Since the Zhou Dynasty, at the beginning of each year, the highest level of the court will be held. On the first day of the first lunar month, the nobles, civil and military officials, and even the envoys of the vassal countries must enter the palace to congratulate the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, before dawn, the Daxuan officials who had just finished guarding the year dragged their tired bodies, put on their new court clothes, rode their respective carriages and horses, and came to Ziwei Palace from all directions.

Before the end of the day, the gate of Ziwei Palace was closed, and on the square outside Yingtianmen, there were already a number of officials gathered in a crowd. They yawned, greeted each other for the New Year, and talked and laughed happily, much more relaxed than on weekdays.

After all, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the imperial historians who are responsible for picketing hundreds of officials will also be rare, and they will turn a blind eye.

"Did you hear that?" A red-robed official wearing a mink ear bun, his hands in his sleeves, stomped his feet and said to everyone: "Yesterday, something big happened to the land valve. ”

"Who didn't hear that? When the bell rang on the mountain, I thought that Lu Valve was going to fight with whom. An official next to him didn't wear an ear bun, so he covered his ears with a cloak, shrunk his head and said, "I didn't expect that a succession ceremony would be held." ”

"Huh?" These officials are not from the noble family, so they are naturally not well-informed. Wide-eyed and asked, "Who did Old Situ pass the seat to?" Lu Xiu or Lu Xia? ”

"Neither, it's Lu Xin." The red-robed official said.

"Ah, why him?" All officials who did not know about it were stunned by this news.

"You don't know, he's already a Heavenly Rank Grand Master." The red-robed official was triumphant, as if he was honored. "The land valve had a good celebration yesterday, and Lao Situ immediately passed the position of valve owner to him."

"Scared, this is unbelievable." If you want to talk about the Great Xuan Dynasty, which official has the most famous name in the past year, it is naturally Lu Xin, who has risen like a rocket and fallen like a meteor. "At the beginning of last year, he was still a county lieutenant, and when he reached the root of the year, he became the lord of a valve. Has there ever been such a fast leap throughout the ages? ”

"Yes, they all thought that he had offended the old lady, at least his future was bleak." When the officials mentioned Lu Xinlai, they were all sincerely admired. "I didn't expect that people would not be bright in the east and bright in the west, and he became the master of a valve by relying on his real skills, so the old lady can't suppress him anymore."

"That's of course, don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face. All the lords are dukes of extremely popular ministers, and from official positions to titles, he is also indispensable. The officials were slugging and drooling with envy.

"Impossible." The red-robed official sighed and said: "The old lady has suffered a loss, how can he give up, how can he get a card this morning, it will not make Lu Xin happy." ”

As he was talking, he heard a whip, and the officials hurriedly stopped talking, gave up a lane, and bowed down on the side of the road to greet the owners and the old man Zuo's car.

The carriages hanging with the emblems of the various valves slowly stopped in front of the gate of Ziwei Palace, and the deacons of the various valves jumped out of the car and placed the Jindun in front of the door, and then opened the door and helped their own valve owners to get out of the car. In the last car, Lin Chao also helped Zuo Yanqing down.

In the car of Lu Valve, it was Lu Shang and Lu Xin who got down.

"Greetings to all grandfathers, greetings to the old man Zuo, it's time to greet the old man." Hundreds of officials fell to their knees and paid New Year's greetings to the eight founding fathers.

"Hehe, get up." Xiahou Baqiang smiled and said: "After a while, I will go to Zhongshu Province to get a profit." ”

"Thank you, old lady." Baiguan got up with a smile, and began to line up and prepare to go to court.

The eight giants walked to the front of the Chaoban together. It is said that Lu Xin's official position is a third-grade squire, so when the public is full, he has to be in the back position. But now that he is the lord of a valve, he can't be left behind, and he must be on a par with the rest.

After the nine people stood at the head of the class, Xiahou Ba glanced at Lu Xin and said with a cold smile: "Lu Shilang, this is not where you stand, right?" ”

Although he is not ready to deal with Lu Feng for the time being, Xiahou Ba will definitely not let Lu Xin's father and son have a good time.

"If the old lady can stand, this seat will stand." Lu Xin is now the lord of the dignified lord, so naturally he can't show weakness.

"It's nonsense, the old men can stand, because we are the first to be the first to be the founding duke. You are just a three-grade waiter, why do you stand side by side with us? ”

"I am the Great Grandmaster of the Heavenly Rank, and I am also the master of the Great Valve." Lu Xin smiled faintly and said proudly: "Could it be that the old lady thinks that the position of the lord of the valve should be lower than that of the duke?" ”

"Hmph...... "Xiahou Ba, as the lord of a valve, of course can't say that the lord of the valve is not as good as the duke.

"Hey, it's a big New Year, a group of harmony, a group of harmony." Zuo Yanqing smiled and persuaded him, and at this time, the Jingyang bell rang at the head of the city, and Xiahou Ba got off the donkey and no longer paid attention to Lu Xin.

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When the gate of Yingtian was opened, in the Ziwei Palace, from the gate of Yingtianmen to the front of the Jianyuan Palace, there were already golden armor guards lined up neatly, Yulinwei furnished the honor guard of the halo book, the Department of Teaching and Workshop displayed great music, and the Department of Etiquette displayed the documents, congratulatory tables, and tributes of various countries.

When the hundred officials, under the leadership of Xiahou Ba, came to the front of the Jianyuan Palace, they heard the whip three times, and the ministers were solemn. In the sound of Shao music, the initial emperor ascended to the throne of Jintai and accepted the congratulations of hundreds of officials.

After the ceremony, the emperor ordered the ministers to get up, and Du Hui led the palace people to distribute the spring wine given by the emperor to the hundred officials.

After the hundred officials thanked him for eating, the first emperor suddenly seemed to have discovered something, and asked knowingly: "Hey, why is there one more person in the first row today?" ”

"I'm about to report to Your Majesty." Lu Shang hurriedly handed the wine lord to the palace people on the side, and bowed down to report: "Yesterday, the Han family held a succession ceremony, and the old minister officially handed over the position of head of the family to Lu Xin. The minister, please beg the bones, and hand over the burden of the court to the new head of the family. ”

"Oh, I see. I remember, I heard your report yesterday. The initial emperor pretended to be angry and said: "But the widow has to say two of you, such a big happy event, why don't you know in advance that there will be a widow, and the widow can also bring all the lords to watch the ceremony and congratulate him." ”

"It's Chinese New Year's Eve, so it's inconvenient to disturb Your Majesty and your fathers." Lu Shang replied respectfully: "It's just a trivial matter for the Han family......"

"Alas, Lao Situ's words are wrong. Lu Valve is one of the eight major families who are allied with the blood of the first emperor, and has made immortal contributions to my great Xuanding. The initial emperor wanted to promote Lu Xin, so he naturally said with great words: "After the founding of the country, the children of the Lu valve were extremely worried about governing the country. ”

When Xiahou Ba heard this, he was naturally particularly harsh, he sneered and listened, and made up his mind in his heart, he had to make the pair of monarchs and ministers disgraced.