Chapter 424

It is November 18, which is a big day for the whole world to celebrate.

Since three days ago, a notice was finally posted in the palace, claiming that three days later, His Royal Highness Chu Xuanyun, the eighth prince, would carry out the new emperor's enthronement ceremony at the Xuande Gate in the palace, and from then on announce to the world that he would ascend the throne as the emperor.

Although it is the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, the streets of the capital are still slightly cold, but the eunuchs and palace maids who are constantly coming and going in the palace are already sweating profusely.

The palace is also lively, but the excitement in this palace is different from that outside the palace.

The new emperor's enthronement ceremony can be said to be the most solemn ceremony in the world, the officials who come and go look solemn, look carefully, but worry about a few ministers with unusual faces, behind them are actually standing a lot of sergeants, the sergeants press their weapons, as if guarding the prisoners. It attracted the attention of some kings and grandsons not far away, and some people whispered.

Looking around, on the high platform not far away, the noble Son of Heaven was more magnificent and shocked by various ceremonial guards, and I saw that the eighth prince Chu Xuanyun was wearing a golden dragon robe, and his biological mother Song Guifei Niangniang, who was also wearing luxurious clothes, stood in front of the Xuande Gate, but where Song Guifei Niangniang was standing, there was still a distance from Chu Xuanyun in the center of the high platform.

On the other side of the high platform, stood the current queen mother of the Xining Dynasty, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and Wu Jue, who was dressed as a eunuch, holding a golden square box in her hand, just waiting for the next new emperor's enthronement ceremony to be announced, and the queen mother personally awarded the emperor's seal.

In front of Chu Xuanyun, the palace pavilion stood heavily, majestic and gorgeous, and splendid. The courtiers on both sides bowed to the ground with the shouts of the officials of the Ministry of Rites who presided over the enthronement ceremony.

The sky was high and the clouds were wide, Chu Xuanyun saw that everyone around was surrendering to his feet, and he couldn't help but raise his head to look at the sky, and the corners of his mouth also showed a hint of a rebellious smile:

"This throne is the king's after all!"

Chu Xuanyun's low chuckle was hidden in the chanting of the ministers, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but get bigger and bigger.

"Eighth Prince, how does it feel to be an emperor?"

Suddenly, a shout came from nowhere, which interrupted the entire strict and orderly enthronement ceremony of the new emperor, and a majestic question came from afar with a smile, and the wild disdain between the words did not seem to put Chu Xuanyun, the eighth prince who was about to ascend the throne as the son of Xining, in his eyes at all.

The ministers suddenly looked flustered, and immediately all got up and looked at the place where the voice came from, and there was a lot of discussion.

But I saw that the ministers who were guarded by a group of sergeants showed surprise and even followed the prestige with a look of hope, only to see that the person who came was dressed in black iron armor, the big red cloak fluttered in the wind, the posture was majestic, the momentum was impressive, with a proud smile at the corner of his mouth, and there was a kind of chic and wanton recklessness between the sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and the domineering looming, it turned out to be the general of Zhenguo that they relied on the most in the Xining Dynasty, and also the first military marquis of the Xining Dynasty, the Marquis of Anguo, Zuo Yuanfeng!

"Zuo Yuanfeng, General Zuo?"

"Is it General Zuo?"

"General Zuo has returned to Beijing? When was this? ”

As soon as Zuo Yuanfeng appeared, whether it was Chu Xuanyun, who was about to ascend the throne as emperor, or Song Guifei Niangniang, who was standing behind the high platform, their faces changed in an instant.

But seeing that Song Guifei was extremely alert, her face immediately changed again, and she seemed to be surprised, she smiled at the moment, took a few steps forward and walked to the side of Chu Xuanyun, who was still stunned and flustered, looked at Zuo Yuanfeng under the high platform and said:

"It turned out that General Zuo returned triumphantly! What a joy! General Zuo defeated Huiqiang, relieved the danger of the northern border of Xining, and worked hard, and when the new emperor's enthronement ceremony has passed, the new emperor will definitely reward General Zuo and the warriors who fought on the battlefield! ”

But seeing Zuo Yuanfeng snorting lightly, he said unappreciatively:

"What a joy? Isn't it chaos on top of chaos? Ben Jiang still thought that the Eighth Prince and Song Guifei Niangniang definitely didn't want to see Ben Jiang at this moment. Zuo Yuanfeng ignored the soldiers and chaotic officials who were gradually gathering around him, and slowly walked towards the high platform, with a group of black-clothed and iron-clad soldiers behind him.

Chu Xuanyun and Song Guifei Niangniang saw the many soldiers behind Zuo Yuanfeng, their expressions were almost imperceptible, and they didn't know what Zuo Yuanfeng wanted to hide from everyone and deliberately enter the capital quietly in advance and appear on the new emperor's enthronement ceremony.

Song Guifei secretly made this look under the high platform, and the shrewd people had already noticed that the situation was afraid that there was a change, and led the Praetorian Guards in the palace who had already been controlled by Song Guifei's mother and son to raise their swords one after another, and slowly approached Zuo Yuanfeng, just waiting for someone to give the order to rush up and take Zuo Yuanfeng and the others down.

Zuo Yuanfeng seemed to be unaware, raised his hand and waved his hand, and shouted to the people who brought him behind him:

"Ben will fence it all off!!"

Suddenly, I saw a group of footsteps behind Zuo Yuanfeng scattered neatly, and before the Praetorian Guards in the palace could react, the people brought by Zuo Yuanfeng had quickly surrounded the high platform, and the speed and momentum made the people present instantly feel frightened.

Those black-clothed sergeants with big swords and spears are not like these palace guards at all, but soldiers who have truly experienced bloody battles on the battlefield!

"General Zuo, you are ......"

At that moment, a minister asked Zuo Yuanfeng in a low voice.

Zuo Yuanfeng's status in the palace is only higher than that of the eighth prince Chu Xuanyun, but he is a courtier, why did he come today to disrupt this almost destined new emperor's enthronement ceremony?

Could it be that Zuo Yuanfeng wants to take the opportunity to establish himself as the king at this time?

The ministers present glanced at the eighth prince in a yellow robe, and then looked at Zuo Yuanfeng, who seemed to be leading troops to force the palace, and thought that Zuo Yuanfeng had almost all the troops of the Xining Dynasty in his hands, and they were all loyal......

The expressions on the faces of the ministers were changing rapidly.

Zuo Yuanfeng seemed to be confident, standing under the high platform with only his arms crossed, looking up at Song Guifei and the eighth prince Chu Xuanyun's mother and son standing side by side on the high platform, his chin tilted slightly, and said:

"You must not have thought that Ben will appear at this time, do you think that Ben will still be on his way back to Beijing at this moment?"

Chu Xuanyun's face was angry at this moment, seeing that Zuo Yuanfeng was rude, and he didn't look at him and Song Guifei at all, he couldn't help but say angrily:

"Zuo Yuanfeng, what do you mean by that?! In front of the king and the concubine, you are so rude, do you want to rebel?!! ”

Hearing Chu Xuanyun's question, Zuo Yuanfeng couldn't help laughing, and said contemptuously:

"At this time, Song Guifei Niangniang and the Eighth Prince, still have to pretend in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces?"

Ignoring the surrounding ministers, Zuo Yuanfeng suddenly jumped onto the high platform, waved away the gathered Praetorian Guards with one palm, approached Song Guifei's mother and son, pointed at them and said loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, today's situation is caused by the two of Song Guifei and the eighth prince's mother and son, they colluded to return to Qiang, meddled in the rivers and lakes, caused the danger of the north, and deliberately hoped that the emperor would die on the battlefield in the north, and now they have launched civil strife to hold the queen mother and His Royal Highness the crown prince hostage, coercing the ministers to silence, and want to ascend the throne as the emperor in such a grand manner?!! But now I don't see a trace of shame, it's really a wolf's ambition!! (To be continued.) )