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It is said that a country cannot be without a king for a day, and the enthronement ceremony of the new king is usually held within one month after the death of the first emperor.However, several months have actually passed since the death of Emperor Jing Yuan, and now that the matter of succession to the throne has finally been settled, naturally there is no longer any delay.

The eldest princess did not come back from the palace that day, because of Emperor Jing Yuan's funeral, and tomorrow's enthronement ceremony.However, the atmosphere in the other courtyard is very good. After all, although a year is not long, after several changes and dangers, it is not easy for everyone to come to this day. Even Su Mo woke up and heard about it. Nothing else, just happy.

In the early morning of the next day, these people in the He Family Courtyard in Mingdefang were all taken into the palace to watch the ceremony by someone from the palace.

Most of the celebrations in the palace are like that, grand and grand, and at the same time strict rules.There are rules about when to start and when to end, which leg the emperor should step on first, and where each minister should stand and do what.

The arrival of Zhong Shao and others disrupted the original arrangements of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, and after a while of hustle and bustle, they arranged a standing place to watch the ceremony with them in the main hall—in fact, if it wasn’t for the new emperor’s instruction, Zhong Shao Already white, Su Mo is a woman, and the imperial concubine is even a concubine. They are not qualified to stand on this palace at all.

The enthronement ceremony is serious, but it is also boring. Zhong Shao doesn't value power very much now, but he is still happy to see the eldest princess really ascend to the throne.

The rites and music were played, and the ceremony began as scheduled.

The grand ceremony was held in the Xuanzheng Hall, where the new king ascended the throne, offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, issued imperial edicts, and received worship from all officials.Today's Ying Yang is dressed in a crown robe, with a dignified body, it seems to be the same as in the past, and it seems to be a little different.

Zhong Shao looked at it, feeling inexplicably disappointed, and couldn't tell why.Then she slightly glanced sideways at the noble concubine standing beside her, and saw that her eyes were fixed on Ying Yang who was ascending to the throne step by step, there was excitement in her eyes, but also loss.

Perhaps because of the rapid change of status, this person who has been chasing after Yingyang for a long time finally felt at a loss.

The enthronement ceremony is proceeding in an orderly manner, and will not be changed by anyone's mind.Zhong Shao was disappointed, Concubine Gui was at a loss, Su Mo was excited and happy, Fu Wang's family was relieved, and only Jing Guogong looked at Ying Yang's back with some resentment.But so what?The eldest princess who has not ascended the throne is already an existence that the Su family can't afford to provoke, not to mention that she is already the new king.

The tedious process was going on one by one, and it was already noon when the ceremony was finally over.After the ceremony, there will be a banquet. This is the first time that the new monarch has formal exchanges with the ministers. Although it is solemn, it is not as serious as it was during the enthronement ceremony.

The palace banquet started, as usual, the new monarch gave encouragement and admonition to the officials, and the officials congratulated and toasted the new monarch. The atmosphere in front of the hall was harmonious, and it looked harmonious. There was no such thing as the previous two factions facing each other for Yingyang's female status. .

Su Mo is Yingyang's only daughter, so she is naturally qualified to attend such an occasion, and her seat is arranged at the lower left of Yingyang, and the one sitting directly opposite her at the lower right is now the only one. King Fu, the direct descendant of the royal family.Such an arrangement is obviously very flattering to Su Mo, because although she is the only daughter of the new emperor, her surname is Su, so she is not considered a member of the royal family.

Because of such a seating arrangement, the eyes of many ministers present flickered, but they had vaguely guessed the new king's intentions.

Zhong Shao doesn't care much about this, she cares more about her seat.Her seat was next to Su Mo's, and compared to Su Mo's, her seat arrangement was even more conspicuous.Because of what happened back then, her official position and titles have been taken away, and now she is white, and she has reconciled with Su Mo long ago. I didn't talk about having a banquet in this hall, and even the imperial palace is not qualified to step into it. of.

Because of this preferential treatment, many people also cast their eyes on her.Zhong Shao remained calm, just straightened his back, but his heart was full of joy - the mother-in-law was admitting her identity in a disguised form, even if she and Su Mo had reconciled, as her son-in-law, the emperor still recognized.With her backing, Zhong Shao no longer has to worry about someone missing his wife!

The enthronement ceremony was held all morning, and everyone stood upright all morning, already exhausted and hungry.So after the routine toast, everyone ate and drank, and the banquet quickly became lively.

Zhong Shao's ears are very sharp, while eating and drinking by himself, while taking care of Su Mo who is next to him, he can also listen to gossip.

Naturally, today is the day when the new emperor ascends the throne, and she is indispensable for gossip. Everyone in the palace is somewhat restrained, and naturally they dare not talk about important matters, but real gossip can still be said a few words-Liang Guo can't help but speak, except for the arrogance. In addition to discussing government affairs, this kind of gossip about the royal family, even if it involves the emperor, can be used as long as it is not a shocking scandal.

So Zhong Shao heard Mr. Jia say: "Oh, I never thought that two generations of princes would fight for the throne, and in the end they would be a princess. The blood of the royal family has withered so far. It's really..."

Mr. A had just finished his grief over the Spring and Autumn, and Mr. B over there had already turned the topic into gossip: "Isn't it? It's the first time I've heard that the Empress is in court. Speaking of which, Duke Jing is still His Majesty's son-in-law. Now that the tide is rising, all boats are going up, you want to be crowned as the emperor's husband, right?"

Lord B was immediately agitated when he heard the words, so he leaned over and said, "What nonsense! Don't you know that His Majesty reconciled with Jing Guogong the day before yesterday, and today he didn't even mention the matter of the emperor's husband. It’s all over now, Duke Jing’s bamboo basket is empty.”

When Master Ding heard the words, he immediately disdainfully said: "Your Majesty has such an arrogant and arrogant temperament, how can there be sand in his eyes? Let me tell you, Duke Jing's mansion is about to be defeated now. Back then, the old lady took advantage of the princess's pregnancy as a cover for the son-in-law." People are already absurd enough, just say that His Majesty was in trouble at the beginning of the year, the attitude of the Duke of Jing... Tsk, it is good that His Majesty did not offend, why do you expect to be in the middle palace?!"

When it comes to entering the middle palace, several people also feel a little weird, after all, Su Han is a man, and this word seems to have never been used on a man.

Everyone talked a lot in bits and pieces, Zhong Shao listened to it for a while, but felt that there was some truth in one sentence - Duke Jing's mansion was about to lose, they didn't have enough vision to bet on the wrong thing, and they had no successors.

Drinking a little wine, listening to gossip, time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it's been three rounds of wine and five flavors.

The emperor had been toasted by all the officials before, although most of the toasts were only on the lips, but some important officials still needed to show some face, so they drank a lot, and when the banquet was halfway through, they gradually became a little drunk.

After sitting with his head propped up for a while, the emperor saw that it was almost time, so he also left the seat first.

Seeing the emperor leaving, Zhong Shao turned his head and wanted to ask Su Mo what they should do for a while, but when he turned his head, he found that Su Mo was looking at her inquisitively, and he couldn't help being startled, and asked: "Ah Mo, what's the matter?" already?"

But Su Mo suddenly reached out and took the jug on her desk, then shook it lightly, and asked, "Have you finished the whole jug of wine?!"

Zhong Shao looked at the jug, then at the wine glass still in his hand, he was a little confused, so he said, "Yeah, what's wrong?"

Su Mo didn't speak for a while, she looked up at Zhong Shao, but saw that her complexion was normal, her eyes were bright, and she was not half drunk.For some reason, I was a little disappointed in my heart, so I said quietly: "It's nothing, I just didn't expect you to drink so well now."

The person who could be overwhelmed by a few glasses of fruit wine and peach blossom wine back then, now has a good capacity for drinking, but Su Mo used to like to see her drunk, and I am afraid it will not be so easy to see her again in the future.

Zhong Shao laughed when he heard the words. Thinking of the experience of those years, he also felt a little emotional: "I learned it when I was doing business in the Western Regions. The nights in the desert in winter are very cold. How can I not learn to drink to keep warm? At first, I will get drunk. If I drink too much, I will gradually become drunk. Enough."

In fact, Zhong Shao thinks this is pretty good, after all, the bad drinking capacity back then was really a great weakness, fortunately, it was never taken advantage of.But now that this weakness is gone, it is naturally a good thing.

Su Mo lowered his eyes slightly, and didn't say anything else, but Zhong Shao blinked, and suddenly came over and smiled, "Why, Ah Mo wants to see me drunk again?"

To put it bluntly, Su Mo was not pretentious, but nodded, and said seriously: "You are very beautiful when drunk."

The overall situation has been settled, so there is no need to worry about other things. Su Mo, who used to love romance, has returned to his original appearance.

Zhong Shao touched his face subconsciously when he heard the words, feeling a little depressed.She spent four years in the Western Regions, and felt that her good face was half ruined by the scorching sun and wind and sand. After returning to Beijing last year, she took good care of it for a period of time with Su Mo's help, but because of the accident on New Year's Eve, she first ran for her life The last one was marching. After one summer, Shengsheng got a little tanned again, and he hasn't been able to recover until now.

When Su Mo saw Zhong Shao's actions, he knew what she was thinking, and couldn't help but chuckled.

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Ying Yang was good at drinking, but this time he was busy and was toasted by a group of ministers, after all, he couldn't stand it anymore.Halfway through the banquet, she was already drunk, and sat with her head propped up for a while, before finally leaving the banquet.

She was dressed in a crown robe and looked majestic. When she left the table, her steps seemed to be quite calm, but she felt dizzy when she turned around the front hall, and then she staggered and almost fell down.

The servants in the palace were startled, and they were about to step forward to help, but a pair of jade-white catkins touched the arm in the crown robe first.Ying Yang raised her head subconsciously, stared at the man with drunken eyes for a long time, and then said: "You, are you here?"

The noble concubine frowned, then turned her face away in disgust, and said, "Drinking so much, my mouth is full of alcohol!"

The one in front of him is already the emperor, but the imperial concubine has no scruples when she speaks.It is said that a companion is like a tiger, even if it is a woman, wouldn't a tigress be more terrifying? !The palace people were heartbroken when they heard the words, but Ying Yang just pursed her lips and stopped talking.

The imperial concubine actually felt relieved when she saw this, she knew that Ying Yang was not someone who would change her attitude towards the people around her just because her status changed.But seeing her ascend the throne today, watching her sitting on the dragon chair and being worshiped by everyone, and standing under His Highness Xuan Zheng, she always felt that she seemed to be further away from herself.She was a little uneasy, a little dazed, and a little overwhelmed, so she wanted to try it out.

Fortunately, Yingyang is still the same, even because of being drunk, she looks a little cute for no reason.

There was a smile on the corner of her mouth, and the imperial concubine supported Ying Yang and continued to go to the apse: "Why don't you talk, don't you want to pay attention to me?"

Ying Yang opened his mouth, but quickly closed it again, and then took two steps forward with the support of the imperial concubine, then turned his head to the other side and said, "I'm very alcoholic, I'm afraid it will poison you."

Hearing this, the smile on her lips deepened a bit, but the voice of the noble concubine sounded serious: "Then you drink less from now on, look at your current appearance, I'm afraid you won't even I can't even stand firmly. As a king, how can I indulge myself so far?!"

Ying Yang wanted to refute, but opened her mouth, and finally didn't say anything, just replied: "Oh, I see."

The Concubine Gui felt that the drunk Ying Yang was incredibly well-behaved, which made her even more excited and unable to let go.The palace people at the side heard the conversation between the two, but they felt full of weirdness, but they couldn't seem to tell where the weirdness was.If they had more experience, they should know that the conversation between these two people is really like a young couple!

It's a pity that most of the palace people grew up in the palace and have never seen the way of getting along with each other outside, and the imperial concubine and Ying Yang obviously didn't notice these problems.So the group continued to move forward until they reached the apse, where Ying Yang was helped by the noble concubine to a chair to rest and sober up temporarily.

After all, the Concubine Gui is in the harem, it is an exception for Yingyang to allow her to watch the enthronement ceremony today, and because everyone in the court knows that the Concubine Gui and the Eldest Princess have been allies for many years, so no one commented.But when it came to the palace banquet later, it was difficult for her to follow her to attend.So she didn't go to the previous banquet, but just stayed in the apse and waited, and by the way, let someone prepare the hangover soup in advance.

At this moment, someone from the palace brought the prepared hangover soup, after the noble concubine took it and tested the temperature, she handed the bowl to Ying Yang's lips, and said at the same time: "Yingyang, drink some hangover soup Soup."

Ying Yang raised her eyes and glanced at Concubine Gui, her eyes were a little hazy, and she lacked the rigor of the past.For some reason, the Concubine Gui's heart skipped a beat when she saw her gaze, but before she could react, Ying Yang had already withdrawn her gaze, then lightly opened her red lips, and slowly drank the sober wine with her hand Soup comes.

Concubine Gui feels that Yingyang is really different today, as if she has broken free from some restraints...

After drinking the hangover soup, Ying Yang raised his hand to support his forehead and said, "I'm so dizzy, I want to go back and rest."

Going back is naturally not going back outside the palace, nor going back to the palace where she was in the palace back then.Emperor Jing Yuan passed away a long time ago, and the Xuanshi Hall has been cleaned up now. Now that Yingyang has ascended the throne, it is natural to go to Xuanshi Hall to rest.

The noble concubine handed the empty bowl to the palace servant beside her, and then ordered: "Get ready for driving." After giving the order, she helped Ying Yang Xiang who was already drowsy and drunk Go outside the hall.

The palace people moved very quickly, and by the time the imperial concubine helped Yingyang out of the palace, the royal driver was already ready.

Ying Yang was helped onto the sedan chair, but the imperial concubine looked around, only to find that the palace gatemen failed to find the sedan chair prescribed by the dowager in a hurry.She hesitated for a while, then looked at Ying Yang who was on the sedan chair, and then raised her heels to heel up.

It is a serious crime of usurpation to board the royal driver privately, and the surrounding palaces all widened their eyes when they saw this, some couldn't believe it.But at the same time, no one, including the chief eunuch, knew how to deal with such a situation—if someone else did such a thing, they would have let Habayashi drag him down, but that was expensive. Concubine, no one in the harem knows that she has a very good relationship with the new emperor!

The chief eunuch's lips trembled, and he hadn't decided whether to persuade the imperial concubine to come down, or to order someone to lift up the sedan chair and leave, when he saw that His Majesty on the sedan chair tilted his head and leaned against the imperial concubine's body. Shoulders... and rubbed against each other!

Well, there is no need to say anything, the chief eunuch was about to shout "Let's drive", but remembered that the emperor seemed to be falling asleep, so he quickly lowered his voice by an octave, and then told the group of palace people: "Get up and go to Xuanshi Hall."

The sedan chair was lifted up steadily and headed all the way to Xuanshi Hall.

Ying Yang leaned on the shoulder of the Concubine Gui, she was really drunk and fell asleep.In fact, this is not the case at all. With her original self-control, since she was able to walk out of the banquet in the front hall steadily, she will not be completely drunk at this moment.Just being next to the noble concubine, smelling the familiar scent on her body, the tense nerves were relaxed, and he indulged himself unknowingly.

The palace people who carried the chariot were well-trained, they walked fast and steadily, and it didn't take long before they arrived outside the hall of Xuanshi.

When the noble concubine saw the place, she called softly: "Yingyang, wake up, we've arrived at the Xuanshi Hall."

However, Ying Yang only frowned slightly, but did not open her eyes.So the noble concubine could only call again, and it took a long time for this person to open his eyes, but the eyes were a little confused, as if he didn't know where he was...

As long as it is not a cold rejection, the Concubine Gui thinks that any appearance of Ying Yang is very good.It's just that she used to think that she was fine when she was injured and weak, because Ying Yang didn't know what to say and what he meant, but now she thinks that drunk Ying Yang is also fine, cute and well-behaved so that her heart is moved.

Holding Ying Yang's hand again, he helped her down from the sedan chair. Maybe the hangover soup had some effect, and Ying Yang walked a bit more steadily, and her eyes gradually recovered after waking up dazed. Some Qingming.It's just that she didn't refuse the imperial concubine's support, and still allowed her to help her into the Xuanshi Palace.

The eunuch in charge and a group of palace attendants were also relieved when they saw this—His Majesty was sober, but he did not blame the imperial concubine for boarding the imperial carriage. It seems that their attitude towards the imperial concubine will have to be more respectful in the future. yes.

The noble concubine who had already stepped into the Xuanshi Hall couldn't care about the thoughts of those behind her. She helped Yingyang all the way back to the bedroom, and even helped her to sit beside the bed.And Yingyang seemed to have woken up quite a bit, but she was still a little drunk, at least her reaction was much slower than usual, and after being helped to the bedside, she just sat there blankly, then looked up at the noble concubine in front of her, I don't know what to think.

Concubine Gui felt that Ying Yang probably didn't think about anything at the moment, she was just drunk.So he didn't pay attention to this, and ordered the palace people beside him to bring hot water, intending to wait for Ying Yang to freshen up.

The servants in Xuanshi Hall were naturally the best in the entire palace, hot water was brought up quickly, and some maids twisted warm veils to wipe Ying Yang's face.It's just that Ying Yang, who seemed to be wandering in the sky before, frowned at this moment, then turned her head slightly to avoid it, and instead stretched out her hand to get the handkerchief.

However, if you are drunk, you are drunk, and what you see in your eyes is different from the reality, not to mention that your hands are not so steady.So Yingyang raised his hand to get the handkerchief, but it was empty.The palace lady turned pale when she saw this, and was about to send the veil to Ying Yang for injury, but she stretched out her other hand to take the veil away first, and said at the same time: "Let me come, you Back off."

The palace lady hurriedly agreed as if she had received an amnesty, and then retreated respectfully.

The Grand Concubine personally wiped Ying Yang's face with a handkerchief, this time she did not hide, but kept looking up slightly at the Grand Concubine, her eyes were so deep that one could not see the emotion inside.

The other party cooperated very well, so the grooming went quite smoothly. The imperial concubine didn't even remember the last time she served someone like this, even Emperor Taiping, who loved her in every possible way and obeyed her, had never been like this before. treatment.So after grooming Ying Yang, Concubine Gui said to her: "It's very comfortable, I haven't served anyone like this for many years."

Ying Yang nodded when she heard the words, and the Concubine Gui said: "You are also very drunk today, so you should rest early, I will go back first."

The noble concubine likes to cling to Ying Yang on weekdays, and loves to eat and sleep with her the most, but that is outside the palace.The rules in the palace are too strict, and the Emperor's Xuanshi Hall is not just for anyone to enter, let alone stay overnight.This was the first day of Ying Yang's enthronement, and she didn't plan to stay in a mess, after all, because of her different status, she had no reason to stay.

However, when she heard that the imperial concubine was about to leave, Ying Yang raised her hand and grabbed her wrist, and this time she didn't miss out: "Where are you going?"

The noble concubine turned her head, glanced at her faintly, and said, "Naturally, I'm going back to Shou'an Hall."

Shou'an Hall is the sleeping hall where the noble concubine moved after the death of Emperor Taiping.After all, she was already a concubine, and the Linhua Hall was too close to the Xuanshi Hall, which was obviously inappropriate after Emperor Jingyuan ascended the throne.However, because Emperor Jingyuan's harem didn't have many concubines, let alone someone who was particularly favored, Linhua Hall had been vacant for several years.

Ying Yang thought for a while, and then said: "You don't want to go to Shou'an Palace." The princess's eyes lit up when she heard this, but she continued to say: "Linhua Palace is yours, if you want to stay in In the palace, it’s better to move back to Linhua Palace to live in.”

I thought you were enlightened, and I'm going to stay in Xuanshi Palace tonight!

The noble concubine was somewhat disappointed in her heart, so she said unhappily: "Linhua Hall is so close to Xuanshi Hall, as a concubine, how can I live there again?!"

Ying Yang blinked her eyes, seemed a little sleepy again, but said: "I don't have a harem anyway, what's wrong?"

This is still a happy word.The Concubine Gui felt that, compared to those dissolute princesses and princesses, her family, Yingyang, at least kept herself clean.And the Linhua Palace, the palace so close to the Xuanshi Palace, was originally prepared for the beloved concubine...

Thinking of this, it seems that there is comfort in my heart.The noble concubine looked around and saw that there was no palace person present in the inner hall at the moment, so she felt like she was going to go back to her old ways, even worse.

Taking advantage of Ying Yang's drunkenness, the Concubine Gui suddenly boldly leaned over and pecked her on the lips, and then walked out without seeing the other party's reaction: "Okay, Ying Yang, you Go to bed earlier, I'll get someone to come in and change your clothes for you."

Ying Yang sat by the bed for a while, then suddenly raised the corners of her lips.