After the rebirth, the empress took the tragic script of Meiqiang

Chapter 2 Rebirth

"As the twilight fades and the morning rises, all opportunities are waiting to be taken care of! As the twilight fades and the morning rises, all opportunities are waiting to be taken care of! As the twilight fades and the morning rises, all opportunities are waiting to be taken care of——"

Ye Qinghuai suddenly opened his eyes at the eunuch's sharp voice.

She sat up on the bed and subconsciously touched her neck.

Smooth as ever, no blood.

Ye Qinghuai looked at his ten green and jade-white fingers, stunned and unable to speak.

"Your Majesty, are you having a nightmare?" A familiar voice sounded beside her bed.

Ye Qinghuai raised her head and saw Aunt Fanghua looking at her kindly, holding a warm handkerchief in her hand, and came up to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

"Your Majesty has such severe night sweats that I can no longer wear this coat. I will bring you another one." After saying this, she put down her handkerchief and turned around to find some clothes.

Ye Qinghuai grabbed her wrist and held it tightly.

Aunt Fanghua was in pain and turned around to see Ye Qinghuai staring at her in disbelief, like a frightened little animal.

Aunt Fanghua patted Ye Qinghuai's hand gently, sat by the bed, held her in her arms, patted her back like a child, and said softly: "Your Majesty, don't be afraid, my servant is right here, where is it?"

I won’t go either. My servants are guarding Your Majesty, so Your Majesty has nothing to fear.”

When the late emperor was still in his dormitory, Aunt Fanghua was a maid who was married to the prince's palace along with Ye Qinghuai's mother-in-law. She raised Ye Qinghuai single-handedly and was the only person in the entire harem who knew the identity of her daughter. Ye Qinghuai was young.

She was particularly attached to her when she was young, and she had to accompany her to sleep every night, otherwise she would cry and fuss, making the whole east palace restless, and even her mother and concubine could not do anything about it. At that time, Aunt Fanghua would coax her like this, every time for a while.

She can calm down and it works every time.

"Aunt..." This familiar and warm embrace made Ye Qinghuai's eyes sore.

Isn’t Aunt Fanghua dead?

After Ye Qinghuai's identity as a woman was revealed, the entire court criticized her mother, Queen Mother Jingmin, deeply. They believed that she was causing trouble in the palace and deceiving the emperor. They petitioned to have her title revoked and her bones moved out of the imperial mausoleum. Auntie Fanghua went to the palace with her hair spread barefoot.

Chen Qing claimed that everything was her idea. Unfortunately, not only did she fail to save Queen Mother Jingmin, but Aunt Fanghua herself was involved and was whipped to death in front of the palace.

"You are still alive...am I dreaming?"

"Silly boy, are you still talking in your sleep? Isn't your servant well and good here?" She patted Ye Qinghuai's hand and said, "I'm going to get you some clothes to change. Today is the first day since His Majesty took charge.

In the morning, you should be in good spirits."

Ye Qinghuai stiffened.

Pro-government?

"Auntie, is today the first day of the twelfth lunar month in the second year of Suihe?"

"Yes, your Majesty, what's going on? Are you really having a nightmare?"

"...I'm fine. Auntie, go get some clothes."

Seeing Aunt Fanghua walk away, Ye Qinghuai sighed and wondered: What is going on? How did I go back to a year ago?

The first day of the twelfth lunar month in the second year of the twelfth lunar month was the day when she turned sixteen and took charge.

A day she will never forget.

It was on this day that Lu Yanchen used ancient and modern metaphors in class to hint that Ye Qinghuai would establish a queen and take a concubine. Ye Qinghuai felt aggrieved and resentful, so she immediately told him the identity of the woman.

Fortunately, nothing has happened yet.

At this time, no one knew about her daughter's identity, the war had not yet started, and everything was possible.

Ye Qinghuai's mind was racing rapidly.

In her previous life, she was able to end her country and family in just one year, firstly because her identity as a woman was revealed, and secondly because of the Chengtianmen incident.

In February of the third year of Suihe, the day after Chunwei released the results, students from the liberal arts school jointly submitted a letter, believing that there was fraud in Chunwei this time, and asked the governor of Jingzhao and the Ministry of Punishment to conduct a thorough investigation. The next month, the Ministry of Punishment found out that the rumors of Chunwei's fraud were false, and so

The case was closed. However, the students of the liberal arts school did not agree with this conclusion. Hundreds of students petitioned outside Chengtian Gate, asking the court to re-investigate the matter.

The students who were full of resentment did not wait for the court's answer, but waited for the force of the Gyeonggi Imperial Guard to suppress them.

The students involved were all killed in the street, with blood splattering on the gates. On that day, the outside of Chengtianmen was like a hell on earth, so cruel that it was known as the Chengtianmen Incident in history.

This incident was like a pebble thrown into the pond of Dajing, causing ripples in all states and counties. Under Dajing's rule, rebellions broke out everywhere, and the war became more and more intense, until Lu Yanchen's army rose up in Yunzhou and completely burned down Dajing.

The vigor of the scenery.

Even today, Ye Qinghuai does not know the details of this incident. She only remembers that one day when she was studying in Wenxuan Palace, the commander of the imperial army came with the Minister of War to request an order, saying that there were people making trouble outside the palace gate.

When requesting the mobilization of Gyeonggi Imperial Guards for deterrence, Ye Qinghuai briefly intervened and nodded without realizing it was inappropriate. At that time, she did not know that the so-called people were unarmed liberal arts school students, nor did she know that they were "making trouble."

Behind the scenes was the Chunwei fraud case, and I never expected that things would evolve to that point.

"What is your Majesty thinking about? You are so lost in thought."

Aunt Fanghua came over holding a bright yellow underwear, interrupting Ye Qinghuai's contemplation.

She came back to her senses, smiled at Aunt Fanghua, stood up, and let her wrap her breasts and dress herself.

Ye Qinghuai was tall, and Aunt Fanghua was half a head shorter than her. She looked down at Aunt Fanghua taking care of her dragon robe skillfully, and she felt a little unbearable when she thought of her miserable death in her previous life.

If she had to do it again, even if she couldn't protect her country in this life, she would at least protect the people around her.

"Auntie, if one day I abdicate my throne and travel around the country, will my aunt still follow me?"

Aunt Fanghua was slightly startled and asked: "Why did your Majesty have such thoughts?"

"If I sit in this position, I will never have a son and a half in my life. Sooner or later, this country will be given away to others. It is better to give it up as soon as possible. I can still leave the palace and live happily for a few years."

Aunt Fanghua didn't take it seriously. She took care of Ye Qinghuai's dragon robe and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is already a person who is going to be in charge of the government. How can you still be such a child and always want to go out and play."

Ye Qinghuai knew that she didn't take her seriously, so she simply sighed and said: "I was born and grew up in this palace wall. After I came to the throne, I never stepped out of the palace gate. Even if I miss it, I can't.

Isn’t it possible?”

Aunt Fanghua finally straightened Ye Qinghuai's collar, showed a satisfied smile and said: "Okay. If your Majesty wants to abdicate and leave the palace one day, he will give me a decree to guard the imperial mausoleum.

For half my life, I have wanted to stay with the empress in the imperial mausoleum."

The empress in her mouth was naturally Ye Qinghuai's mother, Queen Mother Jingmin. Ye Qinghuai seemed not to have expected that she would make such a decision, and couldn't help but be stunned before saying: "Okay."

***

Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Hundreds of civil and military officials stood in rows, and at the head of the group stood two auxiliary ministers - the first assistant Chen Yuansi and the second assistant Gu Shihai.

When the late emperor passed away, Ye Qinghuai was only fourteen years old and could not yet take charge of the government. She was still young, had never left the palace to open a palace, and had never been involved in seizing a legitimate son. Therefore, she had no staff, and her maternal ancestor was only a fourth-grade eunuch.

, her family background was not prominent. The late emperor was not only worried about the monopoly power of her relatives after her marriage, but also worried about the power of powerful ministers, so he appointed two auxiliary ministers to her, in the hope that the several forces could check and balance each other.

The two auxiliary ministers left to her by her father could be said to be the bones of the court, which made Ye Qinghuai less worried. In those early dynasties before she personally took charge, Ye Qinghuai mostly sat on the throne and listened to the government affairs.

The courtiers were reporting to her on the surface, but in reality they were reporting to the two auxiliary ministers.

Although she has now taken charge of the government, it is difficult to change this habit of officials.

Ye Qinghuai didn't care much about it. She was happy and at ease when the courtiers were able to do their job.

At this moment, she was sitting on the throne, supporting her head with one hand, watching the first assistant and the second assistant arguing endlessly over the candidates for the New Year's Eve preparations. The two of them had cited each other as their number one political rivals throughout their lives. Who would have thought that the two would...

In the end, everyone died at the hands of Lu Yanchen.

The Chengtianmen Incident is easy to solve, as long as she does not mobilize the imperial guards, it will not happen. The real difficulty is Lu Yanchen. The 50,000 rebels in Yunzhou are well-trained and well-equipped. They are by no means ordinary peasant rebels.

Lu Yanchen was born into a merchant family, so it was impossible for him to have the ability to support an army. There must be someone high-ranking behind him.

Ye Qinghuai was thinking about how to deal with Lu Yanchen in the afternoon classwork, when he suddenly heard a loud report——

"My lord, Supervisory Censor Li Wenqing has written this letter to your Majesty. Three days ago, the Ministry of Punishment detained the Wen School for offering wine to the public for lying. This matter is not in compliance with the regulations. The Wen School and Martial Arts School were established by the founder of our dynasty, and the place for offering wine is the same as that of San Gong.

The wine sacrifice requires His Majesty's personal approval, but the Ministry of Punishment only relied on a draft decree drawn up by the Taiqing Pavilion to put the person in jail. As a supervisory censor, it is really difficult for me to just sit idly by and do nothing. I hope Your Majesty will personally decide this case."

After saying this, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily.

"Your Majesty was not yet in charge of the government at that time. The minister of auxiliary affairs has made a decision on this matter. How can the Taiqing Pavilion's decree be inconsistent with the regulations?" After the defendant filed a complaint, Du Jing, the Minister of Punishment, immediately came out to clarify.

"His Majesty already held a pro-government ceremony last month. Naturally, the decision should not be made by the auxiliary ministers, but should be approved by his Majesty himself."

"Today is your first day in office. I'm afraid Mr. Li is confused because he didn't wake up from sleep?"

"Your Majesty's days of taking office should be calculated according to the grand ceremony of taking office. Mr. Zhang was also the top candidate in the palace examination back then. Doesn't he even know such basic etiquette? Or is there any reason why the Ministry of Punishment must rush to detain the liberal arts school for offering wine?"

Du Jing snorted coldly and said: "The Ministry of Punishment naturally acts in accordance with the law. I heard that Mr. Li was the proud disciple of Jijiu in his early years. Mr. Li is holding on to such a trivial matter. Could it be that he is pretending to be a public servant for personal gain?"

The two exchanged words at each other for several rounds before a voice interrupted them.

"Li Wenqing, who did you say the Criminal Department detained?"

As soon as Ye Qinghuai asked this question, the entire court suddenly became quiet. Everyone in the court looked at her in surprise. It seemed that no one expected that she would ask a question.

Ye Qinghuai was not surprised. She always went to court with only ears and no mouth, and rarely asked questions. She was used to the courtiers' quarrels, which were often more difficult to resolve than household matters, and she was unwilling to intervene.

But this time it was different. Spring was still two months away, and the Chengtianmen Incident was about to start. At this time, Chao Shang was quarreling about the liberal arts school, so she had to ask more questions.

Without waiting for Li Wenqing's answer, Gu Shihai answered first: "Your Majesty, it's Wang Lisong who is offering sacrifices to the Literary School. He openly criticized the court system in class, and also wrote an article "Wuhou Lun" that used the past to satirize the present. Classwork. This matter is harmful to education. In order to prevent him from confusing the public with his monstrous words, the Ministry of Punishment immediately took him down."

After hearing this, Ye Qinghuai thought for a while and said: "Mr. Gu Ge has considered it carefully, but what Li Wenqing said is also reasonable. Without rules, there is no rule. The etiquette established by our ancestors cannot be ignored. Let's do this. Let the Ministry of Punishment arrange a joint trial. I will attend the first trial of this Wang Lisong. When the trial is over, I will issue an imperial edict that I personally approved."

As soon as she said this, the air in the court became stagnant for a short moment.

"What's wrong? Is there anything else wrong?" Ye Qinghuai asked.

"Your Majesty is wise, and I am a humble minister who accepts the order." Gu Shihai knelt down first. Du Jing, the Minister of Punishment, was his disciple. He knelt down to receive the order. Du Jing then knelt down to receive the order.

(End of chapter)