Chapter 207 Inheriting the Throne, All Officials Surrender

When Shen Yi'an and Xie Ling came back, it was already evening, so the matter of entering the palace could only be put on hold for now.

Because they were going to Prince Jing'an's Mansion early tomorrow morning, Shen Qing and his party went to bed early, and there was still no movement from Zhou Xian's side as everyone expected.

The next day, just after dawn, Shen Qing and his entourage took a carriage in the direction of Prince Jing'an's Mansion. Master and disciple Rong Heng had nothing to do, so they followed along.

Lu Yan personally greeted Rong Heng at the door. He first gave Shen Qing a lingering look, and then looked at Shen Yi'an and the accompanying people who had specially taken leave for him. He greeted them one by one. When Rong Heng arrived, Lu Yan, who had been bled, was still there. It's nothing. Rong Heng, the blood-letter, felt embarrassed at first and asked a little awkwardly: "Um, are you feeling better?"

Lu Yan smiled and nodded, "The doctor Lao Rong is concerned about it, so it's all right."

The group of people walked towards the mansion. Lu Yan walked up to Shen Qing and asked softly: "I have heard a lot about the He family, but is there anything you need my help with?"

On that day, shortly after Shen Yi'an's family left, news came out from the He family that the two young masters were seriously ill, and they died suddenly within two days of each other. After that, the third son of the He family and Mu Lingyue were not in harmony. The news of divorce came one after another, and it was difficult not to make people suspicious, but the He family was very strict, and no specific news was ever released.

Although Lu Yan was not at the scene, he could vaguely guess the truth.

Shen Qing shook his head and whispered: "Shilang He is not in trouble for me, but the Li family intends to surrender. I think it can be used by us."

After the news of Chu Lingyuan's accident came, Shen Qing and Lu Yan guessed that Qiandu Sect was inextricably linked to Shengjing. From that time on, Shen Qing and Lu Yan decided to secretly expand their influence in the court. The influence in the hall, and the household department, is a good entry point.

"Li family? Li Shaoqing?"

Shen Qing nodded, and Lu Yan was a little surprised, "Li Shaoqing has been in the court for twenty years and has always been cautious. Why would he suddenly want to find a backer?"

Shen Qing slowed down a little and briefly talked to Lu Yan about the Li family. A cold look flashed in Lu Yan's eyes, and he was obviously very disgusted with the behavior of the two brothers He Wenbin. "Shilang He has done a lot of bad things over the years. I didn’t expect that my son’s teaching would be even better.”

After finishing his words, he thought for a moment and continued: "But if Li Shaoqing is sincere enough, it's not like we can't help the Li family take a step forward."

With Li Shaoqing's ability and background, if He Shilang is dismissed, he will still have a high chance of being promoted. If nothing else, there is still great hope for the position of Minister of Taifu Temple.

However, being a minister of Taifu Temple was not enough. What Lu Yan wanted, at least, had to be the position of Minister of Household Affairs.

However, whether we can get to this point depends on the consciousness of the Li family.

Shen Qing's eyebrows slightly arched, "There's no rush now, wait and see, if my prediction is correct, the Li family should be here soon."

Lu Yan squeezed her palm quietly and responded with a smile: "Okay, this is a very hard job."

Shen Qing was immediately startled by the warm touch on his palm, and quickly glanced around. After seeing that no one was paying attention, she breathed a sigh of relief and scolded Lu Yan: "You are really getting bolder now. ”

This is the main road leading to the main hall of Prince Jing'an's Mansion. There are servants carrying things everywhere. The most important thing is that Shen Yi'an and Xie Ling are still there in front.

Lu Yan immediately begged for mercy in a low voice, "I won't dare to do it next time."

While communicating in low voices, the group of people had arrived at the entrance of the main hall. Lu Tingyu was carefully checking Lu Yan's official uniform to ensure that there was no flaw in it.

Seeing Shen Yi'an, Lu Tingyu took two steps forward and apologized: "The etiquette is complicated and there are many things that need to be checked. That's why I couldn't greet him at the door. Please don't take offense, Marquis Yining."

Shen Yi'an waved his hand quickly, "What are you talking about, Your Majesty? There is something else about the Crown Prince's canonization ceremony that needs to be checked and confirmed. I am with Your Majesty."

How could Shen Yi'an not know that with Lu Tingyu's status, the only one worthy of him going out to greet her in person was the empress, and not even the prince had this honor. But she was so close to him now, just because he valued Shen Qing.

As for the issue of canonization, Shen Yi'an had gone through the process of becoming a marquis before, so he knew a lot about the specific details.

Lu Tingyu was not polite, and worked with Shen Yi'an to check the things needed for the ceremony again. Xie Ling was fine, so he stepped forward to do what he could.

Shen Qing and Lu Yan checked the layout of the mansion again, and took Rong Heng and Yun Xiaoxiao around the mansion.

Rong Heng, who had already reached the point where his feet hurt but still hadn't finished the tour of Prince Jing'an's palace, couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder everyone wants to seek a high position. This mansion alone is thousands larger than ordinary people's homes."

Yun Xiaoxiao asked him with a smile: "What about master, you have been carefree for decades, do you want to do something big in the age of knowing your destiny?"

Rong Heng rolled his eyes at her, "What, my old bones are an eyesore to you, right?"

As he said that, Rong Heng suddenly thought of something and suddenly took two steps forward and asked: "By the way, where have you been a few days ago? You haven't even returned to Yuncheng. Could it be that you were secretly having a tryst with some wild man?" Have you gone?"

What Rong Heng was talking about was the days when Yun Xiaoxiao took care of Chu Lingyuan in the bamboo house.

Yun Xiaoxiao's expression was natural, her face not red as she lied, and her heart not beating, "What else can I do? Of course I'm going to collect medicine."

However, while collecting medicine, I accidentally picked a young and beautiful man.

Shen Qing smelled something wrong and approached Yun Xiaoxiao to ask what was going on. Yun Xiaoxiao coughed lightly and whispered, "I'll tell you later when we get back."

Looking at Yun Xiaoxiao's red ears, Shen Qing had some doubts. Maybe Rong Heng really guessed it.

At the same time, he couldn't help but wonder what kind of man could capture Yun Xiaoxiao's heart?

…

At noon, the emperor came to the Jing'an Palace in person, and all the officials knelt to welcome him.

Shen Qing stood on the seat of the Yining Marquis's Mansion. Just as he was about to kneel down, he heard the emperor say, "Miss Shen is A Yan's fiancée, so there is no need to kneel."

Shen Qing responded and stood on the seat. He watched all the officials in the room kneel down and salute. Suddenly, he understood why those princes would rather risk bloodshed to ascend to that high position, because they wanted to see the world crawling in front of them, because they wanted to stand on top of thousands of people.

The emperor called everyone to stand up, and the ceremonial officer announced the start of the ceremony.

The ceremonial officer began to read the complicated ceremonial words. Lu Yan stood straight in front of the emperor. After the ceremonial words were finished, he bowed to the emperor and walked to the room beside him.

When he came out again, Lu Yan had changed into a majestic court robe. He stepped on the red silk all over the ground and walked step by step to the high platform. The emperor personally put on the jade crown symbolizing the noble throne for him.

Since then, the youngest generation of Jing'an King since the founding of the Great Chu was born.

Lu Yan turned around and looked at the officials. There was a cold light in his deep eyes, which made people want to surrender to him.

The officials bowed their heads and shouted "Meeting King Jing'an". Lu Yan just nodded, called everyone to stand up, and then walked towards Shen Qing.