According to etiquette, the procedures for establishing a crown are complicated. Before the edict is officially issued, Zhao Jin needs to go to the Fengxian Hall to pay homage to the ancestors, and send envoys to the Temple of Heaven and the Taimiao to pay homage to the heaven and earth and ancestors. When the ancestors of heaven and earth know, they will choose an auspicious day to enact. On the day of enactment, in the Taihe Hall, according to the requirements of the Ministry of Rites, each worships at the four corners of the southeast, west and northeast, and then the ritual officials hold the feud and declare in front of the princes and ministers, and then the officials of the Ministry of Rites go to the Meridian Gate to read the edict.

However, Zhao Jin is now weak and the ceremony of establishing the crown prince has been simple. After the morning court was dispersed, Zhao Jin sent people to the Temple of Heaven and Taimiao to pay homage to the heaven and earth and the ancestors of the Zhao family, and at the same time, he ordered Chen Yi to make arrangements. Taking advantage of today's auspicious day, the edict and the enthronement ceremony were held together.

The conservative old minister looked at Zhao Jin's stewed style and said bluntly that Yu Li was incompatible and broke the rules of his ancestors.

Zhao Jin also knew that the enthronement ceremony was a little hurry, but his body couldn't last long. Although this emperor's brother was named a prince, he had no prince. If he did not enthrone himself and did not let all officials have witnesses, once he died, some ministers who were undeadly thieves would be ready to move again.

Therefore, he could not control those etiquettes. He was too lazy to talk about these conservative old ministers, so he directly sent Li Zhongxian to Changle Palace to announce the imperial edict with the prince's dress that the Shangyi Bureau had made day and night.

Gu Xizhao was prepared and took Zhao Sansi to the main hall early to wait for the order.

The words of the edict of the crown prince were used in particular. For Zhao Sansi, she was confused and knelt on the ground and listened for a long time. She only understood Li Zhongxian's last words: "...I am terrible and I cannot be lost for a long time. I ordered the crown prince to hold the seal to Zhaohua Palace to take the general government, to govern the common affairs, to suppose the army and supervise the country. The second prince, please accept the order, change your dress, and follow the servants to go to the Taihe Palace to listen to the seal."

Zhao Sansi looked at the apricot yellow crown garment held in the hand of the little eunuch behind Li Zhongxian, and was still a little stunned. After hesitating for a moment, he turned his head to look at Gu Xizhao and asked blankly: "Concubine, will I be the crown prince?"

Gu Xizhao nodded slightly, and the hand under her sleeves clenched unconsciously. She was afraid that this little fool would be stunned and would not accept the imperial edict.

"Second Prince, please accept the order." Zhao Sansi did not stand up to receive the order for a long time. Li Zhongxian frowned slightly and reminded him again.

Zhao Sansi seemed to have come to his senses, and bowed his head and thanked him again. Then he stood up and took the imperial edict from Li Zhongxian with both hands.

"I am congratulating you to Your Highness." As soon as she received the imperial edict, Li Zhongxian bowed to her. Although she was congratulating her, she did not see any joy in her expression, and she did not say anything to please her. Without waiting for Zhao Sansi to reply, she stood up on her own, shook her eyes at the little eunuch holding a dress beside her, and then bowed to look at Gu Xizhao, "I would like to ask the Empress to send someone to serve Your Highness to change clothes. The Emperor and all the ministers are waiting in the Hall of Supreme Harmony."

Gu Xizhao nodded slightly, then ordered Chan'er to call Li Zhongxian to go to the side hall for tea, and took Zhao Sansi to change his clothes in the side hall.

The crown prince's dress is very particular, and the decoration from the headdress to the waist is different from the past. Li Zhongxian waited for two cups of tea in the side hall before he saw Gu Xizhao bringing Zhao Sansi out.

Looking at the little prince dressed up in a gorgeous dress, Li Zhongxian was stunned for a moment. His impression of the second prince was still at the time when he was watching the sauce on the Cedar Palace that day. Now she was wearing a pearl crown and an apricot-yellow python robe. Her thin and small face seemed to be a little better. Although her peach blossom eyes were still shrunk, against the backdrop of the gorgeous clothes, he seemed to see the shadow of the current emperor when he was named the crown prince in the past from his familiar eyebrows.

After all, Li Zhongxian was a poor person in the palace for so many years. He quickly came back to his senses, his face relaxed a little, and his attitude towards Zhao Sansi also became respectful, "I would like to ask your highness to come with the servant."

Zhao Sansi nodded and wanted to raise his hand to touch the pearl on his head. The light of light swept to Gu Xizhao and looked straight at her, then quickly retracted his hand. The crown on the top of her head was inlaid with the pearl. The first time she wore such something, she felt heavy and was not used to it at all, and she couldn't help but want to reach out to touch it.

The matter of establishing a crown prince is related to the country and the government affairs. Except for the Empress Dowager and the Empress, the concubines in the harem cannot go to watch the ceremony. They can only wait until the ceremony is finished. Under the arrangement of the empress, the concubines in the harem solemnly come to the crown prince's palace to greet each other.

Although Gu Xizhao is the real queen and does not have the name of queen, she cannot accompany Zhao Sansi to the Taihe Palace, so she can only send people to the palace gate of Changle Palace.

Before getting into the sedan chair, Zhao Sansi suddenly turned around and looked at Gu Xizhao, "Concubine."

"Um?"

"I'm afraid."

Gu Xizhao was stunned for a moment, then looked at her, then turned her head to see Li Zhongxian with a slightly different expression, and said with a smile: "My father-in-law has seen it too. The second prince has seen it. There are few big scenes. Today, the occasion is starting to get nervous. Please take care of me."

"The Imperial Concubine is too worried." Li Zhongxian bowed and pretended to be unintentional, "Your Highness has lived in the Empress's Changle Palace for a few days, and he is very dependent on the Empress."

Gu Xizhao lowered her eyes and soon laughed again, and her eyes swept across Zhao Sansi's face with kindness, "Your Highness is still young, and her mother died early, and everyone around her is always caring for her. I am better to treat her, so she will be grateful and will inevitably develop some dependence."

"What the Empress said is very true." Li Zhongxian bowed and responded, and then called Zhao Sansi to get on the sedan chair, "Your Highness, it's getting late, so you can't let the emperor and the ministers wait for a long time."

Zhao Sansi still didn't want to get into the sedan chair and still looked back at Gu Xizhao.

In public, he was still acting coquettishly with his concubine. Chan'er watched from the side and almost bit her teeth, for fear that her concubine would be seduced by others. In front of Li Zhongxian, she was seduced by this little puppy to do something extraordinary. Subconsciously blocked her two steps, looking cautious.

Gu Xizhao didn't notice Chan'er's little movements, and took another step closer to Zhao Sansi. Looking at her little face that was flushed due to tension, she suddenly felt a little distressed. The hand under Guangxiu tightened, and then she restrained the urge to touch her head, "The second prince is now the crown prince. In the future, like your prince, he is the heaven of the Great Zhao. How can you be afraid? You are the crown prince, and you can't be afraid, do you understand?"

Zhao Sansi looked at her, nodded for a moment, turned around and walked a long way, then looked back at Changle Palace, which was about to go away. Looking at the woman standing at the door, for some reason, she suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, civil and military officials stood on both sides, quietly waiting for Zhao Jin to hold the enthronement ceremony for Zhao Sansi. All officials knew that the emperor would personally hold the enthronement ceremony for the second prince with such a serious illness. He must attach great importance to the second prince. If nothing unexpected happens, the new king in the future will undoubtedly be the second prince.

As the sun gradually rose, Zhao Jin's forehead was covered with sweat. He knew that he could not last long for him today, but no matter what, he had to grit his teeth and wait for Shen Yi to read the enthronement edict.

So, as soon as Zhao Sansi arrived at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he asked Chen Yi to withdraw the rituals and music, saving all the red tape. But even so, he still spent half an hour to welcome the ceremonial guards and drum music to Wenhua Hall. The officials who held the ceremonials formally read the enthronement edict to the officials, and then Chen Yi went to the Wumen to read the edict. The officials who welcomed the edict to the Secretariat and issued the world, and the enthronement was completed.

Zhao Jin finally failed to survive until the enthronement ceremony was over. As soon as Chen Yi left, he fainted, but he had told Li Zhongxian earlier that if Chen Yi had not finished reading the edict, even if he died on the spot, Li Zhongxian could not say it.

Therefore, it was not until the eunuch sent Chen Yi's edict to read and all officials were about to receive the news that the edict had been received, and Li Zhongxian called the imperial physician with tears in his eyes.

Zhao Jin was so fainted that he didn't wake up until the night, and the follow-up of the enthronement ceremony was also stranded. Zhao Sansi, who knew nothing, didn't even go to his new palace, and kept standing by Zhao Jin's bed with tears in his eyes.

For her, the huge palace left the Cedar Palace, which made her feel close to her was the Changle Palace where Concubine Xi and the Chengqian Palace where although she was majestic, she had her royal brother.

"Your Highness is still standing inside?" Gu Xizhao came to accompany Zhao Jin for half an hour when she received the news that Zhao Jin had fainted, but when Zhao Jin fainted, the harem was in a mess. In addition, Zhao Sansi was moving to the new palace today, so she was so busy that she was too busy. At that time, Chengqian Palace was crowded with people, so she couldn't spare any time to comfort the little prince with tears. When it calmed down in the evening, she came again.

"I'm here to guard." Xiao Liuzi looked at the freshly baked prince with her eyes swollen and her eyes were swollen. "She didn't move the lunch and dinner sent by the slave."

Gu Xizhao lit up his chin and walked in first. Xiao Liuzi had not said anything, so he hurriedly followed in. When he arrived in the inner room, Gu Xizhao realized that the queen who had not met for a long time was also there. He hurriedly bent down and saluted, "I have seen the queen."

Although the queen had been ill for many years and had a look of a tragic defeat and haggard expression, her phoenix eyes were always cold. Seeing Gu Xizhao bowing, she did not immediately give up on her tribute. "Concubine Xi is getting more and more successful now. The emperor is so sick that she doesn't send anyone to inform me. Such a prince appeared in the palace, and I don't know..."

Gu Xizhao still bowed, following her words, and looked at Zhao Sansi who was huddled on the soft couch beside the bed. She frowned and stood up on her own, "The queen has not been concerned about the common people for a long time. There are hundreds of big and small things in the palace in a day. I dare not disturb the queen's purity..."

"Rareless Concubine Xi, you have been in charge of the harem for a long time. Have you forgotten your identity?" The queen interrupted her sternly, "As long as I have this palace in one day, the power of the harem is in your hands, you will still be a concubine."

Before Gu Xizhao could speak, Zhao Sansi, who had not spoken, wiped his tears, stretched his neck and whispered to the queen, "The queen is just arrogant. This is the palace of the emperor's brother. Now the emperor is unconscious and needs to rest, but the queen comes here to shout..."

"You... are so handsome, you don't even know the basic etiquette. No matter how bad I am, you should call me the emperor's sister-in-law."

Zhao Sansi still stretched his neck. He probably just quarreled and became a little more courageous, "You are so fierce, I don't want a princess like you."

Just as the queen was late, she was crying by the bed, praying quietly that her elder brother would wake up early. As a result, the queen scolded her like a crazy woman. She was already scared and scared for a whole day, but was scolded by the princess who had never met before. She was so aggrieved. Now she saw that the shrew's princess actually bit the beautiful and kind Concubine Xi like a mad dog, she couldn't hold it in.

"You...you..." The queen didn't expect that the prince who grew up in the corner where she was scolded to death just now would speak so uncontrollably that she almost couldn't get up in anger.

"Empress, Your Highness is still young, don't bother with her." Seeing that the queen was about to get up in one breath, Gu Xizhao quickly walked over and patted her back and calmed down.

Others don’t know what the Queen’s body is, but Gu Xizhao knows that in the past, the Qin family, the empress’s mother, wanted to point fingers at Zhao Jin because of her ability to follow the emperor. The Queen’s body was that after Zhao Jin ascended the throne, she ordered people to impose chronic poisons and medicines. It only gradually collapsed over the years. Although the Qin family is not as powerful as before, many officials in the court are disciples of the Qin family. At this critical moment, the queen cannot be angry with this little brother.

"You don't have to be hypocritical." The queen panted and pushed Gu Xizhao away. She tried her best. Gu Xizhao was not prepared, and she really pushed her back two steps away. Zhao Sansi subconsciously ran towards them, but before she could help her, Gu Xizhao had already stabilized.

"Eunuch Li, please send the queen back." Gu Xizhao's expression did not change much, but Zhao Sansi was angry. The queen was really ungrateful and bullied Concubine Xi so righteously. It was really annoying.

Li Zhongxian was outside. He knew that the queen had been resentful to Concubine Xi for a long time. When the two of them met, the emperor did not interfere. He was a slave, so he was even more reluctant to take care of it. Now that he heard Zhao Sansi's shouting, he had to come in to smooth things over.

"Empress, Concubine Xi, the emperor is unconscious now and does need to rest. Please go back to the palace."

The queen became so angry that she became extremely weak, and it was indeed inconvenient to stay for a long time. She glanced at Gu Xizhao and Zhao Sansi, and asked the palace maid to help her leave.

After she left, Gu Xizhao asked Zhao Jin about the situation before leaving. Before leaving, Li Zhongxian ran away and called her again, "My lady."

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"Um?"

Although this is not the case, Li Zhongxian now has no choice but to show this little brother who looks soft and has a tough personality, so he has to half please and half beg to Gu Xizhao and said, "Your Highness is close to you. Please help persuade her and let her go back to the palace to rest by herself. Your Majesty had already told her that if he is not good, no one in the harem needs to serve him."

Even when Li Zhongxian said this to her in front of Zhao Sansi, Gu Xizhao did not reply to his words directly, but looked at Zhao Sansi, "Your Highness, are you listening to me? If you listen to me, then listen to Eunuch Li and go back and rest earlier."

Zhao Sansi did not reply immediately, but after a moment, he looked at her vaguely, "Then... can I follow the imperial concubine back to Changle Palace?"

Gu Xizhao burst out laughing and looked at Li Zhongxian, "Father-in-law, look at the childish words Your Highness said, you are really a child."

Li Zhongxian had thought that the two had dated closely and was worried in his heart. Now, seeing the little brother's stupid words, and looking at Concubine Xi's open and open manner, he also felt that his thoughts were really worrying. While breathing a sigh of relief, he was also worried. How could such a childish little crown prince take on the great responsibility?

"Your Highness is really good at joking." Li Zhongxian took Gu Xizhao's words and looked at Zhao Sansi again, "Now that the emperor has given you the Showa Palace, you can only live in your own palace."

Gu Xizhao also lowered her smile and walked over and said seriously: "From tomorrow, you will follow Prime Minister Cai to learn to deal with the government affairs in the morning, and follow the Grand Tutor in the afternoon. In the future, you will be tired. Your Highness should be more obedient, don't act recklessly based on your temperament, and you must not let down the emperor's expectations for you."

Zhao Sansi pursed his lips and nodded for a moment, "I will accompany the emperor for a while and I will go back to Showa Palace."

Gu Xizhao nodded, glanced at her, and then left.
Chapter completed!