The reason why Pei Rong was so sure that something big had happened was because the bell was coming from the direction of Xingqing Palace.

Such a bell means that an important person in the royal family has died, but it is impossible for the prince and ordinary concubines to ring the bell.

And this bell comes from Xingqing Palace, so there is only one possibility, the emperor Li Yi, who has been seriously ill for many years, has died!

"Master, what's wrong?"

Pei Rong's face was solemn, "It should be that the Emperor Taishang has died." Quick, let people prepare the carriage, I want to go to Xingqing Palace! ”

"Okay!"

Although Emperor Taishang Li Yi has not appeared in public for a long time, after all, he is the Emperor Taishang, the elder brother of the current saint, and his death is not a trivial matter.

Out of the house, on the way to Xingqing Palace, Pei Rong found that many people were also on the way to Xingqing Palace, but they were basically important ministers of the court, and ordinary officials may not have reacted yet.

Although Li Yi is incompetent as the emperor, he is the 18th emperor of the Tang Dynasty after all (not counting Wu Zetian and Emperor Li Chongmao), and many ministers in the court still miss this emperor.

This is the contradiction between these people, although Li Yi, the emperor, is a faint monarch, they still regard each other as emperors.

Pei Rong's place of residence was not too far from Xingqing Palace, so when he arrived, there were not many people outside the palace. But when he saw the guards and soldiers who were waiting for the prison and the eunuchs who began to hang white silks, Pei Rong knew that he had guessed correctly.

"Li Shangshu, I didn't expect you to come so quickly!"

Seeing that Li was one step ahead of himself, Pei Rong got out of the carriage and said hello.

Li hurriedly returned the salute, "Privy Envoy Pei is polite, and he has just arrived." ”

"Is it really the Emperor?" Pei Rong hurriedly asked.

"Hmm!" Lee nodded.

While the two were waiting, other ministers arrived one after another, including Yang Hanzhou, the imperial historian, the smile of the Ministry of Industry, Sun Ye, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Pei Zhen, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

However, Dali Siqing, Peng Wang Li Ti, Zong Zhengqing, Xue Wang Li Kerou, the military department Shangshu Qin Wang Li Sizhou, and Jinyiwei commander Li Jian and others did not arrive.

After some inquiry, I found out that these people were all in Xingqing Palace.

It turned out that in the afternoon, there was news that the emperor was not good, but the saint did not announce it to the public, but asked people to call several three princes of high status in Chang'an City.

In addition to these three heirs, King Ji Li Bao was also exceptionally allowed to leave King Ji's mansion, and King Mu Li Yi also arrived.

Pei Rong nodded, he didn't have much sense of belonging to the Emperor.

Not long after he entered the Shikao, he entered the Shouwang Mansion as the chief historian, and witnessed the absurd things that the Emperor Taishang did during his succession.

When the Holy Emperor seized the throne in a coup d'état, someone suggested that the Emperor Taishang be secretly eliminated to prevent future troubles, but was stopped by the Holy Lord.

The existence of the Emperor Taishang is an unstable factor for the saint, and now his death is also a good thing for the saint.

Perhaps knowing that the ministers of Xingqing Palace were gathered, it didn't take long for an inner servant to come out to announce the decree.

"Your Majesty has a decree, and officials of the fourth grade and above outside the Xingqing Palace will enter the Xingqing Palace to face the saint!"

Pei Rong, as the person present, had the highest actual official position, and was naturally the first to enter Xingqing Palace, and the others entered in order according to their official rank.

When they came to the Xingqing Palace, the ministers heard the sound of crying, and they didn't have to think about it to know that they were the concubines of the emperor.

However, when they saw the saint, everyone found that the saint had taken off his yellow dragon robe and changed into mourning clothes, but was beheaded.

Chopping decay, is the heaviest mourning dress in the five suits, made of the coarsest raw linen, the broken place is exposed and not the edge, the mourning dress top is called "decay", because it is called "chopping decay". He expressed his grief without embellishment, and served for three years.

Of course, it is impossible for the saint to mourn for the emperor for three years, but the body clothes show that he attaches great importance to the death of the emperor, you must know that this is a mourning dress system worn for the mourning of his parents.

However, the eldest brother is like a father, although the Emperor Taishang did not do well during the succession to the throne, he is Li Ye's brother after all.

"The Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple listen to the order. Emperor Taishang was called Emperor Huisheng Gongdingxiao, buried in Jingling, and the temple was called Xuzong.

Emperor Taishang held a state funeral ceremony, and during the state funeral, the Taoist people chanted for the emperor. During the state funeral, no fun, no marriage, no slaughter, if there is a violation, severe punishment will not be granted.

As for the aftermath of the Emperor, it will be jointly handled by the Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple! ”

"Obey the order!" Sun Ye and Li Zhirou hurriedly saluted.

After ordering everything, Li Ye looked at Li Yi's figure on the dragon couch, his expression was quite complicated, and he stopped for a while and then turned to leave!

With the issuance of one holy decree after another, the news that Emperor Li Yi was in Xingqing Palace in October of the third year of Qianning spread all over the world.

The former ministers of the Xizong Dynasty were also a little sad when they heard the news.

Ordinary people don't feel much, except for the fact that marriage and slaughter are not allowed within a month, the rest does not have much impact, how to live or how to live.

。。。。。。

When the news reached Hedong, Wei Zhaodu was also a little shocked when he heard the news, and his expression was also very complicated.

He was a former minister of the Xizong Dynasty, and he was also the prime minister, and he followed the Xuzong to take refuge in Shu; When Xizong fled Chang'an for the second time, he also followed.

Since the current Holy One seized the throne, he was demoted, and he was demoted for two years before being reactivated.

Now that the Emperor Taishang has died, I don't know what the Holy Lord will do with the concubines and heirs of the Emperor Taishang, especially the two princes, whose status is really embarrassing.

"Jieshuai, the Ministry of Etiquette and Zongzheng Temple are responsible for the aftermath of the emperor's death, and Jieshuai doesn't have to worry too much. Li Bu's political envoy is a close confidant of the saint, and if the festival marshal misses the emperor too much, I am afraid that he will not be able to hide it from Li Bu's political envoy or even Jinyiwei. ”

Wei Zhaodu's staff naturally knew what he was worried about, but now that the Emperor Taishang has passed away, and the current saint is working hard, there are signs of the Tang Dynasty, why should he be nostalgic for the deceased Emperor Taishang.

It is not easy for his own festival commander to be reactivated, and now Hedong is not calm, only by governing Hedong well and satisfying the saint, it may not be impossible to return to Chang'an.

Now Jinyiwei is famous in Hedong, mainly because he has arrested a lot of people, basically all of whom are Li Keyong's remnants. Those who didn't come to surrender were on Jinyiwei's arrest list.

Although the matter was a bit big, and there were some riots, but under the suppression of the army, it did not make a big fuss, but instead put those people in a pot.

Jin Yiwei belongs to the all-pervasive master, let them know that Wei Zhaodu is like this, and a complaint is enough for Wei Zhaodu to drink a pot.

At this time, you should put aside the relationship, you don't care in private, but you must pay attention in public.

"You don't have to worry, Ben Shuai knows how to measure."

Just when Pei Rong was about to change into filial piety clothes, someone came to report, saying that it was the marching Sima Jinhui who asked to see him.

"What is he doing here?"

Pei Rong stopped. I want to talk about "Rebirth of Tang Zhongxing" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~