The country cannot be without a king for a day, the old emperor died and all the memorials were like rituals, and the enthronement ceremony of the crown prince Zhu Yu was also in full swing.

Since the promulgation of the edict, all the courtiers have visited the new emperor and changed their names to the emperor. Zhu Yu took it for granted, sat on the dragon chair in Fengtian Palace, and began to decide on political affairs.

Above the court, Xu Bingyong wore a scarlet robe and jade belt, although the whole person was a lot thinner, but at this time he was very energetic, standing tall and proud of the head of civil and military officials.

Zhu Yu was inquiring about the progress of the enthronement ceremony, and Li Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, presented the "Notes on the Enthronement Ceremony", Zhu Yu ordered Cao Gonggong to take it, and then handed it to Xu Bingyong, and said with a smile: "Xu Ge Lao wants to control it for my good life, see if there is anything wrong." “

That Xu Bingyong agreed, respectfully took the scroll and looked at it carefully, and Li Guangqi reported: "The Ministry of Rites and Qin Tianjian jointly chose the auspicious day of the zodiac, and the 29th ugly day of December in the 11th year of Hongtai was enthroned...... “

Before the words fell, Xu Bingyong had already raised his head, looked at him with blazing eyes, and said with contempt: "Qin Tianjian Hu Jian is not good for sacrificing, and he angers the gods and the emperor is not hesitating, and his words really need to be considered." “

turned to Zhu Yu: "The old minister personally visited the master, and found that the stars were three stars on December 30, which is a rare auspicious sign for several years, and it is also the best time to ascend the throne. ”

Zhu Yu was overjoyed, and ordered Li Guangqi to change the ugly time to the yin time.

Li Guangqi glanced at Shen Zetang without a trace, and saw that his face was calm and had no intention of refutation, so he had to accept it and continued: "The division and the supervisor and other yamen set up the throne in the Huagai Palace, the Fengtian Hall set up the throne, and the Qin Tianjian set the time drum; “

"Send Liang Guogong Xu Ling, Wei Guogong Chang Yanheng, British Gong Chen Yan, and Dingxi Hou Zhao Yu to the northern and southern suburbs, Taimiao, and Sheji altar respectively to pay tribute. The emperor wore filial piety clothes to pray for the first emperor, and then changed into a crown robe, and told the heavens, the earth and the ancestors, and then paid homage to the coffin of the first emperor, the queen mother and the queen, and bowed five times and three times. “

"Then out of the palace of heaven, the brocade guards whipped the whip, the priest played music, and the hundred officials bowed five times and kowtowed. At this point, after the ceremony was completed, the edict was welcomed to the Ministry of Rites and promulgated to the world. ”

Zhu Yu listened with relish, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Xu Bingyong with a deep groan, and smiled slightly: "If Xu Ge Lao has any doubts, although he knows everything. ”

Xu Bingyong hurriedly stepped forward, knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The old minister has a reluctant request, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

"You just say it."

Xu Bingyong bowed respectfully three times, and then said: "When the first emperor was alive, he thought that Weichen was the weight of the world, and he was just right, and promised that when the prince ascended the throne, he only told the heaven and earth, the temple, and the society to let the old minister accompany him, because there was no edict, it should not be said, but it was always the last wish of the emperor to ........... When he said the emotion, he couldn't help but cry.

The ministers changed their faces, such as Xu Ling, Chang Yanheng and Chen Yan and other poetry hairpins, whose generations of descendants are capable ministers and generals, and have made great contributions to the stability of the emperor's country, so they can pray for the royal ancestral hall, Taimiao, and Sheji altar. And Xu Bingyong has nothing to calculate, but it's just a supplement.

Zhu Yu was still smiling, and said heartily: "Elder Xu Ge doesn't have to be sad, it is my father's last wish, how can I go against the truth." He then ordered Li Guangqi to add his name.

Xu Bingyong kowtowed to thank him, and when he got up, he was much cleaner than before.

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After another hour, the pilgrimage ended.

Everyone gathered in front of Xu Bingyong to congratulate him, regardless of his true feelings or false intentions, although he was still in charge of the first auxiliary position, it was incomparable with the past.

Xu Bingyong smiled, it was rare to hide his anger, and he returned the salute with everyone.

Shen Zetang and Li Guangqi were talking behind him, and he glanced at him slightly, and his voice was like Hong Zhong shouting: "Changqing, come here." ”

Shen Zetang approached without hurry, wanting to congratulate him, but Xu Bingyong grabbed his arm, he sighed and said: "Changqing, Changqing, I can return to my auxiliary position, but I owe you a favor." “

Although his face was stretched, the smile did not reach his eyes.

A touch of coldness flashed through Shen Zetang's heart, and his tone became more and more gentle: "Xu Ge is really too humble, this auxiliary post belongs to you, I am the secretary of the ministry, in charge of the selection of officials in the world, qualifications, relocation, etc., it is a heavy responsibility to select talents for the country's society, how can I say that people are favored." ”

Xu Bingyong was silent, and suddenly reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said slowly: "Changqing is really witty, he knew this was the case, so why bother in the first place?" ”

Without further ado, the crowd gathered around the hall and went outside.

Shen Zetang pursed his lips, his eyes became deeper and deeper, Li Guangqi leaned over and hummed in his mouth: "That old man is thick-skinned enough, what kind of thing is he, he wants to be on a par with Xu Ling, Chang Yanheng, Chen Yanzhugong, the toad wants to eat swan meat, I ........." “

"He got the swan meat." Shen Zetang replied to him, blocking Li Guangqi with nothing to say, and sighed for a while, looking listless: "Shen Er, you can be regarded as escaping from this non-trivial place, out of sight is pure, leaving us alone here to be tortured by him, how can you bear ....... in your heart!"

Shen Zetang was amused by his words, looking at the rising winter sun in the dim sky, which was quietly melting the snow covered by the glass tiles, he thought for a while and said: "Above the court, the new emperor mentioned the vacancy of the celebrant supervisor, and he wanted to personally select the eunuch who could take on the great responsibility, can you guess his intentions?" ”

Li Guangqi was slightly stunned, and said a little suddenly: "Didn't the emperor want to cultivate his own henchmen?" ”

Shen Zetang bowed his head: "Once the son of heaven and a courtier, the new emperor was in charge of state affairs, and he had to rely on the old ministers, but he was unwilling to be tied, and the old man of Cha Xu Pavilion asked for a reward that he didn't deserve, so he simply gave him a favor to block his mouth and took the right to choose the celebrant and supervisor ........" ”

He paused and continued: "Don't underestimate the new emperor's Xu Tuzhi, his ambitions are far more than that. ”

Li Guangqi shivered inexplicably, he felt that this year's winter was longer than in previous years.

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No matter how long it is, there will be a day in the past, when the new emperor successfully ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, and the day of the edict to the world was the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, Chinese New Year's Eve.

In the small courtyard of Chunshu Hutong, everyone is busy.

The façade that has been re-oiled is guarded by portraits of Qin Qiong and Wei Chi, and the window lattice is pasted with a magpie climbing branch or a blessing pattern, which is red and festive.

Green smoke curled up from the kitchen chimney, the sound of frying and frying rattled, and in front of the half-open and half-closed door, a neighbor's baby was lured, inhaling the fragrance and drooling.

Xianyue smiled and stuffed some shrimp chips into her, her eyes were full of the tenderness of motherhood.

And Qin Xing and Mei Xun were forced by Uncle Tian, squatting under the porch with sad faces and peeling garlic cloves.

Shun Yu sat on the big kang near the window, holding his cheeks, and looked out intently.

Suddenly there was a crackling sound of firecrackers in the distance, which woke her up.

There was no Ming Huang Buyu passing by, Aunt Fang Mu was not walking around, and she never drank the cup of sweet poisonous wine.

She is alive and well, just waiting for the reunion dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve, and leaving the snowy capital with Second Master Shen tomorrow.

It turned out that she had returned to the capital for a year!