Chapter 1735: Imperial Edict Announced

The canonization ceremony was held as scheduled.

Everyone was shocked by this matter. After all, the court was still arguing about this matter not long ago, so they thought that it would be concluded so quickly.

People have speculated that there must be something complicated behind this incident, but no one can guess what the real situation is.

Amid the attention, Lu Yu ascended to the Golden Palace. Witnessed by all civil and military officials, he received the tin staff symbolizing the power of the Grand Duke from the hands of Emperor Qing'en and Queen Xuan. This was a tin staff made of pure gold, with a The seal is engraved with the patterns of the Jin family and the Ning family and the word "西海", which is unique in the world. It symbolizes that from this moment on, Xihai City has officially become the Principality of Xihai and has been integrated into the territory of the Darui Empire.

"I thank the Lord solemnly!"

Lu Yu held the tin staff in his hand and faced Emperor Qing'en and Empress Xuan, preparing to bow down.

In the Darui Empire, the imperial family has supreme authority. Even if they become the Grand Duke of the West Sea, they are still nominally subordinate to the imperial family.

This etiquette is unavoidable, even if Grand Duke Heng is replaced, he will still look the same here.

However, I don't know what Emperor Qing'en was thinking. He took the initiative to stop Lu Yu and persuaded him: "Envoy Lu, there is no need to be polite. You have a special status now. You represent the Grand Duke of the West Sea, so there is no need to pay such a courtesy!"

As he spoke, he looked at the ministers around him and announced loudly: "The Grand Duke of the West Sea has made outstanding achievements and is the chosen one. There is no need to kneel down and worship him from now on!"

The surrounding civil and military officials were suddenly stunned.

As the saying goes, there are no two days in the sky, and you don’t have to kneel down to worship the emperor. What kind of preferential treatment is this? In this way, how to distinguish who is superior and who is inferior? Who is the master and who is the servant?

Emperor Qing'en proposed such preferential treatment conditions, wasn't he afraid that Xihai City would be disobedient in the future?

When Lu Yu suddenly heard about this, he couldn't help but be slightly startled.

This matter is completely outside of the previously scheduled procedures...

But after thinking for a moment, he understood the intention of Qing En Di.

This was done mainly to show the Duke of Hengyue. He wanted to give the Principality of Xihai more favorable conditions and more superior treatment. He specifically wanted the Principality of Xihai to overpower the Principality of Hengyue, in order to stimulate the Principality of Hengyue and provoke them to fight against each other. Chinese dissatisfaction in the West Sea.

Sure enough, it was the emperor's mind. Even if Emperor Qing'en was suppressed by Ning Wanxuan, he was still a genuine emperor. This was already the essence of "two peaches kill three men".

Lu Yu was just pretending, but now that he heard what Emperor Qing'en said, he immediately borrowed the donkey from Poxia, paused and said, "On behalf of Fu Jing, Grand Duke of the West Sea, I would like to thank you for your consideration!"

Emperor Qing'en smiled slightly, said nothing, and waved his hand, indicating that everything would continue according to the established procedures.

Next, Lu Yu accepted the visits and congratulations from various families and ministers, which represented that the authority and status of the Grand Duke of the West Sea had been officially recognized.

During this process, Emperor Qing'en and Queen Xuan stood by his side to show their full support for the Grand Duke of Xihai.

Emperor Qing'en was fine, everything looked as usual.

But Queen Xuan's eyes were quite seductive. When she looked back inadvertently, she even blatantly winked at herself, showing an extremely alluring aura...

This woman is so bold. She dares to do this in front of everyone and standing next to Emperor Qing'en. I have to say that this is really... very exciting!

Lu Yu suddenly couldn't help but become distracted again. Now he had the urge to hold Ning Wanxuan down and teach her a lesson, so that she could experience the feeling of being completely crushed...

Finally, the meeting was over.

The civil and military officials and representatives of various family forces retreated to their original positions. Emperor Qing'en stepped forward again, put his arms around Lu Yu's shoulders, showed a very intimate look, and announced loudly:

"In addition, I have one more thing to announce. Although this matter is not directly related to the Duke of Xihai, it is also closely related to the Principality of Xihai. To be precise, it has a close relationship with Special Envoy Lu..."

"After discussing with the Queen, I believe that Special Envoy Lu is a rare talent who can be put to great use. If not, how could he be selected as a representative by the Grand Duke of the West Sea? We must not let a talent like him go easily. Therefore, the Queen and I have unanimously decided to marry Ning Wanqing, a member of the royal family, to him, and the two will get married on a different date! "

This is the first time Emperor Qing'en has officially announced this matter.

Although this matter has been determined for a long time and many ministers have been informed in advance, more officials with a slightly lower rank and representatives of various family forces heard about this matter for the first time, and they couldn't help but feel very sad. He was surprised, and the scene immediately became an uproar.

"What did I hear correctly?"

"Did your Majesty just talk about Ning Wanqing?"

"The Ning family wants to marry a representative of Xihai City?"

"He's just a representative, what are his virtues and abilities?"

"Isn't Ning Wanqing the commander-in-chief of the Snow Dragon Army? What will happen to the Snow Dragon Army if she marries Special Envoy Lu? Did Your Majesty just... accidentally say something wrong?"

"The Snow Dragon Army has always been controlled by the Ning family. Could it be that His Majesty wants to use this matter to seize control of the Snow Dragon Army?"

"Shut up! Silence! Can this kind of thing be said publicly?"

…

The scene became noisy.

Emperor Qing'en ignored everyone's comments and waved his hand again, motioning for the Ouchi manager on the side to come forward.

So the chief eunuch stepped forward, opened the imperial edict in his hand, and began to read it out loud. The content was the official edict about the marriage and a series of subsequent arrangements.

As they listened, everyone finally gradually tasted the taste...

It turned out that after Envoy Lu and Ning Wanqing got married, they would have a brand new fiefdom, which was located in Fenghezhou. At that time, the Snow Dragon Army would be divided into three parts, and the most elite part led by Lu Yu and Ning Wanqing would be stationed in Fenghezhou, and continue to expand outward from this point.

Emperor Qing En really wanted to use this method to divide and weaken the Snow Dragon Army.

And it's not just the Snow Dragon Army. With the Snow Dragon Army and Ning Wanqing being invested in Fenghezhou, Fenghezhou will inevitably become the focus of the Ning family's future operations, and the subsequent series of resources of the Ning family will be dragged into the quagmire of Fenghezhou.

In fact, this was exactly the strategy that Emperor Qing En and Lu Yu had discussed that night, using the special situation in Fenghezhou to drag the Ning family into the quagmire, so as to achieve the goal of making the Jin family and the Ning family completely part ways.

But Emperor Qing En didn't know that the current situation had changed compared to before, which he was not aware of.

At this time, he looked at Ning Wanxuan quite complacently and said with a smile: "Queen, this matter has now been done according to your wishes, are you satisfied?"