The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 119 The Emperor Dies
Seeing that he agreed, Emperor Jiading said with relief, "You must remember that you must not act emotionally as an emperor. Among the four kings in my dynasty, King Beijing no longer holds military power, and the royal family of Dongping has your aunt here. It doesn't matter, when you succeed to the throne, you can give them some kindness."

"As for the king of Xining and the king of Nan'an, you have to pay close attention. Especially the king of Nan'an, he has been quite dishonest in the south these years, but unfortunately I haven't had time to deal with his family." Speaking of this, he was afraid that Tu Zhen would be impulsive, If someone bewitches you to cut down the feudal clan, something big will happen instead, he hastily reminded, "Forget it, you can ask your imperial grandfather more about this in the future."

Tu Zhen nodded earnestly, "My child will remember the teachings of my father."

"Well, you go outside to watch first, I still have something to say to your mother." When only the husband and wife were left in the room, he sighed, "Zitong, I will work hard for you in the future."

Empress Chen held his hand, trying not to shed tears, she shook her head and said, "What are you talking about, we have been husband and wife for so many years, how can we use this?"

Emperor Jiading smiled at her, and said sternly, "After all these changes, I am afraid that the time of the father is numbered, and he will suppress his son, but not his grandson, so I am not worried about his restraint." But it’s not the case with my brothers, you have to keep an eye on them, so that they don’t deceive Zhen’er when she is young, and come up with something she shouldn’t have.”

Seeing the queen nodding, Emperor Jiading continued, "There is also Prince Yizhong. Remember to remind Zhen'er not to be impulsive and rush to avenge me. First, limit them to Ping'an Prefecture. In the future, he will completely control the court. Tang, it won’t be too late to send troops to put down the rebellion.”

Then he babbled again, explaining many precautions to Empress Chen.

As for Mu Xu, he left Funing Palace and found a young eunuch to lead the way. After seeing Chen Ting, he passed Emperor Jiading's oral order to him, and the two handed over military affairs.Mu Xu handed him the edict again, and watched him go to take over the Beijing camp.

After Chen Ting left, Mu Xu, accompanied by several generals, went around the imperial city, carefully inspected the defenses of various gates and important places, and re-strengthened the guards in some places.

It went on like this for two days, during which Mu Xu kept busy and didn't even have time to go back to the mansion, so he had to send someone to deliver a message to the mansion.

This morning, when Mu Xu was patrolling around the Meridian Gate, he suddenly heard bells and drums beeping leisurely, and the sound waves spread throughout the imperial city.He didn't feel it at the first sound, but then he realized something was wrong, because it had already been a few days, since it was not the time of the court, how could there be the sound of the bells and drums, and the bells and drums were not struck one after another, but at the same time.

He had a guess in his heart, and he couldn't help but looked up towards the Funing Palace, only to hear the continuous sound of bells and drums, and the sound spread along the Forbidden Palace to the outside of the palace.

As far as Mu Xu could see, the eunuchs, maids, and soldiers, whether they were walking or standing, all turned to look in the direction of the harem. The entire Forbidden Palace was completely silent, and all the sounds disappeared.The bells and drums rang nine leisurely, then paused for a moment, and then started to ring again.First one person, then everyone knelt down in the direction of Funing Palace, bowed and kowtowed.

Mu Xu stood there stupidly, and suddenly heard a gust of wind and rain coming from the heavy palace gate behind him. Just as he was about to check, he heard many people slapping the palace gate from outside, and then a burst of crying and howling came in.

He stopped his movements, sighed, and knelt down in the direction of Funing Palace, because he knew that the ruler of this empire had just passed away.

After a stick of incense, Mu Xu got up from the ground and went directly to Dongnuan Pavilion.When he arrived at Dongnuange, he found that the emperor's close officials had already put on white clothes.

Seeing him coming, an eunuch rushed up to greet him. Mu Xu saw that his face was familiar, and couldn't help asking, "This father-in-law, where have we met?"

That's too much monitoring, and he leaned back and replied, "Master, you forgot, the last time I was out of the palace, I was among them, and my maidservant's name is Zhao Le."

Mu Xu suddenly remembered that this eunuch was not the leader when he met Zhen Shihong. Later, he heard from Tu Zhen that after they returned to the palace, the queen almost ordered several eunuchs to be killed. In the end, he begged for mercy. These few people were saved from death, but they were still beaten thirty boards in the end.

Seeing his hurried appearance, Mu Xu asked, "Is Mr. Zhao busy?"

Zhao Le first handed Mu Xu the mourning clothes in his hand, and then took advantage of changing clothes for him to tell the whole story.

It turned out that half an hour ago today, after Emperor Jiading took the medicine, the wound burst open, and then the bleeding continued, and finally passed away a quarter of an hour ago.Empress Chen also fainted in grief, while Tu Zhen lay on the emperor's body and wept bitterly. All the servants around him went up to persuade him, but he ignored no one. They changed their clothes, but Tuzhen didn't allow anyone to touch the emperor's body, so they could only freeze there.

If Empress Chen is well, Tu Zhen will naturally listen to her words, but now she is unconscious and will be taken care of by her personal maid in the side hall for a while, and no one can persuade him.Everyone was running around anxiously, and finally Zhao Le remembered that his young master had a close relationship with Prince Dongping's son, so he hurried out to look for Mu Xu.

After Mu Xu heard him explain the reason, he fastened his filial piety belt first, then handed the sword in his hand to the guard at the gate, and then led Zhao Le into the East Nuan Pavilion.I saw Tu Zhen kneeling in front of the couch, bowing his head and weeping silently, while Wang An and the others beside him were spinning around anxiously.

Seeing Mu Xu coming in, Wang An's eyes lit up, and he was about to speak. Mu Xu raised his hand to stop him, and then motioned for a few people to go out first.When they went out, Mu Xu came to the couch and knelt beside Tu Zhen, "Cousin, everyone inside and outside the court is watching you now. Uncle has entrusted this thousand miles of land to your hands. Do you want to let him down? Don't you?" Forget, uncle's heroic spirit is not far away and is looking at you!"

When Tu Zhen heard this, his body shook violently, and then he wiped his tears with his sleeve, and said firmly, "No, I won't let Father down."

Mu Xu nodded in relief, pulled him up, then got up and went to the door, and made a gesture. Seeing this, Wang An hurriedly ordered the eunuchs of the Mixed Clothes Hall to go in and change clothes for Emperor Daxing.

At this time, Empress Chen also hurried over with her maid. It turned out that as soon as she woke up, she was told by the maid that the crown prince prevented people from touching the emperor's body.As soon as she heard it, she was very anxious, and she didn't care about her physical discomfort, so she wanted to come over to check the situation.

Seeing Mu Xu standing at the door holding Tu Zhen at this moment, she was relieved. She wanted to blame her son for not knowing the seriousness, but seeing his red and swollen eyes, how could he scold him, the mother and son couldn't help crying.

After the two of them cried for a while, Mu Xu began to persuade, "Auntie, you and your cousin are still mourning. Right now, uncle's funeral is the most important thing. I reckon that the clan ministers will enter the palace in a while. "

Empress Chen listened to his words, let go of her son, first wiped his tears with a handkerchief, then wiped the tears from her own face, nodded slightly, "Xu'er is very right."

……

The internal official supervisor set up the mourning hall and arranged the palace, the secretary of the hall cleaned the body and clothes for Emperor Jiading, and the bureau of scarves and hats, the bureau of needlework, and the bureau of inner weaving and dyeing prepared mourning clothes for princes, princes, ministers, and officials of various halls and ministries.

The soldiers of the Longxiang Army who guarded the palace gates wore white shirts over their armors, and even the weapons in their hands were covered with a layer of white silk. When everything in the palace was completed, it was already the climax of the moon, and white papers were hung everywhere in the palace. The papered lanterns made the whole palace full of gloomy clouds and mist.

The mourning hall is located in the main hall of the Daqing Hall. Inside the hall is plain and white curtains, surrounded by cigarettes.The Ministry of Rituals had drawn up various etiquette procedures for the new Emperor Yuji for application as early as when the emperor was in critical condition. These procedures are simple to say, that is, to dress first, then issue the will, and then hold the enthronement ceremony, but there are all kinds of complicated and miscellaneous rituals There are all kinds of things, which make people dazzled when they listen to them.

It has been three days since the emperor passed away, and Mu Xu's ears are numb from hearing these court etiquettes, but fortunately he has the duty of guarding the palace, so he doesn't have to stay in the palace all the time, so he came to the steps outside the palace, according to the Standing with the sword, make a look of devotion to duty.

(End of this chapter)