I should marry the traitor

Chapter 6 An unexpected discovery at the coronation ceremony

Dong Bai has always been very clear that although she is a high-ranking official in Xiliang and has the power to call the wind and rain, in the eyes of some Luoyang masters, she is just a country girl who has never seen the world.

But Dong Bai actually never cared much about it, and could even self-deprecatingly say that Bai Ben Xiliang was a barbarian.

But only when she really stepped into Luoyang City and entered the Golden Palace, did Dong Bai understand that she was really a country girl who had never seen the world.

The buildings are majestic and decorated with red jade and brocade; the bricks are built with gold characters and the tiles are white and glazed.

The splendid and prosperous Luoyang is inconceivable just by hearing about it. Only when you are in its magnificent buildings and jade palaces, perhaps you will understand what the real White Jade Capital in Heaven is like.

Eight hundred imperial guards came to pay their respects at Huanqiu, and the captain of the Golden Cavalry held a chair in front of the altar in the eastern suburbs, facing south, and set up a black dragon crown in front of the golden chair. The three dukes led the officials to carry the chair and went forward, saying, "The sacrificial ceremony is complete, and we invite the emperor to take the throne!"

"The sacrificial ceremony is complete, please invite the emperor to take the throne!"

"The sacrificial ceremony is complete, please invite the emperor to take the throne!"

"The sacrificial ceremony is complete, please invite the emperor to take the throne!"

The eunuchs tried to convey the information in more powerful voices. Surrounded by a group of Yulin Guards in fish-dragon robes, Li Changge, dressed in a black dragon robe, walked out and walked in front of the desk.

When the ceremonies and music were completed, the Minister of Rites presented the dragon crown to the emperor, who accepted it and ascended the throne to be crowned emperor.

Dong Bai stood among the ministers, her eyes like a tiger or wolf. She narrowed her eyes as she watched Li Changge, who was crowned emperor like the moon surrounded by stars. Something called ambition spread in her heart.

The emperor accepted the dragon crown, and all officials came to congratulate him. Ritual and music played together, and the reign title was announced - Fu Yi.

Peng!
Dong Bai suddenly crushed the wine glass in his hand.

Arrogant, too arrogant, it's a blatant hint, who are you calling a barbarian?

"Mr. Dong, please be patient for now." Liu Ruyan, who was standing behind Dong Bai, said softly, "Something must be wrong when things are out of the ordinary. This new king seems to be too confident. I'm afraid he has something to rely on."

"Yesterday I asked you to look up information about the Second Prince. How is your search going? Is it useful?"

"It has been arranged, but it may take some time to get accurate information. Luoyang... is very resistant to us."

"Who has something against me?"

……

"Everyone." After a brief silence, Liu Ruyan replied. Although she had expected the Luoyang family to be xenophobic, she never thought they could be so arrogant.

There are now 100,000 Xiliang cavalry in Luoyang. As long as Dong Bai does not care about the consequences and the cost, only 100,000 Xiliang cavalry are enough to flatten Luoyang. Are these bloodline families really not afraid of death?
Dong Bai disagreed. Liu Ruyan was intelligent, good at planning and strategy, but she came from a poor family and did not understand the relationship with aristocratic families.

As someone who came from a local powerful family, Dong Bai could understand more clearly than Liu Ruyan the superiority of these bloodline families.

Even bloodlines are divided into different levels. Even though Dong Bai emerged as a rising star, awakened 90% of the python-ox bloodline and commanded a large number of troops, in the eyes of some aristocratic families, he was still just a nouveau riche.

Even if he is polite to you face to face, he actually still despises you in his heart because you are a border blood.

"No problem." Dong Bai asked the waiter to get another wine glass and filled it up again: "This is all within expectations." "Mr. Dong, I suspect that the second prince may have been sent out of the palace, or even out of Luoyang."

Dong Bai heard this and frowned slightly as he watched the noisy officials toasting and reciting poems to each other, and asked, "Where is the evidence?"

"It's just speculation, but it's very likely that the new emperor's succession to the throne was too smooth. He is obviously not the crown prince."

"What's so strange about this?" Dong Bai disagreed: "What those Luoyang gentlemen care about most is bloodline and rules. The most important rule is to appoint the eldest son as the heir apparent. Ha, if this rule was in Xiliang, people would have eaten away all the bones left."

In the wild land of Xiliang, who will inherit the family business is judged by ability. Training an heir is like raising a Gu, and only the one who survives is qualified.

Liu Ruyan shook her head. "If the emperor appoints the most talented instead of the oldest, there will be chaos. But I am very curious. The second prince Li Tianzhu's mother is a concubine of the Yang family. The Yang family has three dukes for five generations. Don't they have any idea at all?"

"Who knows?" Dong Bai curled her lips in disdain, and pouted her beautiful red lips slightly: "Maybe the uncle, who is a fifth-generation official, doesn't think highly of the position of a father-in-law, or maybe..."

Dong Bai began to seriously think about the possibility of Li Ruyan's speculation, which might be very high.

"Ruyan, I need more reasons."

"Emperor Qianling died suddenly, and Lord Dong led 100,000 cavalrymen into the Central Plains. Anyone can guess what he was thinking. Unless the new emperor is weak and incompetent, there is no reason for him to put his life and death in the hands of others. Does Lord Dong think that the new emperor is weak?"

Thinking about how Li Changge flirted with her in front of a hundred thousand soldiers, Dong Bai gritted her teeth and said, "If he were a weakling, there would be no brave person in the world."

"Does Lord Dong have any idea that this new emperor is seeking death?"

Dong Bai's eyes lit up when he heard this. If the other party was really seeking death on purpose as Liu Ruyan said, then Li Changge's reckless behavior could be reasonably explained.

Seeing that Dong Bai was persuaded, Li Ruyan continued to analyze: "Although Emperor Qianling was a licentious and immoral ruler, he was definitely not a mediocre person. Even if he died suddenly for unknown reasons, it is impossible that all the ten eunuchs under his command were incompetent. They should have been prepared for Lord Dong's visit to the capital."

"If I were to do it, I would certainly arrange for the adult prince to practice in a top school early on. Then he would take some of the royal treasures and flee Luoyang, hiding his identity and pursuing another great cause. The younger princes would stay in the palace, and it would not matter even if they temporarily became puppet emperors. At least they would not be in danger of their lives for the time being."

"But they let the older prince take the throne, and the younger prince is nowhere to be found..."

"What's so hard to understand about this?" Dong Bai glanced at Li Changge, and had some guesses in his mind: "This new emperor has nothing but a beautiful body, but his aptitude is not good. It's just that the Second Prince has better aptitude."

"This alone doesn't make sense." Liu Ruyan shook her head and frowned slightly.

At this time, Dong Bai, who had something in mind, looked at Li Changge with a bit of contempt. It might be that he had no trump card and was just simply looking down on him.

As they were talking, the celebration of all officials had come to an end, and it was time for the next step of the coronation ceremony, presenting gifts at the Phoenix Palace.

This step should have been led by the Queen, but Li Changge had just come of age and had not yet married, so it could only be carried out by Zhong Pingjing, who was still a concubine.

Zhong Pingjing, dressed in gorgeous attire and with a beaming look on her face, walked out in a file, surrounded by the Xia sisters and a group of palace maids.

The moment she came out, Liu Ruyan looked at the prince's concubine with interest. No wonder the Emperor Fuyi praised Dong Bai as a beauty. It seemed that he just liked this kind of woman.

Dong Bai stared at Zhong Pingjing intently, and then looked at Li Changge in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)