Take the whole family through the library

Chapter 323
The next day, after having breakfast in Ning Mansion, the entire Lin family went out to go shopping.Shengjing's prosperity dazzled everyone.The streets are spotless, and there are also various flowering trees planted.They couldn't understand the cries of vendors on both sides of the road, and Lin Yan was translating along the way.Lin Qiaoqiao understood, and walked in the back row with Xiao Ran, holding hands, envious of others.

"Lady, there is a book shop in front of you." Xiao Ran said.

Lin Qiaoqiao ordered Baihe a few times, then she and Xiao Ran left the shopping line, and the young couple got into the bookstore.Xiao Ran went to look for her favorite books, while Lin Qiaoqiao wandered around in the store, occasionally pulling out a book from the shelf to read it, and putting it back again, obviously it was not the type she liked to read.

At this time, suddenly, there was a sound of gongs, the ground shook for a while, and horseshoes sounded.Lin Qiaoqiao ran to the door to have a look, and saw gold and iron horses with serious expressions and sadness. "Your Majesty's death!" one person yelled sadly.

Immediately, whether it was pedestrians on the street, hawkers, or people in the shop, they all knelt down one after another.Xiao Ran also flashed to the door, and knelt down with Lin Qiaoqiao.For a moment, no one looked up, and the group of imperial guards rode away on tall horses. Wherever they went, the common people knelt together.After the group of people walked away, Xiao Ran helped Lin Qiaoqiao get up.The shopkeeper cupped his fists and said, "Leave quickly, the shop is closing."

The guests did not embarrass the shopkeeper, put down the books and left one after another.Because everyone knew that when the emperor died, all shops in Shengjing had to close for seven days.Even hawkers are not allowed to exist on the streets. Moreover, white lanterns and white silk must be hung in the entire Shengjing. All people are not allowed to eat meat and must fast for 49 days.Within one hundred days, no weddings can be held in Shengjing.People in Shengjing must wear mourning clothes, and there are many restrictions on the jewelry they wear, such as Bu Yao, which must not be worn.For a while, the streets were full of running people, one by one rushing home.If you don't have mourning clothes, you have to change into more plain clothes.

Lin Qiaoqiao looked at the running pedestrians and looked up at the sky.Xiao Ran put his left hand on Lin Qiaoqiao's shoulder and said, "Let's go."

Lin Yan sent someone to bring the mourning clothes. After Lin Qiaoqiao changed into the mourning clothes, she sat in front of the bronze mirror and untied her hair.During this period, women are not allowed to comb their hair in a beautiful bun, at most they can only pick up half of their hair and roll it up, just like men.And more long hair needs to be loosened, or tied to the long hair with a long white ribbon or white cloth, or directly wrapped around the whole head.Lin Qiaoqiao simply pulled up her hair and tied it with a long white ribbon, leaving the rest of her hair loose.Xiao Ran is all white, from the beginning to the end, there is no need to change it.Just put away the fan. During this period, men are not allowed to take folding fans out.Ning Shun'an hurried back to the mansion, changed into mourning clothes, and then hurried into the palace.

"Oh!" Lin Yan sighed.

Before the new emperor ascended the throne, no one was allowed to leave the capital privately, let alone outsiders were allowed to enter the capital.However, the emperor died suddenly. During his reign, he deposed two princes.One is the eldest son, and the other is the son of the queen.The second prince has been eyeing the throne covetously, and the other princes are also ready to move.There are only three princes with the highest voices in the court, one is the second prince, and the remaining two are the sixth prince and the sixteenth prince.The sixteenth prince is still a baby now, and the person who wants to push the sixteenth prince to sit on the throne can be said to have ulterior motives.When the Jin State was mourning, several neighboring princes and states headed by the Chu State launched a fierce attack on the Jin State.

One day, after Xiao Ran handed the pipa to Lin Qiaoqiao, he pulled Lin Qiaoqiao into his arms.Xiao Ran's abnormal behavior made Lin Qiaoqiao very uneasy.Lin Qiaoqiao said: "Burn."

Xiao Ran lowered his head, kissed Lin Qiaoqiao deeply, and let Lin Qiaoqiao go after a long time.Holding the long sword in his hand, he disappeared into the yard in an instant.Lin Qiaoqiao sat in the yard, waiting from dawn to dusk, and from dusk to dawn.Not eating or drinking, just quietly looking at the blooming flowers in the yard.Lin Yan also looked worried, since Ning Shun'an entered the palace, she never came out again.Nowadays, it can be said that even a sparrow can't even fly out of the palace, let alone deliver news.On the tenth day after the emperor's death, the gate of the palace finally opened.Ning Shunan was very haggard, as soon as he returned to Ning Mansion, he fell into bed and fell asleep, not wanting to say anything, but Xiao Ran still did not come back.

On the day of the emperor's funeral, the sixth prince led all the princes and ministers to walk at the front of the procession.Xiao Ran was riding a tall horse, holding a long sword dripping blood in one hand.And there are quite a few people like him, they are all the henchmen of the Sixth Prince.An official rushed out from among the kneeling people, accusing him, "You killed your brother and poisoned your majesty. You are not worthy to be emperor!"

Xiao Ran flew up and killed him with a single blow.The blood sprayed onto the ground and stained the bodies of the kneeling people around.The people trembled in fright, they didn't dare to raise their heads, let alone run, and let the blood slide down their faces.Like a ball, the head rolled down on the ground for a long time, and then stopped in front of a commoner, making him dizzy on the spot.

The sixth prince was dressed in a black dress, his face was as deep as water, as if he hadn't seen Xiao Ran kill someone.Raising his hand, he said: "Continue." I don't know if this sentence refers to continuing the funeral, or pointing Xiao Ran to continue killing people.

In the funeral procession, some ministers showed grief and indignation, they stood up unwilling to follow the sixth prince.A minister said angrily: "Now that the general situation has been settled, why should the sixth prince commit murder in the street!"

The sixth prince just tilted his head slightly, and glanced at the other party from the corner of his eye, as if he was trying to determine who the minister who spoke was.The sixth prince rode on the horse and continued to move forward. Immediately, someone flew up and pierced the opponent's chest with a sword.

Suddenly, the sixth prince stopped and said: "The second prince is trying to rebel, and will kill all the second prince's henchmen, leaving no one behind."

Holding the sword, Xiao Ran flew up and disappeared in front of everyone in an instant.Immediately afterwards, other people flew away from the funeral procession and flew in different directions.On this day, many court ministers died in Shengjing.On this day, the Sixth Prince used thunderous means to silence the protesters.On the day when the sixth prince ascended the throne, no one dared to speak out against it.At this time, the sixth prince took out the imperial decree of the former emperor and read it out in public.Everyone knew that the former emperor had already written down the imperial edict to inherit the throne.But the sixth prince didn't show it at the beginning, and sincerely teased the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty.The princes who survived felt that the death of the second prince was really wronged.The ministers who wanted to support the sixteenth prince were all killed, and they were all labeled as partisans of the second prince.

(End of this chapter)