Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

"Your Majesty, are you going out too? The New Year is coming soon. There is a custom in Hengyang City that from the first day of the twelfth lunar month until New Year's Eve, there will be a lantern festival here. It's very lively."

Zhu Yiyi introduced: "It was like this in previous years. This year, it may not be so lively because of the funeral of the late emperor. However, the funeral is over now. I heard that the government has lifted the ban on entertainment. This decree must be because your majesty sympathizes with the people and lifted the ban."

Xie Shang originally just wanted them to go for a walk, thinking that they had indeed not gone out for a walk in the past half month, let alone walked around randomly. He was also busy every day, and now that the late emperor had been buried, he felt a little relieved.

It has been almost two months since the death of the previous emperor. The dead are gone, and the future should naturally be prosperous. Commemorating the ancestors and governing the Zhou Dynasty should not affect each other, so he ordered the nationwide ban to be lifted.

He said in a deep voice, "Please ask the officials to arrange to take you for a stroll on the street. I still have state affairs to attend to."

Zhu Yiyi thought that the emperor didn't go because Zhu Zhenzhen and Zhang Jingjing came to cause trouble. In fact, Xie Shang never liked to join in the fun since he was a child. Perhaps there was no point in going without the right person around.

Xie Shang also asked someone to invite Jiang Jinyan to arrange for them to go to the street.

Soon Jiang Jinyan and Xiao Yu came one after the other, "I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Xiao Yu is now serving in the Ministry of Rites because of his outstanding political achievements in the past. He played an indispensable role in the successful handling of the late emperor's funeral.

Xie Shang said, "You should also change into casual clothes and go enjoy the Hengyang City Lantern Festival to see whether the Hengyang Lantern Festival is better or our Shengjing City Lantern Festival is more outstanding. I will leave this matter to Minister Xiao to arrange." In fact, he seldom participated in either the Hengyang or Shengjing festivals, so he could not make a comparison.

Jiang Jinyan reminded, "The Queen hasn't come back yet." Since the Emperor has arrived in Hengyang, he should go to the Hengyang Palace to pay a visit to the Empress Dowager. They don't know anything about the royal family.

Hengyang Palace seemed to be a taboo for the royal family.

"With Lin Feng leading the troops following her, she will be fine." Given the Empress Dowager's temper, she would probably not meet the Queen. When my father was alive, he couldn't do anything to her, so Ruan Ruan would only be turned away if she went.

He knew that Jiang Fenghua was stubborn. She came to Hengyang to see her father off for the last time and to meet the Empress Dowager. She was determined to complete the late emperor's instructions and make her father's love for her come true.

Jiang Jinyan said, "Let Minister Xiao send someone to accompany the ladies to the city. I will take people to Hengyang Palace to pick up the queen." He and Xiao Yu had been busy with follow-up matters and only had time now.

"I will go to Hengyang Palace with you." He then asked someone to send the processed memorial out.

Xiao Yu said respectfully, "Lord Jiang and His Majesty, please go directly to Hengyang Palace to pick up the Queen. I will go to Hengyang City first to arrange accommodation. It is getting late. We need to stay in Hengyang for another day and then return to Shengjing from Hengyang City."

"That's fine." Xie Shang said, "Master Xiao, please get ready first!"

Zhu Zhenzhen said, "I want to accompany His Majesty to pick up the Queen." Nothing would be interesting without the Emperor.

"I'll go too." Zhang Jingjing said.

Zhu Yiyi also found the right time, "Let me accompany Sister Zhen. We two sisters haven't been together for a long time. This is a rare opportunity."

They all want to stick to the emperor.

Xiao Yu said, "I heard from Censor Zhu that Miss Zhu went to Hengyang City these days. I wonder if Miss Zhu could show me the way. If there are any places to have fun, I will go and arrange them first. I will just wait for His Majesty and the Queen to come back and set off for Beijing early tomorrow."

Zhu Yiyi came to him just to go to the Lantern Festival with the emperor, but now everything is disrupted.

Before she could speak, Zhu Zhenzhen said, "Then I'll trouble Lord Xiao to take care of my elder sister. We will meet you after we pick up the Queen."

In the end, Xie Shang and Jiang Jinyan went to Hengyang Palace together, and Xiao Yu took a group of women to Hengyang City.

Zhu Zhenzhen, Zhu Yiyi, and Zhang Jingjing sat together in the carriage, and everyone else sat separately.

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Jiang Fenghua came out of Hengyang Palace. Seeing that it was getting late, she said to Lin Feng, "Will it be dark if we rush back to the posthouse now?"

Lin Feng was wearing a soldier's uniform and riding on a horse. "According to the time, it should be dark before we get back to the posthouse."

"Let's go, speed up, it's not safe outside after dark." Jiang Fenghua remained calm after coming out of Hengyang Palace. The guards in Hengyang Palace should not all be the Empress Dowager's men, perhaps there are also Prince Kang's men.

Are these people protecting Xie Minmin?

In her previous life, she knew that the Fourth Prince would rebel, but she didn't know whether Prince Kang's lineage would rebel. She seemed isolated from the world in the deep palace and had no idea of ​​the specific situation outside.

Prince Kang did not rebel during the reign of Emperor Huijing. Now that it is Xie Shang's turn to be emperor, he is trying to seize the throne. According to her memories from her previous life, this is indeed not the case. Otherwise, even if she was in the deep palace, Su Tingwan would definitely tell her the news based on her character of greeting her every day.

The guards in Hengyang Palace might simply be protecting the Empress Dowager or Xie Minmin.

A lot of things have changed in this life, and she can't predict what will happen in the future.

When they were halfway there, a funeral procession and a wedding procession suddenly appeared on the road and started arguing in the middle of the road. In an instant, the entire road was blocked by them.

Neither team wanted to give way to the other, and the drummers and trumpeters on both sides refused to give way to the other. They played and beat their trumpets as hard as they could, making a noise that hurt people's eardrums.

Lin Feng stepped forward and said in a cold voice, "Stop, everyone stop."

At this time, the person at the funeral nodded and bowed, "Hello, General. I'm on time to attend my mother's funeral. It's getting dark soon. If I don't leave now, it will be too late. But they won't give way to me."

The person on the other side also said, "We are in a hurry too. We have chosen an auspicious date, but because of the death of the previous emperor, it coincides with a national mourning. The government has posted a notice to lift the ban, and my daughter has to wait for the right time to enter the house. We can't waste even a moment!"

Seeing this, Lin Feng thought that because the late emperor passed away suddenly, the government issued a strict order to the world prohibiting all matters such as banquets, weddings, funerals, etc. Now that the ban has finally been lifted, it is understandable that everyone is very anxious.

He said, "As you give way, the road will be cleared."

The people on the other side of the wedding said, "It's bad luck for us to have a wedding and a funeral. It's unreasonable for the bride to step back before getting married. They let us go first..."

"Why should we give way? The funeral is the most important thing. You should make way and let us pass..."

The two sides were arguing fiercely, and Lin Feng rode back, "Your Majesty."

Jiang Fenghua also lifted the curtain and looked over there, and said softly, "I heard everything. Let everyone be alert. If they quietly give way, it's fine. If they still make any move, leave them alive."

Lin Feng was stunned and looked at the people arguing over there, "My queen means that the other party might be cheating."

"It's okay." Jiang Fenghua said again.

The imperial court has just issued a ban, funerals cannot wait and the deceased must be buried as soon as possible, but does happiness have to be celebrated on this day?