Inside the Chaotian Gate of the Imperial City is the majestic inner courtyard of the palace. The ground is paved with crystal white jade, with dragons and dragons carved everywhere. People walking in it are as small as ants. Thousands of imperial guards with golden helmets are solemn and solemn. Patrol!
There is an inner city river one mile directly in front. There are nine white jade arch bridges on the river. Densely packed carriages and horses of nobles, civil servants, and demon war horses of military officers 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. People in the palace knew little about it, but they knew Everyone keeps secrets!
Behind the Zhentian Palace is the Taiji Palace where the royal family held celebrations, crowned the prince, and enthroned the new emperor.
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.
In the inner hall, there are 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 the seven-year-old emperor who has gone to the yellow tail at the age of seven, the actual symbolic meaning is greater, and it can be said that the whole country is paying attention!
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, princes, princes, ladies, young ladies, and princes all gathered together. After the sound of the nine whips, the little emperor, who was only seven years old but had a tall body and a resolute face, wore the Nine Dragons uniform. Wearing an imperial crown with twelve tassels, a phoenix hairpin and a nine-phoenix robe, the empress, who was graceful and charming, entered the palace surrounded by the eunuchs and sat on the dragon chair.
The eyes of everyone in the palace followed the footsteps 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 be meaningful and his actions must be fruitful. This is recognized by the government and the public. The key is that at a young age, His Majesty is serious in speech and dignified. He knows everything about the government and the public. He can be called a child prodigy!
No one dares to treat him as a child!
Even if the Prime Minister wields power and power, 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 fifth rank and above can still support him.
The people, the government and the public alike call him Xiao Mingjun.
Many people found that the emperor's character was not like his father, the late Emperor, nor his uncle, Emperor Yang, but more like the King of Qin and the later Emperor Taishang.
At this time, seeing the emperor seated, all the princes, nobles, and royal families in the palace came with their family papers and paid homage: "Long live my emperor!"
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 your ministers, wives, princes, etc., please 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 something.
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 all 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..."
Finally take a seat.
The chief eunuch called for a banquet, the music started, dozens of palace singers danced, and fruits, vegetables, wine, meat, and delicacies came in one after another.
The emperor moved quickly first, then the others moved quickly, 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 beating him carefully, he looked pretty good.
Calmly, I looked around and smiled at a thin young man from a duke's family: "It's really lively. All the big shots and rich ladies from the entire imperial capital are here!"
"More than 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 Taiping Palace? I know them!"
Wang Tian lowered his voice, "The pure warriors of the sect are too far away from us, and we're afraid we won't be able to catch up. Let's talk about those rich ladies.
Over there, Murong Yunxi, the Prime Minister of the Qintian Supervisor, and Li Xiyue, the Sword Master, are beautiful! "
The thin man smiled strangely and said: "There are Ling Junyao, Ning Zhiwei, Princess Jin and Princess Heng over there. None of them are the most beautiful of the country. It's just a pity that Ning Zhiwei, the daughter of the old man's family, has to marry that rude Li Qiushui. Guy.
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 become famous throughout the Zhou Dynasty, attract the attention of the government and the public, and be immortalized in history, with beautiful ladies from all over the world looking at me differently?"
"Who doesn't want to?" The thin man smiled bitterly, "How difficult it is. Who in the capital city doesn't have the dream of soaring into the sky and influencing the government?"
The two of them were whispering, while the women who were named by them ate the royal banquet in silence, actually observing their ears, nose, and 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 empress.
Su Wuji was silent at first, then smiled indifferently, raised his glass and "clinked" it with the Prime Minister from a distance.
Two top powerful officials, civil and military officials, 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 I should go to Emperor Mingong Ji Yaoyue to rectify the name of the late emperor, but the name I gave him is unfair..."
Before the prime minister could finish speaking, the little emperor said coldly: "That's right!"
Li Shentong was stunned for a moment and said again: "And that one..."
The little emperor interrupted again and said in a tone that could not be questioned: "Don't say it!"
It seems that he already knows what the prime minister is going to say.
Everyone in the entire hall seemed to know what the Prime Minister was going to say. That person...
Li Shentong frowned and glanced at the ministers and princes in all directions. He gritted his teeth and persisted when he saw a figure suddenly burst into the hall, knelt down and crawled forward.
This man was wearing the armor of the Royal Guards and was just a humble general. Logically speaking, he was not qualified to enter the hall.
"Um?"
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 middle-aged man with a square face and royal robes immediately stood up and angrily shouted: "Zhang Wei, if you don't defend the palace, what are you doing here?"
The general was still prostrate on the ground, but holding a jade pendant in both hands, moving forward little by little, shouting hoarsely: "There is a young man outside, please ask me to present this to Your Majesty!"
"Asshole!"
King Jin 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 eyes of all the sect masters shrank, Taiping Palace Jian Jiuqing said loudly: "This person has been shocked and can only act as ordered!"
Prime Minister Li Shentong's expression changed slightly, and he waved his sleeves: "Come on, blast down, and send someone to check on that young man!"
Several Han generals outside the hall immediately entered the hall.
"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 couldn't help but look at the emperor curiously.
I saw the little emperor suddenly running down the tall dragon chair and the ladder with his dragon robe in hand.
The queen's expression 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. His breathing was rapid. He slowly stretched out his hand, trembling violently, and grabbed the jade pendant. His eye circles gradually turned red, and he choked and said, "Where is the person?"
General Pi stammered and replied: "Your Majesty, you are outside the palace gate!"
"Ugh..."
The emperor suddenly burst into tears without warning and staggered out of the hall.
Everyone in the palace was stunned. The emperor had been strict and unsmiling since he was a child. He was quite majestic at a young age and looked like an adult. Who had ever seen him like this?
Seeing that the emperor was running away, he finally realized what he was doing. He suddenly burst into flames and chased after him with a bang, shouting in panic:
"His Majesty!"
"His Majesty!"
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The emperor had already run out of the hall. Tens of thousands of people were filled with darkness when they saw it. They all got excited and stood up to pay homage: "Your Majesty!"
Some officials even had tears in their eyes and choked with sobs: "Your Majesty, your ministers and ministers have come out to propose a toast! How virtuous and capable are these ministers?"
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, the 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.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
The emperor cried more and more, his steps staggered more and more, and even the imperial robe was torn. He finally left Zhentian Palace, reached the inner courtyard of the palace, and went straight to Chaotian Gate.
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 of your tribes."
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 the man and the dog silently, as if he was reminiscing about something, with more and more tears.
Then, with a glance, he rushed over: "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, picked him up, and helped him. Flapping the snow on his body.
Fortunately, the little emperor's dragon robe fell off, revealing the snow-white dragon underwear.
Xin Zhuo's smile became even brighter, and he stretched out his hand and said, "How about your birthday, Gui Geng?"
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Tens of thousands of princes, nobles, ladies, and masters from the sect finally chased out, and happened to see this scene. They were horrified beyond words for a moment!
His Majesty, the Emperor, the Nine-fifth Supreme Being of the Empire, was held in his arms like a child and treated like this?
