At the end of the tenth year of the Great Zhou Tianwu, the biggest festival of the whole year is coming, everyone is busy, this year Emperor Wu has given a lot of budget, and the big and small officials must do a good job of holding this banquet to make His Majesty happy, otherwise it will be a black yarn hat is not guaranteed.

The Great Prince's Mansion, since he was imprisoned, no one has come to see him, the luxurious Prince's Mansion is full of people in an instant, and there is no longer the scenery of the past, the huge gap makes Zhao Zilin almost go crazy, but a mysterious person suddenly approached him not long ago.

"Who are you? Why came to me. "Zhao Zilin is the eldest prince after all, although he is down-and-out, he is not stupid, the purpose of coming to him at this time is definitely not pure, not to mention that he still wears a mask and does not dare to show his true face.

"Your Highness doesn't know me?" The person who came took off his mask, revealing a face that was somewhat similar to Jia Xu, but he looked a little immature at his age.

Zhao Zilin looked at it for a while and exclaimed: "You are Jia Zheng, you are still alive, my father didn't kill you?" Jia Zheng knelt down with a thud, wept bitterly and said: "It was my father's housekeeper who committed suicide with his son instead of me, confusing the ears and eyes, and the plum blossom pavilion naturally had doubts, but it was dragged without finding evidence, and the villain was frightened all day long, and he finally contacted several loyal old ministers of His Highness not long before hiding in Tibet, and he dared to come to see His Highness." ”

"I see, which old ministry is still reading the palace at this time, and it is good to still read the palace in this case." Zhao Zilin was a little excited, he didn't expect that there were still people who were loyal to him, thinking that he didn't give them any benefits at the beginning, if he really died, these people who followed him would also be purged, and his father didn't want to cause chaos in the court at present, so naturally there were people who could survive.

"Back to Your Highness, Li Ji and Li Chun of the Jizhou Northwest Army, and Sima Cuo, the captain of the third team of the Forbidden Army, the little people can only contact these three." Jia Zheng said the names of several people.

Zhao Zilin nodded, these three people did have a close relationship with him before, and they were hidden deeply, if it wasn't for excessive excavation, it might not be possible to find it, it seems that Jia Xu told his son these secrets before he died, but the rest of the people were either scattered or had been cleaned.

Jia Zheng saw that Zhao Zilin had already believed most of it, and immediately knelt on the ground and cried and said: "Your Highness, my father died a miserable death, and I haven't found the whole body until now, please ask Your Highness to be the master of the villain." Zhao Zilin sighed and said, "This palace is imprisoned, even if you want to avenge Master Jia, you can't do anything." ”

"Your Highness, don't be presumptuous, the villain wants to ask Your Highness if you have the courage to break the kettle." Jia Zheng's face turned fierce and said suddenly.

"Wrecked? What do you want to say? Zhao Zili heard the sound outside the strings, it seems that this Jia Zheng also has a secret, and it must be a problem to survive in the Plum Blossom Pavilion.

"Back to Your Highness, my father has long expected that the heir may fail and die, and he has already arranged the way back in advance, Your Highness, please take a look." Jia Zheng handed over a secret letter to Zhao Zilin.

Zhao Zilin took the letter, and after opening it, he saw that it was indeed Jia Xu's notes, as well as his private seal, but the content of it made his pupils shrink, and he slapped the table suddenly: "Bold, you actually dare to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, do you know what kind of crime this is." Jia Zheng trembled, trembling and said: "Now Jiafu has been copied and beheaded, and for His Royal Highness, this is also the last chance, now the second prince has become a momentum, the fourth prince and the eighth prince are watching the fire from the other side, although the seventh prince is powerful, everyone knows that he has no intention of taking the throne, as long as His Royal Highness stabilizes the situation in one fell swoop, with the background of the Great Zhou, he will definitely be able to expel them, and then the Great Zhou will be His Royal Highness." Seeing that the heat was not enough, he then said: "Even with the help of the power of other countries, as long as His Royal Highness ascends the throne and retains his strength, he will naturally be able to dominate the world when the time comes." Zhao Zilin was silent, he didn't know that once other princes became princes, it would be his death, but now he still can't make up his mind to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country.

"Your Highness really wants to die in the mansion like this, since ancient times history is written by the victors, as long as Your Highness can ascend the throne and become the emperor, then they are the ones who collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, Your Highness has always endured humiliation and burden, and if time drives away foreign enemies, Your Highness is the savior who saved the Great Zhou, and is a hero." Jia Zheng kowtowed heavily and looked very sincere, but the corners of his mouth were filled with a sneer, in fact, where is he Jia Zheng, the real Jia Zheng was killed by him, and now he is just wearing a mask that resembles Jia Zheng, his real body is a disaster [man-made disaster-Evil Words to confuse the public], that adult needs a scapegoat if he wants to cause trouble, and Zhao Zilin is the best choice.

Zhao Zilin's eyes fluctuated, and his breathing was a little heavier, how could he be willing to die like this.

Jia Zheng saw that Zhao Zilin had been shaken at this moment, as long as he added the last fire.

"Your Highness, can you bear to let Concubine Xian die alone in the cold palace like this, and no one will send her to the end?" Zhao Zilin raised his head suddenly, since he was imprisoned, Concubine Xian was beaten into the cold palace, and now he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, suddenly he clenched his fists and said: "You are right, history is written by the victors, tell Li Ji and Li Chun to let them lead the troops to cause chaos in Jizhou, so that Yumen Pass can not take care of each other, and the others must take it in one fell swoop to attract attention at Jianmen Pass, Sima Coo controls the palace gate, and the other help will be handed over to you." Jia Zheng was overjoyed and immediately said: "Your Highness, rest assured, the end of the New Year is the time when everyone is most relaxed, and that is the day of His Highness's accession to the throne. Zhao Zilin laughed, as if he saw the scene when he ascended the throne and became the emperor, and those who were sorry for him had to make them pay.

In the palace, Zhao Zicheng received the news from [Demagogy], shook his head and said: "Hey, my eldest brother is still so brainless, and he will take the bait in a few words, but in this way, everything is ready and only the east wind is owed." The battle order echoed on the side: "This is the Lord's ability to grasp people's hearts, and I am afraid that there are few people in the world who can compare with the Lord." ”

"As long as you can speak, okay, tell everyone that there must not be the slightest action before the New Year, don't look at it now, they are busy, but Emperor Wu has sent a large number of people to monitor all parts of the country, and the more this time, the more you can't relax." Zhao Zicheng knows Emperor Wu very well, and the more he looks relaxed, the more cautious he is, and he must not go wrong at this time.

"It's the subordinates who obey the order, and there is news from Xiqin and Dongyi that their army has been assembled, and they will send troops as soon as the signal arrives, but the master, after bringing them in, it is not so easy to send them away." War Pass is a little worried, it's easy to please God, it's hard to send God.

"Send it away, why send it away, except for you, I am here to be this emperor, what is so good about the emperor, I have known what kind of existence the [Sui Hunger] Lord has been with me for so long, the seventh brother has inherited the [Miracle Skill Dao], so why can't I inherit the [Disaster Dao]." Zhao Zicheng's words made the battle order feel a sudden in his heart, it turned out that the Lord was fighting this idea, so he said: "Lord, there is no person in charge of the [Strange Skill Dao], but the Lord [Sui Hunger] is still alive and his strength is about to recover, is His Royal Highness really sure that he will defeat Lord Sui Hunger and become the master of the Dao?" ”

"It's just a matter of borrowing a knife to kill people, as long as the war in the Great Zhou starts, all the spearheads will be pointed at [Sui Hunger], although she has recovered a lot, but it will definitely not be the opponent of the two sides of [Dynasty Dao] and [Qi Ji Dao], even if it wins, it will only be a miserable victory, and the state will only be weaker than now, I have left a lot of hands over the years and will give a big gift to Sui Hunger, and then I just need to make up for it." Zhao Zicheng's eyes narrowed, his mother's death was always in front of him, he wanted to become the apex of this world, no one could oppress him, and his mother also had hope of resurrection.

On the other hand, Fan Jian was arranging the banquet in the evening in an orderly manner, and he had won the trust of Emperor Wu and was called the upstart of Luoyang in everyone's eyes.

"Lord Wang, you can rest assured that everything has been arranged, and the state banquet in the evening is absolutely refreshing." Although Fan Jian was tired, his eyes revealed excitement to be able to become the banquet official of the royal year-end banquet, which is very rare, as long as he does a good job, there will definitely be a place for him in the Ministry of Rites in the future.

"Well done, take a rest first, you still have to be busy at night, but don't get tired by then." Zhao Zili saw that Fan Jian was no longer the same as when he first met, and now he had grown up to be able to take charge of himself, and he was also very pleased.

"Hehe, don't worry, I also know in my heart" Soon it was dark, Luoyang was prosperous at the end of the year, every household lit lanterns to celebrate this important day, and many wealthy families lit fireworks, and for a time the whole Luoyang was immersed in joy.

The streets and alleys are full of musical instruments, loud enough to reach the sky, and the New Year is always lively, festive and cheerful.

Every household has pasted the word blessing upside down, and also hung a red-shaped lantern, the fiery red color, like a fire.

The shop is filled with lanterns and couplets, both large and small. In the store, there seem to be more people who are looking for the first product than there is a first product, and when you check out, the line is as long as a dragon.

There are also the students in the Qingivy Palace, they are waiting to hold their own banquet in the palace! On this big night, there are still a lot of children holding it

"Throwing the cannon" and throwing it to the ground, it hurt the earth and screamed in pain. Each family turned on the lights, and some people invited the troupe to watch the play.

Some families are having a reunion dinner; There are also family concerts at home. The sky was full of colorful sparks, and the ground was full of red lights.

The past year, good or bad, has passed, and from tomorrow, new challenges await everyone.

In the palace, Emperor Wu also put on the most traditional clothes of the Son of Heaven: the crown of the Son of Heaven obeyed Ouyang's saying, the crown was seven inches wide, one foot two inches long, the front was round and the rear, the vermilion was wrapped, Xuanshang, four inches in front and three inches in the back, twelve white jade beads, and twelve chapters such as the sun, moon and stars were embroidered.

Empress Nangong loves to wear the Yunying purple skirt of Nanyue's tribute, so that the harem palace maids have followed suit, and the wall skirt is crepe, the number remains immortal skirt, the light green long skirt, the cuffs are embroidered with light blue peonies, the silver thread outlines a few clouds, the hem is densely packed with a row of blue sea clouds, the chest is a wide piece of pale yellow brocade wrapped in the chest, and the body gently turns the long skirt to spread out.

The gestures are as graceful as the wind blowing the willows, the wind doctor shows his hair, the eyebrows and eyes are full of spring, the skin is delicate and soft as warm jade, the cherry mouth is not dotted and red, delicate and glamorous, the two strands of hair on the cheeks are gently brushed with the wind and the face is a little tempting, and the eyes that rotate flexibly rotate wisely, the child is naughty, a little naughty, a light green long skirt, the waist is not full of a hand, so beautiful that it is so flawless, so beautiful that it does not eat the fireworks of the world.

Zhao Zifeng wore a snow-white straight-placked robe, the drape of the clothes was excellent, the waist was tied with a wide belt of moon white auspicious cloud patterns, and only a piece of excellent jade jade was hung on it, the shape seemed rough but simple and gloomy, the black and soft hair, the luster on the hair was more lustrous than the moon.

Zhao Ziyu has a golden hairpin on his head and a cuilang on his waist. The pearl is handed over to the jade body, and it is difficult to do it between the paste. Luo Yi is fluttering, and the light saw is far away with the wind.

Gu Pan left a brilliance, roaring like an orchid, skin like snow, a black hair pulled into a tall beauty, a head full of beads in the sun to limit the dazzling light, bright red lips slightly raised, a beautiful woman.

Several princes also wore their most appropriate costumes to attend the grandest ceremony of the Great Zhou year, showing the style of the Great Zhou royal family, so that the world's appointees came to pay a look at the royal family.

The ministers rushed in and found their seats one after another, and Emperor Wu almost called all the ministers above the third rank this time, if it weren't for the banquet venue that Fan Jian had expanded in advance, I am afraid that they would not be able to sit down.

"Your Majesty is virtuous and virtuous, and the children born are naturally dragons and phoenixes among people, Da Zhou is Xing, Da Zhou is Xing." After seeing the royal family, the ministers also praised Zhao Zili is currently the first prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and his meritorious service is very great, and the greatest Zhou is very important, so he was ranked in front of Emperor Wu, and before the prince did not appear, his position was second only to Emperor Wu.

The second prince was ranked below Zhao Zili, and many ministers were speculating whether Emperor Wu had determined to make the second prince the crown prince, so that the form of the Great Zhou would be clear, and the eldest prince would definitely not have the possibility of turning over again.

At this moment, Emperor Wu walked out with Empress Nangong under the guidance of Cao Zhengchun, and his domineering spirit convinced everyone, and the ministers hurriedly got up: "See Your Majesty, see Niangniang." ”

"Let's be free of etiquette, today is the New Year, don't be formal." Emperor Wu was very happy, walked to the dragon chair, raised his wine glass and said: "Rest tomorrow, tonight Zhongqing's house, if you don't get drunk, you won't return." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The ministers also saw Emperor Wu's happiness and echoed it. The banquet officially began.