The emperor died, and the matter was so significant.

Longqing died in the middle of the night, it was already a long time, and since then, it has entered the mourning, and all the temples of all sizes in the capital have to strike the bell 30,000 times.

In the whole capital, it is forbidden to slaughter for fifteen days, of course, this is just a way to sacrifice, if there are really people who can't stand this kind of day without meat to eat, as long as they have the ability, the method is also very simple, let people go out of the capital to slaughter pigs, and after killing the meat will be transported back.

It's just that no one has ever done this, and the people with this ability are nothing more than officials and wealthy businessmen, but now that the emperor has died, no matter how arrogant the officials are, they dare not make any mistakes at this time, and this is the juncture when the new emperor is about to ascend the throne, and no one can say what kind of power changes will occur in the court.

On the night of Longqing's death, in addition to the many people in the palace crying, there were also many people with this news thinking about the Ming Dynasty to march to various parts of the territory, don't get me wrong, this is not a private unsightly move, the emperor died, when he heard the funeral, the princes and kings who were divided into various places, and even Faye Wong, the princess of the county, the county lord and civil and military officials at all levels should kneel and cry in the direction of the Forbidden City.

Of course, whether they are sincere or insincere, the people in the capital don't know at all, even if there are eunuchs in the local area, but even those eunuchs can't come to this set.

Besides, since the death of Emperor Zhengde that year, Zhu Houcong, who lived a poor life in other places, jumped to become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the princes who were divided into various places began to be ready to move, although they knew that Longqing had died, and Zhu Yijun, the crown prince, inherited the unification, but these princes could not help but feel happy.

Zhang Fan had already been prepared for these things, but the situation that happened in front of him still made him a little unexpected.

It's not that he hasn't read history books, even if he didn't have it in his previous life, he has read a lot in this life, and he has heard a lot from others, Zhang Fan felt that he could get used to it, but when he saw him who thought the emperor was dying, he was still a little shocked.

Yes, that night was just the people in the palace, the queen, the concubine, the prince, the princess, and those palace maids and eunuchs were crying, although there were many people in the palace, but Zhang Fan, who often went in and out of the palace on weekdays, saw a lot of people, although it was the first time he saw so many people kneeling down neatly to cry, but after a small shock, Zhang Fan was used to it.

However, the small burial that followed really shocked Zhang Fan.

Regarding the funeral rites of the Ming Dynasty, although there are many strict and very rules, there is no provision for the order of execution of many procedures.

And this time, although it was not urgent, it was not a procrastination, and the next day, the small funeral began.

The so-called burial, as the name suggests, is to bathe the deceased and change clothes and bury them in the coffin.

But now, the situation is naturally different, it is the emperor who dies, and the etiquette of this burial must also be divided into large and small.

The so-called small burial refers to bathing and changing clothes for the corpse of the late Emperor Longqing, but at this time it is not in the coffin, but to stop the mortuary in the Qianqing Palace, and the case is placed in front of the corpse.

The people in the palace are crying and crying, but the arrangement of this mourning hall is also quite fast, an hour of time has not arrived, this was made by our Long Qingye before the "motherly flowers", and the ornaments printed with those spring palace patterns are now gone, and the Qianqing Palace, which was once bright in the "spring", instantly became a solemn mourning hall decorated with white silk everywhere.

This is the so-called end of life, the funny thing is that although Longqing did die in bed, not many people felt that he walked very comfortably and peacefully, on the contrary, many people felt that before Longqing left, he was actually tortured by illness very painfully.

But then again, there are a few emperors in history who can really die a good life, even if some of them ascend the throne in the prosperous era, have no disasters and diseases in their lives, and are healthy in the country, and are called the emperors of the Holy Lord, in the end, there are a few who can walk comfortably.

Although it is a small funeral, this pomp is not an exaggeration at all, after all, it is the emperor who died, and it is natural to spend seven days.

Nowadays, most of the monks in the Qianqing Palace who are invited from nowhere are overdone, and for many people who experienced this scene six years ago, it seems that they are still a little unaccustomed, not to mention that Zhang Fan This is only the first time.

The sound of these monks chanting scriptures can be heard in the entire palace, and the Sanskrit sound is bursting, but in addition to making people feel upset, Zhang Fan really didn't feel any solemnity.

At the time of the small funeral, basically the royal family in the capital came to worship, of course, it was not forbidden for ministers to come to worship, but those who could come were naturally those who were in high and powerful positions.

Like Feng Bao, the great eunuch in the palace, naturally there is no need to say much, most of the people who came during these days were cabinet ministers, as well as Shangshu and Shilang of the six ministries.

But if you really count it, the most diligent ministers who came, except for Zhang Fan, can be regarded as Gao Gong, and Zhang Fan came here, most of them were asked by Zhu Yijun to come, but Gao Gong came uninvited, and he was present every day.

This is not all Gao Gong himself thinks that he has the highest trust before Longqing's death, Gao Gong said that he came here to pay tribute to Longqing, but everyone knows that he is actually here to be close to Zhu Yijun, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who will sit on the throne soon.

However, Zhang Fan has always been by Zhu Yijun's side during this time; Second, although Gao Gong has a heart, he is not born to be a material that can be flattering, so it is better not to say that he is close to Zhu Yijuntao, even Gao Gong himself feels that after doing this in the past few days, Zhu Yijun not only did not have a good relationship with him, but hated him even more.

However, Gao Gong didn't care about these, he thought in his head that since Longqing had "handed over" Zhu Yijun to himself, then in the future, no matter what, Zhu Yijun would have to listen to him.

Zhang Fan, it is not a problem, although Zhang Fan has a good relationship with Zhu Yijun now, but in the future, Gao Gong feels that he will still have the upper hand.

But after three days, facing Zhu Yijun's cold face, no matter who he is, he will feel impatient, Gao Gong is an impatient person, plus he has such a thought in his heart, he will not come on the fourth day.

And in the past few days, the hardest thing is even Zhang Fan, Zhu Yijun, as the crown prince, naturally has to always accompany Longqing, even if sometimes there is no need for this, but Zhu Yijun insists on keeping vigil for Longqing during this time.

Zhu Yijun never asked Zhang Fan to accompany him, but Zhang Fan always felt relieved, looking at a ten-year-old child, standing next to his father's cold corpse, and the annoying chanting sound sounded in his ears, so in the past few days, Zhang Fan also stayed with Zhu Yijun.

Eating the light and tasteless green vegetable tofu prepared in the palace, Zhang Fan and Zhu Yijun never complained.

Especially Zhu Yijun, in addition to going out to solve physiological problems, he has not left this place at all in the past few days, he is hungry and his own eunuch brings him food, and when he is tired, he almost kneels on the futon and takes a nap.

Zhang Fan sighed in this face, later generations often said that he didn't know how to cherish it before he died, and he didn't know how to regret it after his death, but Zhu Yijun was very filial even before Longqing's death, although he was naughty, he never caused any trouble, but for many reasons, Zhu Yijun couldn't fulfill his filial piety, and now, Zhu Yijun did it just to remedy something.

It's just that Zhang Fan feels that Zhu Yijun will definitely feel that these are not enough at all.

Of course, it looks like a son is filial piety and a courtier's dedication here, but outside, it's not like that.

For many people, especially those who look at Zhang Fan as wrong like Gao Gong, Zhang Fan's doing this is simply an obvious flattery.

It's just that the reality is like this, and now Zhang Fan is the only one who can do this, and he is qualified to do so.

The rest of the people are either physically strong, but they don't have the qualifications, or they are old enough, but they don't have the physical strength.

For four days, they were all by Zhu Yijun's side, which sounded easy, but who had never died, who had never experienced this kind of thing, this was simply more tiring than going to the battlefield to fight, the difference was just that there were no dead people.

What's more, those old guys are self-aware, their age is there, and they are naturally sleepy at night, at this time, if they do something indecent and are seen by Zhu Yijun, not only will they not achieve the effect they want, but they will be self-defeating.

It's just that Zhang Fan won't make mistakes, yes, naturally he will, but Zhang Fan's status in Zhu Yijun's mind is undoubted, and after Longqing's death, Zhang Fan became Zhu Yijun's most trusted person.

Yes, that's right, it is Zhu Yijun's most trusted person, and even more trusted Zhang Fan than Zhu Yijun trusts Queen Wang or trusts his mother Li Guifei.

This is very strange to say, ten years of family affection is not as good as two years of teacher-student affection, but as long as you think about it, it is normal.

After all, Zhu Yijun was born in the Ming royal family, and anyone born in the royal family, even if there is no stake, the relationship between them will not be very good.

Although Zhu Yijun is young, he may not be unable to see it at all.

He was also suspicious of Zhang Fan, but Zhu Yijun's suspicion of Zhang Fan made him want to ask for proof, but this month's verification, the more Zhu Yijun found that Zhang Fan, the minister, was the person he should trust the most.

Perhaps, there are some things that Zhang Fan and Zhu Yijun don't understand in their hearts, but in front of them, everything is like this,