Quick Travel: Dream Hunt

Is Yu Linyuan hiding his incompetence? Then why is he doing this?

After arranging everything, Yu Linyuan looked at the memorials from the ministers, his head buzzing with pain. He quickly picked up a few memorials with content and read them casually. He saw that there was nothing to do in the memorials except urging him to take a concubine.

Yu Linyuan did not indulge them and directly wrote on the memorial:

"The national mourning has not yet passed, and you dare to take a concubine. If you are interested in women, I will grant you a few. However, if you still want to do so during the national mourning, then you should stay at home and mourn for the late emperor for a year before coming to court. Besides, the late emperor has granted me a marriage with the new queen, and I will never take a concubine in my lifetime. If you object, please go to the late emperor in person to ask him to change and withdraw the imperial decree."

Yu Linyuan finished writing his instructions in a careless manner. Seeing that there were several identical ones, he did not bother himself any more. Instead, he wrote the contents of the instructions into an imperial edict and stamped it with the seal. He asked the newly promoted eunuch chief to take the imperial edict and announce it to the ministers who wrote the memorials one by one according to the names of the ministers. He rewarded them with several dancers from the music troupe as concubines, so that they could only see but not touch them. Because Yu Linyuan disliked their talkativeness and making decisions for him, he asked them to reflect on their mistakes for a year and observe mourning for the late emperor for a year. The dancers were responsible for supervision and reporting.

This group of more than a dozen ministers all suffered a loss. If the late emperor had not left any offspring, they probably would not have supported Yu Linyuan to the throne. When he was the crown prince, he was tortured by Concubine Ning and Prince Ning, and was either poisoned or became a cripple. As soon as the late emperor passed away, Yu Linyuan, a powerless prince who was demoted from crown prince to idle prince, was able to put pressure on them. It was really hard to describe. But there was nothing they could do. They couldn't go against the new emperor. They didn't have either of these two people to support. So forget it. They just suffered a loss.

Maybe when the national mourning is over, the new emperor will slowly enjoy the harem? By then, it won't be the orphan girl who was driven out of the Yun family for being out in the open who will be favored alone. Besides, when Yu Linyuan was the crown prince, he hated being pestered by that orphan girl the most. It's probably just talk to establish the emperor's affectionate personality.

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Yu Linyuan had no idea what they were thinking. He was concentrating on dealing with the dirty affairs in the harem. After he dealt with the Ning family, he arranged for the concubines who gave birth to princesses to live in a separate palace, and those who did not give birth to children were released from the palace to reunite with their families. Those who were unwilling to go home were given gold and silver and sent out of the palace. There was no one who wanted to be buried with the late emperor. Yu Linyuan did not like to continue such a custom and directly cancelled it.

The national funeral could be considered as the funeral procession after the old emperor's coffin had been kept for seven days. On that day, all the people in the Central Plains were not allowed to eat meat. After the old emperor's coffin was sent to the royal mausoleum in a grand manner, the new emperor Yu Linyuan officially went to court the next day.

However, he did not hold the canonization ceremony directly, but insisted on waiting for Yun Tinghe to return to Chang'an City before the two of them held it together. The ministers did not dare to make trouble anymore. Didn't you see that those old ministers who made suggestions were sent home to mourn for the late emperor for a year? They were also rewarded with two dancers to monitor their behavior, and they were not allowed to have sex with their wives and concubines during the mourning period. It was really aggrieved.

The beautiful dancer in front of them was fatal, and no one dared to act rashly. The wives and concubines at home were always giving them the cold shoulder, and they had no way to deal with it. After all, there was no more descendant of the previous emperor for them to support.

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After the national mourning, Yun Tinghe slowly led his soldiers back to Chang'an City. At this time, the news of the demise of the Turks slowly spread. Yu Linyuan also released the news of the capture of the Turkish royal family, and announced that Yun Tinghe had secretly escorted the Turkish leader to Chang'an City.

No one knew what was on his mind, but before Yu Linzuo was beheaded in Dongshi, Yu Linyuan locked up the old Turkic uncle king with him, letting the father and son fight each other. Seeing the two of them quarreling all day long, the secret sense of pleasure in his heart gradually subsided.

Yu Linyuan led all his subjects to line up at the gate of Chang'an to welcome Yun Tinghe back to the city after winning the battle. The surrounding people were also excited. When they learned that the Turks had been destroyed, they all burst into tears and cheered loudly for Yun Tinghe.

With such a high-profile welcome and imperial edict from Yu Linyuan, everyone knew that Yun Tinghe was not only a general and Marquis of Yong'an, but would soon be the new queen appointed by the new emperor himself and the empress who would rule the country. Moreover, the new emperor was not only infatuated but also principled, he also swore on the spot that he would not take any other female concubines except Yun Tinghe, and would live with Yun Tinghe all his life. If he broke his oath, he would immediately give up the throne and would no longer be the emperor.

It has only been a few days since the national mourning, so it is not appropriate to hold a grand ceremony. However, the old emperor is dead, and the new emperor must succeed to the throne. There is no other way but to follow Yu Linyuan's wishes and hold the succession ceremony and the queen-enthroning ceremony at the same time.

On the day of the festival, after the succession ceremony of the new emperor Yu Linyuan was over, an official from the Ministry of Rites shouted:

"The Queen's coronation ceremony begins now!"

In an instant, the drums and music sounded one after another, and the stringed instruments continued to play melodiously.

Yun Tinghe was wearing a gorgeous phoenix robe. She had a beautiful face and an awe-inspiring majesty, like a fairy descended to earth.

Yu Linyuan looked at her with a smile, his eyes full of affection. He personally placed the crown on Yun Tinghe's head and solemnly swore:

"In this life, I only love Tinghe and will never leave her. I will never take a concubine. I am willing to share the country with Tinghe."

All the ministers knelt helplessly on the ground and shouted "Long live the queen", celebrating the birth of the new queen with fake smiles. After all, when the orphan girl came back, she brought hundreds of thousands of Central Plains troops back to the city. For a moment, fireworks bloomed, lighting up the entire Chang'an City.

After the ceremony of crowning the queen, Yu Linyuan smiled and took Yun Tinghe's hand and slowly walked into the bedroom.

Their love story and the ceremony of crowning the queen eventually spread to the people and became a legend for a while, but that happened later.

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Ting He, who officially became the King of Ten Thousand Phoenixes, was not idle. Although the Turks were destroyed, there was no guarantee that the next Turk would not jump out. Now Yu Linyuan was the ruler of a country. This was his family's territory, so he must make good defenses and protect the Central Plains firmly from being invaded.

The ministers were all waiting for Yun Tinghe to hand over her military power, but His Majesty Yu Linyuan acted as if he didn't hear it. Not only did he not take back her military power, he actually encouraged her to continue leading the troops and excitedly organized a women's army.

It is unbelievable that Your Majesty was asked to take money from the national treasury to build schools so that nobles and poor students could go to school, but he actually set up a separate school for girls and allowed women to show their faces in public and learn some skills.