Great Tang princess

Chapter 410 The Queen's Enthronement
On New Year's Eve, the Renshou Hall was quiet, and Zhang Chengxin, the chief internal officer, cleared all the maids and eunuchs away several tens of feet away to prevent the happy atmosphere in the hall from leaking out.

In the hall, a mother smiled and watched the children chatting and playing, and a smile from the heart appeared on her usually calm face.

Li Xian grabbed the hand of his elder brother Li Xian, and said in a sincere tone: "Brother, I will relax in the future, and if I have a chance, you must take me to play with the artillery in the camp..."

"That's a weapon? How can you use it for fun?" Li Xian opened his eyes wide. "Do you know how much a catty of gunpowder is worth? Thirty percent of the eggs in the farm are used to make gunpowder..."

Li Xian was a little unhappy when he said this: "Brother, don't be so stingy, at worst, I'll give you Lian Er's jade hairpin..."

"If my sister-in-law hears this, my brother will be in trouble again!" said Li Dan next to him.

"Cut, no way!" Li Xian waved his hands with a proud expression on his face, "Lian'er has been very obedient recently, I told her to go east, she will never go west!"

Speaking of this, he seemed to suddenly think of something, put his upper body on the table, and said to Li Yuechen who was opposite: "Yuechen, can you teach me some tricks?"

"How can there be so many tricks?" Li Yuechen held up his wine glass and said with a smile, "Skills only account for [-]% of the relationship between people, and the remaining [-]% depends on sincerity!"

Li Xian curled his lips: "I want to be sincere to her, but I'm afraid that Auntie will be angry..."

Wu Zetian joked along and nodded slightly: "It's good to know!"

The children burst out laughing, and then raised their glasses to touch each other.

"Sister, is tomorrow's newspaper ready?" Li Yuechen asked.

Princess Yiyang nodded: "Don't worry, it was ready yesterday, and it will be released with A Niang's enthronement ceremony tomorrow!"

Li Yuechen nodded. Princess Yiyang has always been very reliable in her affairs. She said that there is no problem, so it must be no problem.

Wu Zetian took over the topic: "I'm not worried at home, but I don't know what will happen if the news of my enthronement spreads abroad."

"What does it have to do with foreign countries?" Li Yuechen waved his hand domineeringly, "If they dare to disobey my mother, I will beat them up!"

Li Xian quickly waved his hand: "Take Brother Wei with you! Let Brother Wei be in charge of controlling the cannon twice!"

"You go away!" Li Xian waved his hand and slapped his chubby stomach with a "slap", "You still want to go to the battlefield with this appearance? It's really unexpected, I can't even run!"

"Going to run? Can't you ride a horse?" Li Xian asked back.

Li Xian leaned on the back of his chair, with an elder tone: "The situation on the battlefield is complicated, and many situations make it impossible to ride a horse. Nowadays, the soldiers of Qianniuwei can run for dozens of miles with full armor, can you do it?"

This is not an exaggeration at all. The soldiers of Qianniuwei train most is endurance, and the so-called endurance is long-distance running.

Fully armed cross-country ten kilometers is the most basic, which is trained by the infantry responsible for frontal combat.

And the reconnaissance brigade that specializes in special missions, after a period of careful selection and targeted intensive training, each is a physical king who can climb mountains and mountains with his legs.

"Isn't it an exaggeration to be dozens of miles away?" Li Xian obviously didn't believe it.

"No exaggeration!" Li Xian shook his head, and replied seriously: "Many soldiers from the reconnaissance brigade chased wild rabbits on the mountain, and they made the rabbits run away and exploded their lungs!"

Li Xian turned his head to look at his sister, asked with his eyes if the words were true, and got Li Yuechen's nod of approval.

Wu Zetian said with a smile: "Chen'er is training an elite teacher, with the appearance of Sanlang, I really want to go, maybe I will be injured?"

"Don't worry, Auntie, the training set by the boy is absolutely safe, and the chances of training people to death are not high!" Li Yuechen replied.

After all, she is a professional athlete and knows what kind of training is scientific and reasonable. She dare not say that no one was injured during the training, but at least she can reduce the chance of this to a very low level.

Li Xian also said: "Actually, these elites are raised with money. Every day, big fish and meat are offered, and they eat the best and use the best. It is only natural that they can do this! But Yuechen sometimes It’s a little too much, and they still give them beef from time to time..."

Having said that, there was another painful expression on his face.

Listening to his brother's complaints, Li Yuechen just smiled helplessly.

The usual meat diet in the army is basically pork and chicken, with occasional fish and mutton.

And since the Turkic side began to pay tribute to cattle and sheep, they will also eat beef once a month on average.The investment is not small.

"Chen'er must have a reason for doing this. At least the Qianniuwei hasn't failed yet, right?" Wu Zetian smiled, and didn't say anything more about this matter.

Fighting wars, my daughter is a professional, since she did it, there must be a reason.In this regard, she will still trust her daughter unconditionally.

Although it was New Year's Eve, the family didn't drink too much alcohol. After the meal was almost finished, they started chatting with tea.

In the joyful atmosphere, time always passes quickly.

It felt like we hadn't chatted a few words yet, so Zhang Chengxin came in to remind me that it was already midnight.

Li Yuechen immediately raised his teacup: "Happy New Year everyone! I hope you will be in good health and in a good mood in the new year!"

Brothers and sisters also raised their teacups: "Happy New Year!"

After clinking glasses with each other, the children all talked about New Year's wishes to Wu Zetian.

"Okay, you are all happy too!" Wu Zetian smiled and picked up the teacup and bumped into the children.

The cups made a crisp sound, and everyone used tea instead of wine to celebrate the arrival of the New Year together.

After taking a sip of tea, Li Yuechen stood up: "Aniang, it's getting late, go to bed earlier, tomorrow's court meeting, and the enthronement ceremony, but I'm busy!"

"Well, let's stop here today!" Wu Zetian nodded in agreement.

In fact, it's not just her. Officials from all over the country will come to participate in the court meeting on the first day of the new year, basically all above the county magistrate level.

It's just that low-level officials couldn't even enter the main hall. After kneeling down on the square outside and shouting long live, they presented a gift to the emperor, and then took a gift in return, and it was basically over.

Even if local officials came, there was a high possibility that they would not be able to see what the emperor looked like at all.

Of course, even Li Yuechen and Princess Xuancheng, who usually don't go to court, also have to participate, and people from special institutions like Shangguan Wan'er don't have to participate.

After saying hello, the children all got up and left.

Li Yuechen came to Wu Zetian's side with a smile: "Mother, do you want your baby to accompany you tonight?"

"You should go back too, I need a good rest tonight as a mother."

"OK then……"

In fact, Li Yuechen asked this because he knew that she would probably look at his father's tablet tonight and talk, so he asked.

But since my mother said that she doesn't need to accompany her, then go back obediently and wait for the court tomorrow.

……

The fully enclosed four-wheeled carriage was driving on the way back to the princess mansion, blocking the cold wind in winter.

Princess Xuancheng untied the cloak hanging on her body, and asked: "Chen'er always said that he is not a god, but today, I think Chen'er should be a god."

"What do you mean, sister?" Li Yuechen asked.

"Chen'er said more than ten years ago that we didn't even know what great achievements A Niang would make in the future... Come to think of it, Chen'er knew that such a day would come more than ten years ago, right?" Princess Xuancheng asked with a smile road.

Hearing her question, Li Yuechen remembered it, as if he had indeed said that when he was a child!
Princess Yiyang also suddenly remembered: "Yes! Could it be that Chen'er really has the ability to predict the future?"

"Eh...don't be joking, sister." Li Yuechen was a little embarrassed and dazed.

Saying that when I was a child was a warning to my two sisters not to fight against her, after all, she was the only empress in history.

But after so many years, I don't know if there is any discrepancy with the original history, but...at least she really became the empress according to the historical track.

So looking at the events of more than ten years ago from this perspective, it seems that Li Yuechen had already seen through the future.

When things got to this point, Li Yuechen couldn't explain it clearly at all, and just wanted to hurry up and fool around.

Fortunately, the two sisters didn't intend to ask more questions, and they didn't get entangled in this topic. Seeing that she didn't want to talk, they didn't continue.

After returning to the Princess Mansion, Li Yuechen parted ways with his two sisters in the yard, and Li Yuechen returned to his room.

There was still candlelight beating in the room, presumably someone was there.

Pushing open the door, I saw Shangguan Wan'er sitting at the table, writing something, seeing her coming back, I immediately got up and ran over: "His Royal Highness is back!"

"I told you not to use your eyes too much at night, so what are you writing?" Li Yuechen asked.

"It's just writing casually when I have nothing to do." Shangguan Wan'er smiled, "His Highness is back, and Wan'er will go back to sleep. Tomorrow His Majesty's Enthronement Ceremony, Your Highness should also have a good rest."

Speaking of this, she suddenly smiled, opened her arms and gave her a hug: "Your Highness, Happy New Year!"

"Well, happy! I am very happy with you!" Li Yuechen also gave her a hug.

It seems that she was waiting here just to say a Happy New Year, that's all, and the rest, everything is left unsaid.

After Li Yuechen let go of her, he smiled slightly: "Okay, you should rest early, although you don't have to attend the Great Court Meeting, you will still be busy tomorrow!"

"Well, so does Your Highness!"

……

Not long after lying down and sleeping, Li Yuechen was woken up by Xiao He. He got up and ate two bites of breakfast. After washing up, he adjusted his hair and went out with Princess Xuancheng.

For the New Year's Grand Court Meeting, they will wear a bright red court dress, wear a crown of heaven on their heads, and ride a carriage to the palace in discredit.

When entering the imperial city and coming to the gate of the Mingtang, the sky has already turned pale, and the visual conditions have become much better.

The officials saluted each other and said New Year's blessings. Some lower-ranking officials ran back and forth, familiar with each other, and trying to make connections, hoping that they could hug themselves with a thick enough thigh.

Many officials also came over to greet Li Yuechen, and she responded with a smile on her face, but in fact, because there were too many people saying hello, she couldn't remember it at all.

Fortunately, there is a class, and those who can greet her are at least of a certain level. Officials from other places have almost no chance to appear in her sight.

As the red sun of the New Year gradually rose from the sky, Qianniuwei at the gate also began to count the number of people according to the usual practice, comparing the information and names, and searching the body at the same time.

The person in charge of searching Li Yuechen and Princess Xuancheng was Wu Zetian's personal court lady. Besides trust, this is a necessary process and cannot be avoided.

And most of the officials who came from other places were looking at the huge building standing in the palace with a look of surprise, and then discussed something with their colleagues around them.

At this time, the Vientiane Shrine is gradually becoming brighter with the dazzling sun gradually emitting, and even the phoenix statue at the top that looks to the south reflects a burst of golden light and becomes more lifelike.

Officials from all over the square could not help squinting their eyes, looking at the brilliance emitted by this phoenix, welcoming the new dynasty.

"crunch..."

All the doors in front of them opened at the same time, and Zhang Chengxin's voice sounded from the hall: "Hundreds of officials enter the hall——"

Li Yuechen took the lead and entered the hall with the other officials in order of rank.

Many ministers came in for the first time, and when they saw the wide hall without a single column, they even opened their mouths in surprise.

The golden frame full of sight, and the huge statue of Nuwa behind the dragon chair on the high platform made them lose their minds in place for a moment.

At the same time as the officials entered the hall, the surrounding musicians also played the instruments in their hands, and the different tones were intertwined to form a melody with a bright rhythm, which resounded in the vast hall.

In the passages on both sides of the high platform, the Youlians of the Jiaofang Division came out sequentially stepping on the rhythm of the notes, surrounding the main hall in different formations.

Afterwards, they were divided into several different teams, and some of them even walked out of the main hall and formed formations.

They stepped on the exact rhythm, danced to the tune, and began to perform a dance choreographed by the empress herself, "Jingu Dayue".

Li Yuechen made a rough calculation. The total number of actors inside and outside the hall was at least 900 people. Their bodies swayed in different movements, but they echoed each other without any sense of separation.

The Youlians in the hall separated and drew closer from time to time, swinging their arms and turning their bodies, but at the same time, their steps were surprisingly consistent, opening and closing, like a treasure flower that was slowly blooming.

Between the music and the dancing, Wu Zetian, who was wearing a crown and raised her hands flat on her chest, appeared in the main hall with steady steps and walked up to the high platform step by step.

Li Yuechen raised his head, looked at this mother who had worked hard for her until now, and observed carefully.

Her hair is whiter and whiter, and the crow's feet around her eyes are more obvious than before, but what is revealed in her eyes is indeed unparalleled firmness.

At this moment, Li Yuechen couldn't help but have a sore nose. Regardless of the original history, at least at this moment, this mother has worked hard for herself and this country.

A high-pitched voice echoed in the main hall: "The sage arrives—bye—"

At this moment, all the officials inside and outside the palace bowed down in unison and spoke in unison.

"Long live my emperor!"

(End of the fifth volume)
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