Chapter 625 The emperor cried bitterly and the courtiers ran wildly
Inside the Chaotian Gate of the imperial city is the magnificent inner courtyard of the palace, paved with crystal white jade, with carved dragons and wild beasts everywhere, and people walking in it, As small as ants, thousands of imperial guards wearing golden helmets were patrolling strictly!
There is an inner city river one mile ahead. There are nine white jade arch bridges on the river. The densely packed carriages and horses of nobles, civil servants, and military officers and demon war horses all stopped at the outer bridge. They looked orderly.
Walking across the bridge, ten feet away is the Zhentian Palace Gate. There are obvious traces of repairs on it. It is said that there was a dispute between Emperor Shang and Emperor Yang, and they shot him in anger. The people in the palace Little is known about it, but those who know it keep it secret!
Behind Zhentian Palace is the Taiji Palace Hall where the royal family holds celebrations, the crown prince is crowned, and the new emperor ascends the throne.
At this time, the entire palace was decorated with joy and luxury. In the front yard, there were piles of Fushan, Luyin, Shouyu and rare treasures. Fireworks and the Chinese characters "Shou" were flying all over the sky. Officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs were anxiously sorting out and taking notes.
From the outer courtyard to the inner hall, more than 10,000 people attended the banquet. In the outer courtyard, there were lords of merit, sect masters, officials of fifth rank and above, and generals.
The inner hall is home to more than a thousand people from the royal family, descendants, princes, nobles, princesses, consorts, marquises, three ministries and nine ministers, and foreign envoys.
Five thousand palace maids and eunuchs were busy traveling through the outer courtyard and inner hall.
Today is the most important and solemn ceremony of the Great Zhou Empire after the "Great Changes in the World". Although it is said that the little emperor will turn yellow at the age of seven, the actual symbolic significance is greater. The whole country is watching!
It is said that after this feast, the empire's pattern will undergo great changes, so everyone is in high spirits.
At this time, in the main hall, princes, nobles, princesses, consorts, six ministers, noble ladies, young ladies, and young men were all gathered together. After the sound of nine whips, the seven-year-old but tall and resolute-faced His Majesty the Little Emperor, wearing a nine-dragon robe, an imperial crown with twelve tassels, a phoenix hairpin and a nine-phoenix robe, with a myriad of manners and an alluring look, the empress, who was somewhat charming, entered the palace surrounded by the eunuchs and sat on the The dragon chair.
The eyes of everyone in the palace followed the steps of the little emperor. Although the emperor was still young, the two empress dowagers were not here, and the empress dowager was seriously ill, no one dared to underestimate the deceiver.
The emperor is smart, talented, knowledgeable, and magnanimous. His words must have substance and his actions must have results. This is recognized by the government and the public. The key is that at a young age, your majesty is unsmiling, majestic and solemn. He responds to the affairs of the government and the public. You know, you can be called a prodigy!
No one dares to treat him as a child!
Even if the Prime Minister has great power and has power over the government and the opposition, and the Queen's family is in charge of the military, they would not dare to frame Zhongliang. Although the young emperor is too busy studying and practicing martial arts and has limited energy at a young age, officials of the fifth rank and above can still support him.
The people, the government and the public are all called Xiao Mingjun.
Many people have discovered that the character of this emperor is not much like his father, the late Emperor, nor his uncle, Emperor Yang, but more like King Qin and the later Emperor Taishang.
At this time, seeing the emperor seated, all the princes, nobles and royal families in the palace and their families paid homage: "Long live my emperor, long live long live!"
Then nearly ten thousand people in the outer courtyard shouted long live. .
Emperor Ji Yu was silent for a moment and glanced coldly at the queen beside him. The originally arrogant young queen frowned slightly and bowed to salute. Only then did he have a trace of disdain on his immature face, and said calmly in a clear teenage voice: "All the ministers, wives, princes, etc., please come and take your seats!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Everyone then stood up and sat down and looked at the emperor. They knew that the emperor must Say a few words.
Unexpectedly, the little emperor did not say any clichés, but just looked to the other side, at the head of the civil service, a white-haired, tall, calm, self-confident old man: "The Prime Minister speaks for me..."
Prime Minister Li Shentong smiled, looked at the princes and ministers, first said some formal words in a loud voice, and finally changed his voice: "...Celebrating the Empress Dowager, celebrating Your Majesty..."
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Finally take a seat.
The great eunuch called for a banquet, the music started, dozens of palace singers danced, fruits, vegetables, wine, meat and delicacies came in one after another.
The emperor moved his chopsticks first, then the others moved their chopsticks, and then the atmosphere slowly became lively.
Wang Tian, the prince of the Marquis of Jiyang, who was traveling with Xin Zhuo, was sitting next to his father. After carefully beating him, he looked quite decent. He looked around and looked at a man from the Duke's family. The thin young man smiled and said: "It's really lively, the whole imperial capital The big shot and the rich lady are here!”
“Not only that!” The thin man winked, “The masters and elders from Taiping Palace, Honghua, Shenyin and Tianji are also here. Have you seen the straight girls over there?”
"Aren't those Shui Qingliu and Zhuge Qun from the Taiping Palace? I know them!"
Wang Tian lowered his voice, "The pure warriors of the sect are too far away from us, and we are afraid that we will not be able to catch up, so let's just say Let’s talk about those rich ladies,
Over there, Murong Yunxi, the Prime Minister of Qintian Supervisor, and Li Xiyue, the Secretary of Fengjian, are so beautiful!”
The thin man said with a strange smile! :"return There are Ling Junyao, Ning Zhiwei, Princess Jinwang, and Princess Hengwang, who are all charming. It's just a pity that Ning Zhiwei, the daughter of the old man's family, is going to marry that rude guy Li Qiushui. < br>
And over there, the Prime Minister’s daughter Li Muge, who is sixteen years old and beautiful, and the emperor’s aunt Princess Wuyou, who is in her teens and has already been brought up..."
Wang Tian sighed with emotion: "When will I be famous throughout the Zhou Dynasty, attract the attention of the government and the public, and be remembered in history?"
"Who doesn't want to?" The thin man smiled bitterly, "How difficult it is. Is there any place in the capital that doesn’t have the dream to soar into the sky and dominate the government?”
The two men were whispering, while the women who were named by them were silently eating the royal banquet, and they were able to watch their noses and ears. Observe the mind.
As if he knew something big was about to happen.
Sure enough, Prime Minister Li Shentong raised his wine glass at this moment and toasted to the person headed by the military attaché opposite, a middle-aged man with outstanding temperament and white hair on his temples.
This person's name is Su Wuji, a veteran of the Four Dynasties. He was the King of Nanli County and King Nanli back then, and is now the King of Qin in the Dazhu Kingdom. He is the only king with a different surname who is not a descendant of the Qin Dynasty and commands 200,000 Qin troops.
This is the only person in the court who dares to fight with the Prime Minister!
Everyone in the hall couldn't help but look at the two of them, including the emperor and the queen.
Su Wuji was silent at first, then smiled faintly, raised his glass and "clinked" it with the Prime Minister from a distance.
Wen and Wu, two top powerful ministers, drink together!
The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, who had been worried about this, breathed a sigh of relief.
However, Prime Minister Li Shentong suddenly put down his wine glass and raised his hand to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I thought that when I went to pay tribute to Emperor Ji Yaoyue, I should rectify the name of the late emperor, but the name he gave me was unfair... ”
Waiting for the Prime Minister to say After finishing, the little emperor said coldly: "Accurate!"
Li Shentong was startled for a moment, and said again: "And that one..."
The little emperor interrupted again, so as not to leave any room for doubt. His tone said: "Don't say it!"
It seems that he already knows what the prime minister is going to say.
Everyone in the hall seemed to know what the Prime Minister was going to say. That person...
Li Shentong frowned, looked at the ministers and princes in all directions, gritted his teeth and persisted. , I saw a figure suddenly burst into the hall, knelt down with a bang, and crawled forward. This man was wearing the armor of the Imperial Guard and was just a humble general. Logically speaking, he was not qualified to enter the hall.
“Huh?”
The Prime Minister frowned and said: "Why are you so ignorant of the rules? King Jin, how did you become the general of the Imperial Guard?"
A square-faced middle-aged man in royal robes immediately stood up and angrily said: "Zhang Wei, if you don't defend the palace, what are you doing here?"
The general was still prostrate on the ground, just holding the Wearing a jade pendant, he moved forward little by little, shouting hoarsely: "There is a young man outside, ask me to present this object to your majesty!"
"Bastard!"
Prince Jin He said angrily: "Who can face His Majesty and present something? If you really don't understand the rules, do you still want your head?"
General Pi still moved forward, trembling all over.
The pupils of the sect masters shrank, Taiping Palace Jian Jiuqing said loudly: "This person has been shocked and can only act according to orders!"
Prime Minister Li Shentong's face turned slightly. He changed and waved his sleeves: "Come on, blast down and send someone to check that young man!"
Several Han generals outside the palace immediately entered the palace.
“Wait!”
The little emperor above suddenly stood up, his eyes slightly straightened, his expression strange, nervous and fearful at the same time.
Thousands of people in the palace could not help but look at the emperor curiously.
The little emperor suddenly ran down the tall dragon chair and the ladder with his dragon robe in hand.
The Queen's face changed and she ran down.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty..."
The expressions of the chief eunuch and the maids changed greatly, and they also ran down.
The emperor had already arrived in front of the general. He stared at the jade pendant, breathing rapidly, and slowly stretched out his hand. Trembling violently, he grabbed the jade pendant fiercely. His eye circles gradually turned red, and he choked with sobs: "Where is the person? ?”
Pi Jiang stammered and replied: “Your Majesty, you are outside the palace gate!”
“Ugh...”
The emperor suddenly appeared without warning. Weeping loudly, he staggered and ran outside the hall.
Everyone in the palace was stunned. The emperor has been strict and unsmiling since he was a child. He is quite majestic at a young age and looks like an adult. Who has seen him like this?
Seeing that the emperor was running away, he realized what he was doing. He suddenly burst into flames and chased after him with a "crash", shouting in panic:
"Your Majesty!"
“Your Majesty!”
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The emperor had already run out of the hall. Tens of thousands of people were so excited when they saw the darkness outside. They all stood up to pay homage: "Your Majesty!"
Some officials even had tears in their eyes and choked with sobs: "Your Majesty is considerate of my ministers and came out to offer a toast." What a shame!”
However, the little emperor did not stop, he shouted back the people who came around him, and went straight to the Zhentian Palace in front of him with tears in his eyes.
At this time, tens of thousands of people in the outer courtyard were also stunned. They saw the princes and nine ministers chasing after them from the inner palace, and hurriedly followed them.
In the huge imperial city, an extremely funny scene was staged——
The emperor ran in front, followed by the queen, and behind him were more than 10,000 princes, ministers, and officials of fifth rank or above.
These people can be said to be the humerus and the powerful people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they are now running wildly in the snow.
"Woooo..."
The emperor cried harder and harder, his steps became more and more staggering, and even the emperor's robe was torn. Finally, he left Zhentian Palace and reached the inner courtyard of the palace. Run towards Tianmen.
Before he reached the palace gate, he angrily scolded a group of guards guarding the gate: "You bastards, kneel down! Kneel down all of you! Otherwise I will kill your whole family and destroy all nine clans."
The Imperial Guards who didn't know why quickly knelt on the ground.
The emperor broke out of the palace gate, breathing rapidly and looking forward with tears streaming down his face.
In the heavy snow, one person and one dog were covered with snow.
The little emperor suddenly stopped timidly and looked at one person and one dog silently, as if he was reminiscing about something, with more and more tears.
Then, with a glance, he pounced: "Royal father!"
He fell to the snow with a "plop" and cried loudly. He no longer looked like a little emperor and looked like an ordinary child.
Xin Zhuo looked at him silently, with a lot of emotions in his heart. Fortunately, he remembered himself. In a way, apart from the dead Jiang Zichong, he and he were the only ones left. With a smile on his face, he squatted down, Pick him up and pat the snow off his body.
Well, the little emperor's dragon robe fell off, revealing his snow-white dragon lining.
Xin Zhuo smiled even brighter, stretched out his hand and flicked: "Your boy Gui Geng, are you celebrating your birthday?"
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Tens of thousands of princes, nobles, women, and masters from the sect finally chased out, and they happened to see this scene. They were horrified beyond words for a moment!
His Majesty, the Nine-Fifth Emperor of the Empire, was held in his arms like a child. Treated like this?
(End of this chapter)