Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1419

Walk out of the palace gate.

Lai Ji and Cheng Chu sighed silently, "Now is a special period, we must make more preparations just in case."

"I understand that there will be a constant curfew in Luoyang during this period, patrols will be added to the main streets of the city, and checkpoints will be added on the outskirts of Luoyang."

Laiji said directly, "Keep an eye on the clan kings in Luoyang City, especially the younger brothers."

Cheng Chu nodded silently.

"Don't be careless!"

"Don't worry, it's wartime now." Cheng Chumo said.

A group of butchers separated in front of the palace and went back to their own yamen. After the death of the Supreme Emperor, everyone will be very busy, but it also saves everyone a worry.

The butchers leave.

Empress Qin changed the emperor's husband into clean clothes together with the palace people, and brought him another bowl of ginseng soup. After seeing the emperor drank the ginseng soup added with soothing medicine, he finally fell into a deep sleep.

The queen was very sad.

Although the emperor did not tell her the inside story of Nangong's death, she was smart enough to guess that it was inseparable from the emperor, especially when she saw Gao Fu leave the emperor's place before, and soon after she heard that Gao Fu left Nangong came back and reported that the Supreme Emperor had passed away.

As soon as she guessed the terrible inside story, the queen couldn't help but tremble.

But she also understood that all her husband did was just for her and the prince, to remove the last obstacle for the two of them.

Staying in the palace at this time, she felt extremely lonely, and she didn't even have a sense of security.

No one can make her feel trustworthy. Her aunt, queen mother and concubine Tai Shu, who used to be very fond of her, have become a little estranged now.

She knew it was because her husband was in a hurry to drive the younger uncles out of Beijing, and this matter made the queen mother a little unhappy.More importantly, there have been some voices before, saying that Li Hong, the king of Jin, should be the emperor's younger brother, and it should not be the second prince who is only three years old.

Although the empress dowager did not express her position on this matter, but the empress of Qin has saved others by herself, who doesn't want her son to be the emperor?
Maybe I didn't think about it at first, but when there is such a voice outside, who wouldn't think about it?
In the end, things backfired, and then some things couldn't go back to the past.

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"Cough! Cough-cough-cough!"

"His Majesty!"

"Imperial doctor, quickly pass on the imperial doctor!"

"Summoned Zai Zhi to enter the palace, I... I want..."

Luoyang has just entered the night, but the whole city has already had a curfew.

All the gates are closed, and the Sixth Street of the Outer City is patrolled non-stop with torches held by patrolling horses. The street shops on the corners of the streets are also guarded by Marquis Wu. Officials were sent to strengthen management.

Xiantai also sent a censor to patrol the city.

The palace gate, which was already closed, opened in the middle of the night.

Under the escort of the guards of the brigade of imperial guards, several young eunuchs from Lintai rushed to the mansion of the prime ministers with the imperial decree, calling them into the palace urgently.

Palace gates, street gates, square gates, checkpoints one after another, intercepted, questioned, inspected, did not dare to slack in the slightest, and only let them go after confirming that they are correct. Looking at these big yellow gates in the palace, the night watch patrols could not help but be full of doubts. What happened in the middle of the night?
Right Prime Minister came to Ji after dinner and was writing letters in his study. The tense atmosphere during the special period made him restless.

Grand Master Qin Lang refused to go to Luoyang to enter the court. During this time, he only replied a few letters to Luoyang. Qin Lang also sent a letter to Lai Ji, and the letter also stated clearly that he would not come to Luoyang again.

Regarding the emperor's critical illness and the establishment of the second prince as the crown prince, Qin Lang also made it clear that he supported the final decision of the emperor and the ministers.

At this time, he wrote a letter to Qin Lang, mainly talking about the death of the Supreme Emperor. He had just written a few lines of the letter, but his son knocked on the door.

"Father, a young prisoner came from Lintai in the palace, saying that the saint hastened to summon the chief executives into the palace."

Laiji frowned.

"Do you know why?"

"I heard that the saint is coughing up blood and is in critical condition."

When Lai Ji heard this, he quickly packed up his things, "Hurry up, change your clothes and prepare your horse!"

Laiji waited for more than a dozen officials to rush to the palace, and saw the emperor's face as white as paper, and laughed when he saw them coming.

"It's finally here, I want inner Zen!"

"Inner Zen?"

The emperor saw that he had only one breath left, and his breath was like a thread, but he was still holding on, and his mind was quite clear.

"If I can't do it, I have decided to pass the throne to the crown prince in advance, Nei Chan."

"Hurry up and make it up."

Laiji and the others couldn't help but be stunned. In the middle of the night, the Inner Chan passed on to the crown prince?
However, seeing the emperor's appearance, Lai Ji immediately understood. Although the emperor had just discussed with the prime minister and the queen mother during the day about the allocation of titles to the younger brothers and princes, it was obvious that the emperor was still a little worried.

I'm afraid that if I let go and go west, there will be accidents in the palace.

So I plan to take advantage of the breath, pass the prince directly to the inner Zen, and directly help the prince to sit on the throne.

"It should be better to wait until tomorrow morning, but I don't think I can last until then."

When the queen heard this, she couldn't hold back her tears, and she hugged the emperor sobbing regardless of the presence of the ministers.

Li Zhao caressed the queen's back, and two lines of hot tears flowed from his eyes.

"Go and bring the prince!"

The three-year-old prince was sleeping deeply, and was still losing his temper when he was carried. Li Zhao asked the palace servants to give him the prince.

"Prince, today, I will hand over the Great Tang Dynasty to you."

The Empress Dowager Qin was also invited over in the middle of the night, and she was a little surprised to see the scene in the hall.

When the emperor's son said that he wanted the inner Zen to pass on the throne to the crown prince, he also understood that his son was going to die, and couldn't help crying, but he also quickly realized that it was because his son was worried about her mother, the queen mother, and was afraid that he would be partial to her. Li Hong, but not towards his grandson Li Ye.

Being so guarded and suspicious by her son, the queen mother felt a sharp pain in her heart. One side was the second son and the other was the grandson, and the palms and backs of the hands were full of flesh.

Cui Dunli, the elder of Yutang Pavilion, was getting old and a little tired, but he could only pull himself together and draft the imperial edict of inner Zen under the light.

Everything should be kept simple.

Li Zhao abdicated as the Supreme Emperor, and was passed on to the crown prince Li Ye, who ascended the throne as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

The Empress Dowager was honored as the Empress Dowager, and Concubine Qin Taishu was honored as the Empress Dowager.

The queen is honored as the supreme queen.

"Prince Li Ye ascended the throne, and Empress Qin is the Empress Dowager. As a matter of military importance, the Empress Dowager will be punished by the Empress Dowager."

In front of everyone, Li Zhao once again clarified the Qin family's power to listen to the government, which is a power that the empress dowager does not have.

By the time everything was settled, the emperor had passed out.

The imperial doctor rescued him.

The emperor had only one breath left, but he was unconscious.

So the chief executives met with the new emperor Li Ye, the empress Qin, and the empress dowager in front of the couch of the empress Li Zhao.

Everyone huddled into a hall, and no one retreated, just guarding the palace and waiting for the Supreme Emperor.

As soon as the time of ugliness arrived, the mourning voice of the imperial doctor woke up the ministers who were resting in the palace.

"The Emperor is dead!"

Chouchu (one o'clock in the middle of the night), this time is also called rooster crowing, and it is the time when the rooster crows from the beginning.

As the sound of the emperor's death sounded, the palace censor and servants were crying.

Then Empress Qin burst into tears, and the ignorant three-year-old new emperor was woken up to sleep. Seeing his mother and grandmother crying, he began to cry too.

"Empress Dowager, please mourn."

Come and come forward.

Once the Supreme Emperor collapses, the Supreme Empress will also become the Empress Dowager.

The other chief executives also came up, surrounded the Emperor Daxing's bed, and mourned the emperor's last journey.

Next, it was time to prepare for the funeral.

Yesterday, the Supreme Emperor was still Li Yin, who passed away in Shangyang Palace after noon, and then in the evening, Emperor Li Zhao passed the throne to Prince Li Ye, and abdicated himself to become the Supreme Emperor.

But after midnight, the Supreme Emperor, who had only been in office for half a day, was able to do so.

Even except for these people in the Xuanzheng Palace, in fact, the whole world does not know about inner Zen.

However, for Laiji and other ministers, although Li Zhao only served as the Supreme Emperor for half a night, the abdication of the Inner Zen last night is still very important, especially in the presence of the Empress Dowager. As well as other courtyards and pavilions, they all witnessed the inner Zen in front of the emperor, witnessed the succession of the prince to the throne, and supported the new emperor together.

So even if Li Zhao has only been the Supreme Emperor for half a day, it also means that Li Ye has been the Emperor for half a day.

This has become an established fact.

Right now, it's still dark outside.

Everyone can only continue to sit and wait for the dawn, and then call all the officials of the capital to meet the new emperor in front of the spirit of the emperor Daxing.

Within half a day, the two Supreme Emperors, Li Yin and Li Zhao, passed away, an unprecedented event.

Fortunately, all of this was prepared in advance, so I didn't panic.

Cheng Chumo and Niu Jianwu brought a few political advisers, and they were already suggesting to the Empress Dowager to issue an edict immediately, and let them go to the camps of the Imperial Army to sit overnight, just in case.

At daybreak, the city defense and palace ban can be strengthened to ensure safety.

No one can be sure whether someone will take the opportunity to make trouble at this sensitive time.

Lai Ji and other prime ministers also agreed, but suggested that the marshals should go to each battalion to sit in command, stop temporarily and let the soldiers stay in the camp. As long as there is no disturbance outside, they should wait until dawn before taking action.

"it is good."

Cheng Chumo stayed in Xuanwu Hall in the palace to accompany the emperor, and the other generals took the edicts, military talismans, and transfer orders from the Queen Mother and Zaizhi, and went out of the palace to each battalion under the leadership of Lintai's young supervisor.

After Laiji also asked the Queen Mother for instructions, he sent Zuo Kuangzheng Pei Xingjian back to the central province of the imperial city, first to communicate the situation to the provincial officials on duty, and to be on duty in Zhongshu, just in case.

The sky is slightly bright.

The palace gate opened.

Numerous servants Huangmen rushed out of the palace and rushed to deliver orders everywhere.

The big bell in the Drum Tower rang all day yesterday, and it rang thirty thousand times.

As a result, early in the morning, the dull bell began to ring again, exactly the same as yesterday.

The Luoyang people who were woken up thought it was time for Kaesong, but when they woke up, it was still early in the morning.

Listen carefully, what's wrong with this bell?
At this time, the Left and Right Jinwu Guards had already received the edict from the palace, and they sent patrolling horses to every street and square to beat the gong to announce.

The emperor is dead!
The people of Luoyang, who had been disturbed by their dreams, were still standing in a daze when they heard the news.

Didn't the emperor die yesterday?
No, it was the Supreme Emperor who died yesterday.

No, no, why did the Supreme Emperor die yesterday, and the emperor died again today?
How is this going.

A shock, no sleepiness at all.

Listening to the mournful sound of the death knell, countless people in Luoyang froze, as if they still couldn't believe the latest news.

one a day?
And the officials in Luoyang City also received the latest notice very quickly, and all the officials above the ninth rank in Beijing, as well as the candidates, loose officials, and lords without official officials, must rush to the palace immediately.

Then they got another shocking news.

In the middle of the night yesterday, the emperor summoned the ministers into the palace, and he had officially passed the inner Zen throne to the crown prince Li Ye, who passed away at midnight.So at that time, he died as the Supreme Emperor, and the prince had already ascended the throne as the emperor in the middle of the night.

One news is more surprising than the other.

Someone couldn't help but ask, "Did the prince succeed to the throne last night?"

(End of this chapter)