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Enthronement Ceremony (1)

Li Pojun walked around the imperial city for a while, and saw that whether it was the three provinces or several yamen, they were all in a hurry, and everyone was busy with tomorrow's enthronement ceremony.

Some clever officials said anything about welcoming His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to guide the work and the like, which made Li Pojun embarrassed, so he had to flee in a hurry.

Li Pojun, who felt bored, returned to the East Palace again, and there was nothing to do all night.

The next day, before dawn, I am afraid that it was not yet dawn, even Li Pojun, who had always gotten up early, still didn't wake up, and was pushed and woken up by Xiao Qiu'er.

"Lang Jun, Lang Jun, hurry up, hurry up." Xiao Qiu'er said urgently.

Li Pojun rubbed his eyes in a daze, turned over and said, "It's still early, what are you doing?"

Xiao Qiu'er had no choice but to lift the silk quilt on Li Pojun's body, and said hurriedly: "Lang Jun, hurry up, everyone's enthronement ceremony is about to start, and the inner servants are waiting outside."

Li Pojun was stunned when he listened, "Enthronement ceremony? Then Qingming came over and glared at him, and he turned over, if his Royal Highness the Crown Prince was late for this enthronement ceremony, it would be a shame.

After coming out to wash, several attendants rushed up, which frightened Li Pojun.

Then there was an attendant who brought up the prince's crown dress with a tray and put it on for Li Pojun one by one, and it took a moment or two of effort to put it on.

"Your Highness, get dressed, do you see if tolerance is appropriate?" A clear-eyed chamberlain asked in a low voice.

Li Pojun twisted his neck, well, although the crown on his head is a little heavy, but that's it, he can't take off the ornaments on it. Twisting his arm, his clothes were tied properly, and he nodded.

A slightly older attendant in charge said: "Your Highness, when you are ready, go to the Taimiao with the old slave, and the sacrifice will be made at dawn."

When Li Pojun heard this, he asked, "Where is my father?"

"Everyone has gone first".

Li Pojun nodded and walked up, and suddenly, Xiao Qiu'er pulled Li Pojun's sleeve and said to the old eunuch: "Please also ask the prince to stay outside for a while, His Royal Highness will come here, and he will not miss the hour."

When the prince saw this, he also went out as a courtesy, just kidding, this little lady has followed His Royal Highness for many years, and she is very intimate, so she can't say that she is the future prince's concubine.

When the old eunuch went out, Li Pojun looked at Xiao Qiu'er suspiciously, Xiao Qiu'er smiled slyly, slipped to the side of the table, and brought over a tray covered with silk cloth on the table, Li Pojun was very curious about what was in this tray, only to see Xiao Qiu'er tear open the silk cloth like a trick, and look at it, it turned out to be some osmanthus cakes.

"Hehe, Lang Jun is easy to get hungry, I prepared the osmanthus cake last night, this ceremony has to take a big day, Lang Jun will eat some cushions first." Xiao Qiu'er said with a wink.

Li Pojun couldn't help but feel warm in his heart when he heard this, or Qiu'er was considerate, he pulled Qiu'er over and hugged him, Xiao Qiu'er sighed, and hurriedly said: "Oh, Lang Jun hurry up and eat, the prince and they still have the prince's car to drive, don't miss the time."

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Li Pojun was busy stuffing seven or eight pieces of osmanthus cake like a starving ghost, swallowed it, and picked up the teapot to pour it, Xiao Qiu'er covered her eyes when she saw it, how could this Langjun always eat like Qiu Ba in the army, gobbling it up, it was really embarrassing, and he stepped forward and grabbed the teapot, "Oh, don't drink too much water, you can't go to the toilet in the ceremony."

Li Pojun was stunned, smiled bitterly, and was about to go out, Xiao Qiu'er was busy and caught up with a few steps to wipe the residue from the corners of Li Pojun's mouth with a handkerchief.

Li Pojun pushed out the door and strode over, and the eyes of the princes and others outside lit up.

I saw that Li Pojun was wearing a crown of heaven on his head, white beads hanging down on his forehead, red ribbons on both sides as hat bands, a rhino horn hairpin on his head and black hair, green cotton as an ornament next to his ears, a red and yellow robe, a jade belt hook around his waist, and a cloud head brocade on his feet.

Seeing this, the king's attendants saw even more respect in their eyes, and bent down and asked, "Is Your Highness ready?"

Li Pojun endured a hiccup with a strange face: "Ready, let's go, there is Prince Lao."

"Don't dare, don't dare, Your Highness will wait for the car with the old slave." After that, he bowed down and led Li Pojun the way.

Li Pojun boarded his car for the first time and rode the gold chariot, the whole car is golden and red, the golden road, carved gold inlaid with red, the carriage depicts the birds and beasts of the borage, in front of the car, there is a dust, there is a vermilion top cover to shade the wind and light, and the wheel painting vermilion teeth.

On the left, the flag is erected and flutters in the wind; There are five halberds on the right, the head of the flag hangs with a golden dragon title and a ribbon bell, and there are two golden bells in Luanmen, the gold square, and the wind blows and jingles.

The whole car is gorgeous and noble, Li Pojun maliciously thought, what is the English royal car Rolls-Royce, Bentley, compared to this, it is also lo exploded, this has more taste and cultural connotation.

When the royal chamberlain saw that Li Pojun was sitting in the car, there was nothing to do, so he shouted, "His Royal Highness the Prince, get up."

After that, the car was slowly pulled away by four tall horses of the same color.

Two long rows of halberd-wielding guards on the left and right followed closely behind.

The car staggered very slowly and steadily, all the way through the main hall of the East Palace, Jiade Hall, out of the Jiafu Gate, and then turned to the Chengtian Gate, from the Chengtian Gate through the three provinces and went to the Taimiao.

After coming to Chengtianmen and passing through the three provinces, I could hear a burst of noise.

Li Pojun lifted the curtain and saw that it was not lively in front of him, and the bustling people in front of the Taimiao were all people, and these should all be people who were going to participate in the ceremony.

Although the Taimiao Square is very wide, but seeing that so many people are distributed, it is not easy to enter such a large car, so I just wanted to say that I ordered to stop and walk over.

I heard the shrill voice of the king's chamberlain resounding high, straight through the entire Taimiao Square.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived."

Li Pojun smiled, is it so high-profile, but this is the identity, everyone heard this voice and looked at the huge prince's car, and quickly avoided the side.

The car moved slowly until it was in front of the temple.

When Li Pojun got out of the car, he heard a mountain shout, "The ministers have seen His Royal Highness the Prince."

Li Pojun also stretched out his arm in front of Che Shi, "Princes, please get up."

Then without much delay, I went straight to the Taimiao to meet Li Shimin, your emperor Lao Tzu is inside, you can't be addicted to accepting the ministers outside.

Step into the main gate, enter the temple of Taimiao, in front of you is a row of gods who worship the heavens and ancestors, and the side halls on the left and right sides are dedicated to some historical ministers and deceased meritorious ministers.

But I didn't see Li Shimin and the others, and the prince behind him said: "Your Highness, please come here, everyone and your lords are resting in the side hall for a while."

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