Baiguan was very surprised in his heart, the New Year's blessing ceremony turned out to be presided over by King Yijun? Shouldn't such an important occasion be the prince of a country to come forward?

Seeing Baili Junyi standing on the high platform, the yin in the prince's eyes flashed, and the black pupils could not see the slightest bright color.

"Kneel!" Without allowing them to think about it, Baili Junyi's singing voice rang out.

"Drink!" The guards standing on either side of the royal path jerked their spears and pestles on the ground, and there was a loud cheer.

The official who did not have any psychological preparation was frightened and trembled, looking up at Baili Qingcang in a dragon robe walking up to the high platform step by step, the decoration around the steps was particularly exquisite, embellished with carefully depicted auspicious cloud patterns, just when he was about to reach the top of the platform, white smoke suddenly rose around the steps, as if the auspicious cloud pattern came to life, and his eyes widened in shock.

Just when they were surprised and didn't know what to do, Baili Junyi's voice sounded again: "The first incense, respect heaven and earth!" Kneel! ”

Baili Qingcang personally took the incense and lit it, and he was shocked in his heart. When he asked Baili Junyi why he arranged it this way, he only briefly explained the process, and also made a military order, saying that there would definitely be a perfect blessing ceremony. Just before he climbed the high platform, looking at such a simple decoration, he didn't believe it in his heart, but now he believes it.

The officials looked at the emperor standing in the auspicious clouds, and a trace of awe rose from the bottom of their hearts, which made them even more unexpected.

Just when Baili Qingcang finished saluting and inserted incense into the incense burner, a crisp and loud sound of contention suddenly sounded, and a group of white cranes flew up from the back of the Chengqian Palace, flying towards the sky over the high prayer platform, causing hundreds of officials to exclaim.

Originally, when they saw white smoke rising from the high platform, they thought it was designed by Baili Junyi, but now that they saw the white crane, their minds changed. What time of year is it? It's a cold winter, how can there be white cranes in such cold weather? Even if Hyakri Jun Yi could find it with his hands and eyes, it would be impossible to transport the white crane to Kyoto overnight.

Baili Qingcang looked at Baili Junyi on the side, and found that he also had a slight look of surprise on his face, and understood that this was not arranged by him in advance, so he thought about it, his face was slightly red with excitement, in Da'anguo, the white crane is the most auspicious bird, he just went to the incense and worshiped the world, there was a white crane flying, what does this mean? It shows that he is indeed the one to whom destiny belongs!

Baili Junyi then sang the promise: "The second pillar of incense, respect the ancestors!" Kneel! ”

All the officials were shocked and hurriedly bowed their heads, their faces all with a serious look, and they didn't know how much more respectful than before.

As soon as Baili Qingcang inserted the second pillar of incense into the incense burner, he heard a Sanskrit bell ringing, and the bell was extraordinarily long and thick, rolling from afar. Everyone couldn't help but look up at the sky, and saw that the morning glow was red like a flame, and the bell seemed to come from the red glow, with a shocking Sanskrit sound, which made people bow their heads and worship.

Shen Ninghua looked up slightly at the extraordinarily beautiful glow in the sky, and smiled slightly at the corner of her lips, this is something they don't have the ability to arrange, it can be regarded as an unexpected joy that God is giving them.

Baili Qingcang's face was full of joy, he closed his eyes slightly and listened carefully to the ringing of the bell, only feeling that this was the recognition of his ancestors for him, recognizing that he was the most outstanding emperor of Da'anguo!

Baili Junyi sang again: "The third pillar of incense, respect the people of Da'an!" Kneel! ”

After the incense was finished, the officials looked at the sky, looked around, and found that there were no visions, so they exhaled slightly, the first two visions were too scary, and it was right that the people had no reaction.

Before they could get to this idea, they heard a cheer that resounded through the sky: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" Long live Daan, long live, long live! ”

This cheer came from all directions, and Bai Liqing turned around violently, and the excitement in his eyes could hardly be concealed: "Jun Yi, this cheer? ”

Baili Junyi showed a slightly surprised expression at the right time: "Father, the son and the ministers don't know, but listening to the voice, it seems to be coming from outside the palace, is it the people of Kyoto?" ”

The leader of the Dragon Scale Guard has already come to report: "Back to the emperor, the people heard that the emperor prayed for the new year of Da'anguo, and they knelt outside the palace and prayed with the emperor. ”

Baili Qingcang took a deep breath to suppress his heart, did not jump out of his chest, and laughed loudly: "Good, good!" ”

Baili Jun knelt down and saluted, and said, "Father, please go to the imperial city at this time and accept the worship of all the people!" ”

"King Yijun is right, the hundred officials will go with me." Baili Qingcang strode up to the imperial city, looking at the dense crowd of people outside, and a sense of pride rose from his chest.

The people outside the palace wall saw Baili Qingcang in bright yellow clothes, and their expressions became more and more excited: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”

For this bowing, they worship willingly, after Baili Qingcang took power, their lives are getting better day by day, especially in the past two years, the officials are not as arrogant as before, there is not so much corruption, they have really benefited, if the emperor continues to maintain this style, they are willing to bow down every year!

Baili Qingcang raised his hand several times to signal them to get up, but the people did not listen, kneeling on the ground and shouting over and over again Long live the emperor, long live, long live, some people were hoarse and insisted on shouting.

Many officials blushed with excitement, especially the old ministers, who had been officials all their lives, knelt on the ground and shed tears on their clothes, and knelt down with the people to bow down to Baili Qingcang.

It lasted for about an hour, and the people saw Baili Qingcang leaving, so they reluctantly left from around the palace.

Back in the Chengqian Palace, Baili Qingcang was still very excited in his heart, standing in front of the throne and pacing back and forth, walking two laps before sitting down, looking at Baili Junyi with a smile on his face: "Junyi, this prayer ceremony is very good, I am very satisfied." ”

Baili Junyi hurriedly got up and stood up: "My father has a good reputation, this prayer ceremony was arranged by Erchen and the Ministry of Rites, and Erchen didn't dare to take credit." ”

"Haha, you're modest." Zhang Yun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has been in the Ministry of Rites for more than ten years, and he is very serious in doing things, but the rules are too conservative and will not be flexible at all, but fortunately, he is in the Ministry of Rites, everything as long as he is in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Ministry of Rites.

Baili Jun Yi saluted and said: "Father, the son just built a high platform, and then arranged it around the platform, and the rest did nothing, if you don't hold the son and son wrong, you will already be lenient." ”

"Okay, don't be modest, I have always had clear rewards and punishments, and what you did was very good, so I naturally want to reward you. Well...... That's it, you were originally the title of prince, but because you left Kyoto some time ago, you became the king of the county, this time you did a good job, so you were re-named the king of the county, and you were rewarded with a pair of jade Ruyi, a thousand taels of gold. ”

"Yes, thank you, father."

When Baili Qingcang spoke, the prince kept standing with his eyes lowered, and when he heard the last reward, he raised his head slightly, looked at Baili Junyi, who was saluting in a proper manner, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.

The smiles on the faces of the three princes and the others were even stiffer, and their hearts were full of resentment and injustice: this prayer ceremony was extremely simple, and even the things they could use were just a high platform and an incense burner, and the credit of Baili Junyi was almost picked up empty-handed, so how could they swallow this breath.

Several brothers were envious and jealous of him, Baili Junyi lowered his head, but there was no particularly happy expression on his face, as far as he was concerned, there was no difference between the position of the prince and the position of the county king, and he didn't care about jade Ruyi and gold, what he cared about was his father's attitude towards him, and he was behind this deliberate persecution of the blessing ceremony.

Baili Qingcang was extremely happy, and announced a banquet to celebrate, and the people in the palace had an hour's meal before leaving.

After getting into the carriage with Shen Ninghua, Baili Junyi, who was as tense as a bowstring, relaxed, leaned on Shen Ninghua's side and complained: "Ninghua, you don't know how dangerous it was last night. ”

Shen Ninghua took the handkerchief and wiped his face for him, and a dense distress flashed in his heart: "When I saw that high platform, I thought, what happened to the objects of the Ministry of Rites last night?" ”

"Well, most of it was burned by fire, and what wasn't burned was also blackened, so it was almost useless." Baili Junyi said, suddenly sat up straight, reached out and lifted the hem of his skirt: "How is the ankle, does it still hurt badly?" ”

"It's much better." Shen Ninghua said, but felt him squeeze it slightly, and suddenly she took a breath in pain, "You lighten up." ”

Baili Junyi put her feet on her legs, gently removed her shoes and socks, and used internal force to warm her palms and gently knead them, "If you don't rub the blood away, you will be more painful later." ”

The pain was terrible at first, but after a while, it was a little lesser, and Shen Ninghua asked out loud: "Who is the person behind the command to burn the objects of the Ministry of Rites?" ”

"Just think about who hates me the most." Baili Junyi looked up.

Shen Ninghua thought for a moment and then remembered a name: "Baili Jinchuan?" ”

"It has nothing to do with him." Baili Junyi narrowed his eyes slightly, and a hint of smugness flashed, "But this time he has repeatedly calculated without success, I'm afraid he is not light." ”

The corners of Shen Ninghua's lips moved slightly, and she couldn't help but smile a little: "We were lucky not to be hit this time, it doesn't mean that we can be so lucky next time, it's better to be careful." ”

"Well, don't worry, I'll be extra careful. This time, he dared to deal with us so fearlessly, just to see his father's attitude towards us. Baili Junyi saw that Shen Ninghua's ankles were almost rubbed, and helped her put on her shoes and socks, and a cold light flashed in her eyes, "Not fighting back is not like our style, Ninghua, what do you say?" ”

"What do you want to do?"

Baili Junyi hooked his lips and smiled: "At this time, my father has just experienced unprecedented glory, and he won't watch the head of the prince's battle break and bleed, but it doesn't matter if it's a small fight." I remember that the second emperor brother liked the hounds the most, right? ”