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Holy capital.

Yuanfeng Palace.

The snow is heavy. There is not a hint of wind. Snowflakes fall slowly and vertically.

The majestic palace with red walls and glazed tiles, covered by thick snow, is solemn and solemn.

Two rows of bright yellow palace lights gradually turned in from the south.

The guard of honor with the palace lantern is very long.

The guard of honor gradually approached.

The palace lamp reads "Long Autumn".

This is the guard of honor of the Changqiu Palace, the main hall of Weiyang Palace.

This is the Queen's guard of honor.

Empress Chang sat in Luan Yu with a dignified posture, without a trace of expression on her face.

"The Queen Mother is here."

"The Queen Mother is here."

The attendants and palace maids on duty in the Yuanfeng Hall muttered one after another.

"The Queen Mother has arrived!" Or take care of the hook shield order of Luzhai (1) Chuntuo reacted the fastest. Chuntuo sang loudly. This is the etiquette that the queen should have when she arrives, but Chuntuo deliberately raised her voice, as if to let some invisible people hiding in the dark know.

When Emperor Longwu was enjoying the sika deer in the deer village of the Imperial Garden today, he was suddenly dizzy and couldn't stand, so he was quietly carried to the side hall in the northwest corner of the Imperial Garden by the Nangong guards (2) and the inner servants. Emperor Longwu ordered: It's just a minor illness, not a big deal, don't make a noise, and don't tell anyone except to call a imperial doctor to serve.

Emperor Longwu also specifically instructed: "Especially don't tell the empress." On a snowy day, don't bother her. But I don't know why, Queen Chang finally knew.

Emperor Longwu reclined on the big lean and said to Empress Chang leisurely: "These palace people are too ignorant. I (3) don't tighten. Which tongue-in-cheek has bothered to tell you again? Such a heavy snow, such a cold day. I'm afraid you'll come this way. ”

Empress Chang also seemed to be in a hurry, and there was no makeup on her face and head, but she wore a warm hat and a thick coat of purple mink.

Empress Chang didn't respond to the emperor, just smiled, quietly took off her big hat, bowed uprightly, and then slowly knelt down to the emperor's big side, and said with a smile: "Why don't you tighten?" The dragon's body is not safe, I heard that you are unstable on your feet, how can you not be tight? Thanks to Chuntuo's astuteness, he sent someone to inform me. I want to appreciate this Chuntuo, I think he is still very sensible. Empress Chang smiled and began to massage the top of Emperor Longwu's head. Emperor Longwu also smiled, and the expression on his face was very relaxed.

This is the founding emperor of the Dazhao Dynasty, Emperor Longwu Tuli and his original empress Empress Chang.

Thirteen years ago, the forty-one-year-old Xiao Tuli, as the Wei Weiqing of the Great Gao Holy Dynasty, took advantage of the untimely death of Emperor Ruizong, the 3-year-old little emperor Zhou Duan and the 20-year-old Empress Dowager were unable to control the political situation, and resolutely launched a snowy night coup, seized the throne, and established a new dynasty. Since then, no one dares to call the name Tuli anymore.

Although he was the emperor who usurped the throne and founded the country, he was also a generation of masters who had brilliant civil and martial arts and high official prestige and popularity. With extremely superb political wisdom and rich and changeable maneuvers, it took only five years to eliminate a series of political ills that had plagued the Great Gao Holy Dynasty for a hundred years, and through vigorous innovation, he successfully established a complete set of political systems different from those of the Great Gao Holy Dynasty and the earlier dynasties, and it operated very smoothly. Therefore, although the Dazhao Holy Dynasty has only been established for 13 years, it is politically harmonious and united, and it has already presented a prosperous scene. Whether in the imperial court, officialdom or the people, Tuli is always respected as Emperor Longwu. This kind of title of "Great Emperor" has never been done before.

No matter who it is, they feel constrained in front of Emperor Longwu, who is not angry and arrogant, but Empress Chang is very casual in front of Emperor Longwu. Empress Chang is a childhood friend who grew up with Emperor Longwu's childhood sweetheart, and she is also the county lord of the luxuriously born Xiangting County Palace, and her identity and emotional foundation are incomparable to others. When there were no ministers and slaves, Empress Chang was more casual.

Emperor Longwu closed his eyes, frowned, his face looked a little dark red, and his lips were very white, looking very uncomfortable. Emperor Longwu took a sip of medicinal soup and said slowly: "The solar terms have reached the point of shock, how can it still snow so much." It's really strange that the Holy Capital is this year. It's a lot of snow today. I have the impression that it hasn't snowed so much in the capital for many years, right? ”

Empress Chang gently wiped the corner of the emperor's mouth with a plain white handkerchief, and said slowly: "Yes." I remember that the last time it snowed so heavily was on the day our fifth child was born. It was a lot of snow, and it rained for seven days. After all, the holy capital is in the north, and the earth is cold. Hey, speaking of that snow, if it weren't for that snow, our fifth wouldn't be ......."

The fifth child in the mouth of Empress Chang is the fifth son of Emperor Longwu and the second son born to Emperor Longwu by Empress Chang. This heavy snowfall caused the traffic inside and outside the palace to be cut off, and the news inside and outside the holy capital was blocked. It was this opportunity that he took advantage of this opportunity to launch a palace coup d'état and forced the little emperor Zhou Duanchan to abdicate. Heavy snow brought the throne to Thu, but also took away his newborn son.

On the same night that the coup d'état was successful, and he was busy purging dissidents and controlling the opposition, his newborn fifth son unfortunately contracted a chill. Originally, the wind and cold were not a fatal symptom, and a few pairs of decoctions were enough to cure it, but because the snow was too heavy, it was really difficult to travel in the holy capital, and it was the night of the coup d'état, and it was banned everywhere. This is the knot in the hearts of Empress Chang and Emperor Longwu. Especially Empress Chang, although she completely supported Tuli, whether it was Tuli trying her best to recruit various forces on weekdays, or he planned to seize the throne and stand on his own after the death of Emperor Ruizong, Empress Chang wholeheartedly understood and supported. But no matter how you say it, after all, Tuli is the country that took away the orphans and widows of others, and it is also the country of his old master, from a moral point of view, there is always a great flaw, which is unjustifiable in any way. Although Queen Chang never said it, she always felt in her heart that this was God's punishment for Tuli and herself, and she always had a thought in her heart: "Take away a child's country and lose a child's life." This may be the fairness of heaven, right? Out of moral guilt and fear of the destiny of heaven, Empress Chang has been carefully caring for the little emperor Zhou Duan, who was forced to abdicate. Xiao Tuli wanted to cut the grass and eradicate the roots several times and kill Zhou Duan, but he was protected by Queen Chang for various reasons. Later, in order to protect Zhou Duan, Empress Chang begged to take Zhou Duan from outside the palace to live in Huaxiang Palace, which is adjacent to the west side of Changqiu Palace, the queen's bedroom, so that she could personally take care of Zhou Duan's daily life and diet, and also prevent Zhou Duan from being harmed. Tuli was resolutely opposed at first, but Empress Chang finally managed to persuade him, and the reason was also very just: "First, Zhou Duan is the old master after all, and if he is placed outside the palace, it is inevitable that he will be too shabby and afraid of falling into the truth; Second, there are still many old days of the Da Gao Holy Dynasty, and Zhou Duan is raised outside the palace, and it is difficult to ensure that those old people do not want to seek wealth and nobility by supporting the restoration of the old master, and raise Zhou Duan in the palace, which is called respecting the old master, which is actually claustrophobic and claustrophobic, which is convenient for monitoring and control; Thirdly, since the founding of the Dazhao Holy Dynasty, His Majesty has advocated the practice of virtue and government, and raised Zhou Duan in the palace to make him enjoy dignity, which can demonstrate His Majesty's virtue like heaven. ”

This reason one by one, pleading over and over again, finally moved Tu Tuli's heart. In this way, Zhou Duan was named "Xiangguo Gong", received Huaxiang Palace, and under the care of Queen Chang, he did not ask about the world, grew up safely, and is now sixteen years old. But no matter how much the empress compensated and felt guilty, the heavens really seemed to be punishing Emperor Longwu, who had not had children since he ascended the throne.

"Alright. It's all about people, each according to his own fate. Speaking of which, the fifth child always has no chance with us. Emperor Longwu sat up, and his face turned red because he had risen a little violently. Emperor Longwu wiped the remaining medicinal stains on his mouth with his hands, licked his lips with his tongue, and then said, "You told me that when the fifth child was born, there was a red deer-shaped birthmark on his navel, so we built a deer village in the imperial garden. Strange to say, every time I see the sika deer in the deer park, I think it's really kind. Yesterday, in order to compensate me, Tu Yu specially sent a white deer. This is a plot to blindly curry favor with the conniving clan, and openly contradict the national policy of abandoning the county system and practicing the county system that I have promoted. Recently, the trouble has become more and more unpleasant, and I mingle with several county kings from other counties every day, and I don't know what I'm doing. The clans, especially those who are divided into feudal counties, are very resistant to the new national policy. As the only prince, Tuyu is so ignorant, and I am very upset. I reprimanded him a few times a few days ago, and he kicked me on the spot. Anyway, yesterday Tuyu finally wanted to come over, howled and cried in front of me, admitted his mistake, and sent this white deer. I can't really talk about him. But ah, the white deer he sent is really a Rui beast, and I really like it. Today, I've been playing this white deer in the deer village, probably because I've been in the snow for too long, and I'm a little dizzy, it's really not tight, and you don't have to worry about it. …… Let me tell you, the white deer is snow-white, but the two pairs of antlers are blood-red, and the eyes are as black as a pair of jewels. Tomorrow I will send them to your Changqiu Palace to raise them. "The Tuyu mentioned by Emperor Longwu is the younger brother of his mother's compatriots, and after the establishment of the country, he was named Prince Yongcheng.

Empress Chang nodded and said, "The past dynasties have always been white and red, and I have never heard of a sika deer with a white body and red horns. In this way, it is really a rare beast. It's okay to keep it in the Changqiu Palace, so you don't have to run to the deer village all the time. After all, this is a side hall, and it is always not well cared for. ”

Suddenly, the green tendons on Emperor Longwu's forehead protruded, his face turned even redder, his eyes widened, and a low roar of pain came out of his throat. Empress Chang was frightened and called out to the imperial doctor, but no one answered. Suddenly, there was a dense sound of footsteps outside the Yuanfeng Palace, because it was snowing, the footsteps were not obvious, but they were very neat, and it sounded like there should be a lot of people. The door was pushed open, and Prince Yongcheng walked in in a military uniform, with a group of generals behind him. Emperor Longwu grabbed his throat with one hand, pointed at Prince Yongcheng with the other, and said with difficulty: "Tu Yu you, Tu Yu you, Tu Yu ......" Emperor Longwu let out a wild roar "Ah ......", and then fell straight down. Empress Chang hugged Emperor Longwu tightly and called out to the imperial doctor in horror, but no imperial doctor came in, not even the attendants and palace maids in the Yuanfeng Palace. Tu Yu stood coldly with his sword in his hand, looking at Emperor Longwu motionlessly, with no warmth in his eyes.

On the left side of Tuyu stood Wei Weiqing Dou Ji, Dou Ji stepped forward to inspect it, and said loudly: "Your Majesty has died, ......" The tone was extremely cold, and he did not hide the excitement inside.

Guangluqing and Yu Yuan, who were standing behind Tu You, stepped forward and said to Empress Chang, "Queen Mother, how did Your Majesty die?" The queen has to be a witness. ”

Empress Chang is a person who has worked hard in the political situation for many years, and she knows all the clues in the court. What happened today, she knew better than anyone else, even better than Emperor Longwu himself. She had long reminded Emperor Longwu to beware of Prince Yongcheng Tuyou, but Emperor Longwu never thought so, convinced that this younger brother would never have any second thoughts about himself, until recently, Emperor Longwu learned from various channels that Emperor Tuyou was frequently secretly meeting with royal relatives and foreign county kings, which was slightly alert, but there has been no substantive action against Prince Yongcheng.

Empress Chang thought to herself, what should have come has come after all. Empress Chang has already understood in her heart, there is no doubt that this is Prince Yongcheng's attempt to kill his brother and usurp the throne.

Empress Chang's mind turned extremely fast: Emperor Longwu had a crown prince and three princes, but he was a lieutenant and a prince with a reputation for the founding of the country, since he was able to lead troops into the Yuanfeng Hall in the palace, then the princes and princes must have been under his control for a long time. Empress Chang knew in her heart that at this time, no matter what she struggled again, it would be in vain, and the slightest carelessness would make Xiao Tuyu go on a killing spree. It doesn't matter if he is killed, but if he kills himself, and then blames himself for the death of Emperor Longwu, and then slanders the crown prince and the prince, then the bloodline of Emperor Longwu will be wiped out. In order to protect the bloodline of Emperor Longwu, Empress Chang understood that she had to endure now, pass the current difficulties, and then slowly plan for the future.

Empress Chang's tears flowed out, and she knelt on the ground with a plop, and said sadly and without hesitation: "Your Majesty occasionally felt a cold, and died and collapsed. ”

"Crash?!" Wei Weiqing Dou Ji was obviously dissatisfied with this statement.

Empress Chang didn't raise her eyes, and quickly adjusted her words: "Your Majesty occasionally felt a cold, and it didn't heal for a long time, and he died tonight." ”

Guangluqing said: "Okay! Emperor Longwu occasionally felt a cold, and he died tonight after a long time. Record! It should also be remembered that this is what the queen mother saw with her own eyes and said with her own mouth. This is instructing the historian in charge of the living note to record the death of Emperor Longwu, and to write that it was what the queen saw and said. Guangluqing Luo Yuanxuan continued: "Empress Mother, before the death of Emperor Longwu, he shouted the name of Prince Yongcheng, which means that Prince Yongcheng will inherit the unification. Queen Mother, is this what Emperor Longwu means? ”

Empress Chang said without hesitation: "Exactly! ”

Guangluqing said loudly: "Keep a file." This sentence should also be noted as what the queen mother saw, heard, and said with her own eyes. ”

Prince Yongcheng's tense muscles relaxed all over his body. Xiao Tuyu breathed a long sigh of relief, the hand holding the hilt of the sword loosened, slowly stroked the short beard, and said, "Sister-in-law, hurry up." The emperor's brother unfortunately died, and he had to ask the emperor's sister-in-law to preside over state affairs to calm the hearts of the people in the world. ”

Empress Chang once again said without hesitation: "I am a woman in the deep palace, how dare I interfere in state affairs." Your Majesty ...... that the first emperor had a will, and asked Prince Yongcheng to ascend the throne as soon as possible. A kingdom cannot be as without a king. After speaking, Queen Chang actually took the lead in kneeling down and shouted long live.

Prince Yongcheng wanted to make another concession, but Guangluqing and Yuan Yuan took the lead and knelt down with Empress Chang, shouting: "Please Your Majesty immediately enter the great unification and determine the hearts of the people in the world." Banzai! ”

The people inside and outside the Yuanfeng Hall heard this, and they all knelt down, and the mountain shouted long live long live. The sound was like thunder, shaking the Yuanfeng Palace.

Prince Yongcheng sighed for a long time, glanced at the dead Emperor Longwu and the kneeling Empress Chang, slowly paced to the door of the hall, desperately hiding his excitement, and said: "The death of the imperial brother is really a great misfortune for the Holy Dynasty!" Since the imperial brother had a will before his death, then I can only do my best. ”

"Hooray, hooray, hooray."

The Daishosho Pilgrimage ushered in the first emperor in the blizzard, and sent the first emperor away in the blizzard, ushering in the second emperor.

Guangluqing and Yuan immediately drafted the decree and announced the world.

Prince Yongcheng succeeded to the throne in accordance with the will of the first emperor, and the year name was set as "Chongjing".

The Chongjing era of the Daishosho Pilgrimage began.

Concentrate:

1. Hook and shield order: the official position of eunuchs. The person in charge of the near pond garden is confined to the place to visit.

2. Nangong Guard: The Emperor's Praetorian Guard.

3. I: The emperor calls himself I in the most formal ceremonies and edicts, and calls himself I, I, Yu, etc. on weekdays. The queen, the queen mother, and the princes and kings also call themselves me.