Inside the palace of Xianyang.
Qin Shi Huang had risen early, only not as much as before, to attend to his affairs.
Instead, he stood in front of his palace, looking in the direction of Zhao Lang’s palace.
Today was Zhao Lang’s crown prince inauguration ceremony, and a number of attendants had already gathered.
“How are the preparations on Long’s side?”
Qin Shi Huang asked blandly.
Zhao Gao gave a bitter smile and returned that
“Your Majesty, there is only a ceremonial entourage on His Highness the Prince’s side, and nothing else to prepare.”
Hearing these words, Qin Shi Huang also could not help but reveal a smile and said that
“When the time comes for the parade, Long’er will be ridiculed.”
It was a tradition for the imperial family of the Great Qin to have contact with the people.
Not to mention Qin Shi Huang himself, when he was well before, parades were a common occurrence.
The previous generations of kings did the same, as well as mobilising the people of Xianyang to fight and defend the city.
So the crown prince’s enthronement ceremony would also include a parade.
According to the rules set before, the procession would pass through the streets, with various ceremonies in hand.
This was also a channel to show off the strength of the Great Qin royal family.
When ordinary people did not know too much, and saw that the imperial family was well-off and had a majestic guard, then the admiration and subservience in their hearts just came out naturally.
But this time, Zhao Lang’s guards were old soldiers, and the regalia was all but non-existent, so I’m afraid the face would not look too good.
Zhao Gao could only smile with him, these were all Zhao Lang’s own choices, no one else could be blamed.
Qin Shi Huang looked at the sky and said.
“The parade is about to begin, I will go to where the ancestors are and wait for him.”
The Great Qin had a crown prince, an heir to the empire, and such good news was of course to be offered to the ancestors.
Zhao Gao responded, then prepared the carriage and headed outside the palace.
Just on the way out of the palace gate, he vaguely watched the imperial son Fusu and Gao also hurriedly lead the way towards the side entrance of the palace.
A trace of coldness appeared between his brows, but he did not make a sound.
These people didn’t know whether to live or die and fight with Zhao Lang, it was time for them to suffer!
Zhao Gao took Qin Shi Huang’s carriage all the way to the ancestral temple where the ancestors’ ancestors were located, where the guards had already been standing by in strict formation.
The various ministers had also been waiting here early, and when they saw Zhao Gao, there was not much surprise, only a somewhat odd expression.
They knew by now, of course, that Zhao Gao was a backstabber.
Externally, they said that they had killed the traitorous Zhao Gao, but they were just giving the people an explanation.
As soon as Qin Shi Huang showed his face, the ministers immediately bowed.
Only Qin Shi Huang looked around at the ministers and asked, in a slightly strange manner
“Where are Wang Jian, Marquis of Wucheng, and Li Si, the Prime Minister?”
Today was such an important day, and Zhao Lang was so close to them, they shouldn’t be absent.
One of the ministers answered back.
“Your Majesty, the Marquis of Wucheng and the Prime Minister have a message, saying that they will arrive immediately.”
Qin Shi Huang’s heart moved slightly, already having a suspicion that Kong Jia, the head of Confucianism, had also taken some books from him before, deadpan.
It seemed that the Confucianists were making a big move today.
But no matter what, what comes around must come around.
Qin Shi Huang glanced at Zhao Gao, then nodded slightly.
Zhao Gao ordered it down, and a great Qin fierce warrior then struck the great drum in front of himself fiercely.
The drums sounded warm and long, and a burst went out, moving the hearts of the people and honouring the gods.
The people of Xianyang then knew that the enthronement ceremony had begun.
Everyone on both sides of the road couldn’t help but look in the direction of the palace in Xianyang, where, there was the heir of the Great Qin!
At this moment, in front of the gates of the palace.
At this moment, in front of the gates of the palace, columns of veteran soldiers stood on both sides of the road with solemn faces, but they could not stop the people who were crowding each other with their necks stretched out by the roadside.
They had just watched the emperor’s carriage pass by, and were now in a state of excitement.
“His Majesty’s carriage is so imposing.”
“That’s His Majesty! His Highness the Prince’s regalia should also be extremely imposing.”
“That’s natural, this Crown Prince of ours is the one who dared to lead these veteran soldiers to besiege Xianyang and kill the traitor Zhao Gao! Such a Crown Prince is the only one!”
“I still remember…”
“Hush, stop talking, His Highness the Crown Prince is coming out!”
Everyone then looked over with extreme anticipation, they wanted to see what the future emperor of the Great Qin, looked like.
Soon, the palace doors opened.
A carriage with guard rails around it slowly came out from inside.
A young man dressed in coronation clothes, extremely handsome and oozing a bit of authority, appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone’s eyes lit up slightly!
Instrumentality, too, was extremely important in the Great Qin.
Only before they had time to admire it, the admiration in the crowd’s eyes turned back to doubt.
For the ceremonial procession behind His Highness’s carriage was also a little too shabby.
The guard of honour was a squad of old soldiers with grey hair.
It’s not that old soldiers are bad, but this is a ceremonial procession, can’t Xianyang even put together a guard for the Crown Prince?
After the guards came the palace attendants.
These attendants were originally supposed to carry all kinds of ceremonial weapons that showed off their authority, such as jade and bronze.
The attendants were accompanied by ladies-in-waiting, and their hands were empty, as were the silks and cloths.
The whole procession, with the exception of His Royal Highness’s carriage, looked extremely shabby.
The crowd was a little confused and muttered, one by one.
There were no ceremonial weapons, no financial resources, no fierce men.
Is this the end of the Great Qin?
Even the original cheers were forgotten.
The whole street was silent.
The silence seemed to spread all the way with the procession as if it were contagious.
It was only when Zhao Lang’s carriage had left the area that the crowd around whispered that
“What’s going on here? How come His Highness the Crown Prince’s regalia is so… humble?”
“Does it mean that His Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty…”
“Don’t talk nonsense!”
At this moment, in a corner of the street, Fusu and Gao also looked somewhat blankly at Zhao Lang’s distant carriage.
After Gao came back to his senses, his face was tinged with a few odd words as he said
“Fusu, his ceremonial carriage is actually so humble, does it mean that Father doesn’t actually like him?”
“It’s just that he is now powerful and the military power in Xianyang is in his hands, so he had to make him the Crown Prince?”
He had really never seen such a humble ceremonial carriage, and it could be said that this procession had no merit except for the large number of people.
Fu Su also looked a bit complicated at this time, he didn’t quite understand, even if the royal family was poor, this point of regalia was still there.
How could it be so shabby?
So he frowned and said.
“If that is so, it is good for us.”
“My teacher has already gathered the Confucians of Rendezvous and will set out immediately to stop Zhao Lang’s enrolment today!”
“If he dares to use his soldiers, the people of Xianyang are mostly blood and courageous, and we can protect our father’s safety by raising our arms!”
“Go!”
After saying this, Fusu led the men and headed in the direction of the clan temple.
At this moment, Qin Shi Huang stood on the high platform where he was preparing to sacrifice to his ancestors, looking at a silent Xianyang, and Zhao Gao, who was worried at the side, said
“Your Majesty, what can be done about this?”
Qin Shi Huang, however, looked extremely bemused and was about to say something when a black ice guard hurriedly came over and reported in a low voice that
“Your Majesty, General Wang Ben has reported urgently that outside Xianyang City, ten thousand people have come to congratulate us, should we let them go?”
Qin Shi Huang was stunned.