NCCnovel Chapter 165: Women’s Love for the Country (18)
Chapter 165: Women’s Love for the Country (18)
"I do have the right person."
Liu Shu looked at Murong Jin.
"That is His Majesty the Tenth Prince. He is already seventeen years old, humble and intelligent. He is also the younger brother of Your Majesty. He is indeed the most suitable candidate for the new emperor."
Lord Pei narrowed his eyes, somewhat surprised by Liu Shu's choice. He looked at Murong Jin's pale face and retorted loudly.
"Since the beginning of the year, the court has undergone several changes. The most important thing now is to stabilize the government. As everyone knows, the Tenth Prince was born with a disease and has been in poor health since childhood. What if... if something happens again, it will be detrimental to the government! General Liu, I hope you will put the overall situation first."
Lord Pei was hinting at something, he almost said it explicitly, that Murong Jin would not live long, and the throne would be troublesome to be passed around again and again.
"Sir Pei, I put the overall situation first, so I recommended His Highness the Tenth Prince as the new emperor. His Highness's son is young, and His Highness's age is the most suitable. Sir Pei, rest assured. I asked the imperial physician to check His Highness's health. His Highness is in good health and there is nothing to worry about. What Sir Pei thinks will not happen."
Lord Pei wanted to argue, but Liu Shu simply bowed to the Queen Mother.
"Your Majesty, I think His Majesty the Tenth Prince is the most suitable candidate for the new emperor."
"I second the proposal!"
As soon as Liu Shu finished speaking, a large number of officials followed her and knelt down to support the motion.
The Duke of Zhenguo looked around, hesitated, gritted his teeth, and knelt down.
After what happened to Pei Xuan, their Duke Zhenguo Mansion cannot afford to make any more mistakes.
The Queen Mother looked down and immediately frowned.
Two-thirds of the ministers in the court knelt down along with Liu Shu.
The situation is very clear.
In the end, with the Queen Mother and Lord Pei having no choice, the tenth prince Murong Jin was established as the new emperor.
Liu Shu has only been back in Beijing for a short time, so she doesn’t actually have that much power.
Some of the officials who followed her in supporting the motion were won over by her, while others were threatened by her because she had power over them.
In short, no matter what method you use, as long as it is useful, it's fine.
The first imperial decree issued by Murong Jin after he ascended the throne was to marry Liu Shu as his queen.
Now many people suddenly understood why Liu Shu recommended Murong Jin to the position.
After all the twists and turns, the position of queen still fell into the hands of Liu Shu.
Upon hearing that Murong Jin had named Liu Shu his queen, an idea suddenly dawned on the Duke of Zhenguo.
He increasingly suspected that Murong Cheng's death was related to Liu Shu, but now Murong Cheng's body had been burned to ashes, and he had no way to confirm it.
Besides, what's the point of confirming it now? The matter has been settled. Liu Shu is now in a powerful position, and he needs to avoid her for the time being.
Everyone thought that Liu Shu only wanted to become the queen, so she supported Murong Jin to take the throne.
But in fact, what Liu Shu wanted was something they could not imagine.
What she wanted was to climb to the top of the mountain alone and overlook the vast landscape.
It was unprecedented in this era for a woman to ascend the throne and become emperor, but it was both difficult and easy.
If she simply suppressed the rebellion with force and killed all opponents in the imperial city, she could indeed ascend the throne and become emperor immediately, but it would take a lot of time and effort to quell the unrest afterwards.
The Ye Dynasty was established for just over a hundred years, and the previous emperors were relatively capable, so the Ye Dynasty was actually quite peaceful and stable.
It is easy to rebel in troubled times. Just fight your way through and conquer everyone.
But in times of peace and prosperity, it is much more difficult.
Throughout history, no collapsed dynasty has been able to successfully restore its country during the prosperous period of the new dynasty.
In addition to this, another thing is that she has no legitimate identity.
The ancients paid great attention to bloodlines. You can be in power and even establish a puppet emperor, and many people will turn a blind eye. But if you rebel directly, it will touch a sensitive nerve.
Many people will rush in with the idea that if you can do it, I can do it too, creating chaos.
Therefore, it was rare for any regent or general to succeed in usurping the throne.
Of course, this does not apply to cases where dynasties change frequently during turbulent times.
If she was a royal princess, or even a princess of the royal family, or had even a little royal blood, she could be the empress dowager or the queen, at least she would be related to the royal family.
But she is currently nothing.
Liu Shu’s biggest trump card is the military power at the border, but in fact the military power at the border cannot be mobilized at will, and there are still Hu people outside the border.
If she transferred all the troops away, the Hu people would definitely take this opportunity to move south.
In addition, there are vassal kings in charge of various states in Ye Dynasty. If she rashly rebels and ascends the throne, the vassal kings will certainly not sit idly by. At that time, the vassal kings of various states will jointly lead troops to Beijing to purge the court. She is not afraid of this, but it will definitely lead to war and the people will suffer.
Rebellion is easy to succeed, but the price is high.
In short, rebellion is not something that can be accomplished overnight, and she needs more time and manpower to plan it.
The first step is that she must have a connection with the royal family.
One of the reasons why Liu Shu recommended Murong Jin to take the position was that Murong Jin was in poor health and would not live long.
One month after Murong Jin ascended the throne, he married Liu Shu as his queen. Due to time constraints, the wedding was held in a hurry. Fortunately, Pei Xuan had planned it for her beforehand and everything was ready, so there was no rush.
The wedding went very smoothly. In order to make a name for herself, when she and Murong Jin were receiving the worship of the ministers, Liu Shu also bought herself a special effect of a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix from the system mall.
Compared with the thunder and lightning at Murong Cheng’s previous wedding, the effect of Liu Shu’s special effects is too good to be true.
More and more people believe the rumor that she was born with a phoenix destiny.
That night, the magnificently decorated Kunning Palace was brightly lit. This palace, which had been prepared for a long time, finally welcomed its new hostess after many twists and turns.
In a dim corner room at the rear hall of Kunning Palace, a man with a terrifying face, one arm, a lame leg, and dressed in eunuch's clothes crawled to the door and knocked on it with great effort, emitting hoarse roars from his throat.
After a while, an old eunuch pushed open the door and came in, cursing, "Why are you shouting? Today is the wedding day of His Majesty and His Majesty. If you disturb His Majesty, you will lose several heads."
The eunuch was holding a bowl in his hand. He put the bowl on the table and pulled back the man who was trying to climb out.
"Tell me, why can't you just stay quiet? You're in such a bad state and you still want to run away. I'm telling you, you better stay here."
“Hehe~Hehe~”
After hearing the old eunuch's words, Murong Cheng's eyes widened, full of hatred.
Liu Shu! Liu Shu!
He wanted to expose the true face of this vicious woman and kill her.
Unfortunately, the old eunuch was holding his collar tightly, and no matter how hard he struggled, it was of no use.
Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. Murong Cheng's face suddenly twisted. He held his stomach and curled up into a ball. He was sweating profusely in pain and rolled on the ground.