Tai Chi Hall
Yang Qinyan, the eldest princess of the Sui Dynasty, sat on the high platform with a veil over her face. Naturally, she couldn't sit in the Dragon chair, so she added a seat next to the Dragon chair. Nor can she show her face, for she is a woman. Anyway, before the great Sui Dynasty was destroyed, the people in the imperial court were still officials of the great Sui Dynasty. Therefore, these people below will always bring out the so-called rules and etiquette of the great Sui Dynasty, and Yang Qinyan had to cover his face and sit on a step below the right side of the Dragon chair.
Because this step is very narrow, there is no way to put a chair, only a Hu stool. Even so, the width of the Hu stool is almost the same as that of the steps. The two stool legs on the outside are almost half suspended. If you are careless, you may even turn over and fall down from the high platform with people and stools.
Even so, the following courtiers still talked about it.
"The great Sui Dynasty was reduced to the point where a woman sat in the hall. Alas!"
An old man with a white beard sighed: "according to the rules set by the emperor Taizu, people in the harem are not allowed to do politics. Therefore, even when the new emperor ascended the throne at a young age, the Empress Dowager sat behind the screen to listen to politics. Now it's better to let a woman sit on the side of the Dragon chair!"
He looked sad and angry. It seemed that the next second he might be killed because he couldn't see it and serve the former Emperor.
Others echoed: "Since ancient times, where has there been a princess listening to politics? The new emperor is young, and the Empress Dowager has had precedents before. However, most of the decisions of the court are made by the assistant minister's staff, and then play the decree with the new emperor. The Empress Dowager just wants to see if there is anything wrong and put forward some opinions. Now it's good that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty want to look at a woman... It's a great humiliation."
"Ancestral etiquette!"
Another old man almost beat his chest and said, "if the big Sui Dynasty doesn't even have rules, it will be really chaotic. There are some troubles in the following places, and you can send troops to fight the rebels. If there are no rules, how can the trouble be solved?"
Standing at the front of the civil service queue is Niu huilun, a bachelor who came with the black flag army. He just couldn't help sneering, but he didn't say a word.
On the high platform, Yang Qinyan's face was pale and ugly. It was clear that the people below were deceiving her, because she was the only one left in the Yang family, and now the black flag army was in charge in Chang'an city. Those people thought she was just a puppet put forward by Fang Xie, and they naturally had no respect for her. Now these people are waiting for the moment when she was abolished, and then they will welcome Fang Xie to the throne A consolidated minister who claims to be emperor.
These people are the most adept at drilling camp. They all think that Fang Xie will become emperor soon after entering the city, so there is no need to show respect for Yang Qinyan. Many people talk privately that Yang Qinyan is even an obstacle to Fang Xie's becoming emperor. If she is not abolished, Fang Xie's becoming emperor will have some bad reputation and words.
Therefore, the courtiers' desire to be the first to make meritorious service can naturally be understood.
Only by driving the eldest princess out of the court can Fang Xie ascend the throne.
Yang Qinyan bit her lips tightly, and her tears rolled in her eyes. But she knew she couldn't cry. If she cried, the ridicule of the people below would be even worse. In recent years, the Yang family has been worthless in the eyes of these people.
"If I were her, I wouldn't come to Taiji hall at all. A woman must have a woman's consciousness. Sooner or later, she will marry out. Naturally, she is still a princess of the Sui Dynasty, but where can she represent the royal family?"
A speech officer of the censor's platform said coldly, "when the town Lord arrives, I will stand up! This is a major event related to the etiquette and law of the imperial court. How can I play a trick? Even if the town Lord treats me, I should speak impartially and frankly! As the Imperial envoy of the censor's platform, my duty is not to turn a deaf ear to bleeding."
Several people around him immediately praised his character.
"The Duke of Zhenguo is here!"
There was a loud cry outside the hall, and the hall immediately became quiet. They looked back at the door of the hall, but found that Fang Xie didn't know when he was standing there.
Wearing a Kirin robe, Fang Xie looked more powerful and jade trees in the wind. When the people in the hall saw Fang Xie appear, they all quieted down, and no one dared to make any more noise. They stood upright, and then bent down deeply towards Fang Xie.
Fang Xie walked slowly into the hall and didn't stand at the head of the officials he should stand. Although he was slow, he walked steadily step by step to the bottom of the platform. After a little meditation, he walked up the steps. All the courtiers in the hall held their breath and waited for the scene they wanted to see. At this time, some people even wanted to run out Come and kneel down and shout long live.
Fang Xie went to Yang Qinyan and looked down at her.
Across a layer of yarn, he also saw her red eyes.
"Someone"
Fang Xie shouted, and more than a dozen Xiaoqi schools rushed in immediately.
Fang Xie stretched out his hand to pull Yang Qinyan up, and then kicked the Hu stool away. The stool flew far away and smashed on the wall. In such a quiet and empty hall, the sound of the PA was so clear that everyone shook involuntarily, and many people even turned white immediately.
Fang Xie pointed to the Dragon chair: "dismantle it."
More than a dozen Xiaoqi schools were stunned, then ran up, laboriously lifted the heavy dragon chair and slowly moved to the side of the high platform. Fang Xie turned and went out, took a chair and put it in the middle of the platform, and then pulled Yang Qinyan's hand up the platform.
Yang Qinyan is like a wooden man. He is a little stupid. She didn't know what Fang Xie was going to do, but she let him pull herself up, and then Fang Xie sat down in that chair. Fang Xie's palm pressed on her shoulder, and the warmth in her palm warmed her heart.
After she sat down, she was at a loss and didn't know what to do. Then she saw Fang Xie raise her hand and gently take off the veil on her face. At this moment, her body was stiff, as if the blood of her whole body was no longer flowing, as if her heart had stopped beating.
Fang Xie grabbed the veil and walked slowly down from it, then stood up straight and saluted with a fist: "I've seen your highness."
"Free... Free."
Yang Qinyan's hand was trembling and his voice was trembling.
Fang Xie turned around, glanced at the faces of the courtiers one by one, and finally stopped on the face of the imperial envoy of the imperial platform: "you just said you had something to tell me? You can't turn a deaf ear even if your head is broken and bleeding. Good... I appreciate the character of the speech official. Come on... I'm listening."
All the people turned their eyes to the imperial envoy, but they saw that his legs were soft and collapsed there.
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According to the grand system of the great Sui Dynasty, a high rank does not mean a high rank. In the more than 200 years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, there are many hereditary and unsubstantiated princes, but they don't even have an official position. The generals of the sixteen guards of the great Sui Dynasty were basically Knights of the Duke of the state. But their official positions are all the three grades of military service, which is almost the limit of military service.
In addition to the military position of the Grand Marshal of the army and horses, which was carried out by the Emperor himself, there were even few second-class military positions in the great Sui Dynasty.
Therefore, although Fang Xie is the Duke of the town, his military position is still a big general and the third grade. Among these civil and military officials standing in the hall, there are not a few who are higher than him. But there is no doubt that these people can't even breathe in front of Fang Xie.
In the face of strength, the rules are nonsense.
Yang Qinyan took a few deep breaths, and his mood gradually eased down. Fang Xie's eyes kept looking at her, which made her heart more and more secure. The harm that those people gave her just now gradually disappeared in Fang Xie's sight. When she just escaped from Chang'an City, all she wanted was to restore the country of the Yang family. But now, she suddenly found that she still thought it was too simple and childish.
If there is no solution, even if he sits on a high platform, he is just a puppet at the mercy of others. Those courtiers would not pay attention to her at all. Even if they held her, they just used her name as the eldest princess. She couldn't help thinking, if there was no solution today, would those people drive her down from her position? Without a strong backing princess, what can deter these courtiers?
She is a little sad.
Suddenly began to hate this place.
"There is an important matter for you to discuss today."
Yang Qinyan cleaned up his mood and said slowly: "You can see the contributions of the Duke of the town Fang Xie to the great Sui Dynasty, and I don't need to list them again. At a time of national crisis, an important official like Fang Xie is needed to maintain the imperial platform, laws and disciplines and the dignity of the great Sui Dynasty. I've thought about how to reward him for a long time, but any reward seems to be a little light. I've been thinking for a long time and intend to crown Fang Xie. If you have any opinions now You can talk about it. "
When she said these words, her eyes looked at Fang Xie again and again. But at this time, Fang Xie's eyes floated outside the hall and didn't know what she was looking at.
The old man who beat his chest before raised his head and looked at the people, stepped out and said loudly: "the justice of the town should be rewarded. I have no objection!"
He spoke first, and many people immediately agreed. He had been talking about the etiquette just now, but now he forgot the rule that the great Sui Dynasty did not grant a foreign surname as king. It was Yang Jian's rule that people in the harem should not interfere in politics, and people with a foreign surname should not be granted a king. This was also Yang Jian's rule. Therefore, sometimes the rule is not as good as a fart.
"Since you don't have any objection, let's leave the next things to several senior scholars and officials of the Ministry of rites to prepare. I'm a little tired. Go back and have a rest first."
Yang Qinyan stood up and looked at Fang Xie all the time when she walked to the high platform. Fang Xie turned around and bowed slightly to her, but in Yang Qinyan's heart, it was far less polite than Fang Xie's rude act of pulling her up just now. Now her mind was full of Fang Xie's act just now, and her heart would jump when she remembered it.
He pulled her up in full view of the public, and then kicked the stool away. He took her hand and let her sit on the platform. She thought of Fang Xie. She took off her veil and her face suddenly began to get hot. She knew that she must blush badly at this time, but now she wanted something to block her face.
She just wants to escape now.
It was no longer because the courtiers despised and mocked her and wanted to escape, but because she had something in her heart that she didn't dare to face. After she came down the steps, she struggled to keep her eyes away from the man, and then strode away.
When he couldn't see him, Yang Qinyan breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Your Highness"
Fang Jiedao.
Civil and military officials bent down and saluted: "Your Highness."