According to the old practice of the previous dynasties, the imperial tombs were built during the emperor's reign so that the emperor could be buried after his death.

The emperor has been on the throne for several years, and he has not mentioned this issue before, but now he raised it in a hurry, and all the ministers knew in their hearts-

I was afraid that the emperor would not be in good health for the past two years, so I moved my thoughts after death.

The construction of the imperial mausoleum is a serious matter, and the emperor can start construction as soon as he speaks, but in addition to the imperial mausoleum, the things that the ministers are more concerned about are elsewhere-

Since the emperor has moved his thoughts after death, I wonder if he has ever thought about the candidate to succeed the prince?

When the emperor was infected with the epidemic before, the ministers had this thought, but fortunately, the emperor recovered from his illness later, and it was rumored that the eldest prince was the most likely to succeed to the throne.

But with the later Su Youyi being promoted to the queen and getting the honor of moving to Kunning Palace, she gave birth to a pair of auspicious twins......

The ministers felt more and more that with the emperor's affection for Su Youyi, it was difficult to guarantee that the prince she produced would not be made the crown prince.

Now there are seven princes in the palace, four of them are from Su Youyi, and the eldest prince is like a mother and son to Su Youyi, and the identity of the future queen mother is almost nine out of ten.

It seems that in order to reflect the speculation of the ministers, the emperor arranged the specifications of the joint burial of the emperor and queen in the plan to build the imperial mausoleum.

Since ancient times, there have been many emperors and queens buried together, but the question is, the emperor has a total of three queens so far, which queen does he want to be buried with?

At this time, it was in the harem, which also caused heated discussions.

According to the order of respect and inferiority, it is natural that the original queen Empress Jiang should be buried with the emperor, but now the queen is Su Youyi, and the emperor treats her very kindly.

It's really hard to say who this position is reserved for.

Concubine Yan scoffed, "Empress Jiang died early and has already been buried in Jingtai Mausoleum, do you want to move Empress Jiang's coffin out and bury it with the emperor?" It's not too much to waste money and money. ”

The concubines invited An Hui to sit in Kunning Palace, and naturally talked about the new matter of building the imperial mausoleum.

Concubine Yan was naturally the first to support Su Youyi, and the other concubines didn't dare to say much.

The joint burial of the emperor and queen is such a big event, not everyone dares to beak.

When Concubine Yan saw Concubine Yan speak, she felt that she was also qualified to speak, after all, she was the niece of Empress Jiang's concubine, "It's true that the people and money are lost, but this humble etiquette has to be taken into account." Although the queen's mother is outstanding, Queen Jiang is the original match after all, and she is more noble than the queen's mother according to the number of etiquette. ”

Concubine Yan glared at her coldly, "Say this in front of the queen mother, Concubine Jue, you are too presumptuous!" ”

"She's not wrong."

Su Youyi was just faint and didn't care, "This palace is the successor, and according to the order of respect, it is natural to respect Queen Jiang." If the emperor asks, the palace will also suggest that Empress Jiang be buried with the emperor. ”

Everyone was very surprised, they didn't expect Su Youyi to be so magnificent.

In their place, if the emperor wants to be buried with Queen Jiang, if he is buried with himself, it will be a supreme honor!

Su Youyi excused herself.

Concubine Yu was confused, thinking that she didn't know if what Su Youyi said was true or was putting on a show, if the emperor really asked her, would she answer like this?

However, the emperor didn't ask her, and he had already made a decision in his heart.

Within two days, the news of the emperor's repair of Jingtai Mausoleum came from the front, saying that it was the place where Empress Jiang was buried, and it should not be too simple.

obviously started the repair, but did not mention half a word to move Queen Jiang's coffin out, which shows that the emperor's so-called joint burial of the emperor and queen was not with Queen Jiang.

Hearing this news, no matter how far the harem was, Su Youyi was even more in awe.

Unexpectedly, the emperor not only gave Su Youyi the Kunning Palace, which symbolizes the queen's authority, to live in, but even the underground palace after death had to be buried with her, which shows how much love he loves.

The people of Kunning Palace were also very happy to hear the news, and they rushed to report the good news to Su Youyi.

Su Youyi was angry and funny, "This palace never cares about those vanities, especially after death. People are dead, what do they know? With the strength of this good news, it is better to be on an errand when the palace is still there, naturally it is good for you. ”

She was full of dead and alive, and Shuya shook her head secretly when she heard it.

But everyone knows that Su Youyi has this temper, she is a person who dares to catch even "ghosts", and she never taboos life and death.

The emperor was also amused when he heard it, "I knew that she might not be happy to hear it, so I didn't tell her at all." Sure enough, she has a lot of crooked reasoning in her mouth, if it is someone else, it is too late to be grateful to Dade. ”

Gao Qishou listened and said: "Since the emperor knows that the queen doesn't care, why don't you bury Queen Jiang together?" This is not only in line with the etiquette, but also will not make the queen angry, isn't it the best of both worlds? ”

The emperor glanced at him, and saw that Gao Qishou was a little weak-hearted, "Did the slave say something wrong?" ”

"You're right."

The emperor knew that his words were a common sense idea, and he would think like this if he was someone else, "Although the queen doesn't mind, I mind." The queen doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, and I think that I can sleep with the queen in the same cave after a hundred years, not just to fulfill the dignity of everyone, do you understand? ”

Gao Qishou suddenly realized, "The slave understands that the emperor and the queen are in love, and it should be so." ”

The emperor said: "But Empress Jiang is my original match in the end, and she has no moral faults when she is alive." She gave birth to my eldest son, which is naturally different. Therefore, I ordered someone to repair Jingtai Mausoleum, which was also counted as giving her, to the eldest prince, and to the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion to give an explanation. ”

Gao Qishou said: "The emperor has good intentions. ”

The emperor's intentions are good, but Jiang Su does not appreciate it.

Empress Jiang is the emperor's original queen, and her position is more valuable than Su Youyi, but the emperor only ordered someone to repair Jingtai Mausoleum, and did not want Empress Jiang to be buried with him.

Isn't that a slap in the face?

He always felt a little uncomfortable in his chest.

But if he had to find a high-sounding reason to talk to the emperor, he couldn't find it.

Once Empress Jiang has passed away for many years, she has already been buried in Jingtai Mausoleum, and it is really a huge project to move out, and it will cost the people and money.

Second, although Su Youyi is the successor, she is different from the previous queen Wang, she has four sons under her knees, and no one in the palace can stand out, not to mention how Su Qing and Su Zhiming can be used in the court.

Such a succession, after his death, he was buried with the emperor is also justified.

But Jiang Su was uncomfortable in his heart, uncomfortable for the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion not getting the glory it deserved, he thought about it, and it was important that Concubine Yu had a foundation in the palace.

No matter how good the dead are, they can't compare to the living.

Why doesn't the princess herself want to have a prince by her side, three. At five o'clock, I went to the Qianqing Palace to ask for peace, and often bumped into the eldest prince and others in the Qianqing Palace taught by the emperor to read.

The emperor rarely paid attention to her, let alone let her sleep, and the princess was in a hurry.

Su Youyi pretended to be deaf and dumb about her tricks, and the emperor didn't pay attention to her anyway, so she would only bring shame on herself if she continued like this.

What she cares more about now is the movement of the previous dynasty.