Chapter 121 Palace change, the new emperor ascends the throne (5)
"Jiankang may be making big moves recently. You have taken leave in the past few days and moved to the courtyard next to my residence. When the storm calms down, I will handle these matters for you as a female official." Xie Yuan twirled his fingers for a moment, looking at
After a pause, he whispered to Cui Xunzhi, then turned to look at Huo Qubing again,
"Buyi, come with me, I have something I want you to do."
"Here."
After hearing Xie Yuan's words, Cui Xunzhi quickly packed up some belongings and took the female officer to live in the yard next to Xie Yuan's mansion——
This courtyard was originally given to him by Huan Feng, but Xie Yuan felt that it was too luxurious and too big. He had few people and the residents were weird, so he bought the courtyard next to it that looked very elegant.
The mansion was then left vacant, leaving it for everyone to chat and laugh at.
Xie Yuan and Huo Qubing talked secretly late at night, and Huo Qubing took advantage of the darkness to ride away.
Starting from the next day and lasting for more than half a month, officials from all the aristocratic and poor families with the Wu surname in the court, as well as even ordinary people, found various reasons to return to their hometowns to visit relatives.
The imperial court just vacated a large area of space——
Although they were confused as to why so many people took leave in a short period of time to visit relatives in their hometowns, the overseas Chinese family members started to think about it when they saw so many vacant positions.
They used the excuse that the imperial court could not be left empty, like all kinds of foreigners like Xie Yuan.
Those who came were all descendants of overseas Chinese surnames who had passed the imperial examination and were candidates for the imperial court.
Xie Yuan readily agreed.
Soon, these people replaced the original Wu surnamed family and children from poor families and common people.
Not only this, but also Huo Qubing was transferred to the border by Xie Yuan to fight against the Wei Dynasty.
Seeing that Xie Yuan only had one Cui Xunzhi and a few unimpressive retainers in the court, the Qiao family felt that there was an opportunity to drag Xie Yuan into trouble——
Although they agreed to the imperial examination and women to be officials, it was Xie Yuan who touched the fundamental interests of the family, so they hated Xie Yuan even more and always wanted to get rid of him.
But Xie Yuan also had Huan Feng backing him, so they never dared to take action openly.
Nowadays, Huan Feng has almost stayed behind closed doors, and the officials who vassalized him have taken leave for unknown reasons and returned to their hometowns to visit relatives. Xie Yuan is now isolated and helpless, which is the best opportunity for them to take action.
So they jointly impeached Xie Yuan and wanted to send him to prison without any reason.
When everyone sent troops to block Xie Yuan's mansion, in the nearby mansion, a letter from Cui Xunzhi was quietly sent out of Jiankang and headed straight to Shouchun, Yangzhou.
This situation lasted for almost half a month.
Until this day.
Situ Mansion.
Cui Xunzhi walked out of the secret passage as usual and talked with Xie Yuanshou, when he suddenly heard the sound of fighting outside.
The noisy sound made the little girl tremble her fingers, and the chess pieces fell onto the chessboard with a clatter.
Screams, clashes of swords and guns, horses neighing...
This is……
Cui Xunzhi's expression changed slightly as he listened.
Xie Yuan reached out and covered Cui Xunzhi's ears, and whispered to Cui Xunzhi, "Don't be afraid, nothing will happen."
After an unknown amount of time, the sound of fighting finally subsided.
The door of Situ's Mansion was kicked open, and then countless soldiers walked in, surrounding Xie Yuan and Cui Xunzhi.
"Thank you Situ, long time no see. How are you?" King Donghai came over with a loud smile, looked at Xie Yuan with a smile, and then looked at Cui Xunzhi, "Hey, isn't this Miss Cui?"
Xie Yuan slowly put down his hands and stood up slowly: "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
"It seems that Xie Situ doesn't know what's going on outside." King Donghai smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and patted it.
The attendant immediately came up and respectfully handed over a seal box.
King Donghai slowly took it out and showed it to the two of them.
The seal is square and square, isn't it the imperial seal of the Jin Dynasty?
"You want to usurp the throne?" Xie Yuan narrowed his eyes.
"Emperor Yongkang died suddenly in the palace. The Jin Dynasty cannot be left without an owner for a day. As the saying goes, first come, first served. He can become the emperor even if he is a waste who says 'why not eat minced meat'? Why can't I be the emperor?" the King of Donghai shouted loudly.
Laughed, then spoke coldly,
"Send Xie Situ and Lady Cui to the palace. This king... No, I want to host a banquet in honor of all the civil and military officials!"
"Here!"
According to historical records, on April 3, the sixth year of Yongkang, King Sima Jun of the East China Sea, who had been planning for a long time, launched a palace coup, stormed into Jiankang surrounded by his cronies, and ascended the throne as emperor.
On the same day, Emperor Yongkang died suddenly.
After King Donghai ascended the throne, he changed the name of the year to Taikang, and this year was also called the first year of Taikang.
On April 30, the first year of Taikang, all the court officials respectfully welcomed the new emperor to the throne.
Emperor Taikang forced his wife to marry Cui's daughter, despite everyone's opinions.
At the enthronement ceremony, Emperor Taikang appointed Cui Xunzhi as his queen and announced it to the world. This chapter has been completed!