Chapter 369 (1/2)

”The new emperor ascended the throne.”

A hoarse cry cut through the sky. Chu Zongge wore a seven star Pearl Dragon crown and a bright yellow dragon robe. Sitting on the Dragon chair. He glanced down at the respectful kneeling minister.

He brushed his sleeve. ”Get up.”

The new Prime Minister Liu Bingliang was personally mentioned by Chu Zongge. He took the lead to stand up and worship again. Only then did other ministers follow him up according to the size of his official posts. He worshipped the emperor seven times to show his respect and loyalty to the new emperor.

Chu Zongge frowned. ”Why didn't the left and right generals come. Don't they have to attend my grand ceremony to ascend the throne?”

Liu Bingliang arched his hand and said, ”general Zuo is unwell and doesn't dare to meet the emperor with his sick body. So please forgive the emperor and salute again when his body recovers.”

Chu Zongge touched the Buddha beads on his wrist and covered his eyes with a mist. ”What about the right general? He won't fall ill with the left general. How can the two generals get together when they are ill?”

”The right general didn't. the right general went to the northwest early in the morning.” Liu Bingliang pursed his lips. ”The second son of the right general was in a tight war with Xirong on the northwest border. He didn't have time to report to the emperor, so he went to the rescue.”

There was a cold light in the eyes of Chu Zongge. ”It seems that I can't delay for a moment. It's just a great ceremony to ascend the throne. Xirong broke the front line arranged earlier. I can't feel comfortable from the first moment I sat on the Dragon chair. The emperor of Xirong really gave me a big gift.”

Liu Bingliang wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, ”the grand ceremony of accession to the throne will continue. The emperor will continue later...”

”Xirong is going to fight in. The people in Northwest China are suffering from the displacement caused by the war. I have no intention to carry out these so-called complicated etiquette,” Chu Zongge half narrowed his eyes. ”Go back to the study. I have something important to discuss. I'll go there now.”

”But this is an old rule handed down by our ancestors. Does the emperor want to destroy this tradition,” Liu Bingliang said painstakingly. ”Emperor, this ceremony of accession to the throne has not been completed yet. There are still many things to do. You must not leave.”

”I've heard that the first emperor's grand ceremony to ascend the throne lasted seven days and spent enough gold and silver for the soldiers on the front line to fight five wars,” Chu Zongge said in an irresistible tone, ”Since it's a rule handed down by our ancestors, we'll finish it here. In the future, no matter which emperor, as long as it's a descendant of the Chu family in the state of Qin, the grand ceremony to ascend the throne can't last more than three days, and the cost of property must be limited.”

All the ministers below were sweating. Liu Bingliang's hands shook a few times and didn't dare to say anything more. Chu Zongge's fierce eyes swept down, ”historian, do you want me to write it down in your book.”

”Yes, yes, I'm here.” the historian gave him a wrist to calm his mood. He clearly wrote down what he said in his book. He didn't dare to neglect it for a moment.

Chu Zongge's hand clenched into a fist and knocked on the table, ”I know what you're thinking, but it's because the former Emperor didn't have many children, so I let me pick up this cheap for nothing. But I want to tell you that there's no pie falling down in the world. I want you to know that I'm not stepping on the blanket when I sit on this throne.”

The ministers looked at each other and knelt down without hesitation, ”I understand.”

Chu Zongge glanced at Liu Bingliang obliquely, ”the wedding ceremony between me and the queen will be completed in three days. You should remember this.”

”Emperor,” Liu Bingliang's pupils tightened, ”didn't the eldest lady of Xue's house cancel her engagement with the emperor? The former Emperor once said plainly that Miss Xue was not allowed to enter the harem.”

”The first emperor is in the imperial mausoleum now. Since you listen to the first emperor like this, why don't I write you a note and let you go to the imperial mausoleum to talk to the first emperor,” Chu Zong said coldly, ”She has shared joys and sorrows with me for so many years. I can't treat her badly. She is my queen. When the former Emperor was there, I didn't break the engagement with her, so she is my fair queen. No matter what the former Emperor said or what you old ministers thought, she is the queen. No one can deny this.”

”Yes,” Liu Bingliang soon bowed his head. After all, he was a Junjie who knew current affairs. He didn't dare to face the new gentleman. ”Since the emperor said that the wedding would be done three days later, the minister ordered it.”

”You don't have to intervene in the wedding ceremony. I'll give you something else to do,” Chu Zong Gordon said. ”Now you let the top three generals into the upper study to wait for me. I'll discuss with them about Xirong.”

Liu Bingliang was stunned. ”Now? Now it's the grand ceremony to ascend the throne.”

”Even now, I have become the emperor. This so-called grand ceremony is just a ceremony,” Chu Zongge's eyes flashed a trace of displeasure. ”The people on the northwest border are still in the midst of water and fire. I'm so sorry for the people sitting here listening to silk and bamboo strings and watching light singing and dancing. Call them to the study now.”