After Li Xin washed up and changed his clothes, he handed it over to Xie Dai in the living room of the Jing'an Hou Mansion.

I have to say that the Xie family is still very discerning, knowing that Li Xin doesn't like Xie Jing, he really sent this side branch disciple here.

After seeing Li Xin, Xie Dai, who was originally sitting and drinking tea, immediately stood up and looked at Li Xin deeply.

"Master Hou."

Li Xin's face was calm, and he said: "Since Gongzi Xie is here, let people wake me up, so I don't have to wait so long." ”

"I know that Hou Ye is tired, so I don't dare to disturb Hou Ye."

Xie Dai lowered his head and said, "Master Hou ...... at this time Do you want to enter the palace? ”

Li Xin said in a deep voice: "Since I came back last night, I have been sleeping until now, how is the situation in the palace at this time?" ”

"The left servant is already in His Majesty...... The edict was read out in front of the spirit, and it was determined that the crown prince would be the emperor in Weiyang Palace three days later. ”

This is the rule of the Great Jin Dynasty, even when the Renchen Palace changed, the Taikang Son of Heaven also guarded in front of the spirit for three days before becoming the emperor, and then chose a good day and an auspicious day, and officially ascended the throne to worship heaven and earth.

Now that the crown prince is on the throne, he naturally has to go through this process, and at this time, the Son of Heaven, who is about to be fourteen years old, is crying bitterly in front of the Son of Heaven in Weiyang Palace.

Hearing this, Li Xin slowly spoke: "In this case, the dust has settled, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is waiting for the throne, why did Gongzi Xie come to me in such a hurry?" ”

On weekdays, Li Xin talks to others, as long as he is not a particularly annoying person, he usually has a smiling face, but at this time, the Son of Heaven has just passed away, and he is not in a good mood, and it is not suitable for laughing at this time, so he is so serious.

Xie Dai made another move.

"In His Majesty's edict, the Hou Ye was mentioned, and the people in the palace looked around for the Hou Ye last night but did not find it, and this morning I learned that the Hou Ye had returned to the house, the queen ...... Niangniang specially asked us to invite the Hou Ye into the palace. ”

The Marquis of Jing'an frowned slightly.

"If the edict mentions me, it should be the palace people in the palace who have summoned me."

Xie Dai smiled bitterly and said, "Master Hou, there is chaos in the palace at this time......"

Li Xin nodded slightly.

"Okay, I'll go to the palace."

He was also going to enter the palace.

According to reason, with his status and status, he should not have returned to the palace last night, but should have stayed in the palace all night and not left the palace for a few days, just like those Zaifu, but he was in a very bad mood last night, and he was a little exhausted, and he didn't want to be in the palace, so he went home in the middle of the night to rest.

Now that the Xie family wants to invite him into the palace, he has no reason not to go.

At this time, he had already changed his clothes, and after getting into his own carriage, he entered Yong'anmen with Xie Dai.

One night, in the palace compound, it has been snow-white, there are white flags hanging everywhere, along the way you can also see some palace people wearing white, after approaching the Weiyang Palace, you can also see some eunuchs and palace maids, crying on the ground.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Li Xin looked up at the familiar Weiyang Palace.

At this time, it is a critical time for the smooth delivery of imperial power, and the decision-making level and core layer of the entire Great Jin Dynasty are in this Weiyang Palace.

As soon as he walked to the top of the steps, a eunuch from the inner chamberlain trotted all the way and respectfully handed a white linen robe to Li Xin.

Li Xin's face was calm and he put on this filial piety dress.

According to the etiquette of this era, the Son of Heaven is the "monarch father", and the death of the Son of Heaven means that everyone is "dead father", and they must give the Son of Heaven linen and filial piety.

After putting on filial piety clothes, Li Xin stepped into Weiyang Palace.

But Xie Dai didn't go in, he waited at the gate of Weiyang Palace, and now he is still in Weiyang Palace, I am afraid that the most recent is the court boss at the level of the Liubu Shilang, even if it is not the decision-making level of Shangshutai Zaifu, at least it is the core layer of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Li Xin can walk in with peace of mind, but Xie Dai can't, no matter what his surname is, he is not qualified to enter Weiyang Palace at this time.

After entering the Weiyang Palace, Li Xin directly entered the Son of Heaven's dormitory, at this time in the main hall of the dormitory, the coffin of the Son of Heaven has been placed, and the thirteen or fourteen-year-old Prince His Royal Highness knelt in front of the Son of Heaven's spirit, and from time to time sprinkled a few pieces of paper money into the brazier to ensure that the incense was endless.

On the other side, the Shangshu waiter of the Ministry of Rites, as well as the servants of Shangshutai, gathered together to discuss the name of the Taikang Emperor, the temple number, and the follow-up etiquette.

Near the coffin of the Son of Heaven, there were three or four little princes kneeling on both sides, whimpering and crying.

After Li Xin entered the dormitory, he glanced at the coffin of the Son of Heaven, sighed slightly, walked up, knelt down in front of the spirit of the Son of Heaven, and kowtowed three times.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wiped his tears and bowed back.

After Li Xin saluted, he got up and gently patted the prince's still immature shoulder, and then walked towards the position of several Zaifu in Shangshutai.

Nowadays, the aftermath of the Son of Heaven is actually handled by these people, and many things have to be communicated with them.

The left servant of the Taikang Dynasty is no longer the former Haoran Gong Zhang Qu, but Shen Kuan, who was directly promoted to Shangshutai by the Son of Heaven from the position of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is now the prime minister of Shangshutai.

Shen Kuan, at the age of thirty, he was admitted to the Jinshi, and at the age of forty, he successfully entered the Ministry of Rites from the Yushitai, and when he was eighteen years old in Taichengde, he served as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites at the age of forty-five, becoming one of the youngest waiters in the court.

Of course, a year later, Li Xin, who was awarded the title of Squire of the Military Department, cannot be counted.

This kind of young squire is very promising, after the Taikang Son ascended the throne, Shen Kuan also fell to the new monarch for the first time, and became a confidant of the Taikang Son of Heaven, and then rose to prominence, and successfully entered the Shangshutai at the age of fifty to worship the prime minister, and at the age of fifty-two, he was appointed as the left servant, and he has been in this position for three years now.

Li Xin, who is also a "confidant of the Son of Heaven", has not had much contact with this Shen servant, after all, he is a military general, and it is not good to have too much contact with civilian officials, at best, he has only seen it a few times before.

Li Xin walked up to this Shen servant and arched his hand slightly: "Shen Xiang, I heard that in His Majesty's edict, Li was mentioned. ”

Shen Kuan was discussing with other prime ministers, but when he heard this, he turned his head to look at Li Xin, and hurriedly saluted Li Xin with a fist: "Hou Ye Li has finally arrived, and the old man sent someone to look for Hou Ye Li for a long time last night." ”

There is a reason why he is so polite to Li Xin.

Shangshu Ling, the nominal supreme governor of Shangshu Province, has been hanging empty because of his excessive authority, so the left and right servants of Shangshu Province are the left and right ministers, and the power is basically the most prosperous of the country, and the grade is from the second grade, which is already the top in the civil service.

The rest of the first and second grades, similar to Taifu and the like, are honorary titles after retirement.

Theoretically speaking, the left and the right are considered to be extremely human.

But Li Xin is an exception, he is basically the only "in-service" first-class official in the imperial court.

He has a fictitious position of "Prince Taibao" from a product, and after the prince succeeds to the throne, he will remove the word "prince" and become a Taibao of a righteous and honest product.

Therefore, Li Xin is going to surpass these Zaifu in terms of grade, if according to the rules, these five Zaifu will call themselves "lower officials" in front of him.

After speaking, Shen Kuan, who had a long beard, took out a document from his sleeve and handed it to Li Xin.

"Your Majesty's edict, after I read it last night, it has been sealed, but the edict has been kept as a backup, written in this document, Marquis Li, please take a look."

Li Xin nodded slightly, and reached out to take the document.

"There is Lao Shenxiang."