marrying a concubine

From late June to mid-July of the first year of Shengyuan, the political system of Daughter Kingdom underwent subversive changes.

Under the pressure of both the emperor and the regent, they announced the abolition of the sacrificial courtyard and the elders' pavilion, announcing that the two courtyards, which had dominated for hundreds of years, began to officially withdraw from the political arena of the Daughter Kingdom.

As we all know, the two courts have high prestige, both in the political arena and among the people, not only in the royal family, but the daughter country is also a country that believes in gods. Sacrifice and worship have become part of their daily life.In the minds of the common people, the sacrificial courtyard and the Changlao Pavilion exist like gods. Through prayers, sacrifices and other ceremonies, wishes are obtained, such as food sowing, harvest, rain, weather prediction, marriage, and child-seeking, etc. , has formed an inherent pattern for hundreds of years.

For hundreds of years, this has been their belief, the place they have looked up to. Now that this belief is suddenly taken away, the people will naturally rise up to resist.

Bear the brunt of Huadu.

In addition, both the Sacrificial Academy and the Elder’s Pavilion have great power in China, which is their sphere of influence. As long as someone is sent to provoke the people in an organized and regular manner, the consequences will be very terrible. The people who are already emotional After being provoked by their caring people, they aroused their angry blood.

Temples were destroyed, statues were humiliated, and thousands of ordinary people gathered in front of the palace, protesting to the royal family, demanding the restoration of the two chambers, and some even raised high flags, demanding that the queen be deposed in the name of being fatuous and immoral, and a new queen be established. In order to better lead the daughter country.

The royal family is not only facing the crisis of common people's riots, Xiaobai is also facing the crisis of being deposed.

The imperial guards in front of the palace were on full alert and did not dare to relax in the slightest. They were afraid that the people would not be able to withstand the disturbance of the Presbyterian Pavilion and the sacrificial courtyard and attack the palace. This was the biggest chaos and riot in Huadu in recent years.

After weighing again and again, Xiaobai announced that the court would be suspended for three days. Crowds gathered at the four palace gates to make trouble. Hundreds of officials could not enter the palace to discuss matters. Some officials were beaten and seriously injured by angry people when they entered the palace. .

Long Xueli had already expected that there would be such a commotion in Huadu. She stood still in the mansion and watched the changes. Can ascend the throne naturally.This wishful thinking began as early as when she was sure that she would abolish the two houses, and she was waiting for the moment of a good harvest.

On the second day after the court stopped, Xiaobai ordered people to post notices in every corner of the city in the form of an announcement, reorganized the sacrificial courtyard and the elders' pavilion, and set up a dedicated sacrificial elders' courtyard.It is used for the five rituals of Kaoji, Jia, Jun, Bin, and Ji. This is the most basic internal affairs that the sacrificial courtyard and the Changlaoge were responsible for. Wizards and engaged in yin and yang, divination, medicine, etc.The new sacrificial elders' house deprived the original priest's house and the elders' pavilion of the power to participate in the highest state decision-making, and assigned them to the positions that originally belonged to them.

Hundreds of officials perform their own duties and fulfill their responsibilities, so that a country can develop in an all-round way, and those in power can better control the direction.

After the announcement was made, the anger of the people was well suppressed. Originally, they were only dissatisfied with the queen's sudden abolition of the sacrificial courtyard and the elders' pavilion. Now that they saw her reorganizing the sacrificial courtyard and the elders' pavilion, they naturally thought that the queen could not stand up to their demands. Riots and chaos began to compromise.

When a person falls from heaven to the bottom of the valley and thinks that all thoughts are lost, the person who suddenly pushed you down pulls you up again. This kind of hope of rebirth is extremely precious, and when it is lost and found, their sense of satisfaction is far higher than before. many.

As a result, the turmoil subsided slowly on the third day after the announcement, two of the people from the four palace gates dispersed, and the riots in Huadu also decreased significantly, which was completely beyond Long Xueli's expectation.

"Feng Nanjin is indeed a master at playing politics. If he has a skill, let's try again!" Long Xueli smiled impassively. He would use her, but she wouldn't.

She understands the situation of the Daughter Kingdom better than he does. How can the ambitious guys in the Elder's Pavilion and the Sacrificial Academy give up!

If you are a chess piece, you must obey the rules like a chess piece. This is the secret of success.

However, they both disdain to be pawns.

Where there are policies above, there are countermeasures below.

After Xiaobai issued the notice, the public anger was alleviated. However, the original priests and the elders' pavilion knew very well that not only did the queen not compromise at all, but, once she accepted the reorganized system, the priests' courtyard and the elders' pavilion would be in danger. Can never turn over.

They sent people disguised as ordinary people, causing even greater chaos and riots in the city, and a large number of "people" gathered in front of the palace gate in a dramatic manner.

The slogan this time is very clear, dethrone the queen!

At this most critical time, Xiao Yang, the former head of the sacrificial academy, was the first to accept the reorganization, and Xiaobai appointed him as the chief of the sacrificial officials, the first-rank official, and enjoyed the same salary as before.

In fact, all of Xiaobai's series of actions were planned by Nan Jin behind the scenes. Before he decided to use Long Xueli's hand to abolish the sacrificial courtyard and the Elder's Pavilion together, Nan Jin asked Liusu to make Xiao Yang agree no matter what method he used. Accepted, for this reason, Liusu visited the door three times, and even put down his figure, begging him to accept the change for the sake of the overall situation.

The first two times, Xiaoyang didn't talk to Liusu much. As soon as she finished speaking, Xiaoyang asked people to see off the guests. down.

For the third time, Liusu had a brief conversation with Xiaoyang. Xiaoyang once asked her why she had to change so impatiently. Wouldn't it be good to maintain the status quo?

Liusu replied that a country is like a person's growth, and no one will always be in a youthful state.

Xiaoyang personally sent her and Qingfeng away. Liusu tested his tone and showed no intention of compromise. She thought it was a failure, but she didn't expect him to accept the change suddenly, and he was the first one.

Xiao Yang has absolute leadership and convincing power in the sacrificial courtyard. After he obeyed the queen, he came forward to persuade him. More than half of the officials in the sacrificial courtyard also obeyed the queen one after another. Seeing someone compromise, it was like a herd effect. The young officials were loyal to the royal family, and they also followed Xiaoyang's steps, slowly approaching the royal family, and the remaining extremists joined forces.

Xiaobai entered the Hall of Fengyi with a blank face, walking all the way, the air-conditioning spread boundlessly, the maids and eunuchs at the side retreated one after another, Liusu saw the smile on Qingfeng's face behind him, and immediately understood that her daughter had hit another nail and came back.

"Mother, I want to change my tutor!" Xiaobai stood in front of Liusu coldly, her eyes resembling Nan Jin's were stern and stern, fully expressing her determination.

Liusu chuckled, rubbed her tense little face, and Xiaobai said in a dark tone, "Mother, I'm serious!"

"I know, you can talk to daddy, I can't make the decision!" Liusu's eyebrows crooked with a smile, she is happy that someone can restrain Xiaobai, lest she will be lawless in the future.

"Are you provoking Zhou Fan again?" Liusu asked with a smile, Zhou Fan's temperament would not take the initiative to provoke her, most likely it was Xiaobai who went to provoke others, but in the end he was so angry that he came back.

Zhou Xiang has already deliberately given way to Zhou Fan, and when everything stabilizes, the palace test will begin. Zhou Fan will be the prime minister, and they will face each other every day. This pair of enemies may be even more incompatible.

"I didn't mess with him, mother, do you know what he said about me? He said, it's my parents who are behind my back to help me, otherwise I will never achieve anything and only play with mud!"

"...Uh... this is a bit too much..." Liusu laughed dryly, Zhou Fan kept speaking sharply, this little girl has strong self-esteem, arrogant and awkward, she must not be able to bear such criticism of her.

Qingfeng couldn't help laughing, "Princess, the emperor put a plate of ink on the second son!"

Thinking of that handsome young man in a mess, Qingfeng couldn't help but chuckled, before Liusu said anything about her, Xiaobai snorted, "He deserves it!"

In front of Zhou Fan, Xiaobai fully demonstrated the willfulness and savagery she lacked since she was a child, fully and thoroughly.

Liusu shook her head, and couldn't help being harsh, "Do you understand respecting a master?"

"Mother, I didn't think he was the Taifu!" Xiaobai said coolly, with a lot of resentment, Liusu frowned, just about to say something, when the guard came to report, his tone was panicked, "Your Majesty, lord, the north palace gate is in chaos!" Already!"

Liusu's face tightened, "Take one-third of the imperial guards in the palace and send them to the north palace gate to stop them!"

"Yes!"

"Mother, I'm tired, go down and rest for a while!" Xiaobai turned around angrily and went out, Liusu smiled and shook his head, letting Qingfeng take care of it.

"Your majesty, don't you want to rest, why did you leave Fengyi hall?" Qingfeng hurriedly followed Xiaobai, and the little girl walked straight towards the north palace gate with short legs.

Qingfeng couldn't tell at a glance, just about to stop, Xiaobai said coldly: "Shut your mouth and follow me!"

There was chaos at the gate of the North Palace. For some unknown reason, the common people and guards fought in a mess. Nan Jin had ordered them not to act rashly, so as not to hurt the innocent and affect the reputation of the royal family.

There was a lot of shouting and beating throughout the North Palace Gate, and some people even shouted slogans, "Depose the queen, depose the queen..."

The scene was seriously out of control, Qingfeng followed Xiaobai every step of the way, "Your Majesty, it's dangerous outside, you still..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiaobai walked out of the palace gate expressionlessly. Qingfeng looked at the back of the little master, with a slight smile in his eyes, and followed.

Good job!

"Stop!" Xiaobai shouted coldly, standing in the middle of the palace gate with her small body, with Qingfeng behind her.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The Imperial Forest Army knelt down to pay their respects, and Xiao Bai let them flatten themselves, forming a semi-circle around her, guarding her in groups.

There were probably more than 400 people in the crowd. They didn't expect Xiaobai to appear here. They looked at each other in blank dismay, and it was extremely quiet for a short time. The two sides formed a confrontation and did not make a sound.

"Depose the Queen! Depose the Queen!..." Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, followed by more than 400 people shouting, "Depose the Queen..."

The sound shook the sky, and it was extremely loud.

The powerful aura even made the Imperial Forest Army back half a step involuntarily, and their nerves were pulled to the highest state of readiness. Xiaobai turned his head and asked coldly, "Do you see who it is?"

Qingfeng nodded, Xiaobai sneered, and ordered: "Find it out!"

"Yes!" Qingfeng tiptoed to the ground, jumped up, swooped down like a goshawk, picked up a man with precision, threw him fiercely in front of Xiaobai, and waved two imperial guards to step forward to take him down. He returned to Xiaobai without changing his face.

"Who sent you here?" Xiaobai smiled, showing a cute smile like an angel, it was like a spring breeze, and it was extremely refreshing.

The man's eyes were ferocious, and Qingfeng said softly: "Your Majesty, Lord Lin Zheng of the Elder's Pavilion, the second rank of official worship!"

This person has a notorious reputation. He used the name of the Elder Pavilion to wantonly oppress the people, molested good women, and robbed the women of the people. He once sent people to burn down the casino because of losing money in gambling. He was full of crimes and was a scum among officials.

In the reorganization of the Changlaoge Priesthood, he was already on the list of exclusions. Even if he was willing to accept the change, the imperial court would no longer appoint him, which aroused his dissatisfaction.

"Depose the queen, depose the queen..." Lin Zheng still shouted, and angrily said to Xiaobai: "Your majesty, you are not qualified to be an emperor at all. Just look at you, and you have made a good country into a country just after you ascended the throne." What is it like, you are stupid, incompetent, immoral, and dare to ignore the gods, you will definitely be punished, if you continue to lead the daughter country, this country will be over, completely over... Look at you, among the people, you are not I would like to see you enthroned, you see, this is the consequence of your loss of support!"

"Shut up! Lin Zheng..." Qingfeng yelled.

Xiaobai waved her hand to stop Qingfeng from being harsh, she took a few steps forward, and said with a smile: "Lose the hearts of the people? Hmph, how many of these people are real ordinary people, you know better than me, where did this group of people come from?" , you know it in your heart, do you really think I lost the hearts of the people, or do you think it is a rebellion? Lin Zheng, do you know that your actions are treason?"

"I am for justice, a dream entrusted by God..."

"Shut up, don't use gods as an excuse, there are no gods in this world!" Xiaobai shouted coquettishly, her immature voice was full of endless majesty, her eyes slowly scanned the angry crowd, and said word by word : "The prosperity of a country depends on your own hands. Who will guide you to the future? It is your own heart, not the gods you believe in. Whether it is evil or good, it is your choice. , what you want is what you strive for, and no one can make the decision for you. God will not bless you, nor will he curse you. If you cause yourself, you must bear your own consequences. If there is a god in the world , what is that person trying to do? It’s okay to go to the temple to ask the gods and everything will be fine. Stupid people will believe that there is vain hope in this world. If you believe in gods, why don’t you ask for it, so that I will die early and be reborn early. Come on, do you need to shout slogans to dethrone?"

"It's a bunch of nonsense... Your majesty is talking nonsense again, she..." Lin Zheng suddenly opened his eyes wide, and there was a trace of fear in his ferocious eyes. Xiao Bai slowly pulled out the sword from the waist of the imperial forest soldier closest to her. so compelling...

There was an uproar all around!

Tassel, who had rushed to the palace gate earlier, wanted to step forward to stop him, but was held back by Zhou Fan. The slender and handsome young man smiled and said, "My lord, let him create, maybe we can break the deadlock."

Xiaobai's face was sullen, veins protruded from the back of his hand holding the sword, but he was unexpectedly steady, "I don't need a god!"

The sword swung down resolutely, and there was blood all over the place...