"As for Liu Rui's son who was raised in the deep palace, how can he live in the East Palace, that Gan Hanchen, a group of rotten Confucians, barking all day long, I really don't know what to say!" With such rampant words, only Lan Hui, who is more and more domineering, dared to speak: "Today, the kingdoms are separated. With that Liu Rui, can he assist His Majesty in governing this huge country and dealing with strong enemies like Zhao and Wei? How could he convince the Duke of Great Xia? ”

"Lan Hui shut up!" Hearing his words, Liu Jue immediately scolded: "Brother Rui is the prince of Great Xia, how can you be so despised!" ”

Lan Hui couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved when he listened to Liu Jue's reprimand, didn't he follow Liu Jue's words. But seeing Liu Jue, who had a cloudy face, he didn't dare to refute, and honestly shrank his neck.

"Your Highness! Don't be too jealous of the five princes! Yang Fu, who had become Liu Jue's first adviser, spoke out at this time: "Most of the people who spoke out to support the five princes were those who were confined to the etiquette system, and the real ministers in charge of the court, such as Wang, Li, Zhao, Jia, Xi, Duan, etc., never showed their support. The establishment of an heir by a king is nothing more than the establishment of a successor, a long, and a virtuous person. General Lan Hui has a reason, the current situation today can be determined by the weak master. Your Majesty is a generation of heroes, how can he just listen to the words of the Ganshi and set the position of the prince? ”

Hearing this, Liu Jue thought for a while, too, no one in the Xia Kingdom's real power has expressed his support for any prince now. Ministers such as Subu, Wushi, Helan, Fugu, and Wang all maintained a neutral state. As for Lan Zhi, that was almost a tacit acquiescence to support himself.

Liu Yu also tried to win over, but with little success, so he talked to Jia Xu tonight, but he hit a soft nail. Think about it carefully, as long as these people don't support Liu Rui like Xu Yin, Liu Rui is not afraid.

"Over the years, Your Majesty has let His Royal Highness experience between military and political affairs with King Chen and King Zheng, and he must want to choose a sage among the three kings. Compared with the five princes, King Chen and King Zheng are the biggest opponents, and the two kings are people with deep roots. King Chen's influence in the army is hard to underestimate. King Zheng is in charge of the government, and his reputation in the government and the opposition is not low. It is far from being comparable to a five princes with an empty 'son-in-law'! Yang Fu added.

Having said that, Liu Rui is still not to be underestimated! Although those important ministers did not say anything, who can know if they also have a positive attitude towards the elder system in their hearts! Liu Jue took a deep breath, he seemed to be a little too nervous, he pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "I have to prevent it, I have to find a way to suppress it!" ”

Liu Jue, vigilance against Liu Rui, has risen a step.

"Your Highness!" Seeing this, Yang Fu couldn't help but persuade: "In the opinion of the minister, it is better to wait for the situation to change for the time being." The battle for storage positions, in a short period of time, will not have a result. Xu Yin's words must have annoyed His Majesty. Now the will is unfathomable, and it is impossible to move it. ”

"Then don't move! Maybe Brother Chen will not be able to hold back and take the lead in moving, maybe he can't do it! Liu Jue smiled.

looked at everyone in the hall, all of them were tired, Liu Jue waved his hand: "It's late, let's go back and rest!" ”

"Wait for the resignation!"

......

In King Chen's mansion, Liu Heng couldn't sleep, pestering Cheng Gongying and several staff members to discuss the night banquet.

"Father, this time I was annoyed by that Xu Yin!" Liu Heng had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth: "The matter of the prince, there are really a lot of people staring at it inside and outside the court!" ”

"Great Xia founded the country, Your Majesty is the founding king, but there has never been any succession system. And on the long, the virtuous, and the meritorious, His Royal Highness should be the best candidate for the heir! Immediately, a subordinate said to Liu Heng.

Stretching out his hand to stop him, Liu Heng looked away slightly, revealing a trace of bitterness: "Lonely is a person with physical deficiencies, how can he be qualified to occupy the position of a half-king." ”

"This ......" The few people present were silent, looking at each other, not knowing how to excuse themselves. Liu Hengzhi's disability is an unavoidable problem. Even if Emperor Liu Yuan didn't care, how could this minister of the Manchu Dynasty allow a "disabled person" to become the future Emperor of Great Xia.

Seeing Liu Heng's expression, Cheng Gongying, who was beside him, sighed in his heart, and he could feel Liu Heng's resentment and unwillingness accumulated in his chest. Seeing that the atmosphere was a little wrong, he immediately shouted: "Your Highness has never been sick!" The minister saw that the heavens were suffering His Highness's mind, and His Highness was working hard, and this was the one who achieved great things! ”

"Lord Changshi is right!" As soon as Cheng Gongying's words fell, someone immediately said: "Your Royal Highness is majestic and heroic, with great military achievements, and is quite popular with the military." In today's troubled times, when all countries are conquering, when they are using force, they must be the king of force. Your Majesty's sons, only His Royal Highness can inherit His Majesty's imperial business! ”

"Don't say that in the future!" Liu Heng's eyes froze, and he ordered in a cold voice: "Fighting for my father and the emperor, fighting for Great Xia, how dare you think of it." ”

"Lonely! It's all gone! Liu Heng got up violently and walked out of the hall. He tried his best to steady his pace, but his body still shook a little discordantly, and the back was quite sad to see.

"Lord Changshi!" The palace officials looked at Cheng Gongying, a little at a loss: "Your Highness, this ......"

"Don't say more, listen to Your Highness!" Cheng Gongying shook his head lightly.

Liu Cheng's side, compared to Zhou and Chen's second mansions, was much calmer, and he did not gather some cronies to discuss. He and Princess Merriam-Webster returned home very calmly.

washed normally, changed clothes, teased and teased his sister-in-law Liu Yao, and went to the study alone.

Picking up the lamp in the study, quietly dealing with some leftover official business, it seems that it is not affected by the night banquet at all.

Liu Cheng could naturally see that the battle for the storage position had just begun, and there was nothing to rush about. Since he knew something, he had silently moved towards the position of Liu Yuan's heir, and tonight's events were not worth making a fuss about for him.

Of course, it is impossible to say that there is no impact at all. At least, for Zhen Luo, he has decided to put it down for the time being. The beauty is not there, he still wants the country, with the country, what kind of beauty can't he get!

Sweeping the official document in his hand, Liu Cheng's eyes showed some coldness.

There was still some worry between his eyebrows, thinking of Liu Jue's gloomy smile and ambiguous eyes. Now it seems that he has "non-trivial thoughts" about Zhen Luo, which has been noticed by Liu Jue, which seems to be a big hidden danger, how to solve it.

......

On the outskirts of Chang'an, Xu Yin left his family and went to Liangzhou with one person and one car. With Liu Yuan's edict intervening, the derogation of him was very fast, and after a day's work, he had to set off.

Looking back at the majestic Chang'an City, he had a faint smile on his face, and he didn't regret the arrogant behavior of the night banquet, at least now that he is famous in Great Xia and has "penetrated" into the emperor's heart.

This time, he was demoted to Longxi and served as the head of the river, which is the place to face the Han thieves in Liangzhou. However, Xu Yin did not have the slightest fear, even if he governed thousands of people in a county, it made him happier than doing nothing in Shiqu Pavilion.

In the ten-mile long pavilion, there were more than a dozen sturdy men with weapons at their waists. Anyone who walks in the road can't help but look sideways. In the center of the pavilion, there was a good boy with sword eyebrows and jade face sitting quietly, and there were two small jue wines on the stone table in front of him.

Xu Yin's car was stopped in front of the long pavilion, and he poked his head out to look, and immediately saw the young man sitting in the pavilion, the fifth prince of Great Xia, Liu Rui.

With a flash of surprise in his eyes, he hurriedly got out of the car, straightened his clothes, stepped forward, and saluted Liu Rui: "Xu Yin, the chief of the minister's river, meet Your Highness!" ”

......

Compared with the ancient rites, the ceremony of the crown ceremony of the men of the Xia Kingdom has been streamlined a lot, and no guests are invited or feasted. Of course, there are still people who abide by the ancient rites and strictly follow the etiquette laws, and most of these people are high-ranking families. Interestingly, the most strict adherence to the complicated etiquette system for the family male to hold a coming-of-age ceremony for the family male is actually some Hu clans. Like the Lan family and Xu Bu, they have learned to look at each other since many years ago.

The prince and the crown, compared to the subjects, the ceremony is not simple. Of course, last year in Xinghe City, Liu Qi's crown ceremony was an exception.

In May of the sixth year of Qiande, Liu Rui, the fifth son of the emperor, who attracted much attention, officially performed the crown ceremony and announced that he was an adult. On the day of Buji, the selection of guests, the crowning and awarding of the ben, the song with the congratulatory speech, the words, the worship, the food, the basic process is not less.

In the Jiaofang Palace, Liu Rui was dressed in a robe and wore a jade crown, and bid farewell to Liu Zhi. He had been living in the palace before, but now that he is an adult, he is going out independently.

Liu Zhi was relieved, emotional, and worried, her eyes flashed brightly, she helped up Liu Rui, who was kneeling, caressed his face, and gently brushed his already neat robe: "My Rui'er has grown up!"

Feeling Liu Zhi's full of reluctance, Liu Rui also felt it and bowed to him again: "The queen mother is at ease, the son is outside the palace, and he can often go back to the palace to visit!"

After all, it is the queen of Great Xia, how can she be in a state of sighing, her jade fingers gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said to Liu Rui with a smile: "Your father is working hard for the emperor's affairs, and since you have reached the crown, you should be a good student to serve your father and share your father's worries!"

Liu Rui and the crown, the word Yuanxiang, the king of Jin, in the Yongkang Fang on the northwest side of Weiyang Palace, gave a huge palace and him, and the palace maids and eunuchs and guards are readily available.

The title of King Jin has opened many people's brains, and some people are very good at associating, because Liu Yuan had previously accepted the title of Emperor Liu Xiezhi of the Han Dynasty as the Marquis of Jin, and this linked the emperor's heart to Liu Rui. Such an argument really has a large market and has been widely circulated.

And Liu Yuan's various arrangements and rewards for Liu Rui and the allocation of officials are also very "explicitly" showing that he attaches importance to him. Chun Yujia, the old minister of Shiqu Pavilion, was named the prince of Jin, and advised the doctor to plant Shao Qian's long history, and the two went happily. The various positions of the palace were also simply recruited to fill the talents, and four teams of sergeants were transferred from the guard army to serve as the head of the palace guard.

All these are extremely favorable, and no one else can think about it too much. At the beginning, the three kings of Chen, Zhou, and Zheng did not have this treatment, Liu Rui was crowned the king, and Liu Yuan was ready for him.

"See Your Highness!" Out of the palace gate, to the Jin Palace, stepping into the door, the Jin Palace's subordinates, servants and so on to pay homage to it in unison.

There are really a lot of people, except for the guards who have been stationed in various places in the mansion, there are hundreds of people, from Chun Yujia and Chong Shao to the front. Looking back at the gate of the tall Jin Palace, Liu Rui's eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of excitement, trying his best to suppress the surging mood, raising his right hand weakly, and said in a deep voice: "No courtesy!"

He turned around the subordinates in front of him, especially Chun Yujia, Chong Shao, and Li Meng and Wang Fang, who were the left and right soldiers of the Jin Palace, and stayed for a long time. Li Meng and Wang Fang, many years ago, were also considered to be warlords who led a force, after Liu Yuan's army, they were defeated and surrendered, and over the years, they were not up to the top in the Great Xia army.

Li Meng received a lot of rewards for "offering Jia Xu", and then it was rare to make an inch. Wang Fang is the same, as a general, he always suffers from a little suspicion. After staying up for many years, he is only a partial general, and in Liu Xia's army, this is a position that has been flooded, and after the establishment of the nine-grade system, it was set as a six-rank rank, which is really not high.

In the Northern War of the fourth year of Qiande, the two also went out with the army, made some small contributions, and received some rewards, but they were not promoted.

It was very unsatisfactory, even Hu Chi'er's family didn't know what way to go, and climbed the high branch of King Zheng's mansion, quite proud, but the two of them still stood still.

This time, Liu Yuan somehow remembered the two of them, and transferred them from the forbidden army to the Jin Palace. The two of them were naturally ecstatic about this, the prince was in the army, and he was promoted to the second level in a row. The most important thing is that it is Liu Rui's subordinates, who have a high demand for the crown prince, and for Li Meng and Wang Fang, their lives have reached a new level. At this time, he also looked at Liu Rui with a little excitement.

Waving his hand to order everyone to disperse, gather the subordinates in the mansion in the lobby, and get to know them one by one, Liu Rui's interest is very high, he is still young, and he has not experienced many big battles, so he is inevitably proud in his heart.

"Yuan Xiang is not talented, and I will rely on your support in the future!" With a sigh of relief, Liu Rui bowed his hand to everyone present.

His Royal Highness the King of Jin is such a courteous corporal, and the ministers dare to be honored, and they return the salute to Liu Rui in unison, and there is a scene of harmony between the ministers and the ministers in the hall.

"Wholeheartedly assisting His Highness, it is the duty of ministers and other ministers!" Chun Yujia stroked his gray beard and said respectfully to Liu Rui.

Chun Yujia is a person who has repeatedly held the position of the third prince in the former Han Dynasty, but compared with other influential figures, his reputation is not very loud. When it comes to summer, he is still not distempered, but such a dying old man can be valued by Liu Yuan and personally assigned to Liu Rui, which shows his ability, but he is afraid that he is an old demon in the political arena.

Liu Rui had listened to Chun Yujia's lectures, had contact with him, and saw his reaction, and saluted again: "There is Lao Lao who is lonely from time to time!"

Chong Shao is on the side, looking at Liu Rui's performance before and after, his eyes show a look of approval, in his opinion, the King of Jin has the "image of a human king", and it is absolutely right to establish a successor!

"Your Highness! King Chen, King Zhou, and King Zheng came to visit! When Liu Rui was talking with a cadre, Zuo Feng was in a hurry and reported to the court.

Zuo Feng is now also an old eunuch, Guixia has served Liu Zhi for more than ten years, this time Liu Rui opened the palace, and Liu Zhi, who was a little relieved, sent him to the Jin Palace.

"Oh?" Liu Rui's eyes flashed with surprise: "Where is it?" ”

"We've passed the main gate!"

Picking up a different color, Liu Rui had a smile on his face, and waved his hand: "Quick, go out with the three imperial brothers!" ”