Tiantang

Chapter 334 Enthronement Ceremony (2)

Chapter 342 Enthronement Ceremony (2)

Zhang Xuan left Wanchun Garden and walked towards Xingqing Palace.Because he was walking in the palace, most of his guards stayed outside the gate of the palace, with only Nan Jiyun and a guard by his side as followers.

Zhang Xuan looked up at the sky, and saw a red sun jumping up in the sky, the warm sunshine spread down, dispelling the cold air in the sky.There was a blizzard in Chang'an a few days ago, and there are still traces of snow everywhere in the palace.

But the wind is still the northwest wind, with a bone-chilling coolness.A gust of cold wind blew in, Zhang Xuan subconsciously wrapped his fur cape tightly, and continued to move forward.

The closer it was to Xingqing Palace, the louder the voices became, and there were more and more eunuchs and court ladies passing by in a hurry along the palace path.

However, when they saw Zhang Xuan, they were respectful and saluted.Inside and outside the palace, everyone knows, everyone knows that Zhang Xuan, the king of Yongning, is a powerful minister under one man and above ten thousand people. His power is so powerful that no one can compare.

Compared with Zhang Xuan, the current Zhang Jiyong and Yang Guozhong are at best second-rate.

At the gate of Xingqing Palace, the guards of the palace guards are strictly guarding.

Today's enthronement ceremony is a matter of great importance, and the palace guards naturally attach great importance to it, and dare not neglect it in the slightest.If something goes wrong, no one can afford it.

Zhang Xuan took Nan Jiyun to the palace, and several palace guards hurriedly bowed and saluted, not daring to look up at Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan smiled, and when passing by, he suddenly reached out and patted a guard on the shoulder, and said loudly, "Brothers have worked hard!"

The guard was very excited, he straightened his back and said loudly, "Thank you, my lord!"

Zhang Xuan walked a few steps, stopped and turned around and asked, "Where is Gongsun You?"

Gongsunyou was originally the long history of the right guard of the Eastern Palace, because he did not have a vassal Li Yu to cause trouble before, and he unswervingly supported Li Heng, which was appreciated by Li Heng, and has been appointed by Li Heng as the leader of the Palace Guard - Zuo General of the palace gate guard.At this critical moment when the grand ceremony is about to be held, Zhang Xuan felt a little strange that Gongsun You, the commander of the armed forces of the inner palace and the chief bodyguard who guarded Li Heng's enthronement, did not show up.

The guard said loudly, "If you go back to the prince, I haven't seen General Gongsun yet!"

Zhang Xuan frowned, but said nothing, turned his head and strode away.

Looking at the back of Zhang Xuan leaving, the guard looked excitedly at the "comrade" standing opposite, with a very excited look on his face.He is just an ordinary soldier in the inner palace, and it is already a great honor for him to have a few words with Zhang Xuan, the king of Yongning and the commander of the feudal commander of Longshuo with great military exploits.

Because there are still a few hours before the enthronement ceremony is officially held, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty have not yet arrived.

In Mingde Hall, only Chen Xilie and a few officials from the Ministry of Rituals were busy busy.

Seeing Zhang Xuan coming in, Chen Xilie smiled loudly, cupped his hands and said, "King Yongning! You came so early!"

Zhang Xuan also cupped his hands and returned the salute, "Your Highness has summoned me, and the king has entered the palace ahead of schedule. This enthronement ceremony is complicated and complicated, so I have to thank you!"

Chen Xilie laughed, "This old man should serve the new emperor! King Yongning, the new emperor is currently changing clothes in the imperial study, please do it!"

Zhang Xuan was not polite either, and walked away.

Outside the imperial study room, Li Heng was being served by a large group of court ladies and eunuchs, trying on the brand new dragon robe and crown that he needed to wear at today's enthronement ceremony.

The prestige of the imperial power lies in the imposing manner, and in the service of the crown and belt.Even if it is an ordinary farmer, wearing this dragon robe will add a bit of majesty.

Hearing that Zhang Xuan was coming, Li Heng laughed, and ordered the court ladies and eunuchs to tidy up the serving crowns and belts, put them aside, and dress formally when the time came.As long as the enthronement ceremony is not held for a moment, and the legal ceremony is not completed, Li Heng will not be justified.Especially in such a special situation as Li Heng's succession, he had to be more careful.

There's no need to raise eyebrows over such trivial details.

Being careful and paying attention to details is one of Li Heng's great strengths.

And tolerance and soft-heartedness is his second advantage.Of course, in a sense, for an emperor, soft-heartedness is actually synonymous with cowardice, incompetence and indecision.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

Zhang Xuan sang promises in his mouth, and was about to bow down, but Li Heng grabbed his arm with a smile, "Zizhan, I'm looking for you to discuss something."

Zhang Xuan smiled, "Your Majesty should change his name to me, and the enthronement ceremony will be in a few hours. Your Majesty should make preparations early."

"Please order, Your Majesty."

Li Heng smiled wryly, "Zizhan, it's not too late. As long as you don't become the emperor, you will never be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. This is the etiquette, which cannot be overridden."

"Okay, let's get down to business. That's it, you are the one to read the emperor's abdication edict, and Yang Guozhong is to start the persuasion letter. What do you think?"

Originally, Li Heng planned to let Zhang Jiyong announce the edict of abdication, but later, considering some other factors, Li Heng changed his mind.It can be seen from this that because of Concubine Xue Shu's favor, the status of Zhang Jiyong and the Zhang family in Li Heng's mind has begun to decline invisible, but Li Heng may not be aware of this.

In other words, he was not at ease to let Zhang Jiyong read it in public, so he thought of Zhang Xuan.And because of Concubine Xue Shu's relationship, the Yang family's status has risen a lot, so Yang Guozhong began to take the lead again.

If it wasn't for the sudden uneasiness in his heart just now, Zhang Xuan would have agreed.This in itself is a kind of value of the new emperor. For a subject, this is the status expression of supporting an important minister.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment, then he smiled softly, "Your Majesty, although I am a prince, I am also a military commander. It seems inappropriate for me to read the edict of the Supreme Emperor's abdication. Why don't Minister Yang or Minister Chen announce the emperor's abdication?" It is more appropriate for the ministers to lead the world's vassals and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty to persuade them to advance. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Li Heng thought about it, and felt that Zhang Xuan's words were very reasonable, so he nodded and agreed, "Okay, let's do it like this, let Yang Guozhong read the edict of the Supreme Emperor, and Zi Zhan and Chen Xiang lead the officials to persuade them to come in."

In fact, that's what happened.After all, Zhang Xuan was the military commander in charge of the soldiers and horses. If he were to announce the old emperor's edict, it would bring out a hint of military seizure of power.If someone exaggerates maliciously, I'm afraid they will be criticized by Qingliu.

In this way, no matter it is for Li Heng or Zhang Xuan, it will have a bad influence.

Zhang Xuan talked to Li Heng for a while, hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Your Majesty, I heard that early this morning, King Sheng, King Shou, King Xin and other princes, Xianyi, Wanchun, Changshan, Gaodu, Xinchang Waiting for the princesses to go to the Xianyang Palace to meet the Supreme Emperor, I don’t know..."

Zhang Xuan hesitated to speak.

Li Heng smiled indifferently when he heard the words, "Of course. As princes and daughters, it is only natural for them to visit the Supreme Emperor, and this palace cannot stop them. There is nothing wrong with the filial piety of a son of man, ha ha."

Zhang Xuan frowned, and thought: They didn't visit early and late, they chose to visit together when the enthronement ceremony was about to be held, this is obviously weird, how can we not guard against it?

Seemingly seeing Zhang Xuan's doubts, Li Heng smiled and said, "Prince Sheng will come to the palace to attend the enthronement ceremony of the palace, and he will visit the Supreme Emperor by the way. I told the palace beforehand. It's okay, it's okay!"

Seeing that Zhang Xuan still looked a little worried, Li Heng knew that he was thinking about himself, so he couldn't help but feel warm, and added in harmony, "Zizhan, the Supreme Emperor is now in a coma and sick, and King Sheng will go to bow down and pay homage." and returned."

There is something in Li Heng's words.

To be honest, he was more nervous than anyone else about his own affairs.King Sheng and others entered the palace and proposed to visit the old emperor, but Li Heng couldn't stop him no matter whether it was emotional or reasonable.However, he knows the current situation of the old emperor better than anyone else. He is basically paralyzed in bed without any consciousness.

What's more, the situation in Chang'an has been firmly controlled by Li Heng, he is full of confidence, and he is not afraid that King Sheng and others will do something tricky.

As long as today's enthronement ceremony is completed and he ascends the throne, even if the old emperor wakes up the next moment, it will be useless.He can only be his emperor.Li Heng smiled coldly in his heart, with a gloomy cold light flickering at the corner of his mouth.

It's not that Zhang Xuan didn't understand this, but he suddenly felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart, and this feeling became stronger and stronger.

He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell exactly what was wrong.

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at the same time.Fan Yang, Youzhou.Fanyang Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Dongping County Prince's Mansion.

An Lushan, the governor of Fanyang in the Tang Dynasty and the king of Dongping County, met in the main hall of the palace the Tubo prince Chisong Dezan, who had escaped from Chang'an and fled to Fanyang with the help of An Lushan's subordinates.

Although Chisong Dezan is a relatively important pawn in An Lushan's plan, despite this, Chisong Dezan is still a small person in An Lushan's eyes.Therefore, An Lushan did not go out of the mansion to greet him, but just stood at the entrance of the hall to greet him.

Chisong Dezan was originally a bereaved dog, how could he dare to care about these vain rituals in his desperation.

"Xiao Wang pays homage to King An Jun! King An Jun's life-saving grace, Xiao Wang will never forget it!" Chisong Dezan is a man who can bend and stretch. In order to return to the country and clear up the shame, he does not care about being a slave to An Lushan. up.

Chisong Dezan pays homage.

An Lushan was full of pride, held his hand upright, and laughed loudly, "Your Highness, there is no need to be too polite. This king heard that His Highness was wronged in Chang'an, and was imprisoned by the Tang court on trumped-up charges. Injustice. That’s why we sent people to Beijing to rescue His Royal Highness the Prince.”

"Your Highness, please enter the hall to talk." An Lushan turned to let the guests go, but he took the initiative to walk ahead.This shows that Chisong Dezan was not taken seriously.

In fact, it is also very normal.Don't talk about a Tubo prince who has lost power like Chisong Dezan, even if he is facing the prince of the Tang Dynasty, An Lushan dares to put on airs and show off.

An Lushan's arrogant and rude Chisong Dezan frowned secretly, but he immediately followed behind with a smile, with an extremely respectful and humble demeanor.

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