The protagonist of the ceremony, King Sheng, is naturally out of the limelight, and the officials below the third grade kneel, from the first grade to the second grade, and the envoys of various countries salute. Emperor Hongyuan specially selected a county prince with double cultivation of knowledge and morality from the royal family to support the crown of King Sheng, and there was a small episode in it, after the ceremonial officer helped King Sheng put on the crown, the old county prince stepped forward to support the crown for him, the old county prince was old, his body was rickety, and he couldn't reach his hair crown when he reached out and stepped his feet, and King Sheng felt that he was the prince of the dynasty, the prince of the first grade, and the other party was just a prince from the second grade, with a lower status and lower rank than him, so he didn't need to bow his head, so he stood there straight, which once made the scene a little embarrassing, In the end, it was Emperor Hongyuan who asked his chamberlain Wang Zhong to come forward to remind him, and King Sheng reluctantly lowered his arrogant head.

It is actually a very common thing for the crown bearer to reach the crowner, after all, the crown bearer is a respected old man, where can it be compared to the height of the young man, so the crown wearer generally has to bow his head and accommodate, and the crown wearer as a junior, it is normal to bow his head to the crown holder as a senior, some of the crown bearers have a very high reputation or status, the crown bearer should bend down and bend his knees to accommodate in order to show respect, although the prince is different from ordinary people, he himself has been a very human minister, except for the emperor and queen, no one is more noble than him, he has the right to despise the ministers and ministers, But from a moral standpoint, we should still accommodate the people who support the crown. There are three princes under Emperor Hongyuan's knees who have performed the crown ceremony, none of them are as arrogant as King Sheng and do not know the number of courtesies, even King Xu, who had gathered thousands of glory in one body, also took the initiative to bend down and accommodate, and now seeing him like this, Emperor Hongyuan was very displeased.

The palace banquet in the evening was lively and noisy, and the banquet in the harem had long been dispersed, but the banquet in the previous dynasty did not stop until three o'clock in the morning, and Emperor Hongyuan was deeply drunk, but he still told the chamberlain of the palace bureau that he had missed Concubine Xiao Ya's sleep last night because of fasting, and he would make up for it tonight, so he drove Ningde Palace. The group walked in the direction of Ningde Palace, and Emperor Hongyuan specially instructed that there should be no communication, so as not to disturb Concubine Xiao Ya. He thought that the night was deep, and there was no sleeping arrangement in Ningde Palace, so he should have slept through, but as soon as he entered the palace gate, he saw Xiao Yafei's son King Xin holding a sword and standing in the courtyard with a serious face. Emperor Hongyuan couldn't help but laugh when he saw that he was young but pretended to be so old, so he smiled and asked him what he was doing in this courtyard late at night if he didn't go to sleep in peace.

King Xin replied with a solemn expression, "Back to my father, today's envoy of the country of Bi gave a fierce beast to the four emperor brothers, and the child was afraid that the beast would break free from the cage and come to this palace to harm people, so he deliberately guarded the gate of this palace to protect his mother." ”

When Emperor Hongyuan heard this, he was very emotional, looking at such a sensible King Xin, he felt more and more that the stubborn King Sheng was very unbearable. Today, the country of Bi has this beast to pay tribute, isn't it because King Sheng has a hobby of hunting? Those envoys knew that the theme of this ceremony was King Sheng's crown gift, and they had already inquired about his preferences, and the gifts they gave were all to their liking, such as rare and exotic toys, treasures from all over the world, and the live tiger, all of which made King Sheng very excited, and Emperor Hongyuan even regretted that he should not use King Sheng's birthday to hold this grand ceremony of Xuanwei!

Emperor Hongyuan took the sword in King Xin's hand, handed it to the courtiers beside him and put it away, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Your father is not old yet, and the matter of protecting his wife and children should naturally be done by his father, and in a few years, when you grow up, you will protect your mother and concubine for your father!" With that, he asked the chamberlain to take him down to rest, and walked into Ningde Palace by himself.

Concubine Xiao Yafei was reading a book under the lamp, and thought that it was her son who came in, so she smiled without raising her head, "Fen'er is sleepy?" You finally don't want to stand guard, do you? ”

"In order to protect her mother, she is serious, where will she be sleepy, or I ordered him to retreat before reluctantly leaving."

When Concubine Xiao Ya heard that it was the Son of Heaven, she hurriedly got up and saluted, "Say hello to Your Majesty." Emperor Hongyuan smiled and helped her up, led her back to the table and sat down.

"Reasoning, I should go to Concubine De's sister tonight, why didn't Your Majesty send someone to give orders when you transferred the concubine? The concubine will go out to greet you. ”

"Haha...... What is there to welcome to welcome, this Ningde Palace is like my home, very familiar, no need to fix those cumbersome things. ”

Concubine Xiao Yafei smiled, "What kind of tea does Your Majesty want to drink?" The concubine will give it to you. ”

"No need, I drank all the tea and wine at the banquet in the previous dynasty, and now it's rising, I can't drink it." Emperor Hongyuan stroked Concubine Xiao Ya's hand, and suddenly became a little sad, "Yan'er, you are the first year of Hongyuan, the palace I entered when I first hired a palace concubine after ascending the throne, and twenty years have passed in a blink of an eye...... You were only sixteen years old when you first entered the palace, I remember that you were named Jieyu, right? ”

"It's Jieyu, Your Majesty has a good memory. The concubines were also fortunate enough to get His Majesty's courtesy because of the face earned by their ancestors, and they didn't have to start boiling from the selected girls, but this courtesy was good and bad, and they came to His Majesty many years late. Sister Hui and Sister Xian started from the selection, and they were assigned to His Majesty's Han Mansion by the first emperor early in the morning, and became the widow of the Han Palace, and accompanied His Majesty for many years more than the concubines. ”

"Haha, how do you compare yourself to them, you were still young in the early years, and the selection was not suitable, so you should be waiting for me to ascend the throne and be hired by me."

"The concubine Mu Your Majesty Longen, soon promoted from a talented person to Jieyu, and later became pregnant and promoted to Zhaoyi, before and after only a year, many years earlier than other sisters who were promoted to Zhaoyi, so the concubine is really content."

When it came to being pregnant, Emperor Hongyuan thought of their first child, and couldn't help but feel sad, "If our first child is still alive, next year should be his crown gift...... It's a pity ......"

Concubine Xiao Yafei's body stiffened, her eyes quickly became wet with tears, she turned her head to wipe her tears and said, "What are you doing with this, don't we have a problem now?" ”

Emperor Hongyuan saw her sad appearance, and his heart was also very unbearable, so he hugged her into his arms and wiped her tears for her personally, "It's not good for me, I don't mention it, don't be sad." Fortunately, we still have a child, otherwise in this life, I would feel empty and boring under my knees. ”

"Your Majesty is angry again, you now have six sons and four daughters with a total of ten children, which can be described as perfect, and last year a group of newcomers were selected, Your Majesty's heirs will only get older and more vigorous, how can you be empty under your knees? Don't say any more of these unlucky words. ”

"Haha...... Isn't Concubine Mo jealous? Don't worry, no one in this palace can compare to you, and last year's selection was only symbolically accepted by the two of them, and the others were given to the young clan and the sons of the hundred officials. What girl doesn't love a teenager? I am self-aware. That's it, let's settle it early, tomorrow I will send off these envoys, look at the itinerary drawn up by the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, it can be another whole day, Xue Chengming, who is stubborn and does not read rotten books, leads a group of people in Honglu Temple to not have any rules and regulations, if it weren't for the face of the Xue family, I would have told him to resign from the old man a long time ago. What do you say I'm doing this ceremony for? It's really yourself who finds guilt for yourself. ”

Concubine Xiao Yafei burst into tears and laughed, and comforted, "Your Majesty is really drunk, and Lord Xue is far from the age of telling old age." Now that the Xue family and the Xiao family are married, Your Majesty reproaches him at this time, outsiders are afraid that they will say that it is our Xiao family that has affected him, Your Majesty will turn a blind eye, don't mention this matter, just give him a gift. So saying, he helped him back to his room to rest.

After sending off the envoys of various countries, Emperor Hongyuan finally had time to take out the public case that had endured for many days and was inconvenient for trial. The Inner Servant Province had such a major event as the Phantom Pill Confusing Jun, and the Inner Servant Provincial Governor and Inner Attendant Quan Xiang couldn't run away from responsibility, together with the chief envoy of the Inner Servant Province's Xiaye Court, the Palace, and the Three Bureaus of Internal Affairs, he had already knelt in the imperial study, waiting for Emperor Hongyuan to retreat from the court for interrogation.

Wang Zhong, the inner servant, belongs to the province of the inner servant, no matter how much he is favored by the Son of Heaven, the inner attendant is still his top boss, and now seeing him so implicated, he has to resist Emperor Hongyuan's ban on "not allowed to spread outside" to help him explain some things, and he told him the cause and effect and Emperor Hongyuan's attitude two days earlier.

Quanxiang served the Son of Heaven for two dynasties, the first emperor served the first emperor wholeheartedly, and the new emperor served the new emperor wholeheartedly after ascending the throne, for decades there was only one person in the eyes of the Son of Heaven, and it was this loyalty that could go through the yellow sand, and survived to the position of the head of the palace servants from the three products.

Emperor Hongyuan came back from the previous dynasty, and only asked a few words, and Quan Xiang took the initiative to explain a lot of internal details, "The spices used in the palace are all purchased by the Internal Affairs Bureau from several qualified old commercial houses according to the practice, and the 'purple incense' has been used for many years, all of which are from Haizhou Dingtaining, which is absolutely wrong." After this incident, the Internal Affairs Bureau thoroughly checked the remaining purple incense in the warehouse, and did not find that there was mixed with half a day's leisure, but that day Concubine Niangniang went to the warehouse to receive things, and the treasury was turned over by the maids and palace maids in the Niangniang Palace, especially the area where the spices were stored, and it was turned over, I don't know if someone was tampered with at that time. ”

The internal affairs order kowtowed again and again and said, "Your Majesty, all the chamberlains and palace maids of the Internal Affairs Bureau have undergone strict body searches before going up and down, and it is absolutely forbidden to bring any items in and out without permission. The outsiders who have been in and out of the warehouse in recent times are only the people in the palace of Concubine Xian...... Oh, by the way, that day the treasury was in a mess by the people in the palace of Concubine Xian, the household servant Lord Xue and his wife passed by, and Mrs. Xue also specially helped me sort out the account books, she can testify! ”