon Robe was later improved according to the style of Qianyuan Dragon Armor, and only achieved similar appearances, natural functions, and far inferior defense effects.

Moreover, the Qianyuan Dragon Robe is only made of precious materials, and it is not defensive and is not suitable for combat.

In Zhou An's words, it is a silver-shaped spear head, which is not useful. The hidden dragon sword hanging on his waist can be used. It is considered a top-notch sword, and it is not small in the gap with the real hidden dragon sword.

After the Zuo Xiang announced the ceremony, the convoy returned and stayed in Kaiyuan Square. The queen was already waiting here at the door.

When the emperor arrived at the red platform built in the middle of the square, the queen's phoenix chariot stopped outside the Kaiyuan Gate gate. A red carpet was covered with pink petals, and two rows of palace maids were kneeling on both sides.

The queen came down from the phoenix chariot, wore a golden silk red phoenix robe, held the imperial seal of the Qianyuan Empire with both hands, stepped on the red carpet barefoot, and walked from the Kaiyuan Gate to the platform in the middle.

Zhou An was shocked to see the queen. Although it had only been three days since he traveled through time, he had seen more than a hundred girls, and they were all outstanding in appearance. Sainaimu was a rare person in the world.

I felt that I should be immune to the beauty and treated it with a normal attitude, but when I saw the queen Shangguan Rong, his thoughts were instantly broken.

The poems I have read before come to my mind. I am born beautiful and can’t give up on myself. Once I choose to be on the side of the king. I look back and smile and look charming, and the pink and beautiful palaces of the six palaces have no color.

With the attention of Zhou An and all officials and envoys from all countries, the queen walked up to Zhou An, knelt down, raised her hands, and handed over the jade seal to Zhou An's hand.

Zhou An calmed down, took the jade seal, and handed it to the purple-clothed guard who was guarding the jade seal beside him.

Then he helped the queen up and looked at each other, which shocked Zhou An. Unexpectedly, the Shangguan family would choose such a peerless woman as the queen. He was just a puppet of their family and couldn't understand their intentions for a while.

Anyway, she is sure that she cannot be her own person, so she was just a surprise at the beginning and calmed down.

After we worship our ancestors together and announce the title of the queen, even if the ceremony is completed, all officials and envoys from various countries will enter the Jiaotai Hall to enjoy a banquet.

When everyone took their seats, the left prime minister, Emperor Jiang Xian, spoke, and the first one to stand up first and shouted: "Emperor, I have a report on state affairs."

The right prime minister Shangguan Yuchen, who was sitting opposite him, angrily rebuked: "It is a day for the emperor to be happy. The left prime minister ignored the national system and scattered the master. What kind of constitution is it?"

"Since the emperor ascended the throne, I have never been to court. Except for the time when I met the emperor during the throne ceremony, I have only met the second time. Who is the one who is so kind?"

Jiang Xian said loudly, looked at the Empress Dowager with a point of view, and said to Zhou An again: "Emperor, this matter is related to the safety of the country, and I have to report it."

Zhou An didn't plan to answer the conversation, and he didn't know much about the world, let alone the country, what should he do, just a small commoner?

Anyway, he just needs to watch, listen, and eat. As long as he doesn't feel embarrassed, the embarrassing people are the people who are looking for trouble.

Moreover, no matter what these ministers do, the empress dowager will take care of her and she is happy and relaxed. She just needs to sign in safely and improve her strength.

If he doesn't understand the skills of the emperor, he will know that it will be easier for the ministers to fight the emperor. If the ministers don't fight, the emperor will definitely be a hard worker.

The Empress Dowager said at this time: "What the left prime minister said is reasonable, and the affairs of the country are above everything else."

Jiang Xian immediately said: "Emperor, hundreds of countries in the Western Regions are fighting, using various witchcraft and poison techniques, and the creatures are suffering. These voodoos are extremely vicious, and the front investigation has very terrible contagious ability. No one can know why they are infected. At present, the plague is less than a hundred miles away from Linsha Pass, and refugees flee here every day.

Although there are soldiers guarding the pass, it is hard to say whether refugees will cross mountains and ridges in the surrounding areas, or even plagues will infect wild animals, thus spreading to our territory.

I am sure that the emperor sends troops to pacify the battle of hundreds of countries in the Western Regions to ensure peace among the people of Qianyuan.”

Shangguan Yuchen immediately said: "Hmph, the Northern Ice Kingdom in the north is eyeing us, and the Canglong Empire in the east has also had friction with our army on the border many times. The five southern countries are also ready to move.

The Western Regions are vast, with more than 300 countries, and the desert occupies most of the desert. How much food and salary do we need when we send troops? Our army is not good at desert terrain. If we enter the desert without fighting, we may not be able to get out alive.

Even if these two problems are solved, once we send troops, the Northern Ice Kingdom, the Canglong Empire, and the five southern countries will definitely take advantage of the situation. Will the left minister take responsibility for the consequences?"

Jiang Xian pointed to the Western Region envoy sitting behind and said, "We are not fighting alone, but helping several countries in the Western Regions to quell the chaos and find out the root cause of voodoo.

The four legions naturally cannot move lightly, but if the Empress Dowager sent Qingyiwei and Xuanyiwei, and the combined forces of the thirteen countries in the Western Regions were enough, and they were willing to provide all the military rations needed for this operation."

"Bastard, Xuanyiwei is monitoring all factions in the world to ensure the safety of our Qianyuan country. Qingyiwei supervises officials across the country to prevent treason and officials from knowing the law and breaking the law. How can we act lightly?" Shangguan Yuchen immediately denied.

Other ministers also talked about it and spoke for their own camps.

"Enough." The empress dowager suddenly yelled, and the sound waves actually overwhelmed all the officials in the audience.

Zhou An was surprised. The internal strength displayed by the Empress Dowager's roar was probably no lower than that of him. I heard Sai Naimu say that he should be at the top level in the martial arts world and was a little relaxed, but this made him nervous again.

If an empress dowager has such strength, I am afraid that among the empress dowager's close-fitting purple guards, there are even higher strength.

The Queen Mother's deep internal strength shocked all the officials. They all knew that the Queen Mother practiced the Shangguan family's purple-drilling heart technique, but she didn't expect that she had such a deep internal strength.

She glanced at the ministers and said calmly: "The Xuanyiwei has gone to investigate this matter, and we will discuss everything when we get information. Lord Zuo, do you have other state affairs?"

"Emperor, voodoo is extremely terrible and spreads extremely astonishingly fast. If you delay for a few more days, you may be in danger of Linshaguan and the people around you. Please ask the emperor to issue military orders early. If you miss the opportunity, the consequences will be unimaginable." Jiang Xian saluted Zhou An again, with an anxious and tragic look on his face.

"The Left Prime Minister is too alarmist. I have also seen it. Although it is dangerous, it is not as good as you said."

Shangguan Yuchen snorted, then bowed to Zhou An and said, "Your Majesty, you must not be eager for quick success and instant benefits in marching and fighting. You should wait for the Xuanyiwei to bring back the information and make a decision, so that our soldiers will not be killed in vain."

Zhou An listened to them with his ears and listened to everyone present, and observed the situation in the court and the middle school. From this, he could roughly see that it was divided into three parties.

The left and right prime ministers are the largest groups, and there are a few more people, but the number is quite large, so they are neutral. They hardly speak much and drink quietly.

Seeing that the two sides were going to fight again, the two of them would fight, and it was hard to distinguish them all night. She showed an unhappy expression and said, "Today is the emperor. The queen is happy. No more state affairs are allowed to be mentioned tonight. We should raise our glasses to congratulate the emperor."

The empress dowager spoke, and everyone below stood up to toast, and Zhou An and Shangguan Rong also raised their glasses to drink.

The left prime minister said again: "Your Majesty, now you have completed the coming-of-age ceremony. You must come to the morning court. You still need to decide on national affairs."

The Empress Dowager seemed to have expected Jiang Xianhui to propose it at this time, and agreed and said: "The Zuo Prime Minister is right. The emperor, you should not be greedy for beauty in the future, and you should work diligently.

The late emperor instructed the palace to urge the emperor that if the emperor dared to neglect national affairs again, the palace could only ask for the gifts given by the late emperor, and he would definitely not forgive him."

This surprised the left prime minister. She was the one who prevented the emperor from going to court. Now that she actually said this, the left prime minister had no chance to say a lot of things prepared by the left prime minister.

Zhou An was also puzzled. This power plot was too cumbersome and was much worse than before when he went to work. He really didn't like it.

It's nothing to do to make trouble for yourself. You fight against you, why are you pulling me into the water and wasting my time?

However, when the empress dowager spoke, he agreed. Then the audience became laughter and harmonious again, and there was no tit-for-tat thing just now, which made Zhou An sigh that this officialdom has developed the versatility of people.

After the banquet, all the officials dispersed. Zhou An and the Queen took a car to Kunning Palace, which was the queen's exclusive bedroom, and even the imperial concubine was not qualified to move in.
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