Xie Xiang

The enthronement of a new emperor is a grand event for a country.

From Liu Zaomao's time, he changed his clothes and left the palace.It was still daylight, and the front of the palace was full of palace guards and ritual officials.Every step of the emperor has a meaning. When to set off and where to stay, there are clear regulations.Liu Zao has practiced many times, and she is smart, so she can't make mistakes.

The ministers waited in front of Changle Palace, all dressed in solemn court clothes.

The new emperor led them to the Ming Hall to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, and then to the ancestral temple to pay homage to the ancestors.Liu Zao was not at the forefront. Before her, there were officials of etiquette, officials of music, guards of honor, and Habayashi guards who opened the way.All the officials behind him, no matter how old or young they are, hold wat boards in their hands, their faces are solemn, and their every move is in order.

Worshiping the heaven and the earth, paying homage to the former king, is the enthronement ceremony.The little emperor changed his clothes three times. The ceremonial officer told her the different meanings of each of the clothes. The last time, she changed into a gown, and the ceremonial officer held the Pingtian crown. Take a walk towards the Emperor's Seat, pass it to Prime Minister Xie, who holds it in both hands, and arrives in front of the Emperor.

Liu Zao sat on the throne without looking sideways, Xie Yi bent over and put the Ping Tian Crown on her.Her little finger accidentally touched Liu Zao's ear, which felt a little cold.Liu Zao involuntarily raised her eyes to look at her, but unfortunately her sight was blocked by Mian Yan, so she couldn't see the expression on Xie Xiang's face clearly.

Just thinking about it, I know that Xie Xiang is mostly expressionless, and won't even meet her eyes.

Liu Zao couldn't help but bend the corner of his lower lip, and relaxed for a while in this solemn hall.

The crown was completed, and Prime Minister Xie returned to the original place, indicating that the emperor had officially enthroned.

The emperor issued three imperial edicts in succession.The first way is to pardon the world, bestow honor on the people, and celebrate with the whole country.The second way called the princes and kings to the capital to see them.The third way declares the barbarians, don't start provocations.

The three edicts were all drafted earlier, Liu Zao had a look at them, and ordered them to be sealed without changing a single word.She didn't understand anything, and the imperial edict was presented to her, but it was just a scene.

After that, the ministers had an audience with the new emperor.

Liu Zao was still sitting on the throne, watching the ministers in front of the palace bow down to her.Her sight was blocked by Mian Yan, she couldn't see the looks and faces of the ministers clearly, but she could clearly see their saluting gestures, which was extremely respectful.

She suddenly liked being an emperor a little bit.

The ceremony will last until sunset.Liu Zao did not go back to Changle Palace, but directly entered Weiyang and lived in Chengming Palace.

This time she was served by an old eunuch named Chunhe, who was in the position of Huangmen Ling.Liu Zao has learned about the official system of the big man for more than a month.The order of the Yellow Gate is six hundred stones, and all the eunuchs in the palace are under his control.

Liu Zao sat on the couch, took off his crown and changed into a soft toga.Lamps have been lit in the hall. The copper lamps are three feet high and cast in various styles. There are standing cows with lamps on their heads;The tortoise is a symbol of longevity and is very auspicious.The body of the tortoise is cast so vividly that it looks like it is alive.

But it was not the turtle that attracted Liu Zao, but another bronze lamp.This cave lamp made a woman half-kneeling, with one hand on her knees and the other holding the lamp.What Liu Zao was concerned about was that the woman seemed to have taken off half of her clothes and was half naked.

Liu Zao was amazed how there was such a half-naked copper lamp in the palace, and was a little curious, wanting to see it more clearly, so he couldn't help standing up and walking a little closer.

Chun He was taken aback, the bronze lamp was specially brought from the Kingdom of Changyi because of the kindness of the former king of Changyi, and he insisted on placing it in the palace so that it could be seen all the time.It's okay, it's okay for the emperor to be a little more wanton in the palace.But now the throne has changed.The palace people who cleaned up the palace actually forgot to replace the lamp.

Chun He hurriedly stepped forward, thinking of persuading His Majesty, that His Majesty is young and should not be greedy for women.But as soon as he arrived at the emperor's side, he thought again that His Majesty is not very young, he is fourteen years old.After Emperor Wudi married Chen Fei on the [-]th, and Emperor Zhao [-]th chose Empress Liliang, Your Majesty the [-]th should indeed know some personnel affairs, and it is just romantic to look at the half-naked copper lamp of the beauty.

Chunhe relieved a little, but before he could completely let go, he realized again that the new emperor is not Erlang!Chunhe broke out in a cold sweat again. To Chunguang's beautiful little lady, this copper lamp can be called obscene.

The bright and beautiful little emperor stared at the copper lamp, but she still wanted to hold the lamp up and hold it in front of her eyes for a closer look.It's a pity that the copper lamp was so tall and heavy that it was hard to lift it, so the little emperor had to bend slightly.

"Your Majesty." With ups and downs in his mood, Chun He approached cautiously and called out.

Liu Zao turned his head, his face full of surprise: "Why is there such a thing in the palace?"

"This is Xie Xiang..."

Liu Zao opened his eyes wide. Is Xie Xiang so dishonest?

"...On the day when the King of Changyi was sent to the palace, the King of Changyi personally placed it here."

Liu Zao breathed a sigh of relief, and almost thanked the prime minister wrongly.

Although King Changyi was supported by General Sun Ciqing, Xie Yi was the prime minister, and it was obviously more appropriate for the prime minister to succeed the princes and kings to enter the palace.Liu Zao had studied etiquette officials for more than a month, and he knew the etiquette and law quite clearly.

Only then did she think of the King of Changyi, and asked, "Is the King of Changyi still in Beijing?"

In her heart, the king of Changyi lost the world, so he would naturally return to be the king of Changyi. It is time to return to the country, but the new king ascended the throne, and the princes and kings will meet in court as usual. In order to avoid running back and forth, he may come back after the meeting.

Chunhe replied: "The king of Changyi is still in Beijing, waiting for the court to punish him."

"A crime?" Liu Zao asked back.

Chun He said solemnly: "It is a crime for the king of Changyi not to keep the world."

Liu Zao was stunned, and wrote down this sentence again, it is a sin not to keep the world.

"Since it is the beloved thing of King Changyi, return this lamp to him." Liu Zao said, and couldn't help but look at the beauty again.The clothes are half-faded, hanging on the crook of the arms, the chest is half-naked, the skin is as creamy, the beauty hangs her head slightly, her face is shy and timid.Cast of bronze, it can have such a graceful posture.

Young people are thin-skinned after all, Liu Zao couldn't help blushing, looked away, and returned to the couch as if nothing had happened and sat down.

Liu Zao was tired all day, and after feeding, he was sleepy.

The bed is ready, the palace people serve the new emperor to take a bath, and then put the emperor on the bed.As soon as Liu Zao touched the couch, he fell into a deep sleep.In the dream, when she didn't pay attention, she saw Xiang Xie.

All in all, before today, she hadn't seen Mr. Xie for more than a month, and Mr. Xie would look for her in the future.Today, hundreds of officials gathered together, and the hall was crowded, and Liu Zao didn't take a closer look at Xie Xiang.But in the dream, there were only two of them in the hall, Xie Xiang stood in front of the hall, and she got up from the throne and walked in front of her.

The words that the Empress Dowager said to her yesterday resounded in her dream.

"Speaking of which, Your Majesty should thank your aunt."

The Empress Dowager's words were like substance, floating high in the air, echoing unceasingly.

"Xie Xiang's mother is the youngest sister of Empress Wei. She and Prince Wei are cousins. When Xie Xiang was four years old, he was taken into the palace by Empress Wei to be raised. When he was fifteen, he left the palace and returned home. Your Majesty was born in Yeting. Maybe back then, she went to Yeting and hugged little Liu Zao who was still in her infancy."

With this layer of origin, Liu Zao suddenly figured out why Xie Yi didn't support Liu Jian with the Queen Mother at the beginning of Emperor Zhao's death.

In her dream, she stood face to face with Xie Yi, and asked: "But because I was sick at that time?" That's why she waited for two months, and only then joined hands with the Queen Mother to help her up when she recovered. throne.

Through the bright crown, she saw Xie Yi chuckle at her, his brows and eyes were gentle, and his tone was still neither close nor far away: "Your Majesty is holy."

At this point in the dream, it was considered serious, but the scene suddenly changed to Chengming Palace.

The scene was the same as tonight, she changed the crown and sat on the couch in a black toga, she was the only one in the hall, the palace people seemed to have retreated, and the Huangmen order was not there.

In front of her is a long table, made of lacquered wood, with gold on the black background, with both ends turned up, a pile of letters stacked on the table, and a knife and pen.She was sitting on the wide couch behind the long case, resting her chest on one hand, not knowing what was going on in her mind, her eyes casually fell on the steps in front of the case.

The door of the hall was closed, and the windows were also closed, but a gust of wind came from nowhere, shaking the lights.She raised her head, as she did at night, and noticed the copper lamps in the hall.

Standing cows, kneeling sheep, divine turtles, and divine beasts such as Luanfeng, Qilin and so on.She looked over one by one, suddenly startled.One of the copper lamps was actually a woman.

The woman was kneeling on the ground, pressing her knees with one hand, holding the lamp in the other, her clothes half-tightened, her head slightly bowed, very shy.

Liu Zao in the dream was very bold. He stood up and asked, "Who are you?"

The woman didn't answer.There seemed to be a veil in front of her, hazy and vague, like a dream.

Liu Zao walked over, raised his voice slightly and said, "I ask who are you? Why are you in my palace?"

The woman still didn't answer, her hair was combed into an elegant bun, revealing a smooth and delicate nape of the neck, the clothes on her shoulders slipped off, revealing her soft and snow-white shoulders.Liu Zao's heart was pounding, he was a little scared, but also felt attracted.She raised her hand and pressed it on the hilt of the sword hanging from her waist, and took two steps forward, passed through the faintly visible layer of veil, and walked in front of the woman.

She smelled a familiar aroma.Liu Zao remembered the fragrance, she was a little happy, but also a little nervous, and called out, "Thank you."

The woman raised her head, it was Xie Yi's appearance.

The dream came to an abrupt end.

Liu Zao woke up suddenly, panting heavily.It's dark in front of me, it's in the sleeping hall.She subconsciously turned her head to look into the hall, the copper lamp was still on, but the woman in her dream was gone, and the half-naked beauty lamp of King Changyi was also ordered by Huang Menling to move out.

Liu Zao let out a long sigh of relief, it was just a dream.They all blamed the king of Changyi for placing the lamp in the palace, and Huang Menling was panting again, which made her dream of that bizarre scene.

It's just that Xie Xiang in the dream is really beautiful and seductive, completely different from her usual cold and reticent appearance.Liu Zao closed his eyes again, couldn't help recalling the scene in the dream, but couldn't remember clearly.

She quickly fell asleep again, this time without dreaming again.After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Chun He's voice resounded outside the hall: "Your Majesty, act now."

Liu Zao was awakened, she responded, raised her hand and rubbed her dazed eyes, and was about to sit up when she suddenly felt something was wrong.

The little emperor's body stiffened, and the drowsiness subsided in an instant. She noticed that the between her legs was wet and sticky.Liu Zao's breathing was stagnant, she groped to get up, and wanted to turn to the screen and take off her silk trousers to have a look, but as soon as she landed, she caught a glimpse of a shocking mass of blood on the bed.