Chapter 272 Lunar New Year's Eve, Before Ascending the Throne

As the coronation ceremony of the new emperor Chen Huaian approaches, the city of Jinling becomes more and more lively and noisy, with officials and generals from all over the country and envoys from foreign countries gathering in Jinling.

Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun and the young prince Chen Longxiang, who inherited the title of King of Jin, also arrived in Jinling City on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, waiting to participate in the coronation ceremony and heaven worship ceremony of the new emperor Chen Huaian, which will be held on the fourth day of the first lunar month at Zijin Mountain in Jinling.

During this period of time, everything in the new dynasty has been progressing step by step.

In general, although the new emperor Chen Huaian only implemented a few new policies before he ascended the throne, each of them involved a wide range of issues and had a great impact.

Whether it was the reform of the imperial examination system or the decision to send the new dynasty's navy to the expedition to Goguryeo and Japan, it was a "shocking" move for the civil and military officials of the whole court.

Therefore, it would naturally attract opposition in the court, believing that this move would be a waste of money and labor.

In private, there were even corrupt old officials of the previous dynasty who regarded the new emperor Chen Huaian as a tyrant who was fond of ostentation and glory, just like the second emperor Zhao Gan of the previous dynasty.

The remarks of these old officials of the previous dynasty were all compiled into a book by the Dragon City Internal Guard and sent to the desk of the new emperor Chen Huaian.

In response, Chen Huaian still adopted the "delay tactic".

Just like he was waiting for a suitable opportunity to deal with the arrogant soldiers and generals in the court, he was also waiting for enough talented people to emerge after the first imperial examination of the new dynasty to replace these corrupt civil officials, and then he would start to clean up these civil officials.

By the way, during this period, there was another thing that made Chen Huaian feel like a thorn in his throat.

That was the content of the correspondence between him and the queen mother, which was deliberately spread by the dark behind-the-scenes mastermind.

To this day, Luo Yucheng, the deputy commander of the Dragon City Internal Guard, has still not been able to investigate any clues.

This shows that the behind-the-scenes mastermind is hidden deep and powerful.

This matter was like a sword hanging over Chen Huaian's head, forcing him to be on his toes all the time, and he even ordered Luo Yucheng to solve the case within the deadline at all costs.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Huaian's family finally reunited in Jinling City.

Because the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month in the lunar calendar was New Year's Eve, the new emperor Chen Huaian would host a banquet in the Hall of Supreme Harmony for the envoys from various foreign states who came to attend the coronation ceremony.

Therefore, he only had time to reunite with his family on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, which was considered a reunion year in advance!

This was also the first reunion year that Chen Huaian had spent with his family since he started his army in Longcheng.

In the Qianqing Palace, the eunuchs in the imperial kitchen had already prepared a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner for the emperor's family.

At the hour of You.

After handling the government affairs of the day, Chen Huaian changed into casual clothes and hurried to the Qianqing Palace to reunite with his family.

The Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun, the third generation Jin Wang Chen Longxiang, the two princesses Liu Shujun and Yue Qiluo had already changed into their best clothes and waited in the Qianqing Palace for a long time.

"The Emperor has arrived——"

Accompanied by the long and sharp announcement of the eunuch Cai He, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, everyone in the Qianqing Palace stood up to greet him and looked out the door at the same time.

A moment later, the new emperor Chen Huaian, dressed in ivory white clothes, came in with a dragon-like stride.

Before everyone saluted him, he laughed heartily and said, "Today is a family dinner, there is no need to go through those cumbersome rituals——"

"Now, there is no emperor here, only my son, my brother, and my husband!"

Of course, although Chen Huaian said so, except for the Queen Mother Xu Ruoyun and the carefree third generation Jin Wang Chen Longxiang, Liu Shujun and Yue Qiluo still blushed and saluted Chen Huaian in unison.

"Good luck to the Emperor!"

Chen Huaian smiled and nodded, and asked everyone to sit down: "Don't stand there, sit down!"

Then, he turned his head to greet his mother Xu Ruoyun, saying: "Mother, you must have been tired from the journey?"

"Brother, it's not hard-"

Before Xu Ruoyun could speak, Chen Longxiang, who was sitting next to her, said impatiently: "Brother, you don't know that on the way from Longcheng to Jinling, the people from all over the country were grateful to you, and the mother was very happy along the way!"

"The mother also said that if she could hold two big fat grandchildren at the beginning of the year, she would be even happier!"