Chapter 343: Xiaozhuang is gone

Although Yun Yao gave Kangxi an idea, which made Kangxi quite satisfied, but then Kangxi still looked very bad in front of the Queen Mother. Yun Yao felt that it was estimated that Kangxi was acting like this in order to prevent the Queen Mother from making any trouble in the end.

Let Yun Yao say that he also thinks it is better for Kangxi to do this. After all, at this juncture, more is better than less!

The appearance of the Empress Dowager before seemed to be back to the light, which made people wonder if the Empress Dowager was going to run out of gas in the next moment, but I don't know if there was anything else to explain to the Empress Dowager, who actually held on all night.

By the morning of the second day, the Empress Dowager seemed to be back to the light again, and explained to Kangxi that she would not be buried with Emperor Taizong in the future, but buried next to the tomb of Emperor Shunzhi Xiaoxiao, Yun Yao could clearly see Kangxi's distorted face instantly because of the Empress Dowager's words.

Even Yun Yao felt that the Empress Dowager's request was very ridiculous. Even if Kangxi only disposed of the abolished Empress Dowager, no one in the court knew what role the Empress Dowager played in the murder of the Empress Dowager.

If Emperor Shunzhi knew about it underground, I am afraid that he would only think that the Empress Dowager would not let her go before she died, and he would have to let his son act as a prop for the Empress Dowager to express her deep love between mother and son!

Not only Yun Yao and Kangxi reacted very much to the Empress Dowager's words, but even Su Mala on the side couldn't help but look at the Empress Dowager, feeling that the Empress Dowager's words were a little inappropriate.

After the Empress Dowager said this, she didn't wait for everyone to react, and closed her eyes directly. Su Ma La, who had been paying attention to the body of the Empress Dowager, trembled and touched the Empress Dowager's nose with her hand, and after feeling that the Empress Dowager did not have the slightest breath, Su Mala trembled and said: "The Empress Dowager is gone!" ”

For a moment, even Kangxi didn't react, looking at the Queen Mother on the bed blankly, Yun Yao hurriedly reminded Kangxi when she saw this, and said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has passed away, don't be too sad!" ”

After Kangxi saw Yun Yao's concerned gaze, he reluctantly smiled and comforted Yun Yao, then turned his head and knelt down, kowtowed to the Empress Dowager three times, and then said to Su Mala: "Su Mala, the funeral of the imperial grandmother is still troublesome to you, the queen is inexperienced, and you still need Su Mala's help." ”

When Yun Yao heard this, she also said to Su Mala: "Aunt Su Mala, this palace is going to bother you a lot!" ”

Su Mala didn't seem to have come out of the blow of the death of the Empress Dowager, but when she heard Yun Yao and Kangxi's words, Su Mala still nodded, cried and said, "The slave must do her best to let the Empress Dowager go more steadily!" ”

Seeing Su Mala cheer up, Kangxi also breathed a sigh of relief. To tell the truth, when he saw the Empress Dowager really pass away, Kangxi didn't feel anything, and even felt relaxed, maybe it was the Empress Dowager's greedy appetite that made Kangxi impatient, and it also rubbed away the last feeling for the Empress Dowager in Kangxi's heart.

After Kangxi explained the matter of Cining Palace to Yun Yao, he returned to Qianqing Palace with full thoughts, the death of the Empress Dowager is not a trivial matter, and he also needs to deal with the storm that may be caused by the court, so Kangxi has to cheer up.

At this time, the ministers of the clan rushed to the Qianqing Palace as early as when they learned that the Empress Dowager was about to be unable to hold on, so as soon as Kangxi came in, the ministers of the clan knelt down and said to Kangxi: "Please also ask the emperor to mourn!" ”

Obviously, they are very well-informed, plus Kangxi has no intention of blocking the news, they knew the news through various channels long before Kangxi came over.

Kangxi had to deal with these clan ministers and began to talk about the funeral of the empress dowager.

The first thing to talk about is the matter of giving the title to the Empress Dowager, which was first proposed by Tu Hai, who is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and handed over the nickname to Kangxi with an excerpt.

After Kangxi opened the fold, he looked at Tuhai with some surprise and asked, "This is what the Ministry of Rites means?" The implication is that this is what Tuhai means?

Hearing this, Tu Hai also stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is exactly what the slave submitted after discussing with the Ministry of Rites, and please ask the emperor to decide!" ”

The other important ministers saw Kangxi and Tu Hai playing dumb riddles here, and they also had their own thoughts in their hearts.

But at this time, a person who didn't have long eyes came out, and said in a weird way: "Your Majesty, although Lord Tu and the Empress Dowager have some grudges, you can't do anything on the Empress Dowager's nickname?" In the end, the empress dowager also assisted the two emperors to ascend the throne, if the nickname is not good, the emperor's reputation is not good, right? ”

Obviously, this person thought that Tuhai had done something to the name drawn up by the Ministry of Rites for the Empress Dowager.

As soon as this person's voice fell, everyone looked in his direction, and also found that the person who spoke was Prince An, who was known as a thin name in the clan, and Kangxi couldn't help but be angry when he saw that the person who spoke was him.

Kangxi couldn't wait to throw the fold presented by Tuhai in front of Prince An, and when Tuhai saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward and said to Prince An: "Since Prince An is dissatisfied with the nickname presented by the slave, why don't you ask Prince An for guidance, what is wrong with the 'filial piety Zhuang Ren Xuan Chengxian Gong Yi Yi Tianqi Shengwen Empress' drawn up by the slave?" ”

As soon as Tu Hai's voice fell, the people in the entire court began to discuss, to be honest, the important ministers present all knew that Tu Hai had a lot of trouble with the Empress Dowager because of the affairs of the first emperor, and even Tu Hai forced the Empress Dowager to take refuge in Cining Palace.

At this point, everyone feels that Tuhai and the Empress Dowager have become mortal enemies, even if the queen in the palace has been going to Cining Palace to be filial piety a while ago, everyone doesn't think that this is a relaxation of the relationship between Tuhai and the Empress Dowager, after all, the queen is not doing this is to be criticized!

But now the title that Tuhai has drawn up for the Empress Dowager is really a good one! Could it be that Tuhai really didn't care about his previous suspicions to such a point? Everyone looked at Tuhai for a while, and their eyes were full of meaning.

And Tu Hai stood respectfully at the bottom, as if he didn't notice the strange eyes of those people, and stood calmly and silently.

But Tu Hai sneered at those who speculated that he would give the Empress Dowager a faceless person on the nickname.

Tu Hai is not as energetic as the others who Kangxi reused, after all, Tu Hai is already old, and it can be said that he is very old. In some things, Tuhai always puts stability first and is unwilling to take any risks.

For example, Tu Hai in the previous life, in the face of Kangxi's situation when he wanted to level the three feudatories, Tu Hai didn't know that Kangxi was able to break the three feudatories like a bamboo, so when Kangxi proposed to level the three feudatories, he naturally strongly opposed it, but on the battlefield of the three feudatories, Tu Hai was not lazy and made a lot of contributions, if it weren't for Kangxi's hatred for Tu Hai's opposition at the beginning, Tu Hai would not have only gotten a mere third-class duke.

But in this life, Tu Hai has Yun Yao's reminder, since he knows that the road ahead will win, he naturally will not oppose a series of decisions made by Kangxi.

But in the face of the possible opportunity to beat the water dogs and hit the Empress Dowager, Tu Hai maintained his usual steady posture, put aside the so-called personal vendetta, and added a very good nickname to the Empress Dowager.

It's not just that Tu Hai doesn't want to continue to make enemies at this juncture, but also because Tu Hai understands one thing very well. That is, no matter what the Empress Dowager does, she and the emperor have a deep blood relationship. If the Empress Dowager is charged with any crimes, it will not do Kangxi the slightest.

Just as Kangxi abolished the Empress Dowager when he dealt with the case of the murder of the former emperor, he abolished the Empress Dowager, but only let the Empress Dowager avoid the painless punishment of Cining Palace to recuperate, which is enough to explain Kangxi's scruples.

After all, when this matter spreads, everyone will only think of the blood relationship between Kangxi and the Empress Dowager, and then question Kangxi, the emperor.

And Tu Hai's praise of the Empress Dowager's posthumous name can also affect Kangxi. After all, before this, Kangxi had put forward the political proposition of ruling the world with filial piety, and he could also get a lot of benefits for Kangxi by doing so. After all, in this way, Kangxi's reputation in the court will be improved a lot.

That's why Tu Hai will do his best in the matter of the Empress Dowager, trying to advertise her as a generation of virtuous queens. Of course, the Queen Mother herself is also a strange woman!

And Kangxi himself also hoped that Tuhai would do this, otherwise Kangxi would not have just said a fluttering sentence just now to confirm Tuhai's meaning.

When everyone had different thoughts, Prince An, who first stepped forward to provoke, was dumbfounded, he didn't like Tuhai because of the events of the year, not to mention that he almost ascended to the throne of the emperor in one step, so he couldn't wait to find Kangxi's stubble all the time.

Originally, he thought that Tuhai was likely to make a move at this time, but Prince An didn't expect Tuhai to do it.

Prince An, as a reformer who supported Shunzhi's appointment of Han people during the Shunzhi period, naturally understands the knowledge of the Han people, and the nickname proposed by Tuhai, Prince An knows very clearly that this nickname is really very good.

So Prince An was angry and said: "It must be Tuhai that you changed it on the spot, so this king doesn't believe that you will be so kind?" ”

When Kangxi saw Prince An's appearance, he angrily threw the fold presented by Tuhai in front of Prince An, and said angrily: "Do you mean that I also deceived you?" ”

Prince An also reacted to what he said, and hurriedly knelt down to ask for guilt, but Prince An was also a rebellious person in the end, and he opened the fold and took a look at it, and Prince An, who was like being struck by lightning, finally found that he seemed to have really done something wrong.

For Prince An, who was stunned, Kangxi didn't have any good intentions, and said directly: "Prince An lost his honor in front of the emperor, and he seized his prince title and demoted him to the county king, so as to set an example!" ”

For such a big punishment, although Prince An was unconvinced, but other people in the court did not mean to intercede with him, and Prince An could only take off his hat and apologize in the end!

In this case, everyone naturally knows that Kangxi at this time is not easy to mess with, so they are cautious when discussing the next matters, for fear that one will accidentally be cut by the emperor, although Prince An, oh, no, King Anjun made a mistake himself, but these clans will inevitably die of rabbits and foxes!

After making a fuss, Kangxi directly agreed to Tuhai's request and took 'Xiaozhuang Renxuan Chengxian Gongyi Tianqi Shengwen Empress' as the final title of the Empress Dowager. Abbreviated as Empress Xiaozhuang Wen.

Empress Xiaozhuang Wen is almost the highest elder of the royal family, so her funeral is extraordinarily large, and Kangxi is not stingy with this point of mourning for her after death.

But when it comes to the mausoleum of Empress Xiaozhuang Wen, this small court discussion is stuck.

First of all, the sect in the clan Ling first put it forward and said: "Emperor Qiqi, Taizong's mausoleum is now in Shengjing, if the coffin of the Empress Dowager is sent to Shengjing to be buried next to Emperor Taizong, but Empress Xiaoduanwen has been buried with Taizong, so should the Empress Dowager have another mausoleum?" The last sentence of the sect was asked cautiously.

When it came to this topic, those little shrimps wisely kept their mouths shut. Everyone knows that Empress Xiaoduanwen is not only the original match of Emperor Taizong, but also the aunt of Empress Xiaozhuang Wen.

But the problem is that since the emperor has decided to hold a funeral for the empress dowager, they have inherent restrictions, and this funeral is not a big deal!

And Kangxi only knew that there was still this problem at this time, but it was impossible for Kangxi to risk the world to let the Empress Dowager pass Empress Xiaoduanwen.

But Kangxi suddenly remembered the last words of the Empress Dowager when she was dying, and Kangxi couldn't help but wonder if the Empress Dowager was dying and was unwilling to let anyone press on her head, including her aunt Empress Zhezhe, so she would rather be buried next to the first emperor.

Kangxi couldn't help rubbing his forehead when he thought of this, and then waved his hand and said: "The Empress Dowager had a last word before she died, saying that it was not good to disturb Taizong, so she was buried in Xiaoling, so let's do it with the Empress Dowager's last words!" ”

As soon as Kangxi's words fell, the expressions of everyone below were just like Yun Yao just now, and they didn't know what to say. And Tu Hai heard that the Empress Dowager had such last words before she died, and couldn't help frowning deeply.

Tuhai said forward: "Your Majesty, the mausoleum of the first emperor has only been established for a short time, and it is not easy to move, presumably the empress dowager does not want to disturb the first emperor, so the servant means that it is better to let the coffin of the empress dowager be temporarily laid in the eastern tomb of the Qing Dynasty in Jingdong, and the five rooms of the east palace of the Cining Palace, where the empress dowager lived before her death, will be demolished and built at the foot of Changrui Mountain, and when the right opportunity is met, let the empress dowager be buried in the ground!" ”

Originally, some people doubted whether Tu Hai had reached a deal with the Empress Dowager, but as soon as Tu Hai's words came out, everyone felt that Tu Hai was ruthless, so that the Empress Dowager would not be at peace after her death!

What is the right time to be buried, with this sentence, even if Kangxi delays his death and does not bury everyone, he can't say anything.

Kangxi also agreed directly when he heard this, and said: "What Aiqing played, and I agreed, I agreed to Aiqing's request." ”

This made everyone in the court see clearly, the emperor was just a face-saving person for the queen mother.

But everyone can't say anything bad, after all, the Empress Dowager is dying and such a move is really disgusting, obviously Shunzhi's death is inseparable from the Empress Dowager, but the Empress Dowager is still buried next to Emperor Shunzhi, and it is not to blame the Emperor and Tuhai for tossing the Empress Dowager for this.