The gate of the royal temple slowly opened, and Han Jian accompanied the empress into the gate of the temple. The gate was closed again, and in the entire hall, a lot of spirit cards could be seen from afar, and after Yang Yu usurped the throne, Yang Yu still paid great attention to the maintenance of the temple, and the entire royal temple seemed spotless.

The empress stepped forward slowly, but Han Jian did not move behind. He didn't know why the Empress had let him in.

Although Han Jian didn't believe in the ghosts and gods, this was an issue involving the unification of feudal etiquette, and he would not slack off. Knowing that there was the tablet of the royal ancestor in front of him, he still didn't want to step forward and be abrupt.

The empress stared at the tablets of the ancestors of the royal family, as well as the portraits of the emperors of the Wei Dynasty hanging in the main hall, and when she saw the portrait of her father, even standing beside the empress, Han Jian noticed that there were tears on the empress's face.

Han Jian has been with the empress for a long time, and it is the first time he has seen the empress's fragile side. Even if the empress spoke coldly to him before, she had never shed tears in front of him. But when it came to a place like the Royal Temple, the empress still couldn't hold back after all.

"Jian'er, come here." The empress wiped the tears on her face, and suddenly turned around to greet Han Jian.

"陛xià...... This ......"

Even though there was no one else in the hall except for the two of them, because the front was full of spirit cards, Han Jian naturally called the empress "His Majesty". And on weekdays, when he was behind, Han Jian directly called the empress "Rui'er".

The Empress smiled faintly, and there was a little more warmth in her smile. When Han Jian saw it, he felt that the empress in front of him seemed to be a different person, an interesting and virtuous woman. Gentleness is greater than majesty.

"Do you still call me Majesty?" The empress said, "I asked you to come this time to take you to see my ancestors of the Yang family." Although we can hide our affairs from outsiders, we cannot hide them from our ancestors and ancestors. ”

Only then did Han Jian understand the empress's intentions. Since the empress said so, he naturally couldn't shrink back anymore, take a few steps forward, and stand side by side with the empress.

In front of the empress, there was only a yellow mat. It is the place where the empress used to offer incense and worship. The empress looked at the portrait of her father. said: "My father is above, my daughter is back today, and I will bring my husband to see my father." ”

Anyway. The Empress slowly knelt down. The skirt didn't even swing out. So much so that people are a little restrained. Han Jian wanted to help the empress tidy up, but the empress kowtowed, but looked up at Han Jian and said, "Kneel with me." ”

"Hmm."

Han Jian was a little embarrassed. After all, there is only one mat, could it be that he kneels directly on the cool ground? In these years, there is no cement floor, although the ground is very smooth, after all, it is just mud, and this is not the inner garden of the palace, there is no smooth marble and white marble, only the simple decoration that seems very simple and simple.

The empress seemed to notice Han Jian's embarrassment, moved her knees slightly, gave Han Jian half of the cushion, and said, "Together." ”

"This ...... Not quite right? Han Jian said with a smile.

"In the presence of the fathers and fathers, there must be no presumptuousness. You and I are about to become husband and wife, so why not kneel together? The Empress said in a tone of reproach.

Han Jian didn't say much more, and knelt directly on the same mat with the empress, but he didn't kowtow. Because he didn't quite understand this royal sacrifice, he didn't know that he, as the husband of the empress, should kowtow to these ancient emperors and princes.

The empress didn't seem to care about this, but looked at the portrait of the emperor as if she was talking, and said: "Today's Wei Dynasty is in trouble, because the daughter has no way, causing the people to suffer, and living up to her father's dying request. Now the sixth brother is still holding him hostage in the Southern Dynasty and cannot return, and in the future, his daughter will do her best to rescue him back......"

The empress's voice was very earnest, like an orphan girl telling her deceased father about her sorrow. When Han Jian heard this, he couldn't help but want to shed tears. I wanted to comfort a few words, but I knew that the empress was confiding in a dead person, and I couldn't interrupt it lightly.

“…… Today, my daughter returned with Jian'er. Although he was the righteous son of his original daughter, I had no blood relationship with him, and my daughter Yunying was unmarried. On the day of the wedding in the future, I will come to pay homage to my father and the ancestors again, but I can only beg for your forgiveness in a hurry today. ”

As she spoke, the empress kowtowed excitedly, as if she was apologizing.

As an emperor, the empress married someone, but she could only come to "reluctantly" and could not announce it to the world. In the eyes of the empress, after all, she was a little ashamed to say. She brought Han Jian to meet the ancestors of the Yang family, and she also wanted to make a private decision for life, which could be regarded as an explanation for herself. After all, Han Jian is already a family person, and the empress doesn't want to have no name after all after she gets married, because she doesn't know if someone will worship her spiritual position in the future.

The empress kowtowed, and Han Jian felt that there was no reason to straighten her waist, so she kowtowed together, which was a kind of promise.

Then, the empress said, "Get up, it's time to offer incense to the ancestors and ancestors, and go out to meet the ministers." ”

Han Jian got up, and the empress personally lit the incense candles, stepped forward to worship, and then wiped the tears on her face. Han Jian looked at the empress's delicate face at this time, strange and familiar. Han Jian also felt a little pity in his heart, after all, he couldn't marry the empress right now and announce their affairs to the world. However, Han Jian is the kind of person who is the most unrigid in form, and he thought to himself, as long as the empress can pass the pass in her heart, it is easy to say.

"Gone." The empress worshipped and said to Han Jian.

"Hmm."

Han Jian nodded and went to the palace gate with the empress. Han Jian shouted: "Open the door."

The eunuch outside slowly opened the palace door, and the empress and Han Jian were still dressed in formal clothes, as if they had just gone in to worship briefly. The ministers outside couldn't see any clues.

"Move, Wenwu Palace." The Queen's Road.

The accompanying eunuch immediately shouted: "Your Majesty has moved to the Wenwu Palace." ”

When you go to the Wenwu Palace, most of the civil and military ministers know what they are going to do. The Wenwu Hall is also the place where the palace banquet entertains ministers or state envoys on weekdays. As soon as the empress came back this time, she did not go to the main hall of the palace to make a ceremony for the enthronement, which seemed to be a little different from the usual in these bustles. Go directly to the Wenwu Palace to feast the ministers, and then think about this time, but it is Shen Shizhong. It's still a while before it gets dark, so early to have a feast instead of waiting until the evening?

Naturally, they didn't know that the empress and Han Jian would officially perform the husband and wife ceremony in the evening, so they naturally had to end these scenes earlier. And the empress herself was worried that she would leave as soon as she returned to the court, which would make the civil and military ministers of Luoyang feel that she had not fulfilled her duties as the emperor, so she even avoided the basic court meeting.

In the empress's opinion, this time she came back only as a temporary stop, and when she and Han Jian completed some etiquette, they would return to Jiangdu together. If you want to meet and discuss matters, you will first wait for the north to be pacified.

The empress said that, with Han Jian's support, she walked in front, and the group went in the direction of the Wenwu Palace.

Before arriving at the Wenwu Palace, there were already palace maids and eunuchs ready, although the food in the imperial dining room was still being prepared, but the basic refreshments were ready, just waiting for the empress, civil and military generals, and princes and nobles to enter the table.

Just when the empress was about to set foot in the Wenwu Palace, suddenly there was a person who looked like a minister, who seemed to be very excited and wanted to go forward. This person was stopped by the guards, but this person shouted, as if Han Jian had the impression that the kind of person who stopped and redressed grievances still had words on his lips.

"Who and what?" The Empress looked sharply at the noisy minister.

"Back to His Majesty, Tai Changqing of the Ministry of Rites wants to meet His Majesty in person, saying that there is something important to start." Lin Ke stepped forward and wiped his cold sweat.

"The Ministry of Rites is too Changqing?" The Empress thought about it, and seemed not to remember this person.

The empress herself is very familiar with the civil officials and military generals in Luoyang, but after Yang Yu usurped the throne, many people's official positions changed, and Yang Yu also promoted a large number of his cronies, or those unhelpful and unlicensed petty officials. After the Eastern Wangjun was stationed in Luoyang, only a small-scale liquidation was carried out on some of Yang Yu's main henchmen, and as for some sesame mung bean officials, with Yang Yu's arrangement, they would wait for the empress to come back and then agree whether to stay or dismiss, or even be promoted.

"Let him come." The Queen's Road.

This time, not only Lin Ke, but even Han Jian felt that this matter was inappropriate.

After all, an ordinary civil official, the Ministry of Rites is too Changqing, and it sounds like a big official position, but in fact, it is only four or five grades, such an official, even if he attends the palace banquet, at most he is just the kind of sideline guest. Such a person will only be taken out to fill the number when the entire Luoyang official system is paralyzed. Such a person dares to come out and collide with the holy car to report something big, and in the future, this precedent is opened, and everyone else has not come to "die to admonish"?

"Dongwang, what do you think...... I shouldn't see it? The Empress looked at Han Jian as if she was a little suspicious.

Han Jian smiled and said, "The minister doesn't dare." However, the origin of this person is unknown, and it is impossible to say that he may be against the party. In order to prevent him from being unfavorable to His Majesty, it is better to let the minister come forward to take a look, and if there is something urgent, it is not too late for him to come over to meet His Majesty. ”

"Hmm." The Empress nodded and said, "The East King is vigilant. Now in Luoyang City, there are many remnants of thieves and rebels, and they are still careful. But don't go to Dongwang, Lin Shangshu, you go and ask carefully, and then come back and play Yu I. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old minister will go." Lin Ke continued to wipe the sweat on his head, and in the middle of winter, the sweat on his head never broke.

Waiting for Lin Ke to pass, the empress did not stop, and entered the Wenwu Hall with the help of Han Jian. The Empress sat directly in the main seat, and two seats were prepared next to the Empress, one on the left and one on the right. The one on the left is a single seat, which is prepared for Yang Luochuan, the king of the south. The seat of the East King is at the right of the Empress, but it is a double seat, which is reserved for the East King and the East Princess.

This time, the empress came back and claimed to the outside world that it was the king of the East Wangfu and the South Wangfu who had merit. But everyone knows that the East Wangfu has made a great contribution to this matter, and the South Wangfu is just a "small favor" at the end. But on the scene, the empress has to show the same respect for the East and South Princes, and it is also to let people know that she has two trusted vassal kings under her. (To be continued......)