On February 27, the enthronement ceremony of the Emperor of Yuan Zhao was officially held in the imperial city.

This is a major event that can only be encountered once in many years, and it is also a major event that determines the country's foundation, and since the collapse of Taikang Tianzi, the court has been preparing for this matter.

As early as a few days ago, the dignitaries and nobles who were able to arrive in the capital from all over the country, including the clans in various places, arrived in the capital one after another with the approval of the sect government to watch the ceremony.

Even in Yongle Fang, there is a lot of excitement.

Ten years ago, when the Taikang Emperor ascended the throne, Li Xin was already on the way back to his hometown in Yongzhou, deliberately avoiding the limelight, and now by the time of the enthronement ceremony of the Emperor of Yuanzhao, he is already a figure in the court that is difficult to bypass.

At this time, Li Xin, not to mention other identities, only has the identity of a first-class Taibao, and his grade exceeds that of most officials in the court, plus the name of an emperor, he is even qualified to preside over this enthronement ceremony.

However, Li Xin is not a showy person, he didn't take over the next errand, but handed over the work of hosting to the Ministry of Rites and Shangshutai to do, he just changed into a first-class court dress, and took the ninth princess, who had been "promoted" to the eldest princess, and the eldest daughter Li Shu, and entered the palace to watch the ceremony together.

The etiquette of ascending the throne is very cumbersome, the first step is to go to the temple early in the morning to burn incense and worship the ancestors, and then burn a sacrifice that has been written a long time ago, and then pay tribute to the ancestors, telling the ancestors that the emperor has changed.

After informing the ancestors and ancestors, the next step is to pay tribute to heaven and earth, offer the Son of Heaven too prison, and notify God that the son of the world has been replaced.

At this point, the ritual of worshipping the sky is actually almost the same, and the next thing is naturally to accept the worship of hundreds of officials, and after a few mountain shouts, the matter will be settled.

Of course, this is only a rough outline, and there are still details that I don't know, such as the hypocritical process of three requests and three resignations, so I don't need to go into detail one by one.

When Li Xin took his family into the palace, the Son of Heaven had already walked into the Taimiao under the leadership of the Ministry of Rites and others, and the high altar in front of the Taimiao had also been set up, just waiting for the Son of Heaven to come out of the Taimiao and burn incense to worship the sky.

The five Zaifu of Shangshutai, under the leadership of Shen Kuan, the left minister, were also busy before and after, and the busiest of them was Xiao Zheng, the eunuch of the inner eunuch.

If he wants to continue to stay in the palace, he must please the Empress Dowager Xie and the Emperor Yuan Zhao, and the enthronement ceremony is the best opportunity to perform, so this great eunuch has been almost busy with his feet in the past few days, and has done everything in the palace properly.

Comparatively speaking, Li Xin, the emperor, is much more idle, he brought his family to the palace to watch the ceremony on the day of the enthronement ceremony, even if he arrived in the palace, he was also a spectator, and did not participate in too many affairs.

For the safety of the enthronement ceremony, at this time, there were internal guards inside and outside the palace city strictly guarded, and Li Xin even saw some Tsing Yi Qianniu guards, patrolling inside and outside the palace, but even now, he still didn't see a black-clothed Yulin guard.

He sighed helplessly at the eldest princess beside him.

"I haven't been in Yulinwei for more than seven years, and now Yulinwei is also taken care of by their Xie family, even so, they still can't trust Yulinwei."

At this time, it has been two or three months since the death of the Son of Heaven, and the grief of the ninth princess has also been alleviated a lot, she pulled Li Xin's sleeve and gave him a blank look.

"You also know that you have been away from Yulinwei for seven years, and now there is not much left of your old department in Yulinwei, what do you still care about Yulinwei?"

The Marquis of Jing'an sighed: "After all, I am from Yulinwei......

When Li Xin first entered the capital, he entered Yulinwei under the recommendation of Yulinwei Captain Zhang Xiao, and then stayed in Yulinwei for almost three years, during which he also took Yulinwei with him to experience the dangerous Renchen Palace Change.

If it weren't for Yu Linwei, he would never have been able to get to this point today, so even if he has been made a marquis, he always has feelings for Yu Linwei.

After the change of Renchen Palace, some generals from Yulin Weili were scattered all over the capital, and these people have always respected Li Xin, and they will send some things to the Jing'an Hou Mansion during the New Year's Festival, even when Li Xin was imprisoned in Dali Temple, some of them also came to the Hou Mansion to ask about the situation.

Now Yu Linwei has become one of the lowest status among the three guards in the capital, and even far behind the rising star Qianniuwei, most of the reason is because of him, if Yu Linwei is an ordinary yamen, his current identity can help some, but Yu Linwei is the Son of Heaven's pro-army, and no one can interfere except the Son of Heaven, so Li Xin has always been a little reluctant to Yu Linwei.

At this time, the Son of Heaven finally walked out of the Taimiao surrounded by a group of officials, and the Ninth Princess and Li Xin stood together in the midst of the nobles, and she reached out and gently pulled Li Xin's sleeve.

"Look, it's time to sacrifice to the heavens."

As a royal princess, the ninth princess is still very clear about these etiquette parts.

Li Xin looked up and saw that the Emperor of Yuan Zhao had already ascended the high altar with the support of the Ministry of Rites.

Next, it is time to burn incense and sacrifice to the sky.

Yuan Zhao Tianzi lit high incense, inserted it in the incense burner, and then knelt on the futon.

As soon as he knelt, everyone at the gate of the Taimiao Temple knelt down, and even Li Xin knelt down under the pull of the Ninth Princess.

Fortunately, the time to worship the heavens was not long, and after the Son of Heaven bowed three times, he stood up, and then turned his head to accept the worship of the hundred officials.

Qin Zhao, the current secretary of the Ministry of Rites, took the lead and knelt three times and bowed nine times to the Emperor of Yuanzhao.

In front of the Taimiao, there were a group of people, all kneeling down, kneeling three times and nine bows to the young people on the high platform, shouting Your Majesty.

After three sounds, the enthronement ceremony was basically completed.

Yuan Zhao Tianzi on the high platform swallowed his saliva a little nervously, and said, "Zhongqing...... Flat. ”

This is the first time he has said this, and it is inevitable that he will be a little nervous, and he will say it many times in the foreseeable future.

The ceremony was successfully completed, and everyone in the group breathed a long sigh of relief.

Especially the Queen Mother who sat in the sedan chair and watched secretly.

After the ceremony was completed, Empress Dowager Xie waved her hand, and a group of eunuchs carried her very sensibly and returned to the harem.

And the matter here is not over, Shang Shu's left servant shot Shen Kuan, and after the end of the ceremony, he found Li Xin in the crowd, he walked over and bowed to Li Xin and the nine princesses.

"I've seen Marquis Li, I've seen the eldest princess."

Li Xin and the Ninth Princess also returned the favor to this Zaifu.

"Shen Xiang is polite."

After Shen Kuan saluted, he smiled at Li Xin: "Hou Ye Li, the enthronement ceremony has ended, but I still have some things to discuss with Hou Ye Li." ”

Li Xin glanced at Shen Kuan in surprise.

"What is there to discuss with me, an idler?"

"Naturally, it's about Hou Ye Li."

Li Xin pondered for a while, turned back to the ninth princess and said, "Madam, you go to the harem to accompany your mother first, and I will go with Shen Xiang." ”

The ninth princess nodded and glanced at Shen Kuan.

"Then you go and get busy."

……

Shangshutai was in the imperial city, and soon they walked from the gate of the Taimiao Temple to Shangshutai.

Li Xin has been to Shangshutai, but not much, the first few times most of them were in the palace to drink with the Son of Taikang and come with the Son of Heaven.

After he and Shen Kuan entered Shangshutai, they found that three of the five Zaifu in Shangshutai were there.

Among them was another auxiliary minister, Ram Shu.

There is also the Imperial Historian of the Imperial Historical Observatory, who is also clumsy.

In other words, the four major auxiliary ministers left by the first emperor have reached three.

Marquis Jing'an's face was calm, he glanced at these people, and then smiled at Shen Kuan: "Such a big battle is waiting here, if Shen Xiang has anything, just give it a direct order, there is no need to discuss." ”

Among the four auxiliary ministers, except for the absence of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, the others are all present, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is mainly responsible for the military, and theoretically speaking, these three people can already issue any decree in the imperial court.

Shen Xiang smiled.

"Master Hou doesn't need to be so nervous, it's not a bad thing for me to invite Master Hou to come."

He glanced at the other two auxiliary ministers, and then said to Li Xin: "Hou Ye Li is a master who has received the restraints of His Majesty, and now that His Majesty has officially ascended the throne, Hou Ye Li's identity as an emperor should also be confirmed." ”

Shen Kuan bowed his head slightly.

"I have carefully discussed it these days, and I have asked His Majesty's opinion, and I am ready to promote the Hou Ye's Taibao to Taifu."

Marquis Jing'an squinted his eyes and glanced at Shen Kuan.

Taifu and Taibao, both of which are one of the three divisions, are slightly higher than Taibao.

On the bright side, it is indeed rising.