Chapter 37: Enthronement Ceremony

Besides, this little shunzi was still kneeling on the ground and didn't react, so Zhao Yingyi hurriedly ran out, and he didn't bother to put on his shoes.

This is a bitter little shunzi, he doesn't pay attention to exercise like Zhao Yingying, he is out of breath when he chases after him with his shoes, and he doesn't catch up when he arrives.

Several ministers of the court also rushed to the palace after receiving the notice, and when they saw the inner courtyard of the palace that was more heavily guarded than usual, they were all worried. As several bigwigs of the Great Song Dynasty, they have a good personal relationship with Song Zhenzong, and they all thought of the possible result, and they all unconsciously accelerated their pace.

Zhao Yingyi rushed to Song Zhenzong's dragon couch in disheveled clothes, knelt on the ground, held Song Zhenzong's curly dry hand, and whimpered: "Father, the son is here, the son is here!" Woohoo......"

At this moment, none of the ministers standing next to him came out to accuse Zhao Yingyi of being untidy, and all they saw was a good child who was filial and sincere.

"Kid...... Don't cry! Father's ...... I'm just tired and want to ...... Take a break and ...... later This country depends on ...... You, must ...... Strong, you know? Song Zhenzong said intermittently in a trembling voice.

"Hmm!" Zhao Yingfu nodded vigorously, thinking, "Don't worry!" The child will definitely change the fate of the Great Song Dynasty! ”

Song Zhenzong turned his head to the ministers, motioned for them to come closer, and said to them: "The prince is still young, please ask your Aiqing for more support in the future, please ......"

"The ministers have done their best to die!" The ministers knelt on the ground and said in unison, in the face of Song Zhenzong's support, everyone had different feelings, some sorrow, some pain, some worries, and more excitement......

Song Zhenzong, who fulfilled his wish, finally swallowed his last breath and left the Great Song Dynasty, which had been in power for 25 years, at the age of 500,000.

Watching Song Zhenzong pass away with a smile, Zhao Ying and the palace concubines and ministers, whether they were sincere or false, or others, in short, the cry was earth-shattering, and it lasted for three days......

The big bell in the palace, which never rings easily, also strongly declares its existence on this night. One hundred and eight majestic and desolate bells echoed over the capital, startling the lights of thousands of homes, and curious people opened their windows and looked at the messengers galloping away on the streets, not knowing why.

Not long after, the field army still stationed outside the city, waiting to receive a reward, but ushered in a strange edict, hurriedly stationed in the capital overnight, ordered to control the city defense and maintain law and order in the city.

In the early morning, Father-in-law Sun was not lazy because of Song Zhenzong's departure, and hung in the sky early. The people of the capital, full of doubts, pushed open their doors and came out into the street, trying to find out. I saw that the neighborhood was covered with troops in strange costumes, with white scarves wrapped around their heads, standing still, and if you look closely, isn't this the new army outside the city that has just triumphed!

Not long after, a group of officials struck the gong and shouted loudly: "My emperor is dead, it is strictly forbidden to play, wear linen and filial piety, and pray sincerely!" ”

Only then did everyone understand that last night's vision was the death of the Son of Heaven. Everyone hurriedly returned home, changed the flowers on their bodies, dressed in plain clothes, and stripped off the New Year's couplets on their faces one by one. After a period of busyness, the whole city was vegetarian, and many people spontaneously walked into various temples to pray for Song Zhenzong.

In the palace, hundreds of officials of cultural relics are dressed in filial piety clothes, standing in the main hall with their heads bowed, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites are busy preparing for the funeral of Song Zhenzong. Liu E, who was haggard, led Zhao Yingying, whose eyes were red, and followed Wu Cheng, the chief attendant, to the main hall and stood still beside the dragon chair.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Chitose Chitose Chitose!" When the ministers saw their arrival and bowed in unison.

"Everyone, love Qing Ping! My father drove the crane to the west and ascended to Elysium, and the king was very sad in his heart. After Zhao Yingfu finished speaking, he bowed deeply to the ministers.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the ministers will let the emperor go on his last journey!" Wang Qinruo replied with the crowd.

Liu E cleared her throat and said to the ministers: "Although the emperor died, we are all very sad, but the country cannot be without a king for a day, the first emperor left a posthumous photo before his death, and the palace kept it on his behalf, and the ministers of the court can testify." Today, please ask Wu Cheng to read out the last photo of the emperor in front of all the ministers! ”

Wu Cheng trembled and took the edict handed by Liu E, and read it solemnly: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said, the crown prince Zhao benefited, talented, intelligent, and clever, with thaumaturgy, built the Royal Academy, cultivated the pillars of the country, trained the royal field army, annihilated the enemy and the wilderness, and made great contributions to the community. Today, the name of Zhen, Zhen, auspicious, immediately inherit the unification, full authority to deal with the important affairs of the military, I hope that all the ministers will do their best to assist. The imperial concubine Liu was promoted to the queen mother, supervised the state affairs, and canonized Yang Shufei as the imperial concubine. Chin this! ”

Zhao Yingying, who was renamed Zhao Zhen, took the holy decree and pulled the Empress Dowager Liu onto the dragon chair, ready to help her sit down, but the Empress Dowager Liu insisted on refusing, pressed Zhao Zhen on the dragon chair and said to him with a smile: "The emperor is now the son of heaven, just let the queen mother stand next to him!" ”

Liu E, although her background is not very good, her ability is not small. When Song Zhenzong was still there, she was extremely talented, familiar with ancient and modern books and history, familiar with political affairs, and always helped Zhenzong, unlike other concubines who only knew how to compete for favor, Zhenzong couldn't do without her at all. Every day to review the chapters, Liu E must be by his side, and when he goes out to patrol, he must also bring Liu's with him.

Although she has some power, she loves Zhao Zhen very much, and has always regarded it as her own, because she is older, she specially found Yang Shufei to take care of the young Zhao Zhen together.

In history, Empress Dowager Liu has been in power for a long time, and she is unwilling to hand over the authority to Renzong, but she is still a loving mother, Renzong was weak and sick when he was young, and Liu was busy with government affairs, so Yang Shufei took care of it, Renzong called Liu "Big Niangniang", and Yang Concubine "Little Niangniang". And it was relatively good for Renzong's biological mother Li, and the Liu family also promoted her to Shunrong, moved to Zhenzong Yongding Mausoleum, and became one of the concubines of the first emperor who guarded the mausoleum. And as early as the Zhenzong period, he found the Li family to seal the official, and after the death of Zhenzong, the Liu family still used the Li family and did not kill the killer.

It can be seen that Liu E can still maintain such a discipline in such a fierce environment of palace battles, which is also commendable. It is precisely because of this that later historians judged that "there is the talent of Lu Wu, but there is no evil of Lu Wu".

Originally, she also hinted at Song Zhenzong when Song Zhenzong was alive, wanting him to let himself be in power after his death. Song Zhenzong thought that she was indeed talented, and her son was still too young, so he also considered this. However, in the end, Song Zhenzong thought of his son's extraordinary performance all the time and his son's arguments on the night before his death, of course, he also had the concern of "Lu Wu", and finally decided to let his son be in charge of the government and his wife to supervise the government, just in case.

Liu E knew the content of the posthumous photo in advance, and she also thought about something, but before she could do it, Song Zhenzong hung up. I was busy until I was almost settled, and I didn't know until I was ready to read out the posthumous photo, just last night, when Song Zhenzong was dying, Wu Cheng sent a secret edict and mobilized the field army outside the city to enter the city overnight, controlling the city defense inside and outside the capital, and the forbidden army was also ordered not to move.

Faced with such a situation, the smart Liu E understood that all this was arranged by Song Zhenzong, afraid that his son's foundation would be too shallow, and he would rashly pro-government for fear of trouble, so he arranged such a powerful armed force that completely belonged to Zhao Zhen. Liu E, who loved Song Zhenzong deeply, chose to obey her lover's last wish and decided to help the child grow up.

Without the support of the respected Liu E, those thoughtful ministers in the court could not find an excuse, plus seeing the field troops all over the street, everyone was not stupid. Kou Zhun, who was originally ready to resist desperately, found that his preparations seemed to be in vain.

Before a palace battle could begin, it disappeared into nothingness.

So far, Zhao Zhengqi, who has been in the Song Dynasty for more than ten years, is now renamed Zhao Zhen, officially stepped onto the stage of history, and began to splash ink in the Great Song Dynasty and write a magnificent chapter......

The news of the emperor's death and the new emperor's accession to the throne spread all over the country very quickly. The people of the whole country regretted the departure of the emperor, looking forward to but worried about the days to come.

While the court officials were busy with the burial of the former emperor, they speculated about the holy will of the new emperor, whether they were happy or worried.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites are the hardest, the burial of the first emperor and the enthronement of the new emperor are all great events, and the two of them together are enough for them to work for a while.

With the efforts of the ministers, Zhao Zhen finally wore a dragon robe under the gaze of the ministers and the witness of the people of the whole country, stepped on the throne of the Ninety-Five Emperor, officially announced to the world that his time had come, and decided to change the Yuan Tiansheng from the next year.

After a while, after finishing Song Zhenzong's funeral, Zhao Zhen finally had some time to rest. He found an opportunity to bring Concubine Li Chen to the Imperial Garden, and also invited Empress Dowager Liu and Empress Dowager Yang.

Empress Dowager Liu followed the palace maids to the Imperial Garden, and when she saw Concubine Li Chen beside Zhao Zhen, her heart tightened, and she thought that Concubine Li Chen had told Zhao Zhen the truth, but her good quality and mentality made her not show any obvious changes.

Seeing the arrival of Empress Dowager Liu, Zhao Zhen hurried to meet her, and Concubine Li Chen also saluted her. Empress Liu took a closer look and found no clues, so she was depressed, and she didn't know what this kid was doing. So he asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with this one?" ”

Zhao Zhen commanded a few words to Xiao Shunzi, and Xiao Shunzi immediately drove the idlers out of the imperial garden, and he also ran to the door to guard.

Seeing that everyone else had left, Zhao Zhen knelt down towards Liu Yang and Li to stop a few people from pulling him up, and kowtowed nine times.

Then, he opened his mouth and said to the three people: "The child is not filial, please punish the three mothers!" ”

"What did you say, Your Majesty? The old body can't stand it, the queen mother is your mother! Concubine Li Chen was afraid that Liu E would be angry, so she hurriedly stopped.

"The child doesn't hide it from his mother, in fact, when I was born, I knew that Concubine Li Chen was my biological mother. You all think that I am a child and do not know anything, but in fact I am a child sent by God, but I have never spoken out because I am young. Later, the queen mother has always been very kind to me, and you have taken good care of me with the little lady, and the child is very grateful to you. The child has quietly seen her mother from afar many times, and you have seen that you are good to her, although she is lonely, but the food, clothing, housing and transportation have not fallen, and the child has thanked the mother for her tolerance and generosity on behalf of the mother. As he spoke, Zhao Zhen kowtowed to Liu E again.

Later, because the father was there, it was difficult for the child to mention this matter. Now that my father is gone, as a son, I still can't let my father's reputation be damaged, and I don't want my mother to be hurt, but my mother has given birth to a child, and the child can't do nothing. The child is also forced to use today's way, you gave birth to me and raised me, you are my dearest people, are my mother's relatives, no matter what happened before, I hope that our family can be happy together in the future, okay? Zhao Zhen looked at the three of them with expectant eyes.

Liu Yang and Li were also stunned by his words, but they didn't expect that for more than ten years, everyone deliberately concealed that he was doing useless work. Although under the pressure of the palace battle, Liu E did a little tricking, but there were also actions to make up for it afterwards, and everyone felt a lot more relaxed when they talked about it at the moment.

The three of them looked at each other, nodded silently, and helped Zhao Zhen to stand up together.

"Mother, the child can't bear you, for the sake of his father's reputation, the child can't give you any compensation, I hope you don't blame the child!" Zhao Zhen took Concubine Li Chen's hand and said.

"Son, how can I blame you! Niang was originally a maid beside the queen mother's sister, Xin is favored by the emperor, and I can still watch you grow up, my mother is really happy, thank you Sister Liu and Sister Yang! Concubine Li Chen shed tears of emotion, bowed to Liu Yang and thanked them, thanking them for raising their children. As a mother, they are all great, in history, Concubine Li Chen did not dare to recognize him until she died in order to make Zhao Zhen feel better.

Liu E hurriedly picked up Concubine Li Chen, and said to her apologetically: "What did my sister say, my sister can't stand you!" It's all my sister's selfishness that caused my sister to suffer for so many years. We must be good in the future, and look forward to this great country for our son, but there are some people in the DPRK and China who have bad intentions......"

"The queen mother said that the past things will let it pass, the key is that our family will be happy in the future, and our orphans and widows can't let outsiders see jokes. Starting today, the child will have three mothers, which is a great thing! ”

"The kid is right, we must be good." Concubine Yang took Zhao Zhen's hand and said kindly.

"Mother! My son has kowtowed to you! Zhao Zhen saw the harmonious three and shouted loudly.

"Huh!" The three of them replied in unison.