Han Zigao

Hou Andu, Zhang Zhaoda, Xiao Mohe and others were surprised, wondering why Zigao was not rewarded?

Hou Andu was rescued by Zigao, and he was still a little grateful to him as a brother. This time they came back from Nanwan together. It is obvious that Chen Qian and Han Zigao still seem to be a close couple, and nothing has changed. Understand why this reward is not as high as Zi Gao?

Before he came to ask the emperor, Chen Qian issued an edict to let the cabinet scholars in the palace draft an edict to make Han Zigao the queen.

On the night of July [-]th, he asked Zigao to go to the military camp to dispatch him and send him away.

Dong Liping, a scholar of the cabinet, was called to the palace to draft the edict. Just after writing a few sentences, Dong Liping realized that he was actually going to make General Han Zigao Han the queen. If you don't hear clearly, the minister is panicked."

Chen Qian smiled slightly, and he also knew that he must have reacted like this, but he didn't care, and said: "What you heard is true, it is Han Zigao, the fourth-rank general, he is virtuous and gentle, and he has killed thieves for the country many times, saved My life, I want to make him queen."

"But, I'm terrified, General Han is a man, how can he be the Empress of the Central Palace?" He still didn't understand.

"That's right, Han Zigao is my beloved, with both virtue and ability, he should be the head of the harem, and deserve the position of queen!"

"Long live!" He finally understood, and he was so frightened that he kowtowed, "Long live, this, sorry for not obeying my orders! Han Zigao is a man. Since ancient times, no man has ever been established as a queen. The son of a queen should be a prince. A man cannot give birth to an heir for the emperor, and the old minister is terrified, please take it back!"

Although Chen Qian was mentally prepared, she was still a little annoyed.But still suppressed the anger and said: "As long as the queen is virtuous, high-quality, and the person I love, I think it's fine. I have a son, so I don't have to be a high-ranking prince to give birth to a prince for me. I don't think this can be a failure to have a son." The reason for being high is the queen. I once had a dream. I dreamed that I fell from the mountain. I was able to climb to the top because of Zigao. It can be seen that Zigao is a gift from the gods. I think my queen is none other than him."

Dong Liping knelt down and kowtowed: "If General Han's meritorious service is unrivaled, he can be appointed to an official position, no matter how old he is, but since ancient times, the empress can only be a woman, the mother of the prince. I know that the emperor has a wife, and she also has children. And I have never heard of it. If she commits any act of immorality, she asks the emperor to revoke the order and change his wife to be the empress. The officials are terrified. This imperial edict cannot be drafted."

"Hmph, it's fine if you don't draft it. I have drafted it myself. I will announce it to the world tomorrow."

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I have the courage to speak out, please take back your orders! The emperor's actions will definitely be criticized by the people all over the world, and will damage the reputation of the emperor. I would rather die than obey!"

"Hmph, don't think that I dare not kill you!"

"The emperor! Even if the emperor kills the old minister, the old minister will not obey!"

"I think you are the elder of the three dynasties, don't care about it, come here and throw Dong Liping out."

"Your Majesty! Please take it back! Your Majesty!"

Dong Liping was dragged out, he had no choice but to think about it, and went to discuss with Prime Minister Cheng De, Minister of Officials Xie Zhe and others all night, they were all shocked, Xie Zhe thought for a while and said: "For the present plan , the two of you go to the palace to meet the Queen Mother, please ask the Queen Mother to prevent this from happening, I will go to General Hou Andu and persuade him to ask the Emperor to withdraw his order."

Hou Andu had just finished drinking and eating with Xiao Mahe and other cronies at home, Xiao Maha hadn't left yet, but it turned out that he was promoted, and all his cronies came to congratulate him, and they had held a grand celebration banquet for him for several days.

In fact, Chen Baxian was newly mourned, and it was really inappropriate for him to do this, but he felt that he had done a great job in recommending Chen Qian, and he was also a little proud. The promotion to Da Sikong was replaced by the joy of being a first-rank general.

What's more, Zhou Wenyu is dead, and he has the greatest military power in the court. Although the Taiwei Hou Zhen also has great military power, Hou Zhen mostly listens to the outside and is basically not in the court. What's more, he has always been Chen Baxian and Chen Qian's person. But this Hou Zhen was a monk halfway through, and it was obvious that the emperor Chen Qian trusted him more.

Although it turned out that Chen Qian had the greatest military power, but he did not oppose Chen Qian, not to mention that he is the emperor now, so he cannot personally lead the army to fight, so he is still the greatest.

Therefore, it is still a secret feast for guests at home.

At this moment, he was surprised to hear that Xie Zhe, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, came to visit him. He knew that he had done a great job in lobbying Wang Lin to withdraw from the army, but although the two were officials in the same dynasty, they were not familiar with each other. He didn't understand why he made a sudden visit, and he didn't have time to cancel the banquet, so he just called for a quick invitation, and asked a few cronies to retreat behind the screen, leaving only Xiao Mahe, and invited Xie Zhe to come in.

Xie Zhe came in, after exchanging pleasantries, he also saw his banquet, frowned and asked, "Master Sikong doesn't know the late emperor's new funeral, so can't he hold a banquet?"

Hou An had an idea, and lied: "Actually, it's a family banquet. I have many concubines, but a few of them can drink. In addition, it's my first wife's birthday, so I have a banquet and drink today. Only with my brother-in-law and General Xiao I didn't invite others to drink, but my lord reminded me right, I know I was wrong."

Xie Zhe didn't want to argue with him about this matter, let alone he had more important things to say, so he asked: "Lord Sikong, the old minister has something important to discuss with you, is there a secret room for us to talk about?"

Hou An was taken aback and said, "Then come with me, my lord."

Leading him to a secret room, Xiao Mahe followed, Hou Andu said: "Master Xie, don't worry, Maha is my confidant, so it's okay to say something."

Xie Zhe let out a long breath and said, "Your Majesty Sikong, you know that the emperor is drafting an edict to appoint a man, General Han Zigao, as the Queen of the Central Palace, so I have come here to discuss with the general, and I ask the general to prevent this from happening!"

Hou An was stunned and said after a long while: "Is there such a thing?? Sir, is the news accurate?"

Xie Zhe said: "Why not! The emperor had summoned Dong Liping, a scholar of the cabinet, to issue this edict. He would rather die than obey. The emperor has kicked him out of the palace. He is drafting the edict by himself. It is estimated that it will be announced in the court tomorrow!"

Hou An thought for a long time before finally asking: "Does General Han know about this?"

Xie Zhe shook his head and said: "I don't know. No wonder the emperor didn't bring his family into the palace for several days, and he wanted to make a male queen as his favorite? How can there be a male queen since ancient times? Set an example? I hope Lord Sikong will do his best to prevent this.”

Hou Andu said: "Master Xie does not know, but General Han Zigao is not a male favourite. He is brave and invincible on the battlefield. Not only did he save the life of the emperor, but he also saved my Sikong and General Zhou Wenyu. In fact, he has made great contributions to me, Da Chen Li, and the late emperor had a quarrel with him, so he has not been promoted, otherwise, General Han should at least be a third-rank or second-rank general."

Xie Zhe shook his head and asked: "I really don't know about this, but no matter how much credit he has, he is a man and he will never be able to become an empress. What quarrel does the late emperor have with him?"

Hou Andu said: "Originally this was a secret, but now that the late emperor has passed away, it doesn't matter if you are not an outsider. Don't you know the rumors that the former emperor and the emperor bloodbathed Sima's mansion when Wang Sima retired?"

"Ah! It's him?!! I've heard rumors that the former emperor's daughter had an affair with the current emperor's bodyguard. Wang Seng argued that it was because the late emperor wanted to keep our Daliang Kingdom from being annexed by the Northern Qi, and it must not be because of the female affair here, but I didn't expect him to be the bodyguard who had an adulterous affair back then?!"

"I don't know if I had an affair or not, but it was true that the daughter of the first emperor fell in love with General Han at first sight. The first emperor wanted to betroth his daughter to General Han, but he would rather die than obey. He was almost killed. He has just been released, the emperor has a deep affection for him, and we have known each other for many years, he is not as simple as a male favorite!"

Xie Zhe was stunned for a while and said: "Oh, Da Sikong, no matter what, he is a man, how can he be a queen? Now the prime minister has entered the palace to meet the queen mother, and he must stop this matter. The king of Hengyang is still here, and the queen mother is already I am dissatisfied with the emperor. Although the emperor has both ability and political integrity, I am afraid that if the emperor insists on setting up a man as the empress, the empress dowager and the ministers of the court will not agree. It is not in line with the etiquette. Let's stop this from happening."

Hou Andu pondered for a long while and said: "Although it seems to be peaceful today, he is actually extremely firm in his heart. If he wants to establish Zi Gao as the empress, this general will not be able to stop him. The empress dowager has handed over the jade seal, and she is not the emperor's own mother. It may be difficult to prevent this from happening, for now, only General Han Zigao can prevent this from happening."

Xie Zhe paused and said: "Master Sikong's words are wrong! If General Han Zigao can confer the empress, even though it is not in line with the etiquette, his status will be very high, almost equal to the emperor, and he will be under one person and above ten thousand. How can he stop this?" happened?"

"Your Excellency Shangshu doesn't know something, but Zigao is not the kind of person who tends to power. I have made it clear just now that he would rather die than marry the late emperor's daughter. Moreover, he is open-minded and thinks of all the people in the world. It seems that he may not be willing to be the queen. Besides, my lord doesn't know that the emperor only listens to him. In fact, this general has been with the emperor for many years. I think the emperor obeys Zi Gao's words and loves him very much. I am afraid that this matter is only general Han. There is no one in the world to stop!"

"So, the old man also wants to meet General Han. Although the old man vaguely saw a beautiful general in the hall that day, he didn't have time to look carefully. The old man is willing to go with the general to see General Han, but the matter is urgent. We now just go."

"Master Xie, wait for a moment, I will send someone to find out where Zi Gao is tonight, and then we will go together."

"What? Doesn't he stay in his general's mansion?"

"Master Xie, the emperor will make him queen, how can he stay in the general's mansion?"

"Ah! This, alas, how decent is this!" Xie Zhe really felt that he could not accept it.

Hou An called his followers and told them to find out where Han Zigao was.He drank tea with Xie Zhe and Xiao Mahe and waited without mentioning it.

ps: It is difficult to establish a man as the queen, even 500 years later, let alone 500 years ago?Emperor Wen Chen Qian was very determined, and Zi Gao fell in love with him life and death.So, will Han Zigao accept being the Empress Dowager?