The sun has risen.

Chen Yicong stepped on several courtyards, and returned to the cabinet hall again in the ups and downs of "the prince arrived".

Before coming here, he went back to the East Palace to change into another almost black python robe, and his long hair was properly tied.

When he crossed the last threshold and appeared in front of everyone, almost everyone was slightly startled, and then quickly lowered their gaze.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who is not yet fifteen years old, has lost the childishness of youth.

His eyes were no longer as bright as they had been, and there was no expression on his indifferent face, nor was it possible to see through his joy or sorrow at the moment.

At this moment, many people almost didn't dare to look directly into Chen Yicong's eyes, just like the silence in front of Emperor Jianxi.

"Let's talk about it."

Chen Yicong dropped this sentence and walked straight to the high seat.

Sun Beiji turned around slowly, his eyes filled with relief.

……

The deliberations of the Cabinet have always been very intense.

On the one hand, it is the involvement and entanglement of the interests of all parties underneath, and on the other hand, it is almost a situation that Emperor Jianxi deliberately promoted.

The more fierce the quarrel below, the more fierce the attack on each other, the more information is exposed, and the more clearly you can see when you sit on a high place and look down.

In addition to the rhetoric of the civil officials, the emperor's ears and eyes also have brocade guards and celebrants.

The eyeliner in the palace stretches for thousands of miles, stretching to every state capital of the Great Zhou, everything is everything, there are thousands of things, the people below are arguing with them, and the people in the upper position have a tendency to firmly grasp the scales.

Chen Yicong listened to the fierce arguments in the audience, and suddenly understood the grandfather who was always unsmiling.

Thinking of the final game with him, Chen Yicong frowned again - that is, the frown of the eyebrows, and the minister who was speaking in the audience lost some confidence.

The other party took advantage of the victory to pursue, stood up and criticized it vigorously, and then looked at Chen Yicong who was on the high seat, and shouted, "Please make a decision!" ”

Everyone fell silent for a while, waiting for the prince to give his opinion.

However, Chen Yicong didn't listen to what they were arguing about.

After discussing the preparations for the war in the north, as well as the flood relief in Huizhou and Chuzhou due to the recent heavy rains, Chen Yicong didn't listen much to the rest of the things.

He knew that what was going on down there was probably something about the enthronement ceremony, but he was not interested in deducting the details.

If it had been in the past, he would have looked awkward and asked what he was going to decide.

But at this moment, since he remembered the emperor's grandfather and his sentence "Even if I am in Yongling, I will look here", Chen Yicong felt that he could not do this anymore.

So he asked in a cold voice, "What does Elder Ge think?" ”

When he said this, Chen Yicong didn't even glance at Sun Beiji, his eyebrows were always slightly wrinkled, as if he had thought of something important.

Everyone's eyes suddenly turned to Sun Beiji.

Sun Beiji stood up and analyzed the pros and cons in a low voice - from Sun Beiji, Chen Yicong understood that they were arguing about the burial time of Emperor Qitai and the time of his accession to the throne.

The reason why this matter is troublesome is because the reign of Emperor Qitai is too short - the Yongling Tomb of Emperor Jianxi was built for more than 40 years, and Emperor Qitai reigned for only one month, so it was too late to build the imperial tomb.

And if Emperor Qitai's burial is delayed and a clear plan is not made, morally speaking, the matter of the new emperor's accession to the throne cannot be pushed.

Sun Beiji's opinion is that first choose a feng shui treasure place for the dead emperor and empress to be buried together, and then repair the imperial mausoleum, and after the imperial mausoleum is completed, the tomb can be moved.

Chen Yicong, who was on the high seat, laughed.

Everyone was a little frightened by this laughter, so they all lowered their heads slightly.

"I've listened to it for a long time," Chen Yicong's voice was slightly cold, "you guys...... Still don't understand my father. ”

Sun Beiji bowed down and asked the prince for advice.

"In fact, the emperor gave me an explanation of this question before he died." Chen Yicong's eyes sank slightly, "He is afraid that he will not be filial piety in his life, so he hopes to move to Yongling after death...... Stay forever next to the tomb of the emperor's grandfather. ”

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were dumbfounded.

It is true that the Yongling Tomb of Emperor Jianxi has not yet completed the final sealing, and there are many tombs inside, so it is not difficult to relocate a partition next to the main tomb, but ......

“…… There is no such precedent! ”

"If you have been on the throne for less than a month, can you find a precedent in the annals of my Great Zhou?" Chen Yicong said in a low voice, "Since there is no precedent, what happened today is the precedent for future generations." ”

"The tomb of the former Empress—"

"The mausoleum of the queen mother, just follow the method that Elder Sun Ge just said." Chen Yicong raised his head, "The site selection and construction of the Houling Mausoleum ...... The Ministry of Rites first prepared the paperwork, and then I personally read it. ”

Several people looked at Sun Beiji, eager for him to finally fight with the crown prince.

Sun Beiji slowly looked at everyone, twisted his beard and said, "Since you ...... This is the dying will of the emperor, so we should work hard to complete it as courtiers. ”

Zhang Shouzhong immediately expressed his support - he also had grievances in his heart about the queen's death.

Emperor Qitai lived in the shadow of Emperor Jianxi all his life, and now, it is not impossible to bury him and his most feared father together for eternity.

It's just that the afterlife, does it really exist?

Zhang Shouzhong was not sure, but at this moment, he really hoped to have.

"Then, there is only one last thing left to discuss today." Sun Beiji looked at Chen Yicong on the high seat, "It just so happens that His Royal Highness is also here today, so we might as well set the name of the year in the coming year now." ”

Chen Yicong nodded.

So the Ministry of Rites presented a number of alternative plans - Zhenyuan, Jing'an, Jianming, and Likang......

Chen Yicong looked at it for a long time, but none of them were satisfied, he thought about it for a long time, and ordered someone to reset the pen and ink - so everyone knew that the prince probably already had an idea.

Not long after, the palace people came with a special pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

The paper is a very valuable gold leaf paper, the pen is a big wolf hair three fingers thick, and the eunuch Lu Dou on the side uses mountain spring water to study ink, and then hands the pen to Chen Yicong.

But when they didn't want to hand it over, their hands were a little unsteady, so the brush fell to the ground and splashed a piece of flying ink.

The brush rolled down closest to Zhang Shouzhong, and he didn't think much about it, he leaned over to pick it up—but at the moment he bent over, he was keenly aware of some kind of cold gaze.

He raised his head and saw Chen Yicong on the high seat, looking at him with a gaze he had never seen before.

This gaze was cold and spicy, and in an instant, it was like a whip thrown on Zhang Shouzhong's face.

His movements froze there.

Chen Yicong slowly approached, and personally picked up the imperial pen with the inscription of the year name, he didn't say anything, just turned around and returned to the table, and wrote down two words in a serpentine manner-

Brightening.

Sun Beiji stared at these two words.

Just like Jianxi and Qitai, this is also the sustenance of a good wish.

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