Because Yang Xiaoyu did not marry a wife, the worship ceremony between him and Princess Le'an was very simple, and after three bows, the maidservant girl supported Princess Le'an back to the new house.

Yang Xiaoyu stayed outside to greet the guests.

With the change of power, most of the people who came to participate in Yang Xiaoyu's wedding were court officials, military generals, and businessmen in the capital.

Yang Xiaoyu treated these people equally, and did not despise them because of their different party affiliations.

This is also a potential rule in officialdom, when you are on a happy event, you don't hit a smiling person.

Just when Yang Xiaoyu greeted the guests with a smile, Xu Xiaoxiao sent someone to send news that the Queen Mother had died!

Yang Xiaoyu's face changed greatly after this news, the Queen Mother will not die sooner or later, but he died on the day he got married.

Yang Xiaoyu secretly went to the backyard to take off his wedding clothes, put on the clothes he wore on weekdays, ordered someone to call Hu Chenghe, and ordered him to receive guests.

After that, Yang Xiaoyu took Tian Xiuying to the palace in a hurry, as for the bride's princess Le'an, Yang Xiaoyu couldn't take care of her anymore, and sent a few maidservants to serve Princess Le'an, and there was no follow-up.

Come to the Royal Palace.

Yang Xiaoyu immediately ordered Xu Xianchun to lead Yu Linwei to close the gate of the palace, Zhou Tong led his troops to strictly guard the palace, and all the horses of the female guard department were dispatched to set up checkpoints between the main roads of the palace, and no concubines were allowed to move around at will.

At the same time, Yang Xiaoyu sent an order, Cao Tai led 3,000 Shenji battalions to defend the imperial city, and Zhou Heguang led the Han generals and standard-bearers to obey his orders.

After ordering these things, Yang Xiaoyu hurriedly came to Cining Palace with people.

Zhang Keer, Xu Xiaoxiao, and Fang Rujing, three women and a thousand female guards, surrounded Cining Palace, and not a single fly could fly over.

Yang Xiaoyu entered the main hall, and the old Empress Dowager Liu had passed away. The palace maid put on a brand new funeral dress and cleaned it up.

The death of the queen mother is a major event of the country, Yang Xiaoyu did not dare to make a decision without authorization, sent Xu Xiaoxiao to invite the emperor to come up, and then sent Zhou Heguang to lead the Han generals to find Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe.

The body of the Queen Mother should not be placed in Cining Palace for the time being, so Yang Xiaoyu asked the eunuch and the palace maid to carry the Queen Mother who was in the coffin to the Renhe Palace.

Such. Hundreds of officials can also keep filial piety to the queen mother, and they don't have to set foot in the queen. Palace.

Yang Xiaoyu ordered someone to send Wang Tiqian, who was the master of ceremonies, and handed over all the arrangements for the funeral of the Queen Mother to him.

After arranging all the trivial matters, Yang Xiaoyu passed Wang Xiaoya to bring the queen over to keep filial piety to the queen mother.

At the same time, he also put on filial piety clothes, all men and women in the palace should wear filial piety clothes, after all, the death of the queen mother is a state funeral event. The etiquette must not be sloppy.

In the afternoon.

Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe entered the palace.

Yang Xiaoyu invited the two cabinet assistants to the Zhonghe Hall and told them about the death of the queen mother, and the two ministers were shocked.

Yang Xiaoyu explained the Empress Dowager's illness before her death and asked them what to do.

The two cabinet ministers discussed it and thought that the top priority at present was to send a message to the palace people and ask hundreds of officials to enter the palace to guard filial piety for the queen mother.

When they asked to see the emperor, Yang Xiaoyu politely refused them on the grounds that the emperor was too sad. However, he was pretending to pass on the emperor's holy decree. Leave the funeral of the Queen Mother to the two cabinet ministers.

The two auxiliary ministers were both elders of the three dynasties, and they were very handy with this kind of thing, so the two discussed it and went down to arrange trivial matters.

Yang Xiaoyu ordered the female guards to invite all the concubines to the palaces, of course, the concubines of Emperor Wanli and the concubines of the first emperor. and the royal family in Beijing, etc., are among the invites.

That night, the palace was brightly lit, but there was a cry.

The mourning voices of concubines and princesses resounded throughout the palace.

The emperor cried and fainted several times, and was sent back to the warm pavilion by Yang Xiaoyu to rest, and the queen was the same. was sent back to Kunning Palace by Yang Xiaoyu to rest.

Yang Xiaoyu's wife, Princess Le'an, who just married today, was also taken to the palace to mourn the Queen Mother.

According to the rules of the imperial court, when the queen mother dies, another queen mother should be chosen, so that the old queen mother Liu can be buried.

After Yang Xiaoyu's recommendation, he finally asked the emperor to appoint Li Xuanzhi as the queen mother. ，

The reason is very simple, the emperor's biological mother died early, and Li Xuanzhi raised the emperor to grow up, and she is usually the best choice for the queen mother.

Although Ye Xianggao and others disagreed, the emperor was on Yang Xiaoyu's side, and they were helpless.

Two days after the death of the Empress Dowager Liu, the ministers unanimously recommended Li Xuanzhi as the Empress Dowager, and the emperor also agreed, so that the deceased Empress Dowager Liu could be buried.

Seven days later.

Hundreds of officials wore filial piety, the palace people cried, and in an early morning, the Empress Dowager Liu was sent to the mausoleum and buried with Emperor Wanli in the Xishan Mausoleum.

During this period, Yang Xiaoyu operated properly, and the officials almost never saw the face of the emperor and the queen, only on the day of the funeral, the officials saw the backs of the emperor and the queen.

After the funeral.

Hundreds of officials returned to the court, concubines and princesses returned to the palace one after another, in the Zhonghe Palace, after the hundred officials saluted, took off their filial piety clothes, ended the seven-day filial piety period, and went out of the palace.

The concubines and princesses still wear filial piety clothes in Cining Palace, according to the rules, the filial piety clothes of concubines and princesses can only be taken off at night, and then worship the ancestors, so that they can leave the palace.

Yang Xiaoyu walked around Cining Palace, and accidentally saw Princess Shouning, these days he is busy with his feet do not touch the ground, and he has not spoken much to Princess Shouning, at this time, the other concubines and princesses are chirping inside, only Princess Shouning walked out of the palace alone, looking at her expression with a touch of sorrow, you know what she is thinking.

Yang Xiaoyu strode forward and said with a smile: "How is everything okay princess?" ”

Princess Shouning didn't expect to meet Yang Xiaoyu here, so she saluted and said softly: "The palace is very good, isn't Lord Yang busy?" ”

Yang Xiaoyu smiled and said: "The affairs in the palace are taken care of by the princes and princesses, and Yang is responsible for the safety of the inner palace." ”

Princess Shouning nodded lightly: "Lord Yang, this palace has left beforehand." ”

Yang Xiaoyu stopped Princess Shouning loudly: "Princess, the concubine is in Ci'an Palace, they won't let you in if you go." ”

Princess Shouning knew that Yang Xiaoyu saw her thoughts, hesitated for a moment, and said, "This palace wants to ask you for help?" ”

"The princess doesn't need to be polite to Yang, as long as it's the princess's business, Yang will never give up." Yang Xiaoyu said with a smile.

In fact, Princess Shouning was slightly angry with Yang Xiaoyu in her heart, she had been in the capital for so long, Yang Xiaoyu had almost never appeared in front of her except for the first day to greet her, which made Princess Shouning very angry, and felt that Yang Xiaoyu was Chen Shimei in the play, and she was a big negative man.

Yang Xiaoyu saw a look of resentment flashing on Princess Shouning's beautiful face, and knew that Princess Shouning was blaming him. (To be continued......)