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Chapter 264 Ceremony

The old lame man turned his head and looked at the boss's wife, and said in a very gentle tone after a while, "Actually, I envy you very much. You could follow the prince west back then."

"Envy?"

The boss lady was stunned for a moment, then shook her head: "If you saw your friends leaving me every day, you might not envy me. I didn't even remember most of the hundreds of people who traveled west back then, and I didn't know the names of more than 70% of them. But at that time they were my friends, and they could leave their backs to their friends with confidence. The original strangers became people who share life and death, and then those who live were afraid of being more painful than those who died."

She paused and said, "My man has always been unwilling to think about the past, nor is he allowed to think about it."

The old lame man didn't know what to say. After a moment of silence, he smiled and changed the topic: "Fang Jie is looking for you, please follow Hongxiuzhao, do he have any plans?"

"He plans to let me live"

The boss smiled and said, "That little guy, I think he is very smart... I haven't been idle these days. I live in Prince Yi's mansion. In fact, I have been secretly investigating the prince's journey westward. I always suspected that the journey westward was not that simple. At that time, because of Li Yuanshan's urgent report, the prince hurriedly left Chang'an City. For so many years afterwards, I could not help but think about what happened back then. Is it really the Mongols and Yuan people who planned to assassinate the emperor?"

"You have never experienced that battle, and we didn't notice anything strange at that time. But every time I think back, I feel something is wrong. The reactions of the Mongols seemed very intense, and it seemed to be even more angry than us. At that time, we thought it was because of their conspiracy being discovered, and it was just a murderer, and the killing was red. We had the upper hand, so we killed very happily at the beginning. Later, there were continuous experts from the Mongols, and our casualties became greater and greater."

"Later, I thought about it carefully and found a lot of doubts."

The boss said, "First, when I was traveling west, I met no one of the Mongol Yuan practitioners who were very strong. On the contrary, the people from the Buddha Sect who came later had good cultivation. Second, this was discovered by the military, but the military did not participate until the end. Third, when the prince was traveling west, who benefited the most?"

The old lame man thought about it carefully and replied: "What do you mean is that the people of the Yuan Dynasty and the prince were both deceived?"

The boss nodded: "When Fang Jie told me that Prince Yi was going to rebel, I finally understood. This matter may be a scam from beginning to end. When the prince left Chang'an City, Prince Yi was the one who benefited the most. If he really had a rebellion, who was the one who feared the most? It was definitely not Your Majesty, but the prince! Only when the prince left Chang'an could he plan and prepare with confidence... Although I don't know why he has been delayed until today, I am sure that that matter cannot be separated from Prince Yi."

The old lame man was stunned and asked, "That's why Fang Jie asked you to follow Hongxiuzhao?"

The boss lady smiled: "He was afraid that I would go directly to Prince Yi."

She straightened out the hair hanging down on her forehead: "That little guy knows my temper, so he begged me to follow you guys from Hongxiuzhao, and came up with a good reason. I think it's ridiculous if I think about it."

"What's the reason?"

"He said that Hongxiuzhao has the largest stage and is closest to the emperor when performing. As Prince Yi's identity, of course, it is not far from the emperor. He said that if you want to do it, it is best to follow Hongxiuzhao, and Hongxiuzhao is full of women, which can also cover up your identity."

The old lame man said, "That's right."

The boss lady smiled and said, "You are so stupid. If Prince Yi really planned to rebel today, would he still be foolishly sitting with the emperor? If he would rebel today, then he would definitely not appear at the military service ceremony. Fang Jie said this simply because he didn't want me to break through and die by myself."

The old lame man was stunned and nodded immediately.

"Why do you say this to me?"

The old lame man asked.

The boss lady smiled and said, "I told you all this to tell you why I came. I also want you to know why I gave you the last pot of pear blossom wine."

The old lame man's face suddenly changed: "You plan..."

“Yes!”

The boss said seriously: "If Prince Yi really rebelled, he would definitely stay in the palace to command the overall situation! If he wanted to kill the emperor, he would definitely send all his masters out. Now the defense in Prince Yi's palace must be at its lowest point. I will regret it if I don't go at this time. I want to ask him if the prince was setting up a plan when he went west. I have to ask him about hundreds of lives thrown in the northwest!"

As soon as the words were finished, the boss's figure suddenly flew up and floated away from the carriage.

"Don't lose my pear blossom wine. If I can't die, I will ask you to come back!"

The old lame man watched the boss's wife leave, but could not stop him. Although his cultivation is stronger than the boss's wife, how could a ninth-grade master easily stop him if he wanted to leave on purpose? Moreover, today's day is too important. If he leaves Hongxiuzhao, who knows if something will happen.

So he was in pain.

At this moment, the curtain of the car in front was lifted, and Aunt Xi waved to the old lame man. The old lame man flashed and had already arrived at the carriage in front.

"Master Luo, go."

Xihuamei smiled and said, "You did not follow the prince westward back then, and you regretted it for more than ten years. If you didn't go to Prince Yi to ask clearly today, you would regret it for the rest of your life. Hongxiuzhao has tied you up for more than ten years, and you can't let go of your hands and feet to do what you want. Today is the time to end all this, you don't have to worry about Hongxiuzhao."

The old lame man's nose was sore and he handed the pot of pear blossom wine to Xihuamei: "Leave it to Fang Jie that little brat. If Du Hongxian and I can't come back, let him give Su Tugou!"

Xihuamei took the wine pot and nodded slowly.

The old lame man suddenly laughed, and his figure suddenly spread out like an eagle. The laughter floated in the sky, particularly distant. At this moment, he was like a giant who had escaped from the shackles, so heroic and free. Xihuamei looked at the gradually disappearing figure, and a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes.

"I should have let you go away long ago, but I'm worried that you will die... Master Luo, take care of me!"

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The emperor's ceremonial guard was ready, and a large group of people were waiting in front of the Tai Chi Palace Hall. The huge imperial chariot was pulled by eighteen BMWs, three meters high. Around the imperial chariot, there were five hundred solemn imperial guards. The imperial chariot was very large, with guards standing on four corners, totaling eight. Although these eight people were wearing flying fish robes from the Great Inner Guard, they were not from the Great Inner Guard at all.

In front of the imperial guards are the flying fish robe and golden gourd warriors who pioneered the way. Behind are a large number of eunuchs and palace maids. At the end, there are the majestic knights of one hundred and eight riders.

All civil and military officials were waiting at the gate of Tai Chi Palace, separated from each other. The adults who were left by the emperor last night looked at each other and their faces looked particularly ugly. Perhaps they had a premonition that their lives were about to come to an end. But at this moment, they could only let fate pull them forward.

The emperor changed into a grand court suit, and it was a very complicated thing to wear it. Several palace maids carefully sorted out, fearing that they would make another mistake. Not long ago, the emperor issued an order to kill a palace maid with rough hands and feet. Because she actually dropped His Majesty's crown to the ground, no one spoke for her even if she was killed by the poker. Although it deserves sympathy, there is no mistake in the emperor's punishment.

So these palace maids were extremely careful, fearing that they would become the second person to be killed by sticks. They didn't even dare to look up at the emperor's face, let alone look at the white hair on the emperor's temples.

"Su Buwei..."

The emperor opened his arms and asked the palace maids to tie their belts: "Have all officials arrived?"

Su Buwei lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, you have arrived. Just wait outside the palace gate, and the imperial chariot is ready."

The emperor said, "Send someone to tell the Empress Dowager, and said that I will preside over the military ceremony today, so I will not go to pay my respects to her. I will visit you after I come back from the military ceremony."

Su Buwei responded, called a little eunuch and gave a few instructions.

"Have Prince Yi arrived?"

The Emperor asked.

Su Buwei shook his head: "Not yet, but he sent a manager to say that Prince Yi is preparing to present the gift to His Majesty, and he will be late."

A trace of coldness flashed in the emperor's eyes, and he laughed, "Let the manager reply to Prince Yi, just say that I am waiting for Prince Yi's gift. On such an important day, Prince Yi's gift must be taken out."

After the court uniform was dressed neatly, the emperor put the crown on his own. He walked to the bronze mirror, looked at himself in the mirror and carefully sorted out his clothes and smiled: "Su Buwei, do you think my crown is beautiful?"

Su Buwei lowered his head and said, "It is most suitable to wear it on His Majesty's head."

The emperor laughed and strided out of the East Warehouse.

Su Buwei followed the emperor out and shouted when he reached the door: "Go!"

The prepared imperial soldiers shouted neatly, and then knelt down neatly. The emperor followed the bluestone slabs and walked towards the imperial chariot. At this moment, the confidence on his face was particularly clear.

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Fang Jie suddenly felt sad as he watched the emperor step onto the imperial chariot, and as he carefully combed it and hid it in the crown but still showed a little white hair. He looked back at Chen Qingfan and Mu Xiaowei standing beside him, and the two women behind him nodded slightly at him at the same time.

Fang Jie smiled and breathed a long sigh of relief.

After waiting for so long, I finally arrived.

The flying fish robe in front of the imperial chariot beat the gong, and the golden gourd warrior behind raised the ceremonial guard. The team slowly started and walked out the gate along the right path of the Tai Chi Palace. When the gong sounded, all the officials outside the palace gate knelt down one after another. After the emperor's imperial chariot left the palace gate, all the officials stood up and joined the team. Hundreds of adults wearing various official uniforms walked one after another, which looked spectacular.

Knowing that today is a big day, the people got up early and stood on both sides of the street waiting. The huge and flat square was already full of people. The yamen runners of Chang'an Prefecture and the soldiers of the Left Guard were deploying defenses and patrolling along the way. More than a dozen platforms had been built on the square, which were prepared for singing and dancing.

The tallest one is of course Hongxiuzhao.

The stage of Hongxiuzhao is facing the dot-superior platform that had been built two days ago. At that time, the emperor and important officials who were sitting on the dot-superior platform can see the performance of Hongxiuzhao the most intuitively. Between the redxiuzhao and the dot-superior platform, there is a passage about fifty meters wide that is specially reserved. At that time, the army going to fight will pass through this passage and be inspected by the emperor.

About three miles away from the square, the Zuowu Guards who participated in the inspection today were ready to go. This was the extremely rare six emperors' army that had gone on a war in the years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, so the soldiers and generals of the Zuowu Guard were also a little excited and nervous. The Zuowu Guard General Yu Manlou, who was riding on a white war horse, looked back at his soldiers, with a serious expression.

He didn't know what would happen today.

But he knew that he had to walk past His Majesty with his men today.

Yu Manlou, who had not fought for a long time, took a long breath and raised his arm high.

"Show the flag!"
Chapter completed!