The next day, Xingwangfu held a grand sacrificial activity, first to worship heaven and earth, and then to the ancestral tomb and family temple, which took two days to complete. Xu Jin realized that the ceremony of returning to the village to worship his ancestors after passing the previous examination was nothing compared to this.

The ninth day of the fourth month of April was the auspicious day of the zodiac, and the well-prepared envoy finally picked up the new monarch and set off for Beijing. In order to speed up the speed and rush back to the capital to ascend the throne, Zhu Houyu only brought a group of close attendants and guards from the original palace, while Princess Jiang of Xing, as well as Yongfu Yongchun and other royal dependents did not move for the time being, and only after Zhu Houxi settled down in Beijing, he sent people to greet him again.

Fortunately, the heavenly prince is still considered beautiful, and the team of thousands of people walked for 16 days, and finally arrived at the Liangxiang Palace in the western suburbs of the capital. According to the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites, the new monarch will stay in the palace for one night today, enter the city early tomorrow morning, and then hold the enthronement ceremony on a later day.

In the afternoon, Xu Jin, who had just settled down, took off his mud-stained boots and was about to take a nap when he saw the little slave Zhu Houxi running in in a hurry in anger, sitting on the chair next to him, and then slamming his fist on the coffee table. At this time, the accompanying eunuch Huang Jin, and the little attendant Lu Bing shrunk in, cautiously, not even daring to come out.

When Xu Jinzheng didn't know why, an old man in his sixties gasped and stepped into the threshold, this person was Yuan Zonggao, the long history of Xingwangfu, the word Zhongde, the Jinshi of Hongzhi for three years, and was very valued by Xingzhu Youyuan during his lifetime, and also taught the knowledge of his deceased son Zhu Houxi, and this time he accompanied him to Beijing to play an auxiliary role.

Yuan Zonggao nodded to Xu Jin first, then walked up to Zhu Houxi, who had a black face, and persuaded in a low voice: "The prince is angry!" ”

Zhu Houxi said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, they actually let me ascend the throne as the crown prince, it is too deceitful, this king can not be angry." ”

Yuan Zonggao said bitterly: "If the prince does not agree to the regulations given by the Ministry of Rites, everyone can sit down and discuss, there is no need to lose your temper." ”

Xu Jin frowned and asked, "Lord Yuan, what the hell is going on?" ”

Yuan Zonggao knew that his words were far less important than Xu Jin in Zhu Houxi's heart, so he explained with a wry smile.

It turned out that just now, Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, showed Zhu Houyu the etiquette regulations for entering the city tomorrow, and actually let Zhu Houyu enter through Dong'an Gate, and then stay in Wenhua Palace, and then hold the enthronement ceremony on a later date.

What is the Mandarin Palace? That's where the prince listens to politics on weekdays. Moreover, the enthronement ceremony given by the Ministry of Rites was also held in accordance with the regulations of the crown prince's succession, in other words, Zhu Houxi was asked to inherit the throne as the crown prince.

After listening to Yuan Zonggao's narration, Xu Jin's sword eyebrows couldn't help frowning, this is indeed excessive, you must know that the little slave Zhu Houyu and Zhengde Zhu Houzhao are cousins, and now the Ministry of Rites requires Zhu Houyu to inherit the throne as the crown prince, wouldn't that let Zhu Houyu be a son to his cousin!!

After listening to Yuan Zonggao's narration, Zhu Houxi said angrily: "The imperial brother's edict only let me inherit the throne, but it was not for him to be his son, Xu Jin, do you think this is too much deception?" ”

Xu Jin was about to speak, when he saw a group of people striding in from outside, the second assistant Liang Chu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites Mao Cheng, the Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo, the Shoushou Marquis Zhang Heling, the concubine Du Wei Cui Yuan, the eunuch Gu Dayong, none of the six Yingjun envoys were left behind, and there was also an extra face.

This person is about sixty years old, with black hair and a long beard, a dignified appearance, and he walks in the front, and at first glance he is the "leading brother".

Xu Jin couldn't help but feel a move in his heart, now that there is such a power in the court, and his status is higher than that of the second assistant Liang Chu, I am afraid that only Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet, is Yang Tinghe.

Sure enough, this person walked into the house, fell to his knees as soon as he lifted the hem of his robe, and said loudly: "Minister Yang Tinghe meets Prince Xing!" ”

Yang Ting and the people behind him also bowed down, Xu Jin hurriedly flashed to the side, I can't stand it!

Zhu Houxi was so angry that he smashed the table just now, and when he saw Yang Tinghe at this time, his momentum suddenly weakened, and even his beautiful face turned a little white, after all, he was just a thirteen-year-old boy, facing a group of menacing court bosses, he was not stunned, and looked at Xu Jin with his eyes helping.

Xu Jin looked at him with encouragement and nodded imperceptibly. Zhu Houxi couldn't help but think of what the two of them said when they talked at night in Xingwangfu before, so he comforted himself: "Xu Jin is right, I am the emperor, and it is others who should be afraid!" ”

Zhu Houxi calmed down, waved his hand, and said lightly: "Everyone, Aiqing, is flat!" ”

Yang Tinghe stood up and glanced at Xu Jin sharply, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu frowned even more, glaring at him with a gloomy face. The people present were all old foxes, and naturally they all saw Zhu Houxi's small movements, and Zhu Houxi didn't go anywhere after he got angry, but he came to Xu Jin here, obviously treating Xu Jin as a "backer", but this backer is not reliable no matter how you look at it. Shouning Hou Zhang Heling even showed disdain, a small new branch will be yuan, a fart!

Yang Tinghe said loudly: "The minister implores the prince to enter the city from Dong'anmen tomorrow in accordance with the regulations agreed by the Ministry of Rites, and then stay in the Wenhua Hall and ascend the throne on a certain day!" ”

Zhu Houxi said weakly: "The imperial brother's edict only allowed this king to inherit the throne, and did not let me be the prince, the enthronement ceremony was wrong, Yang Qing should let the Ministry of Rites discuss another charter!" ”

Yang Tinghe Zhenzhen said eloquently: "The prince wants to inherit the throne of the first emperor, so naturally the enthronement ceremony should be held with the etiquette of the prince, not to mention that everything should be arranged, and it is very unlucky to temporarily change the charter!" ”

"Please enter the city and ascend the throne according to the etiquette department!" As soon as Yang Tinghe's voice ended, except for the eunuch Gu Dayong, everyone else echoed in unison.

In front of him, these were all important ministers of the court, Zhu Houxi suddenly felt the pressure rushing to his face, his little face couldn't help but turn a little whiter, fine sweat oozed from his forehead, and he sat there in a panic, looking at a loss.

Xu Jin couldn't help but be secretly angry when he saw this, he was really a bunch of pedantic civil officials, why couldn't he be flexible, instead of forcing his cousin to recognize his cousin as his father, he couldn't help but interject: "Yang Ge Lao's words are wrong, Prince Xing inherited the Ming Emperor's reign, not to continue the throne of the first emperor, not to mention that Prince Xing is the same generation as the first emperor, if he ascends the throne with the gift of the prince, it is contrary to human ethics and inconsistent with the courtesy!" ”

"Presumptuous!"

"Shut up!"

As soon as Xu Jin finished speaking, Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, and Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, shouted sharply, and the latter even Huo Dibiao took a few steps forward and shouted: "The monarch is the minister, the monarch and the minister are the great gift, the father and son and brother are the small ceremony, the small ceremony is from the big ceremony, the prince of Xing inherited the throne of the first emperor, why not ascend the throne with the gift of the prince?" You alone and a little Gong Shi'an dare to instigate nonsense here, you don't want to emulate that minister Jiang Bin! ”

Rao is Xu Jin is good at cultivating qigong, and he can't help but sink his face at this time, he finally saw the poisonous tongue and black belly of these civil officials for the first time, as long as others have different opinions, they will immediately bite like a mad dog, and they will also buckle their hats on the line, he is a horse!

Shouning Marquis Zhang Heling and Attached Horse Captain Cui Yuan looked at it with a playful face, this person is really too young, when will it be his turn to speak out in this kind of big event, I don't know how thick the sky is. Dingguo Gong Xu Guangzuo is an old man in his seventies, standing there pretending to be deaf and dumb, looking like he has no quarrel with the world.

"Xu Ziqian, don't retreat quickly!" Liang Chu said in a deep voice, on the surface, it was a reprimand, but in fact it was a kind of protection, Liang Ge Lao was obviously worried that Xu Jin was young and did not know the height of the sky, and continued to talk back to Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Because he had heard Liang Kuan, the nephew of the same clan, mention Xu Jin's "ancient road hot intestines" before, Liang Chu still had a good impression of Xu Jin, and he would try to support Xu Jin as Huiyuan before.

Although Xu Jin was angry in his heart, he would not be stupid enough to continue to hit the stone with an egg, with his current identity, he would not be able to take advantage of Mao Cheng at all, so he arched his hand and stepped back.

Yang Tinghe glanced at Xu Jin unhappily, turned to Zhu Houxi and said, "The minister implores the prince to perform the enthronement ceremony according to the proposal of the Ministry of Rites!" ”

Zhu Houxi was already six gods and no master, and when he saw that Xu Jin, who was the only one who spoke for him, was scolded by Mao Cheng and retreated, he couldn't help crying in a panic, and shouted loudly: "You all deceive me when I'm young, I'm not the right emperor, whoever wants to be the one goes!" "Say lying on the coffee table and crying!

Zhu Houxi used this trick to make a child, and Yang Tinghe and the others were suddenly dumbfounded!