Chapter 1596: Parade in the streets (2)


    I’ve heard your question countless times. Who knows? Speaking of which, I haven’t seen Xu yinluo in the capital for a long time.


    I heard that the director died in Qingzhou, and Xu yinluo was no match for the Yunzhou rebel army.


    sigh, no wonder Xu yinluo is so low-key. She can’t beat him.


    After venting their emotions for so many days, although the majority of the people were indignant, they had already passed the peak of their anger. They still privately cursed the court and Yunzhou’s decision to negotiate, but they were powerless to do anything.


    The opposition was not as high.


    Especially with the fall of Qingzhou and the arrival of the cloud state’s diplomatic mission, a series of rumors had been spreading. The people of the capital had gradually figured out the ins and outs of the matter and knew that The Guardian protector of the great Feng dynasty had died in Qingzhou.


    In their eyes, the supervisor’s prestige was far inferior to Xu yinluo’s.


    In the eyes of the people at the bottom of the society, a supervisor was just a title, a concept.


    At this moment, the clerk standing by the notice said loudly, ”


    the ancient Emperor’s priority is to protect the People’s lives. He can’t bear to harm people by raising them … Since I ascended the throne,. have not been able to rule the country well, causing the rebellion in Yunzhou, the turmoil in the nine regions, the overall situation is in danger, the people are poor, the people are in misery, I have let down my ancestors …


    “The eldest Princess is very kind and magnanimous, much more than I … If the eldest Princess huaiqing were to ascend the throne, with Xu Qi ‘an’s assistance, he would be able to help the country, suppress the rebellion, and even serve the country. As you wish.”


    The notice had more than 400 words. When the clerk finished reading it, the surrounding people were dumbfounded and froze in ce like statues.


    “What, what do you mean?”


    “It seems so … The Emperor abdicated to the eldest Princess?” The person who spoke suddenly widened his eyes.


    “The eldest Princess wants to be the Emperor?”


    The crowd burst into an uproar.


    The content of the notice had a strong impact on the people, shocking them and causing them to be at a loss.


    This caused them to no longer care about the consequences of their words and to start a heated discussion.


    “How can a woman be the Emperor? isn’t this just nonsense? Don’t tell me you’re going to bring an official to do embroidery?”


    “Does the princess know how to read? Why did Your Majesty abdicate to the princess? isn’t a woman afraid of beingughed at by the world as an Emperor?”


    Their first reaction was to resist, to be angry, to be unable to ept it. They only felt that this was the most preposterous thing in the world.


    Then, someone said, ”


    “Have you been listening to books in the teahouse? It seems that there was a woman who was the Emperor in the past. What, what was her name again?”


    “Great Empress of the great sun?”


    “Yes, yes, yes, you’ve heard of it too.”


    The mor died down for a while. It was obvious that many people had heard simr content in entertainment ces such as restaurants, teahouses, brothels, and brothels.


    Then, someone else said, ”


    “The notice says that the eldest Princess will be enthroned with the assistance of Xu yinluo.”


    Oh, he had Xu yinluo’s help.


    The voices of opposition grew softer, but someone still muttered, ”


    “Why would Xu yinluo help a woman be the Emperor? In the six hundred years since the founding of my great Feng, there has never been such a precedent.”


    yeah, I really don’t know what the old official and Xu yinluo are thinking. They’re trying to make peace with Yunzhou while promoting the princess to be the Emperor.


    “Xu yinluo is so muddleheaded.”


    The people, who had originally regarded Xu Qi ‘an as a hero and protector, were disappointed in the fall of Qingzhou. They regarded the peace negotiations as a disgrace. Although no one openly used Xu Qi’ an, they were certainly disappointed.


    As soon as the notice was posted, the disappointment immediately fermented and turned into dissatisfaction.


    Suddenly, a mor attracted the attention of the people around the notice wall.


    Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw a prison carriage slowly driving over, followed by arge group of civilians who kept throwing stones and spitting at the prisoners on the carriage.


    There were even some who were holding toilet bowls and sshing feces at the prisoners in the prison carts.


    Among the leading riders, a night watchman sat high on the horse’s back and knocked on a copper Gong as he shouted, ”


    “Under the orders of Xu yinluo, we parade the rebels of Yunzhou in the streets.”


    On both sides of the street, the crowd was excited. The people who heard the news came to join in the fun. Some joined the ranks of throwing stones, some pointed, cursed, and some pped and sang. It was very satisfying.


    Ji Yuan’s head was covered in blood, and his heart was like dead ashes.


    The apanying officials of Yunzhou shivered and cried bitterly.


    ………..


    Dusk.


    In the Imperial study, huaiqing sat behind arge table covered with yellow silk. In the hall were the leaders of the two parties, Liu Hong and Qian Qingshu, as well as the minister of rites.


    The minister of rites bowed and said, ”


    “Your Highness, the preparations for the coronation have beenpleted.”


    Huaiqing, who was wearing a simple and elegant Pce dress, nodded slightly.


    After the minister of rites returned to his position, Liu Hong stepped out of the ranks and bowed, ”


    “The whole city is in an uproar today. The people are still resistant, but it’s not serious. Xu yinluo’s reputation has also improved. Most of the people in the capital still love it. ”


    After Liu Hong finished speaking, he could not help butugh, ”


    “With Xu yinluo’s current reputation, she would be the most suitable to escort Your Highness. There’s no one more popr than him in the current dynasty.”


    It was actually easier for the aristocrats to ept the princess’s ascension to the throne than themon people. As long as the benefits were in ce, and they were coerced by force, there were many people who would submit.


    Most importantly, in the eyes of the ruling ss, although huaiqing was a woman, she was still of royal blood.


    It was an exception for a woman to im the title of Emperor, and the next emperor would still be the DA Feng royal family.


    This greatly reduced the resistance of the ruling ss.


    However, themon people did not care about this. To appease the people and convince them, huaiqing’s prestige was not enough, and so was the prestige of the Lords. Only Xu Qi ‘an could do it.


    Qian Qingshu echoed, ”


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    “Whether Your Highness can unite the people will depend on tomorrow.”


    Huaiqing’s head was lowered as he read through the reports in his hands. Without looking up, he muttered,


    “It’s gettingte, my Dear Ministers, please leave.”


    The three of them bowed and left the Imperial study.


    The memorial in huaiqing’s hand had been handed over by the cab. The contents were all the matters after the Ascension. There were many trivial matters, but there was one extremely important one, which was to summon the various provincial governors andmanders to return to the capital to report on their work.


    This was actually a negotiation to win over the leaders of the various states and give them some ideological work.


    …………


    The next day.


    On this day, the atmosphere in the capital was extremely strange. From the nobles to themon people, everyone knew that this was a day destined to be recorded in history.


    Because the eldest Princess was celebrating her ascension to the throne today, setting a precedent that had not been set in the six hundred years of Da Feng.


    Themoners had no chance to see the Emperor ascend the throne, but it did not stop them from paying attention and discussing it.


    Different sses had different views. The schrs and schrs of the Imperial College were all bitter about huaiqing’s ascension to the throne. Even if the cloud state’s diplomatic mission was paraded in public, it would not win their favor.


    At most, he would stop scolding Xu Qi ‘an.


    The opinions of themon people were the most mixed. Some could not ept it, some did not care about it, and some chose to believe Xu yinluo.


    In the Xu Manor, the aunt also expressed her opinion on behalf of the upper-ss women.


    “Master, ningyan is just making a fool of himself. How can a woman be the Emperor? I didn’t even dare to go out, afraid that I would be recognized as Xu ningyan’s aunt. What if someone threw a rotten egg at me?”


    Her aunt was as beautiful as ever, and time seemed to have taken special care of her.


    Although she did not look like a young girl sitting with her daughter, she did not look old. Her face was tender and white, without any wrinkles.


    Second uncle Xu lowered his head and ate, not saying anything.


    “Big brother knows what he’s doing,”


    Compared to her mother, Xu lingyue admired her big brother’s heroic feat.


    Seeing that the topic had fallen silent, the aunt sighed.


    “Qingzhou was lost, and there was no news of Eng. Lingying was cultivating in the Gu n, and she didn’t know when she would return. Would she be bullied by the barbarians in the southern border?


    “Xu ningyan, that heartless bastard. He didn’t even know to go home to visit after returning to the capital.”


    As she said that, her aunt’s eyes froze and she looked straight out of the hall.


    …………


    [ PS: typos corrected ]