Tiantang

Chapter 333 Enthronement Ceremony (1)

Chapter 341 Enthronement Ceremony (1)

Sitting down in the Flower Hall of the Zhang Mansion, after the maid served the good tea and left, Zhang Jiyong cupped his hands and said with a smile, "His Royal Highness, please speak if you have something to say, and I will listen attentively."

Li Qi also smiled, but his voice was a bit playful and low, "Zhang Shangshu, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. The current court situation is very unfavorable to both Zhang Shangshu and the Zhang family."

"After the crown prince ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, the king of Yongning, Zhang Xuan, had great military achievements and support, and his power naturally rose to the next level. It is well known that King Yongning and Zhang Shangshu have always been at odds. King Yongning's gaining power naturally means that The loss of Zhang Shangshu's power. This is one of them."

"Yang Guozhong was at the end of the road, but now he is gaining momentum again because of the Korean wife's favor. I heard that the crown prince did not confer Zhang Liangdi as empress, but only concubine, while the Korean wife was named Concubine Xue Shu... From this point of view, This Concubine Xue Shu is probably the second Concubine Yang Gui!"

"Whether it is King Yongning or Yang Guozhong, they are enemies with Zhang Shangshu. Judging from the current situation, there is no need for the two to unite. Just Yang Guozhong and the Yang family are enough to give Zhang Shangshu a headache."

Li Qi talked eloquently, ignoring Zhang Jiyong's increasingly ugly face.

"If Concubine Zhang Liangdi can't give birth to a prince as soon as possible, I'm afraid the queen's position will be difficult to protect. As long as Concubine Xue Shu can give birth to a prince, with the prince's love for her, it is almost inevitable that she will be crowned queen. Everyone in Chang'an knows about selfishness, if Mrs. Han persuades Zhang Xuan to support Concubine Xue Shu... Hehe, if that time comes, the Zhang family will die!"

When Li Qi said this, he stopped abruptly and stared at Zhang Jiyong.

The corners of Zhang Jiyong's mouth twitched, and he was angry in his heart. He said in a deep voice, "His Royal Highness Sheng visited overnight to ridicule Zhang? If that's the case, please go ahead, Your Highness! I'm very tired from having a banquet in the palace, and I need to rest."

Zhang Jiyong got up angrily, as if to see off the guests.

Li Qi was not annoyed, and said calmly, "Zhang Shangshu doesn't need to get angry. I'm just seeking truth from facts. I analyze the current situation with Zhang Shangshu, and I don't mean to laugh at it. How can I visit Zhang Shangshu late at night for this? Please invite Zhang Shangshu Take it easy!"

Zhang Jiyong took a deep breath, sat back slowly, and said solemnly, "Your Highness, please speak up!"

Li Qi laughed suddenly, he took out a gold medal from his pocket and handed it over, and said calmly, "Can Zhang Shangshu know this?"

Zhang Jiyong took it and looked at it for a moment, his face suddenly changed, he suddenly raised his head and stared at Li Qi with incredulous eyes, before tremblingly said, "Your Highness, where did this thing come from?"

"Naturally it came from where it came from." Li Qi's smile narrowed, "So, Zhang Shangshu is willing to have a deep talk with Ben Gong?"

Zhang Jiyong hesitated for a moment, and immediately got up and cupped his hands, "Your Highness, please follow the officials to the secret room for a detailed discussion, please!"

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Zhang Xuan returned to the mansion after the banquet, but Cui Ying still did not come back.Ruyan said that Mrs. Zheng was sick, and Cui Ying stayed in Cui's house to wait on her, and she will come back tomorrow.

Zhang Xuan had no choice but to go to Li Tengkong's place again.

But he pushed the door outside the room for a long time, but he didn't open it. Li Tengkong actually asked Lian Er to lock the door from the inside.

Zhang Xuan called, and Li Tengkong said quietly inside, "My lord, I'm not feeling well, I've already rested, and I won't be able to serve my lord tonight."

Zhang Xuan stamped his feet resentfully, turned his head and left.

He quietly went to Hua Nuer's private courtyard next door.The lights in Hua Nuer's bedroom were on, and there were vague figures inside, as if someone was chatting.

Zhang Xuan walked in lightly, opened the door, and there were several maids standing outside. Seeing Zhang Xuan enter the door, they bowed respectfully to the ground, not daring to raise their heads.

"Slaves pay homage to the prince!"

When the people inside heard the movement, they all came out together.It turned out that Xiao Shisanlang's wife Li Susu was with Hua Nuer with her son Xiao Ding.

Xiao Ding was held by Huan Niang, walked out, stroked his chubby pink hand and called immaturely, "Godfather, hug!"

Zhang Xuan laughed, leaned over and picked up Xiao Ding, pinched his little nose, and said in harmony, "Ding'er, it's so late, why don't you go to sleep?"

Li Susu curtsied and said with a smile, "My family has seen the prince!"

"Sister-in-law!" Zhang Xuan smiled and nodded to Li Susu.

Li Susu's face was full of ambiguous smiles, and she secretly glanced at the flushed Hua Nuer.It was so late, Zhang Xuan came to Hua Nuer, obviously... Thinking of this, Li Susu hurried forward, hugged Xiao Ding from Zhang Xuan's arms, and said, "Ding'er, you are going back with your mother... Be good, don't make trouble , go back to sleep!"

Li Susu couldn't help but hurried away with Xiao Ding in his arms.

"Father, Mother Huan also went back to her room to sleep."

Huanniang stood obediently on one side, and suddenly stepped forward to salute.

She is already eight or nine years old, somewhat sensible, and she is still a little precocious.

In fact, Huanniang always stayed in Hua Nuer's room to sleep, and rarely slept by herself.But she is a big kid, and she knows that her godfather and godmother are closely related, so it's not appropriate for her to get involved in it.

Huanniang walked out of the door to the side room, and the two maids quickly followed.

Hua Nuer opened her mouth, wanting to keep Huan Niang, but felt a little speechless.She stomped her feet, blushed and turned into the inner room.

Zhang Xuan followed in with a sharp stab.

Hua Nuer lowered her voice and said angrily, "It's so late, what are you doing here!"

"Mrs. Li and Ding'er originally agreed to sleep at this slave's house. We sisters rarely hit each other. If we wanted to talk, you disturbed us."

Zhang Xuan knew that Hua Nuer still didn't save face, after all, she was not Zhang Xuan's famous woman at present.She felt a little embarrassed that she came to her place so openly to spend the night.

Zhang Xuan chuckled, hugged Hua Nuer in his arms, leaned over and "gnawed" on it.

Hua Nuer was shocked, and while struggling, she glanced at the door, and was relieved to see that the maids had evaded cleverly.

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Zhang Xuan finally confirmed that this Hua Nuer was indeed a woman with the potential to be sullen.

Once her enthusiasm is released, it is like a torrent that cannot be stopped.At the beginning, she was still hesitant about this happy thing in the bed, but later on, she completely "anti-customer", took the initiative, and was extremely crazy.

Compared with Cui Ying's "regular" and Li Tengkong and Wan Chun's slightly jerky, it is obvious that Hua Nuer made Zhang Xuan feel more at ease.

After two happy moments, Hua Nuer nestled tenderly in Zhang Xuan's arms, drawing some inexplicable circles on his chest.

Zhang Xuan leaned over and kissed her smooth and delicate forehead, then said softly, "Feng Ming, in a few days I will go to the imperial court to ask for a title for you..."

Hua Nuer shook her head, and said quietly, "I don't want any name, as long as you have a Nu family in your heart... Also, I'm going to Longshuo with you anyway, you can't leave me in Chang'an! "

Zhang Xuan smiled, "You can go if you want. This time, I'm going to let Kong'er go too, and..."

Zhang Xuan hesitated to speak.

Hua Nuer was startled, looked up at Zhang Xuan and said softly, "It's okay for Fan Longshuo to take the slave's house, because the slave's house is not your wife's family, but if you want to take Kong'er, I'm afraid the emperor will not agree." ?”

"Hehe." Zhang Xuan avoided the topic with a smile, slowly closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.

Zhang Xuan had an idea a long time ago, but he never told anyone about it.

He wanted to build a female army in Longshuo, which would be controlled by his future side concubine Huihe Princess Su Hudong and Li Tengkong.

Su Hudong is a well-known female general in Huihe who is good at fighting, and she is naturally familiar with leading an army and horses.As for Li Tengkong, she is good at riding and shooting, and she has no problem assisting Su Hudong in command of the army.

If Su Hudong knew about Zhang Xuan's idea, he would immediately guess what kind of plan Zhang Xuan was planning.

Su Hudong had a female cavalry force of 2000 under the Huihe mark.Huihe people are good at riding and shooting, even women are not weak.Therefore, Su Hudong didn't put much effort into forming this female army.

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In the blink of an eye, it is the Lantern Festival.

The Shangyuan Festival is still the Shangyuan Festival, and it is no different from previous years.But this year's Shangyuan Festival is not only the Shangyuan Festival, but also the day of Li Heng's ascension to the throne and proclaiming himself emperor.

In the daytime, Li Heng's enthronement ceremony will be held; and in the evening, the new emperor Li Heng, who was enthroned in Yuan Dynasty, will have a banquet on the gate tower of Zhuquemen in the imperial city, and have fun with the people in the city, and spend the Shangyuan Festival together. .

The palace has entered the countdown to the preparations for the enthronement ceremony since the early hours of last night. The eunuchs and maids of honor are constantly busy. Under the command of Chen Xilie, the "Chief Designer" and "Chief Commander" of the enthronement ceremony, no detail can be ignored.

This grand ceremony was related to the majesty of Li Heng, the new emperor, and the legitimacy of the supreme imperial power. Li Heng attached great importance to it, and ordered Chen Xilie to lead the officials of the Ministry of Rites to personally organize it.

In order to ensure safety and ensure the safety and stability of Chang'an during the Enthronement Ceremony and Shangyuan Festival, the Habayashi guards under Yang Lian half-closed several major city gates of Chang'an, and the city was even more heavily guarded.

The enthronement ceremony was held at three o'clock in the afternoon.Zhang Xuan got up early in the morning, had breakfast with Cui Ying, Li Tengkong, Hua Nuer and Huanniang, and went to ask Liu's mother how she was before entering the palace early.

Walking all the way into the palace, Zhang Xuan first went to the Mingde Hall of Xingqing Palace where the enthronement ceremony was to be held, and then went to Wanchun Garden.

Unexpectedly, Wan Chun was not there.

The palace maid Xizhu bowed her bow and said respectfully, "My lord, the princess accompanied Sheng Wang, Shou Wang, Xin Wang, Xianyi Princess, Changshan Princess, Gaodu Princess, Xinchang Princess and other highnesses to Xianyang Palace to visit His Majesty the Supreme Emperor."

Li Heng is about to proclaim himself emperor, and Li Longji will be honored as the Supreme Emperor.These days, many people in the palace have secretly changed their tunes, no longer calling Li Heng His Highness but Your Majesty.

Zhang Xuan was taken aback, frowned and said, "Visiting the Supreme Emperor?"

"Yes." Xi Zhu said softly.

Oh.Zhang Xuan nodded, turned around and left, suddenly a very strange feeling came up in his heart.

(End of this chapter)