Chapter 569: Set things right, today!
It is actually quite hard for Su Mingzhe to be the emperor.

You have to get up before 5 o'clock.

After getting up and washing up, I went to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager.

If there was a grand court meeting held every three days, Su Mingzhe would not even have breakfast and would have to return to the Weiyang Palace to attend the grand court meeting and discuss state affairs with ministers.

Before lunch at noon, Su Mingzhe was going to visit the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother again.

Continue to handle state affairs in the afternoon.

Before dinner in the evening, Su Mingzhe would go to greet the Grand Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother once more.

This means visiting your parents every morning and evening, three greetings a day, not missing a single one.

It took Su Mingzhe about ten minutes to walk from Weiyang Palace to Yanshou Palace.

Spend half an hour visiting and greeting the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother, and then spend another ten minutes on the way back.

According to calculations, Su Mingzhe spends three hours every day on the rule of 'morning and evening self-reflection'.

The Grand Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother also felt sorry for Su Mingzhe's hard work in handling government affairs, and asked him several times to come once a day instead of three times a day.

However, Su Mingzhe insisted on carrying out the "morning and evening visit" three times a day.

It is precisely because of this persistence that Su Mingzhe won the admiration of civil and military officials in the court.

In everyone's simple value system, a filial person can't be that bad.

In sharp contrast to Su Mingzhe is the former second prince, now King of Pingnan, Li Chengze.

After Li Chengze was released from the palace yesterday, the first thing he did was not to accompany his mother, but to summon his trusted subordinates, contact the officials and generals he had won over, and inquire about the movements of all parties.

All the actions of King Pingnan give people a depressing feeling that a storm is about to come.

"This Second Prince is really a cause for concern!"

As the director of the Inspection Institute, Chen Pingping received Li Chengze's information at the first time. After thinking about it, he went to the palace and requested an audience.

Not long after, in the imperial study, Su Mingzhe heard Chen Pingping's report, but he did not take it seriously. He just laughed and said:

"Dean Chen, I believe that my second brother is not the kind of person who would ignore the overall situation."

Chen Pingping didn't know whether Su Mingzhe really didn't understand or was pretending not to understand, but as the director of the Inspection Institute, he had the duty to remind Su Mingzhe:

"Your Majesty, you are kind and generous, but you don't know how treacherous people are. The Second Prince has already contacted about 5,000 rebels and could plot treason at any time!"

"No way, absolutely impossible."

Su Mingzhe flatly denied Chen Pingping's guess, and then said in his gentlest tone:

"Dean Chen, although my second brother and I had conflicts in the past, they were only temporary disputes. Now that I have ascended the throne and my father's body is still warm, how could my second brother commit such a treasonous act at this time? Your information must be wrong!"

The two looked at each other for a long time. Chen Pingping's bright eyes suddenly blinked, and he chuckled softly, bowed his head and apologized:
"Your Majesty, perhaps I am old and my eyes are blurry. I may have misread the information. I will go back and take another look."

"How could Dean Chen be so old and blind? Someone down there must have gotten the information wrong."

Su Mingzhe saw Chen Pingping off with a smile, but his eyes narrowed.

In China, anyone who has attended high school knows the story of "Duke Zheng Defeats Duke Duan in Yan".

After Duke Zhuang of Zheng inherited the title and fiefdom, his younger brother Gong Shuduan was dissatisfied with him and started provoking him in various ways.

In order to maintain harmony among his brothers, Duke Zhuang of Zheng kept giving way to Gong Shuduan.

As a result, Duke Zhuang of Zheng's constant concessions not only failed to impress Gong Shuduan, but made him look down on him even more.

Finally, Gong Shuduan rebelled, and Duke Zhuang of Zheng took decisive action, defeating and killing Gong Shuduan in Yan.

In this world, without the book "Zuo Zhuan", there would naturally be no story of "Duke Zheng Defeats Duan in Yan".

After Su Mingzhe ascended the throne, he first detained Li Chengze for a few days. During this time, he easily won over most of Emperor Qing's trusted subordinates, as well as the civil and military officials in the court.

Now that Su Mingzhe has gained power, he released Li Chengze.

At this time, Su Mingzhe had already set up the stage for Li Chengze and was waiting for him to go on stage to perform.

Chen Pingping suddenly came over and wanted to dismantle the stage in advance.

Isn't this an international joke?
If Li Chengze didn't rebel, what reason would I have to kill him?

If he didn't kill Li Chengze, how could he publicize his royal power?

Li Chengze's affairs are proceeding in an orderly manner.

He thought that everything he did was extremely secretive, but both Su Mingzhe and Chen Pingping saw his every move.

In a blink of an eye, it was Mid-Autumn Festival.

Originally, after the death of Emperor Qing, mourning was to be ended on the 27th day, and marriage and entertainment were not allowed within a hundred days.

However, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the most important festival of the year after all.

Therefore, Su Mingzhe issued an edict in advance, requiring all civil and military officials and royal family members to abide by the rules and not drink and have fun, but ordinary people could have a happy day and celebrate the festival together.

When this decree was announced, people were excited.

People are preparing to celebrate the festival happily.

"God is really helping me!"

In the Prince of Pingnan's mansion, Li Chengze heard the news from a confidant and could not help but slam the table and said excitedly:

"This brat Li Chengqian actually wants to climb the city gate tonight and light a prayer lantern! Isn't this creating an opportunity for us? Everyone, raise the army and start an uprising to put order out of chaos, right now!"

There was a young woman standing next to him, but she couldn't help but remind him:
"Your Highness, according to the ancestral system, the Queen Mother will enter the palace this afternoon to accompany the Grand Queen Mother and offer sacrifices together. If an incident occurs tonight, the Queen Mother will be in danger..."

Li Chengze's face turned dark, and he looked at the woman with murderous eyes.

As the saying goes, a little lack of patience will ruin great plans!
Things have come to this point. How could Li Chengze give up his rebellion for the sake of his mother?

Xie Bian, another confidant nearby, noticed Li Chengze's thoughts and quickly scolded the young woman:

"Shi Qing'er, shut up, the prince has a perfect plan!" "Yes, I have a perfect plan!"

Li Chengze looked at Xie Bian with approval. He was indeed his close confidant who could help him save face, unlike Shi Qing'er who was so short-sighted and only tried to sabotage him.

I don’t know why Yuan Meng would recommend such a woman to me.

Soon, Li Chengze took advantage of the opportunity provided by Xie Bian to make additional explanations.

In the afternoon, Shi Qing'er accompanied Queen Mother Wang into the palace.

Once the unrest was discovered, everyone ran directly to Guangxin Palace.

All the confidants present were stunned:

"Your Majesty, why do you want the Queen Mother to go to Guangxin Palace?"

Li Chengze looked at everyone's surprised eyes, feeling somewhat relieved. At this point, he was no longer afraid of everyone leaking the secret, and said proudly:

"The Princess of Guangxin Palace is mine!"

As soon as Li Chengze finished speaking, everyone present was speechless.

As everyone knows, the eldest princess is in cahoots with the current emperor Li Chengqian.

Why is the eldest princess in cahoots with Li Chengze again?

How exactly is this play sung?

Everyone was a little confused.

However, at this time, Li Chengze did not need them to know too much inside information.

As long as these people obey our orders, we will work together tonight to kill Su Mingzhe and other threatening people.

When the sun rises tomorrow and Li Chengze officially ascends the throne and becomes emperor, everything will be settled and the truth and details will no longer be important.

On this day, many people were busy.

Su Mingzhe rarely gave himself a day off.

After having lunch with the Empress Dowager at noon, he took a group of people for a walk in the Imperial Garden.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence.

Su Mingzhe had just been walking around for a while when he ran into Princess Li Yunrui who had just returned from paying her respects to the Queen Mother.

"Li Yunrui pays respect to His Majesty."

Today, Li Yunrui is wearing a black long skirt, which makes her skin look even whiter like jade and extremely beautiful.

"Aunt, please stand up."

Su Mingzhe called Li Yunrui, looked at her, then turned around to look at Xue Ying who was following behind him. The two women looked quite similar, but when it came to their charm, they each had their own merits.

Li Yunrui's advantage lies in his maturity, and his every frown and smile has the ability to captivate people.

But Xue Ying is charming and lovely, gentle as jade, and full of youthfulness.

Li Yunrui also saw Xue Ying, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and then he turned into a happy look:

"Your Majesty, are we going to the Imperial Garden? It just so happens that I haven't been out for a walk for a few days, how about we go together?"

"Okay."

Su Mingzhe did not refuse to travel with Li Yunrui.

Having not seen each other for more than ten days, Su Mingzhe missed Li Yunrui very much.

Although Su Mingzhe often favors Xue Ying these days.

But Xue Ying is just Xue Ying after all, and there is no additional identity.

Compared with Li Yunrui, Xue Ying is like a high-quality imitation.

After Li Yunrui and Su Mingzhe walked side by side for a while, they saw that the palace maids and eunuchs were quite far away from them, so they spoke in a low voice:

"Qian'er, Auntie just got the news that Li Chengze is planning to launch an uprising tonight. You need to notify Chen Pingping and ask him to get ready."

Su Mingzhe smiled slightly when he heard the reminder:
"Thank you, Auntie. Chen Pingping has been prepared for this."

"That's good."

Seeing this, Li Yunrui did not stay any longer and immediately said goodbye and left.

Su Mingzhe took the palace maids and eunuchs to take a break in the Imperial Garden. He heard that all the ladies of high rank in Kyoto City had entered the palace to pay homage to the Empress Dowager, so he turned around and went to the Taiji Palace.

Taiji Palace is the main hall where the emperor lived. To the west are Yanfu Palace and Yanshou Palace, to the north is Yaohua Palace, and to the east is the Eastern Palace.

The Taiji Palace occupies a core position in the Forbidden City, and its status in the imperial palace is similar to that of the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City.

According to etiquette, after the emperor's death, the place where his body is placed must be the place where the emperor usually rests.

Therefore, after Emperor Qing passed away, the coffin containing his body was kept in the Taiji Palace.

After Su Mingzhe ascended the throne, it was inconvenient for him to live in Taiji Palace, so he could only live in Weiyang Palace.

The Weiyang Palace was the place for grand court meetings, similar in nature to the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, and was not suitable for frequent sleeping.

A few days ago, after Emperor Qing's coffin was sent to Changling, Eunuch Hou led people to do a thorough cleaning of the Taiji Palace inside and out, and fumigated it with various spices for a whole day.

As soon as Su Mingzhe entered the main hall, he smelled a faint fragrance.

Eunuch Hou took a step closer and asked:

"Your Majesty, it's only 3:45 pm now. It's still a long way from dark. Do you want to rest for a while?"

Su Mingzhe was not sleepy, but thinking about what was going to happen tonight, he became a little restless. He turned around and couldn't help but said:

"Well, let Xue Ying and Tao Qing come in and sleep with you."

(End of this chapter)