The courtiers of the East Palace gathered together. The concubine Zuo made a ceremony and played a high-pitched ceremony to attract the officials of the East Palace to pay their respects. The guards of the East Palace were divided on two sides. The concubine Zuo held the prince's seal to welcome the prince. He drove his car to the south, and the inner leader held a sword and faced the north.
His Royal Highness the Prince stopped his horse in front of Nei Lian, who stepped forward to hold the bridle and reins. His Highness the Prince dismounted, walked ten steps forward, stood still, and received the Prince's seal.
The concubine Zuo shouted again: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is ascending the chariot." The prince's family ordered the concubine Zuo, the Crown Prince, to serve beside him. He asked His Highness the Crown Prince to play. When he received permission, he shouted: "Please send."
Nei led the prince's chariot on both sides to protect the prince's chariot. All the ministers and officials of the East Palace shouted promises and saluted the prince's chariot.
As the chariot passed the Ba Bridge, Zuo Shuzi stood on the bridge and used the energy in his Dantian to shout again: "The courtiers are on their horses and all the civil servants are sitting down."
Then the prince's chariot was started again, and the drums and drums were played. The young master followed in the car, and the prince's family order took the lead in enlightening him. This was the reason for the prince's Geng Ling, Prince Zhan Shi, Taibao, Taifu, and Taishi to ride in the car and be imprisoned.
The Qingyou team and the Qingdao led each one with ceremonial arrows and swords and swords and marched forward quickly. Twenty-four people on horses and horsemen followed the prince's chariot. The green dragon on the left held the flag and the white tiger on the right.
Cigeng led the officials of the Jingzhao Mansion, because of the prince's disciples, in front of the civil servants and generals, Xuanwu and Zhuque held flags and bows and cavalry, their ears were numb under the deafening trumpeting. Anyway, under the leadership of Zong Chuke , follow the Crown Prince’s carriage and walk forward, there’s nothing wrong with it.
If you look carefully, you will find that the four eunuchs, four palace maids and one maid in front of the Crown Prince's car all seem to have white stuff stuffed into their ears, which looks very much like cotton. thing.
As for His Royal Highness the Prince in the car, his ears had long lost their function. After being stuffed by two soft cotton balls, the Li Guan and Zuo Shuzi would tell them in advance what to do next.
Just like before, every step will be informed in advance to prevent the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty from making a joke in front of the people of Chang'an again.
From Baqiao to Danfengmen, Li Hong sat in the prince's car and had a good sleep. Anyway, there was no need for him to sit upright like his father or mother on the way.
The original Taiji Palace and East Palace have long since disappeared, and are now replaced by new buildings. The wide Suzaku Street is wider and flatter than before.
Because of his return to the court, the entire Taiji Palace has been completely renewed, and the bluestone road has obviously been washed with water.
Opening the curtains and looking through the car window, I looked at the not-so-tall palace wall of the East Palace, which was covered with all kinds of auspicious animals, making it look majestic and majestic.
The red door of Danfeng Gate was visible from a distance. Li Hong hurriedly took out the memorial and began to read it.
After driving into Danfeng Gate, it was time to get off the car, then walk in the square of Hanyuan Hall, leading the ministers through Hanyuan Hall and to Zichen Hall. Then there was the ceremony of kneeling down, offering sacrifices to heaven, ancestors and father. mother.
Then the emperor came to court and stood up by himself. Because he was the crown prince, the queen mother would also come out with her father.
There is no need to hand over the military power in his hands. After all, the Sixth Prince is the army of the East Palace. However, he must once again symbolically hand over the fish charms and other symbols of the Anxi Protectorate to the officials of the Ministry of Personnel.
Zuo Shuzi's high-pitched voice rang out in the Zichen Palace, and lengthy articles about carriages, horses, and war, and the achievements of the Anxi Protectorate in the past few years, all slowly came out of his mouth.
Some of the ministers standing around closed their eyes and seemed intoxicated. They followed every word from Zuo Shuzi's mouth, shaking their heads and looking contented.
Some of the courtiers said nothing, looking straight at their feet, wondering if they were in a state of trance.
There was a person kneeling between two rows of ministers. In the vast hall of Zichen Palace, he was the only one wearing armor and kneeling there. His kneecaps were almost numb because of a piece of armor leaf. But at this moment, he was There can be no movement at all.
I don't know how many times I cursed Zuo Shuzi, and I even thought about whether I should let this guy kneel down for a day when I returned to the East Palace. This was even more uncomfortable than kneeling on the washboard in my previous life.
The lengthy declaration was an indispensable court procedure for the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to welcome the triumphant generals. In addition, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty had accomplished such great achievements, so naturally he had to make a statement to the clan and temple.
Zuo Shuzi handed the memorial in his hand to Li Hong without finishing his thoughts. Li Hong glared at him fiercely. Zuo Shuzi's expression tightened. He was so immersed in His Highness the Crown Prince's brilliant military exploits that he forgot that his master was still kneeling. , I would have saved a large section if I had known earlier.
Not only did Li Hong not listen to the lengthy report of the clan officials, but even Li Zhi and Wu Mei, who were in the high hall, had no intention of hearing what was said at the moment.
They know the merits of the little bastard better than anyone else, but this is a ritual that cannot be abolished or exceeded.
After four years of absence, the little brat kneeling in front of him now has completely lost the childish look in his impression. Although he is kneeling there now, he gives people a feeling of majesty, roughness and bravery.
Like a long-sharpened horizontal knife, although it has not been drawn out of its sheath, its edge is already menacing.
Wu Meifeng's eyes turned around, looking at that tall and straight figure, her heart couldn't help but tremble.
After four years, the little bastard is now tall and majestic. His height cannot be seen when he is kneeling on the ground, but his straight upper body, set off by the armor on his body, has completely grown up.
With his majestic aura, stern Xiaoyong expression, and eyes as deep as the starry sky, except for the slightly impatient upturned corners of his mouth, he looked like a man of the Tang Dynasty who conquered mountains and rivers, swept through thousands of armies, and was an iron-clad hero.
"My son, Li Hong, pays homage to his father and the queen." Li Hong followed the etiquette, kneeling three times and knocking nine times. He was meticulous in etiquette and royal etiquette, and no longer cut corners as before.
As he grew older, especially with the increasingly important responsibilities of being the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he understood the importance of some seemingly cumbersome etiquette on the common people of the world during the royal ceremony. sex.
This should be the duty he should have done when he was young, but because of his identity and experience in nine reincarnations, he was completely confused.
He originally thought that these complicated etiquette systems were bad habits in some feudal dynasties, but as his understanding of things changed, he understood that these step-by-step processes could not be changed by himself at all.
Whether he should adapt to the general environment or let the general environment adapt to him, between compromises, he saw that as a prince, he should set an example for the world.
In today's cultural heritage of worshiping heaven and earth, worshiping gods and saints, Confucianism continues, but there are also reasons why the people are not intellectually enlightened, creating today's bipolar cultural situation.
Even in the last life, false gods and saints were still everywhere, let alone the background of this feudal dynasty era, what can I change by myself
And he himself is a weird one, a bizarre existence that cannot be explained by scientific theories!
Having been reincarnated in nine and ten lives, he sometimes had to ask questions blankly, looking at mountains and rivers, comprehending life and death, and having an epiphany about life. He also felt an unknown sense of confusion and awe towards the mountains and rivers, that day and that place. feel.
People may have afterlife and reincarnation, but in every life and every moment, when a person is about to die, his soul and soul will be transferred to the six reincarnations, reincarnated, or turned into a wisp of smoke or dust. .
When we are trapped and confused, when we are sad and in pain, when we shed tears because of love, hate, and hatred, when we are helpless, we often wonder whether we did something wrong in our previous life and what evil fate we forged to make this life so humble and so humiliating. bumpy.
And these, don't they prove that he has been reincarnated in nine and ten lives? Who can explain clearly whether people have a previous life or a next life
If not, who are you? How to exist in this world
After all, three lives and three lives, six reincarnations, and nine reincarnations and ten lives are all natural reincarnations in a broad sense extended from the Taoist and Buddhist sayings that were still respected in the Tang Dynasty.
"Hong'er, Hong'er, what's going on? Quickly announce the imperial doctor." Wu Mei quickly ran down from Li Zhi, shaking Li Hong, who was kneeling in the hall, motionless.
His Majesty asked several times, but Li Hong was like an old monk in trance, his eyes were empty and lifeless, and he just knelt there like a stone man, without any reaction.
Wu Mei, who realized something was wrong, ran down in a hurry, regardless of the astonishment of the courtiers above the court, holding Li Hong's blank cheek, and shouted with concern.
"Uh... Mother... Queen Mother, what's wrong?" Li Hong seemed to wake up from a dream and looked at Wu Mei's anxious and worried face in a daze.
Then he glanced at the horrified expressions on the faces of the ministers, as well as the father who stood up on the dragon throne and looked at his figure worriedly.
He suddenly understood that just like the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, he had entered an ethereal state in an instant, completely isolating himself from the outside world.
"Father and Queen, my son and I are fine. I am afraid that I was too tired from the long journey, which is why I felt a little uncomfortable just now." Li Hong grabbed Wu Mei's hand that was holding his cheek and said, Feeling the warmth from the queen mother's hands, everything seemed to have returned to reality.
"That's good, as long as everything is fine." Wu Mei looked at Li Hong with a flash of familiar dangerous look in his eyes, and a trace of the familiar black look on his forehead that was a precursor to being beaten. Wire.
"Hehe." Li Hong laughed twice and watched as Wu Mei took her hand away from his, walked slowly to Li Zhi again, and sat down with Li Zhi.
Li Zhi glanced at Wu Mei, who responded with a relieved smile, indicating that both of them were fine.
"Since the prince is unwell due to the fatigue of traveling and traveling, and the sudden return to Chang'an due to long-term battles, then he will go to the harem first and let the imperial doctor nurse him. I allow you to retreat from the court first." Li Zhi was greatly relieved, It is rare that Li Hong can persist in such a complicated government ceremony until now. It is really commendable that he can go back to the harem to rest for a while.
Otherwise, if this little brat loses his temper again and starts acting crazy and acting stupid in front of all the courtiers regardless of royal standards, it will really destroy the majestic and dignified atmosphere of the court today.
(End of chapter)