vstars Chapter 327 Do You Know - Xiao Qinshi 54
Chapter 327 Do You Know - Xiao Qinshi 54
After hearing what Qin Wanrong said, the Duke of England understood everything. Qin Wanrong was not without desires at all. She was too ambitious and did not care about the right to rule the country from behind the scenes. She wanted to ascend the throne directly as a woman.
"The Empress Dowager is acting like a hen crowing at dawn. Isn't she afraid of being laughed at by the world?"
"Scorn?" Qin Wanrong really laughed this time. The Duke of England had lived with male dominance over women for too many years, so he really thought it was treasonous for a woman to become emperor?
"History is always written by the victors. Why do you think I would be afraid of being laughed at by the world?"
"Who dares to laugh at the first female emperor in history who ascended the throne?"
Qin Wanrong no longer restrained herself and her aura was fully released, which shocked the Duke of England so much that he was trembling with fear and speechless. The Duke of England was silent for a long time, and after he recovered, he wanted to continue to put forward conditions, but Qin Wanrong had already begun to get impatient.
Anyway, it would be more appropriate to ask the Duke of England to do this matter, but it doesn't mean that I can't do it without the Duke of England. What's more, if it really doesn't work, I can just take a loyalty pill to solve the problem once and for all. The reason why I give the Duke of England time to consider it is simply because Qin Wanrong is bored.
Ever since she learned the truth about the dream-fulfilling system's mission, Qin Wanrong has been thinking about the situations she might encounter in the future. Looking at the high-level worlds in the system list, Qin Wanrong understands that sooner or later she will encounter an even more difficult predicament. It could be because of her own lack of ability, or it could be because her golden finger is too useless, just like setting up a fairy world or a spiritual world or a mythological world.
Nowadays, traveling in the lower world is just a little boring with the help of the golden finger. There is no need to worry about not completing the mission. But if you really go to the higher world, coupled with the suppression of the world consciousness, you may really fail.
Qin Wanrong didn't want to turn all the ministers into her puppets, because at that time, the country would really become her own one-man show, and Qin Wanrong couldn't be sure that the decisions she made would always be right. In order not to become a tyrant and bear the consequences of the emperor, Qin Wanrong wanted to keep "ministers of remonstrance" like the Duke of Ying who were loyal to the country and had their own little thoughts but would not harm others.
If you want to force yourself to grow, responsibility and power are the best nutrients. You must be able to learn a lot as an emperor. Qin Wanrong did not take it seriously in An Lingrong's life. Now she has figured it out. The skills of traders alone cannot make Qin Wanrong strong. Only when she has the determination to become stronger, everything will be realized naturally.
Fortunately, Qin Wanrong's judgment of people was correct. Although the Duke of England felt that Qin Wanrong, the Empress Dowager, was extremely rebellious, he still looked at the matter from the perspective of a minister.
From the perspective of the ministers, Qin Wanrong, the person in power, knows how to appoint the right people to the right positions, can distinguish right from wrong, loves the people like her own children and is quite capable. She is completely a wise ruler and is much more qualified than the princes and grandchildren of the Zhao family.
In addition, Zhao Yi is Qin Wanrong's grandson anyway. Judging from the appearance of the Grand Empress Dowager Qin Wanrong, she will not remarry or give birth to a new prince. From the perspective of the maternal relatives, the Grand Empress Dowager and her natal family, the Dongchang Marquisate, are not on good terms, so it is impossible for the maternal relatives to cause chaos in the government...
Duke Ying suddenly thought of many advantages of Qin Wanrong becoming emperor, but there was only one disadvantage, reputation. But as long as Qin Wanrong herself didn't care about this, there would be no problem at all.
So in the end, the Duke of England agreed to Qin Wanrong's "deal". The next morning when he attended the court session, the Duke of England was the first to kneel down and petition the Empress Dowager to ascend the throne.
This scene really frightened the ministers who did not know what was going on. Sheng Hong stood at the back of the hall with a look of surprise on his face. He was a low-ranking official and a "newcomer" who had just arrived in Beijing two years ago. Although he had a good relationship with his colleagues and superiors, no one would inform him of such a big event in advance. What's more, the people around him did not hold high positions, so the possibility of him receiving the news in advance was not high.
After seeing the Duke of England petitioning the Empress Dowager to ascend the throne as a woman, Qin Wanrong asked, "What do you think of what the Duke of England has reported?" All the officials present fell silent.
Sheng Hong shrank his neck, bent his waist and lowered his head to mingle with his colleagues, thinking about what he should do next. It was obvious that the question asked by the Empress Dowager was waiting for the ministers to express their opinions. Sheng Hong was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.
Just as the cold sweat on Sheng Hong's head dripped into his collar, giving him goose bumps, many ministers in front of him suddenly knelt down and answered in unison: "We second the motion!"
With the first wave of ministers who agreed, there would naturally be a second wave, a third wave, and even later on, more and more ministers would kneel down to support the motion. Everyone began to fear that if they knelt too slowly, the Empress Dowager would resent them after she ascended the throne.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer ministers standing in the court, Sheng Hong could no longer bear it, and his knees softened and he knelt down as well. After all the ministers knelt down, Qin Wanrong smiled with satisfaction: "Since the ministers are so kind, I will not refuse it."
"Pass on my order. Three days later, hold my coronation ceremony and change the country's name to Zhou."
"Retreat!"
At the Sheng family, in Linqi Pavilion, Sheng Hong's favorite concubine Lin Qinshuang was talking to her daughter Sheng Molan, and happened to mention Sheng Molan's marriage. Last year, during the imperial examination, Sheng Hong took a fancy to a candidate named Wen Yanjing, and accepted him as his student and intended to marry him to Sheng Molan. However, Sheng Hong did not understand the true thoughts of his beloved concubine and daughter, and now Lin Qinshuang was really using this matter to admonish Sheng Molan.
"Molan, you can't really listen to your father. If you want to get married, you have to marry someone from a high-class family. Wen Yanjing, a poor scholar, is not worthy of you."
Sheng Molan still had feelings for Qi Heng at this time, so she didn't think highly of Wen Yanjing, so she naturally agreed.
At the same time, at Madam Sheng's place, Qi Heng, whom Lin Qinshuang and her daughter mentioned, was having dinner with Madam Sheng and her kept mistress Sheng Minglan. Whenever Madam Sheng saw this loving couple, she couldn't help but sigh that it would be better if Qi Heng's status was a little lower, or if the Sheng family's status was a little higher.
Sheng Hong's legal wife, Madam Wang, was also talking to her daughter Sheng Rulan about Qi Heng, a handsome man of noble status. However, Sheng Rulan had not yet figured it out. At most, she liked Qi Heng's face, and that was all. This made Madam Wang laugh.
As the plot of "Knowing Your Destiny" develops, the time has come for the children of the Sheng family to get married. Now the fourth, fifth, and sixth young ladies of the Sheng family have come of age, and the atmosphere between the wives and concubines, and between legitimate daughters and illegitimate daughters has become increasingly weird.
When Sheng Hong came back, he was in a trance and exhausted. He didn't expect that he had been an official in Beijing for only a few years, but he had experienced so many things. First, the former official Zhao Zhen died, then the former official Zhao Qi died, then the current official Zhao Yi ascended the throne, and the Empress Dowager ascended the throne behind the curtain. Seeing that the Empress Dowager was becoming more and more mature in handling political affairs, everything was going to become a routine, and the Empress Dowager was going to ascend the throne!