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It was a cold winter night, snowflakes fell silently on the ground, Han Ruzi tightly wrapped in a thick velvet cloak, feeling that before the snowflakes were covered with a layer, a group of them would be frozen to death.

Around midnight, he came to Taimiao again. The first few times he was in the main hall, but this time he stood outside. There were only Yang Feng, and there were many strangers. They were all children of the royal family with titles, with about 200 or 300 people. With the personal guard, the number of people doubled. There was no room in Taimiao to accommodate so many people, so they had to wait in the open air for the time being.

Poor these nobles born in nature have been frugal since childhood, and have never suffered such pain. They all have a blue-white complexion, numb limbs, and rebellious heart. But they don’t dare to say it, but instead want to show the serious expression of filial sons and grandsons. When they are really bored, they will take a sneak peek at the deposed emperor.

Han Ruzi didn't know any of these people, but they all knew him. Yang Feng blocked most of the curious gazes for him, but the whispers around him still surrounded him with snowflakes.

The children of the royal family in front of the Taimiao did not stand at will, but were sorted by titles, relatives, seniority, age, etc. Dozens of ritual officials maintained order. A little further away were hundreds of halberd guards. They were wearing iron armor and were colder in the cold winter, but they all stood straight without trembling.

Although Han Ruzi was just a marquis, the princes who were higher in their ranks than the princes and had a higher seniority were not in the capital, so he was the only one standing in the first row, trembling with coldness, as if he was unlucky to be pushed out to bear the blame.

There was a noise behind him, and Han Ruzi didn't even have the interest to look back. He just wanted to go home now.

It turned out that another new person had arrived. He was taken to Juehou by the ritual official.

"Taizu suffered so much hardship in his life, but his descendants were so unworthy that he could not even bear the cold. If there was any major event in the world, all the descendants of the Han family were lambs to be slaughtered." The new arrival complained.

Han Ruzi doesn't need to look at who this is.

After a while, Donghai King spoke again, and this time his voice was not so calm, "It's too cold this day. Is this going to... kill someone? Hey, how long have you been here?"

Han Ruzi twisted her stiff neck, glanced at Donghai King, who was also wrapped in a cloak, coughed twice, and said, "It's almost an hour. I don't know."

King Donghai leaned over, but the eunuch he brought wanted to stop him but couldn't stop him. King Donghai whispered: "Have you heard of it?"

Han Ruzi shook her head.

"I am descendants of Prince Ju and Prince Yong, and I don't know where she found her from." In the Taimiao, King Donghai did not dare to mention the word "Empress Dowager".

Han Ruzi didn't say anything, one was that it was too cold, and the other was that it was meaningless.

King Donghai refused to shut up and only chatted with Juanhou. "This move is so sinister. You have to abdicate, leave me in the palace, and send Jingyao to negotiate. I have been confused by the Cui family for five months! My uncle...ah, he is good at everything, but he is too cautious. If he sent troops at the beginning...ah, alas, my life is really hard..."

King Donghai sighed. Han Ruzi really wanted to warn him to shut up.

Finally, things were going on, and Tokai Neptune shut up and returned to his position.

A team of guards walked into each side door, and then the ministers. There must be at least two hundred people, and the ones walking in front were Prime Minister Yin Wuhei and the Grand Governor Han Xing.

The ministers obviously walked out of the warm room just now, with some residual heat remaining in their bodies, steady steps, solemn expressions, and trembling before they were frozen.

Under the instructions of the ritual officer, all the children of the royal family advanced and stood under the Danban in the Taimiao. The civil and military officials stood alone. From then on, no one dared to speak at will.

With the light of the lantern, Han Ruzi saw that Prime Minister Yin Wuhei's face was a little red, not because of the cold, but because of excitement, and seemed to have just cried.

Han Ruzi had already seen an old woman crying tonight, and was very glad that she didn't have to see the crying look of another old man.

An emcee stood sideways on the steps, and the loud voice seemed extremely unreal in the winter night, "The Queen Mother is here!"

Under the escort of a team of eunuchs and female officials, the queen mother walked slowly in her court uniform.

Han Ruzi looked carefully regardless of etiquette. Unfortunately, Beauty Wang was not among them. Yang Feng gently pulled the cloak of Juehou. Han Ruzi lowered his eyes and saw the empress dowager following two people, one of whom was sixteen or seventeen years old, taller than the empress dowager, and his expression was extremely respectful. The clothes on his body showed that he was definitely not a eunuch in the palace. The other was younger, only six or seven years old, chubby, with a confused look on his face. He always looked back and looked around, probably looking for someone he knew.

The Empress Dowager and these two stood in front of Han Ruzi and the King of Donghai.

Han Xing, the general general of the army, stepped forward and stood sideways on the steps, opposite the ceremonial master who was shouting.

"The ancestors have spirits, and their descendants kneel down!" shouted the emcee, and the voice came from afar.

The Empress Dowager led all the descendants of Han to kneel on the hard bluestone ground, without any stuff under her knees.

"Kowtow!" The emcee's ceremonial didn't care about this. At this moment, he was the spokesperson of the Han emperors, his voice was neither anxious nor slow, and he directed hundreds of descendants to kowtow.

After kneeling three times, everyone stood up, and then the civil and military officials also knelt down three times. This was an unexpected worship, and the etiquette had been simplified a lot.

Han Xing, the commander-in-chief of the army, knelt down to Taimiao again on the steps. This time, the emcee's call was useless. He knelt down and got up by himself, and then read out the will that had been in his hands.

His voice was not that loud, but it was still clear, with elegant words and quoted many allusions. The ministers were extremely excited to hear it. The royal family members who were standing outside, whose heads were numb and were confused. It took a while before they understood it one after another. This was a plea to clear the grievances.

According to convention, Han Xing first praised the achievements of his ancestors and was particularly generous to Emperor Wu. Then he turned his head and pointed out the treacherous villains who lured Emperor Wu to do bad things, and listed some names. Han Ruzi was surprised to hear the name of Jing Yao, the Zhongsijian.

Next, I began to recall the injustice of the first two princes of Emperor Wu. Their voices and emotions were full of tears. In front of the Taimiao, the children of the royal family cried, and the ministers cried. They cried even harder, even stamped their feet and beat their chests.

Han Ruzi had already seen the "world", but she was still very surprised at this moment. The boy and child standing in front of him were the orphans of the prince. It is understandable that crying. Why are the others crying? Even the King of Donghai's shoulders were shrugging, as if they were crying, and a little bit like laughing.

Han Ruzi couldn't cry and didn't show any signs of it. She could only lower her head and try not to attract attention. However, the crying around her was too contagious, and Han Ruzi couldn't help but be affected. She felt guilty and felt that she was too ruthless.

The long request for the fate is finally about to be finished. The names of King Han Shu of the East China Sea and the deposed emperor Han Zhen were mentioned. They are unworthy descendants, with little virtue and low blessings, and cannot inherit the Han family's territory. Therefore, one of the descendants of the former crown prince was chosen.

Within a few steps, Han Ruzi could also hear the clatter of Donghai's teeth, but he didn't care. When he heard the words "Un-filial Sun Ban", he didn't even immediately think that this was himself.

The most critical moment finally came, and the two princes left behind one descendant. Prince Ju's son was named Han Shi, seventeen years old this year, Prince Yong's son was named Han She, just six years old. When his father died, he was still not born in his mother's womb. Although the two were also included in the royal family, they have been neglected and even their names are casually named.

Han Ruzi has experience and knows that the last emperor will change his name.

The ministers cried even louder, and Han Ruzi felt that some of them were sincere.

Yang Feng leaned into his ear and whispered: "Captain Ju has been in power for more than ten years, and Prince Yong has been for six or seven years. They have a deep foundation among ministers. Generally speaking, civil officials like Prince Ju, while military officials tend to Prince Yong."

Han Ruzi suddenly realized that no wonder his father, Emperor Huan, once wanted to join forces with relatives to deal with ministers. Emperor Huan was the crown prince for too short and did not form a close relationship with ministers. Han Ruzi did not even go through the crown prince stage and had no contact with ministers, so his abdication was calm.

Han Ruzi didn't feel regretful, and at the same time he understood that if one day he could really return to the supreme position, he had to establish a foundation from the bottom up. He turned his head and looked at Yang Feng, wondering how much this eunuch could help him.

After reading the destiny, the Korean star spoke out without permission, saying that the two princes were not distinguished from each other, and the orphans were qualified to succeed the throne. In order to show fairness, they had to draw lots before the tablets of the ancestors.

This is the plan that the Empress Dowager came up with after discussing with the ministers for a long time. The children of the royal family who had been thrown outside and were shocked, but no one dared to object at this time. The buzzing sound quickly disappeared, and even the King of Donghai stopped gritting his teeth.

The Empress Dowager took Han Shi and Han She upstairs and entered the Taimiao. Among the ministers, only Yin Wuhei and Han Xing represented civil and military officials, and the others were waiting outside.

As soon as the Queen Mother's figure disappeared, King Donghai turned his head to look at Han Ruzi, with real tears flowing out of his eyes, and he suppressed his voice and said, "Can you believe it? Can you believe it?"

Han Ruzi had nothing to believe, so she showed an indifferent expression.

The expression on King Donghai's face changed from grief to surprise. Until this time, he seemed to really believe that Han Ruzi was not interested in the throne.

Han Ruzi's goal is too ambitious, and he really can't show interest at this moment.

The draw was going very quickly, and the people outside were waiting with great enthusiasm and could hardly feel the cold.

Yin Wuhei and Han Xing first walked out of the Taimiao and took Han Shi, the orphan of Prince Ju, and Yin Wuhei announced in an old voice that Han Shi was named the title of Champion Marquis and the Grand Sima of the Northern Army.

The result was settled, Yin Wuhe seemed a little disappointed, and most civil officials sighed, but they had no choice but to fight for it and could only admit defeat.

The three of them retreated aside, and the queen mother walked out with Han She's hand, stood on the Danban, and whispered: "The ancestors protect him, Han She, the grandson of Emperor Wu, made him the crown prince."

The ministers shouted long live, including Han Shi, and they knelt down one after another. The moment he had the chance to become emperor, but he was already a minister.

The chubby child was still looking around, not knowing who he was looking for.

Before kneeling down, Yang Feng held Han Ruzi and whispered: "Mr. Juan was allowed to enter the palace and not worship him. He did not have to kneel except facing his ancestors."

Not only him is the privileged person, but also seven or eight other people including Korean stars. The ritual officials in the distance checked one by one to confirm the error.

Han Ruzi lowered his head, but there was a fire in his heart, neither anger nor jealousy, but an indescribable fire of enthusiasm: now he clearly felt the difference between standing on top and standing on bottom, and he knew which one he liked better.

The ceremony ended, and the frozen royal family members left one after another. The ministers continued to discuss the new emperor's ascension to the throne and how to deal with the Southern Army outside the city.

On the way back home, the fire in Han Ruzi's heart gradually faded. He had to face the reality. In this cold winter, no flame could be ignited.

When it entered Juehou's Mansion, it was already dawn. As soon as Han Ruzi pushed open the bedroom door, Cui Xiaojun, who was already anxious, rushed over and hugged each other tightly.

In the cold winter, there is only a little warmth here.

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