On the tenth day of the fifth month of the Yuanfeng year, sixteen years after the empress ascended the throne, Yang Xi and Yang Yu finally became king. At this time, Yang Xi was already eighteen years old and Yang Yu was twenty-three years old.

Early in the morning, Luoyang City became a little lively. Although it was only a royal matter for the prince to be crowned, the court had done some things to make ordinary people feel the lively of the prince's enthronement. In order to cater to the court's celebration, some high-ranking officials and wealthy families also spontaneously organized activities, such as holding some flowing banquets to entertain guests and the people, merchants hung red lanterns that would only be hung on festivals and set off firecrackers...

Luoyang City has indeed not been celebrated like this for a long time. Therefore, the people seem to be infected by the lively atmosphere of celebrations around them, and even the street market is much more prosperous.

As the prince of the Wei Dynasty, Han Jian received an order from the palace early that morning to let him go to the palace to watch the ceremony. It was just a witness to the two princes who were granted titles and congratulate them according to the rules. Han Jian felt that there was nothing to congratulate, and he had to wait for the two brothers of the Yang family to become crown princes. Just being a prince is not hereditary. If there is nothing to do, the next generation will be demoted to the prince and the same level as him. In a few generations, the tombs will not be seen in the tombs of the royal ancestral tombs. If the current direct prince cannot ascend to the throne to the emperor in the future, he will gradually become a sideline and no one cares about it.

Han Jian entered the palace in court uniform, and the outside of Yingtianmen was even more lively than last night. As long as the officials in Luoyang City were above the sixth rank, except for military officials on duty, the rest would be on holiday to attend the celebration. This was also the first public activity after the court investigated and dealt with the corruption case. The Ministry of Revenue and the Treasury Department were taken down in one fell swoop. This haze still made the Wei Dynasty a little breathless. Although Han Jian did a good thing that was "too happy", it also caused the reputation of the Wei Dynasty to fall to the bottom for a while.

Han Jian could enter the palace first, but he was not in a hurry to enter the palace. Outside Yingtianmen, he met an acquaintance, Huang Lie, the Minister of War Department, Huang Lie, who had just reached the sixth grade, so he was also qualified to come to the celebration today.

"Brother Han, it's really good today. I heard that Mr. Yang has been crowned as the king. Will you see it later?" Huang Lie rushed over and greeted Han Jian. After saying hello, he said a few nonsense.

Han Jian looked at Huang Lie, probably because Huang Lie thought he was lucky, and he met the East King and the future King Kang. With these two friends, he could continue to do whatever he wanted in Luoyang City in the future.

"I can probably see it." Han Jian said perfunctorily, "I don't know the specific arrangements of the court for granting the title today. I can't tell whether the two princes will show up now."

Huang Lie sighed and seemed to be touched, "It's good to have a surname Yang. Look at Mr. Yang, who is so honest, and you will be the king if you say you are the king. And my cousin... Forget it, don't talk about her. Unfortunately, my surname is Huang, otherwise I can be the king or something, and I have my own large territory and have the final say. That's really...not to mention how beautiful it is."

Han Jianxin said that Huang Lie is not good, but he still has some ambition. Han Jian really wants to say that with your virtue, you still want to be the king? Let's do it for the next life!

Han Jian changed the topic and asked, "How many people have come to your Ministry of War this time?"

Huang Lie smiled and said, "Everyone who can come is here, but our official position is humble. Last time, His Majesty said that he would promote and reuse me in the future. Later, he heard some rumors. Why did the wind disappear in the end? Will Your Majesty reward or not?"

Han Jian knew that Huang Lie was talking about the last time he rescued Yang Yu, and the empress said that he wanted to reward him. At that time, Yang Yu was rescued, and the empress said casually that the reward might be implemented as soon as possible for others, but Huang Lie came from a family of military generals. He would definitely serve the Southern King in the future. It doesn’t matter whether the empress rewards it or not. Even if the empress appreciates Huang Lie and wants to keep him in Luoyang City to serve the court, the empress must consider the reaction of the Southern King. What’s more, Huang Lie’s ability is well known, and the empress does not have to misunderstand such a “swerable”.

"It should...it's soon." Han Jian said casually.

Huang Lie looked annoyed. Perhaps he despised his low official position. In places like Luoyang City, he might be the Minister of the Secretariat, or the General, or the Prince. He is a sixth-rank official, even if his background is strong, he is just a minor official, and he is a dwarf everywhere he goes.

As he spoke, someone from the palace came out to spread the word that officials could enter the house. Han Jian didn't think he was too special, but he went to Yingtianmen with all the officials. However, during routine inspections, Han Jian had some privileges and could go directly to the palace courtyard without being searched.

After entering the palace, Han Jian was about to go to the main hall where the ceremony of the title was held today, but he saw a hurried figure coming towards him. This person came towards him, and it was the eunuch Lu Shaokun.

"Please pay tribute to His Highness the Eastern King." Lu Shaokun came up to greet him.

"Eunuch Lu Gong'an, is there something wrong with leaving the palace?" Han Jian asked with a smile.

Lu Shaokun glanced at the ministers who had just been searched after Han Jian, and his face felt a little embarrassed: "Your Highness, let me speak with you."

Han Jianxin was puzzled. Why did Lu Shaokun feel that there was something important to tell him, and it seemed to be a secret matter. Logically speaking, today is an important day for the two princes to be crowned kings. Lu Shaokun should be very busy in preparing the two princes to move out of the palace to his mansion and had no time to come and talk to him.

When he got to the side, Lu Shaokun approached and whispered: "Your Majesty asked me to inform Your Highness, saying that I would go to Hanli Palace at noon."

"Hanli Palace?" Han Jianxin said this was the first time he heard that there was such a place in the palace. "Eunuch Lu, don't you know where this Hanli Palace is?"

"Just next to the Wenwu Palace, Your Highness knows where the Wenwu Palace is?" Lu Shaokun said.

Han Jian nodded. The Wenwu Palace was the first time he entered the palace and the Queen was the place where the Queen entertained the ministers.

Seeing Han Jian nodding, Lu Shaokun was finally relieved. It seemed that there was something wrong and hurriedly left. When Lu Shaokun left, Han Jian remembered that "next to the Wenwu Palace" was indeed a very general concept. There were many halls in the palace, and even the next door was divided into front, back, left and right. In just a short distance, there would be many palace guards guarding it. It might be possible to pass a few gates. At that time, he didn't know the exact location, but just went to the Wenwu Palace. If he looked for it, he would probably not be able to find the place.

Han Jian thought at this time that it would be best if Yang Xi could come to show the way now. But he also knew that Yang Xi was about to be crowned king, so naturally he had no time to come out to see him.

"I hope this kid listened to my words yesterday and did not always act like he didn't care about anything." Han Jian sighed in his heart.

Afterwards, Han Jian followed the ministers and went directly to the main palace hall of the palace. Outside the main hall, it had been arranged, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Nine Ministers had arrived first. At this time, the palace gate of the main hall had not been opened, and it should be waiting for the queen and the two princes to come.

Han Jian had just stood still and saw a familiar and unfamiliar face again. He had seen this face more than once when he first came to Luoyang City, but he had never seen it again recently.

He was the envoy of the Southern Qi Dynasty and the "big eunuch" of the Southern Dynasty.

At this time, Zhu Tongjing came alone and did not bring his followers like last time. However, he was still dressed in white and held a fan in his hand. He looked literary and elegant, but he was more like a little white-faced person who was sucking in a soft meal.

After Han Jian had several interactions with Zhu Tongjing, he also went to investigate this person. It is reported that this person does not have a deep background. He was born as an official and his family has fallen into the family since he was a child. Zhu Tongjing's success was entirely because he became a queen mother of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and then he gradually rose to the court of the Southern Qi Dynasty.

The situation in Southern Qi was very similar to that in the Wei Dynasty. Both the emperors of the previous generation passed away when they were middle-aged and their descendants were young. The Emperor of the Wei Dynasty was to pass the throne to the eldest princess, which is the current queen. However, the Southern Qi was different. After the death of the previous generation of Southern Qi, the throne was directly passed to the five-year-old emperor at the time, and used the empress as the governor of the empress, and arranged several auxiliary ministers at the same time. This happened only four years ago.

The young emperor of Southern Qi is only nine years old, and the power of Southern Qi is basically divided into two sides, one is the empress dowager and the other is the minister of the regent. Both sides do not give in to power, but they have no choice but to take advantage of each other. Zhu Tongjing is an important figure in the empress dowager's party. Not only is he outstanding in talent and appearance, he knows how to please women, but more importantly, he is talented and able to provide advice to the empress dowager of Southern Qi. As for whether Zhu Tongjing is an eunuch, there are many different opinions on the Southern Qi side. Because the empress dowager could only suppress half of the Southern Qi court, some rumors about the empress dowager and the empress dowager could not be banned in the territory of Southern Qi. Several auxiliary ministers of Southern Qi intended to belittle the image of the empress dowager of Southern Qi, and Zhu Tongjing was also emphasized by them.

At this time, Zhu Tongjing seemed to be just an ordinary audience member. He didn't look around when he came to the palace, and seemed to have not noticed Han Jian's existence.

Zhu Tongjing didn't provoke him, and Han Jian was in no mood to pay attention to this conspiracy-oriented novice. Last time, Zhu Tongjing approached him in Qingyuefang to make Hu Deming, the young mansion of the Tingwei Mansion, think that the two had any collusion. From then on, Han Jian knew that Zhu Tongjing was not just a novice-shaped novice, and his methods were also very clever.

Han Jian waited for a while, and then some ministers from the cabinet came over. The chief minister Shang Shaoming and the second assistant Gu Weipan and others came over to read the edict in their hands.

Han Jian knelt down with the ministers to obey the orders, which was considered as the empress who officially gave the titles to his two younger brothers. In addition to giving the titles, the empress also specially named the edict in order to allow the two younger brothers to participate in the court affairs and support the country.

It was very high-profile, and Han Jian couldn't understand the way the two princes took office. Han Jian thought that it was probably the same as before. The two princes would not have any official positions. They would only tell them to do something special when the queen had to send them to do it, which was similar to arranging two imperial envoys.

After reading the imperial edict, the gate of the main palace hall opened, and the officials could go in and wait for the arrival of the queen and the two princes.

At this time, Han Jian noticed that the Prince of Yanning and Princess Anping were not there. In addition to him, the Minister of Revenue Tang Sheng was not there. At present, the Ministry of Revenue and the Department of Revenue are still two empty yamen. Tang Sheng and him, Han Jian, are the only remaining officials in these two yamen.
Chapter completed!