Chapter 275: Wedding Night, a Night of Love
In Liu Ziyu's opinion, Yue Qiluo, the Princess of the Uighur Khanate, should not be canonized as the Imperial Noble Consort.
Although, the power and status of the Imperial Noble Consort in the harem are obviously one level lower than that of the Queen.
However, the Imperial Noble Consort is the highest-ranking concubine in the harem, and can assist the Emperor in handling some state affairs to a certain extent.
If the Queen has not been able to give birth to a prince for the Emperor, the son of the Imperial Noble Consort may also be made the Crown Prince.
In addition, with Yue Qiluo's status as the Uighur Princess, the Imperial Noble Consort will inevitably appear in the major decisions of the Tang Dynasty on the Silk Road and the handling of the Thirty-Six Kingdoms in the Western Regions in the future.
Even more, her right to speak will exceed that of her adopted sister, the orthodox Queen Liu Shujun of the current dynasty.
This is what Liu Ziyu cannot tolerate!
He also hoped that in the future, with the help of his sister, he could expand the influence of the interest group of civil officials and military generals in the Sixteen States of Youyun to the Thirty-Six Countries in the Western Regions~
The silk, tea bricks, porcelain, and medicinal materials in the Central Plains are all in short supply in the Western Regions, and the woolen textiles, dried fruits, and good horses in the Western Regions also have a large market in the Central Plains.
The money earned from these private exchanges is all in huge amounts of money!
When Liu Ziyu was still the garrison commander of Wuzhou in the previous dynasty, he did not use his power to do business in Wuzhou City and the Turks in the north at the border and made a lot of money.
However, after the Turks on the Mobei grassland were almost destroyed by Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian, and the remaining troops fled far to the west of the desert, Liu Ziyu's smuggling business in Wuzhou City plummeted.
The salary given to him by the Ministry of Revenue of the new dynasty was not enough for him to continue his previous extravagant life.
Now, especially after Liu Ziyu established an offensive and defensive alliance with the governors of Liangjiang and Lianghu, he saw the huge potential benefits on the future Silk Road.
Once the establishment of the community of interests of the four regions of "Jiangnan, Youyun, Anxi, and Western Regions" can be promoted, the silk, tea, medicinal materials, and porcelain in the Jiangnan region can be purchased at low prices, and then sold to the 36 countries in the Western Regions at high prices;
woolen textiles, dried fruits, and good horses can be purchased at low prices from the 36 countries in the Western Regions and resold to the Central Plains to make a profit from the difference. That is really equivalent to holding a treasure pot that makes a fortune every day.
Therefore, in the matter of establishing the new dynasty, Liu Ziyu spared no effort to stand up and support his sister Liu Shujun. A small part of the motivation was out of the feelings between the brothers and sisters, and most of the motivation was because of his own immediate interests.
Who would have thought that the sky would not fulfill people's wishes!
Liu Ziyu's dream was only half fulfilled. Although Emperor Zhaowu established his sister Liu Shujun as the empress of the new dynasty, he also canonized Yue Qiluo, the princess of the Uighur Khanate, the leader of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, as the imperial concubine of the new dynasty.
In this way, Liu Ziyu's idea of smuggling the products of the Central Plains to the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions through the Silk Road has added a lot of difficulty in implementation!
However, the emperor's imperial decree to canonize Yue Qiluo as the imperial concubine of the new dynasty has been issued, and the canonization ceremony has been settled. Even if Liu Ziyu has a big opinion, he dare not express it in front of the emperor and the civil and military officials!
However, Liu Ziyu has already begun to plan in his heart what kind of strategy should be used to pull Yue Qiluo, the Western Region witch, down from the position of the imperial concubine of the Tang Dynasty!
On the other side of the Jiaotai Hall, Lux, an envoy from the Uighur Khanate, who had been disheartened, ignited a glimmer of hope after hearing the news that Princess Biljia Yueqiluo was canonized as the Imperial Noble Consort of the Tang Dynasty.
Princess Biljia was at a disadvantage in the matter of establishing the empress, but when the new dynasty establishes the crown prince in the future, Princess Biljia, as the Imperial Noble Consort, is not without any chance.
As long as Empress Liu Shujun cannot give birth to a prince for Emperor Zhaowu, and Princess Biljia can give birth to a prince for Emperor Zhaowu, then the Uighur Khanate can still win the game that the old prime minister Has entered with his body.
The key is, how to prevent Empress Liu Shujun from giving birth to a prince for Emperor Zhaowu?
For a while, Lux, an envoy of the Uighur Khanate, began to think.
The dispute over the establishment of the empress of the Tang Dynasty seems to have been settled, but in fact, the storm is rising again!
On the dragon throne in the Jiaotai Hall, Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian looked at the kneeling civil and military officials and envoys from various countries. He knew very well that there must be undercurrents under this seemingly peaceful and calm situation.
However, this is the most reasonable solution he can think of to solve the dispute over the establishment of the new dynasty.
It not only prevents the civil and military officials in the court from criticizing and confronting him as the emperor with secular etiquette, but also leaves a glimmer of hope for the 36 countries in the Western Regions, especially the Uighur Khanate, so that they can also realize from the bottom of their hearts that he is an enlightened founding monarch, paving the way for the subsequent implementation of the national integration policy.
This incident also made Chen Huaian clearly realize that if he wants to be a good emperor, especially if he wants to be a good emperor who will be remembered for generations, he still has a long way to go.
He couldn't help but sigh on the day he ascended the throne: The road is long and the cultivation is long, I will seek it up and down!
After the ceremony of enthroning the empress and conferring the title of Imperial Noble Consort on the new dynasty, the civil and military officials and envoys from various countries moved from the Jiaotai Hall to the Hall of Supreme Harmony for the banquet.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites had already directed the maids and eunuchs in the imperial kitchen to decorate the huge Hall of Supreme Harmony as a banquet scene.
After the civil and military officials and envoys from various countries sat down in the Hall of Supreme Harmony according to their official ranks, Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian brought the Empress Liu Shujun, who had changed her clothes, and the Imperial Noble Consort Yue Qiluo to attend the banquet.
Chen Huaian was still wearing the bright yellow dragon robe he wore during the coronation ceremony, while Liu Shujun, who had just been canonized as the empress of the new dynasty, had changed out of the bright red phoenix robe she was wearing and put on a bright yellow phoenix robe, with a phoenix crown, dignified and elegant.
Royal Concubine Yue Qiluo also changed out of the bright red phoenix robe she wore during the coronation ceremony, and replaced it with a golden phoenix robe, which was beautiful and charming.
When Zhaowu Chen Huaian, Empress Liu Shujun and Royal Concubine Yue Qiluo sat down on the dragon chair and phoenix throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the founding banquet of the Tang Dynasty officially kicked off.
Chen Huaian took the wine glass from the eunuch Cai He, stood up and faced the ministers in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and shouted domineeringly: "My dear ministers, envoys from various countries, raise your wine glasses--"
Swish!
In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, civil and military officials and envoys from various countries stood up and respectfully raised their glasses to face Emperor Zhaowu in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Chen Huaian said: "Today is a good day for the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Let me and you raise this glass of wine together and wish my Tang Dynasty eternal prosperity!"
"Cheers!"
The banquet in the Hall of Supreme Harmony lasted until nightfall.
At the banquet, Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian drank a lot of wine, so when he left, he was supported by Empress Liu Shujun and several palace maids to walk out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Imperial Concubine Yue Qiluo was very tactful and left the opportunity to take care of the emperor to Empress Liu Shujun, and she returned to the bedroom a little lonely.
It was just the time of Xu.
A grand fireworks show was held in the Jinling Imperial City, and the Minister of Industry Hu Zhijun finally had the opportunity to show his face in front of the emperor. He led the gunpowder craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry Manufacturing Bureau to personally set off fireworks in the square outside the imperial city.
Whoosh--
Bang!
Whoosh--
Bang!
The gunpowder craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry and the Manufacturing Bureau carefully developed fireworks and firecrackers for the emperor's coronation ceremony. One after another, they rose into the night sky and exploded, bursting with colorful flames, lighting up the night sky of the first month of the new calendar like flowers scattered by fairies.
Outside Kunning Palace (the queen's bedroom), the sound of fireworks and firecrackers that continued to bloom made the drunken Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian sober for a moment.
He stopped with the support of Queen Liu Shujun, looking at the fireworks that continued to explode and bloom in the night sky, and then looked sideways at Liu Shujun who was wearing a phoenix crown and a bridal robe beside him;
Looking at the beautiful face deep in his memory, even though it became a little blurred with the passage of time, but he never dared to forget it, Chen Huaian actually felt a sense of familiarity as if he were in another world.
He subconsciously pounced on her until his lips were wrapped in the warm and sweet feeling, and his brain was finally completely empty at this moment, leaving only the most primitive instinct of the body.
"Your Majesty, don't, don't do this here--"
After a long time, the almost suffocated Empress Liu Shujun finally pushed Chen Huaian away.
Then, with the help of her personal maid, she finally helped Chen Huaian into Kunning Palace.
When Liu Shujun was sitting in front of the bed and was about to help Chen Huaian undress, she was suddenly knocked down by a powerful force, and her nose was filled with a strong manly aura.
"Your Majesty, don't--"
(38,000 words omitted here, readers, please use your imagination, hahahaha!)
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After the banquet in the Hall of Supreme Harmony ended, a considerable number of civil and military officials and envoys from various countries took the initiative to stop in the square outside the imperial city to appreciate the fireworks show carefully prepared by the Ministry of Industry and Manufacturing Bureau for the emperor's coronation ceremony.
The court officials who were drunk were still discussing the dazzling fireworks in groups of three or two, improvising poems and music, and mingling with the people of Jinling City who came to watch the fireworks show. It was a scene of prosperity and peace.
Of course, some people were not interested in appreciating the beautiful fireworks, but continued to move around under the influence of alcohol.
Liu Ziyu, the head of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, who was in high spirits in the dispute over the establishment of the new dynasty, was one of them.
Under the organization of Liu Ziyu, a group of civil and military officials in the Youyun area, as well as some frontier officials in the Liangjiang and Lianghu areas, went straight to the Qinhuai River after coming out of the Taihe Hall.
With the face of Liangjiang Governor Su Chen, the largest flower boat on the Qinhuai River had long been prepared for a group of powerful ministers.
Everyone listened to the fragrant and soft little songs, continued to add wine, turn on the lights and resume the banquet.
As the sworn brother of the current queen and the "eldest brother-in-law" of the emperor Chen Huaian, Deputy General Liu Ziyu naturally became the protagonist of this banquet.
"Everyone, I propose that we toast General Liu with the first glass of wine..."
The speaker was Su Chen, the governor of Liangjiang. He just finished saying the three words "General Liu" and suddenly raised his hand to slap himself in the face, saying with a smile: "Hey, look at my memory!"
"Now, we have to change our words. We can't call him General Liu, we have to call him uncle-in-law!"
Hahaha!
After this was said, the civil and military officials on the flower boat were stunned at first, and then suddenly reacted. They raised their glasses with flattering smiles and said one after another: "Cheers to the uncle of the country!"
"Yes, General Liu is the adopted son of King Wuning and the adopted brother of the current queen, isn't he the uncle of the country?"
"Come on, let's toast to the uncle of the country together!"
Faced with the flattery of a group of high-ranking officials in the court and the frontier officials, Liu Ziyu appeared to be extremely humble on the surface, but in fact his inner vanity was greatly satisfied.
He enjoyed the feeling of being sought after by thousands of people and the feeling of looking down on everyone from a high position.
I saw Liu Ziyu waving his hands and saying with a humble face: "Everyone, everyone, please listen to me. I am an uncle in my country. I am a sworn brother. I am just a sworn brother!"
"Uncle Guo, you can't say that!"
Jiang Ning, the governor of the two lakes, immediately took over the conversation and played the role of flatterer, saying: "Although the uncle is the adopted son of King Wuning, King Wuning only has one daughter, the Queen."
"I have heard that my uncle and the queen are not biological brothers and sisters, but they are better than biological brothers and sisters."
"Back then, Zhao Qian, the second emperor of the previous dynasty, believed the slanderous words of the demon concubine Wen Renyu and wanted to send our queen to the Huihe Khanate for marriage. Your uncle was the first to stand up and protect the queen! "
Jiang Ning, the governor of the two lakes, continued with a nose and eyes: "I have also heard that in order to protect the queen and King Wuning, the uncle has made preparations to raise troops to fight against the tyrant Zhao Qian;"
"The reason why the Emperor was able to lead the Dragon City's elite cavalry around thousands of miles, to cross Wuzhou without anyone noticing from the Mobei Grassland, and to ambush the tyrant Zhao Qian who was personally conquering him in the Tumubao area, was all because of the secret help of his uncle. ;"
"With this friendship alone, I can bear the honor of being the uncle of the new dynasty!"
"Everyone said, right?"
"Yes, what Mr. Jiang said is absolutely true!"
"Uncle Guo, you deserve it!"
"..."
In the atmosphere created by Jiang Ning, the governor of the two lakes, a group of civil servants and generals who had already been drunk and drunk were flattering Liu Ziyu.
Praise him for his kindness, hard work and meritorious service, and he can definitely bear the honor of the uncle of the new dynasty.
Liu Ziyu also lost herself in these compliments. While waving her hands to signal everyone to be quiet, Liu Ziyu began to recall and brag about her "glorious past"!
He said with great emotion: "To tell you the truth, when I learned that the tyrant of the previous dynasty actually wanted to send his adopted sister Shujun... to send the empress to Huihe for marriage, I indeed mobilized troops to resist. The imperial court’s thoughts;”
"You all don't know, but this prince not only showed me kindness and guidance, but also took on the responsibility of a father when I grew up from an unknown soldier in the army to a garrison general guarding a certain side; "
"It is no exaggeration to say that the prince is my reborn parent, and the queen is my biological sister!"
Even at the emotional moment, Liu Ziyu still had tears in her eyes and said affectionately: "I, Liu Ziyu, am also a man upright and upright. How can I tolerate the former tyrant bullying my adopted father and humiliating my adopted sister?"
"Back then, if the current emperor hadn't raised an army to quell the situation, I, Liu Ziyu, would have raised an army to protect my father and my sworn sister's family!"
Hearing this, Su Chen, the governor of Liangjiang, raised his glass again and said: "My uncle is loyal and courageous. He is a role model for us!"
"This glass of wine is a tribute to my uncle!"
"Uncle to the country!"
"cheers!"
"Dry!"