Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Chapter 277

Enthronement Ceremony Presents a Crisis

The third day of March in the third year of Chengqi.

It was selected by the Ministry of Rites from among several auspicious days calculated by Guan Tiansi to hold the enthronement ceremony of Empress Nangong Zhenzhen.

In the Wei Kingdom, the number of "three three" is regarded as extremely high. Even though a woman ascended the throne, it can be seen that the entire imperial court attaches great importance to this empress.

Since Nangong Rang's position as the crown prince was still pending, Nangong Jingnv's ascension to the throne was the final decision.

The empress's enthronement ceremony has been delayed again and again, because all the imperial costumes used for enthronement are precious in material and complicated in style, and it takes three years to complete even if the embroidered lady of the inner court secretary works without sleep.

Originally, there was also a set of imperial husbands, but after the imperial husband was deposed, this job stopped.

Only the embroiderers can spare no effort to make the emperor's court clothes, and the court clothes were completed a few months in advance.

but……

Historically, on the day of the emperor's enthronement ceremony, the empress will attend as the mother of the country, and it is only reasonable that the empress should also be accompanied by the emperor's husband. It's just that the emperor's husband was divorced, which is the first time in history...

On the night before the enthronement ceremony, Nangong Jingnv sat at the table with only her coat on, staring at the candlelight in front of her in a daze: I still have a lot to learn on the road of the emperor, the biggest crime I have committed so far Mistake...Maybe it's because you quit Yuanjun.

At that time, I didn't understand the mystery, half of it was the grief and indignation of the father's tragic death at Qi Yan's hands, and the other half was that the courtiers pushed too hard, and I couldn't think about it for the sake of the country.

But... until today, Nangong Jingnv realized that she had made a mistake.

If Qi Yan could accompany her to participate in the enthronement ceremony and worship the heavens and ancestors together as the father of the nation, then her status would be very different. She would have an unshakable status both in the court and among the people. Thing, I didn't think of this layer...

No wonder Xing Jingfu didn't even respect filial piety, so he broke his precepts and came out of the mountain, and used all his strength to bring down Qi Yan...

The more Nangong Jingnv thought about it, the more dejected she became. She walked to the door several times and wanted to go to the forbidden area next to it, but in the end she couldn't pass the threshold.

Before dawn, the team of worshiping ancestors and heaven is about to set off, and there will be people from the inner court secretary coming to my palace at any time...

Sure enough, not long after, Fan Xing's voice came from outside the palace, and the people from the Inner Court Department arrived.

Nangong Jingnv announced them to come in and began to wash and dress...

On the other side, Qi Yan also stayed up all night, she stood in front of the window and looked at the other half of Ganquan Palace, only seeing bright lights.

Qi Yan remembered: Today is the day when Nangong Jingnv officially enthroned.

Qi Yan was always feeling a little uneasy. Based on her understanding of the masked man...the other party should not allow Nangong Jingnv to ascend the throne smoothly.

What's more, Qi Yan still has greater anxiety hidden deep in her heart. This anxiety comes from Sifang Bank and Luobei, especially the latter...

Back then, in order to find himself, Bayin raised the banner of the army in the name of Agula regardless of his own safety, and even beheaded the head of Agus Erihe among thousands of troops...

Nangong Jingnv has never promised herself to get in touch with Bayin. Qi Yan estimated that in the winter of the second year of Chengqi, Bayin would take advantage of Luochuan's frozen land to march south...

But the expected thing did not happen, so Nangong Jingnv specially said to Qi Yan: Maybe the news that you were kidnapped by the court did not come to light, maybe it was a blessing in disguise. Come on, there will be no rebellion.

That day, Qi Yan's smile was a bit bitter.

Only she knows that what Nangong Jingnv said is not the Bayin she knows...

If Bayin had raised troops last winter, he would have felt a little more at ease, and he was sure to make up for it.But Bayin was abnormally silent, and this violation made Qi Yan even more uneasy... Qi Yan planned to find an opportunity to discuss with Nangong Jingnv after she ascended the throne, and no matter what, he would kill the terrible thing in the cradle .

Right now, what Qi Yan is most worried about is whether today's enthronement ceremony can be held smoothly.

Qi Yan looked in the direction of the emperor's bedroom, how much she wanted... to be able to step over this palace wall and stay by Nangong Jingnv's side.

Accompany her, guard her, and wait for her safe return. If Qi Yan is willing to pretend to be a servant, at least he can wait by her side. If there is really danger, he can use his own body to build a final shelter for her. A line of defense.

The only one who can convince Qi Yan to feel at ease is probably Nangong Sunu.

I heard that the other party brought [-] Youzhou sergeants, which can be used as an expansion of the emperor's guard.

……

Just after dawn, the team of worshiping heaven and ancestors set off.

According to the order formulated by the Ministry of Rites, one must first go to the royal temple outside the city to worship the heavens, then go to the Taimiao to worship the ancestors, and finally return to the court hall to read out the will of the world, and the enthronement ceremony is considered complete.

The guard of honor was led by five thousand Imperial Guards, of which two thousand were the Imperial Forest Army, three thousand Youzhou soldiers, and after that came the Emperor Luan, the carriage of Linjiang King Nan Gongbao, the carriage of Princess Qionghua and Princess Zhuohua, and the carriage of Princess Yanyang as the Nangong Jing's daughter-in-law also participated in the ceremony, and finally five thousand Youzhou soldiers were cut off.

Royal temple name: Vientiane.

Located on a mountain outside the capital city, this is a thousand-year-old temple that has witnessed countless emperors' sacrifices to the sky through three dynasties. It is only open to the common people during specific festivals on weekdays.On this day, almost every household in the capital will go to the Vientiane Temple to offer incense and pray for blessings, and many people from other places come here admiringly.

Although Vientiane Temple is a national temple, it has established a rule since the previous dynasty: the temple does not accept the aptitude of the imperial court, and all monks in the temple adhere to the "precept of not holding money", and practice meditation all the year round. Qun went to the foot of the mountain to beg for alms with alms bowl, and only knocked on the doors of three households at a time, no matter how much or how little, even if there was no food, he would go back to the temple immediately and not covet.

At dawn, the motorcade arrived at the mountain gate where the Vientiane Temple was located. There were already two welcoming monks here, and the guards who opened the way scattered Nangong Jingnv's Luanjia to both sides before they could drive to the mountain gate.

A monk came forward, clasped his hands together and bowed: "Your Majesty, please refer to your majesty for the fate of the little monk."

Nangong Jingnu: "Young master, you are free from courtesy, and everything is ready on the mountain?"

Yuanfa: "Returning to Your Majesty, everything has been prepared. Master Patriarch sent me and my Junior Brother to welcome His Majesty up the mountain. But...there is only an ancient road to the temple, and the temple on the mountain is also small. I am afraid it cannot accommodate so many soldiers and horses."

Gong Yanghuai stepped forward immediately: "Your Majesty has a body of gold, so you must never go without an escort. I hope the little master will make it easier for you."

Fate method: "Amitabha, the ancestor has already considered it, so he made an exception and allowed all the benefactors to go up the mountain with swords, but the temple is a small temple, and it really cannot accommodate so many benefactors to go up the mountain together... Although the little monk has only been in the temple for three years, But I also heard from my master that when the first emperor came to the throne, he only led his officials up the mountain on foot to show his sincerity, and it is still a beautiful story sung by the whole temple."

Monk Yuanfa suddenly mentioned Nangong Rang's deeds back then, and Nangong Jingnv was a little moved when she heard it. Nangong Sunu, who got off the carriage and walked on foot, just heard this sentence, and said with a smile: "I have heard about the Wanxiang Temple for a long time. The monks have profound Buddhist teachings, but the little master knows that "one person has one fate"? It was the fate of the father when he went up the mountain on foot, and now it is the fate of his majesty to go up the mountain in a sedan chair. Why should the little master insist? Furthermore, , We women are not strong enough to walk, and we dare not stand shoulder to shoulder with the father, the father can walk on foot, and we can only ride in sedan chairs."

Yuanfa: "This..."

Nangong Sunu smiled slightly, and winked at the lieutenant next to her. The latter understood, waved his hand and lifted the sedan chair up.

This sedan chair is not gorgeous and spacious, but it is carried by sixteen Youzhou sergeants. Each soldier is wearing chain mail and a black iron helmet. Every time the 16 people take a step, there will be a shallow hole on the ground. The footprints of the sedan chair show how heavy the sedan chair is.

Nangong Sunu whispered a few times beside Nangong Jingnu, who nodded slightly, and went straight to the sedan chair.

Nangong Sunu: "Little master, although I am a secular person, I also know the truth of sending Buddhas to the west. Since the abbot of your temple has allowed us to go up the mountain with swords, it is not short of these sedan chairs. Worship to heaven The time is calculated by Guan Tiansi, if the auspicious time is delayed, not everyone can afford it."

Fate method: "Amitabha Buddha, benefactor please."

Nangong Sunu said a few more words in Nangong Shunu's ear before getting into her sedan chair. When the group of officials went up the mountain, Nangong Sunu brought Qi Yuxiao into Nangong Jingnu's imperial carriage. A hundred Youzhou Army guards were ordered to go up the mountain, and the other soldiers stayed at the foot of the mountain to protect Nangong Shunv and Qi Yuxiao.

After Nangong Shunv took Qi Yuxiao into the carriage, she immediately opened the seat box of the carriage, revealing the wrench underneath.

Time was running out, so Nangong Sunu only said a word in Nangong Shunu's ear: "There is an organ under the seat, protect Yu Xiao."

And the sedan chair on Jingnv Mountain in Nangong is made of iron wood, which can not only prevent hidden arrows, but even a knife and axe can't break it.

Although the sedan chair is not big, it weighs a thousand catties, and it can only be lifted by the joint efforts of sixteen powerful Youzhou soldiers.Of course, the sixteen sergeants also had the most perfect protection on their bodies. They were covered with golden chain mail and had fine mesh soft armor under their clothes. Although they were heavy, they were invulnerable.

It can be said that Nangong Sunu thought of things that Nangong Jingnv didn't expect for her sister.

Nangong Jingnv sat in the sedan chair. The sedan door and the windows of the sedan chair were made of iron wood. There was a lever inside the sedan chair to open the doors and windows from the inside. Nangong Jingnv remembered that the elder sister had instructed her not to pull down the lever. Button, the light in the sedan chair is very dark at this time, only a few sporadic beams of light penetrate through the gaps in the sedan chair.

As Guan Tiansi said: Today is a good day, the sun is bright and cloudless, the air is filled with a touch of deep mountain water vapor, and the mottled sunlight casts light spots through the dense tree canopy.

The road up the mountain can barely be passed by a sedan chair, and on both sides of the road are towering ancient trees that can only be hugged by a few people...

Sudden!There was a sound from the bushes, and the deputy general of the Youzhou Army immediately signaled the troops to stop and sent someone to check.

After the soldier came to investigate the source of the sound, he replied, "It's just a group of birds."

Before he finished speaking, the sound of leaves rubbing against each other suddenly came from the woods on both sides of the mountain road!

Adjutant: "Be alert!"

I saw that the ground in the bushes was lifted one by one, and black-clothed masked men sprung up from the ground like mushrooms after a rain. Before everyone could see clearly, there were screams from their own camp, and dozens of arrows shot It fell from the sky!

"Escort! There are assassins!"