Chapter 421: The Emperor Dies
In this palace, except for Gonggong Li, all the people who have been unconsciously replaced by the five princes, seeing the appearance of the emperor, are all indifferent, only Gonggong Li, with tears in his eyes, helped the old emperor to serve tea and water, and told the emperor to slow down, slow down, and the old slave will make tea for you.
A sneer crossed the eyes of the five princes, eat, eat, eat more, this may be your last meal.
For this portion of tea, he deliberately quenched three times the amount of powder on weekdays.
He hooked his lips in satisfaction and walked towards the Jinluan Palace.
Zhao Jingxiu, starting today, you are going to come down.
The civil and military officials have arrived at the Jinluan Hall one after another, and Rong Taishi has also come, dressed in court clothes, solemn and majestic, standing on the side of the civil officials, without saying a word.
Some ministers whispered, how can the Taishi also go to court today.
Gu Nian Taishi Rong reached the year of Ershun, and the emperor exempted Taishi Rong from the early court every day, and only needed to come forward once a month, which was a gift.
And now it has been a month since he last went to court.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince walked leisurely behind his back with one hand, and when he saw Master Rong, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
The fifth prince had been playfully touching his sleeves and glanced at Zhao Jingxiu provocatively.
The two happened to face each other, Zhao Jingxiu was not in a hurry, glanced back, his expression was as calm as usual, and then he started to go to court.
He had not yet ascended to the throne, so he ordered a case under the dragon chair, looked through the excerpts sent by the ministers, and listened to the opinions of the ministers.
The incense burners on both sides of the case were filled with smoke, and the ministers were reporting their affairs normally, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince listened carefully, as usual.
The five princes lazily listened to the last content of the court, and suddenly the eunuchs of Xingde Palace came to report in a panic.
Your Majesty, you have died.
The bell rang mournfully, and for a while, all the guards and eunuchs in the palace knelt down and began to mourn.
The hundred officials were shocked at first, then wept, and knelt down one after another, Zhao Jingxiu clenched his hands violently, and ran back to Xingde Palace in a panic on his face, the moment he saw his father, he didn't know what his mood was, although he knew that this was already a foregone conclusion, and he had long known that his father's body would not last long.
But seeing that his father was really out of breath, the room was full of wailing, and Gonggong Li was crying bitterly, for a moment, his eyes were still red.
He walked over step by step and lifted the white cloth covering his father, who died in embarrassment.
The five princes naturally followed, and the civil and military officials also followed over and waited outside the Xingde Palace, and only some important ministers followed in.
When the fifth prince saw his dead father, he immediately looked grief-stricken and began to cry, crying and questioning those eunuchs, he asked his father this morning that it was okay, why did his father say that he would leave, and he looked like he couldn't accept the blow and collapsed.
He kept blaming himself in his mouth, his father, his sons are not filial, his sons are not filial, he knew that his father would not be able to survive today, and he would not leave what he just said.
The crying was moving, and Chen Ge Lao and another older minister walked over to comfort His Royal Highness Fifth and asked him to mourn.
Zhao Jingxiu looked at Lao Wu coldly, his eyes were unprecedented freezing point.
He knelt at the head of his father's bed, looking at his father's breathless appearance, his hands trembled a little inexplicably, put down the white cloth, knelt down and kowtowed three times, after all, heaven and man were separated.
After only a quarter of an hour of grief, he cheered up and summoned the imperial doctor to come in and investigate the cause of his death. He thinks that his father's death is strange.
The five princes are not allowed, thinking that this is an offense to their father, and the father is gone, how can he be so insulted, and if the father is really poisoned, how can there be no signs at all, if he is poisoned, he will also look at his face.
The fifth prince casually ordered a few imperial doctors to come forward to watch, and several imperial doctors shook their heads, looking really not like they died of poisoning, like death from running out of oil.
Zhao Jingxiu was not obsessed, but just glanced at the fifth child lightly, and Taishi Rong squinted, always feeling that this Zhao Jingxiu seemed to be too light.
Covered with a white cloth, a group of ministers returned to the Jinluan Palace, and the civil officials were headed by Tang Heng, Tang Heng proposed that the country should not be left without an owner for a day, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince needed to ascend the throne early to stabilize the hearts of the people.
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The bell in the courtyard of the deep palace was ringing mournfully, the news of the emperor's death soon came out, someone from the dark village came to report, the emperor had died, Tang Yanning's heart kept mentioning, she knew that once the emperor died, Rong Taishi would be launched.
She stood under the eaves and looked at the clear sky, holding a light blue peace blessing bag tightly in her hand.
The peace blessing bag is a pair, she has one, and Huaisheng also has one.
She embroidered it herself, and I hope that she can bless Huaisheng to return safely.
Lin Su'e saw her younger siblings standing under the eaves for almost an hour, she didn't move or speak, and she didn't know how to persuade her for a while, so she had to come over and pat her on the shoulder and said, "I believe Huaisheng, he said that he would come back safely, and he would definitely come back safely." ”
Tang Yanning nodded, but his face was still solemn.
The palace didn't know what was going on, and nothing was revealed, and a lot of soldiers gathered outside the south gate palace wall, surrounding the south gate, it seemed that they were going to force the palace, but for some reason, they didn't move, as if they were waiting for instructions.
Every two hours, the Intelligence Guard sends a message.
At that time, the sun became more and more dazzling, and the heat was volatile with no effort, and the soldiers were impatient, but the south gate was still closed.
At noon, the 30,000 soldiers outside the south gate seemed to have been taken down by Lu Jinzhao, and finally began to send people back to the barracks.
Before the time, the south gate was quiet again, but none of the ministers who entered the palace came out, and the secret guards who disguised themselves with Huaisheng still did not deliver any news.
When Shen, the palace gate finally opened, and the civil and military officials returned to the mansion one after another, the civil officials were all embarrassed, some of their hats were gone, and there were traces of scratches on their clothes, some of them were slightly injured, and they all had a sense of happiness on their faces after leaving the palace, and there was a feeling of stealing their lives after the catastrophe.
Individual civil officials were carried out horizontally, their faces covered with white cloths, and apparently, they were breathless.
Many generals were also carried out, and they were also tied with strips of cloth, and blood stains were faintly visible under the strips, and it was roughly guessed that the situation in the palace was not very good, it was very chaotic, there should have been a struggle, and the generals were estimated to have participated.
Zhongyihou was also injured, and under a simple bandage, the guards wanted to carry him back, Zhongyihou was used to crisscrossing the battlefield, thinking that this injury was nothing, and resolutely refused to let him be lifted, as if to prove that he was not old, he still insisted on walking out of the palace by himself.
Tang Heng was fine, he returned safely, Tang Yanning breathed a sigh of relief.
But there was still no news from Huaisheng.
When the sun sets, the streets become more and more blurred, and after going back, the hundred officials, every household hangs up white silk, the emperor dies, and the whole country mourns.
At that time, Qifeng finally came to the news, the overall situation has been stabilized, Taishi Rong has been defeated, and the master has to help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince clean up the mess, and it is estimated that he will come back later.