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On this day, the emperor and his ministers were discussing the matter of enthroning the queen, and naturally there would be some who opposed it.

The person who opposed it the most was the Minister of Rites He Wen. He didn't care about the occasion at all, as if he was the one who was changing places and said: No, how can the emperor be so childish?

Everyone in the hall could hear the scolding clearly.

Even the Minister of War couldn't stand it anymore and asked directly: He Wen, are you questioning the emperor? Or can you make decisions for the emperor?

He Wen regretted it as soon as he finished speaking, and now he was sweating coldly.

But this time, the emperor did not give these people the so-called opportunity.

He said directly: Come here, take off the official hat of Minister of Rites He Wen, confiscate his property, and take his family members to the prison. Who has any objection to the decision after hearing it? I don't mind a few more deaths.

You could hear a pin drop in the hall, and General Xiao Chen stepped forward and said: Your Majesty's appointment of a queen is a matter of state... Before he could finish his words, the Emperor interrupted him and asked: What? General Xiao also thinks he can interfere in my affairs?

Or do you think, General Xiao, that I need your consent before I can marry anyone?

General Xiao thought that since he was a veteran of two dynasties, the emperor would give him some face. However, sometimes face is given by oneself, not by others, not to mention that the face is given by people who disobey him.

After saying that, he said directly: General Xiao is old, so you should retire. I don't think there is anyone useful in your Xiao family. Please hand over the tiger talisman later. My world will be destroyed without your Xiao family.

Then he said: Cheng Fei.

Cheng Fei is also a general, but he was suppressed by the Xiao family. When his name was called, he subconsciously replied: I am here.

The emperor said: From today on, you will take over all the troops of the Xiao family. Anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy. You are allowed to execute first and report later.

He then said: Come, take the Prime Minister to the Heavenly Prison, where he will be reunited with his family.

Now the prime minister's house has been ransacked, and even many houses in the entire capital have been ransacked.

It was only at this time that the emperor realized that he had been led by the nose by these ministers. No wonder he felt tired. After all, they would oppose anything that was not to their liking. Since they did not know how to cherish him, they might as well all die.

There were more than a dozen families quarreling, and each family had almost as much silver as the national treasury. The emperor was so angry that he ordered the immediate execution.

Even the prime minister's family was executed immediately, including his one-year-old grandson.

When they were on the guillotine, a eunuch read out to each of them what they had done over the years, even the money they had embezzled and accepted as bribes.

Ordinary people hate such corrupt officials the most, so many of them were beaten to death before they were even executed, with their heads bruised beyond recognition.

After dealing with those corrupt officials in the court who always opposed him, he felt comfortable all over. This is how it should be. The ministers should be afraid of him, not that he can never do anything to the ministers.

Thinking about it this way, I feel more and more that An Lingrong is indeed the best candidate for the queen.

People were immediately arranged to take care of the ceremony of crowning the queen. Naturally, the queen's phoenix robe also had to be made in a hurry, so An Lingrong didn't know about it yet, and no one told her.

She was having fun all day long.

After staying in the palace for three months, An Lingrong didn't want to leave. Not to mention her, even Yunshuang, Yunxue and Shunfengshunshui didn't want to leave either. They could play everywhere here every day, and An Lingrong either played the piano or painted. She painted all the lotus flowers in the place. The four of them picked lotus flowers, lotus seeds, and lotus roots, and they all became part of the painting.

This summer, An Lingrong had a lot of fun. The emperor was speechless when he heard the report. Maybe he has forgotten that he is a concubine.

It depends on how they play as master and servant. Now they just call her "master" and don't even call her "queen" anymore.

An Lingrong was preparing something delicious that day, and the sound of laughter came from the small kitchen.

They are making dumplings now. An Lingrong has made several kinds of dumplings, including Yuanbao dumplings, wheat ear dumplings, and lotus dumplings. The Yuanbao and wheat ear dumplings are both golden yellow, while the lotus dumplings are red, purple, and white.

A few people were saying that they would get some lotus seeds later so that they could eat fried lotus seeds.

The sudden sound startled several people in the kitchen. When they turned around and saw the person, they were speechless.

Yunshuang and the others were cooking dumplings. An Lingrong came out and asked with some confusion: "What does the emperor want to see me for?"

She was indeed confused. After all, she hadn't seen the emperor since she came here. If the emperor hadn't come today, An Lingrong would have really forgotten that she was someone else's concubine.

But she didn't care. At worst she would just go to the cold palace. She could live well there.

The emperor said: I will be returning to Beijing tomorrow, so you should prepare yourself.

An Lingrong was stunned when she heard this and said: Are you going back so early?

Then I'll stay here. It doesn't matter if I go back, and I'm fine living here.

The emperor was speechless and said: You can't stay here, you have to go back to the palace.

An Lingrong nodded with some disappointment when she heard that, and then she went back to the kitchen to tell everyone that she would return to Beijing tomorrow, and asked Yunxue and Shunfeng to pack up.

Yunshuang and Shunshui boiled the dumplings, and soon they were ready. The emperor would definitely want to eat them this time. After all, he had met him, and it would not be good to not let him eat them.

It was the first time for the emperor to eat such dumplings, and he asked curiously: How are these made?

An Lingrong said: Use the color of flower petals or other colored foods to make juice, then mix the juice with flour, and the flour will have that color.

The emperor saw that these dumplings were small and pretty, and tasted surprisingly good when he ate them. These dumplings were very small, only as big as a mineral water bottle cap.

The emperor ate too much again and drank another glass of juice made by An Lingrong. To be honest, if he fed himself like this every day, he could gain five kilograms of weight in a month.

After eating and drinking, the emperor left. An Lingrong sat there in a daze. She always felt that something had happened. The emperor could just send someone to tell her. There was no need for him to come in person. Could it be that he just wanted to come over for dinner?

Thinking about the way the emperor ate just now, it should be like this, otherwise he wouldn’t eat so much every time.

I don’t think my dumplings are that delicious.

An Lingrong felt that the atmosphere was not right when she returned to the palace, but she did not ask about it. After all, she still felt relatively free, and she knew how tiring it would be to deal with too many things.

An Lingrong has been in a good mood these past few months. After she came back, she said to Yunxue: "There are so many people in our palace who are due to be released. You can sort them out and give each of them two hundred taels. We can then be considered master and servant."

Yun Xue smiled and nodded, saying: Okay, by the way, we will have to select new people at that time, and we wonder if there will be people sent in from other palaces.

An Lingrong smiled and said: You are stupid. There is everyone in the entire palace who doesn’t want to work for me. Not only is it not tiring, it is also very free. If they betray me, they will never find a master like me again.

By then I'll be hoping they'll betray me.

Yun Xue smiled and nodded when she heard this: "That's right, then I feel relieved."

She had not even lived in the palace for a week when she was called up early in the morning to get dressed. An Lingrong was confused and asked Yun Xue: Why are you getting up so early?

What happens to others has nothing to do with us, so just don't bother with it.

Yunshuang smiled and said: Your Majesty, today is your big day, so you have to get up early, as you have to go to the Qianqing Palace later.

An Lingrong was somewhat speechless and said: "Why go there if there is nothing to do? Besides, what good news can this palace have?"

Did the Emperor give me as a gift to some minister?

That’s not possible. I haven’t done anything wrong.

After thinking for a while, he said: If I give it to the minister as a reward, then I can go out and play every day, haha.

Yunxue was somewhat speechless and said: Your Majesty, today is your coronation ceremony.

An Lingrong almost fainted when she heard this, and quickly asked: "What did you say? What is the ceremony of crowning the queen? What does this have to do with me?"

I am just an unpopular concubine, don't joke with me. After she said this, she looked in the mirror at the bright yellow phoenix robe that only the queen could wear, and said uncertainly: Is this true?

But why did you just crown me as the queen?

I haven’t even gotten too comfortable being a demon concubine yet, could it be that I’ve been upgraded to become a demon queen?

He lowered his head to think about it and nodded: That's right, a witch concubine doesn't seem to be powerful enough. She has to be a witch queen of a country to make those ministers jump up. Hehe, it will be fun only when she becomes witchy like that.

Yun Xue was speechless and said: Your Majesty, please stop imagining, let's go to the Qianqing Palace quickly. Just like that, An Lingrong was supported by two maids on the left and right to the sedan chair. An Lingrong didn't even understand why she became the queen, so she was a little confused, but she still did what the ceremonial officer told her to do.

After all the executions were completed, she had to accept the kneeling worship of court officials. This is where An Bihuai is still confused. His daughter was crowned queen less than a year after entering the palace?

It felt a bit unreal. He was still drifting even after he returned home. He didn't know what others said and he didn't even know how to get home. It was the servant who woke him up. When he woke up and saw that he was in his own home, he said with relief: "Shunxin, I hope I didn't make a fool of myself today."

Shunxin was very happy and said with a smile: Don't worry, sir, I didn't make a fool of myself at all. Everything was just right and I didn't embarrass myself.

An Bihuai still had some disbelief and asked: How did Rong'er become the queen?

Shunxin smiled and said: Don’t mention you, I think the lady is in a daze. You didn’t see it, the lady was confused throughout the whole process.

And judging from the lady's expression, she doesn't know that she is going to be crowned queen.

An Bihuai was speechless when he heard this: How could he not know that he was crowned queen?

Shunxin said helplessly: Master, let alone you, the emperor did all this in secret. He was just afraid that the young lady would not agree, so he acted first and reported later.

I heard from others that the young lady has not yet consummated her marriage with the emperor since she entered the palace. The emperor is anxious, and some ministers said that the young lady does not like to compete with others for men, so she is unwilling to touch the emperor.

After saying this, he laughed out loud, then quickly covered his mouth.

After hearing this, An Bihuai thought for a while and said: Rong'er's personality is that she doesn't like to fight or compete, provided that she doesn't like it.