Hu Zhenbang glanced at Mu Hanyi, and the two of them mixed into the guard team and left Xia'anmen, taking advantage of the unpreparedness, turned around a palace wall, and walked to a no-man's land.

Hu Zhenbang said: "Look at it, how Li Liang deceived an infant baby, how can he ascend the throne, it must be his mother who did not hide the black cloud to listen to the regent, so that this country without hiding the country will become the uncle of the country, and this brother and sister will cover the sky with one hand." ”

Mu Hanyi said: "That's right, didn't Zhina hear this master Wuzang talking to Duo Ji in front of Jingzhai Hall, saying that he wanted to eat more and present the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", and let him be a general to protect the country? ”

Hu Zhenbang said: "The ambition of the brother and sister is not ordinary, this Li Liangfa is just a puppet, little sister, this time the prince is enthroned and canonized, let's take a look." ”

Mu Hanyi said with a smile: "This time I entered the palace of Xingqing Mansion, but it was not in vain, and we have seen all the ceremonies." ”

Hu Zhenbang also smiled and "shhhh ”

Mu Hanyi pouted and said, "If I want to laugh, I will laugh, can they still take care of it." ”

The two of them rushed in the direction of the Danxi Palace. The hour was still early, the two of them observed the road in the palace while walking, because they heard that when they went to the secret vault that day, they talked with Master Wuzang in front of the Jingzhai Hall, so that the two of them found the Jingzhai Hall first, and went forward a few zhang along the Jingzhai Hall Road, and saw a rockery in front of them, hidden behind a row of shrubs, and then a few steps forward, they saw a swarthy iron house, the appearance was boxy, like a huge black square brick.

The two of them were about to take a closer look, when they suddenly saw a column of guards dressed in plain clothes coming out from behind the rockery, and they saw the two of them from a distance, and the leader shouted: "Where are you from, don't hurry up and retreat." ”

Hu Zhenbang said: "This sir, we are relatives of the 'Princess of Western Xia', and somehow we got lost, may I ask what kind of place is this?"

The captain said: "It turned out to be Her Majesty's family of the princess, this is the important place of the secret vault, if there is no emperor's edict, no one can approach, please turn around and go back." ”

Hu Zhenbang hurriedly said: "Thank you sir, now we will turn around and go back." Here to Jiangfuguan, but it can't get through. ”

The captain smiled and said, "The palace extends in all directions, and there are few places that you can't go." ”

Hu Zhenbang hurriedly pulled his cold clothes, and the two turned around and left. Mu Hanyi said: "It turns out that this is where the secret vault is located." ”

Hu Zhenbang said: "Come back in the evening, now let's rush to the Danxi Palace." ”

The two hurried to the Danxi Palace, and along the way they met many officials sitting on horses or carrying sedan chairs, preparing cattle, sheep and pigs, and going to various temples to worship the heavens, the earth, and the sects, obviously preparing for the auspicious prince to ascend the throne.

The front of the Danxi Hall was crowded, and hundreds of civil and military officials gathered inside and outside the hall, Hu Zhenbang and Mu Hanyi approached and looked into the hall, only to see the emperor's crown dress on the throne of the main hall, obviously just to make a show, Li Lianglian could not wear this imperial dress to ascend the throne. Mu Hanyi suddenly pulled Hu Zhenbang's sleeve and said: "Big brother, look, behind this dragon chair, there is still a gauze curtain, and there is a bench behind the gauze curtain. ”

Hu Tuobang also saw this scene, and said softly: "As expected, the emperor has just collapsed, and he is in a hurry to let the child ascend the throne without the Tibetan clan, and it is rare to be so anxious." ”

Suddenly, seeing that the time for Si Chenguan to report the auspiciousness to the master of ceremonies had arrived, Xiangguo did not hide Pang and walked slowly to the front of the hall, standing on the stage and shouting: "Now that the first emperor has collapsed, he has been sacrificed to the ancestors of heaven and earth, and he has been posthumously named Emperor Wulie, and the first year of Yanzuo has been granted the rite law on another day; ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, and there were many discussions, and they didn't hide the slander and ignored themselves, and said to themselves: "Please ask the Queen Mother to listen to the government." I only heard a loud cry, and a figure came out from behind the curtain, it was the new sister who didn't hide the black cloud, and she was still holding a baby in her arms.

All the ministers know that the black cloud that is not hidden is deeply favored by the first emperor Li Yuanhao, because the two of them were in the palace, and were discovered by Li Yuanhao's original match Ye Lishi, and immediately forced the Wuzang clan to leave the palace and enter the temple as a nun, and gave the title "Master of Wuzang". There are also rumors in the palace that after Li Yuanhao knew the whereabouts of the black clouds, he often quietly went to the Jietan Temple to have trysts with the monk master Wuzang, and even blatantly took the Wuzang clan out of the city to hunt. This time, when Xiangguo said that Li Yuanhao had a biological son, and Li Yuanhao's personal guards had also come forward to confirm that this Li Lianghua was Li Yuanhao's biological bloodline, and the ministers had to believe it.

He didn't hide Pang and said: "Please ask the ministers of the court to worship the new emperor on his accession to the throne and pay a congratulatory gift." Due to the death of the first emperor, the enthronement ceremony was simplified, and the festive ceremonies of music, dance, bells and drums, and feasts were no longer held. ”

The ministers knelt down to the hall in unison and said in unison: "Congratulations to my emperor on his accession to the throne, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

Suddenly, I heard the advice of the doctor to reward Yu Gui and said: "Weichen would like to announce another holy decree on behalf of the saint: respect the Wuzang clan as the Empress Dowager Xuanmu Huiwen, and the three major generals such as the Minister of State, and the three major generals such as Nuo Yihui and the capital will share the military power and take charge of state affairs. ”

Hu Zhenbang and Mu Hanyi picked up their internal forces from afar and listened carefully, and couldn't help but look at each other.

After the ministers kneel to receive the holy will, it is the ceremony of receiving the seal. Fu Baolang, the palace treasurer, held the jade seal, knelt in front of the curtain and offered it, did not hide the blame, stepped forward to accept it, picked up the jade seal, handed it to the guards, and said: "Handed over to the queen mother, sent to the emperor's imperial study to receive." ”

The ministers couldn't help but be surprised, to know that the emperor's jade seal was kept by Fu Baolang, who was in the palace Shang Baojian, and now there is no hidden Xiangguo to casually put it in the imperial study, which is really unbelievable.

Hu Zhenbang glanced at Mu Hanyi and signaled to go first, but saw the figure of Songzanpu in the crowd flickering, and walked towards the front of the hall with several Tubo people, and decided to continue to see what was going on.

I only heard Song Zanpu come to the front of the Danxi Palace, and bowed deeply to the Empress Dowager and the new emperor behind the curtain, and said: "Song Zanpu, the national teacher of Tubo, expresses deep condolences to the death of the first emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom, and also congratulates the prince on his accession to the throne, hoping that the friendship between the two countries will continue." ”

The Empress Dowager said behind the curtain: "The national teacher is exempt, and I thanked the national teacher on behalf of the emperor." ”

Song Tsangpu said: "There is something I want to ask the Holy Lord, but I don't know whether to talk about it. ”

The Empress Dowager said: "The national teacher, but it's okay to talk about it." ”

Song Zanpu said: "In the next here, it is the order of the king of Tubo, come to marry your country's 'Xixia princess', previously agreed with your country, in addition to the bride price, to 12 volumes of "Wujing General Essentials" as a special dowry, this matter of your country Xiangguo also knows, this gift has been handed over to the first emperor of your country on the day of the wedding ceremony, unexpectedly, unexpectedly, the first emperor died suddenly, it is really sad and regrettable......

The Empress Dowager Wuzang suddenly interrupted him and said: "I understand what the master means, do you want to ask, after the death of the first emperor, can you still marry the 'Princess of Western Xia'?"

Songtsan Pudao was slightly stunned and said: "That's exactly what it means." "I secretly thought in my heart, this is not hidden, the Queen Mother is really smart.

I only heard the Empress Dowager say: "The first emperor died, according to the Great Xia state system, you must serve 27 days of mourning, and you must not marry within 30 days." National teacher, this fact is an accident, and I hope that the national teacher Haihan, on the day of marriage, I am afraid that the national teacher will have to wait for another month. ”

Song Tsangpu said: "What the Queen Mother said is reasonable, and there is no objection to it. It's just that there is a reluctant invitation below, and I don't know if the Queen Mother can agree. ”

The Empress Dowager said: "The national teacher doesn't have to worry about it, I promise you, just wait for the end of the national funeral, I will definitely arrange the marriage of the 'Xixia Princess' in person, I will order it to go down, and the people who welcome relatives in Tubo will live in the palace, and all the expenses will be taken care of by my Great Xia Kingdom." ”

Song Tsangpu originally wanted to propose whether the special dowry of the twelve volumes of the "General Essentials of the Martial Classics" could be temporarily withdrawn, and after the mourning of the Great Xia Kingdom was over, he would re-offer the gift to welcome his relatives. But before this topic was spoken, he was intercepted by the Empress Dowager Wuzang and said a kind word, so it was not good for him to mention this topic again.

The Queen Mother saw that he looked depressed and seemed to be preoccupied, and said: "If the national teacher feels that he can't return to the king of your country, I am about to send someone to repair the edict to inform the envoys of various countries that the first emperor has collapsed and the new emperor has succeeded to the throne. ”

Song Zanpu said in his heart: "The words have been said by you, if I repeatedly want to get back the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", it will seem that I Tubo is narrow-minded and suspicious. "Immediately bid farewell to the Queen Mother and retire from His Royal Highness.

It's past noon. Hu Zhenbang and Mu Hanyi went straight back to Jiangfu Palace and met Ayimu and Zina. Zina made a pot of Biluo spring tea from Jiangnan, and the four of them sat around the table, listening to Hu and Mu tell everything they had seen before.

Ayimu said: "It seems that in a month, they will marry me to Tibet." Therefore, so eldest brother and younger sister, if you can get the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" in this month, the four of us can escape from this deep palace and live a free life. ”

Hu Zhenbang said: "Yes, second sister, such a free and unrestrained day, isn't this what you and Zina yearn for?"

Ayimu said: "Yes, it is still the eldest brother who knows me best." As soon as he said this, his face suddenly turned red. Zina nodded her head with joy.

Mu Hanyi and Hu Zhenbang glanced at each other, and there was a little confusion about the future in each other's eyes. None of them knew if they would be able to snatch the scriptures from the vault in one month. They don't even know whether this scripture should be taken back to the Great Song Dynasty by Hu Zhenbang and handed over to the imperial court, or whether Mu Hanyi should take it and hand it over to her father to restore her life. Each is its master, after all, it is an inescapable reality for the two, even if this strange book was originally the posthumous work of Hu Zhenbang's father, and it belongs to the Great Song Dynasty.

Mu Hanyi said: "So, we must hurry up and get this book in our hands." Three days later, Li Yuanhao went out of the funeral, and Song Zanpu, as the special envoy of Tubo, will definitely send the coffin out of the palace with the funeral procession. ”

Hu Zhenbang said: "The little sister is reasonable, but I think tonight's small funeral, the focus of the guards is also in the area of the palace, it is also a good opportunity to go to the secret vault detective, without further ado, what do the sisters think?"

Ayimu always looked at Hu Zhenbang with big eyes, and said with a smile: "What the eldest brother says is always good, I listen to the eldest brother." Seeing Ayimu's expression, Zina also guessed that she was interested in Hu Zhenbang, and nodded with a smile in approval. Mu Hanyi also smiled: "Since my brothers and sisters have said so, and even Sister Zina agrees, I naturally can't object, let's go with my eldest brother tonight to find out the news." ”