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After reading the content of the small note in his hand, Li Hongyu's face suddenly changed, and then he shook his head helplessly, put the small note on the flame and burned it with a long sigh.

According to the news quietly transmitted by Zhu Wanting, Concubine Zheng Guifei has been placed under house arrest by Mu Chongfeng, the Governor of the Pro-Army Protectorate and the Duke of Wuguo, who are also ministers of mourning like Li Hongyu, and now the defense power of the Imperial City has fallen into the hands of Zhao Deguang, the Right Governor of the Pro-Army Protectorate and the Marquis of Wenshan.

Li Hongyu had long guessed that Concubine Zheng Guifei would seize the military power of the pro-army in the imperial city, and when King Fu appeared in the capital, he undoubtedly sat on this point, so he didn't believe that Emperor Wanli would let King Fu enter Beijing, and he didn't allow King Fu to wait outside the city all the time, secretly waiting for Emperor Wanli to die.

This means that the contradictions between the crown prince and King Fu are irreconcilable, and the conflict between the two sides will be inevitable, and the situation in the capital will become tense around the battle for the throne.

Li Hongyu knew in his heart that Zhu Wanting took the risk to pass on the news to him this time in the hope that he could find a way to deal with Mu Chongfeng's house arrest, but now his situation is not much better, and his influence in the court without the support of the new army is minimal.

The only way to do this is to pin his hopes on Zhao Xin outside the palace, compared with Qin Yue, it is obvious that Zhao Xin is better able to deal with the current bad situation in the capital.

Zhao Xin's current mood is not much better than Li Hongyu's, and the news of King Fu's entry into Beijing spread all over the capital like a whirlwind, causing a huge sensation in the officialdom, especially the civil official group.

In the past, when Emperor Wanli was alive, the people of the civil official group could support the crown prince as much as they wanted, and Emperor Wanli would not do anything to them anyway.

But now the situation is completely different, it is a battle between the prince and the king of Fu, and the two sides will fight each other, and once they stand on the wrong team, they will be killed.

Zhao Xin is very worried about Li Hongyu, this battle for the heir is not an ordinary thing, in case Li Hongyu refuses to bow to King Fu and angers King Fu and Concubine Zheng, it will be fatal.

Therefore, Zhao Xin had to find a way to find the possible holy decree and transfer the new army back to the camp outside the city, only then would Li Hongyu be safe, and even Zheng Guifei and King Fu would not dare to kill him easily.

But then again, Zhao Xin couldn't just run to ask the deputy Qianhu who had returned home on leave if he had the Holy Decree of Emperor Wanli to mobilize the new army, in that case, the other party would definitely rather die than reveal the Holy Decree.

Therefore, what Zhao Xin can do at present is to let Qin Yue find someone to watch the deputy Qianhu to the death, and protect him with all his might, if he really has that holy decree, then when the situation in the capital is unfavorable to the prince, he will definitely go to Shanhaiguan to transfer the new army, which is related to Li Hongyu's fate and the future of the Ming Dynasty, and he must not be careless.

On July 25, when Zhao Xin, who was dressed in filial piety, absentmindedly working in the Hanlin Courtyard, Qin Yue suddenly visited, which made her feel surprised, and at the same time realized that something was wrong, otherwise Qin Yue would not have found here.

The Hanlin Academy is the most important yamen in the Ming Dynasty, so naturally it is impossible for idle people to enter, but Qin Yue is Li Hongyu's fiancée, and she can be regarded as the daughter of the Hanlin Academy, so she will definitely not be stopped by the doorman.

"Miss Qin, why are you here?" When Qin Yue entered the house, Zhao Xin closed the door without hesitation, and asked in a low voice quietly.

"That deputy Qianhu is gone!" Qin Yue bit her lip and replied with a somewhat pale face.

"Gone?" Zhao Xin was slightly stunned when he heard this, and he didn't understand what Qin Yue meant, that deputy Qianhu was not closely monitored by Qin Yue.

"That's right, since yesterday, the person I sent to monitor noticed that the deputy Qianhu had not been out of the room, so he pretended to be a thief and quietly went to check at night, and found that his room was empty, according to the reasoning, he should have left the night before."

Qin Yue smiled bitterly, and replied depressedly, "For fear of revealing his identity, the person I sent immediately rushed to the capital to report without asking his family, and now I don't know where he went."

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"This is terrible."

Zhao Xin's willow eyebrows immediately frowned tightly, and a trace of anxiety flashed on his face, this is really a dilapidated house and overnight rain, and it was hard to lock on the deputy Qianhu but disappeared inexplicably.

With the information at hand, Zhao Xin can't tell whether the deputy Qianhu had an accident or did it on purpose, if he really has the holy decree in his hand and finds the person who is spying on him, then there is a chance that he will escape.

"Zhao Hanlin, what exactly does he have in his hands that makes you and Brother Yu attach so much importance to it?"

Seeing that Zhao Xin's face became a little cold, Qin Yue realized that the deputy Qianhu was very important, so she couldn't help but ask.

"Miss Qin, it's not a secret, Emperor Daxing is well-informed and thoughtful, so Brother Li and I suspect that the deputy Qianhu has the holy decree of the Emperor Daxing to mobilize a new army into Beijing to protect the prince at a critical moment, but there is no evidence in our hands now."

Facing Qin Yue, who looked extremely worried, Zhao Xin knew that she could no longer hide it from her at this time, after all, Qin Yue was in charge of the intelligence network in Li Hongyu's hands, and she should know the truth of the matter now, so after a deep groan, she frowned slightly and said, "Now that he is missing like this, maybe it will change the future pattern of the court!" ”

"The holy decree of the transfer of troops?"

Qin Yue's eyes suddenly showed a look of surprise, she had secretly guessed that Li Hongyu asked him to investigate the purpose of the three pro-army military attachés who had returned home on leave, but she never expected it to be this kind of thing anyway.

"Emperor Daxing has a lot of trust in Brother Li, but as a king, he has to guard against Brother Li, who is friendly with Princess Shouning's Mansion, to switch to King Fu, so he transferred the new army in order to prevent accidents."

Zhao Xin nodded solemnly to Qin Yue, and then explained, "However, once the situation in the capital changes, the only thing the emperor can rely on is the new army, which has no interests with the various factions in the court, and hopes that the new army can protect the crown prince."

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"Will he be captured by the Imperial Concubine's people?" Qin Yue came back to her senses when she heard this, she remembered something, and looked at Zhao Xin with a nervous expression.

"Probably not, if it is the imperial concubine, she will definitely mobilize the guards of her cronies to arrest him, and just inserting a crime on him can make him fall into a place of no return."

Zhao Xin pondered for a moment, then shook his head at Qin Yue, and said in a solemn voice, "Besides, our people have been monitoring him, and if someone arrests him, he will definitely be discovered." ”

"Zhao Hanlin, do you mean he disappeared by himself?" Qin Yue also reacted at this time, her expression became serious, the person she sent was closely monitoring that deputy Qianhu, so if someone took him away, he would definitely be aware of it.

However, it doesn't matter how the deputy Qianhu left, the key to the matter is why he left, whether he left actively or passively, and where he went after leaving.

"His family didn't report to the police and didn't behave in any way, so they definitely know what happened." Zhao Xin's willow eyebrows frowned, and after bowing slightly to Qin Yue, he said, "Send someone to watch his family and find out about the recent actions of his family, maybe we can get useful clues." ”

"Zhao Hanlin, don't worry, I will definitely find out the details of his family." Qin Yue's face turned cold when she heard this, and she solemnly agreed, Li Hongyu, who is now under house arrest in the Forbidden City by Concubine Zheng Guifei, needs her help, and she must help Li Hongyu get out of danger.

Seven days after the coffin in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, the coffin of the Wanli Emperor was moved to the Guande Hall in Jingshan, and the mourning hall will continue to be opened in the Guande Hall until the coffin is sent to the mausoleum for burial.

The movement of the emperor's coffin is not trivial, it is not a matter of casually finding some people to carry the coffin over, there are a series of cumbersome processes and rituals.

According to the custom, after worshipping the Daxing Emperor in the Qianqing Palace, the Zigong Palace will be transferred to the temporary parking place, called the "Funeral Palace", and it is the Guande Hall of Jingshan in the Ming Dynasty.

When moving Zi Palace from Qianqing Palace to the funeral palace, first use a small Yi to carry Zi Palace out of Jingyun Gate, and then use a big sheng Yi to transport to Jingshan, the first day of the palace has been displayed in the halo book honor guard and the elephant chariot, when the dawn Zi Palace is started on the same day, the civil and military officials have been lined up from the Donghua Gate to Jingshan, all in white clothes and white hats, kneeling on the left side of the road to cry.

After arriving at the Guande Palace, there are a series of complex ceremonies and processes, and the memorial ceremony will continue until the burial of the Daxing Emperor.

In ancient feudal dynasties, filial piety was respected, and in the Ming Dynasty, officials had to keep filial piety for three years after their parents died, commonly known as Ding Wei.

It is worth mentioning that the so-called "three years of filial piety" is actually 27 months, not three years, which is advocated by Confucianism, and the ancient dynasty respected Confucianism so it was the system.

The reason why Confucianism has this saying is that Confucianism believes that children should eat 27 months of breast milk after birth, so children should keep filial piety for their parents for 27 months in return.

The crown prince, as the son of man, is naturally no exception, but since the crown prince is the king of a country, how can he ignore the government for 27 months, so 27 days are used instead of 27 months.

Therefore, generally speaking, the new emperor can only ascend the throne and officially become emperor twenty-seven days after the memorial ceremony of the Daxing Emperor.

In other words, during the period before the new emperor ascended the throne, the Ming Empire did not have an emperor, and the edicts issued by the crown prince could only be called "Jun Decree", not the emperor's unique "Holy Decree".

Li Hongyu and other funeral ministers followed behind the coffin to escort the Wanli Emperor to the Guande Palace, among the thousands of officials in the Ming Dynasty, there are only 12 people who can have this glory, which can be described as infinite glory.

Along the way, Li Hongyu seemed a little uneasy, the coffin of Emperor Wanli was moved to the Guande Hall means that the memorial ceremony has come to an end, which means that the court that has been silent will definitely be surging, and the long-awaited battle for the heir has officially kicked off, and the factions in the capital will first appear how to fight between the prince and the king of Fu.

Now that the pro-army in the imperial city has been controlled by Zheng Guifei, then it must not let go of the Beijing army in the capital, I don't know if the British prince Zhang Weixian will also be placed under house arrest by Zheng Guifei, once Zhang Weixian loses his freedom, then those nobles in the capital will be leaderless, and it will be difficult to withstand the pressure of Zheng Guifei.

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