QWTBWASIFOC Chapter 45
by VolareIn the spring of the twenty-second year of Kangjing.
Emperor Liang, Liang Ye, passed away in the Dragon Howl Palace. Before his death, he decreed that the throne be passed to the ninth prince, Liang Jue.
Liang Jue [Gu Changli] gave Emperor Liang a posthumous title of “Li.”
“Killing the innocent, being tyrannical and unkind, he is called Li [Cruel].”
Gu Changli had no intention of covering up for Liang Ye, blatantly telling the world that Liang Ye, the seventh emperor of the Liang Kingdom, was a fatuous and despotic tyrant.
Liang Ye, historically known as Emperor Li of Liang.
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On April 12th of the same year, the new Emperor Liang Jue ascended the throne.
He changed the era name to Jingming, granted amnesty to the world, and started anew with the people.
After ascending the throne, he did many things that were unreasonable. The first thing he did was to move the remains of his mother, Concubine Chen, from the imperial mausoleum to the tomb of Prince Rui.
At that time, officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Censorate presented memorials, saying that Concubine Chen was a concubine of the late emperor, and her extraordinary burial in the imperial mausoleum was the late emperor’s intention. How could she be buried with the deceased Prince Rui? This matter was absolutely unfeasible!
Gu Changli bluntly said, “Concubine Chen was originally Prince Rui’s consort, but she was forced into the palace by the late emperor. She died in childbirth due to Prince Rui’s death. Her relationship with the late emperor was a karmic entanglement, and now she should return to her original place.”
Officials who knew about the old incident were silent.
They didn’t expect that the new emperor really didn’t care about the late emperor’s reputation at all, and even exposed the late emperor’s act of seizing his brother’s wife in front of the court officials.
Officials who joined the court later and didn’t know about the old incident looked left and right, deeply believing that their colleagues’ mouths were really tight!
They didn’t even share gossip with us!
The entire court was silenced by the new emperor, and Concubine Chen was finally moved to Prince Rui’s mausoleum.
The second thing the new emperor did was to place the late emperor’s eight princes in suitable positions in the court, making reasonable use of these relatively intelligent princes. The late emperor’s concubines were all dismissed from the palace.
The first, second, third, and fourth princes, who had been stripped of their titles, imprisoned, and removed from the clan register by Emperor Liang, and the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth princes, whose ambitions had been suppressed by Gu Changli, remained silent throughout the entire process.
If they could have competed with Liang Jue, they would definitely not have allowed the ninth brother, who had the lowest sense of presence, to ascend the throne smoothly.
Who told them that the eight of them were playing the normal game, while Liang Jue was playing the bizarre game.
How could those who played power struggles win against the supernatural!
Moreover, the new emperor had no intention of killing them, and allowed their mothers to leave the palace. The princes’ consorts were allowed to support them in the princes’ residences, and even the mothers of the two princesses were allowed to go to the princesses’ residences to spend their remaining years in peace.
Concubines without children were free to remarry if they wished, and those who did not want to remarry or return to their natal families went to the royal villa to enjoy their remaining years.
For example, a certain low-ranking beauty who had an affair with the seventh prince directly became the seventh prince’s concubine.
For example, some concubines with good family backgrounds who had spent more than twenty years in the palace chose to return home instead of going to the royal villa to live their lives.
As for those concubines without children, whose families were unwilling to take them back or had no family left, they happily packed their things and went to the royal villa.
A rich and noble retirement life, here I come!
After cleaning up the harem, Gu Changli began to rectify the smoggy Liang Kingdom court.
This was the third thing the new emperor did.
Along with the third thing was the matter of establishing the male empress, which shocked the entire court.
They were originally exhausted by the new emperor’s repeated actions and unable to refute, but the matter of the new emperor establishing a male empress was something they absolutely could not back down on.
The entire court was united in hatred and jointly presented memorials.
“Your Majesty, the union of men and women is a matter of course. The habit of sleeve-cutting is difficult to ascend to the hall of elegance.”
“Your Majesty, a male empress must not be established.”
“Since ancient times, no emperor in any dynasty has ever established a male empress. This has been the case for seven generations of emperors in our Liang Dynasty.”
Gu Changli, who had been upgraded from a down-and-out prince to the new emperor of the Liang Kingdom, glanced at the censor, whose face was red with anger, and replied with exceptional coldness, ruthlessness, and willfulness.
“Oh, there is no precedent, so I will set one.”
The censor angrily retreated, and the Minister of Rites bravely stepped forward to advise the new emperor, who was firmly seated in his position.
“Your Majesty, the matter of imperial heirs is a major national affair, related to the stability of the country and the state.”
“Please Your Majesty choose consorts to fill the harem!”
Gu Changli’s gaze remained indifferent, and in his dark pupils, there was no trace of the idea of choosing consorts.
“I don’t plan to marry again, I only want him.”
“Imperial heirs? I have eight princes, and when the time comes, I can adopt a nephew to inherit the throne.”
The late emperor’s eight sons, who had followed the trend to offer advice, stared wide-eyed at the young emperor above.
What? This also involves them?
The eight brothers shrank to the side to reduce their presence, lest the red-eyed courtiers take them as scapegoats, after all, these people’s sharp tongues were indeed quite capable of speaking.
The civil officials present were angered by the new emperor’s words.
If they had rage value numbers above their heads, they would definitely average ninety-nine or more.
The military officials present were all dumbfounded, and their expressions became extremely complicated. They really didn’t expect the new emperor to be so infatuated with that male empress.
Oh my god! The new emperor is indeed the late emperor’s son!
This infatuated gene is properly inherited, and the direction of infatuation is not tolerated by the world.
The late emperor coveted his sister-in-law, and the new emperor liked men.
Lin Xiang, an old minister of three dynasties, took a deep breath to calm his mood, fearing that he would faint on the spot in the palace due to an emotional impulse.
“This old minister dares to ask who Your Majesty intends to establish?”
He would first inquire about the other party’s situation and then see if there was a way to break them up.
Gu Changli raised an eyebrow when he heard Lin Xiang speak, his eyes rolled slightly, and he had an idea in his mind. He spoke out Lu Yunqi’s identity.
“He is the nephew of the prefect of Wuzhou, Lu Yunqi.”
He didn’t wait for Lin Xiang to say more and continued, “I once promised him that I would return safely, so I plan to personally go to Wuzhou to welcome him to the capital.”
“Lin Xiang, you can stay in the capital to supervise the country.”
Hearing this, Lin Xiang’s face turned pale, and his aged face was full of disbelief.
“——Your Majesty, you want to leave the capital?!”
Which new emperor doesn’t honestly stay in the capital to gather power and sit firmly on the throne?
Heh, it’s their new emperor!
Gu Changli honestly nodded, “Yes, so I will trouble Lin Xiang during my departure from the capital.”
“You…” Lin Xiang’s lips trembled, and he was about to say, “Are you crazy?”
The eight princes folded their hands and hid far away.
Their cheap younger brother wanted to seal a male empress, and even wanted to leave the capital and travel far away just after ascending the throne.
“My God, what is Ninth Brother thinking?”
“Who knows? Could this be true love?”
“Oh, what you said is also correct, after all, our father also played true love for more than twenty years.”
They looked at the group of civil and military officials who were going crazy, and then looked at the still calm new emperor.
“Let’s not care about this matter, stay quiet.”
“What the eldest brother said is right.”
“If we’re not careful, we’re going to be finished!”
The eight brothers, afraid of being burned to ashes, hid even further, fearing that they would be targeted by the new emperor’s small paper figures and crushed to ashes on the spot.
Gu Changli directly made the decision, “The matter of establishing the empress is decided so happily.”
“…You may all withdraw!”
The entire court, who intended to continue to offer advice, fell silent in the face of the surrounding small paper figures ready to attack.
Forget it, the new emperor wants to marry/go, then let him marry/go!