The rebirth of the poisonous girl is back
Chapter 173 The Ultimate Ace
Chapter 173 The Ultimate Ace
"The emperor is dead—"
As the long and distant death knell sounded, starting from Sun Dabao in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the sound of the funeral was spread out layer by layer, resounding throughout the palace.
The whole city was shocked, and the people were shocked.
No one would have thought that the Taihe Emperor, who had led a hundred officials to show their majesty in the paddock in March, would die suddenly.
He worked hard for half his life and enjoyed the throne for 29 years.
Since Emperor Taihe came to power, centralization of power has always been the top priority of the country, especially focusing on cleaning up and suppressing the aristocratic families who have been deeply influenced by their ancestors because of their founding achievements. The Chu Palace is the most typical.
The old prince of Chu once made a clever plan to defeat the southern barbarians with a few victories and a big defeat to open up the territory for the Western Qin Dynasty.
During the reign of Emperor Taihe, the old prince of Chu gradually withdrew from the battlefield and the court, and passed on all his life's military experience to his son Fan Tianrui.
Fan Tianrui is obviously very talented in warfare, and with the guidance of the old prince of Chu, he has gone out several times to fight wars and chaos, and he is invincible in every attack.
However, Fan Tianrui did not meet a monarch who cherishes talents. The biggest difference between Emperor Taihe and the first emperor is that Emperor Taihe was too suspicious.
Fan Tianrui's high meritorious deeds obviously aroused Emperor Taihe's special fear. It was also from that time that Emperor Taihe had the idea of cleaning up the descendants of the founding heroes and the ministers of high deeds. It's unstoppable.
Thus, 21 years ago, Fan Tianrui, king of Chu, was torn to pieces by wolves on his way to Mobei and died. Because the only surviving witness was Fan Chen, and Fan Chen refused to tell the truth, the news spread falsely and became Chu Wang Biqi died, and even the body could not be found.
That year, Fan Chen was five years old and Fan Yue was three years old.
Emperor Taihe took back the military power of the Chu king on the grounds that there was no successor in the Chu palace.
This was the beginning of Emperor Taihe's suppression of the Chu Palace, and he acted vigorously and fiercely.
However, this is only the beginning.
On the way back to Beijing in Spring Hunting in March this year, Emperor Taihe spared no effort to mobilize Jiangshan's killer weapon to ambush Fanchen in Huating Mountain, intending to completely destroy the pillar of the revival of the Chu Palace-the heir son of Chu King Fanchen.
The price of this action is that all the Huo Chiwei's lairs were destroyed, and the members of the Huo Chiwei suffered heavy casualties and there was nothing left.
In his life, Emperor Taihe was born with suspicion, and was defeated by suspicion.
The second prince's forcing the palace to pass on the throne, and the fifth prince's secret plan all cannot escape his suspicion. He never trusts any concubine, including the empress, and never trusts any prince, including Gu Gan, the crown prince of the East Palace whom he canonized himself.
How bleak it is to die under one's own suspicion.
Of course, apart from this level of fault, later history books will record more of his work.
Not to mention conscientiously governing the country, Taihe Emperor's greatest contribution is to inherit the former emperor's ambition to carry forward women's official education, so that Huai Cai's daughters have the opportunity to display their true qualities and contribute to the country.
During the reign of Emperor Taihe, there was a stunningly talented female minister Xia Mu, and no matter how Xia Mu ended up, her talent is undeniable, and the reason why there is a female minister, this layer of credit is naturally On the emperor's enlightened policy.
However, no matter what the historian writes, no matter how people in later generations comment on his imperial road, he can no longer open his eyes to see and listen with his ears straight.
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When the emperor passed away, the inside and outside were awe-inspiring, and the city was full of plains, heavy and oppressive.
In just one hour, the splendor of the entire imperial palace was covered by cold white silk.
The mourning hall is located in the main hall of Qianqing Palace, in the tall and heavy Zigong, Emperor Taihe lay quietly.
All the concubines, princes and princesses knelt in front of the hall.
After hearing the news, the ministers and ministers entered the palace in sackcloth and filial piety.
Jing Se, as the newly promoted and pro-princess, should kneel with all the princesses.
Not far from her side, Gu Xiaoxiao's eyes were red from crying, like a rabbit.
"Xiaoxiao." Taking advantage of everyone's unpreparedness, Jing Se called her in a low voice, "Do you want it?"
Gu Xiaoxiao moved closer to Jing Se, wiped her tears and said, "When I was very young, I waited with my mother and concubine every day, hoping that one day the father-in-law of the Hall of Mental Cultivation would bring a sign to the Hall of Shocking Hong He was summoned to attend the bed, and he was looking forward to the eunuch's voice shouting "the emperor is here" outside the gate of Jinghong Palace. However, my mother and concubine and I have been looking forward to it for 13 years. I did not expect him to go to Jinghong Palace I dote on my mother and concubine, but I didn't expect him to give me a share of his love for the other princes and princesses. What I was looking forward to in the end was his dark and heavy palace. I don't know how to describe my current state. Mood. If we talk about joy, where does this joy come from? He is alive, and my mother and concubine still have hope. I can still recover every day, as long as I recover, I will have a chance to regain the grace. Now that he passed away and went directly, it is equivalent to cutting off all the hopes of my mother and concubine. My mother and concubine are not happy, how can I be happy? I I hate him, but my heart hurts because he left my mother and concubine in this world with boundless despair. Sister Qingping, do you think I am very contradictory?"
Jing Se knelt on the ground and put her arms around her shoulders, "Little fool, you are not a contradiction, but a normal reaction that a child should have. It is the so-called deep responsibility of love. You love your mother and concubine, but you can't see your mother and concubine." Suffering, you will naturally attribute all the blame to your father. You blame him because you regard him as your closest relative in your bones, but his relatives are not only your mother and daughter, so you feel unwilling, I also feel unfair, this unwillingness and injustice gradually become a resentment buried in the bottom of my heart, so you always feel that you should hate him. But you forget that no matter how much you hate, he is your own Father, is the one who gave you life, blood is thicker than water, seeing him lying here, you should cry and be sad."
Gu Xiaoxiao asked half understandingly: "Really?"
"Of course." Jing Se gave her a relieved smile, and straightened her sideburns, "Cry if you want to, don't suppress your true emotions because of conflicts, this is the last thing you can do for her." He did."
Hearing Jing Se's words, Gu Xiaoxiao's eyes turned red again, and she began to cry softly.
After this was over, there was only silence in the mourning hall, the autumn rain had already started outside, and the cold wind blew into the sleeves and chilled people's bones.
After an unknown amount of time, there was a sudden shout from outside.
"King Yong arrived—"
After hearing the sound, the kneeling princes, concubines, princesses and ministers stepped aside one after another.
Jing Se also helped Gu Xiaoxiao move aside.
"See King Yong—"
All the voices were neat and loud, resounding through the mourning hall.
Not long after, a young man in a brocade robe with exquisite appearance and perfect facial features walked in with the help of a white-haired old man.
The old man had a kind face, and after entering the hall, his eyes were tightly locked on the Zi Palace in the middle of the mourning hall, with tears in his eyes.
The young man has an unworldly demeanor, and his handsome facial features make Jing Se take the initiative to pay more attention to his eyes.
I have to admit that this is the best-looking young man from Gu's family that Jing Se has ever seen in two lifetimes. His eyebrows, eyes, and nose are cut and assembled by a holy hand. Every arc, every outline, and line Fluid and graceful to the extreme.
This is a handsome man who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Fan Chen and Bo Qinghuan.
The most talented young prince of the Gu family clan, Gu He.
Seeing him, Jing Se was almost sure that his previous guess was correct. Emperor Taihe's last move was the young prince Gu He, who could not betray the Gu family and would always be the descendant of King Yong who was only loyal to the Gu family.
Feeling that someone was looking at him with extremely sharp eyes, Gu He slowly turned his head.
Jing se has lowered her head first.
Gu He glanced around. There were many people kneeling in the mourning hall, and everyone was wearing mourning clothes. At a glance, there was a lot of white flowers, and it was impossible to tell where the previous line of sight came from.
Looking away thoughtfully, Gu He continued to support Yong Dynasty in the direction of Zigong.
Gu Gan, who was kneeling at the front of the mourning hall, hurriedly stood up and saluted, "I have seen my uncle."
King Yong waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to be too polite. His old hand supported the edge of Zigong, which had not yet been closed, and stared at Emperor Taihe who was so quiet inside that he couldn't even breathe. His lips trembled for a long time, but he couldn't speak.
Everyone held their breaths and paid attention to the oldest prince with incomparable respect.
"How did you get there?" King Yong's choked and hoarse voice came out after an unknown amount of time.
Gu Gan lowered his head, "Father has been conscientious all his life, and became ill from overwork."
"I didn't expect that!" King Yong turned his eyes away, looked at the pattering autumn rain outside, his eyes were dark, "I didn't expect that your father would follow the path of your grandfather, I thought, no matter how hard he would survive until the end of his life of."
Gu Qiandao: "Uncle, please mourn."
King Yong raised his hand and motioned to Gu He who was standing beside him, "He'er, kneel down and kowtow three times to your uncle Huang."
Gu He took two steps back, and an eunuch immediately brought a futon in.
Gu He bent his knees, knelt directly on the futon, respectfully kowtowed three times in front of Zigong, got up and inserted three sticks of incense in the incense burner.
Jing Se looked at this scene thoughtfully.
Looking at it like this, Gu He should have known that he was about to be named regent.
Emperor Taihe was really scheming and scheming. He had foreseen that his time was approaching, so he had arranged everything in advance. Unfortunately, all his sons were still kept in the dark.Especially Gu Gan, this person should be the happiest person on the scene, because he thinks that he will soon inherit the throne and rule the world.
A faint sarcasm appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Jing Se cursed in his heart. Compared with Gu He, Gu Qian was so weak that he couldn't bear a single blow.
Emperor Taihe was an extremely shrewd person, and the regent he chose must have his own merits.
Jing Se had heard of Gu He's talent and resourcefulness a long time ago, but besides that, he must have some excellences that surpassed all the princes, otherwise he would never have been favored by Emperor Taihe.
Thinking of this, Jing Se sighed slightly in his heart. It turned out that the opponent of himself and Fan Chen was not Gu Qian at all, but the last move of Emperor Taihe: Gu He.
The days to come will not be too peaceful.
Gu He glanced to the side from the corner of his eye, paused for a moment on Jing Se, and frowned indistinctly.
But only for a moment, Gu He looked away, looked at Gu Qian, and said lightly: "The death of the emperor's uncle means that a new round of regime change has begun. Uncle volunteered to protect the West Qin Jiangshan."
Gu Gan nodded, "Since I am the crown prince, I was born to take on the important task of protecting the country. Even if Prince He didn't remind me, I would still do my best. I dare not say that I will be the best, but at least It is worthy of the ancestors of the Gu family."
Gu He said: "Since that's the case, please trouble the crown prince to please issue a will and read it in front of all the princes and ministers, so that everyone can feel at ease."
"This..." Gu Gan's face changed instantly. Before his father died, he couldn't even speak, and his wrist couldn't use his strength, and he died suddenly. How could there be a chance to make a will?
Even if a will was made, it was not in his hands.
Thinking of this, Gu Qian suddenly remembered that on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he received information that his father would summon the second concubine and the eldest grandson overnight.
With a flicker of eyes, Gu Qian raised his head and glanced at the crowd. As expected, he did not see the second concubine and the grandson of the emperor. He waved his hand and motioned to Sun Dabao, "Eunuch Sun, go and help me to see where the second concubine is. where."
Gu He took a deep look at Gu Gan, with no emotion on his face, always indifferent. This indifference further highlights that the depth of this man's city is by no means comparable to that of a prince like Gu Gan.
King Yong was puzzled, "The prince didn't ask for the edict first, why did he talk about the second concubine and the eldest grandson of the emperor?"
Gu Qian directly asserted, "Because the will is in the hands of the Second Prince and Concubine."
As soon as these words came out, except for a few people such as Jing Se, Gu Beiyu, and Gu He, the expressions of the rest of the people changed, including King Yong.
The old eyes narrowed, and King Yong lowered his voice, "The emperor actually handed over the edict to a woman, what is the meaning of this move?"
Gu Qiandao: "Please wait patiently, uncle and grandpa. When the second prince and concubine arrives, you will know as soon as you ask."
After finishing speaking, Gu Qian ordered the servant girl, "Come here, show the seat to King Yong!"
King Yong is the second uncle of Emperor Taihe, so naturally he has no reason to kneel down for him.
The maid quickly moved the chair.
Gu He helped King Yong to sit up slowly.
Not long after Sun Dabao ran out of the mourning hall, he turned back immediately.
Gu Gan asked: "Where are people?"
Sun Dabao shook his body and said: "Report to His Royal Highness, the Empress Dowager is here."
As soon as the words fell, the queen mother's imperial chariot had already arrived outside the mourning hall, and the maid who held the umbrella immediately helped the queen mother walk into the mourning hall.
Behind the Empress Dowager, there were also the pale-faced second concubine Su Xun and the emperor's eldest grandson Gu Zizhan, who was walking unsteadily.
A moment later, everyone knelt down, turned towards the empress dowager, and shouted in unison, "Welcome to the empress dowager——"
King Yong also stood up, "Congratulations to the emperor's wife."
When the Queen Mother stood in front of King Yong, Jing Se clearly saw complex lights flashing in the Queen Mother's eyes, like pain, but also like... hate.
Jing Se's heart trembled, the Queen Mother and King Yong...could there be a story?
Quickly retracting her eyes, the queen mother turned around, glanced at the people kneeling in the spirit, her eyes were red, and said: "My son has worked hard all his life, and in his later years, there is a lot of trouble with the holy body. .During my son's reign, he pursued government in a low-key manner, and was serious about politics and religion. He never dared to slack off in political affairs, which can be described as painstaking. Today, my son passed away, and I mourn my family... very sad!"
The last two words fell, and everyone who knelt on the ground said in unison: "The empress dowager's concubine—"
The Empress Dowager looked at the white-faced Second Prince Su Xun, took the edict from her, and said to everyone: "The emperor left a edict before his death, and this is the only copy. Tonight, in front of the Ai family and King Yong, Then the prince himself will read it out."
Gu Gan was named, and he glanced at Su Xun without any trace.
At this moment, Su Xun's face was so white that it was indescribable, she was trembling, and tears were rolling in her eyes.
Although Gu Gan was suspicious, it was inconvenient to ask, so he had to look away, and respectfully took the will from the Queen Mother and slowly opened it.
The edict was sealed by a special method of the court. When Gu Qian opened it, everyone saw that the seal was brand new.
In other words, before this, no one had opened the will, and no one knew what was written in the will.
Gu Gan raised his eyes and saw that the Queen Mother, King Yong, and several princes of the clan were all looking at him. He tightened his fingers holding the will, and finally his eyes fell on the scroll, and he read it slowly.
"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: I have been blessed by God to succeed the Datong, and I have been enshrined in the ancestral temple for 29 years. Although I try my best to follow the ancestors' precepts, and follow the crowd's sentiments, Zen essence is exhausted, and I am always vigilant. But I still can't follow the law. My ancestor Mo Lie, the achievements of the emperor's examination, although I have the heart to rule the country, but I am powerless. I have failed the great trust of the emperor's examination. Therefore, I have made a will, and I hope that future generations will obey it."
"In my life, I have raised twelve sons, the first prince died late, the second prince died on the wrong path, the fifth prince was too stubborn, lacked in strategy, and was not suitable for destiny. Although the third prince was loved by me, he was too pure in heart and still needed to practice. The fourth prince Gu Qian is the Crown Prince whom I proclaimed myself. I had high hopes and hoped that he would respect God and help the people as his duty. However, when the Yanshan Palace changed, the ambitions of the four princes were revealed. I deeply regret that after returning to Beijing, it was because of illness. , I haven’t mentioned the waste storage for a long time.”
After reading this, Gu Qian's face changed greatly, his lips trembled, and the hands holding the scroll wished they could turn into flames and directly burn this will.
After everyone listened, they also held their breath and concentrated, not daring to breathe out.
Everyone thought that once the emperor passed away, the succession of the crown prince would be in accordance with the will of heaven and the will of the people, but no one would have thought that Emperor Taihe would start to express his desire to abolish the crown prince in his will.
Such a sudden change, except for Jing Se and Gu Beiyu who had already guessed the content of the edict by Bingxue, everyone else found it too abrupt and unacceptable.
Jing Se raised her eyes, and saw that Gu He, who was kneeling straight on the ground, had a calm and gentle face, without any mood swings.
Looking away, Jing Se sighed secretly. This time, he really met his opponent. Gu He is worthy of being the last card of Emperor Taihe. Just from the aura field, he can completely crush the prince Gu Gan. .
When it comes to means and strategies...
Jing Se thought that if he teamed up with Fan Chen, he would surely gain the upper hand, but the opponent was Gu He, and he might be in constant trouble. Compared to dealing with Gu Gan, it would be more difficult to deal with Gu He.
Did not hear Gu Gan's voice to continue reading, the Queen Mother frowned and looked over, "Prince, why did you stop?"
Gu Gan's face was pale, he couldn't answer a word, he glanced at the strange eyes of the people looking at him, he clenched his teeth, closed his eyes suddenly, and said: "Grandmother, my grandson suddenly feels unwell, I'm afraid I can't help it." Read on."
This kind of excuse can be understood by everyone present.
The queen mother also knew that he would definitely not be able to accept the sudden change that Emperor Taihe wanted to abolish the crown prince in the will, so she waved her hand, "Since you are not feeling well, go to the side hall to rest first, and hand over the will to Prince He, so that you He reads it for you."
"Grandson obeys the order." Gu Qian walked slowly in front of Gu He. From an angle that others could not see, he looked at Gu He with cold unwillingness and jealousy. The flames of anger almost killed his whole body. To burn up.
Gu He stood up unhurriedly, thanked the Queen Mother for her kindness before taking the will from Gu Gan.
Gu Gan didn't go to the side hall to rest, he just knelt in front of the princes and listened quietly.
Gu He Qingrun's voice slowly sounded, and then Gu Gan read out the previous words.
"In April of the 29th year of Taihe, I summoned the clan kings in the Qianqing Palace to discuss the matter of re-establishing the crown prince, but failed. In July of the same year, I summoned the clan kings again to negotiate and finally got a result. : The fourth son of the emperor, Gu Qian, is eager for quick success and quick benefits, has a negative trust, and is embarrassed by the great responsibility of the country, so he is deposed."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.
Gu Qian's face was so gloomy and distorted to the extreme.
Gu Beiyu's eyes flickered, and he thought that his guess was right. His father had never trusted any of his princes in his life. Gu Gan was confident that he was the crown prince, but he didn't know that his every move was included Seeing his father's eyes, although his father was very suspicious, it was this suspicion that allowed him to have a thorough understanding of each prince, and he could almost guess what each prince was thinking. Therefore, his father was finally cold. He made up his mind that he didn't want his son to inherit the great line, but wanted to pass on the throne to his eldest grandson and help the young emperor so that he could control it.
But, who will the father ask to assist the young emperor?
Gu He ignored everyone's expressions and continued to read: "The second imperial concubine, Su, was born in a family of generals. She has both ability and political integrity, graceful and luxurious, gentle and virtuous. If she has a mother, her son must be filial. Yanshan launched the palace change, and the felony is unforgivable. I have considered left and right, the country cannot be succeeded by no one, in order to live up to the great trust of my ancestors, on the day of my collapse, my eldest grandson Zhan will take over my position. However, his father's crime is greater than God, you must not ignore it, so, on the day when the eldest grandson ascended the throne, his mother killed herself to atone for her father's crimes, and everyone in the world will be stunned."
Gu He had just read this, and everyone's eyes fell on Su Xun.
Although Su Xun knew that such a day would come to her, she never expected that the emperor would pass away so soon, and her own death would come suddenly. She thought of her one-and-a-half-year-old son and Su's relatives, and thought of herself When she advised the second prince not to go the wrong way, the second prince would rather quarrel with her than listen to a word of persuasion, she couldn't hold back anymore and kept crying.
Gu Zizhan didn't know why his mother and concubine were crying, he just got scared when he saw Su Xun crying, and cried "Wow".
In the deadlocked mourning hall, the silence was suddenly broken by this startled cry.
Su Xun's expression changed drastically, and he quickly wiped away his tears and hugged Gu Zizhan into his arms, and said in a low voice, "Be good, Zizhan, don't cry, don't cry."
While coaxing him, he patted his little back.
Gu Zizhan slowly calmed down, and Su Xun's high-hanging heart gradually sank, and he turned to kneel to the queen mother, "My empress dowager, forgive me, the grandson of the emperor probably didn't sleep well last night."
The queen mother sighed softly and waved her hands, "Forget it, a child who is only one and a half years old is a crying age, so it's fine if he cries, since his imperial grandfather is gone, he should be crying."
Hearing what the Queen Mother said, Su Xun breathed a sigh of relief.
Jing Se lowered her eyes, Su Xun is Dong's biological daughter, and even her cousin, she didn't want to watch her die, but Emperor Taihe made it very clear in the will, the reason why Su Xun should commit suicide, It was to let her atone for the dead second prince, so that when the eldest grandson Gu Zizhan succeeded to the throne, there would be no reason to talk about it.
But in fact, Gu Beiyu, Gu Gan, Gu He and other smart people can all hear that the so-called "self-proclaimed guilt" is just an excuse Taihe Emperor found for Su to "make the son kill the mother". The real purpose of Taihe Emperor is not to let Su Su's relatives developed and expanded, and even created a dangerous situation of relatives' monopoly in the future.
The Queen Mother squeezed the space between her eyebrows, "Young Lord He, please continue to read the will."
Gu He glanced at everyone, and continued to read: "Gu He, the grandson of King Yong of the clan, is extremely talented and unparalleled in wisdom and planning. He is a talent made in heaven. The new emperor is young and needs the assistance of talented ministers. I have considered it for several months. Gu He, the grandson of King Yong, was appointed as the regent, and he was appointed as an assistant since the day the young emperor ascended the throne."
After reading this, the faces of everyone kneeling in the mourning hall changed unbelievably.
Emperor Taihe actually avoided all his sons and entrusted his power to others?
Even the Queen Mother and King Yong were stunned.
Gu Beiyu squinted his eyes, it turned out that his father was looking for Gu He.
Gu He...
Gu Beiyu suddenly remembered that in those years when Gu He was still a student, Emperor Taihe had personally selected contemporary Confucian scholars to teach Gu He in Yongwangfu.
Thinking of this, Gu Beiyu's breath suddenly stopped.
Could it be that the father has already made two-handed preparations, training the prince while also training Gu He, the purpose is to prevent him from being able to show his trump card one day after he has chilled all the princes in the future?
Raising the corner of his eyes, Gu Beiyu looked at Gu He, feeling more and more that all his guesses were correct.
If the father hadn't trained Gu He long ago, why would he suddenly think of letting this person enter the court as regent?
Gu Qian obviously thought of going with Gu Beiyu, his already livid face was filled with anger, and he had to sneer secretly.
It is so, it is so!
The crown prince's "establishing a virtuous man but not a heir" is all a cover. How could a shrewd man like his father not know that his position in the East Palace came from the careful assistance of the female minister Xia Mu?
However, the father resolutely set him up.
It wasn't until this moment that Gu Gan suddenly realized that the emperor's father valued him not because of his talent and ability, but because his mother and concubine were killed by the queen. Even if he adopted the queen's name, he would still hate the queen all his life. Without hatred, he would not be able to rely too much on the queen, let alone make rebellious acts that disrupt the court because of the power of his mother's clan.What the father wants is that he, a person without the influence of his mother's clan, enter the East Palace first to stabilize the time and stabilize the other princes, and this period of time is the secret opportunity for Gu He to grow rapidly.
Once Emperor Taihe died, it would be the best moment for Gu He to unsheath his hole card.
At this moment, Gu Gan revealed deep helplessness from the bottom of his heart. What he always thought was "Father's favorite", turned out to be just paving the way for Gu He, the little prince of the clan.
This young prince of the clan who has been ignored by himself and all the princes since he was a child is the ultimate winner!
The calmest person at the scene was Gu He himself, who was about to be crowned as the regent. His eyes fell on the scroll and he concentrated on it, as if he was just reading other people's stories for everyone to hear, and these stories had nothing to do with him.
He didn't continue to read the edict until the discussion stopped, "My third son, fourth son, and fifth son have all grown up. After my death, they will be enshrined as King Xian, King Mu, and King Rui respectively."
"I was raised by the emperor's family training since I was a child, and I was also nurtured by my mother, the empress dowager. I was so kind and filial. Zhi Chengyan, serve the Empress Dowager on my behalf, so as to relieve my mother's grief."
"I have worked hard all my life. During my administration, I always devoted my sincere heart to the heaven and the ancestors. I did not dare to take a breath, so I became sick from overwork. In my old age, I was exhausted. Although I can no longer see the luxuriance of this beautiful river and mountain with my own eyes. , but I hope that the regent can help the young emperor wholeheartedly, and I hope that one day under the nine springs, I can see the clan family in the sky, everyone is well-behaved, and the state capital is where the officials obey the law and the people work happily."
"For my great funeral, I follow the old system, change the day to the month, and release it on the 27th. Announce it to the world, and let the envoys know about it. This is it!"
After the edict was announced, the entire mourning hall suddenly fell into silence.
Although Emperor Taihe's edict is not the longest in history, it is the one with the largest amount of information.
First, the prince was abolished with the will, which made a group of princelings feel as if they had been struck by lightning. Then, the eldest grandson was established, and then the mother of the eldest grandson committed suicide to apologize.
All these small edicts are contained in this volume of edict, and everyone can't relax after listening to it for a long time.
The autumn rain outside the mourning hall became heavier and heavier, and the cool chill brought back the scattered and confused expressions of everyone, and it was only at this moment that everyone realized.
What Prince He Xiaowang said earlier was correct, once the emperor passed away, it meant the beginning of the transition from old to new regime.
However, no one expected that it was not Emperor Taihe's own heir who would replace the old and new regimes, but the eldest grandson Gu Zizhan and the young prince Gu He who had just turned one and a half years old.
Jing Se pursed her lips tightly, and looked at Gu Beiyu who was not far away from her.
Gu Beiyu was a little surprised, obviously he hadn't recovered from the shock of the edict.
Looking away, Jing Se looked at Gu He again.
This time, Gu He caught her gaze accurately. His deep and beautiful eyes looked back, and there was an unfathomable expression hidden in it. In a blink of an eye, he quickly looked away, looked at the Queen Mother, and held up the scroll respectfully, "My Lady Queen Mother, I have finished reading."
The queen mother took a deep breath and said loudly: "Kowtow three times and bow nine times, kneel down to the new emperor!"
The officials got up and knelt down again in the direction of Gu Zizhan, with a loud voice, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live——"
Turning to the direction where the empress, empress dowager, and Gu He were, continued to shout: "The empress dowager, the empress dowager, the empress dowager is blessed, and the regent is in great peace—"
This year's timely autumn rain has witnessed the complete replacement of the old and new regimes of a generation of dynasties, like waves washing sand.
After the edict was accepted, Gu He stood at the front and said in a calm and unhurried manner: "Thanks to the great love of the emperor's uncle, this king was able to enter the court to assist the new emperor. However, as we all know, the new emperor is too young to handle affairs alone. All government affairs are represented by this king, and as the saying goes, there are three fires when a new official takes office, and this king lit the first fire today in front of the coffin of the emperor's uncle."
Everyone lowered their heads and listened with straight ears, fearing that the fire would burn themselves.
Gu He's eyes fell on the old prince of Chu and Fanyue who were not far away, and said: "The Fan family is the greatest hero in the founding of the country. The prince died, and the king mourned. My uncle sealed Fanyue as the son of the Prince of Chu, after the national funeral, he will choose a day to inherit the throne of King of Chu, and from now on, he will serve the new emperor to share his worries, as for the old prince of Chu..."
Gu He paused, and continued: "My grandfather, King Yong, is about to go to Yandang Mountain to recuperate his old age. It just so happens that his grandfather was an old friend with the old prince Chu in the early years. I wonder if the old prince Chu can accompany him with this friendship. King Yong is going to Yandang Mountain?"
Jingse's face suddenly changed.
According to Fan Chen's plan, after she married Dong Li, he would find a way to take Princess Chu, Old Prince Chu, Fan Yue and Xiao Baozi to Dong Li. The regent took the Chu Palace to operate.
The purpose of granting Fanyue the crown prince of Chu was to prevent the "possible appearance" of Fanchen.
In other words, even if Fan Chen is still alive, Gu He will treat him as dead, and if we meet again in the future, Gu He will spare no effort to kill him to confirm the fact that "Fan Chen is dead".
Let the old prince of Chu accompany King Yong to Yandang Mountain, in fact, he seized the weakness of the Chu palace in disguise. Once Fanyue inherits the throne of Chu king, he will enter the court to assist the government, but he can only be loyal to the king. If there is a little bit of disagreement, the old prince of Chu will surely die in the hands of Gu He.
Jingse's heart was filled with anger.
When Emperor Taihe was alive, he tried his best to suppress the Chu Palace and prevented the descendants of the Chu Palace from entering the court as officials, but Gu He's idea was just the opposite. Not loyal to the new emperor.
It is worthy of being Emperor Taihe's ultimate trump card, ruthless enough!Enough!Enough vigorous and resolute!
Both the old prince Chu and Fan Yue could tell that the regent was planning to put the old prince under house arrest in a disguised form to threaten the Chu palace.
But Fanchen is no longer there, and the Chu Palace is no longer as prosperous as it used to be, so they have to obey at this time.
Closing his eyes, the old prince Chu said: "Thank you, old minister, for the great kindness of the regent."
Fan Yue's face was livid with anger. He thought that after the death of the old emperor, the Chu Palace would be safe, but he never expected that Gu He would be Emperor Taihe's last card, or his trump card!
Let's look at this person's ruthless way of dealing with things, he has completely crushed any prince of Emperor Taihe, and he is afraid that he will not lose to the former boss.
The future path of Chu Palace will only be walking on thin ice.
"Thank you, minister." After an unknown amount of time, Fan Yue reluctantly squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth.
Gu Beiyu turned his head to look at Jing Se, seeing that her eye circles were red, and she was so angry that she almost gritted her silver teeth, and his heart throbbed.
Jing Se's slender nails dug into her palms, and her lips were tightly lined.
Emperor Taihe!Emperor Taihe!Emperor Taihe!
How could this old, cunning bastard leave behind such a big trump card to deal with Chu Palace after death, how could she not hate him!
She wished she could rush forward and drag Emperor Taihe out to whip the corpse a hundred times!
"Be safe and don't be impatient." Someone whispered in the ear, the voice was mellow and warm.
Jing Se's mind was shocked, and following the soothing fragrance of Zhilan, he looked over, it was King Ning, Fan Chen who came to express condolences to Emperor Taihe on behalf of Dongli's envoy.
Her internal organs, which were so painfully twisted together, seemed to find their respective places of comfort in an instant, and her whole body relaxed.
No matter when and where, this person has a powerful ability to make her feel at ease.
Thinking of this, Jing Se smiled lightly, and the depression in her heart was swept away. She is wise, Fan Chen is good at strategy, as long as the two of them work together, are they afraid that they will not be able to deal with Gu He?
King Ning changed into a plain robe tonight, the mask still covered the upper half of his face, only a pair of natural red lips and a beautifully curved jaw were visible, as white as jade.
He stepped forward and bowed his hands to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the regent Gu He.
Gu He fixed his eyes on Fan's masked face, and raised his lips slantingly, "Did King Ning come to express his condolences?"
King Ning nodded, "The emperor of your country passed away, and our Dongli envoys are very sad. It is clear that the princess is in poor health, so this king represents Dongli to express condolences to His Majesty the emperor."
Gu He's dark eyes flickered, and he stood aside to make way for King Ning.
King Ning walked slowly to the censer, took the incense stick from the maidservant's hand, lit it, inserted it into the censer, and burned a handful of paper money, then turned around, and the phoenix eyes under the mask were on Elder Chu's face. The prince and Fan Yue are determined.
This scene was so fast that Gu He had no time to catch anything, King Ning looked at Jing Se again, and asked Gu He with a smile, "The wedding between this king and Princess Qingping of your country was originally scheduled for the end of this month, but now your country The emperor passed away suddenly, dare to ask the regent, can this marriage be counted?"
"Of course." Gu He smiled, "The late emperor said in the edict that the national funeral will be released on the 27th, and after the 27th, the palace will prepare for Princess Qingping's marriage."
Jingse felt another chill in her heart.
The original date was clearly at the end of this month, only 27 or [-] days from now, but now it will be delayed to after the [-]th due to the death of Emperor Taihe, that is to say, the time has been extended by more than two times.
Jing Se had almost reached the point where she couldn't bear it anymore. She cast a resentful look at Fan Chen, expressing that she couldn't wait for such a long time, and she didn't want to wait for such a long time. If something happened midway, wouldn't their wedding have to be scrapped again? up!
Fan Chen felt her burning eyes, and he understood, but his face remained calm, and asked Gu He, "Does the regent know why this king wants to marry Princess Qingping of your country, and why he wants to marry before the end of the month?"
Gu He's eyes flickered slightly, and he said with a smile: "Well, this king has heard about it. It is said that King Ning is doomed, and he needs to marry a woman in a cloudy year, a cloudy moon, a cloudy day, and a cloudy day before the end of the month. Jie, regarding this point, I express my deep understanding and sympathy. However, the late emperor passed away, and the 27th day of the funeral is a mandatory rule. Can continue to hang white silk."
1. Huang Kao: refers to the honorific title of the current emperor to the former emperor.
2. There is a small bug in the text. The new emperor is a grandson. It stands to reason that the empress is two generations older than him. She should not be the empress dowager, and the previous empress dowager should not be the empress dowager, but I can’t find any history to follow Shout out, if anyone who is proficient in history sees this little bug, please ignore it automatically O(∩_∩)O
3. This article is not a fantasy novel. It is impossible for the heroine to kill the emperor directly even if she cheats. I dare not say that this is a serious drama, but the logical thinking is online. I abused the emperor. I abused him mentally. Almost desperate, so angry that he died.I don't know what else is called abuse. If you have good suggestions, you can leave a message in the comment area.
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"The emperor is dead—"
As the long and distant death knell sounded, starting from Sun Dabao in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the sound of the funeral was spread out layer by layer, resounding throughout the palace.
The whole city was shocked, and the people were shocked.
No one would have thought that the Taihe Emperor, who had led a hundred officials to show their majesty in the paddock in March, would die suddenly.
He worked hard for half his life and enjoyed the throne for 29 years.
Since Emperor Taihe came to power, centralization of power has always been the top priority of the country, especially focusing on cleaning up and suppressing the aristocratic families who have been deeply influenced by their ancestors because of their founding achievements. The Chu Palace is the most typical.
The old prince of Chu once made a clever plan to defeat the southern barbarians with a few victories and a big defeat to open up the territory for the Western Qin Dynasty.
During the reign of Emperor Taihe, the old prince of Chu gradually withdrew from the battlefield and the court, and passed on all his life's military experience to his son Fan Tianrui.
Fan Tianrui is obviously very talented in warfare, and with the guidance of the old prince of Chu, he has gone out several times to fight wars and chaos, and he is invincible in every attack.
However, Fan Tianrui did not meet a monarch who cherishes talents. The biggest difference between Emperor Taihe and the first emperor is that Emperor Taihe was too suspicious.
Fan Tianrui's high meritorious deeds obviously aroused Emperor Taihe's special fear. It was also from that time that Emperor Taihe had the idea of cleaning up the descendants of the founding heroes and the ministers of high deeds. It's unstoppable.
Thus, 21 years ago, Fan Tianrui, king of Chu, was torn to pieces by wolves on his way to Mobei and died. Because the only surviving witness was Fan Chen, and Fan Chen refused to tell the truth, the news spread falsely and became Chu Wang Biqi died, and even the body could not be found.
That year, Fan Chen was five years old and Fan Yue was three years old.
Emperor Taihe took back the military power of the Chu king on the grounds that there was no successor in the Chu palace.
This was the beginning of Emperor Taihe's suppression of the Chu Palace, and he acted vigorously and fiercely.
However, this is only the beginning.
On the way back to Beijing in Spring Hunting in March this year, Emperor Taihe spared no effort to mobilize Jiangshan's killer weapon to ambush Fanchen in Huating Mountain, intending to completely destroy the pillar of the revival of the Chu Palace-the heir son of Chu King Fanchen.
The price of this action is that all the Huo Chiwei's lairs were destroyed, and the members of the Huo Chiwei suffered heavy casualties and there was nothing left.
In his life, Emperor Taihe was born with suspicion, and was defeated by suspicion.
The second prince's forcing the palace to pass on the throne, and the fifth prince's secret plan all cannot escape his suspicion. He never trusts any concubine, including the empress, and never trusts any prince, including Gu Gan, the crown prince of the East Palace whom he canonized himself.
How bleak it is to die under one's own suspicion.
Of course, apart from this level of fault, later history books will record more of his work.
Not to mention conscientiously governing the country, Taihe Emperor's greatest contribution is to inherit the former emperor's ambition to carry forward women's official education, so that Huai Cai's daughters have the opportunity to display their true qualities and contribute to the country.
During the reign of Emperor Taihe, there was a stunningly talented female minister Xia Mu, and no matter how Xia Mu ended up, her talent is undeniable, and the reason why there is a female minister, this layer of credit is naturally On the emperor's enlightened policy.
However, no matter what the historian writes, no matter how people in later generations comment on his imperial road, he can no longer open his eyes to see and listen with his ears straight.
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When the emperor passed away, the inside and outside were awe-inspiring, and the city was full of plains, heavy and oppressive.
In just one hour, the splendor of the entire imperial palace was covered by cold white silk.
The mourning hall is located in the main hall of Qianqing Palace, in the tall and heavy Zigong, Emperor Taihe lay quietly.
All the concubines, princes and princesses knelt in front of the hall.
After hearing the news, the ministers and ministers entered the palace in sackcloth and filial piety.
Jing Se, as the newly promoted and pro-princess, should kneel with all the princesses.
Not far from her side, Gu Xiaoxiao's eyes were red from crying, like a rabbit.
"Xiaoxiao." Taking advantage of everyone's unpreparedness, Jing Se called her in a low voice, "Do you want it?"
Gu Xiaoxiao moved closer to Jing Se, wiped her tears and said, "When I was very young, I waited with my mother and concubine every day, hoping that one day the father-in-law of the Hall of Mental Cultivation would bring a sign to the Hall of Shocking Hong He was summoned to attend the bed, and he was looking forward to the eunuch's voice shouting "the emperor is here" outside the gate of Jinghong Palace. However, my mother and concubine and I have been looking forward to it for 13 years. I did not expect him to go to Jinghong Palace I dote on my mother and concubine, but I didn't expect him to give me a share of his love for the other princes and princesses. What I was looking forward to in the end was his dark and heavy palace. I don't know how to describe my current state. Mood. If we talk about joy, where does this joy come from? He is alive, and my mother and concubine still have hope. I can still recover every day, as long as I recover, I will have a chance to regain the grace. Now that he passed away and went directly, it is equivalent to cutting off all the hopes of my mother and concubine. My mother and concubine are not happy, how can I be happy? I I hate him, but my heart hurts because he left my mother and concubine in this world with boundless despair. Sister Qingping, do you think I am very contradictory?"
Jing Se knelt on the ground and put her arms around her shoulders, "Little fool, you are not a contradiction, but a normal reaction that a child should have. It is the so-called deep responsibility of love. You love your mother and concubine, but you can't see your mother and concubine." Suffering, you will naturally attribute all the blame to your father. You blame him because you regard him as your closest relative in your bones, but his relatives are not only your mother and daughter, so you feel unwilling, I also feel unfair, this unwillingness and injustice gradually become a resentment buried in the bottom of my heart, so you always feel that you should hate him. But you forget that no matter how much you hate, he is your own Father, is the one who gave you life, blood is thicker than water, seeing him lying here, you should cry and be sad."
Gu Xiaoxiao asked half understandingly: "Really?"
"Of course." Jing Se gave her a relieved smile, and straightened her sideburns, "Cry if you want to, don't suppress your true emotions because of conflicts, this is the last thing you can do for her." He did."
Hearing Jing Se's words, Gu Xiaoxiao's eyes turned red again, and she began to cry softly.
After this was over, there was only silence in the mourning hall, the autumn rain had already started outside, and the cold wind blew into the sleeves and chilled people's bones.
After an unknown amount of time, there was a sudden shout from outside.
"King Yong arrived—"
After hearing the sound, the kneeling princes, concubines, princesses and ministers stepped aside one after another.
Jing Se also helped Gu Xiaoxiao move aside.
"See King Yong—"
All the voices were neat and loud, resounding through the mourning hall.
Not long after, a young man in a brocade robe with exquisite appearance and perfect facial features walked in with the help of a white-haired old man.
The old man had a kind face, and after entering the hall, his eyes were tightly locked on the Zi Palace in the middle of the mourning hall, with tears in his eyes.
The young man has an unworldly demeanor, and his handsome facial features make Jing Se take the initiative to pay more attention to his eyes.
I have to admit that this is the best-looking young man from Gu's family that Jing Se has ever seen in two lifetimes. His eyebrows, eyes, and nose are cut and assembled by a holy hand. Every arc, every outline, and line Fluid and graceful to the extreme.
This is a handsome man who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Fan Chen and Bo Qinghuan.
The most talented young prince of the Gu family clan, Gu He.
Seeing him, Jing Se was almost sure that his previous guess was correct. Emperor Taihe's last move was the young prince Gu He, who could not betray the Gu family and would always be the descendant of King Yong who was only loyal to the Gu family.
Feeling that someone was looking at him with extremely sharp eyes, Gu He slowly turned his head.
Jing se has lowered her head first.
Gu He glanced around. There were many people kneeling in the mourning hall, and everyone was wearing mourning clothes. At a glance, there was a lot of white flowers, and it was impossible to tell where the previous line of sight came from.
Looking away thoughtfully, Gu He continued to support Yong Dynasty in the direction of Zigong.
Gu Gan, who was kneeling at the front of the mourning hall, hurriedly stood up and saluted, "I have seen my uncle."
King Yong waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to be too polite. His old hand supported the edge of Zigong, which had not yet been closed, and stared at Emperor Taihe who was so quiet inside that he couldn't even breathe. His lips trembled for a long time, but he couldn't speak.
Everyone held their breaths and paid attention to the oldest prince with incomparable respect.
"How did you get there?" King Yong's choked and hoarse voice came out after an unknown amount of time.
Gu Gan lowered his head, "Father has been conscientious all his life, and became ill from overwork."
"I didn't expect that!" King Yong turned his eyes away, looked at the pattering autumn rain outside, his eyes were dark, "I didn't expect that your father would follow the path of your grandfather, I thought, no matter how hard he would survive until the end of his life of."
Gu Qiandao: "Uncle, please mourn."
King Yong raised his hand and motioned to Gu He who was standing beside him, "He'er, kneel down and kowtow three times to your uncle Huang."
Gu He took two steps back, and an eunuch immediately brought a futon in.
Gu He bent his knees, knelt directly on the futon, respectfully kowtowed three times in front of Zigong, got up and inserted three sticks of incense in the incense burner.
Jing Se looked at this scene thoughtfully.
Looking at it like this, Gu He should have known that he was about to be named regent.
Emperor Taihe was really scheming and scheming. He had foreseen that his time was approaching, so he had arranged everything in advance. Unfortunately, all his sons were still kept in the dark.Especially Gu Gan, this person should be the happiest person on the scene, because he thinks that he will soon inherit the throne and rule the world.
A faint sarcasm appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Jing Se cursed in his heart. Compared with Gu He, Gu Qian was so weak that he couldn't bear a single blow.
Emperor Taihe was an extremely shrewd person, and the regent he chose must have his own merits.
Jing Se had heard of Gu He's talent and resourcefulness a long time ago, but besides that, he must have some excellences that surpassed all the princes, otherwise he would never have been favored by Emperor Taihe.
Thinking of this, Jing Se sighed slightly in his heart. It turned out that the opponent of himself and Fan Chen was not Gu Qian at all, but the last move of Emperor Taihe: Gu He.
The days to come will not be too peaceful.
Gu He glanced to the side from the corner of his eye, paused for a moment on Jing Se, and frowned indistinctly.
But only for a moment, Gu He looked away, looked at Gu Qian, and said lightly: "The death of the emperor's uncle means that a new round of regime change has begun. Uncle volunteered to protect the West Qin Jiangshan."
Gu Gan nodded, "Since I am the crown prince, I was born to take on the important task of protecting the country. Even if Prince He didn't remind me, I would still do my best. I dare not say that I will be the best, but at least It is worthy of the ancestors of the Gu family."
Gu He said: "Since that's the case, please trouble the crown prince to please issue a will and read it in front of all the princes and ministers, so that everyone can feel at ease."
"This..." Gu Gan's face changed instantly. Before his father died, he couldn't even speak, and his wrist couldn't use his strength, and he died suddenly. How could there be a chance to make a will?
Even if a will was made, it was not in his hands.
Thinking of this, Gu Qian suddenly remembered that on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he received information that his father would summon the second concubine and the eldest grandson overnight.
With a flicker of eyes, Gu Qian raised his head and glanced at the crowd. As expected, he did not see the second concubine and the grandson of the emperor. He waved his hand and motioned to Sun Dabao, "Eunuch Sun, go and help me to see where the second concubine is. where."
Gu He took a deep look at Gu Gan, with no emotion on his face, always indifferent. This indifference further highlights that the depth of this man's city is by no means comparable to that of a prince like Gu Gan.
King Yong was puzzled, "The prince didn't ask for the edict first, why did he talk about the second concubine and the eldest grandson of the emperor?"
Gu Qian directly asserted, "Because the will is in the hands of the Second Prince and Concubine."
As soon as these words came out, except for a few people such as Jing Se, Gu Beiyu, and Gu He, the expressions of the rest of the people changed, including King Yong.
The old eyes narrowed, and King Yong lowered his voice, "The emperor actually handed over the edict to a woman, what is the meaning of this move?"
Gu Qiandao: "Please wait patiently, uncle and grandpa. When the second prince and concubine arrives, you will know as soon as you ask."
After finishing speaking, Gu Qian ordered the servant girl, "Come here, show the seat to King Yong!"
King Yong is the second uncle of Emperor Taihe, so naturally he has no reason to kneel down for him.
The maid quickly moved the chair.
Gu He helped King Yong to sit up slowly.
Not long after Sun Dabao ran out of the mourning hall, he turned back immediately.
Gu Gan asked: "Where are people?"
Sun Dabao shook his body and said: "Report to His Royal Highness, the Empress Dowager is here."
As soon as the words fell, the queen mother's imperial chariot had already arrived outside the mourning hall, and the maid who held the umbrella immediately helped the queen mother walk into the mourning hall.
Behind the Empress Dowager, there were also the pale-faced second concubine Su Xun and the emperor's eldest grandson Gu Zizhan, who was walking unsteadily.
A moment later, everyone knelt down, turned towards the empress dowager, and shouted in unison, "Welcome to the empress dowager——"
King Yong also stood up, "Congratulations to the emperor's wife."
When the Queen Mother stood in front of King Yong, Jing Se clearly saw complex lights flashing in the Queen Mother's eyes, like pain, but also like... hate.
Jing Se's heart trembled, the Queen Mother and King Yong...could there be a story?
Quickly retracting her eyes, the queen mother turned around, glanced at the people kneeling in the spirit, her eyes were red, and said: "My son has worked hard all his life, and in his later years, there is a lot of trouble with the holy body. .During my son's reign, he pursued government in a low-key manner, and was serious about politics and religion. He never dared to slack off in political affairs, which can be described as painstaking. Today, my son passed away, and I mourn my family... very sad!"
The last two words fell, and everyone who knelt on the ground said in unison: "The empress dowager's concubine—"
The Empress Dowager looked at the white-faced Second Prince Su Xun, took the edict from her, and said to everyone: "The emperor left a edict before his death, and this is the only copy. Tonight, in front of the Ai family and King Yong, Then the prince himself will read it out."
Gu Gan was named, and he glanced at Su Xun without any trace.
At this moment, Su Xun's face was so white that it was indescribable, she was trembling, and tears were rolling in her eyes.
Although Gu Gan was suspicious, it was inconvenient to ask, so he had to look away, and respectfully took the will from the Queen Mother and slowly opened it.
The edict was sealed by a special method of the court. When Gu Qian opened it, everyone saw that the seal was brand new.
In other words, before this, no one had opened the will, and no one knew what was written in the will.
Gu Gan raised his eyes and saw that the Queen Mother, King Yong, and several princes of the clan were all looking at him. He tightened his fingers holding the will, and finally his eyes fell on the scroll, and he read it slowly.
"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: I have been blessed by God to succeed the Datong, and I have been enshrined in the ancestral temple for 29 years. Although I try my best to follow the ancestors' precepts, and follow the crowd's sentiments, Zen essence is exhausted, and I am always vigilant. But I still can't follow the law. My ancestor Mo Lie, the achievements of the emperor's examination, although I have the heart to rule the country, but I am powerless. I have failed the great trust of the emperor's examination. Therefore, I have made a will, and I hope that future generations will obey it."
"In my life, I have raised twelve sons, the first prince died late, the second prince died on the wrong path, the fifth prince was too stubborn, lacked in strategy, and was not suitable for destiny. Although the third prince was loved by me, he was too pure in heart and still needed to practice. The fourth prince Gu Qian is the Crown Prince whom I proclaimed myself. I had high hopes and hoped that he would respect God and help the people as his duty. However, when the Yanshan Palace changed, the ambitions of the four princes were revealed. I deeply regret that after returning to Beijing, it was because of illness. , I haven’t mentioned the waste storage for a long time.”
After reading this, Gu Qian's face changed greatly, his lips trembled, and the hands holding the scroll wished they could turn into flames and directly burn this will.
After everyone listened, they also held their breath and concentrated, not daring to breathe out.
Everyone thought that once the emperor passed away, the succession of the crown prince would be in accordance with the will of heaven and the will of the people, but no one would have thought that Emperor Taihe would start to express his desire to abolish the crown prince in his will.
Such a sudden change, except for Jing Se and Gu Beiyu who had already guessed the content of the edict by Bingxue, everyone else found it too abrupt and unacceptable.
Jing Se raised her eyes, and saw that Gu He, who was kneeling straight on the ground, had a calm and gentle face, without any mood swings.
Looking away, Jing Se sighed secretly. This time, he really met his opponent. Gu He is worthy of being the last card of Emperor Taihe. Just from the aura field, he can completely crush the prince Gu Gan. .
When it comes to means and strategies...
Jing Se thought that if he teamed up with Fan Chen, he would surely gain the upper hand, but the opponent was Gu He, and he might be in constant trouble. Compared to dealing with Gu Gan, it would be more difficult to deal with Gu He.
Did not hear Gu Gan's voice to continue reading, the Queen Mother frowned and looked over, "Prince, why did you stop?"
Gu Gan's face was pale, he couldn't answer a word, he glanced at the strange eyes of the people looking at him, he clenched his teeth, closed his eyes suddenly, and said: "Grandmother, my grandson suddenly feels unwell, I'm afraid I can't help it." Read on."
This kind of excuse can be understood by everyone present.
The queen mother also knew that he would definitely not be able to accept the sudden change that Emperor Taihe wanted to abolish the crown prince in the will, so she waved her hand, "Since you are not feeling well, go to the side hall to rest first, and hand over the will to Prince He, so that you He reads it for you."
"Grandson obeys the order." Gu Qian walked slowly in front of Gu He. From an angle that others could not see, he looked at Gu He with cold unwillingness and jealousy. The flames of anger almost killed his whole body. To burn up.
Gu He stood up unhurriedly, thanked the Queen Mother for her kindness before taking the will from Gu Gan.
Gu Gan didn't go to the side hall to rest, he just knelt in front of the princes and listened quietly.
Gu He Qingrun's voice slowly sounded, and then Gu Gan read out the previous words.
"In April of the 29th year of Taihe, I summoned the clan kings in the Qianqing Palace to discuss the matter of re-establishing the crown prince, but failed. In July of the same year, I summoned the clan kings again to negotiate and finally got a result. : The fourth son of the emperor, Gu Qian, is eager for quick success and quick benefits, has a negative trust, and is embarrassed by the great responsibility of the country, so he is deposed."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.
Gu Qian's face was so gloomy and distorted to the extreme.
Gu Beiyu's eyes flickered, and he thought that his guess was right. His father had never trusted any of his princes in his life. Gu Gan was confident that he was the crown prince, but he didn't know that his every move was included Seeing his father's eyes, although his father was very suspicious, it was this suspicion that allowed him to have a thorough understanding of each prince, and he could almost guess what each prince was thinking. Therefore, his father was finally cold. He made up his mind that he didn't want his son to inherit the great line, but wanted to pass on the throne to his eldest grandson and help the young emperor so that he could control it.
But, who will the father ask to assist the young emperor?
Gu He ignored everyone's expressions and continued to read: "The second imperial concubine, Su, was born in a family of generals. She has both ability and political integrity, graceful and luxurious, gentle and virtuous. If she has a mother, her son must be filial. Yanshan launched the palace change, and the felony is unforgivable. I have considered left and right, the country cannot be succeeded by no one, in order to live up to the great trust of my ancestors, on the day of my collapse, my eldest grandson Zhan will take over my position. However, his father's crime is greater than God, you must not ignore it, so, on the day when the eldest grandson ascended the throne, his mother killed herself to atone for her father's crimes, and everyone in the world will be stunned."
Gu He had just read this, and everyone's eyes fell on Su Xun.
Although Su Xun knew that such a day would come to her, she never expected that the emperor would pass away so soon, and her own death would come suddenly. She thought of her one-and-a-half-year-old son and Su's relatives, and thought of herself When she advised the second prince not to go the wrong way, the second prince would rather quarrel with her than listen to a word of persuasion, she couldn't hold back anymore and kept crying.
Gu Zizhan didn't know why his mother and concubine were crying, he just got scared when he saw Su Xun crying, and cried "Wow".
In the deadlocked mourning hall, the silence was suddenly broken by this startled cry.
Su Xun's expression changed drastically, and he quickly wiped away his tears and hugged Gu Zizhan into his arms, and said in a low voice, "Be good, Zizhan, don't cry, don't cry."
While coaxing him, he patted his little back.
Gu Zizhan slowly calmed down, and Su Xun's high-hanging heart gradually sank, and he turned to kneel to the queen mother, "My empress dowager, forgive me, the grandson of the emperor probably didn't sleep well last night."
The queen mother sighed softly and waved her hands, "Forget it, a child who is only one and a half years old is a crying age, so it's fine if he cries, since his imperial grandfather is gone, he should be crying."
Hearing what the Queen Mother said, Su Xun breathed a sigh of relief.
Jing Se lowered her eyes, Su Xun is Dong's biological daughter, and even her cousin, she didn't want to watch her die, but Emperor Taihe made it very clear in the will, the reason why Su Xun should commit suicide, It was to let her atone for the dead second prince, so that when the eldest grandson Gu Zizhan succeeded to the throne, there would be no reason to talk about it.
But in fact, Gu Beiyu, Gu Gan, Gu He and other smart people can all hear that the so-called "self-proclaimed guilt" is just an excuse Taihe Emperor found for Su to "make the son kill the mother". The real purpose of Taihe Emperor is not to let Su Su's relatives developed and expanded, and even created a dangerous situation of relatives' monopoly in the future.
The Queen Mother squeezed the space between her eyebrows, "Young Lord He, please continue to read the will."
Gu He glanced at everyone, and continued to read: "Gu He, the grandson of King Yong of the clan, is extremely talented and unparalleled in wisdom and planning. He is a talent made in heaven. The new emperor is young and needs the assistance of talented ministers. I have considered it for several months. Gu He, the grandson of King Yong, was appointed as the regent, and he was appointed as an assistant since the day the young emperor ascended the throne."
After reading this, the faces of everyone kneeling in the mourning hall changed unbelievably.
Emperor Taihe actually avoided all his sons and entrusted his power to others?
Even the Queen Mother and King Yong were stunned.
Gu Beiyu squinted his eyes, it turned out that his father was looking for Gu He.
Gu He...
Gu Beiyu suddenly remembered that in those years when Gu He was still a student, Emperor Taihe had personally selected contemporary Confucian scholars to teach Gu He in Yongwangfu.
Thinking of this, Gu Beiyu's breath suddenly stopped.
Could it be that the father has already made two-handed preparations, training the prince while also training Gu He, the purpose is to prevent him from being able to show his trump card one day after he has chilled all the princes in the future?
Raising the corner of his eyes, Gu Beiyu looked at Gu He, feeling more and more that all his guesses were correct.
If the father hadn't trained Gu He long ago, why would he suddenly think of letting this person enter the court as regent?
Gu Qian obviously thought of going with Gu Beiyu, his already livid face was filled with anger, and he had to sneer secretly.
It is so, it is so!
The crown prince's "establishing a virtuous man but not a heir" is all a cover. How could a shrewd man like his father not know that his position in the East Palace came from the careful assistance of the female minister Xia Mu?
However, the father resolutely set him up.
It wasn't until this moment that Gu Gan suddenly realized that the emperor's father valued him not because of his talent and ability, but because his mother and concubine were killed by the queen. Even if he adopted the queen's name, he would still hate the queen all his life. Without hatred, he would not be able to rely too much on the queen, let alone make rebellious acts that disrupt the court because of the power of his mother's clan.What the father wants is that he, a person without the influence of his mother's clan, enter the East Palace first to stabilize the time and stabilize the other princes, and this period of time is the secret opportunity for Gu He to grow rapidly.
Once Emperor Taihe died, it would be the best moment for Gu He to unsheath his hole card.
At this moment, Gu Gan revealed deep helplessness from the bottom of his heart. What he always thought was "Father's favorite", turned out to be just paving the way for Gu He, the little prince of the clan.
This young prince of the clan who has been ignored by himself and all the princes since he was a child is the ultimate winner!
The calmest person at the scene was Gu He himself, who was about to be crowned as the regent. His eyes fell on the scroll and he concentrated on it, as if he was just reading other people's stories for everyone to hear, and these stories had nothing to do with him.
He didn't continue to read the edict until the discussion stopped, "My third son, fourth son, and fifth son have all grown up. After my death, they will be enshrined as King Xian, King Mu, and King Rui respectively."
"I was raised by the emperor's family training since I was a child, and I was also nurtured by my mother, the empress dowager. I was so kind and filial. Zhi Chengyan, serve the Empress Dowager on my behalf, so as to relieve my mother's grief."
"I have worked hard all my life. During my administration, I always devoted my sincere heart to the heaven and the ancestors. I did not dare to take a breath, so I became sick from overwork. In my old age, I was exhausted. Although I can no longer see the luxuriance of this beautiful river and mountain with my own eyes. , but I hope that the regent can help the young emperor wholeheartedly, and I hope that one day under the nine springs, I can see the clan family in the sky, everyone is well-behaved, and the state capital is where the officials obey the law and the people work happily."
"For my great funeral, I follow the old system, change the day to the month, and release it on the 27th. Announce it to the world, and let the envoys know about it. This is it!"
After the edict was announced, the entire mourning hall suddenly fell into silence.
Although Emperor Taihe's edict is not the longest in history, it is the one with the largest amount of information.
First, the prince was abolished with the will, which made a group of princelings feel as if they had been struck by lightning. Then, the eldest grandson was established, and then the mother of the eldest grandson committed suicide to apologize.
All these small edicts are contained in this volume of edict, and everyone can't relax after listening to it for a long time.
The autumn rain outside the mourning hall became heavier and heavier, and the cool chill brought back the scattered and confused expressions of everyone, and it was only at this moment that everyone realized.
What Prince He Xiaowang said earlier was correct, once the emperor passed away, it meant the beginning of the transition from old to new regime.
However, no one expected that it was not Emperor Taihe's own heir who would replace the old and new regimes, but the eldest grandson Gu Zizhan and the young prince Gu He who had just turned one and a half years old.
Jing Se pursed her lips tightly, and looked at Gu Beiyu who was not far away from her.
Gu Beiyu was a little surprised, obviously he hadn't recovered from the shock of the edict.
Looking away, Jing Se looked at Gu He again.
This time, Gu He caught her gaze accurately. His deep and beautiful eyes looked back, and there was an unfathomable expression hidden in it. In a blink of an eye, he quickly looked away, looked at the Queen Mother, and held up the scroll respectfully, "My Lady Queen Mother, I have finished reading."
The queen mother took a deep breath and said loudly: "Kowtow three times and bow nine times, kneel down to the new emperor!"
The officials got up and knelt down again in the direction of Gu Zizhan, with a loud voice, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live——"
Turning to the direction where the empress, empress dowager, and Gu He were, continued to shout: "The empress dowager, the empress dowager, the empress dowager is blessed, and the regent is in great peace—"
This year's timely autumn rain has witnessed the complete replacement of the old and new regimes of a generation of dynasties, like waves washing sand.
After the edict was accepted, Gu He stood at the front and said in a calm and unhurried manner: "Thanks to the great love of the emperor's uncle, this king was able to enter the court to assist the new emperor. However, as we all know, the new emperor is too young to handle affairs alone. All government affairs are represented by this king, and as the saying goes, there are three fires when a new official takes office, and this king lit the first fire today in front of the coffin of the emperor's uncle."
Everyone lowered their heads and listened with straight ears, fearing that the fire would burn themselves.
Gu He's eyes fell on the old prince of Chu and Fanyue who were not far away, and said: "The Fan family is the greatest hero in the founding of the country. The prince died, and the king mourned. My uncle sealed Fanyue as the son of the Prince of Chu, after the national funeral, he will choose a day to inherit the throne of King of Chu, and from now on, he will serve the new emperor to share his worries, as for the old prince of Chu..."
Gu He paused, and continued: "My grandfather, King Yong, is about to go to Yandang Mountain to recuperate his old age. It just so happens that his grandfather was an old friend with the old prince Chu in the early years. I wonder if the old prince Chu can accompany him with this friendship. King Yong is going to Yandang Mountain?"
Jingse's face suddenly changed.
According to Fan Chen's plan, after she married Dong Li, he would find a way to take Princess Chu, Old Prince Chu, Fan Yue and Xiao Baozi to Dong Li. The regent took the Chu Palace to operate.
The purpose of granting Fanyue the crown prince of Chu was to prevent the "possible appearance" of Fanchen.
In other words, even if Fan Chen is still alive, Gu He will treat him as dead, and if we meet again in the future, Gu He will spare no effort to kill him to confirm the fact that "Fan Chen is dead".
Let the old prince of Chu accompany King Yong to Yandang Mountain, in fact, he seized the weakness of the Chu palace in disguise. Once Fanyue inherits the throne of Chu king, he will enter the court to assist the government, but he can only be loyal to the king. If there is a little bit of disagreement, the old prince of Chu will surely die in the hands of Gu He.
Jingse's heart was filled with anger.
When Emperor Taihe was alive, he tried his best to suppress the Chu Palace and prevented the descendants of the Chu Palace from entering the court as officials, but Gu He's idea was just the opposite. Not loyal to the new emperor.
It is worthy of being Emperor Taihe's ultimate trump card, ruthless enough!Enough!Enough vigorous and resolute!
Both the old prince Chu and Fan Yue could tell that the regent was planning to put the old prince under house arrest in a disguised form to threaten the Chu palace.
But Fanchen is no longer there, and the Chu Palace is no longer as prosperous as it used to be, so they have to obey at this time.
Closing his eyes, the old prince Chu said: "Thank you, old minister, for the great kindness of the regent."
Fan Yue's face was livid with anger. He thought that after the death of the old emperor, the Chu Palace would be safe, but he never expected that Gu He would be Emperor Taihe's last card, or his trump card!
Let's look at this person's ruthless way of dealing with things, he has completely crushed any prince of Emperor Taihe, and he is afraid that he will not lose to the former boss.
The future path of Chu Palace will only be walking on thin ice.
"Thank you, minister." After an unknown amount of time, Fan Yue reluctantly squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth.
Gu Beiyu turned his head to look at Jing Se, seeing that her eye circles were red, and she was so angry that she almost gritted her silver teeth, and his heart throbbed.
Jing Se's slender nails dug into her palms, and her lips were tightly lined.
Emperor Taihe!Emperor Taihe!Emperor Taihe!
How could this old, cunning bastard leave behind such a big trump card to deal with Chu Palace after death, how could she not hate him!
She wished she could rush forward and drag Emperor Taihe out to whip the corpse a hundred times!
"Be safe and don't be impatient." Someone whispered in the ear, the voice was mellow and warm.
Jing Se's mind was shocked, and following the soothing fragrance of Zhilan, he looked over, it was King Ning, Fan Chen who came to express condolences to Emperor Taihe on behalf of Dongli's envoy.
Her internal organs, which were so painfully twisted together, seemed to find their respective places of comfort in an instant, and her whole body relaxed.
No matter when and where, this person has a powerful ability to make her feel at ease.
Thinking of this, Jing Se smiled lightly, and the depression in her heart was swept away. She is wise, Fan Chen is good at strategy, as long as the two of them work together, are they afraid that they will not be able to deal with Gu He?
King Ning changed into a plain robe tonight, the mask still covered the upper half of his face, only a pair of natural red lips and a beautifully curved jaw were visible, as white as jade.
He stepped forward and bowed his hands to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the regent Gu He.
Gu He fixed his eyes on Fan's masked face, and raised his lips slantingly, "Did King Ning come to express his condolences?"
King Ning nodded, "The emperor of your country passed away, and our Dongli envoys are very sad. It is clear that the princess is in poor health, so this king represents Dongli to express condolences to His Majesty the emperor."
Gu He's dark eyes flickered, and he stood aside to make way for King Ning.
King Ning walked slowly to the censer, took the incense stick from the maidservant's hand, lit it, inserted it into the censer, and burned a handful of paper money, then turned around, and the phoenix eyes under the mask were on Elder Chu's face. The prince and Fan Yue are determined.
This scene was so fast that Gu He had no time to catch anything, King Ning looked at Jing Se again, and asked Gu He with a smile, "The wedding between this king and Princess Qingping of your country was originally scheduled for the end of this month, but now your country The emperor passed away suddenly, dare to ask the regent, can this marriage be counted?"
"Of course." Gu He smiled, "The late emperor said in the edict that the national funeral will be released on the 27th, and after the 27th, the palace will prepare for Princess Qingping's marriage."
Jingse felt another chill in her heart.
The original date was clearly at the end of this month, only 27 or [-] days from now, but now it will be delayed to after the [-]th due to the death of Emperor Taihe, that is to say, the time has been extended by more than two times.
Jing Se had almost reached the point where she couldn't bear it anymore. She cast a resentful look at Fan Chen, expressing that she couldn't wait for such a long time, and she didn't want to wait for such a long time. If something happened midway, wouldn't their wedding have to be scrapped again? up!
Fan Chen felt her burning eyes, and he understood, but his face remained calm, and asked Gu He, "Does the regent know why this king wants to marry Princess Qingping of your country, and why he wants to marry before the end of the month?"
Gu He's eyes flickered slightly, and he said with a smile: "Well, this king has heard about it. It is said that King Ning is doomed, and he needs to marry a woman in a cloudy year, a cloudy moon, a cloudy day, and a cloudy day before the end of the month. Jie, regarding this point, I express my deep understanding and sympathy. However, the late emperor passed away, and the 27th day of the funeral is a mandatory rule. Can continue to hang white silk."
1. Huang Kao: refers to the honorific title of the current emperor to the former emperor.
2. There is a small bug in the text. The new emperor is a grandson. It stands to reason that the empress is two generations older than him. She should not be the empress dowager, and the previous empress dowager should not be the empress dowager, but I can’t find any history to follow Shout out, if anyone who is proficient in history sees this little bug, please ignore it automatically O(∩_∩)O
3. This article is not a fantasy novel. It is impossible for the heroine to kill the emperor directly even if she cheats. I dare not say that this is a serious drama, but the logical thinking is online. I abused the emperor. I abused him mentally. Almost desperate, so angry that he died.I don't know what else is called abuse. If you have good suggestions, you can leave a message in the comment area.
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