The miserable palace is haunted

The sudden death of a fake layman in the Old Summer Palace

Since Li Wei secretly disposed of Qiao Yindi and Qiao Yindi's biological mother in Shanxi, Yongzheng was even more photographed by the unjust soul, and he was in a trance day and night, and the crazy demon could not sleep peacefully. Taking Jindan all day long, increasing the dose doesn't work, shouting in the Taning Palace in broad daylight, suspicious. Many resentful souls ran into the inner courtyard of the deep palace, and they were entangled with Yongzheng.

In July of the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, Changchun Garden was haunted. As long as it was dark and night, the eunuchs, palace maids, and concubines living in the garden were frightened and restless. The Taning Palace, Luhua Building, and Yuehua Building, as soon as they arrived at night, were miserable and miserable, and the fog was gloomy, which was very terrible. In the middle of the night, the eunuch who patrols the night heard the roof throwing bricks and tiles, and the sound of the east and west. The young maids of the palace who had been on the night were so frightened that they even had to walk in groups to accompany each other.

One night, an old eunuch yelled in the Taning Palace, and was scared to death. I thought that I had encountered a thief, and it was reported that Dali Temple was doing an autopsy, and there was no scar, but it was bitter and gallant that was frightened.

What a living ghost!

Yongzheng was even more timid and weak-hearted, after Qiao Yindi's death, he pulled out two younger promises and often slept with him, and he slept between the two women. Due to the overdose of Jin Dan, he was overly excited at the beginning, and he took turns to have sex with two women, until he was exhausted, and he fell asleep and died, and he didn't see anything. When he heard that the palace was haunted, he said that the palace maids deliberately spread rumors, reprimanded the people who had been in the night, and asked them to repent as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, during the day, he reprimanded the inner servant, and at night, Yongzheng slept on the dragon couch by himself, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he saw Yun Yu, Yun Yu, Yun Zhi, Nian Qianyao, Long Keduo, Hongshi, Lu Liuliang, Qiao Yindi, Hu Niu'er, many souls who had died of grievances, and they all came to ask for their lives.

Yongzheng has a strong temperament, and he doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, and at this time, he can't help but be afraid in his heart.

Yongzheng knew that he had killed too many innocents in vain, so he sent a decree to summon the lamas and monks to exceed, and on the other hand, he summoned Zhang Zhenren of Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi Province to enter Beijing and build Jiao to solve the problem. After a few days of banging and messing in Changchun Garden, the ghosts in the palace were still the same, Yongzheng had been unable to sleep peacefully for several months, and he couldn't bear it, so he said to the ministers:

"In this garden, I can't settle down, so I will move to the Old Summer Palace tomorrow and take refuge for a while."

The next day, he moved to the Old Summer Palace, and sent a decree to Ortai and Zhang Tingyu to go with him, and he didn't have to go home, that is, to handle government affairs in the garden. Ordered Hongli, Prince Guo Yunli and the old minister Fang Bao to return to the forbidden city, preside over court affairs, and come to the Old Summer Palace to do business in case of trouble. He also ordered Shi Yi to take the Yongjian army to the park to defend. The reason why Yongzheng re-used Ortai was because he was a military general, murderous, and thought that he could suppress evil ghosts and ghosts by his side.

Yongzheng moved to the Old Summer Palace, and slept soundly that night, but he really didn't see the ghosts. However, something strange happened in the Forbidden City. Since Hongli moved to the Forbidden City to raise the heart of the palace, on behalf of his father and the emperor, less than three days, the night guards and eunuchs in the palace saw two white lights, like a match, flying around in the palace constantly, and couldn't even open their eyes. There were a few guards who were slightly close to the white light, and even their braids and eyebrows were all cut off.

Everyone thought it was a ghost, and the palace was in a panic all night. After two nights of trouble, the white light was gone. What is this white light, because it disappeared after two nights?

It turned out that this white light was Lu Siniang, who was determined to take revenge in folklore, wielding double swords and struggling to take Yongzheng's life......

Below, there are historical events and legends, which have to be narrated separately:

Legends first:

At that time, Yongzheng released Zeng Jing and Zhang Xijiaen, but instead killed Lu Liuliang, who had been dead for many years, beheaded his son Lu Yizhong, and sent his family to Heilongjiang to fill the army. Poor Lu family, crying and crying, was escorted by the servants, and went to Heilongjiang. Fortunately, Lu Liuliang had a disciple, and before the case, he took Lu Yizhong's daughter Lu Siniang to accompany his wife and raided the house.

Although this Lu Siniang was young at the time, she was born with a strong temperament and courage. Since suffering a family disaster, he is determined to take revenge, so he visits martial arts masters everywhere to learn martial arts. Later, she finally met a chivalrous warrior and worshiped her as a teacher. The chivalrous man, who was originally a swordsman, took revenge on behalf of his friends, killed many people, went incognito, escaped the rivers and lakes, and grew into a bearded man, and people didn't know his name, they were all called bearded men.

The bearded prince is chivalrous and righteous, coming and going uncertainly, and refuses to teach his disciples the skills of his life. Because Lu Siniang suffered an injustice, she was very unhappy in her heart, so she was accepted under the door, taught her swordsmanship, and avenged her in the future, and named her a chivalrous mother, which means that she will be successful in her future studies and must be chivalrous.

Lu Xia Niang was eager for revenge, practiced day and night, and after three years, she completely learned the stunt of the bearded man. The bearded man said to her:

"Your skills have been successfully practiced, we chivalrous and righteous people, we need to march the world, help the poor, I because of teaching your swordsmanship, I haven't been out for three years, and now I want to go to Shandong, to do the Chun thing. Not only do you learn swordsmanship, but you should also travel all over the world to live up to the painstaking efforts that your master has taught you. ”

When Lu Xia Niang heard that the master was going to separate from her, she felt very sad, so she knelt down and kowtowed and said:

"The disciple has received the grace of the master and the heavens and the earth, and is thinking about following the left and right, chatting about the friendship of service, how can he abandon the disciple?"

The bearded man helped the chivalrous lady and said:

"You don't have to rely on me, as long as you rely on your ability, go and do a few things to help the needy, which is a hundred times higher than following me, I am going to set off today, but there are two things to tell you."

Xia Niang hurriedly asked Liangchun what was going on. Justice:

"First Tsubaki, your enemy's popularity is not exhausted, don't start easily, you must wait for me to find someone to help you on, and after three years, it will be time to take revenge. The second Chun: Your martial arts, except for a monk in Shaolin Temple, is the first in the world, you can find Shaolin Temple, meet that monk, you need to be careful, not to frustrate the spirit, damage my reputation. ”

When Lu Xianiang heard this, she ordered the leader to order, and asked when and where she wanted to see the master. Justice:

"Three years later, you can go to Shandong Taishan to find me, then there are people to help you, and the time for revenge has come, at this time I will not say much to you, goodbye in Taishan in the future."

As he spoke, he strode down the mountains and mountains, and he had long since disappeared. Lu Xia Niang saw that the master had gone, so she had to follow his words and also roam the four seas, do something that was uneven on the road, and drew a sword to help. There are many swordsmen and knights I have met, and they are not their opponents. Later, his reputation gradually grew, and everyone knew that there was a Lu Xia Niang among the swordsmen, that is, the most famous heroes at that time, Gan Fengchi and Bai Taiguan, who also respected Xia Niang. On this day, the chivalrous lady approached the Shaolin Temple, and suddenly remembered the master's instructions when he was leaving, and said that the monks of the Shaolin Temple have higher skills than themselves.

The idea was set, so I visited at least Lin Temple. It turned out that the main monk of Shaolin Temple, named Hui Xiu, was originally a layman of Shaolin Temple, born eight feet long, eating well, the monks in the temple, seeing that although he was tall, he did not have any skills, and they did not look down on him. Even the abbot in the temple is also treated as an ordinary monk, and he does not pay attention to it. The monks in the temple often say that he is a rice bucket and can only eat, and he never knows how to cultivate his mind and practice the scriptures.

Hui Xiu was ridiculed by the monks in front of him, and told behind his back that he was very unfair in his heart, just because he had no power and power, and he didn't dare to care. But the bullying of the monks can be endured for a while, but the hunger in the stomach cannot be endured. Because he couldn't satisfy his stomach at every meal, he came up with an idea to steal to the Xiangji kitchen every day, and secretly stole the leftover steamed rice and stored the residual grain from the monks, and hid it in a huge ancient bell behind the temple. The ancient bell, as big as Gulun, weighed about four or five hundred catties, and hid the food from being spied on, and when it was hungry, it went to fetch its stomach.

After many days, no one was conscious. Hui Xiu was very proud, but the monk who was in charge of steaming saw that the food in the kitchen was often short, and he was really strange, but he was afraid that the abbot would know that he would be blamed, so he discussed privately with the deacons. When the deacons first heard this, they still didn't believe it, but then they paid attention to it for a few days, and when they saw the leftover food from the previous meal, they didn't know where to go when it came to the next meal, and the food that had been turned into fasting and the food that the benefactors gave to the benefactors, as well as the cakes offered to the Buddha, were also lacking for no reason.

The deacons believed that the words of the fasting monk were not fabricated out of thin air. Then let us be vigilant and find out who is the one who has stolen the food, and where he has stolen it and stored it. It is expected that after stealing these many things, it will not be able to be enjoyed in a day and a half, and there will be a nest for storage. The monks made up their minds and inspected everywhere, and sure enough, within two days, a monk saw Hui Xiu in the kitchen, took the leftover food, and walked to the back of the temple. The monk hurriedly summoned a few deacons and secretly followed Hui Xiu to see what he would do. Hui Xiu didn't know who to follow, hurriedly walked to the back of the temple, stood next to the ancient bell, put the food in his left hand, held the bell button in his right hand, and only lifted it slightly, and the ancient bell weighing four or five hundred catties was like a wooden barrel, and he lifted it up.

The monks were already dumbfounded, Na Hui Xiu hid the food, still put the bell down according to the original position, Fang turned around, and suddenly saw many accomplices, standing behind and looking at themselves, knowing that the flaws had been revealed, they felt very ashamed in their hearts, and their faces were flushed. hurriedly calmed down his mind and smiled to everyone:

"Because I eat too much, I can't eat every meal, so I steal the rest to satisfy my hunger when I am hungry, and there is no other reason, and now I have been despised by my brothers, and I hope that I will not tell the abbot, so that I will not be blamed."

Then bow to the multitude. When the monks saw Hui Xiu lifting the ancient bell lightly, they picked it up, and they were so shocked that they couldn't even speak. Now seeing him salute and beg the public to hide this, where do you dare to disobey? Besides, Hui Xiu is so powerful, and when the abbot knows about it, he must pay special attention to him, not only will he not blame him, but I am afraid that he will have to be promoted. At that time, a man of lay men who had risen up above all men, who would dare to oppose such a person?

When the deacons saw him pleading, they agreed with one voice. Hui Xiu saw that the monks were silent, so he smiled and said:

"Thank you for taking care of me." but he walked away.

After all the monks saw Hui Xiu go, they all called it strange and strange, and they all said that they couldn't see such a person with such arm strength. Among the deacons, there is a monk named Zhiming, who is very tricky, and he is most jealous and jealous, and he is afraid that he will show off his ability to cultivate and be known by the abbot. Hurriedly instructed the monks not to say much, and all the monks agreed together. Zhiming immediately made an appointment with a few of his comrades, and went to secretly discuss that he wanted to expel Hui Xiu from the temple as soon as possible.

After deliberating for a while, I made up my mind. These people spoke ill of Hui Xiu in front of the abbot every day: not only are they incompetent, but they also do not abide by the rules, they often go out and do not return all night, and in this way, the reputation of our temple will be ruined by him. The abbot didn't believe it at first, and couldn't help but say that Hui Xiu was not good in unison, so the abbot believed it and expelled Hui Xiu.

Hui Xiu had nowhere to live, so he had to go to the upper courtyard, find a monk he knew, and beg him to do it on his behalf. Originally, Shaolin Temple was divided into upper and lower courtyards, the lower courtyard was at the foot of the mountain, the fields were very rich, extremely rich, and those monks were pampered and pampered, and they were extremely arrogant. The upper courtyard is on the top of the mountain, and the temple produces only some tree fruits. Even the people who burn incense and worship the Buddha are also because of the rugged roads and steep peaks, it is not easy to walk, and they are regarded as afraid of the road, and they are unable to move forward, and the situation is very poor. Therefore, the monks in the temple are also simple and sincere. In addition to drawing water for wages, cutting down trees and cutting down trees, he also studied the scriptures, which was very different from the lower house.

However, he said that Hui Xiu came up to the mountain, found a monk he knew well, told him the reason for being slandered and expelled, and asked him to intercede with the abbot and stay there. Hui Xiu was in the upper courtyard for a few years, presided over the death, and he was promoted as the new abbot by the monks because of his infinite strength and heroic righteousness. When Lu Siniang came to Shaolin Temple, he was already the chief presiding officer of the famous Shaolin Temple.

Hui Xiu was upset with people before he became a monk, and after he became a monk, he was ridiculed and bullied by the monks, so Lu Siniang said before and after coming to the temple to apprentice, and hit it off, and immediately accepted Siniang as a disciple and taught Siniang kung fu day and night. In less than a year, Siniang's skills have doubled, and she is already invincible. She said to her master:

"The apprentice is wronged, he had an appointment with the bearded master, and three years later he went to Mount Tai to meet the master, and the apprentice is leaving."

Hui Xiu persuaded:

"Your enemy is the son of heaven, living in the inner courtyard of the palace, and being escorted by the palace guards day and night, you must not be reckless. You can't make a quick move without the certainty of victory, you should remember. ”

Lu Siniang was persuaded by Hui Xiu in Shaolin Temple, so she rushed to Shandong and found her master Qiu Gong in Mount Tai. Tell all the situations one by one, and the bearded man also took Hui Xiu's words as a matter of course, and advised Xia Niang not to be in a hurry, and wait for the enemy to be full of evil before going to take revenge, and said to Xia Niang:

"Since I said goodbye to you, I have accepted another female apprentice, her name is Yu Niang, and she also has a grudge against her father with the faint monarch Yongzheng, and she can go with you to take revenge and take care of each other."

Xia Niang invited Yu Niang to meet, and the two met, very speculative. The bearded man left the chivalrous mother to live on the mountain and wait for the opportunity.

At the beginning of July of the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, the bearded man watched the sky at night, and suddenly his heart was overjoyed, that is, he said to Xia Niang:

"The light of Ziwei Palace has declined, and I think that the evil spirit is about to run out, and the two of you can take the opportunity to take revenge."

The chivalrous girl and the fish lady listened to the teacher's words, and she was overjoyed. One day later, they said goodbye to their bearded father, and the two sisters went to Beijing for a long time. After traveling on the road for more than ten days, when he arrived in Beijing, it was when Yongzheng was haunted by the ghost and moved to the Old Summer Palace. How did Lu Siniang and the others know that they relied on swordsmanship at night to fly into the palace of the Forbidden City, looking for Yongzheng, and searched the inner courtyard of the palace, but they couldn't find any trace of Yongzheng. After two nights of reconnaissance, I learned that the enemy had moved to the Old Summer Palace and was not in the Forbidden City, so the two white lights were not seen on the third day.

It's just that the two heroines traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to take revenge, and they didn't kill Yongzheng, so can't they stop there?

It is said that Yongzheng lived in the Old Summer Palace for a few days, without the entanglement of ghosts and monsters, and his heart was slightly relaxed, so he sent all the pieces to the garden and personally reviewed them. That night, Yongzheng was discussing with Ortai about something for half the night, and he was already a little tired, so he ordered Ortai to retreat and plan to return to the palace to rest. Unexpectedly, Ortai withdrew just now, and Yongzheng sat on the dragon couch before he stood up, and he heard the Yongjian soldiers patrolling the garden shouting in unison:

"Ahh There were two white lights in the woods, I don't know what they were! ”

"Oops, the white light is spinning, it's approaching, run!"

"It's amazing! It's amazing......"

Yongzheng heard the shouting outside, and hurriedly called the attendants to inquire. Suddenly, I saw a white light, faster than an arrow, shooting straight in from the window lattice, and only wrapped around Yongzheng's neck, and the head had already rolled to the ground, and the head was in a different place. In an instant, the two white lights did not know where to go, and there were only two little eunuchs waiting in front of the emperor.

After struggling for a long time, the little eunuch Fang said a sentence:

"Oh no, come on."

The guards on duty outside the door heard the loud shouts in the room, knew that there was an accident, and rushed into the room. When I look up, I am so bluffed that my soul is not possessed, and I don't know how to do it. Fortunately, there was a guard in it, Yang Dazhuang, who was very clever and said:

"This matter is terrible, go and report it to Ezhongtang."

Everyone said yes, and a footstep came and ran away. Ortai had already slept peacefully, got the report, and was so panicked that he didn't have time to wear clothes, so he followed the guards into the dormitory. Seeing that kind of situation, his heart was very miserable, and he cried loudly when he caressed the corpse, and said with tears:

"There has been such a tragic change in plain air, and there is not even an edict, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and there may be changes sooner." The busy waiter quickly took the pen and paper, imitated Yongzheng's tone, and hurriedly wrote the edict:

I am in a hurry, I can't afford it, the fourth son of the emperor Hongli is deep and bowed,

I succeeded to the throne of the emperor, and I admired this.

Ortai wrote the edict, used the imperial seal, held it in his hand, and called for the horse to be prepared, and he was about to leave immediately. There was an attendant next to him:

"Ezhongtang, you're still wearing short clothes."

One sentence reminded Ortai, and the urgent man took the robe and put it on, and the outside replied that it was dark at night, there were no horses, and only a donkey carrying coal was found. Ortai Road:

"The matter is urgent, and it cannot be delayed, just ride this donkey."

At the moment, with tears in his eyes, he took the edict and straddled the donkey, and he rushed to the capital in the dark, driving the donkey as fast as he could.

ran to the capital without his life, shouted the city gate open, and greeted the fourth prince Hongli, that is, the emperor, for Emperor Qianlong. changed the next year to the first year of Qianlong, issued an edict to the world, and did not mention the tragic change of Yongzheng's assassination.

…… This is folklore and cannot be seriously pursued.

The real historical fact is that Yongzheng was not killed by Lu Siniang's beheading, but died of chronic poisoning after taking Jinshi Dan for many years.

Yongzheng had a nervous breakdown, it was true that he was afraid of ghosts and hauntings in Changchun Garden, and after moving to the Old Summer Palace, his sleep improved slightly, and as usual, he insisted on watching excerpts and listening to politics. But all the bad news lies ahead.

On that day, Zhang Tingyu got the order and hurried from the Forbidden City to the Old Summer Palace to see Yongzheng who was ill. When Gao Wuyong saw Zhang Tingyu, his face was red and white, not the color was authentic:

"The will calls you! General Yue lost the battle, and the emperor was so angry that he fainted! You get in quickly. ”

Zhang Tingyu's legs were weak and he almost sat on the ground. When Gao Wuyong hurriedly came over to pick him up, he gently pushed it away, and quickly regained his composure, thinking about how to deal with the situation, comforting the emperor, and speeding up his steps. When I arrived at the door of the hall, I heard Yongzheng's hoarse voice roaring:

"The teacher is humiliated by the loss of the teacher, and he still has the face to argue? Yue Zhongqi's crime is unforgivable! He spent nearly 20 million treasury silver, and what he brought to me was a big and small defeat, and the mediocre general was incompetent! Immediately issued an order, Yue Zhongqi was derelict in his duties, and I was also ashamed, so he committed suicide in front of the army to thank the world! ”

Zhang Tingyu made up his mind, walked in, and raised his voice to report:

"Minister Zhang Tingyu sees you!"

"Come in!"

Zhang Tingyu bowed down to the hall and got up, only to see Yunli, Hongli, Fang Bao were all there, and Ortai was also on the side, it seemed that he had just discussed the matter of military intelligence in the northwest, and Yongzheng was still angry. Zhang Tingyu thought that instead of letting the emperor calm down and lose his temper again, it would be better to pour it out together, but it would be better. With a horizontal heart, he stubbornly handed over Zhang Zhao and Zhang Guangsi's two copies, and said in a low voice:

"Take care, Lord! The slave looked at the master since he was a child, and how many turbulent seas, rapids, and rapids and rapids and shoals, the master dealt with them calmly. What's more, this is a disease of scabies, a disease of fur, and it is not difficult to take care of it calmly......"

Zhang Tingyu has never said so many words in the fold, Hongli and Fang Bao are nervous, the fold must be a bad consumption.

"The pain is bearable, the itch is unbearable, the old minister of Hengchen ......" Yongzheng took the two folds, looked at Zhang Guangsi's first, and then withdrew his hand as if he was hot, and looked at Zhang Zhao's on the side. Looking at it, Wudi Yongzheng's face changed sharply, his breathing accelerated, and he suddenly burst out with a terrifying laugh:

"Good, good, another bully! Haha...... "He turned around like a grinding plate, like a bundle of cut down handles, and with a bang, he fainted on the dragon couch at once......

"Huang Ama!"

"Your Majesty!"

Everyone surrounded Yongzheng together. The eunuchs and eunuchs were in a hurry for a while, and Yongzheng just fainted:

"How can Yue Zhongqi ...... How can you be so incompetent...... Zhang Zhaoshu misled the country, and his feelings were hateful...... Really, really......"

By August 21, 13 years, Yongzheng's condition worsened, and chronic mineral poisoning had manifested. On the 22nd, his condition did not improve, and his sons Prince Bao Hongli and Prince Hong guarded him day and night. Yongzheng was in a coma when he suddenly saw Qiao Yindi pick up the curtain and walk in, covered in blood. Qiao Yindi bowed to him and said:

"Father, my mother wants me to pick you up...... Mother went to the eighteenth layer of hell, saying that the emperor, you, father, have committed adultery with your daughter, and you will also have to enter the eighteenth layer of hell to meet your mother......" She took his hand and dragged it, pushing, "Let's go, let's go, your time of death is ......"

Yongzheng's eyes were dark, his heart tightened for a while, and his whole body was like a wet sack floating in the water, sinking and sinking with all his strength...... He struggled, his hands lapping the water, scratching his chest, and shouting:

"Ahh Ah......h

Yongzheng finally struggled to wake up, and it was already around nine o'clock that night. Yongzheng's breath is dying:

"Take Wang Dingkun and Zhang Taixu's elixir and use it."

Gao Wuyong was strictly ordered by Hongli not to let Yongzheng take pills anymore, so he lied:

"There are still a few pills, and I didn't bring them with me in Changchun Garden. The master wants to use it, and the slave sends someone to get it. ”

Qin Meimei on the side said:

"There's another one on the enamel plate in the outer hall." As he spoke, he took it, Yongzheng took it, tilted his neck and swallowed it, Gao Wuyong saw that the dose was so large, and it was too late to stop it.

Yongzheng finished taking the last pill of pills, and it was late at night. The medicinal power is no longer as effective as usual, and the essence and blood have been exhausted in the love with the woman driven by the elixir, and now there is an empty skin bag poisoned by the medicine stone. The condition was sinister, although the rescue was stepped up, but still did not improve, Yongzheng decided to summon the kings, ministers and scholars to come to the Old Summer Palace to listen to the edict.

The capital is still in the hazy night, and on the avenue leading from Xizhimen to the Old Summer Palace, there are already more than a dozen horses galloping quickly. The man on the horse waved the whip while wiping the sweat from his forehead from time to time. After a while, they came to the outside of the Old Summer Palace, threw their stirrups off the saddle, handed over their horses to a few guards, and hurried into the gate of the Old Summer Palace. In an instant, they disappeared into the deep palace where the shadows of the trees were swaying and the shadows of the lights were misty.

This group of people is the Qing Dynasty court ministers Zhuang Prince Yunlu, Prince Guo Yunli, university scholar Zhang Tingyu, Ortai, the minister of the guard, Feng Sheng, and the minister, and the minister of the household who are in a hurry to see the emperor. They came with an urgent call, not knowing what was going on in the garden.

When these ministers arrived at Yongzheng's side, Yongzheng only had a small breath left. He looked at Zhang Tingyu and Ortai, pointed to the sky, and grunted for a long time before he held back a sentence:

"The ...... Edict ...... Zhengda bright plaque...... After-"

After saying the word "after", he didn't mention it again, and Yongzheng died peacefully. He was neither made up by later generations of literati to "die of exhaustion", nor was he killed by Lu Siniang in revenge, he was addicted to women, took Jinshi pills for a long time, and was to blame for himself, and died of poisoning.

Yongzheng also died peacefully, and the transfer of imperial power was also smooth, and there was no tragedy of fratricidal and large-scale killing of brothers in the previous dynasty.

In the early morning of August 23, the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, the news of Yongzheng's death was officially announced to the world. On the morning of the same day, Hongli, accompanied by the ministers Ortai, Zhang Tingyu and the princes, returned to the Forbidden City, obtained the secret decree of the edict from behind the plaque of the Guangming Palace, read the edict in the Great Palace, and accepted the congratulations of the ministers. Prince Bao Hongli officially became the emperor, and changed the year name to "Qianlong", and since then the fourth elder brother Hongli has been called the Qianlong Emperor.