The concubine enters the palace? The princess empties the palace and goes into exile with the baby

The people whose names were called stood up.

Xiao Chi said, "Song Zizhou, I appoint you as the Minister of Works. Song Qing, I appoint you as the Minister of Justice. Song Qian, I appoint you as the Deputy Envoy of the Imperial Court. Song Jingmo, I appoint you as the Minister of Rites. Meng Feihan, I appoint you as the General of the State. Liu Hu, you will continue to serve as the Prime Minister. Liu Yin, you will serve as the Minister of the Imperial Household. Yuchi Lan, I appoint you as the Grand Tutor, the Prince's Grand Tutor, and the Minister of War!"

Yuchi Lan: “…”

Song Qing and the others knelt down and shouted in unison, "Your Majesty, thank you for your grace. Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"

Seeing Yuchi Lan standing there, Xiao Chi asked, "Yuchi Lan, don't you want to?"

Yuchi Lan stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, I kneel to thank you for your grace."

He knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times and then stood up.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to be an official, but Xiao Chi directly appointed him to three official positions. Isn’t this trying to tire him to death?

Although he is only forty years old, it is really too tiring for him to serve as three officials.

Xiao Chi said, "My dear ministers, I have no other expectations of you. I only hope that you will serve the country and the people, and put the people first in everything you do. I will never allow those who abuse their power for personal gain, commit corruption, or form cliques to appear."

After saying this, Xiao Chi continued, "I ascend the throne today, and the whole nation celebrates. I will exempt taxes for two years, so that the people can get on with their lives first."

Grand Secretary Zhou said, "Your Majesty truly loves the people like his own children. He is truly a sage and wise king. It is a great blessing for the people of the Great Dynasty to have an emperor like you."

Shangshu Ling, Lord Wu, said, "You put the people first and clearly distinguish between the sun and the moon. It is truly a great blessing for the subjects to have an emperor like you!"

"This is what I should do," Xiao Chi said. "From now on, I will clearly distinguish between rewards and punishments. Anyone who has made contributions to the country will be promoted, but anyone who harms the people or abuses their power for personal gain will be dismissed! Ministers, please be honest and fair officials."

The ministers knelt down again and shouted in unison, "Long live our emperor, long live our emperor, long live our emperor!"

Xiao Chi said: "Dismiss the court!"

Eunuch Cao shouted, "Dismiss the court!"

Xiao Chi stood up and left the Taiji Hall.

When he returned to the imperial study, his temples twitched noticeably when he saw several piles of memorials on the imperial desk.

Eunuch Cao said, "Your Majesty, you have just finished court. Why don't you rest for a while? I will go and make tea."

Xiao Chi sighed, raised his hand and pinched his brow, "Forget it, you can make the arrangements. I will marry Song Yuanbo's daughter Song Yao as my queen tomorrow!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Cao bowed and spoke in a humble tone.

"Let me go to Fanghua Palace first?!"

After Xiao Chi finished speaking, he left the imperial study and went directly to Fanghua Palace without waiting for Eunuch Cao to speak.

……

Fanghua Palace, Jingcui Palace.

Song Yao was drinking tea when the maid's voice rang out from outside the palace, "The Emperor has arrived."

The maid Huixiang beside her said, "Miss, the emperor is here."

Song Yao glanced at Huixiang calmly, "You're here, why are you making such a noise?"

"I know I was wrong, please forgive me, Miss." Huixiang took two steps back, but dared not speak again.

Song Yao held her forehead. What she meant was that Xiao Chilai was here and there was no need to be so nervous. But she didn't expect that the little girl was actually scared.

In the palace, serving the emperor is like serving a tiger.

Xiao Chi entered the hall and sat down in front of Song Yao. "Ayao, I haven't seen you this morning. I missed you so much."

Huixiang behind: "..."

Other palace maids: "..."

Song Yao frowned slightly. She looked at Xiao Chi and said, "You are the emperor now, can't you be a little more reserved?"

Xiao Chi said, "If being an emperor requires restraint, then it's better not to be an emperor."

"..."

Song Yao held his forehead. Did he know how many people wanted to be emperor? Did he know how many people would kill each other just to become emperor?

This throne was hard-earned, yet he actually said such words.

That's it.

Song Yao asked him, "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in the imperial study at this hour?"

Xiao Chi held Song Yao's hand and said, "I missed you and came to see you, but I didn't expect you to be so cold to me."

Clearing his throat, Song Yao said, "It's not that I'm cold towards you, it's mainly because you're the emperor now. You have to pay attention to everything and can't be like before."

"No!" Xiao Chi said, "We will get along the same way in the future as we did in the past. A Yao, if you want me to concentrate on governing the country, then you must agree to this."

"You, the emperor, are becoming more and more pretentious!" Song Yao said, "Okay, okay, I'll do as you say."

Xiao Chi's thin lips curled up into a smile, and suddenly he thought of something. Xiao Chi said, "Oh right, I appointed your master as Grand Tutor, Prince Taifu, and Minister of War."

"...What did you say?" Song Yao stood up suddenly and looked at Xiao Chi in disbelief.

Seeing Song Yao's big reaction, Xiao Chi frowned, "What's wrong? You don't want him to be appointed as an official?"

Song Yao came back to her senses and pressed her pounding temples. "You could have just given him one official position, why did you give him three? And they're all high-ranking officials. Are you trying to tire him to death? I finally understand. You're repaying kindness with enmity!"

"What do you mean?" Xiao Chi also stood up. "Your master has made an indelible contribution to our journey from Fengzhou to here. I only gave him three official titles because I value him. How can you accuse me of repaying kindness with enmity?"

Song Yao stared at him, speechless. "He's busy with his duties as Grand Tutor, and now he's busy with his duties as Prince Grand Tutor. After that, he has to go to the Ministry of War. Even if it's wool, you wouldn't take advantage of him like this. Isn't this repaying kindness with enmity?"

"..."

Xiao Chi was dumbfounded. He didn't think about these things at all. He just simply valued Yuchi Lan and wanted to keep Yuchi Lan with Song Yao, so he gave him three official positions!

He did this as a sign of respect.

“But he didn’t refuse.”

"You are the emperor, and this is in the imperial court. How can you ask him to refuse?"

Xiao Chi pinched his brows to ease the awkwardness, "So what should we do now?"

"What else can be done?"

Song Yao sat down again, "If you dismiss me, people who don't know will think that my master has made some mistake."

"I'm sorry I didn't think that through."

A palace maid walked in from outside the door. She bowed and said, "Miss, Your Majesty, Lord Yuchi is here."

Song Yao held her forehead, "He must be here to complain about you!"

"Uh." Xiao Chi was speechless.

Song Yao looked at the palace maid and said, "Let my master come in."

"Yes!" The palace maid bowed, turned around and brought Yuchi Lan in.

Yuchi Lan looked at Xiao Chi and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Xiao Chi cleared his throat and said, "Come and sit down. Don't bow to me in private."

Yuchi Lan said, "You are the king, and I am the subject, so it is natural for us to perform the rituals."

Song Yao said, "Master, since he said so, don't be polite to him. Come and sit down."

"Okay." Yuchi Lan walked over and sat next to Song Yao.

Song Yao asked, "Master, is there something you want to talk to me about?"

Yuchi Lan glanced at Xiao Chi. He originally wanted to tell Song Yao that Xiao Chi had arranged three official positions for him, but Xiao Chi was here, and he really didn't know what to say for the time being.