On the tenth day of the fifth month of the fifth year of Yuanfeng, sixteen years after the empress ascended the throne, Yang Xi and Yang Yu were finally crowned kings. At this time, Yang Xi was eighteen years old and Yang Yu was twenty-three years old.

Early in the morning, Luoyang City is a little lively. Although the crown of the prince is just a royal matter, the court has done something after all to make ordinary people feel the excitement of the prince's crown. In order to cater to the celebrations of the imperial court, some dignitaries and wealthy families also spontaneously organized some activities, such as holding some flowing water banquets to entertain guests and ordinary people, and merchants hung red lanterns and set off some firecrackers on festivals......

It is true that Luoyang City has not celebrated like this for a long time. As a result, the people seemed to be infected by the lively atmosphere of the surrounding celebrations, and even the street market became much more prosperous.

As the county king of the Wei Dynasty, Han Jian received a decree from the palace early this morning, asking him to enter the palace to watch the ceremony. said that it was a ceremony, but it was just to witness some of the two princes conferred the title of prince, and by the way, to congratulate them in accordance with the rules. Han Jian felt that there was nothing to congratulate, if he wanted to congratulate, he would have to wait for which of the two brothers of the Yang family became the crown prince, just to be crowned a prince, and it was not hereditary, if he did nothing, the next generation would be demoted to the rank of the county king and him, and the royal ancestral tomb would not be visible in a few generations. If the current prince of the lineage cannot ascend the throne as the emperor in the future, he will gradually become a side lineage and no one cares about him.

Han Jian entered the palace in court clothes, and it was even more lively outside Yingtianmen than last night. Officials in Luoyang City, as long as they are above the sixth grade, except for the military duty, the rest will have a day off to participate in this celebration. This is also the first public activity of the imperial court after investigating and dealing with the corruption and deficit case, and the two divisions of the household department and the treasury department were put in one pot. This haze still weighed down the Wei Dynasty court. Although Han Jian did a good deed that was "very happy", it also made the prestige of the Wei Dynasty fall to the bottom for a while.

Han Jian could enter the palace first, but he was not in a hurry to enter the palace. Outside Yingtianmen, he met an acquaintance, Huang Lie, the secretary of the military department. Huang Lie's grade had just reached the sixth grade, so he was also qualified to come over today to participate in the celebration.

"Brother Han, it's really good weather today. I heard that Yang Gongzi was crowned king, can you see it for a while? Huang Liexing rushed over to greet Han Jian, and after saying hello, it was two nonsense.

Han Jian looked at Huang Lie's appearance, probably because Huang Lie thought he was lucky. I got acquainted with the East King more than once. I also got acquainted with the future King Kang. With these two friends, he can continue to do whatever he wants in Luoyang City in the future.

"I guess I can see it." Han Jian said perfunctorily, "I don't know the specific arrangements of the imperial court for today's granting of the seal. Whether the two princes will show up. I can't say for sure. ”

Huang Lie sighed. seemed to be very touched: "The surname Yang is good." Look at Yang Gongzi, he is so honest, he will be crowned king when he says that he will be crowned king. And my cousin...... Forget it, don't talk about her. It's a pity that my surname is Huang, otherwise I can be a king or something, have a large territory of my own, and have the final say, that's really ...... Not to mention how beautiful it is. ”

Han Jianxin said that this Huang Lie is not good, but he still has a little ambition. Han Jian really wants to say, you still want to be crowned king with your virtue? Let's go in the next life!

Han Jian changed the topic and asked, "How many people are from your military department this time?" ”

Huang Lie said with a smile: "All those who can come are here, but our official position is humble, last time His Majesty said that he would promote and reuse me in the future, and then I heard some rumors, why did I lose any wind later?" Is it rewarded or not? ”

Han Jian knew that what Huang Lie was talking about was the last time he rescued Yang Yu, and the empress said that he wanted to reward him. At that time, Yang Yu was rescued, and the empress casually said that for others, this reward may be implemented as much as possible, but Huang Lie was born in a family of soldiers and generals, and he will definitely serve the king of the south in the future, and it doesn't matter if the empress rewards him or not, even if the empress appreciates Huang Lie and wants to keep him in Luoyang City to serve the court, the empress must also consider the reaction of the king of the south. What's more, Huang Lie's ability is well known, and the empress doesn't have to misunderstand King Nan for such a "wreck".

"It should ...... Come on. Han Jian said casually.

Huang Lie looked annoyed, probably because he disliked his low official position, in places like Luoyang City, if he caught a random one, he might be a squire or a general, and he was a six-rank official, no matter how strong his background was, he was just a small official, and he was a dwarf wherever he went.

As he spoke, someone in the palace came out to spread the word, saying that officials could enter. Han Jian didn't think of himself as too special, he just entered Yingtianmen with all the officials, but during the routine inspection, Han Jian had some privileges that he didn't have to be searched, and he could directly enter the main courtyard of the palace.

Entering the palace, Han Jian was about to walk in the direction of the main hall where today's bestowal ceremony was held, but he saw a hurried figure coming over. This person walked over to him, it was the great eunuch Lu Shaokun.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the King of the East." Lu Shaokun came up to salute.

"Duke Lu Gong'an, is there something to leave the palace?" Han Jian asked with a smile.

Lu Shaokun glanced at the ministers who had just been searched after Han Jianjian, and his face was a little embarrassed: "Your Highness, take a step to speak." ”

Han Jian was puzzled, how could Lu Shaokun feel that there was something important to tell him, and it seemed to be a confidential matter. It stands to reason that today is an important day for the two princes to be crowned kings, and Lu Shaokun should be very busy preparing for the two princes to move out of the palace to his own mansion, and he has no time to come over to talk to him.

When he got to the side, Lu Shaokun stepped forward and whispered: "Your Majesty asked the old man to inform His Highness, saying that he would go to Hanli Palace at noon." ”

"Hanli Palace?" Han Jianxin said that this was the first time he had heard that there was such a place in the palace, "Gonggong Lu, I don't know where this Hanli Palace is?" ”

"It's next door to the Wenwu Palace, Your Highness knows where the Wenwu Palace is, right?" Lu Shaokun said.

Han Jian nodded, the Wenwu Hall was the first time he entered the palace, and the empress entertained the ministers.

Seeing Han Jian nodding, Lu Shaokun was finally relieved, as if there was something, and hurriedly left. When Lu Shaokun left, Han Jian remembered that "next door to the Wenwu Palace" is indeed a very general concept, there are many palaces in the palace, even the next door is also divided into front and back, left and right, and there will be a lot of palace guards guarding it in a short distance, and it may be possible to pass through a few doors. At that time, he didn't know the exact location, but he just went to the Wenwu Palace, and if he looked for it again, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to find the place.

Han Jian thought at this time, if Yang Xi could show the way now, it would be the best. But he also knew that now that Yang Xi was about to be crowned king, he naturally didn't have time to come out to see him.

"I hope this kid listened to what I said yesterday, served a snack, and didn't always have an attitude of not caring about anything." Han Jian sighed in his heart.

Subsequently, Han Jian followed the ranks of the ministers and went directly to the main hall of the palace. Outside the main hall, it has been arranged, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Jiuqing have already arrived first, and at this time, the palace door of the main hall has not yet opened, and they should still be waiting for the empress and the two princes to come.

As soon as Han Jian stood still, he saw a familiar and unfamiliar face again. He had seen this face more than once when he first came to Luoyang City, but he had never seen it again recently.

It was the envoy of the Southern Qi Dynasty and the "great eunuch" Zhu Tongjing of the Southern Dynasty.

At this time, Zhu Tongjing only came alone, and did not bring his entourage like last time. And he is still dressed in white, holding a fan in his hand, and he looks elegant, but he is more like a little white-faced eater of soft rice.

After Han Jian had several encounters with Zhu Tongjing, he also went to investigate this person, and it was heard that this person did not have a deep background, he was born as a child of an official eunuch, and he had been in the middle of the family since he was a child. And Zhu Tongjing's career was completely due to the empress dowager of Southern Qi, and then gradually rose to the court of Southern Qi.

The situation of the Southern Qi Dynasty is very similar to that of the Wei Dynasty, in that the emperors of the previous generation died in middle age, and the heirs under their knees were young. The Wei emperor's approach was to pass the throne to the eldest princess, who is now the empress. The Southern Qi Dynasty was different, and after the death of the previous emperor of the Southern Qi Dynasty, he directly passed the throne to the five-year-old little emperor, with the empress as the empress dowager to supervise the country, and at the same time arranged several auxiliary ministers. It happened only four years ago.

The current little emperor of Southern Qi is only nine years old, and the power of Southern Qi is basically divided into two sides, one side is the queen mother, and the other side is the auxiliary minister. And Zhu Tongjing is an important figure in the Queen Mother's party, he is not only talented and good-looking, knows how to please women, but more importantly, he has the talent to give advice to the Queen Mother of Southern Qi. As for whether Zhu Tongjing is a eunuch or not, there are also different opinions on the side of Nanqi. Because the Empress Dowager of Southern Qi can only suppress half of the court of Southern Qi, some rumors about the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager cannot be banned in the territory of Southern Qi. Several auxiliary ministers of the Southern Qi Dynasty deliberately belittled the image of the Empress Dowager of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and Zhu Tongjing was also heavily smeared by them.

At this time, Zhu Tongjing seemed to be just an ordinary observer, and he didn't look around when he arrived at the palace, and he didn't seem to notice Han Jian's storage.

Zhu Tongjing didn't mess with him, and Han Jian was not in the mood to pay attention to this little white face who could play conspiracy. Last time, Zhu Tongjing approached him in Qingyue Fang, so that Hu Deming, the Shaofu of the Tingwei Mansion, thought that there was some collusion between the two. Since then, Han Jian has known that Zhu Tongjing is not just a little white face, and his methods are also very clever.

Han Jian waited for a while, and some ministers of the cabinet came over. The first assistant, Shang Shaoming, and the second assistant, Gu Weipan, and others came over to read out the edict with their hands in hand.

Han Jian knelt down with the ministers to listen to the order, which was regarded as the empress officially bestowing knighthoods on her two younger brothers. In addition to bestowing knighthoods, the empress also specifically named her two younger brothers in the edict to involve her two younger brothers in court affairs and support Sheji.

The words were very high-profile, and Han Jian couldn't understand the way the two princes came out. Han Jian thought, probably the same as before, the two princes will not have any official positions, but when the empress has something special to send two people to do, they will be asked to do it, which is similar to arranging two Qincha.

After the decree was read, the main hall of the palace opened, and the officials could go in and wait for the arrival of the empress and the two princes.

At this time, Han Jian noticed that the king of Yanning and the lord of Anping were not there, except for the two of them, and Tang Sheng, the secretary of the household department, was also not there. At present, the household department and the treasury department are still two empty yamen, and Tang Sheng and he Han Jian are the only remaining officials of these two yamen. (To be continued......)