With one hundred and thirty-seven chapters: The Scarlet Canon

The celebrant looked up at the sun, and when he felt that the time was almost up, he shouted loudly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info "The time has come! - Cry! ā€”ā€”ā€

His voice resounded through the heavens and the earth, and a group of courtiers dressed in white clothes and coarse cloth under the stone steps in front of the Xuanzheng Hall knelt on the ground one after another, and the crisp sound sounded everywhere, making people feel pain when they heard it. Before the celebrant could hear from him, a terrible cry covered him like a tidal wave.

Not only in this square, all the concubines, princes, eunuchs and maids in the harem let out a terrible cry together. The palace was instantly shrouded in pathos.

The wind covered his face with his sleeves and wailed, but there was not a single tear on his face. He secretly turned his head and found that all the ministers he was afraid of were also thundering and not raining. It's as if it's comparing whose voice is louder. After crying for about a stick of incense, the wind felt that his throat was almost hoarse, and then the celebrant shouted again. "Stop! ā€”ā€”ā€

On the wide square in front of the Xuanzheng Palace, calm was restored again.

The Empress Dowager Shu and Meng Tao slowly walked out of the Xuanzheng Palace, both of them were dressed in white linen clothes, revealing a faint sense of desolation. The Empress Dowager Shu was wearing a white linen cloth on her head, and she couldn't stop raising her hand to wipe the tears on her face as if she was bursting the embankment.

And Meng Tao is holding the emperor's spiritual throne. He lowered his head, and his red and swollen eyes showed that he had been crying for a long time. He walked a step at a time, a dozen feet away, and he walked for a cup of tea, as if he was about to faint as he walked.

"Father, ride the dragon away, the son is sad!" Meng Tao shouted loudly, and before the words fell, he began to cry loudly, his face full of tears, crying heartbreakingly, as if the sky was about to fall and the earth to crack.

The concubines who were standing on the side hid their faces and sobbed, they took off their jewelry and earrings one after another, and ordered people to put these things into the coffin of the emperor. The concubines, who had no heirs, shaved their hair off the spot, leaving a small handful to be placed with the coffin. And these hard-working women will become monks, and they will have to recite scriptures and recite Buddha for the emperor for the rest of their lives.

The wind looked at their sad faces with pity. Many of these women are still seventeen or eighteen-year-old flower girls, and there is not much difference from Duanyue's age. He sighed to himself and bowed his head silently.

Meng Tao handed the tablet in his arms to the Empress Dowager Shu at his side, took a pair of scissors handed by Mr. Gao, cut off the ends of his hair by more than an inch, and put it into a brocade bag of embroidered dragons and put it in the coffin. Now the memorial service is complete.

A dull mourning music sounded, and the princes and ministers and Luan Yiwei first used a small car to transport the coffin out of the Xuanzheng Palace, and then changed to a big car when they arrived outside the Jingyun Gate. The bridges along the way must sacrifice three cups of wine, three kowtows, Meng Tao escorted on foot, accompanied by princes and ministers, and held a ceremony in the funeral palace. After that, he returned to the Xuanzheng Palace, which can be described as a long journey, making everyone almost faint from exhaustion.

After returning to the Xuanzheng Hall again, Meng Tao was ordered to kneel three times and bow nine times in front of the first emperor's spirit. Then I went to the measuring point and changed the emperor's dress. At this time, the bell and drum sounded at noon, and the silent whip sounded under the Danqi steps. At this moment, Meng Tao is really the heir to the treasure and has really become the emperor of the Great Liang. He stood majestically on the steps, and his face did not have the poignant and pathetic color just now. When the courtiers saw him wearing a dragon robe and a brocade hat, they quickly knelt down and shouted "Long live".

Seeing that the enthronement ceremony was about to end, the moment Meng Tao turned around, he heard a shout from outside Jingyun's door, and his legs and feet suddenly weakened, thinking that it must be a rebel attack!

Thanks to the Empress Dowager Shu's composure, she has no fear. She coldly commanded the leader of the Imperial Forest Army beside her. "Go and close the Jingyun Gate!" The leader of the Imperial Forest Army did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the Royal Forest Army standing by the door. I saw six people struggling to slowly close the heavy door.

Meng Tao could still see that on the palace road outside Jingyun Gate, a large number of people rushed up. He was so frightened that he hurriedly shouted, "Close it!" Hurry up! Don't let them in! ā€

Hearing the emperor's orders, the six of them gritted their teeth and used all their strength to eat milk and pushed desperately. With a "bang", the vermilion and red lacquered gate of Jingyun Gate was tightly controlled. But before Meng Tao could be happy, the sound of banging on the door began one after another. With the sound of urging for life, the people outside the door were still shouting loudly, "Demon queen!" There is no day for the beams! ā€

The palace ministers below looked at each other, not knowing what to do. They didn't feel anxious, after all, this rebel army was coming for the Empress Dowager Shu and Meng Tao, so what did they have to do with it. One by one, they all had the attitude of watching the play, and turned their heads to Jingyunmen for a while, and then turned their heads to Meng Tao, and they were very happy to watch.

It was estimated that the Royal Forest Army had arrived, and the sound of banging on the door suddenly stopped, and there was a terrible shout on the harem road. Suddenly, the clear and cloudless sky instantly changed color and became pitch black.

The old man of the celebrant pointed to the sky and shouted tremblingly. "This ...... This is a great omen! ā€

"What nonsense are you talking about, you old thing!" Chief Manager Gao stood beside him, took the dust in his hand and threw it at the celebrant supervisor, frowning and reproaching. "On the day when the new emperor ascends the throne, don't touch your head!"

I don't know how long it took for the door to fall silent. Everyone held their breath as they looked at the blood-red gate, swallowing their saliva. Suddenly, someone pulled the knocker and knocked on it, as if knocking on Meng Tao's heart, which made him tremble and look very cowardly and incompetent.

"Weichen Murong Chui is late to save me, please forgive my king!" Murong Chui's voice came from the door. Meng Tao immediately jumped up with joy, and he immediately said loudly to the Imperial Forest Army standing at the door. "Open the door! Welcome to General Murong! ā€

The Imperial Guards did not dare to delay, and immediately opened the gate. The moment the palace door opened, a flowing blood rose silently, and everywhere in sight were fallen corpses and splattered blood. Murong Chui stood in front, followed by several rows of soldiers in armor.

He stepped forward and bowed his head to Meng Tao and said. "Wechen is late for rescue!"

Empress Dowager Shu didn't wait for Meng Tao to speak, so she half-squinted and asked Murong Chulai. "General Murong, can you find out who did this?"

"Wechen has found out that it was the eldest prince who did it."