Xiao Ruide became the prince as scheduled, and his sacrifice ceremony was more grand than the sacrifice ceremony of the princes of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In this way, the emperor informed the world that Xiao Ruide, the crown prince, was the result of his careful consideration. As for the folk legends, what King Qing monopolized power, and what emperor was set up by King Qing because of his ill health is all nothing.

King Qing became the crown prince because of Xiao Ruide, and King Xian's reputation was almost ruined. And Dong Ruyi, the real initiator, except for some people in the court who know it, the rest of the people don't take her seriously at all.

The procession to worship the heavens was immense, and the emperor decreed that all members of the royal family and court officials who were in Beijing must participate. As for those who were seriously ill and bedridden, the emperor allowed them to resign and recuperate.

Dong Ruyi sat in the accompanying carriage, she listened to the noise outside the carriage, and sighed: "This is really lively!"

Xianglan smiled: "Now the prince of the world has a very high voice among the people!"

Dong Ruyi said: "It's the prince." ”

Xianglan said: "Hey, I really didn't expect the prince to become the prince one day." ”

Xianglan's exclamation is not only what the accompanying officials think, but also what the people who watch the excitement think. Fortunately, the people don't care who is the emperor and who is the prince, they only care about whether they can be fed and clothed in the coming year.

The fifth prince was riding on a horse, and he looked at the street full of people, "Cousin De still has such a reputation among the people?"

The fifth prince is much more restrained than before, you must know that he is the one who has the best chance to inherit the throne.

The fourth prince mocked: "People are great good people in Northern Xinjiang. ”

The fifth prince said: "What kind of good man is he? Using the food and salary of the imperial court to help the people is also considered to be a good deed? ”

The fourth prince sneered: "What's so difficult about this, he deserves to be a prince in the whole world, can't we be the prince?"

The fifth prince said: "Who knows, once a son of heaven and a courtier!"

The fourth prince said, "Fifth brother, how about we discuss something?"

The fifth prince looked at the fourth prince, "Fourth brother, please speak." ”

The fourth prince rode close to the fifth prince, he looked at the frame in front of him, "Although he has become the crown prince now, his father is still here, and there are many people who have sat on the throne of the prince in all dynasties, but there are as many as the prince who cannot be the emperor." ”

The fifth prince said: "What the fourth brother said is completely reasonable. ”

Seeing that the fifth prince agreed with what he said, the fourth prince said tentatively: "How about we join forces?"

The fifth prince was silent, and the fourth prince knew that the Chen family could not count on it, and wanted to fight his mother's family's forces.

The fifth prince said: "It doesn't make much difference to me which of you is the crown prince. ”

The fourth prince said: "The fifth brother is wrong, if it is me who ascends the throne as the emperor, you are the prince of the in-laws; Besides, you want to let that person go like this? You have also seen the situation today, not to mention that the person has the kindness of Cousin De, but no, with their many years of friendship, Cousin De will only continue to reuse that person after his father. ”

The fifth prince said indignantly: "If you are the crown prince, what can you do? ”

The fourth prince said: "Hitting a snake and hitting seven inches, the only one who can make that person hurt his muscles and bones is the Dong family." ”

The fifth prince said: "This is a big deal, the fourth brother allows me to go back and think about it." Besides, it's not up to me to say this, I still have a concubine above me. ”

The fourth prince said with a smile: "The fifth brother can go back and think slowly, but there is one thing I can answer you now, if he is the emperor one day, you will be the second king of Qing and the second king of Zhou." ”

The fifth prince smiled: "My brother understands. ”

The fourth prince and the fifth prince walked side by side, and the two were not talking about the throne, they talked about other things.

King Qing and King Dai were side by side, Dong Ruyi was standing behind King Qing, she looked at the complicated gifts of worshipping the heavens, and said in her heart: "Fortunately, there is only Cousin De who is tossing today." ”

Xiao Ruide did it step by step according to the requirements of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, if it weren't for the emperor and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military watching, he would have to pick his son and leave.

Xiao Ruide's face was gloomy and terrifying, and just when he was about to take it anymore, the ceremony finally ended.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites have been keeping an eye on Xiao Ruide, not only do they know that today's ceremony is complicated, but they also know what kind of temperament Xiao Ruide is.

On the first day of the succession ceremony, the Ministry of Rites secretly met Wang Shi of the Zhou Palace. As soon as Wang Shi walked by, he only left a sentence except to say hello. Wang Shi said: "The little prince said that tomorrow's ceremony must be complicated, but on the basis of the complexity, we must pay more attention to the prince, and we must not anger the prince because of the complexity of the ceremony." ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu went back and thought about it for an afternoon, Dong Ruyi's words were obviously self-contradictory, not only complicated, but also not to make the prince unhappy because of the complexity, and he couldn't say how to grasp this degree.

Although he had doubts, he arranged for it.

The succession ceremony was held in the palace, and the ceremony was extremely complicated by them, but fortunately, Xiao Ruide endured it all. After the succession ceremony, it is the ceremony of worshipping the heavens outside the palace.

The accompanying team was extremely spectacular, and because of the large number of people in the team, the road was delayed for a long time. Fortunately, because of the long interval, Xiao Ruide had a little respite.

As time passed, the festival began.

Xiao Ruide did a good job at first, but as more and more bows, the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were staring at Xiao Ruide began to cough from time to time.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu began to peek at Xiao Ruide, and he said in his heart: "The prince shouldn't throw his sleeves and leave, right?" The more he thought about it, the more bottomless he became, and finally simply used the second plan directly, and after skipping a few times of getting up, kneeling, and kowtowing to the ceremony, the ceremony ended perfectly.

At this time, when the Ministry of Rites Shangshu looked at Xiao Ruide again, Xiao Ruide's face was already gloomy and expressionless. His heart chuckled, and he said in his heart: "King Zhou's words are really not as simple as they seem. ”

The emperor has long said that whether it is the succession ceremony of the crown prince or the ceremony of worshipping the heavens after the succession, it will be held ceremoniously.

He wanted to curry favor with the emperor, so naturally he was complicated. But if he offended the future emperor because of this, then he was not sick.

It stands to reason that the complicated rituals can highlight the importance of the emperor and the court, if you are a different person, no matter how hard and tired you are, you will be happy, but who would have thought that the one in front of you would be really annoyed.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu didn't know what to say, and he felt that the new prince seemed to be more difficult to figure out than the emperor.

After the ceremony, everyone got into the carriage back to the city one after another.

King Qing glared at Xiao Ruide, obviously King Qing was a little dissatisfied with Xiao Ruide's performance just now. If Xiao Ruide really picks his son and leaves, then how will he face the emperor?

The emperor looked at King Qing with a smile, "If Rhett is not angry, he is not Rhett." ”

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