In the golden autumn of the thirtieth year of Qingyuan, the emperor died.

According to the rules, members of the royal family and officials above the fourth rank in Beijing are all filial piety and condolences, and then in front of the coffin, the Ministry of Rites will read out the will of the first emperor, and the four princes will ascend the throne as emperors.

Generally, after the death of the emperor, there will be a series of strong wills, first of all, the current empress dowager is the empress dowager of Longwei Ren'an, and the current empress is the empress dowager of Shunyu, and the other concubines who have titles above the second rank regardless of whether they have children or not are named concubines.

The rest of the low-ranking concubines were not fortunate enough to leave the palace and return to their hometowns. Those who are fortunate will be ordained or buried with them. The prince who has reached adulthood is crowned a prince and given a fiefdom, and the underage prince is raised by the queen mother until he is an adult and is crowned a prince. Those who had princesses were moved to Ci'an Palace and raised for a long time. However, the final rewards of these concubines were left in the hands of the new queen mother.

The rest of the princesses, royal relatives have a great reward, when the scholars of the dynasty were crowned three orphans and three dukes, awarded a product or from a rank, the king of all parts of the country is not allowed to leave the fief without an order, and the offender is severely punished.

For these former emperors' wills, it is just a formality, for these people who are like lords and civil officials, their rewards and seals are not in their eyes, their biggest expectation is that the new emperor ascends the throne, and whether they, the old ministers of the former dynasty, can still speak in front of the new emperor.

But the only thing that is surprising is that among the concubines of the former emperor who accompanied the burial, there was actually the biological mother of the five princes and Princess Yongxiao, Emperor Su. This Su Huang Guifei has a princess and a noble title, and has also raised the four princes, that is, the new emperor today, not to mention the merits, but also hard work, and is actually listed as a funeral concubine. What makes people feel even more chilling is that there are beauties who have fallen out of favor for the first emperor to guard the mausoleum, and there are also concubines who have raised princes and princesses, and there are even those who have not been fortunate but have also been sent to guard the mausoleum.

But the affairs of the emperor's family, how dare the courtiers question it, the 7749-day state mourning period, during the state funeral, the officials above the fourth rank of the DPRK and the families of the lords are not allowed to marry, do not have meat, do not hold red ceremonies, prohibit vocal music, and prohibit banquets. Silence and sexual celebrations are banned all over the country. Violators will be severely punished and will not be forgiven!

Fang Jinglan is not big or small, he is a four-grade official, according to the rules, he also has to serve filial piety, the whole Fang Mansion has changed into a white wind lamp, taken a bead and emerald ring, put on silver jewelry, take off the silk and satin, and put on a plain linen clothes, although the white of the room is indeed very dazzling, but Ruqing is happy in her heart.

After the death of the emperors of the Daqing dynasties, according to the routine, the generals who guarded the border passes in each town had to be dismissed and returned to Beijing, and accepted the gifts and graces of the new emperor.

The little guy who went to inquire about the news came back and told him that when General Fu and the others were about to arrive in Qizhou City, Ruqing couldn't sit still anymore, and hurriedly lifted her skirt and ran all the way.

Because Zhiyi and his entourage wanted to go to Beijing to mourn and condole, and to meet today's son, although they passed by Qizhou City, they were not allowed to enter the house. Ruqing could only run to the intersection of the official road leading to the capital and say hello to Zhiyi a few times.

General Fu Lao led his own soldiers, and the generals at all levels were all dressed in velvet, the sword did not leave his body, and he rode on a horse in a majestic manner. At this time, it is the time when the autumn tiger is rampant, only the rolling yellow dust is seen on the official road, without a trace of shelter, such as the sunny leading the agarwood exquisite two, although there is a peach blossom silk paper umbrella to cover, but also sweat like rain,

And the carriage was even hotter, although Fang Mansion was living a good life, it didn't have the financial resources to build an ice cellar. At this time, Ruqing misses Ruzhen's big sister a little bit again, although Ruzhen has not lived a good life in Pingyang Houfu, there is always ice and cold in summer, and charcoal simmering in winter.

"Why hasn't the second brother come yet?" Ruqing waited anxiously, the autumn tiger was really powerful, although it was covered by an umbrella, it was about to be steamed and matured. Agarwood waved a small fragrant wood fan, and at the same time took the kettle and handed it to Ruqing, who took it and drank it with a slurp.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, I finally heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, accompanied by the vibration of the ground under my feet, and Ruqing shouted, "It's coming, it's finally here." Quickly took the embroidered handkerchief and tried the sweat on his face, and straightened the clothes on his body, in the blink of an eye at this moment, there was already a line of iron horses rushing in front of him, Ruqing was overjoyed, and was about to wave his hand and scream: "Second brother, second brother ----"

Because of the silver armor they were all wearing, and they wore helmets, they really couldn't tell which one was Zhiyi, and when they were waiting for them to run close and then open their eyes to take a closer look, a row of dust rushed to the sky, Ruqing hurriedly stepped back, waving her little hands to wave away the annoying dust, but, when the dust dissipated, the line of iron horses had already driven away from their sight, such as Qingqi, and lifted the skirt to chase a few steps, but the dust was too big, chased a few steps, then walked back, looking at the iron horse that had gone away, couldn't help but stomp his feet in annoyance, "Hate, hate to death----"

Linglong hurriedly stepped forward to pat the dust on Ruqing's body, "Girl, the second master still has to enter the capital to face the saint, it is estimated that there is no delay on the road, right?" Let's go back first. When the second master comes back, he will definitely go home. When the time comes, wouldn't it be right for the girl to get together with the second master? ”

Ruqing said sullenly, alas, it can only be so.

Back in Songhe Hall, the old lady saw Ruqing's listless appearance, and said in a rambling voice: "Have you seen your second brother?" ”

Ruqing sat sullenly on the pier under the old lady's head, and raised her lips: "If I knew this, I would have listened to your grandmother." Not only did she run away for nothing, but she also suffered from the scorching sun for most of the day, and she was embarrassed to let her subordinates boil hot water at this time, so she could only wipe her body with a wet cloth and change into clean clothes.

The old lady said with a straight face: "You deserve it, your second brother has something important to do, how can I stop and meet you?" But then again, you brother and sister haven't seen each other for years, and you've changed so much in the past few years, how can you recognize you? ”

Ruqing slumped her shoulders, and she did something that didn't go back to her brain.

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The new emperor ascended the throne and changed the name of the country to the apocalypse, not to mention those who were on the wrong side of the team for the time being, maybe the new emperor wanted to show that he could support the boat in the belly of the prime minister, or maybe the foundation was still shallow, and he did not dare to make any moves for the time being. But after all, he was a son of heaven and a courtier, and the ministers who were not outstanding before began to show themselves after the new emperor ascended the throne. The court was previously composed of Zuo Yingzheng, Liao Chenggan, Yang Mingfang, the three important ministers were involved in each other, but now there is a gradual bias towards the civil and military ministers headed by Zuo Yingzheng, although there is not much action, but as soon as the new emperor ascended the throne, he gave Liao Chenggan, Yang Mingfang is not a big or small errand, but Zuo Yingzheng gave the important thing of reviewing the performance of hundreds of officials, which makes people like the people at the bottom muttered secretly, and there are rumors that the people of Zuo Yingzheng's faction are going to be reused.

Fang Jinglan heard the situation between the DPRK and China, and was secretly happy in his heart, the Yue family, the old lady He and the old brother He and the three brothers of Zuo Yingzheng are also Qing schools, and they all support the interests of the descendants and maintain Confucian orthodoxy, Zuo Yingzheng is so important, and so is the He family. Again, I believe that the career will be smooth.