The enthronement ceremony is in crisis
The third day of the third month of the third month of Chengqi three years.
It was selected by the Ministry of Rites among the several auspicious days of the zodiac counted by the Guantian Division to hold the enthronement ceremony of the female emperor Nangong Zhenzhen.
In Wei Kingdom, the number of "three or three" is considered extremely high, and even if a woman ascends the throne, it can be seen that the entire imperial court attaches great importance to her majesty the female emperor.
Since the crown prince was still pending when Nangong gave the throne, Nangong Jingnu's ascension to the throne was the final decision.
The empress's enthronement ceremony has been delayed again and again, because all the imperial clothes used in the enthronement are precious in material and complicated in style. Even if the embroidered mother of the Nei Tingsi does not sleep, it will take three years to complete.
Originally, there was a set of imperial husband's, but after the emperor's husband was dismissed, the work stopped.
Only the embroidered ladies could use all their strength to make the emperor's court clothes, which were completed a few months in advance.
but…
On the day of the emperor's enthronement ceremony, the queen will attend as the mother of the country, and it is common sense that the queen should be accompanied by her husband, but the emperor's husband was abandoned, which is the first time in history...
On the night before the enthronement ceremony, Nangong Jingnu was sitting at the table in only her middle clothes, staring at the candlelight in front of her. Wrong... Maybe it's the fact that Yuen-kun is divorced.
At that time, I didn't understand the mystery. Half of it was the grief and indignation that I was shocked to hear that the father and emperor died at the hands of Qi Yan, and the other half was that the courtiers were pressing too hard, and they couldn't think about it for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji.
But... Only now did Nangong Jingnu realize that she made a mistake.
If Qi Yan can accompany her to attend the enthronement ceremony and worship the heaven and ancestors together as the father of the country, then her identity will be very different, whether she has an unshakable position in the court or the people, it's just that she is not familiar with it. I didn't even think of this level...
No wonder Xing Jingfu broke his precepts and went out of the mountains even if he didn't respect filial piety, and used all his strength to bring down Qi Yan...
The more Nangong Jingnu thought about it, the more dejected she became. She walked to the forbidden area next to the door several times, but in the end she was unable to cross this threshold.
Before dawn, the team to worship the ancestors and worship the sky is about to set off, and people from the inner court will come to their palace at any time...
Sure enough, not long after, the voice of Fan Xing, the female official in charge, came from outside the hall, and the people from the Inner Court Division arrived.
Nangong Jingnu announced that they came in and began to groom...
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 to see bright lights.
Qi Yan remembered: Today is the day when Nangong Jingnu officially ascended the throne.
Qi Yan's heart is always a little uneasy, based on her understanding of the masked person... The other party should not let Nangong Jingnu successfully ascend to the throne.
Moreover, even greater anxiety is hidden deep in Qi Yan's heart. This anxiety comes from Sifang Qianzhuang and Luobei, especially the latter...
Back then, in order to find himself, Bayin disregarded his own safety and raised the banner of troops in the name of Agula, and even angered the head of Agus Erihe among thousands of troops...
Nangong Jingnv never promised herself to get in touch with Bayin. Qi Yan predicted that in the winter of the second year of Chengqi, Bayin would take advantage of Luochuan's icy geography to march south...
But what was expected 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, your sworn brother focused on finding you On, there will be no rebellion.
That day, Qi Yan's smile was a little bitter.
Only she herself knew that what Nangong Jingnu said was not the Bayin she knew...
If Bayin had gone to war last winter, he would have felt a little more at ease, and he would have been able to make up for it. But Bayin was unusually silent, and this violation made Qi Yan more and more uneasy... Qi Yan planned to find a chance to discuss with Nangong Jingnu after she ascended the throne, and no matter what, she must 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 at the direction of the emperor's bedroom, and she thought about it... being able to walk over this palace wall and stay by Nangong Jingnu's side.
Accompany her, guard her, and wait for her safe return. If Qi Yan is willing to disguise herself as a servant, at least she can wait by her side. If it is really dangerous, he can also use his own body to build a last resort for her. A line of defense.
The only person Qi Yan could convince her to feel at ease was probably Nangong Sunu.
I heard that the other party brought 10,000 Youzhou sergeants, which can be used as an expansion of the imperial guard.
…
It was just dawn, and the team of worshipping the ancestors set off.
According to the order set by the Ministry of Rites, one must first go to the royal temple outside the city to worship the sky, then go to the Taimiao to worship the ancestors, and finally return to the court to read the decree announced to the world, and the enthronement ceremony is completed.
The guards of honor were opened by 5,000 imperial guards, of which 2,000 were the imperial guards, 3,000 soldiers from Youzhou, then the emperor Luan, the carriage of Linjiang King Nangongbao, the carriage of Princess Qionghua, Princess Zhuohua, and Princess Yanyang as Nangong Jing Nu's direct daughter also participated in the ceremony, and in the end it was five thousand Youzhou soldiers who were cut off.
Royal temple name: Vientiane.
Located on a mountain outside the capital, this is a thousand-year-old temple. After three dynasties, it has witnessed countless emperors' sacrificial ceremonies to the sky, and it is only open to the common people during certain major festivals. On this day, almost every household in the capital will go to the Wanxiang Temple to pour incense and pray for blessings, and many people from other places come here especially.
Although the Wanxiang Temple is a national temple, it has set a rule since the previous dynasty: the temple does not accept the qualifications of the imperial court, and all the monks in the temple adhere to the "no money precepts", and they retreat all year round and practice ascetic meditation. The group took the bowls to the bottom of the mountain for almsgiving, knocking on three doors at a time, no matter how many or few, even if they didn’t turn into food, they immediately returned to the temple to avoid greed.
At dawn, the motorcade arrived at the mountain gate where the Wanxiang Temple is located. There were already two monks and lords welcoming guests here. The guards who opened the way spread out to both sides.
A monk stepped forward and folded his hands in a salute: "Little monk, see your majesty."
Nangong Jingnv: "The little master is free from the ceremony, and everything is ready on the mountain?"
Yuanfa: "Go back to Your Majesty, everything is ready, the master sent me and my younger brother to welcome His Majesty up the mountain. However... There is only an ancient road in the temple, and the temple on the mountain is also small, I am afraid it cannot accommodate so many soldiers and horses."
Gongyang Huai hit the horse and said, "Your Majesty's body is of ten thousand gold, you must not accompany you without an escort, and I hope the little master can make it easier."
Yuanfa: "Amitabha, the master has already considered it, so he made an exception to allow all donors to wear swords to go up the mountain, but this temple is a small temple, and it really can't accommodate so many donors to go up the mountain together... Although the small monk has only been in the temple for three years, but I have also heard Master say: when the late emperor ascended the throne, he only showed his sincerity and only led a hundred officials up the mountain on foot.
The monk Yuanfa suddenly mentioned Nangong Rang's deeds, and heard Nangong Jingnu a little moved. Nangong Sunu, who got off the carriage and walked on foot, just heard this, and smiled and said, "Bengong has heard about the Vientiane Temple for a long time. The Buddhist Dharma of the monks is profound, and the little master knows 'one person, one fate'? It was the father's fate to walk up the mountain in the past, and now it is His Majesty's fate to take a sedan chair to go up the mountain. , Our female generation is invincible, and we dare not compare with the father and emperor. The father and emperor can walk on foot, and we can only take the sedan chair."
Fate: "This..."
Nangong Sunu smiled slightly and winked at the deputy next to him. The latter understood, and with a wave of his hand, a sedan chair was lifted up.
This sedan chair is not gorgeous and spacious, but it is carried by sixteen Youzhou soldiers. Each soldier wears a chain armor and a black iron helmet. Every time the sixteen take a step, a shallow light is left on the ground. The shallow footprints show how heavy this sedan chair is.
Nangong Su Nu leaned beside Nangong Jing Nu and whispered a few times, the latter nodded slightly and headed straight onto the sedan chair.
Nangong Sunv: "Little Master, although this palace is a secular person, he also knows the truth of sending Buddha to the west. Since the abbot of your temple has allowed us to go up the mountain with swords, it is not bad for these sedan chairs. The timing is all calculated by Guan Tiansi, if the auspicious timing is delayed, not everyone can afford it."
Fate: "Amitabha, benefactor please."
Nangong Sunu said a few words in Nangong Shunv's ear before getting into her sedan chair. When the ministers went up the mountain, Nangong Shunv took Qi Yuxiao to Nangong Jingnv's imperial carriage, Nangong Sunu only Hundreds of Youzhou army guards were ordered up the mountain, and the other sergeants 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 upright carriage box, revealing the wrench underneath.
Time was running out, Nangong Su Nu only said a word in Nangong Shu Nu's ear: "There is an organ under the seat, protect Yu Xiao."
And the sedan chair on Nangong Jingnu Mountain is made of iron wood, which can not only prevent dark arrows, but also can't break it with a knife and axe.
Although the top sedan chair is not big, it weighs thousands of pounds. It can only be lifted by the combined efforts of sixteen powerful Youzhou sergeants. Of course, the sixteen sergeants also had the most perfect protection. There was a fine mesh soft armor under the golden chain armor of the outer cover. Although they were heavy, they were invulnerable to swords and bullets.
It can be said that what Nangong Jingnv didn't expect, Nangong Sunv thought of for this sister.
Nangong Jingnv sat upright in the sedan chair. The doors and windows of the sedan chair were made of iron wood. There was a toggle in the sedan chair to open the doors and windows from the inside. Buckle, the light in the sedan chair is very dim at this time, and only a few scattered light beams penetrate through the gaps in the sedan chair.
As Guan Tiansi said: Today is a good day, the sun is shining, there are no clouds, the air is filled with a touch of deep mountain water vapor, and the mottled sunlight casts light spots through the dense canopy.
The road up the mountain can barely pass 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 lieutenant general of the Youzhou Army immediately signaled the team to stop and sent someone to check.
After the soldier came to investigate the source of the sound, he replied, "Report, it's just a flock of birds."
Before he finished speaking, the sound of leaves rubbing suddenly came from the woods on both sides of the mountain road!
Adjutant: "Alert!"
I saw that the ground in the bushes was opened piece by piece, and masked men in black sprouted from the ground like mushrooms after a rain. Before everyone could see that there were screams coming from their camp, dozens of arrows It fell from the sky!
"Escort! There are assassins!"