My father is Jiajing

Chapter 226 The Second Crown Ceremony
The auspicious day chosen for astronomical observation was incense. Emperor Jiajing took only one look and thought that this auspicious day was extremely well chosen, much better than those of the hereditary scoundrels in the Imperial Observatory.

Therefore, after obtaining the auspicious day for the Chaotian Observation, Emperor Jiajing immediately ordered the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the second prince's crowning ceremony in the Wuying Hall.

Xu Jie, who also served as the Minister of Rites, was also extremely excited after receiving the imperial edict.

Although this ceremony was prepared for both princes at the same time, in the minds of Xu Jie and others, this ceremony actually meant the coming of age of Prince Yu.

As an adult, Prince Yu could no longer be considered a child. He could legitimately go out to school and receive a proper Confucian education.

By then, there will be a great chance that he will be officially appointed by Emperor Jiajing as Prince Yu's mentor.

Therefore, Xu Jie was even more excited about the decree of the crowning ceremony for the two kings than Zhu Zaigui and Zhu Zaizhen, who were being crowned.

Unfortunately, sometimes Emperor Jiajing just didn't like to take the ordinary path.

In the heart of Emperor Jiajing, he never thought of appointing a formal teacher for Zhu Zaigui or Zhu Zaizhen.

Because in the eyes of Emperor Jiajing, the formal appointment of a teacher for the prince sent too strong a political signal, which might lead to a group of people gathering around the prince in broad daylight, and involve the originally innocent prince in a cruel political struggle.

Moreover, Emperor Jiajing was deeply touched by this matter.

For example, Xia Yan, the husband of Prince Zhuangjing, who died suddenly two years ago during the Jiajing Emperor’s reign.

At that time, Xia Yangui was the chief minister of the cabinet, and Emperor Jiajing appointed him as the official teacher of the prince. It can be said that this favor was absolutely incomparable.

But how did Xia Yan repay Emperor Jiajing? He relied on his position as the chief minister of the cabinet and the prince's teacher to always put forward different views and opinions on the national policies or political affairs that Emperor Jiajing had already approved.

As a result, the authority of Emperor Jiajing was naturally greatly challenged, which is why Emperor Jiajing condoned Yan Song's challenge to Xia Yan's status.

Moreover, after Xia Yan was defeated by Yan Song, in order to prevent Xia Yan from making a comeback by taking advantage of his position as the crown prince and continuing to interfere in the court affairs, Emperor Jiajing, under the instigation of various reasons, killed Xia Yan so that he would no longer have the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and return.

But what made Emperor Jiajing even more heartbroken was that the crown prince had died.

Therefore, with these previous lessons learned, Emperor Jiajing would never appoint a formal teacher for Zhu Zaigui or Zhu Zaizhen who were holding their coming-of-age ceremony.

Therefore, Xu Jie's beautiful dream was destined not to come true, and he still had no chance to be blessed with the halo of being the prince's teacher or the future emperor's teacher.

Three days later, all preparations for the coming-of-age ceremony had been completed in front of the Wuying Palace.

Zhu Zaigui was also waiting for the coming-of-age ceremony with some curiosity and anticipation.

To be honest, Zhu Zaigui, who has lived two lives as a human being, has never experienced the so-called etiquette of adulthood.

The adult moment that excited him before he traveled through time was that he could enter the Internet cafe openly with his ID card.

Therefore, now that he was finally going to experience such a formal and grand ceremony of coming of age, it would be a lie for Zhu Zaigui to say that he was not excited.

Meng Chong carefully tidied up Zhu Zai's clothes and said excitedly, "Your Majesty, I never thought this day would come so soon."

Zhu Zaigui looked at Meng Chong's excitement. He chuckled and joked, "From your tone, it seems like you think it's a little early?"

Meng Chong quickly explained: "No, no, no, I didn't mean that. I was just surprised and excited that the prince could successfully come of age."

Zhu Zaigui also sighed, "Yes, even I didn't expect it, it's like a dream." After sighing, Zhu Zaigui moved again. Today's coming-of-age ceremony was very important. He and his good brother Zhu Zaizhen had to change several sets of clothes and crowns in front of the Wuying Palace to complete this coming-of-age ceremony.

Therefore, at this time, even if Zhu Zaigui tried hard to calm down, his body couldn't help but get excited and want to move.

Meng Chong carefully straightened the folds of Zhu Zai's clothes, and then said, "The prince is ready, we can set off at any time."

Zhu Zaiqi hummed, "Okay, let's go!"

At this time, officials from the Ministry of Rites were also waiting in the front hall of the palace for Zhu Zaigui to appear.

When Zhu Zaigui appeared, the officials of the Ministry of Rites immediately bowed to him and said, "Your Highness, we pay our respects to you."

Zhu Zaigui looked at the officials of the Ministry of Rites, smiled slightly, raised his hand and said in a very stylish manner: "Thank you for your hard work."

The official from the Ministry of Rites bowed again and said, "It is our duty to do the work for the prince."

After exchanging a few words with the officials from the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Zaigui was led by these ceremonial officers to the prince's ceremonial guard that had been prepared in front of the palace gate.

Then, with Meng Chong's personal attendant, he stepped over the railing of a prince's sedan chair that was carried by thirty-two people and sat upright in the sedan chair.

Just as Zhu Zaigui sat firmly, Meng Chong came to the side of the sedan chair and said, "Stand up!"

Then, a huge procession of the prince's ceremonial guards, accompanied by a team of imperial guards, headed towards the Forbidden City, which was not far from the prince's palace.

At the same time, Zhu Zaizhen's procession also set off at this time, following closely behind Zhu Zaigui's procession.

Zhu Zaigui was sitting in the sedan chair made for the prince that was carried by thirty-two people, and he felt inexplicably emotional.

It’s a bit embarrassing to say this, but Zhu Zaigui, who has traveled through time for two years, is actually riding in a sedan chair for the first time.

Originally Zhu Zaigui thought that the sedan chair would rock up and down in a rhythmic manner, but after sitting on it he found that the sedan chair was really stable, almost lying flat and not moving at all.

No wonder those officials would rather ride in sedan chairs than take the faster horse-drawn carriages.

It turns out that in addition to enjoying the feeling of being carried up high and feeling superior, the experience of riding in this sedan is simply too great.

Especially for officials who have reached a certain level of rank and status, their sedan chairs will not only have many bearers, but the space inside will also be large and comfortable. It is not like what is shown in TV dramas, where there is only a space big enough for one person to sit down.

This shows how low-class the sedan chairs in TV dramas are and how they are not worthy of the status of ancient nobles and high-ranking officials at all.

Their sedan chairs can not only accommodate people, but also be used for other activities.

For example, reading a book, writing, driving...all are fine.

Of course, only royal relatives and some high-ranking officials are qualified to enjoy such a spacious sedan chair.

Even if ordinary people could ride in a sedan chair, it was actually just a small sedan carried by four or two people.

Therefore, the sedan chair that Zhu Zaigui is sitting in now is actually of very high specifications, second only to the emperor's luxurious sedan chair that is carried by 108 people and is as big as a motorhome.

(End of this chapter)