Seeing such a situation, many of the concubines of the Son of Heaven present all thought in their hearts that the sky was about to change in this harem.

Previously, Queen Bo was naturally unpopular without His Majesty's favor, and the concubines in the harem naturally didn't take Queen Bo very seriously, and everything she did was to report to Empress Dowager Dou.

However, it may have to be greatly changed after that, if today's son has begun to pay attention to the queen, the authority of this harem cannot be said to fall into his hands.

"It seems that I will have to walk around the queen more in the future", some of the concubines present said secretly.

And this time, Liu Concubine entered the palace without bringing Chen Ajiao, nor the two brothers Chen Xu and Chen Huan.

Fixed, as soon as he sat down, Liu Rong asked: "Why didn't the eldest princess's aunt come with Gillian."

Hearing this, Liu Concubine glanced at Liu Rong and sighed: "Gillian still thinks about your cousin all day long, but Gillian is sick at this time, and your cousin doesn't know yet."

As soon as Liu Yan's words came out, Liu Rong was a little unsure of what to say, and after a long pause, he said, "How is my cousin's illness?" can be ordered to be treated by a doctor".

"Hey, after the Queen Mother learned about it, she had already sent the Imperial Doctor, but the Imperial Doctor's words were cold and cold, and she had to recuperate for a while."

In this way, Liu Rongdang even said: "How about I go to my aunt's house tomorrow to visit Gillian?" ”。

However, Liu Rong never thought that Liu Concubine would open her mouth and close her mouth at this time: "The emperor's nephew's heart for my family's Gillian, how can my good aunt not know it, why don't I speak to the Queen Mother." How about marrying Gillian to the emperor's nephew? ”。

Liu Rong was raising the wine glass in his hand to drink at this time, and when he heard his aunt's words, he almost spit out the wine in his mouth in one gulp.

It seems that he was unconsciously trapped by Liu Concubine again............

Looking at the "smiling" Liu prostitute on her face, Liu Rong had no choice but to say: "Aunt Rongyu, my nephew is not yet crowned at this time, and Gillian is only fourteen years old, is it too early to marry at this time?"

Not long ago, Liu Wu entered the palace to seek the position of prince, how could he not know about this matter with Liu Xuan's shrewdness.

But within a few days, Liu Wu was completely kicked out to compete for the qualification of the prince.

However, at this time, who else can be the prince, then only the heirs of the Son of Heaven are left.

If you ask who is the most favored among the sons and heirs of today's sons, you don't have to think that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty know - Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor.

Previously, Liu Concubine seemed to have intentionally or unintentionally tested the tone of Liu Qizhi, the son of heaven, and she was very satisfied with Liu Rong.

Solidly, at this moment, Liu Rong is determined, if there is no surprise, Liu Rong will be the prince of the Han Dynasty!

will want to match Chen Gillian to Liu Rong in time, and Liu Rong and Gillian are childhood sweethearts, Gillian often said in the house that she wanted to enter the palace to find her cousin Liu Rong.

Thinking about Liu Rong's original sentence that he was willing to store it in a golden house, Liu Rong couldn't bear it anymore.

Concubine Liu smiled and said: "What's strange, when Your Majesty and the queen got married, they were only fifteen, which is younger than your current age."

Besides, when my aunt married your uncle Chen Wu, she was only one year older than Gillian at this time."

Liu Rong's words were a little speechless.

It is definitely not advisable to refuse Liu prostitution, but this is a critical time, and he can't disrupt his plan because of this matter.

"Marry Gillian, my nephew naturally wishes, but this is not the time to get married, what does the imperial aunt think about it after that?"

Liu Rong understood Liu Rong's meaning, so she never said anything about Liu Rong, and it is true that this is not the time to get married.

If you want to make Liu Rong willing to give Gillian to Liu Rong, she will not be able to do it until Liu Rong becomes the prince.

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However, only a few days later, it was New Year's Day, which is the beginning of the year, and naturally it is also the most important time of the year.

Every year on this day, it is to open a dynasty, and the officials above the thousand stones in Chang'an must enter the palace to the Xuan Room to congratulate the Son of Heaven.

Solid this, early in the morning, Liu Rong got up under the urging of Wang Sheng, stood in front of the bed, Wang Sheng saluted and said: "Your Highness, when it is time to get up, today is the day of the great dynasty, and it must not be delayed."

A few days ago, Liu Rong found a few volumes of "Pipes" in Tianlu Pavilion, which were somewhat mutilated, and Liu Rong had been reading on the night before New Year's Day.

Later, after being reminded by Wang Sheng, I remembered that I would have to go to the court meeting early tomorrow, so I put down the book in my hand and went to bed peacefully.

However, he got up early the next morning, but Liu Rong was miserable............

Of course, he had to get up in the end, and under the service of the palace maids, when he changed into formal clothes, he left the dormitory and went to the Xuan Room.

However, when the time came, after listening to the nine rings of the chime, a messenger went to the front of the hall and said: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”。

Then the courtiers in formal clothes who were present walked into the Xuanshu hall in order.

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, wore a brand-new crown and a long sword around his waist and entered the palace.

When Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, sat down, the ministers made a big salute and said: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, Your Majesty for ten thousand years!" ”。

The etiquette of the Han dynasty is not cumbersome, but this New Year's Day is very different from usual.

As early as when the ministers arrived outside the Xuanshu Palace, there were already several confessors holding wat boards. Observe the records on the sidelines to see if the officials present have behaved impolitely.

However, after entering the Xuanshu Palace, there were more people in the palace who checked the instrument.

If a courtier in the Xuanshu Hall at this time is disheveled or dozing off at this time, then he will be immediately invited out of the court, and he will also be dishonored in front of the Imperial History Counselor Palace, and if it is not serious, he may be dismissed from his official position.

Therefore, the courtiers present today, from the three princes and nine kings, to the officials of the thousand stones, are all meticulous in their salutes. I'm afraid that I will be reported for something wrong, and it will be a shame.

Glancing at the courtiers present, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, said indifferently: "All the ministers are exempt from courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty".

However, after the ministers and ministers worshiped the Son of Heaven, it was the turn of the Han family's canonical vassal countries, such as Nanyue, Minyue, and Yelang's envoys to enter the palace to congratulate him.

However, Nanyue is different from the rest of the countries, Zhao Tuo was originally a general of Qin, and he moved to the land of Nanyue, so he naturally knew more about the affairs of the Han Dynasty.

Zhao Tuo even knew that now that the Han Dynasty had put down the rebellion of the five kingdoms of Wu and Chu, there would be no major hidden dangers inside, and the Han Empire, which had been dormant for nearly 60 years, would rise in a short period of time.

Solid this, Zhao Tuo already had a trace of uneasiness in his heart, and when he selected this envoy to enter Chang'an, he was even more instructed to show respect and obedience to the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and also to inquire about some recent things in the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, as soon as the envoy of the Nanyue Kingdom entered the Xuanshu Palace, he immediately performed the great gift of three kneeling and nine knocking, and Liu Qi, the son of heaven, was naturally pleased with it, and even issued an edict to reward some gold and jade things, so that the messenger was handed over to Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue.

Then he came to the palace, and he went to the Han family, and the officials went to the palace to congratulate him.

The officials came to Chang'an, but they did not just congratulate the Son of Heaven on behalf of the princes and kings of the counties.

He wanted to inform the Son of Heaven about the taxes collected by the vassal states and counties in various parts of the Han family during the year, the cases of prisons, and the major events in the county, and even the plans for the administration of the country in the coming year.

The Son of Heaven is based on the performance of the officials of the upper division, and evaluates the counties and states of the country, of course, it does not matter whether the evaluation of the vassal states is good or not. The Son of Heaven will never condemn the princes and kings for such things.

However, some of them are of great importance to the dozens of counties of the Han family, such as the border counties and the southern counties, even if the Son of Heaven goes out to patrol, he rarely goes to them.

In a year, he can only rely on this time to order the officials to go to Chang'an to make a report, so that he can show his face in front of the Son of Heaven and let the Son of Heaven notice that there are still these courtiers.

However, the division of this evaluation, the good is the merit, the second is the merit, the year recommended Jia Yi to the court as a doctor, Henan County Taishou Wu Gong, is because of the three consecutive years of political performance evaluation for the meritorious, and was promoted to Chang'an by Emperor Wen to be the court lieutenant of the nine Qing.

In the eyes of the Son of Heaven, it is also an important matter for the evaluation of officials, but it is inevitable that there will be some moisture when the county itself reports its achievements in power for a year.

The Son of Heaven will finally give each county an evaluation result based on the combination of the officials and the imperial history.

However, there are dozens of counties of the Han family, and each of them has to come to the Son of Heaven alone. After more than two hours, Chen finally finished speaking.

After sitting for a few hours, Liu Rong, who was kneeling on the side of Prime Minister Taohou Liu She, was already a little unable to sit still, but at this moment, in this Xuanshu hall, there were people holding wat boards everywhere, and they didn't dare to move a little.

glanced at it, and was still sitting on his father's side, and at this moment Liu Rong had to sigh: "I don't know if my father is tired or ............not from hearing noon in the morning."

However, when the last official entered the propaganda room to perform, the New Year's Day dynasty was finally dispersed.

As soon as Liu Rong returned to the dormitory, he immediately said to the king: "Go and prepare the car quickly!" ”。

And Wang Sheng saluted: "Today's court will be so long, Your Highness might as well rest for a while before leaving the palace."

Liu Rongke had already promised Chen Ajiao that he would go to the bank of Weishui with him today to watch the sacrifice of Da Da, "Go and prepare the car quickly, it's too late at this time."

"No!" , Hearing this, Wang Sheng had no choice but to respond.

Out of Sima Gate, Liu Rong hurriedly said to the emperor: "Go to the palace of Princess Guantao."

In this way, in just a moment, Liu Rong arrived outside the gate of Liu Rong's mansion.

After entering his mansion, Liu Rong immediately went to find Chen Ajiao.

Hearing that it was Cousin Liu Rong who finally came, Chen Ajiao ran out of the room and said excitedly: "I have been waiting in the house for a long time, and Cousin Liu Rong is finally here."

Liu Rong is smile and stepped forward to grab Chen Ajiao and said: "There is a meeting today, my cousin naturally wants to go there, and as soon as he disperses, he will come by car."

In this way, the two of them held hands, walked outside the mansion, and went out of the mansion, at this time Liu Rongcai reacted again and asked, "Why don't I see my aunt in the mansion?" ”。

"My mother went to the palace early in the morning to see my grandmother, and she wanted to take me with her, but I didn't go because of my cousin's appointment."

Hearing this, Liu Rong just nodded, and when he hugged Gillian into the carriage, he ordered the emperor to drive to the bank of the Wei River.

However, when the two arrived, they saw that the sacrifice of the big man had already begun.

The sacrifice of Da Da is a ritual to drive away evil spirits, which has been practiced as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

It was extended to the Han Dynasty, and every New Year's Day, 120 young men wearing soap clothes would be selected in Chang'an, holding big moles to make things.

Among them were Fang Xiang wearing masks and bearskins, and twelve beasts, but finally the cavalry drove the statue representing the epidemic and set it on fire and threw it into the Weishui, which has shown that it has driven away evil spirits.

Therefore, every New Year's Day, there will be many people in Chang'an City who will come here to watch this sacrifice and pray for good luck in the coming year.

Liu Rong had never seen it before, but when he went to visit Gillian a few days ago, he heard her mention it, and even if he promised her, he would take her to Weishui to watch her on New Year's Day.

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PS: The upper accountant is also known as the accountant. During the Warring States Period and the Qin and Han dynasties, the county guards and the ministers of the vassal states should send the county's population, money and grain, taxes, land reclamation, thieves, prison lawsuits and other plans to the court in advance every year, and then summarize and report the implementation at the end of the year.