"What about the prince?" "He...... He's ...... now."

"Still in Sanxi Hall, several old ministers of the cabinet have already passed." Wei Shixi said softly, "The specific situation is not easy to find out now, but the queen mother is indeed dead, and the eunuch who served by the emperor's side last night also committed suicide by following him." ”

“…… Is it suicide? ”

"The current news is like this." Wei XIV replied.

Bai Ling thought about this in a daze, and slowly walked to the well and sat down on the edge of the well.

There was no one else in the yard in the early morning, Bai Shijun and Bai Yi were still sleeping, and there were a few roosters and dogs barking not far away.

"Fourteen, go and rest." Bai Ling looked at the flat ground in front of him and whispered.

"Hmm."

Wei Shishi looked at the girl in front of him, he knew that the promise that Zhen had given to Bai Ling not long ago, although Bai Ling had been tight-lipped all these days, things had changed again.

Bai Ling sat there silently, and then let out a soft thump.

These days, she can't hold back her tears when she thinks about many things.

Crying day after day, crying day after day, tears gradually boredom her.

Crying makes people bored, crying makes people discouraged.

Zhen's promise is really beautiful. So much so that in the past few days, the more Bai Ling thought about it, the more he felt unreal, and the more he thought about it, the more he doubted that this matter would come to naught at the last moment, like many things in the past.

It doesn't feel good to be hung in mid-air and dangling.

Now, these uneases are finally over.

All the fantasies of laughter and laughter have been shattered, and life has once again revealed its thorny, hideous and terrifying appearance. In just a few months, she has become accustomed to the latter.

In the place where she lived, there was endless fighting, and whoever dared to have any illusions about the future would turn around and smash him in the face with a giant hammer and smash everything he had earned in the past.

Bai Ling heard the chirping of a flock of birds overhead, and she looked up to see the flock of birds passing overhead, changing shape and turning in the distance.

When the birds were far away, Bai Ling suddenly remembered Lin Jieyu and the concubine.

The wicked man died;

He who did nothing and did not ask for anything died;

And Zhen, who is almost the closest to perfection of the people Bai Ling has seen here, also has no good death.

- "Sometimes there is no reason to talk about the turmoil here...... If there is a way back, no one will want to stand up to it here. ”

When Zhen said this, did he know what was waiting for him in the future?

Boling didn't know.

The rules here...... What is it exactly?

Not long ago, she felt that she seemed to understand this problem a little...... Now she realizes that she still doesn't know anything about it. Burling remembered Barnes's famous quote - fate, a big word, means certain moments, certain things, you can't do anything about it, but life tells you, "That's it."

Man had no choice but to nod his head and call it fate.

Bai Ling smoothed her breathing, she felt that her eyes were still hot, but the tears had dried up.

Whoever Barnes is talking about is describing it, it is not hers.

There was also a knock on the door.

……

Within a month, the Forbidden City changed hands again.

The workload of the Ministry of Rites doubled again—but fortunately, Emperor Qitai's final decree gave them a little respite, and everything was really simple.

This year's New Monday has changed a total of three emperors - the previous rule set by the Ministry of Rites is that this year is still counted according to the 45th year of Jianxi, and from next year, the first year of Qitai will be counted.

Now Emperor Qitai Yuji died in less than a month, which really stumped everyone, and the Ministry of Rites has been arguing endlessly, and it has not been decided how to calculate this calendar.

In the end, Sun Beiji made a final decision - this year, from the first month to May, July to the end of the year, it is the forty-fifth year of Jianxi, and one month of June is calculated according to the first year of Qitai, and the first year of the new emperor will be counted next year.

This kind of algorithm can be said to be unprecedented, but it can only be used as a stopgap measure to deal with the current situation.

After putting an end to this dispute, the Cabinet once again sent a decree to the Ministry of Rites - not to delay too much time on these trivial matters in the future, and all the immediate priorities should be carried out around the next enthronement ceremony.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites had a little on their faces, and they quickly pointed out that this was by no means a trivial matter, and in fact they did not delay much time in this matter, but the cabinet did not give a reply on some really important matters-

For example, which is the name of the new emperor's era?

The people below want to say this, and Sun Beiji has no choice.

The name of the new emperor, no matter what, the new emperor himself has to see and approve it.

However, after the death of Emperor Qitai, Chen Yicong never saw these courtiers again, he locked himself in Sanxi Hall, and saw no one.

The times are getting tougher.

It's July now, midsummer is over in a blink of an eye, and autumn is coming soon, but Sun Beiji can't force the young man who curls up in Sanxi Hall and doesn't see anyone.

He and Zhang Shouzhong were among the few people who knew what really happened that night.

It's horrific and heartbreaking.

Now it has been three full days since the death of Emperor Qitai, and the body of Queen Zhen has still not been put into the coffin, and in the hot summer, the corpse has begun to slowly emit a stench, but Chen Yicong has always held his mother and did not let anyone approach.

In the past three days, he has not eaten water and rice, and no one knows how long the boy can survive.

And Sun Beiji, the first auxiliary minister of the Great Zhou, also had to start doing one thing - he retrieved the case files of all the vassal kings in the Great Zhou from the Archives Division, and screened out the kings and grandsons surnamed Chen of the appropriate age.

The court can't be without a king for a day, let alone in such a stormy year now.

If Chen Yicong really can't bear this hurdle, he must also find the next suitable prince as soon as possible.

When this thing was actually done, it was cruel beyond measure.

But Sun Beiji can only prepare for this matter alone.

The cabinet will always have a second plan, and he must not be caught off guard by anything.

……

On the evening of the third day, it rained again in Heikyo.

This summer's rain, like people's tears this summer, is a little too abundant.

In the faint thunder, Zhen's body was finally carried out of Chen Yicong's arms by the palace people - because he had not eaten or drunk for many days, the young man finally fainted to the ground due to lack of physical strength.

Zhang Shouzhong has been accompanying the prince, so he took advantage of this time to order someone to carry the prince back to the East Palace.

The palace people changed the clothes for the drowsy Chen Yicong, supported him, and made him sit up half-sit.

Under such circumstances, Chen Yicong drank a small half bowl of rice soup - the young man's body was thirsty and hungry, and he used to eat two or three bowls of white rice in one meal, but now he suddenly ran off water and food, and it was almost instinctive to find a new diet.

However, he was dazed and drank too quickly, accidentally choked on a sip, and then vomited everything directly.

There was nothing else in his stomach except the previous rice soup, and bursts of acid water burned his esophagus, waking Chen Yicong painfully from the chaos of half-dreaming and half-awakening.

But no one can pat his back like his mother did.

He opened his eyes and saw the unfamiliar house, and after thinking for a while, he realized that this was not his courtyard in Prince Gong's mansion, but his east palace.

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