On the first day of June in the twenty-third year of Yongzhi, the weather was sunny.

"Be careful, and then the commander will come and check on them, and there must be no mistakes!"

Chen Xiaoting's voice sounded outside the gate of the Jade Void Palace, and at this time, there was a huge throne in front of him.

So Chen Xiaoting hurriedly walked down the steps outside the palace gate, and after staring at the throne carefully, he shouted to the captains who were carrying the throne: "Move a little to the left......"

Looking at it carefully with one eye closed, Chen Xiaoting continued: "A little further to the left, a little further back!" ”

The four captains carrying the throne moved left and right following Chen Xiaoting's command.

Thankfully, they were all tall, so the heavy throne didn't put too much pressure on them.

Today, the first day of the sixth lunar month, is the day when the Great Pilgrimage Meeting is held, so there will be this scene at this time.

The emperor will hold a royal gate hearing outside the gate of the Yuxu Palace, and discuss some recent major events of the imperial court with the courtiers.

Not to mention, although Emperor Yongzhi concentrated on cultivating the Dao and cultivating the Xuan, there was still a difference between him and the Daojun Emperor in Chen Xiaoting's previous life.

After all, although this person is not very in love with the court, the big court meeting on the first day of the new month will basically not be canceled for no reason.

It's just that Emperor Yongzhi made some small changes on the basis of his ancestors' imperial court listening to the government.

That is, the time of the court meeting was postponed, and the courtiers who were supposed to get up before dawn were now able to sleep until dawn.

Otherwise, Chen Xiaoting and the others should arrange the court meeting in the midst of the lights.

Finally, under Chen Xiaoting's command, the heavy throne was properly placed, and then another lieutenant carried out the huge imperial case and carefully placed it in front of the throne.

At this moment, a eunuch found Chen Xiaoting and said, "Lord Chen, all the items that should be handed over to you have been delivered!" ”

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Chen Xiaoting shouted not far away: "Wang Zhongde, although your father-in-law goes to count it, you can't miss the slightest!" ”

Although he didn't think there would be any omissions, Wang Zhongde would not show his thoughts in front of Chen Xiaoting, after all, who made him an official!

"Obey, rest assured!" Wang Zhongde patted his chest and said.

At this time, Chen Xiaoting was also a little hot walking back and forth, so he took off his official hat and fanned himself with his sleeve.

Fortunately, he was an official, otherwise if he was like the captain standing guard below, with an armor covering his body, he would be suffocated to death if he was not tired to death.

Therefore, except for the captains who were on the sentry post, the first thing the others did when they got off duty was to remove the heavy armor.

But before Chen Xiaoting could catch his breath, he saw Sun Xian, who was wearing a dazzling flying fish suit, at the side palace gate not far away, accompanied by Jiang Yuanxian, a thousand households in Beicheng, was walking towards the gate of Yuxu Palace.

As a subordinate, Chen Xiaoting immediately put on his official hat, and then hurried towards Sun Xian.

"Humble Chen Xiaoting, see the commander, see the master of the thousand households!" Chen Xiaoting knelt down on one knee and said.

In the seven or eight years of this era, Chen Xiaoting can be said to have integrated into the times, so there is no pressure for him to kneel and bow at this time.

Every era has its own rules, and Chen Xiaoting feels that he is just a small person, so he has to follow the rules first.

"Excuse me!" Commanding Sun Xian to stand with his hands in his hands, he was carrying the imperial embroidered spring knife, and under the addition of the command envoy's authority, he had an awe-inspiring momentum at this time.

After Chen Xiaoting got up, Sun Xian then asked, "How are you prepared?" ”

"Back to the adult, everything is carried out in an orderly manner, and there are no omissions!"

Sun Xian nodded, and then he continued to walk forward, and when he saw that everything was being prepared outside the palace gate in an orderly manner, he nodded with satisfaction.

Then, Sun Xian himself walked up the steps, bypassed the throne and stepped into the gate of the Jade Void Palace.

As the speaker of the Jinyi Guard, he will stand on the side of the throne and personally protect the emperor's safety later.

Jiang Yuanxian just accompanied Sun Xian in, he himself had nothing to do in the palace, and left after briefly explaining Chen Xiaoting.

And Chen Xiaoting himself began to check everywhere again, and he really didn't dare to be negligent in his preparations.

Outside the palace gate of Yuxu Palace, in addition to the captains of the Jinyi Guard, dozens of eunuchs were also busy working in the square outside the palace gate.

Half an hour later, everything had been placed, and there was a bit of solemnity outside the entire palace gate.

In addition to the captains on the original sentry post, at this time, twenty captains should be arranged to listen to the left and right sides under the steps of the throne.

After arranging these people, Chen Xiaoting took the other superfluous people and retreated to the side of the square.

As a deputy Qianhu, Chen Xiaoting can still get closer, which allows him to hear the content of the court meeting later.

At this moment, followed by two little eunuchs, a man in a python robe appeared in the square.

The man looked twenty-five or sixteen, and the beard on his chin was not very long, but slightly thicker than the others.

At this time, other officials were all in Hou Zhao, but this person appeared in the square, which made Chen Xiaoting suspicious.

"Who is this person?" Chen Xiaoting tilted his head and asked.

On the side, Wang Zhongde replied in a low voice: "My lord, this is His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince!" ”

Even if Chen Xiaoting's news is closed, he knows that the six princes in the distance, and the eight princes who have not yet met, are the only two contenders for the throne.

I don't know if it's because the pill has eaten badly, causing his heir, Emperor Yongzhi, not only to have no heirs, but also difficult to support.

The first two princes died before they were one year old, the third prince had a leg disease and was not suitable to be established as a prince, and the fourth prince died of smallpox.

The fifth prince is healthy, but after falling off his horse eight years ago, he has never been able to stand up again.

As a result, the sixth prince, Zhu Xiuyin, became the eldest son of the emperor in the actual sense, and was the natural first heir to the throne.

But then Zhu Xiulin, the eighth prince of Zheng Guifei, was more valued by the emperor because his mother was favored.

As the "eldest son of the emperor", the civil officials all praised the establishment of Zhu Xiuyin as the prince, but Emperor Yongzhi had the idea of abolishing the elder and establishing the young.

I don't know if he was poured ecstasy soup by Concubine Zheng Guifei, or if he really liked Zhu Xiulin's son, Emperor Yongzhi even gave his son the title of King Wu.

You must know that when Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty had not yet won the world, his title was King Wu, and since then, no vassal king has been crowned King Wu, which shows that Emperor Yongzhi attaches great importance to Zhu Xiulin.

In contrast, now the sixth prince Zhu Xiuyin has nothing to catch, and he doesn't even have the title of county king.

Therefore, although he is the first heir to the throne, Zhu Xiuyin's life is not very easy, and it can even be said that it is more depressing.

But no matter how favored the eighth prince Zhu Xiulin is, whenever the emperor has the intention of establishing the eighth emperor, he will be collectively boycotted by the civil officials.

There are even officials directly, who have come out to oppose the establishment of Zhu Xiulin as the crown prince, and will also play to ask Zhu Xiuyin to be established, which can be said to be not the emperor at all.

Just when Chen Xiaoting was thinking about this, he saw Zhu Xiuyin slowly walking towards him, which made him a little nervous.

"You're the new Qianhu?" Zhu Xiuyin asked with a half-smile.

Chen Xiaoting hurriedly saluted and said, "Chen Xiaoting, the deputy of the minister's brocade and the guard, see the Sixth Highness!" ”

Zhu Xiuyin took two steps forward, stretched out her hand to pull Chen Xiaoting up, and then said, "You're welcome, we can be regarded as old acquaintances!" ”

Chen Xiaoting was stunned when he heard this, he didn't remember that he had an intersection with the sixth prince, let alone acquaintance.

In fact, these are not important, what Chen Xiaoting needs to consider more now is what impact Zhu Xiuyin will have on himself after saying this.

I am an old acquaintance with the Six Princes, so can outsiders understand that I am a member of the Six Princes' line?

The battle for the throne has always been extremely dangerous, although there are many bets that cannot be bet on sides, but being bet on like this still makes Chen Xiaoting very uncomfortable.

So he immediately said: "Your Highness, did you recognize the wrong person?" The minister has been in the capital for less than two months, and he has been in Yongxi before! ”

This is said by Zhu Xiuyin, and it is even more said to others.

Zhu Xiuyin is a smart person, so she didn't say much at this time, but said with a smile: "Really? Maybe I'm mistaken! ”

"Okay, I won't bother you, I'll go and say hello to my father first!"

After saying this, Zhu Xiuyin left directly, and the whole person was like a gust of wind blowing.