After the shouts of the Joan sailors, the whole street gradually fell silent. The onlookers who ate melons, whether they were ordinary people or dignitaries, smelled something wrong from it.

Xia Nan feigned anger to the left and right: "Is this your idea? Today, it is obviously to send His Royal Highness the Crown Prince back to the palace, what a big deal this is, why can't you distinguish the priority? ”

Sima De replied with a look of surprise: "General, the subordinates and others have not arranged anything...... Maybe it was the soldiers spontaneously......"

Fang Zhenghua hurriedly played a round: "The soldiers entered the king of Beijing Qin, and made such a great contribution, they were excited, and they just arrived in the capital, they didn't understand the rules, and their words and deeds were slightly inappropriate, and it was not a big deal, not tight, not tight!" ”

Xia Nan turned his head to Zhu Cihong and said apologetically: "These soldiers of mine don't understand the rules, their words and deeds are inappropriate, I hope Your Highness will forgive your sins." ”

Zhu Cihong rubbed his somewhat stiff face, put on a smiling face again, and replied, "Don't tight, don't tight...... Pingnanhou has made such a great achievement, and the soldiers do this is also a love for you, which shows that you love soldiers like children on weekdays, and it is human nature to shout these words, which is understandable......"

"Your Highness, I am very grateful."

Xia Nan got the answer he wanted, turned his head with satisfaction, looked ahead, and waved his whip.

"Let people spread the word to the past, from the current boundary to the Forbidden City, no one is allowed to make noise along the way, so as not to disturb the prince Luan."

Zhu Cihong was very depressed when he heard this. I hid like a prisoner for so many days, and finally survived until the defeat of the Dashun army, and I was able to ascend the throne, but in the end, I couldn't interact with my subjects. Isn't it enough to silence your subordinates?

But Zhu Cihong didn't dare to say this, he could see that Xia Nan didn't mean to ask him for instructions at all, and he didn't even have any intention of discussing, so he gave an order directly.

Maybe it's because Pingnanhou has been leading troops all the year round, and he is used to giving orders, and he is not used to asking for instructions, right? Zhu Cihong comforted himself so in his heart. However, although he was able to find the bottom of the stairs by himself, there was still a faint shadow in his heart.

In the next journey, Zhu Cihong deeply understood what it means to "order and prohibit". After Xia Nan's order was issued, although there were people kneeling along the way, no one dared to raise a loud voice, just lowered his head. There was no sound in the whole street except for the sound of horses' hooves, and it was unusually quiet.

Zhu Cihong's mood also fell from the peak to the bottom with the scene along the way. He secretly glanced at Xia Nan, who was expressionless, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: Is this trip back to the palace a blessing or a curse?

Under the protection of the Qiong navy along the way, Luan drove smoothly to the imperial city, and the team prepared to enter through the Chengtian Gate, while the troops of the Qiong navy stayed outside the imperial city and waited.

At this time, a soldier who had given the order hurriedly arrived and came to Xia Nan's side to whisper something. Xia Nan glanced at Zhu Cihong and said, "What's the matter, say it out loud, is it still hidden from His Highness?" ”

The herald soldier stopped his waist and reported loudly: "In order to ensure the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, our people searched the imperial city, but found a cadre of prisoners in the prison of Dali Temple. According to their own accounts, they were imprisoned by the rogues, because the rogues were defeated too suddenly to deal with them. His identity is not only the official of the six ministries, but also the relatives of the emperor, and even the person who claims to be a scholar and a prince, we can't tell the truth from the false, so I have come to report it......"

Zhu Cihong became excited when he heard this, the heirs of the first prince were not prosperous, and the so-called princes were not King Yong and King Ding? He hurriedly waved his arms and said, "It must be King Yong and King Ding, the two younger brothers of the palace, bring them to the palace quickly!" ”

The soldiers who gave the order heard Zhu Cihong's words, but they didn't take the order and left, they didn't even glance at Zhu Cihong, they just stared at Xia Nan, waiting for his order.

Zhu Cihong was embarrassed and withdrew his hand in disdain.

"Didn't you hear the words of Your Highness? Hurry up and spread the word, and let them bring all the people in prison to see Your Highness. "Summer South ordered.

"Subordinates obey!" When the herald received the order, he turned around and ran back in the direction from which he had come.

After passing through the Chengtian Gate, it didn't take long for the group to arrive at the noon gate, and at this time, Wen Tiren, who set off first, had already led hundreds of civil and military officials to wait at the noon gate for a long time.

Seeing the arrival of the crown prince Luan, Wen Tiren took the lead in kneeling down with his official robe, and shouted loudly: "Greetings to Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" ”

All the officials knelt down and shouted: "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" ”

Zhu Cihong grew up in the East Palace and is quite familiar with the rules of the palace. After his father's absence, from the moment he returned to the Forbidden City as the heir to the throne, he automatically became the new emperor, and it was no problem for the ministers to call him so. As for the enthronement ceremony, it is more to carry out the ritual process and ensure the legitimacy of the succession to the throne.

Hearing this Your Majesty, every pore on his body was full of comfort, as if he had eaten an elixir, and the grievances along the way disappeared in an instant. After stabilizing his emotions, he smiled and stretched out his hand to raise his hand: "Zhong Aiqing is flat." ”

After leveling down, Wen Tiren reported: "Your Majesty, please move to the Imperial Palace (Note 1) to discuss important matters such as changing the yuan, rewarding, and enthronement ceremony. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded: "Very good, let's go to the Imperial Palace." ”

The civil and military officials dodged the way to let Luan drive through the noon gate, and then followed behind, and a large group of people were ready to walk in the direction of the Imperial Palace.

At this time, a group of Qiong Navy soldiers "escorted" a group of unkempt people to the noon gate, and a young man with sharp eyes saw the familiar back of Luan in front of him, and couldn't help shouting: "Brother Huang, Brother Huang!" ”

Zhu Cihong looked back when he heard the sound, and his eyes suddenly turned red.

"Brother Huang!"

The young man took the hand of another young man and ran over, fell to the ground, choked and said, "Brother Huang, I thought I wouldn't see you, but I didn't expect to come out alive." ”

These two people are the Yongwang and Dingwang who were imprisoned by Li Zicheng, the two who were originally pampered were thrown into prison and suffered a lot, but now they see the light of day again, and they see their brother again, and they immediately feel sad.

Several other ministers also staggered over, knelt down slowly, looked at the battle in front of them, and after figuring out the situation, they spoke: "Your Majesty, please see Your Majesty." ”

Xia Nan was standing far away, watching Zhu Cihong and the others meet each other as a bystander, and when his eyes moved to an old man in filthy clothes kneeling on the ground, he couldn't help but blurt out: "Yang Sichang? ”

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Note 1: The Huangji Hall is commonly known as the Jinluan Palace, which was originally called "Fengtian Palace", which was used for the emperor's enthronement, sacrifices, grand ceremonies and court meetings. In the forty-first year of Jiajing (1562), it was renamed "Huangji Palace", and this term has been used until the second year of Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty (1645), and it was renamed the current name of "Taihe Palace".