Chapter 630: A Wonderful Succession Ceremony

Eighteenth.

In normal times, this is definitely not a day of any significance.

Before that, there was the New Year's Day, and after the New Year's Day, there was Shangyuan, which is one of the biggest festivals of the year. Coupled with the various court banquets between Zhengdan and Shangyuan, it is enough to make a day like the eighteenth day of the first lunar month so ordinary that it can't be more ordinary.

However, the eighteenth day of the first lunar month of this year was a day that the courtiers and even the whole world were looking forward to, and even foreign envoys were paying close attention. There has already been a precedent for the abdicated Emperor Taitang Dynasty, that is, Gaozu Li Yuan. It's just that it is not so much that the one abdicated voluntarily as that he was forced by the iron-blooded son to have no other way. Everyone knows in their hearts that if Gaozu does not abdicate, at that time, it is estimated that he will die in a year and a half.

But this time Li Zhi's succession was different. He consciously and voluntarily passed on the throne to the crown prince. It's not so much that others forced him, but that he forced the ministers. This is really rare for someone who doesn't want to be an emperor and wants to be the emperor in the sky.

And the courtiers who were familiar with the history books even moved King Zhao Wuling as an example in private. Of course, this kind of discussion is confined to a very small number of people, and even the courtiers who dare to offend the direct admonition of the face, after the initial objection is ineffective, do not choose to nag on this matter any longer. As for the prime ministers who were initially opposed by Shangguan Yi and others, they have now accepted their fate.

The time smoothly transitioned to the night of the 17th day of the first lunar month. The location is the East Palace of Taiji Palace.

The crown princess, who lost her own child, is in a good mood these days because she got an adopted son, as for another woman who was taken away by Empress Wu and imprisoned in the Yeting Palace. No one in the East Palace paid any more attention. And although he will be promoted from the crown prince to the emperor tomorrow, Li Hong is never happy, because he always thinks about his weak body.

Why did my father pass on the throne in such a hurry? Why did the courtiers acquiesce to this after their initial objections? Why didn't anyone see that he wasn't physically fit enough to carry this burden?

Li Hong was very confused and at a loss. If he had been in good health, he would have been terrified, but at the same time he would have been happy to accept the fact that it was his calling. However, when he became the son of the Tang Dynasty when he was so sick that he was just getting a little better, he really had to doubt whether he was competent. and his father's previous proposals.

Just when he didn't want to go to bed, he suddenly heard a noise outside the door. Immediately after, the door that had just been closed was pushed open. A figure flashed in with agility. He looked at it again, and almost thought that there was something wrong with his eyes—wasn't that Li Xian?

"Sixth brother. The door of this palace has been keyed, you ...... How do you ......"

"Ahem, I'm staying in the Martial Arts Hall tonight. This is a wall with the East Palace, and it's not convenient to turn it over? Li Xian smiled and said something that made Li Hong dumbfounded, and then sat down on Li Hongdi's bed with a smile, and immediately stretched comfortably, "Ming'er, you are the emperor, how can you continue to live in the East Palace, this last night, I have to come and have a look!" ”

"Tomorrow...... The sixth brother really thinks that I can be a good emperor? ”

Li Xian tilted his head and saw that his prince brother was worried. I can't help but be angry. He didn't care if he was a brother or not, so he went up and knocked Li Hongdi the head: "What is public in the world, you think it's child's play." Say change, change? This time, my father was determined to eat the scales, and no one could persuade him to come back. If you don't want to be an emperor, you have to be it! ”

When Li Hong heard this, he suddenly became even more depressed and surprised: "How do you know that I don't want to be?" ”

Nonsense, such a long sigh and a sad face, the blind will not be able to see it! Everyone is elated when they become emperors, how can they be like his brother, as if he was forced to go to the execution ground! Of course, Li Xian also admitted that it is indeed difficult to be an emperor with Emperor Taishang on his head, but the problem is that Li Zhi and Li Hong have always been father and son, and they will not be as trembling as a certain unlucky Emperor Jiaqing in later generations, right?

"Okay, okay, it's already the second watch, if you don't sleep again, be careful of a dark circle under your eyes during tomorrow's ceremony!" Li Xian pressed Li Hong to sit down, then opened the door and gestured outside, and immediately a few small attendants came in to help change clothes. Everyone didn't squint, as if all this was taken for granted, and they didn't think there was anything wrong with Li Xian appearing here when the door of the East Palace was already closed.

After settling people down and lying down, seeing that those little chamberlains were tiptoeing out, Li Xian couldn't help but look at Li Hong, who was still awake and sleepless: "Fifth brother, do you sleep or not, don't toss me!" ”

"Sixth brother, I remember when you were a child, you hummed nursery rhymes to me, I really can't sleep, you hum again!"

For this absolutely unreasonable request, Li Xian was extremely depressed. In that expectant gaze, he could only bite the bullet and say, "I can warn you, my nursery rhymes are extremely ugly, don't blame me for your nightmares when you listen to it!" ”

So, in someone's hoarse voice singing a three-key song, Li Hong magically fell asleep. When he heard Li Hong on the bed breathing evenly, Li Xianfang tiptoed out, and didn't even bother to pay attention to the grateful thanks of the little waiter outside the door. His brother

Why, even my brother's sister-in-law came to beg him for such a thing as his brother sleeping!

After sighing, he returned to his own martial arts hall, entered the dormitory, fell into bed, and fell asleep. He slept very soundly that night, and until dawn when the palace people dragged him up to freshen up and change clothes, he was still dozing off, always looking sleepy-eyed. It wasn't until he wore the crown of the prince and came to the Hanyuan Hall of Daming Palace in the cold weather that he took advantage of the unpreparedness to yawn lazily, who knew that he immediately attracted a joint warning from Shangguan Yi and Hao Chujun.

The succession ceremony was extremely grand, and solemnity at the same time meant lengthiness, even Li Xian, who had filled his stomach in advance and was fully mentally prepared, couldn't help but feel stiff in his neck and sore legs and feet in the face of the cumbersome kneeling ceremony. He is a young man, those courtiers are generally forty years old, and they often stumble when they rise and fall, even if he has the heart to respect the elderly, there is no way, and he can't help but admire the perseverance of the people of the time.

After today, there is also a sacrifice to the Heaven and Earth Temple, and then Li Hong will go to Zhaoling to worship, at this moment, he can only pray for his fifth brother of the prince to be blessed - no, after today, it will be the fifth brother of the emperor.

The chanting sound of the loud head is still continuing, what the bedroom is beautiful, the longevity street is Tengyi, what the three goodness is long, and the yoga is full of it. All in all, Li Xian originally felt that he had no talent in Punwen, but now he was even more determined to have such a thought - to be honest, he couldn't even figure out what those few words meant.

Fortunately, this seemingly never-ending official article finally came to an end, and when he followed the ministers to shout long live three bows and nine knocks, the status of the monarch and the minister was finally resettled. From now on, his emperor Lao Tzu became the emperor, his queen mother became the queen mother, and the prince's brother became the emperor. In addition, the eldest princess has been promoted to the eldest princess, and the princess has become the eldest princess. Faced with this kind of situation that does not exist in the history books, he has long been at ease and does not make a fuss.

After the ministers worshipped, the envoys congratulated, and at this time, even if they had a hundred thousand thoughts in their hearts to see the excitement, they had to make a hundred thousand honors and joys on their faces. It's just that he is very close to the throne, how do you look at it, how do you feel that Li Hong's smiling face is a little tired and fake, obviously, there is no way to enter the role quickly when he is the emperor on the first day.

However, what he didn't expect was that the new monarch received the envoys and promulgated the first edict to honor the emperor and the queen mother, and this ceremony was not over yet. Emperor Li, who has been looking at his son and his ministers with satisfaction...... Now he should be called Emperor Li, and suddenly nodded and motioned for Wang Fushun next to him to read out another edict.

The content of the declaration is not complicated, it is nothing more than that the emperor claims to be me, and his order is to be in the Xuanzheng Hall on five days.

The emperor called himself Yu, and ordered him to be in the Zichen Palace. Except for the award of the three grades and the major punishment of the emperor, the rest are decided by the emperor. This empress has an additional queen mother on her head, as if it is specifically to eliminate people's worries about the health of these two generations of emperors. However, at this time, this trick is not only difficult to achieve practical results, but also makes some people more worried.

In the end, Li Zhi, in front of the mighty officials and envoys, threw out another earth-shattering decision - exempting Li Xian, the king of Yong, from being empty, and writing an order.

Others felt that this news was really sudden, but Li Xian felt that it was in line with his heart, and secretly sighed that he had finally unloaded the end of government affairs, and he didn't have to be entangled all the time in the political affairs hall. He looked at the two generations of heavenly sons with grateful eyes, who knew that the two didn't look at him at all, he glanced at his queen mother again, but the queen of martial arts actually showed a puzzled expression.

Obviously, this is something that Empress Wu didn't expect either! Something is wrong, something is very wrong!

Li Xian suddenly felt that the roots of his hair were upside down, just when he racked his brains to think about what his father wanted to do, but suddenly heard Wang Fushun read out loud from above, suddenly changed his words, and began to praise him endlessly, what pay attention to political dignitaries, what specialized in books, and the beautiful words made his heart hairy, just when he was ready to cut his head deep and shrink his head was also a knife, the big article that was sprinkled with joy finally came to an end.

"It's the emperor's younger brother who uses his life Yong Wangxian! The gift of canonization is performed today. ”

There was a deathly silence. The ministers were stunned, a group of foreign envoys were stupid, and Li Xian was even more stunned. At least from the pre-Qin to the Tang Dynasty, it seems that the title of imperial brother is rare, and there are few good ends. Not only that, Li Hong has just had a son, so he won't rush to the hot position of the first-order heir to the throne!

Moreover, what shocked him the most was that Li Hong did not show the slightest surprise, and there was even an indescribable smile in his eyes when he looked at him. Obviously, this time, a certain two people colluded privately and only hid it from most people.

The reason why it is said that it is the majority is because Li Xian also saw that Shangguan Yi Hao Chujun was squeezing his eyebrows and making eyes over there, and in addition, there were already four chamberlains standing in front of him, and they were respectfully asking him to change his dress.

Within one day, you have to set up a new monarch and make the emperor's younger brother, Daddy Li Zhi, count you ruthless!

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