N-A-A Chapter 1965 Looking at the Painting
Chapter 1965 Looking at the Painting
Today's morning court session was truly chaotic.
Moreover, the situation became tense at times, and the Imperial Guards were almost deployed.
However, some members of the Imperial Guard were poached by others, causing quite a stir in the palace.
The Empress Dowager still wielded some influence, stirring up trouble in the harem and attempting to incite the concubines to unite and overthrow Zhou Ze.
You see, if the old emperor hadn't abdicated, they would still be concubines in the harem, and at least they would still have some opportunities to seek benefits for their families.
However, when Zhou Ze ascended to the throne, the Empress Dowager became the Grand Empress Dowager, and the Empress became the Empress Dowager, so they had even less status.
Consort Shu became a Dowager Consort, but this Dowager Consort had previously been at odds with Zhou Ze. It is conceivable that Zhou Ze would also reduce the power of her maternal family in the future.
If Consort Shu felt very anxious, how much more so the other consorts?
So the concubines discussed it with their families, and then were incited by others, and they were almost about to revolt in the harem.
Their families also caused trouble in various sectors and places in the capital.
So today, the capital is in chaos, and a lot of things have happened.
Many people have been captured by unknown forces and their whereabouts are unknown for the time being.
The Dali Temple and the Jingzhao Prefecture are also extremely busy today.
Because too many people reported it to the authorities.
The ordinary people who hadn't joined felt a sense of unease, as if the capital had suddenly become very dangerous, and that a fire might break out at any moment and sweep them all away.
Once the people were frightened, they either stayed indoors or rushed to leave the capital, wanting to temporarily escape the turmoil.
So, the entire capital city was truly thrown into chaos.
These are all things that Zhou Ze had to deal with on his first day on the throne.
Fortunately, Zhou had his imperial uncle.
Zhou Shiyue had already considered all these possibilities and had placed people in several important places. Once a conflict arose, his people would capture the ringleader and suppress the instigator.
This way, the situation won't escalate too much.
The Qin family also helped, and Zhou Shiyue made clear arrangements for the Meng family elders and the old Duke. Zhou Shiyue took care of all the people in their household who could be used.
Even the Sun family, including Sun Yanyan, had received Zhou Shiyue's arrangements well in advance.
Young Master Sun is a strong force in retaining merchants.
Lin Rong's wife also contributed her efforts.
Lin Rong was often accused by his colleagues of being a gigolo, saying that his wife was rich, which was why Lin Rong could appear impartial and incorruptible to outsiders.
Therefore, Mrs. Lin's business empire is actually quite large.
She helped the Sun family keep the merchants in the capital in check, thus preventing any disturbance in the city's trade.
The people were relieved to see that the merchants seemed to be doing nothing and were still opening their shops and conducting business as usual.
Otherwise, in a city, if there is any unrest, the merchants are actually the most shrewd. They will either quickly raise prices to make a profit or quickly close their shops and flee.
Now that all businesses in the capital are doing well, people feel much more at ease.
Zhou Shiyue then presented these positive developments in the court, making people feel that the common people and merchants were optimistic about Zhou Ze and agreed that he should become emperor.
He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world.
The officials would also find no further weaknesses to attack.
Anyway, if they were to argue on the spot, they wouldn't be able to win against Zhou Shiyue.
Zhou Ze himself also presented several policies that he had previously formulated. Once the policies were presented, many ministers who were genuinely willing to do practical things for the Great Zhou were convinced.
As for those in the harem, Zhou Ze also brought up Lu Zhaoling.
If anyone disagrees, Zhou Ze shamelessly tells them that women's matters should be handled by women. He has no concubines yet, so he can only ask his imperial aunt for help.
The imperial concubines were even more afraid of the Xuanmen (Taoist sect).
Upon hearing the name Lu Zhaoling, they themselves became frightened.
Later, Zhou Ze sighed and said to Zhou Shiyue, "Uncle, I never expected that Aunt would be so intimidating."
The uncle and nephew were arguing so fiercely that they drank several cups of tea, but Lu Zhaoling's reputation was exceptionally useful.
After all, it was the people from the First Mystic Sect who revived the new Emperor Emeritus.
Moreover, even Consort Yu and Consort Shu consistently lost to her, and the Empress Dowager was helpless against Lu Zhaoling.
They were particularly worried that Lu Zhaoling might actually take action against them.
So, after a day like this, things were finally somewhat calm in the imperial court and the capital.
As for Zhou Ze, the new emperor, he passed the first day, which was the most challenging, safely.
"I'm tired." After briefly recounting what had happened that day, Zhou Shiyue said this to Lu Zhaoling, sounding somewhat weary.
"Just hearing you say that makes me tired." Lu Zhaoling immediately went behind him and reached out to massage his head. "Let me massage it for you."
Upon seeing this, Yin Changxing stood up and said, "Send me a carriage to take me back to Huaiyuan."
"Master, won't you stay for dinner before you leave?"
"No, I'll go back and see those masters." Yin Changxing still wanted to ask those masters about the wasteland.
"By the way, we should have Qian Dingxing come and take a look at that painting." Lu Zhaoling was also going to see Qian Dingxing anyway.
They went to the front hall and invited Qian Dingxing over.
Qian Dingxing breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Lu Zhaoling is finally back.
He played two games of chess with Prince Jin today to avoid Sheng Xiaohan, but Prince Jin was a formidable opponent; he utterly defeated him in both games.
Qian Dingxing originally thought that he had lived for so many years and often played chess with his left and right hands when he was bored, so his chess skills were excellent. He thought that a young man like Prince Jin, who had only lived for twenty-odd years, could never beat him.
I never expected this.
So he withdrew after two rounds.
As soon as she returned, Sheng Xiaohan held her face in her hands and looked at him intently, repeatedly asking him how old he was.
Qian Dingxing felt that he was struggling to cope.
He wouldn't feel guilty towards anyone else; he could be rude or use tricks on them if he wanted. But Sheng Xiaohan was someone he had watched grow up.
During those years in the Ghost Market, this innocent and naive girl was devoted to him, and Qian Dingxing couldn't bear to hurt her in the slightest.
Therefore, he is even more difficult to deal with.
He had been waiting for Lu Zhaoling to come back.
"How is it?" He saw Lu Zhaoling, quickly walked over and sat down next to her.
Sheng Xiaohan also came along, but she restrained herself a lot in front of Lu Zhaoling and Prince Jin. She knew they were talking about serious matters, so she shouldn't interrupt.
Lu Zhaoling stood up and bowed to Qian Dingxing.
What's going on here?
Qian Dingxing immediately stepped aside to make way.
He even looked a little surprised.
"Don't do that."
He couldn't possibly accept her gift.