Chapter 264

"The Empress Dowager's palace is full of people. What's wrong with the palace?" Ji Longyue said to himself.

An official came in and saluted Dugu Sheng and Ji Longyue with a smile. He said, "I see Prince Sheng and Princess Sheng."

"Is the Empress Dowager sick?" Dugu Sheng asked coldly.

Taiguan said with a smile, "Prince Huisheng, the Empress Dowager is very strong. The Empress Dowager asked the slave to send a message to you. Go to Weiyang Palace tomorrow morning."

"What do you know?" Asked Dugu Sheng.

The inner official said with a smile, "isn't it going to be a new year soon? In previous years, the emperor and the queen presided over the ceremony with all the courtiers. This year, both the emperor and the queen were lying in the sickbed. The Empress Dowager wanted to discuss with Prince Sheng and the princess who would take all the courtiers to worship the gods."

"This? Should the courtiers decide with the Empress Dowager? What do you want an idle prince to discuss? " Dugu Sheng said with a frown.

"Well, I don't know. Please go to the Palace tomorrow. The Empress Dowager will tell you the details." The official said.

"OK, I see. When you go back to the empress dowager, the king and the princess will go to the Palace tomorrow morning." Dugu Sheng said.

"Yes, the slave retired." After that, the official left.

Ji Longyue is a little puzzled by the official's words. The Empress Dowager has always been obviously partial to the emperor and his adopted son, Dugu Sheng.

She guessed that although the Empress Dowager did not participate in the design of Dugu Sheng ten years ago, she should have been aware of it. In the end, she helped her parents and children hide the truth and let them ascend the throne.

After all, Dugu Sheng was brought up by her own hands, and she loved her very much, so she always felt guilty.

Dugu Sheng is forty years old. He is still an idle prince. If he was born to the empress dowager, he would ask the emperor to give him an important position. However, he would let him be idle.

The Empress Dowager should be afraid that once Dugu Sheng holds power in her hands, it will do harm to her own son.

What's more, she didn't want to see her two sons fighting for the imperial power, so she had to sacrifice Dugu Sheng and wish him to be an idle prince forever. All she could give was more love for Dugu Sheng.

It's not against her will that the Empress Dowager asked Dugu Sheng to discuss with her about the affairs of the imperial court?

She thought so, then asked: "who will preside over the ceremony, this should be the government, how can the Empress Dowager ask you about political affairs?"

Dugu Sheng frowned and said, "you don't have to guess. You'll know when you go tomorrow."

Early in the morning, Dugu Sheng and Ji Longyue, dressed in gorgeous clothes, sat down in a carriage and went to the palace.

Into the palace, the two went hand in hand into the Empress Dowager's Weiyang palace.

As soon as I entered the hall, I saw many courtiers standing on both sides, and the Empress Dowager sitting on the Phoenix chair in the middle.

The arrival of the two attracted the attention of the courtiers and bowed to them.

Dugu Sheng and Ji Longyue went to the Empress Dowager and saluted each other: "see the Empress Dowager."

"Here you are. Come on, sit down." The Empress Dowager looked at them with a warm smile and pointed to the seat of her next head.

Dugu Sheng and Ji Longyue go over and sit down. Dugu Sheng looks at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and drops his eyes.

Looking at Dugu Sheng, the Empress Dowager felt a little embarrassed on her kind face. She said, "I'm calling you to come today. It's a big ceremony to be held in the two-day festival."

Dugu Sheng looked up at the Empress Dowager and said faintly, "this is a matter of the court. The Empress Dowager and her courtiers will discuss it. Why do you ask her to come to discuss with such an idle person?"

The Empress Dowager said with a smile, "well, both the emperor and the queen are ill and can't attend this year's ceremony. The courtiers said that someone could take the place of the emperor to preside over the grand ceremony, and the person who presided over the grand ceremony should be the most prestigious person in the royal family. Everyone counted it carefully. Sheng'er had outstanding military achievements in his early years. He was the highest title in the royal family, and he was also the elder in the royal family... "

Dugu Sheng looked at the Empress Dowager and said, "empress dowager, my son's minister's achievements are in the past. I've been idle at home for more than ten years. I'm afraid many people won't accept your call to preside over the ceremony."

"Prince Sheng."

A minister came out, saluted Prince Sheng, and said, "our great Xia Dynasty is prosperous today. That's because Prince Sheng swept away the barbarians such as Rong and Di in his early years, and opened up territory for our great Xia, which made our great Xia prosperous and peaceful. There is no one who is more meritorious than Prince Sheng. Prince Sheng is the best person to preside over the ceremony. "

Dugu Sheng looked at the minister and said, "who are you?"

"Wei Chen is the Minister of rites, Ji Limin."

The Minister of rites respectfully saluted Prince Sheng and said, "the ceremony of offering sacrifices to gods is undertaken by our Ministry of rites. For those who preside over the ceremony, micro ministers and officials all think that Prince Sheng is the most suitable one to preside over the ceremony."

The Minister of rites looked at the great master Ji and said, "great master Ji, you are right about what the lower official said."

He looked at Prince Sheng and then at the empress dowager, who was calm in the face. He was a little embarrassed and said, "Er, I have the same idea with my colleagues in the court."After that, he lowered his head. He had nothing to do with the Minister of rites. The Minister of rites suddenly called him. He was a little flustered and had to say something ambiguous.

Ji Longyue is a little dissatisfied with the fact that the Minister of rites deliberately points to her father. She looks at Dugu Sheng.

Dugu Sheng looks at his little wife. He holds her hand and smiles at her to dispel her worries.

Dugu Sheng raised his eyes and glanced coldly at the Minister of rites. He looked around the courtiers and said, "do you all think that our king should preside over the ceremony for the emperor?"

All the courtiers did not dare to speak out because they were afraid of Prince Sheng. In a word, the emperor was very fond of this brother, although Prince Sheng was somewhat cruel.

However, it is not an important national policy to preside over the ceremony, as long as it is presided over by the Royal people, it is possible.

Seeing that all the people were silent, Dugu Sheng stood up and went to the courtiers and said, "you seem to have forgotten one person. That's my empress dowager of Daxia."

After that, he respectfully saluted the Empress Dowager deeply.

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager looked at Dugu Sheng in surprise: "sheng'er, you..."

Dugu Sheng looked at the crowd and said, "the Empress Dowager has raised a generation of emperor, and she is the most meritorious person in Daxia. Therefore, it is most appropriate for the Empress Dowager to preside over this ceremony."

"But the Empress Dowager..."

Dugu Sheng stares at the Minister of rites who wants to speak and says, "the Empress Dowager is the mother of a country. This honor is awed by all people in the world, even the emperor. Therefore, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods must be presided over by the Empress Dowager."