Seven days after the late emperor was buried, the new emperor held his coronation ceremony.
The moment that Zhao Fou had been waiting for had finally arrived.
Before dawn, Chen An pulled Zhao Fou out of bed and began to freshen up.
Seven or eight young eunuchs and palace maids came up to the little Emperor and busied themselves as if they were playing with toys.
They knew the importance of dressing up this time, so they held their breaths and were extremely nervous…
To put it in perspective, the attire they gave the little Emperor this time was related to the safety of the Great Song Empire…
This couldn't be done carelessly…
"Huala, huala!"
The old eunuch, Chen An, held a small piece of underwear in his hand. After shaking it in the air a few times, he held it in front of Zhao Fou.
"Your Majesty, you will wear this bra today! This is what this old minister worked all night to make for you!”
Chen An brought the clothes to the front, and only then did Zhao Fou realize that the cuffs of her underwear were densely packed with words.
"Your Majesty, you must be obedient later and listen to Lord Zhang Jun's arrangements! Lord Zhang and the others want you to worship the ancestors and the heavens, so just follow their instructions! If you forget what to say, don't be nervous. You'll know when you pull up your sleeves! Do you remember?"
Although Chen An knew the little Emperor's abilities, she was very impressed by Zhao Fou…
However, Chen An thought that this little emperor was only eight years old after all…
An eight-year-old child attending such a grand ceremony. It would be terrible if he was nervous…
Therefore, he, who was loyal to Zhao Fou, thought of this idea…
Chen An stayed up all night and wrote down the words she had said to worship the heavens and ancestors on her sleeves.
This way, if the little Emperor really forgot his lines due to nervousness, wouldn't he just secretly pull up his sleeves and take a look?
This way, the coronation ceremony would be foolproof…
Zhao Fu looked at the small underwear in Chen An's hand and understood what Chen An was thinking. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
This old fellow was really a clever old fox…
To think that he could think of such a method…
This method was really the essence of cheating…
Zhao Fou couldn't help but shake his head with a smile. However, he knew that Chen An's actions were also due to her loyalty. Although Zhao Fu didn't need this thing, he didn't want to waste the old eunuch's efforts, so he took off his underwear and changed into it.
Following that, the young eunuchs and palace maids busied themselves again, making Zhao Fou look spirited and full of heroic spirit.
In the end, Chen An personally went up to the throne and put on the crown for the little Emperor. Everything was done.
"About that, tell Honglu to prepare some food. After the coronation, His Majesty wants to eat!”
Chen An gave some instructions to the eunuchs and serving girls in the Eastern Palace, then followed behind Zhao Fou. In the cold wind, the old and the young, the monarch and the minister, hurried toward the ancestral temple…
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In front of the Southern Song Dynasty's ancestral temple, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty had been waiting there long before dawn.
Although it was summer, it was still a little cold in the early morning when the breeze blew.
The officials of the Great Song formed groups of three or five, hugging their arms and stomping their feet as they gathered together to resist the cold.
They naturally knew that Empress Dowager Pan had given up on sitting behind the curtain and that the little Emperor had monopolized the government…
All the officials frowned and were annoyed by this news…
They really couldn't understand what Zhang Jun, these four ministers, were thinking.
They did not follow Empress Dowager Pan, who had followed the late Emperor for many years, but instead followed the little Emperor to manage the government.
Had the brains of these four ministers been kicked by a donkey?
How could this 8-year-old naughty boy rule the world…
Wouldn't it be suicidal to hand over the Great Song to him?
The century-old foundation of the Great Song, the hard work of several generations, would probably be buried in the hands of this naughty child.
Thinking of this, the officials of the Great Song sighed.
Although they had come to participate in the little Emperor's coronation, they didn't actually support Zhao Fou.
They did not believe that this little child had the ability to hold up the crumbling Great Song.
Many pessimistic ministers had even foreseen the destruction of the country…
"Hmph, what support for the young emperor? Isn't it because Zhang Jun and the other three want to monopolize the government? I don't believe that this little Emperor has the ability to subdue these four lords for his use. In the end, this little Emperor is just a puppet of Zhang Jun and the others!”
"Sigh! At this time, Zhang Jun and the others were actually still fighting for power and benefits. They really did not know the severity of the situation! The late Emperor had appointed them as the ministers entrusted to him, hoping that they would assist the Great Song. But now, they were probably going to be disappointed!”
"Milords, with the current situation in the court, this little Emperor is definitely unreliable. In order to protect the Great Song, we can only rely on our lives! We are the officials of the Great Song Dynasty. At this time of national destruction, we must not retreat!”
"Sigh, that's right! Tian Zi is useless. Who else can this country rely on if not us? It's a pity that even if we do our best, we might not be able to protect the Great Song! This century-old foundation was finally lost in the hands of this eight-year-old brat. Sigh! How sad and lamentable!"
When the officials of Great Song thought of Zhao Fu's upcoming succession, they felt disgusted.
They all sighed and were pessimistic about the future of Great Song.
Everyone looked at Zhang Jun and the other three with eyes full of blame and dissatisfaction…The officials could not understand what these four ministers were thinking. Why did they have to support this playful and incompetent child in power? Wasn't this nonsense?
However, it was useless to complain. What was done was done. They could only accept it.
If they attacked Zhang Jun and the others, causing internal strife in the Southern Song Dynasty, it would be even more disadvantageous to the Great Song Dynasty, right?
The officials thought that they could only rely on their lives to protect the Great Song.
"His Majesty has arrived!"
Amidst the complaints and expectations of the officials, the little Emperor Zhao Fou made his grand entrance in front of the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
When the civil and military officials heard that the little Emperor had arrived, their spirits were instantly lifted. They hurriedly stood in line and obediently waited for the little Emperor to arrive…
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