The 15th year of Hongji's ceremony was just the beginning, and it ended before it began.

There was a lot of chaos inside and outside the Qianqing Palace, and the Hongzhi Emperor who was still unconscious was lying on the bed, and the longer the emperor was in a coma, the more tense and solemn the atmosphere in the air became more and more intense.

Empress Zhang sat on the edge of the bed and guarded, and Zhu Houzhao was also in the hall, but he seemed to be always idle, scratching his ears and cheeks and wandering around the hall, and from time to time he asked when his father would wake up?

In addition, there was Xiao Jing leading a group of palace people and imperial doctors to kneel silently, all of them waiting for the emperor's awakening in their own ways.

Time passed minute by minute, I don't know how long it was, Zhu Youjiao, who was in a coma, frowned and seemed to snort.

This small moan was heard by everyone in the hall, and Zhu Houzhao shouted in ecstasy: "Father is awake!" Father is awake! Father."

Empress Zhang glared at her, and Zhu Houzhao immediately shut up, but the joy on her face couldn't be hidden, and then she leaned over and supported the side of the bed with her hands, just waiting for her father to open his eyes.

The emperor seemed to show signs of waking up, and the solemn atmosphere that permeated the hall dissipated a lot in an instant.

Everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief, and Empress Zhang also took a deep breath, and her eyes became a little red.

After a while, Zhu Youzhu finally opened his eyes, and after a short period of confusion, he saw a big face in front of him, he couldn't help but be startled, and before he could react, the face suddenly left.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand at those imperial doctors, "Quick, come over and check my father's pulse!" ”

Zhu Youzhu felt that his head was still a little swollen, but he quickly remembered the matter in the report, and without waiting for those imperial doctors to gather around, he suddenly sat up from the couch, and then turned over and got out of bed, and he didn't even care about putting on his boots, so he staggered out of the hall.

"Hurry up and ring the Jingyang bell and summon the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to the palace for deliberations!"

If the Jingyang bell rings at the hour, it will announce the beginning of the early dynasty, and the ministers and hundreds of officials will arrange the shifts in the bell, which is meaningless, and it belongs to the process of the early dynasty.

But if it were to ring at another hour, the bell would instantly become an air raid siren.

It indicates that there is an urgent matter to be dealt with in the court, and this is the emperor summoning the ministers of the court to gather.

Cabinet ministers, important ministers of the court such as the six ministers, as the bell rings, must put down all affairs and enter the palace quickly.

On the last day of his reign, that is, the day when the Jingshi was broken by Li Zicheng, Emperor Chongzhen personally rang the Jingyang Bell, and as a result, none of the ministers of civil and military affairs entered the palace.

In the end, he chose to cut off his wife and kill his daughter, and hanged himself in the coal mountain, fulfilling the last trace of integrity and dignity of the Ming Dynasty.

And Emperor Hongzhi issued such an edict at this moment, obviously because his mind was not very clear after the end of the coma, or he was in a daze, forgetting that all the civil and military officials were standing in the Huangji Hall at this time, and they didn't need to enter the palace at all.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the big red dragon boots on the ground and shouted, "Father."

"Shut up!"

"Oh"

Xiao Jing hurriedly got up from the ground, and saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had been scolded back by the emperor, and he didn't dare to say anything like the emperor, let the imperial doctor see the illness first.

Besides, these dogs are all fucking waste.

While beckoning someone to ring the Jingyang bell, he picked up the emperor's dragon boots and ran to follow.

Zhu Hou looked at the few people who walked out, and then looked back at the queen mother who was sitting on the edge of the collapse, but Queen Zhang ignored him, and just let out a sigh with red eyes.

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At this time, it was close to noon, and the civil and military ministers were still standing silently on the square of the Huangji Hall with more than 200 jinshi, accompanied by a melodious and majestic bell, and everyone was shocked.

The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs knew that it was the Jingyang bell that summoned them to enter the palace urgently, and his heart couldn't help but be filled with suspicion.

The last time the bell rang for the urgent entry of the palace was two years earlier, in the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, when the imperial court received a report of the loss of the Hetao area in the late summer of that year.

And what will it be this time .

Combined with the previous turmoil in front of the palace, the hearts of all the officials couldn't help but beat drums, they all knew that this matter would not be small, and it was even likely that the big one could pierce the sky.

For the Jinshi, this bell has some inexplicable significance, Xia Yuan is quite familiar with this bell, but he has only heard this bell in the early hours of the morning when it is not light.

But this big noon bell ringing

According to his guess.

Just pondering, Li Tingxiang's inquiry rang again, "Brother Xia, do you mean that this bell will let us go?" ”

Xia Yuan turned his head and glanced at him, a question like this, this thing has been asked several times, for example, when he saw a few eunuchs walking by with their heads bowed from a distance, he would ask, is this here to tell us to go.

But this time, it was really the same as what the hero saw, so Xia Yuan bowed slightly,

"I think so too, but I suggest you replace that walk with an exit from the palace."

Bell, go, the two words are put together, and I always feel that there is a little bit of the meaning of the end.

It doesn't seem to be good to go out of the palace.

At this time, a eunuch came over quickly, and then stood in front of the imperial staircase and shouted: "The emperor has issued an edict to summon the three scholars of the cabinet, the secretary of the ministry, the secretary of the military department, and the commander of the Jinyi guard."

As the official names were reported one by one, a group of ministers who were read to official positions came out one after another, Mu Bin had no expression on his face, and he was still silently practicing in his heart how to reply when he saw the emperor for a while.

The others didn't know what was going on, but he knew it.

"The rest of the officials, together with all the tribute students, all left the palace, and the ceremony was passed on on another auspicious day."

Hearing this, almost all the Gongsheng couldn't help but jump with joy in their hearts.

I got up from the bed before dawn, bathed and changed clothes, and entered the palace to participate in this ceremony.

After standing for a long time, I waited for the emperor to come out, and when the auspicious time came, I listened to a stinky and long edict silently, and finally looked forward to starting to read the roll call and know my ranking, but all this came to an abrupt end after the sharp Xuan Taiyi.

Then it was even more painful, like standing guard, standing from the hour to noon, three hours, six hours, not to mention walking, moving muscles and bones, not even a large range of movements.

All the tribute students present may have had some hope for this ceremony at first, thinking that maybe they would start again after a while, but they stood down in the past six hours.

The legs were like lead, painful and sore, especially for the older ones, who were crumbling, but they still had to grit their teeth.

Everyone no longer wants to have any big ceremonies or rankings, they just want to go home and have a good rest.

At this time, when he heard the news that he had finally let himself leave, this excitement was naturally inevitable, Xia Yuan and Li Ting glanced at each other, and they could see the joy in each other's eyes.

Damn, I can finally go back.

"In addition, Xia Yuan will be the first to be tested in this department, and he will follow the same face saint."

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PS: [In the first two years, due to some well-known reasons, I didn't go to my relatives, so I had a lot of relatives this year, and I had to go to the grave and worship my ancestors.

In the past few days, the first two watches, and then the fourth watch will be resumed after a few days of leisure, I am very sorry, I hope that all readers have a big sea! (ω)]

Oh, and most importantly, I wish you all a Happy New Year, alive, and never dead.

Happy New Year's Day!

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