Chapter 425: The Past (84)
"Your Majesty!
Taifu's words were finally interrupted by this sudden voice.
Decai stood on the high steps of the inner sanctum, his face full of sorrow. He held back the tears he wanted to leave behind, and announced to the adults and concubines standing below.
"Your Majesty, you are dead!"
As if they had finally come back to their senses, a group of people who had just been stunned there began to cry. At the entrance of the entire Ju'an Palace, there was only wailing and sadness that could not be shaken away.
The princes knelt there one by one, muttering about their father, father's, and the adults knelt down one by one according to the position of the previous court, shouting in their mouths, my emperor, my emperor........ the concubines who had just cried the loudest were now crying no louder.
They knelt there, silently holding back tears. I don't know if these tears are shed to Cheng Guang or to themselves.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's ........."
The precious concubine who hurried from the Youlian Hall ran in a hurry, and almost fell several times.
"Mother, mother, you mourn! You don't want this!"
Decai hurriedly went down to help the precious concubine, but she didn't appreciate it, and waved away Decai's hand.
"Open the door and let them all come in....... come in and send the emperor ........"
The precious concubine turned her back to everyone, and her voice was loud and firm. It doesn't seem to be very sad. But the tears in the corners of her eyes betrayed her again.
"It's a mother!"
Decai responded and said to the person who knelt on the ground, "Everyone, please go in with Niangniang, send the emperor, and .......... the last journey."
Yes, this is the end of Cheng Guang's magnificent life, and it is his last journey.
His courtiers, his sons, his women. Everything that belonged to him in his lifetime is still here and still belongs to him after him.
"The emperor ....... the concubine, the concubine is late........"
The precious concubine almost pounced in front of Cheng Guang's sickbed.
At this time, Cheng Guang no longer looked like a person. The thin face was no longer lifeless, the two eyes were sunken, and the originally handsome face looked only terrible at this time.
He didn't close his eyes, his sunken eyes were wide open, as if he had something to say, but it was really too late.
"The Emperor's ........"
The precious concubine trembled her hand and gently stroked Cheng Guang's face. The rough touch made her frown. This poison is really domineering, even if he dies, he doesn't even leave a good piece of skin on his body.
She knew that this person would not respond to her call anymore. All this is just pretending to be seen by Imperial Doctor Hu who is watching from the side.
"Niangniang, the emperor just now, held his breath. You've arrived just in time.........."
Imperial Physician Hu lowered his head, he was the one who witnessed the death of the emperor with his own eyes. He walked calmly, not even making a sound, except for a whimper, and then completely held his breath.
"Thank you, Doctor Hu. ”
The precious concubine knelt on the ground, and a plain white hand stayed above Cheng Guang's eyes.
"Your Majesty, please close your eyes and see you again in the next life........."
She stroked down gently, and when her hand was removed, Cheng Guang had already closed her eyes. This time, he was really gone.
"Congratulations to ....... Emperor!"
She knelt there and kowtowed first. When the people behind her saw her like this, they all seemed to have finally come back to their senses.
"Congratulations to the emperor........."
After the kowtow, there is a chorus of mourning.
The entire palace was draped in white, and mourning resounded everywhere. The bleak scene made everyone very depressed.
According to Cheng Guang's meaning before his death, after he died, he was buried with someone.
This means that those concubines who did not give birth to children for him will follow him to another world together.
The weeping endured. This time, it was the concubines who cried the loudest.
Naturally, it was not Cheng Guang who was crying, but themselves.
When you are young, you will become a funeral companion and follow Cheng Guang together.
I thought that entering the palace and being a mother was the best thing, but I didn't want to be a mother in this life.
Precious concubines naturally do not need to be buried.
The things she has to solve now are much more important than the funeral.
"Concubine Niangniang, since the emperor did not leave an edict, then according to tradition, the elder should not be young. As the eldest son of the emperor, the eldest prince should inherit the throne. ”
The courtiers knelt in the inner hall of the upper court, and one by one they were red-faced.
Cheng Guang's sudden death has left them without a leader, and the top priority is to set up a new king.
But because Cheng Guang hated others mentioning the country to him the most during his lifetime, even now, no prince in the court has ever been a prince.
As a result, there were hundreds of schools of thought in the court.
Every prince may be the future emperor, and it is very important to follow right and wrong.
"But the emperor should have also said in the court, the virtuous do not stand up. Now it seems that among the ten princes, the ten princes are the most virtuous, and this dynasty has always been a virtuous person, if it is only because of age, wouldn't it be too funny?"
"Do you mean that the eldest prince is not virtuous?"
"You're misinterpreting me........."
"It's you who are too extreme!"
……….
The adults kneeling on the ground did not prevent them from arguing in the slightest, and their faces were red and their necks were thick.
It's a great opportunity to show yourself.
At this time, which prince helped them, it will be time for the prince to help them in the future.
"What do you say, Prime Minister?"
The precious concubine looked at the noisy adults below and asked calmly.
The prime minister knelt at the front and said nothing.
"Does the prime minister also think that the eldest prince is suitable?"
"The mother is serious. ”
The prime minister clasped his hands together and made a big gift to the precious concubine,
"The reason why the minister didn't say it was because the minister knew that the minister didn't know the emperor best. If you want to say who knows best, it should be the master of Qianmo. The prince's electors believed that the emperor must have communicated with Lord Qianmo. ”
The prime minister looked to the side as he spoke.
Qianmo knelt straight and didn't look at him.
"Master Qianmo, have you ever heard about the crown prince..........
"Tell the mother, minister, I have never heard the emperor mention the election of the crown prince. ”
Since Cheng Guang's death to the present, this is the first sentence that Qianmo said.
The minister did not dare to assert. ”
The precious concubine nodded, very satisfied with Qianmo's answer.
He was a smart man who knew what to say and what not to say.
Regarding the position of the crown prince, it is impossible for Cheng Guang not to mention it to Qianmo, but if he doesn't say it, it can only show that the candidate is not her Cheng Si, but someone else.
But if he doesn't tell the man, he would have really sold her face by giving such an ambiguous answer here.
"Since you haven't heard the emperor mention this crown prince candidate, shouldn't we think of other ways........
The words of the precious concubine were undoubtedly like stones, making the already not very calm lake even more unpeaceful.
The adults even forgot about the quarrel and turned their heads to look at the precious concubine's face.
"Who's going to have any ideas?"
"Mother, the sons have ideas. ”