Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 847 Mrs. Li?

   On February 27th, the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Yuanzhao was officially held in the imperial city.

   This is a major event that can only be encountered once in many years, and it is also a major event that sets the country's foundation. Since the death of Emperor Taikang, the court has been preparing for this event.

   As early as a few days ago, all the dignitaries and nobles who had the conditions to arrive in the capital, including the clan of the vassal, all arrived in the capital with the approval of the clan to watch the ceremony.

  Even the Yonglefang was very lively.

Ten years ago, when Emperor Taikang was enthroned, Li Xin was on his way back to his hometown in Yongzhou, deliberately avoiding the limelight. Now, when Emperor Yuanzhao was enthroned, he was already difficult to avoid in the court. character.

At this time, Li Xin, regardless of other identities, only has the identity of a first-grade Taibao, and his rank exceeds most of the officials in the court. With the title of an emperor, he is even qualified to preside over this enthronement. grand ceremony.

However, Li Xin is not someone who likes to show off. He didn't take the next errand. He still left the presiding work to the Ministry of Rites and Shang Shutai. The ninth princess, who was "promoted" to the eldest princess, and her eldest daughter, Li Shu, entered the palace to watch the ceremony together.

The etiquette of ascending the throne is very cumbersome. The first step is to go to the Taimiao early in the morning to burn incense to worship the ancestors, then burn a long-written sacrificial speech, and then give tribute to the ancestors and tell the ancestors that the emperor will change people.

   After informing the ancestors and ancestors, the next step is to tell the heavens and the earth, offer the emperor a prison, and inform the gods that the son of the world has been replaced.

   Here, the etiquette of offering sacrifices to the sky is almost the same. The next step is to accept the worship of hundreds of officials. After a few shouts of long live the mountain, the matter is settled.

   Of course, this is just an outline, and there are still many details in it, such as the hypocritical process of three requests and three words, so there is no need to go into details.

  When Li Xin brought his family into the palace, the emperor had already entered the Taimiao under the leadership of the Ministry of Rites and others. The high altar in front of the Taimiao had also been set up, just waiting for the emperor to burn incense and sacrifice to the heaven after he came out of the Taimiao.

  The five chief ministers of the Shangshutai, under the leadership of Zuo Xiang Shenkuan, were also busy in the front and back, and the most busy of them was the **** Xiao Zheng who was the eunuch.

If he wants to stay in the palace, he has to please the queen mother Xie and the emperor Yuan Zhao, and the enthronement ceremony is the best opportunity to show, so this **** has been busy these days. To do everything in the palace properly.

In comparison, Li Xin, the emperor's teacher, was much more idle. He brought his family to the palace to watch the ceremony on the day of the enthronement ceremony. Even when he arrived in the palace, he was a spectator and did not participate. Too much business.

For the safety of the enthronement ceremony, there were internal guards strictly guarding both inside and outside the palace city. Li Xin even saw some Qingyi Qianniu guards patrolling inside and outside the palace city, but even now, he still did not see a black one. Yulin Wei.

   He sighed helplessly at the eldest princess beside him.

   "I haven't been in Yulinwei for more than seven years, and now Yulinwei is taken care of by their Xie family. Even so, they still can't trust Yulinwei."

   It has been two or three months since the emperor died, and the grief of the ninth princess has also eased a lot. She pulled Li Xin's sleeve and gave him a blank look.

   "You also know that you haven't been in Yulinwei for seven years. Now you probably don't have much left in Yulinwei. What do you care about Yulinwei?"

  The Marquis of Jing An said with emotion: "After all, I'm from Yulinwei..."

When Li Xin first entered the capital, he entered Yulin Guard on the recommendation of Yulin Guard Captain Zhang Wei, and then stayed in Yu Lin Guard for almost three years. Imjin Palace changed.

   If it wasn't for Yulinwei, he would never have reached this stage, so even if he has been named a lord and a general, he always has feelings for Yulinwei.

After the change of the Renchen Palace, some generals from Yulinweili were scattered all over the capital. These people have always respected Li Xin, and they would send some things to the Jing'an Houfu during the festivals, even if Li Xin was killed. When they were released from the Dali Temple prison, some of them came to the Hou Mansion to ask about the situation.

Now Yulinwei has become the lowest status among the three imperial guards in the capital, and is even far behind the rising star Qianniuwei. Most of the reason is because of him. If Yulinwei is an ordinary yamen, his current status can help to some extent. Some, but Yulin Wei is the emperor's pro-military, and no one except the emperor is easy to interfere, so Li Xin has always felt sorry for Yulin Wei.

   At this time, the Son of Heaven, surrounded by a group of officials, finally came out of the Taimiao Temple. The Ninth Princess and Li Xin were standing among the honorable people. She reached out and gently tugged Li Xin's sleeve.

   "Look, it's time to sacrifice to heaven."

  As a royal princess, the nine princesses are still very knowledgeable about these etiquettes.

  Li Xin looked up and saw that Emperor Yuan Zhao had already climbed up the high altar with the help of the Minister of Rites.

   Then comes the burning of incense to sacrifice to the heaven.

   Emperor Yuan Zhao lit a high incense, inserted it into the incense burner, and then knelt on the futon.

   When he knelt down, everyone at the entrance of the Taimiao Temple knelt down, even Li Xin knelt down under the pull of the Nine Princesses.

  Fortunately, the time for offering sacrifices to the heaven was not long. After the emperor bowed three times, he stood up, turned his head, and accepted the worship of hundreds of officials.

  The current Minister of Rites, Qin Zhao, took the lead and knelt three times and nine times before the Emperor Yuanzhao.

   There were people in front of the Taimiao Temple, all of them knelt down, knelt three times and nine times before the young man on the high platform, shouting to your majesty.

After    three times, the enthronement ceremony is basically completed.

   Emperor Yuan Zhao, who was on the high platform, swallowed nervously, and said, "All the ministers...let's be flat."

   This is the first time he has said this sentence, it is inevitable that he will be a little nervous, and he will say it many times in the foreseeable future.

The    ceremony was successfully completed, and everyone in the group breathed a long sigh of relief.

   Especially the empress dowager who was sitting in the sedan chair and watching secretly.

After the ceremony was completed, the Queen Mother Xie waved her hand, and the eunuchs carried her sensible and returned to the harem.

   The matter here is not over yet. Shang Shu Zuo servant shot Shen Kuan. After the ceremony, he found Li Xin in the crowd. He came over and bowed to Li Xin and the nine princesses.

   "I have seen Lord Li, I have seen the eldest princess."

  Li Xin and the nine princesses also returned the salute to this Zaifu.

   "Shen Xiang is polite."

After   Shen Kuan saluted, he smiled at Li Xin: "Master Li, the enthronement ceremony is over, but I still have some things to discuss with Master Li."

   Li Xin gave Shen Kuan a surprised look.

   "Shen Xiang has something to discuss with me as an idler?"

   "Naturally it's about Lord Li."

  Li Xin pondered for a while, then turned back and said to the Ninth Princess: "Madam, after you go to the harem to accompany your mother, I will go with Shen Xiang."

   Nine Princesses nodded and glanced at Shen Kuan.

   "Then go get busy."

  …

  Shangshutai is in the imperial city, and soon they walked from the gate of Taimiao to Shangshutai.

  Li Xin has been to Shangshutai, but not many. Most of the past few times, he was drinking with the Emperor Taikang in the palace and came with the Emperor.

   After he and Shen Kuan entered the Shangshutai, they discovered that there were three of the five chief ministers in the Shangshutai.

   Among them was Gongyangshu, another minister.

   There is also Yan Shouzhuo, the censor doctor of the censor station.

   In other words, three of the four chief ministers left by the late emperor have arrived.

  The Marquis of Jing An looked calm, glanced at these people, and then smiled at Shen Kuan: "Such a big battle is waiting here, if Shen Xiang has anything to do, just order it directly, there is no need to discuss."

   Among the four auxiliaries, except for the absence of the Grand Governor's Mansion, the others are all in place, and the Grand Governor's Mansion is mainly responsible for the military. In theory, these three people can already issue any decree at the imperial court.

  Shen Xiang smiled.

   "You don't have to be so nervous, Lord Hou. It's not a bad thing for me to invite Lord Hou."

He glanced at the other two ministers, and then said to Li Xin: "Li Houye is a practitioner who has been trained by His Majesty, and now that His Majesty has officially ascended the throne, Li Houye's identity as an imperial teacher should also be confirmed. ."

  Shen Kuan bowed his head slightly.

   "I've been discussing it carefully these days, and I've asked Your Majesty's opinion, and I'm going to upgrade the Marquis's Taibao to Taifu."

   Lord Jingan narrowed his eyes and glanced at Shen Kuan.

   Taifu and Taibao, both of which are one of the three divisions, are slightly higher than Taibao.

   On the bright side, it is indeed rising.

   (end of this chapter)