After the drum beat three times, Zhang Shijie entered the palace to take turns. When he walked through the rest of the King of Guards in the side palace, he saw a person standing against the wall with a knife in his arms. Whenever he passed by, he would look at him vigilantly.??     ??

"The Jiang Du Tong has been guarding the side hall?" Zhang Shijie asked the deputy general Zhang Badao behind him.

"Sir, yes. Since His Highness entered the palace, General Jiang has been waiting day and night at the gate of the side hall, and has been standing for three days. When he is trapped, he sleeps against the wall." Zhang Ba replied.

"Oh, he did his best. The King of Guards was capable of letting the general commander of the army stand guard for him." Zhang Shijie sneered. This time he did not expect that 6 Xiufu and Jiang Jin would stand on the side of the King of Guards. After the emperor passed away, 6 Xiufu ordered Jiang Jin to lead the front army into the palace in the first place in the name of protecting the body of Emperor Daxing, and replaced the personal army of the guards who had originally guarded the palace, so that he could not control the harem. Next, 6 Xiufu wanted to welcome the King of Guards to the court and succeed to the throne, and Jiang Jin stood on that side again, forcing him to agree.

"The King of Guards is also very careful. He does not need any food provided in the palace. All of them were sent in from the outside of the palace by his guards. If someone touched him, he would immediately abandon him." Zhang Ba looked at the side hall and said in a low voice.

"Oh, he is so careful in his actions. How could he bring more than a thousand personal guards into the court? You are not wrong?" Zhang Shijie asked in confusion.

"The last general will send someone to monitor the General's Mansion day and night. This time, only Deng Guangsing, the royal palace recorder, came with the King of Guards. The rest are all in Qiongzhou. And the only ones accompanying the royal palace guards and the navy of the two battalions. The rest are all eunuchs from the inner mansion, the palace maids and all the servants, and the sailors are recruited from Qiongzhou." Zhang Bayan said.

"Hiss... This is strange. The General's Mansion actually sent only a book bag. I thought that even if the old man did not personally escort the King of Wei, he would send someone to the office!" Zhang Shijie said in surprise.

"The general also felt strange. All the warships in the general's mansion were moored in the bay. Except for the personal guard camp, they did not go ashore, but were on guard day and night. Therefore, the general suspected that there was another ambush in the ship, and someone else presided over the leadership. They might want to immediately take the Empress Dowager back to Qiongzhou after the King of Gu ascended the throne." Zhang Ba whispered.

"Well, this statement is not unreasonable, otherwise why would they be on guard as if they were facing a great enemy? And the King of Guard seemed to have suddenly changed his mind. In addition to nodding, we just wanted us to relax our vigilance and take the opportunity to escape." Zhang Shijie sneered.

"Sir, what I am worried about is that the General's Mansion has another support. Think about it, they have burned Qinzhou Water Village and rushed to 500 miles for days. If they are in the inside and outside, we may be unable to resist for a while." Zhang Bayan said.

"Yes, you're still thinking carefully. The general's government army is best at doing such sneaky and shameless things. We must be careful. You can immediately send warships to patrol day and night to prevent them from attacking. In addition, you mobilize warships to form a water city to block the waterway of the bay, so that they can't run away even if they want to." Zhang Shijie thought for a while and said.

"Sir, should we block the docks too so that they cannot enter and exit at will?" Zhang Ba offered advice again.

"Bastard, do you want to die? That is the fleet of the emperor, so it can't be detained at will." Zhang Shijie said angrily, "Even if you send a whistleboat and set up a water village, you must prevent the invasion of the Tartars and spy. Do not act rashly to cause conflict. If something happens, I can't protect you. Don't forget that King Wei doesn't even take Chen Xiang seriously when he gets into trouble."

"Yes, what the master taught me is that I understand." Zhang Ba thought that although this place was his territory, the King of Guard would be the emperor in two days. He only said that he had to give him three points, not to mention that there was a general's official army behind him. At that time, he ordered all the generals and officials to be transferred, and they would have to be in trouble...

Zhang Shijie's every move could not escape Zhao Bing's eyes and ears, but when he knew it, he just smiled and did not take any measures, allowing them to make trouble. And he still hid in the side palace except for worshiping in front of the Four Seasons Spirits, and did not go anywhere, and did not talk much with anyone, and just endured the day of the throne ceremony.

On the second day of the fifth month, after the preparations for the ceremony were completed, the right prime minister, Xifu, asked King Wei to succeed the throne. The curtains were hung on the main entrance of the back hall, indicating that the funeral was suspended. Zhao Bing took a chariot to the central hall to ascend to the seat. At this moment, all civil and military officials should perform music according to the ritual regulations. However, since it was in the funeral period, it was stipulated that the music was "set but not done", that is, the band only acted on the side, but they were not allowed to make sounds, which was similar to the TV that pressed the mute key, but at this moment, the bell and drums could be ringed. After the ceremony, Xifu Liu asked King Wei to ascend the throne again. After three pushes and three handicaps, Zhao Bing reluctantly agreed. Then he took off his mourning clothes and changed into the imperial robe.

Zhao Bing felt that the clothes were a little thin. After a little thought, it must be that the inner palace had no time to customize them, so he put the little emperor on his own. Thinking of this happy day, he didn't care, nor did he have time to care. While he was speaking, he had already lined up the ceremonial guards outside. He moved to the front hall again and sat on the emperor's exclusive big chair. At this time, all the officials had taken off their mourning clothes and went to the hall. Under the command of the famous official, the ministers performed three kneelings and nine kowtows to congratulate the new emperor on his succession.

After this procedure was completed, 6 Xiufu brought out the edict of succession and handed it over to the officials of the Ministry of Rites to leave the hall until the palace tower issued an edict to inform the people of the world, indicating that the emperor was the "true emperor". Before Zhao Bing could see clearly what his jade seal looked like, he was taken away as soon as the ceremony was finished and received it in the warehouse again. He changed his mourning clothes and returned to the back hall to worship and pray, saying that he had inherited the throne.

This ceremony shows that oneself is the orthodox inheriting the cause and will of the late emperor. His succession to the throne is natural and completely legal, and has unquestionable legitimacy. With this, he can improve his personal prestige. In the Song Dynasty, which governed the world with benevolence and filial piety, Zhao Bing also showed that this act was the emperor's brother to be filial. According to the etiquette system, the crown prince should be vigilant for three years, but the country cannot have a king for a day, so the edict will be read in the funeral hall, which will be three days for three years. The three years of mourning in the country are only a rule. If everyone really dies, they will be mourning for three years, and there is no need to do anything else.
Chapter completed!