Chu Shaoling paused to Shui Xin and said, "Do as I told you, go down."

Shui Xin hurriedly left, Chu Shaoling pursed his lips and whispered, "It's cool outside, go into the house first."

Wei Ji followed Chu Shaoling into the side hall. The two of them sat down. Wei Ji almost thought that it was fake when he just heard it. Chu Shaoling wanted to make himself the queen. How could it be?

Wei Ji asked again after a while, "What the emperor just said to Lord Shui... is it? Is it my minister... I haven't heard it clearly?"

Chu Shaoling took the teacup and took a sip and said, "You heard that right, I'm discussing the edict with Shui Xin to make you the emperor."

"This edict will be read to all people when sacrifice to heaven this year." Chu Shaoling simply said, "The place for sacrifice to heaven has been selected and has been under construction. It will be completed before sacrifice to heaven."

Chu Shaoling also poured a cup of tea for Wei Ji and handed it to him slowly, "I'm hesitating when to tell you, now you hear it yourself... It's great."

Wei Ji's hands shook a little. He took the teacup and paused for a moment and put it back on the small table. He got up and walked to Chu Shaoling and knelt down, saying in a deep voice: "I know I have no talent and no virtue, so I ask the emperor to take back my life."

Chu Shaoling sighed, and he knew it would be like this.

Wei Ji whispered: "Does only Shui Xin know now? The emperor finds an excuse to send a foreign post to Shui Xin and send someone away first. This news must be buried strictly and cannot be allowed..."

"Do you think I will take it back if you don't want to?" Chu Shaoling said lightly, "I have planned these things long ago. If you agree, you will have your own way of agreeing. If you don't agree, I will also have your way of not agreeing. No matter what, I will definitely send this edict."

Wei Ji's heart sank, forcing himself to not tremble, and continued to persuade: "Have you ever thought that the first thing you need to stand up as soon as this edict was issued was the royal family. How could they tolerate the emperor's name as his queen? If the emperor's uncle kneels down with the ministers, what will the emperor prepare?"

"The edict says, I will choose a son from the royal family. People who have children in the royal family will not be moved." Chu Shaoling sneered, "Do you think they are all so loyal to the royal family?"

Wei Ji's lips turned white and he whispered: "Where are the censors? What about the censors? How could they agree? And the subjects of the world... If someone uses this as an excuse to act in the name of "clearing the king's side", what will the emperor prepare?"

"Has my hard work been in vain for the past few years?" Chu Shaoling said arrogantly, "The people have been unable to save surplus grain for many years? But now, the rice jars in their houses are full, and they are reluctant to refuse to rebel. Even if someone takes the opportunity to die, no one will follow him."

Wei Ji closed his eyes and said, "The emperor is meticulous... he must have made complete preparations. I know that the emperor wants to give me a title, but I actually don't care at all..."

"When I was a guard in Bitaoyuan, I never thought that I would be lucky enough to be with the emperor all the time?" Wei Ji's eyes were red. "I am content to this point today. Before the Empress Dowager left, I said something to me. I always remember... The Empress Dowager said that eight out of ten people who are not satisfied with life. I have everything. I am a little bit short of it. I really don't think it's a big deal."

"Before the Empress Dowager left, I regret that I was not a woman, otherwise I could get a single score. In fact... I hope I am a man than to stand by the emperor with justification, so I hope I am a man. In this way, the world is peaceful and ready to fight for the emperor; when wars are chaotic, I defend my country and go to the battlefield." Wei Ji looked up at Chu Shaoling, "I am a man, and I have a way to be loyal and filial to the emperor as a man, so that I can never be humiliated by the emperor's intentions towards me."

Chu Shaoling's eyes turned red and he said hoarsely: "You don't think it's nothing, but I think it's... you don't think it's a grievance, I feel it's a grievance!"

Chu Shaoling swept the teacup on the desk to the ground and said angrily: "I want to build a palace for you in the harem with justification! I want you to be worshipped by all officials with me! Congratulations to the four barbarians! I don't want to hear the censors tell me over and over again that it is inconsistent with the feelings and incongruity! I am the emperor! I have worked hard to climb to this day, why can't I even do this? If so, why did you not retire to the mountains and forests that day? At least I can be buried with you in a hundred years!!"

"I know everything you want to say. I have told you countless times. I'm not willing to give up! I'm not willing to give up!!" Chu Shaoling lowered his voice, "I've been tolerated enough... There is no need to discuss this matter. If you agree or not, I will continue to do it, except for you... If there are any other objections, there is one, I will kill one, and I will be sure to establish the queen."

Wei Ji gritted his teeth and refused to cry, and said hoarsely: "The emperor can block the mouths of all people in the world now, so how can he block the long mouths of future generations? The emperor's achievements will last forever and virtue will be revealed to his descendants. How can I destroy the emperor's achievements for generations because of this!"

Chu Shaoling stepped forward and looked down at the Guji: "I dare to bear the infamy for you for the sake of you, do you dare?"

Chu Shaoling's eyes were like a torch, and he looked at Wei Ji with a steady attitude. The benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and filial piety in Wei Ji's heart were shattered in an instant, tears flowed down, nodding and choking: "I dare."

Chu Shaoling lowered his head and kissed the forehead of the guards and said, "Don't be afraid... leave it to me."

Shui Xin was still revising the edict one by one, and Chu Shaoling had already released the news. Sure enough, no matter how much preparations were made, many people still opposed it. In the morning court the next day, someone asked about the authenticity of Chu Shaoling's rumors. This was a useful method when the emperor wanted to implement the new policy. First, it was revealed through someone else's mouth. If the opposition was very strong, it would be clear and just said it was a rumor. Today, hundreds of officials in the court came and wanted Chu Shaoling to take it back and became a life.

Chu Shaoling looked at the ministers indifferently without hesitation: "There is indeed a matter of this. My filial piety period is about to pass. After filial piety, I will choose an auspicious day to get married and make the Guards as the queen."

The court was in an uproar, and Chu Shaoling was too lazy to listen to their nonsense, so he stood up and said, "I have decided, so I don't need to discuss it anymore."

Chu Shaoling looked cold: "This is my family matter, so there is no need to bother with all my beloved ministers."

"I guess you all came for this..." Chu Shaoling put his clothes on, "If you have nothing else, just leave."

Chu Shaoling left on his own, leaving behind shocked ministers in the court.

The days after that were very chaotic, and it was easier to send the royal family, but those censors were not so easy to deal with. In order to pick out the Wei Mansion, Chu Shaoling even instructed the Wei Ji Wei Zhan to kneel down with the censors. Regardless of whether the Wei Mansion agrees or not, he always has to act like this.

Civil officials are always a little arrogant. Chu Shaoling didn't let go of his mouth for a day, so they really knelt for almost a month. Chu Shaoling just didn't express his opinion and wasted everyone. Gradually, he was too old to hold on. He changed his young family. After more than a month, the ministers who knelt on the court were almost changed before Chu Shaoling summoned him. Before these people could say the words they had prepared for a long time, Chu Shaoling blocked him back: "No need to say too much, I have decided."

A young and small official in the censor immediately asked for advice. The guards in the court immediately took the small official. Chu Shaoling said lightly: "I want to die? It's easy... Who else is like him?"

Several people with sufficient blood came out, and afterwards, there were more than a dozen people coming out, with a total of twenty-six people. Chu Shaoling sneered: "Please take all these twenty people to the Ministry of Justice and behead them outside the Wumen at noon tomorrow!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. The emperor wanted to kill the censor?! Taizu once had an order, and the censor was convicted after repeated advice. The emperor wanted to violate the ancestral system?!

The more than 20 people were taken away. Chu Shaoling turned around and returned to the Ganqing Palace. The remaining people looked at each other and returned home in shame.

The guards in the Ganqing Palace were waiting for Chu Shaoling, and Chu Shaoling felt a little distressed: "You have to act well, go."

Wei Ji smiled and said, "I am healthy, what's this?" After saying that, he left the bedroom, walked to the front of the main hall of Ganqing Palace and knelt down straightly.

According to the previous arrangement, Wei Ji had to kneel until tomorrow morning. Chu Shaoling couldn't bear it. After kneeling for less than an hour, he ordered someone to pass on the message: The emperor has pardoned the twenty censors, please get up quickly, Lord Wei.

Even though he knelt for a short time, it was eye-catching in front of the main hall of the Ganqing Palace, where people were coming and going, especially the families of the detained officials, who had no words to learn that Wei Ji knelt on the Qing Palace for the sake of the slogan.

Wei Ji personally took people to the Ministry of Justice to release people. In the past few months, these censors said that Wei Ji was not bad. Some of them were very unpleasant. At this time, they met in the Ministry of Justice prison, but Wei Ji saved them. The censors were embarrassed. Wei Ji didn't care. They greeted each other one by one, and then personally asked people to prepare carriages for these people. Chu Shaoling was doing a show, but Wei Ji was not bad. He acted casually, and the boss was embarrassed to apologize: "It was all caused by Wei Ji, which caused all the adults to suffer."

Everyone saw that Wei Ji was sincere and felt more ashamed. They got on the carriage and went home, and never mentioned kneeling in the court again.

I don’t know if it was Chu Shaoling who laid the foundation in recent years or the success of this series of responses, the matter of establishing the Wei Ji as the queen made everyone agree. In order to appease the people, Chu Shaoling still reduced the taxes by half this year. The people didn’t know that the Duke of Wei was sent by God to benefit Da Chu. They all were very happy because of the Duke of Wei. Since then, the matter of establishing the Duke of Wei has finally come to a foregone conclusion.

"The emperor... why was the sacrifice platform built on the Broken Heart Cliff?" Wei Ji frowned slightly with the list sent by the Ministry of Rites, "There is a treble... I have passed by there before, and the Broken Wall Cliff is not a good place to go."

"Who said? There is a good place." Chu Shaoling was slightly ecstatic and smiled, "Besides, the scenery there is good now. I have someone flattened the Broken Heart Cliff and built a high platform from that piece of land. The fortifications were huge and it has been renovated for half a year. I think it will still be eye-catching."

Wei Ji was startled: "The Broken Heart Cliff is already level?! So... so high a mountain..."

"Well, I like that place, but I don't like that dangerous cliff." Chu Shaoling didn't want to talk about this anymore, so he lowered his head and kissed the lip of the guard, "Tomorrow will be a great ceremony to worship the sky, are you afraid?"

Wei Ji shook his head, nodded again, and said a little embarrassedly: "I... I can't get back."

Chu Shaoling gently put the guards in his arms: "Don't be afraid, I will personally lead you to the sacrificial platform tomorrow."

The next day, Chu Shaoling and Wei Ji arrived at the sacrificial rooftop outside the city together. The sacrificial rooftop built from a cliff was a hundred feet high, with a total of 1,618 steps. Chu Shaoling did not take the carriage he had prepared to get off, but held the hand of the sacrificial rooftop and walked up step by step.

Wei Ji was curious why the sacrificial pedestal was built here, and the ministers were also confused. Only Chu Shaoling himself understood that this was the place where he died in his previous life with the sacred pedestal.

The land under Chu Shaoling's feet is where the Wei Ji fought against the three thousand imperial guards for him alone. The blood of the Wei Ji and the tears of the Wei Ji were shed. Chu Shaoling was going to tell the world here that he and Wei Ji were ordered to be together for generations.

Chu Shaoling wore a dragon-patterned robe and a guard halberd wearing a phoenix-patterned robe. Every step Chu Shaoling silently recited "hold your hand" in his heart, and every step of the guard halberd sings "Grow old with me" in his heart. The long stone steps, a total of 1,618 promises.

Chu Shaoling and the guards walked onto the sacrificial platform and looked down at Da Chu's land under his feet, shining brightly and magnificently, with mountains and rivers.

No matter how many hardships there are or how many unsatisfactory they have, they have been through the journey. Until now, Chu Shaoling can be upright and justified to the person who can shed blood and tears for him as before: "This world is ours."
Chapter completed!