Taiji Palace, the place where the ministers and foreign envoys are invited to the banquet of the Nine Secluded Parties.

The morning sun is rising, the palace can be said to be busy, Taiji Palace, the eunuchs coming and going are endless, neat tables and chairs, rows of various kinds of wine and food are constantly placed on it.

Outside the palace, the princes from all walks of life were in front, and hundreds of officials were ranked behind, and they went towards the Taiji Palace one after another.

On both sides of the road of the palace, there are neatly lined up with solemn and upright full-armored guards, which is not spectacular.

Recently, he was the first person, with a resolute face, a calm and powerful pace, and he was about forty years old, and he was the foreign prince Liu Yuan.

On the other side, the man with a thin face and cold eyes is about forty years old, who is Wu Shen, the king of Hengshan in Liaozhou.

The other two people walking in the row were Zhang Shun, an obese man in Beizhou, Yingtianhou, and Moyang, Pingxianghou in Dongzhou.

The four princes are the leaders, followed by more than a dozen other princes who are slightly weaker, and behind them are the children of the princes.

"In order to eat the emperor's banquet, I didn't eat breakfast." Walking on the marble road, Zhang Shun glanced at the silence of everyone and smiled to himself.

On the side, Mo Yang looked at his fat figure and said with a smile, "It's time for Marquis Zhang to lose weight." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the rear smiled slightly, but they didn't show too much exaggeration.

Zhang Shun raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile, "What is wrong with me, but there is one thing, that is, I like to eat and drink, and I also like to make friends with people who eat and drink more than me. ”

The three people in front of them were stunned, Liu Yuan glared at Zhang Shun with disdain, and did not speak.

Wu Shen was silent in thought, but Mo Yang looked at him with a smile and said, "Eat above, I may not be as good as you, but if you drink, you will be a little confident, and when the time comes, how will we compare one or two." ”

"Be your own companion." Zhang Shun laughed and replied

In the palace of nourishing the heart, Liu Xuan just got up from the bed, although the emperor is served every day, but there are also inconveniences, that is, he gets up very early, usually at five or six o'clock to be woken up by the eunuchs, the maids wait to dress up for more than half an hour, eat breakfast at seven o'clock, and the ink will go to court at eight o'clock.

It usually takes two or three hours for the administration of the upper court.

Thinking that the emperor in ancient times would only be praised by the world in this way, if he was a little slack, he would inevitably provoke criticism and be a sign of mediocrity.

Today is the princes' court meeting, which is generally held for three days.

Once a year, the princes come to the court, and their main purpose is threefold:

The first is a summary report of the states under the jurisdiction of the various princes, as well as future plans, etc.

The second is the emperor's performance evaluation of the princes and the emperor's plan for the future, so that the princes can participate in the implementation.

This last one, and the most crucial one, is the evaluation of the emperor by the princes from all walks of life.

Each new generation of emperors will be carefully evaluated by the princes of all walks of life, and if the princes of all walks of life feel that the emperor is not worthy of the great responsibility, they have the right to impeach.

If the princes of all walks of life are dissatisfied with the emperor and impeach, then the emperor will lose the hearts of the people, and there is a great possibility that he will be deposed.

If the emperor insists on going his own way and rejects the impeachment of the princes, all that awaits him is chaos in the world and the people are in dire straits.

With the current status quo of the Nine Shades.

Liu Xuan is really a lonely person, the first emperor died, the queen mother died early, there is no support, and there are tens of thousands of people.

If he is really impeached by the princes, the only thing waiting for him is to be forced to abdicate and make way for the virtuous, and the rebellion of the princes of the world is inevitable, and his fate will either become a real puppet or commit suicide in this life.

Therefore, with Liu Xuan's current power, in fact, the difference between him and those princes is slightly weaker, and it is also a state of antagonism, and if he is not careful, it may cause chaos in the world.

Every time he thought about this, Liu Xuan smiled bitterly, this ancient emperor was really not easy to be.

I didn't have to go to the morning court today, I slept until eight or nine o'clock before I got up, washed up, and after getting dressed, I went to Taiji Palace.

There were more than one hundred and forty or fifty princes and hundreds of officials, and the eunuchs in charge of meals had been busy from three or four o'clock in the morning until now.

The Taiji Palace occupies a huge area, even though there are hundreds of tables in the entire palace, and it is also very spacious with luxury goods such as musical instruments and antiques.

About ten o'clock, the princes from all walks of life entered the main hall one after another, looking at the dishes on each table, they all showed satisfied expressions, they all came from the post house at six or seven o'clock, and waited for more than an hour to enter the palace, and some had not eaten breakfast.

Each small square table is about one meter long, more than half a meter wide, and more than one foot high.

Everyone exchanged a few words of greetings, the princes were on the left, and the hundred officials sat in a row on the right.

Looking at the snacks, fruits, water and wine on the table, the hundred officials on the right were sitting precariously, and before the emperor arrived, they naturally didn't dare to eat first.

But after looking at the princes and children on the left, after sitting down, they took the initiative to pour wine, ate heavily, laughed at each other, and did not shy away from it, which seemed extremely lively.

"It is said that the treasury has been empty recently, and it is not too extravagant to look at this table full of good wine and snacks." Mo Yang, who was sitting in the front row, looked at the drinks and snacks on the table and smiled.

"What do you care about so much, it's rare to get together once a year, come, I'll toast you first." The obese man on the side opened his mouth full of snacks and said vaguely, picked up the wine glass and said.

Mo Yang smiled and took the wine glass and drank it all.

Seeing that the princes from all walks of life were so unscrupulous, the ministers on the right were silent, how could they be so chic when the princes from all walks of life came to the court in the past, but now it is good, sit down and eat, without the slightest scruples at all.

The head, Prime Minister Li De silently looked at the princes from all walks of life opposite, the emperor had just ascended the throne, and even the princes had not seen their emperor.

When the first emperor died, the eyes of the princes were all on the eldest prince, and the six princes, who had never been conspicuous, would be taken into account by these powerful princes.

Moreover, rumors of the emperor's incompetence had long been spread among the princes, and after becoming the crown prince, he was 'notorious', not doing his job, having no achievements, not having royal prestige, and so on

Located in the back row of Prime Minister Li De are all Li De's forces, on one side is Chen Guang, the chief military commander representing the military, and in the rear are the old ministers who support the emperor.

In the farther away are the ministers of the head of the six ministries, and the farthest is the Hanlin Academy, where there are still people in the Ministry of Rites who have no real power.

In the Hanlin Courtyard, Ji Fang and Liu Yi sat in the second row, they looked at the princes opposite, glanced at each other, and smiled silently.

But both of them had the same color in their eyes - a group of ignorant people.

"The emperor has arrived!" And at this moment, Xiao Zhuangzi's loud voice came from the back of the main hall, and a young figure in a dragon robe walked out from the back of the palace.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The hundred officials knelt sideways and shouted loudly, while the princes stood and bowed and drank