After the crown prince’s enthronement ceremony tomorrow, the fourth prince will become the crown prince, and Xu Yan will become the crown prince’s tutor if he is in the palace to teach.
Unlike his previous status as a royal master, the Crown Prince’s tutor has an official rank and can participate in court affairs and is required to attend court.
The Xu family’s family motto is that their sons are not allowed to enter the court, and the old man has not been involved in any of the court affairs over the years.
“I agree.”
The old gentleman was extremely calm, the Xu family had a family motto, but if the Xu family came to a point of life and death, this family motto would also have to change with the times.
Moreover, if Yan’er joined the court, it would mean that the Xu family would have a backing for Yue’er, so that no matter what major events Yue’er encountered in the future, or when she married Song Yin a few years later, her status would not be criticized.
Song Wan Yue did not know that the old man had agreed to this for her sake, and her heart warmed up, “It is Yue’er who has dragged her uncle and the Xu family into this.”
Xu Yan laughed and said, “During the years when I went out to look for your mother, I saw too many things and long ago I had the desire to join the dynasty, and this desire has never been dispersed because of the family motto, so I could only suppress it in my heart.
“Yes.”
Song Wangyue replied obediently.
Xu Yan patted his injured leg, not knowing whether he was really happy or wanted Song Wan Yue to believe what he had just said, and asked with a smile, “Then do you have a way to make uncle’s leg get better sooner?”
Although the wooden plate fixed on his leg was removed, he was not too bold to exert himself, especially not now, if he was disabled, his status as Crown Prince Taifu would be lost.
Actually, it did.
But Song Wan Yue shook her head, “It takes a hundred days to break a bone, uncle still needs to recuperate well, Song Yin and I will make you a wheelchair as soon as possible, it will be easier for you when you go to the palace.
Xu Yan just casually asked, but his eyes lit up when he heard about the wheelchair, he had seen people using it during his years away and it was very convenient.
“Good, uncle will wait.”
Song Wangyue got up and walked to the desk, putting down her pen to write down what she needed to make the wheelchair.
So she drew a drawing of a wheelchair with the things she needed attached to it, called Xu Liang in and handed it to him, “Send this to the Ministry of Works and ask him to make it easy for you to get all the things needed on it, and leave the drawing with him.”
“Yes.”
When Song Wangyue gave it to him just now, he took a glance at it, such a good thing would turn into a money-making business for anyone who got it, not to mention getting all the things needed to make the wheelchair, even if he asked the Ministry of Works to help him make it, they would agree to it.
……
The next morning, all the officials gathered in front of the palace gate as usual.
Standing in twos and threes, they whispered.
There was still no news from the palace, but they all knew in their hearts that the Emperor was in a very bad way, otherwise he would not have attended the morning court for several days in a row.
Today they had no hope either, but since the Emperor had not ordered them to do so, they could only come and wait at the palace gates as usual.
Just after waiting for a while, the palace gate slowly opened, and instead of Eunuch Huang, another young eunuch came out, with a sweep of his duster and a shrill voice, “Hundred officials enter the palace ……”
The hundred officials quickly glanced at each other, collected their minds and walked in two by two in a row according to the order.
When they reached the Golden Palace, they stood in order and waited for the Emperor to arrive.
The Duke of Zhen, who was standing at the front, turned around and looked at the civil and military officials, saying word for word, “His Majesty is not physically ill, but has suffered a stroke and is in a critical condition, and is still unconscious after these few days. As there is no one in charge of the court, the Duke of Ding and I have decided to hold the crown prince’s investiture ceremony today as scheduled.”
His words were like a drop of water falling into hot oil, and the civil and military officials immediately exploded.
How could the enthronement ceremony be held without the emperor?
Could it not be that the Queen Consort Xian would appear?
That would never do!
Since ancient times, no woman has ever interfered in imperial politics!
The Duke of Zhen stood calmly, watching the hundred officials slowly slow down from their initial excitement to their emotions until the chattering had stopped, before he slowly spoke, “I know what you are all worried about, the Queen Consort Xian will not step in, and today’s enthronement ceremony will not be too grand, it will just be the crown prince first, so that the crown prince can handle the dynastic affairs in name before the Emperor wakes up. ”
The civil and military officials quickly looked at each other again, this is also a solution, the fourth prince will be the crown prince sooner or later, it doesn’t matter if it’s a day early or late, but the court affairs really can’t be handled without someone.
Seeing that no one objected, the Duke of Zhen Guo rejoined the ranks.
The fourth prince walked in slowly, followed by the eunuch who had just gone to the palace gate to shout.
The Minister of Rites stepped forward with the precious book in his hand and knelt before the Fourth Prince.
The Fourth Prince held up the book with both hands.
The Minister of Rites stood up, stepped back and raised his voice, “Kneel!”
The civil and military officials knelt down, chanting in unison, “The Crown Prince is a thousand years old!”
……
The shout was so loud that it spread out of the Golden Palace and floated over the imperial palace.
Almost all the people in the harem heard it.
Eunuch Huang, however, had no idea.
He had fainted yesterday and was carried back to rest. He slept for a day and a night before waking up, and when he opened his eyes he learned that so much time had passed. He was afraid that something had happened to the emperor, so he only hurriedly freshened up and did not even have time to change his clothes before he hurried over to serve him.
He was relieved to see that His Majesty had not changed for the worse, just as he had done a few days before, and took the opportunity to call a junior eunuch to ask if anything had happened while he was away.
The eunuch’s head shook like a rattle.
The eunuch was relieved.
But not long afterwards, he heard the news that the Fourth Prince had been crowned Crown Prince.
He could not believe his ears, the Emperor was still lying unconscious in bed, who had crowned the Fourth Prince?
“Did you hear it wrong?”
The little eunuch’s head shook faster than a rattle, “It’s all over the palace, I wouldn’t have heard it wrong.”
Eunuch Huang stumbled a step!
No wonder he had just persuaded, Xiao Xianfei painfully agreed to go to rest, so, so ……
He poofed and knelt in front of the bed, “Your Majesty, did you hear that? They have taken advantage of your unconsciousness to enthrone the fourth prince as the crown prince! If you don’t wake up, I’m afraid, I’m afraid ……”
Eunuch Huang was in tears, if the Emperor didn’t wake up, his life would be lost! The emperor’s power was about to be hollowed out as well.
Maybe Consort Xiao Xian and the Crown Prince will even take advantage of the opportunity to take the Emperor’s life!
No!
He couldn’t let that happen.
He took a step forward and cried more and more sincerely, “Your Majesty, wake up, wake up and look at the old slave, look at your kingdom!”
The Emperor’s hand on the side of the bed suddenly moved.