Chapter 66 (5) Gao Zhan dies
"I have given up the Xianbei identity and beliefs that I have forgotten and integrated into the life of your Han people wholeheartedly, and I hope that you can be like me, so that all our ethnic groups can be united and fight against our enemies."
It took most of the day to talk about it, but I don't know if they can listen to it.
Northern Qi side......
"Ah~" A frantic voice can be heard from afar: "How am I going to get out?" Why didn't anyone come to my rescue? It's scary, it's dark! ”
She walked around the prison. The cell didn't even have a window, except for a vent at the top that was a little bigger than the palm of your hand. Mu Yao wanted to climb up, but she couldn't reach it at all.
At this moment, the head of the cell held two quilts and took Gao Changgong to the prison.
"Open the door, open the door." Gao Changgong saw Mu Yao, who was bored and about to drill the wall, and felt a distress that he couldn't hide.
Mu Yao immediately became honest when she heard the voice, and sat down on the bed obediently, quietly holding her knees and pouting, like a little girl who had a temper with her parents.
The soldier opened the door, and Gao Changgong walked in, carrying a bag in his hand, and the bag was full of Mu Yao's clothes.
He walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, grabbed Mu Yao's shoulders with both hands and said, "I've made you suffer." ”
His language was full of distress for Mu Yao and disappointment in himself.
Mu Yao pouted, and said pitifully: "Woo woo, there are rats and ghosts that are bigger than me here, I'm so scared, can you help me out early?" ”
Gao Changgong sighed and said, "I'll go and intercede again, it's a big deal..."
He didn't finish speaking, Mu Yao seemed to understand what he meant, stood up and said, "You, don't come nonsense!" Prison robbery is a capital offense. ”
Gao Changgong smiled and said, "I know, I want to say that I am going to beg your aunt, and the emperor listens to your aunt very much." ”
Hearing this, Mu Yao still sat down obediently: "Then forget it, aren't you two opposite?" If she wanted to save me, she would have done it a long time ago. ”
"The emperor doesn't enter our words now, as long as it is General Hulu, His Royal Highness King Langya and me, he will deliberately hide and not listen to our advice at all."
Mu Yao looked up at the small window and said to herself, "Am I really in a catastrophe?" ”
"How so? My girl has always been so strong and kind, how could God be willing to take you away? Gao Changgong comforted her.
Hearing Gao Changgong's words, she seemed to be full of blood, and suddenly stood up straight, her expression became much stronger, and said: "Yes, you must be strong, you can't give up hope, and when I go out, I will beat those who bullied me to their knees and beg for mercy." ”
"Well, this is our good girl, okay, I'll go first, I'll come to see you after a while, you're good!"
With that, he put his things down, turned around, and stepped out the door. Mu Yao showed him that he was strong when he was there, and when he left, there was a trace of sadness in his heart.
Time passed quickly, and it was late December, and the cold weather froze the dog to death, and it was snowing heavily.
As the saying goes, three-nine-three, frozen bricks, although the dungeon is not as cold as outside, but it is not much better, fortunately, Gao Changgong sent Mu Yao clothes and bedding, and Su Jun will often take care of her, otherwise she will definitely die in prison.
She was much luckier than the other prisoners, because she at least had a quilt to keep warm. It's like those prisoners, who still sleep on loose grass in the winter.
Mu Yao sat on the bed with a quilt, and kept complaining: "Why am I so miserable? Can anyone tell me why I'm so miserable? ”
And Gao Changgong lived a life like a knife every day in the Lanling Palace, and he was always worried about whether Mu Yao had eaten well and whether it was cold.
Soon another year passed, and in the early morning of January 13, 569 AD, the palace people got up and went out to work.
It's the coldest time of the year.
A palace maid went to send breakfast to Gao Zhan, but she called it several times, but she couldn't wake up no matter how she called it.
There is chaos in the dormitory, except that the wine bottle is the wine jug, the kind of chaos that is difficult to explain,
The palace maid slowly put her hand under Gao Zhan's nose, and suddenly found that Gao Zhan had gone to heaven.
The palace maid was so frightened that her face was blue, she took a few steps back, and suddenly threw the breakfast food in her hand on the ground and shouted loudly: "Come on, come on, the emperor has ascended to heaven." ”
As soon as he finished shouting, the eunuch outside the door ran in and said, "What are you shouting?" ”
"His Majesty the Emperor Taishang has ascended to heaven." The palace maid said tremblingly.
The eunuch walked over and shouted a few times: "Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty the Emperor!" ”
However, Gao Zhan didn't react, and the eunuch also put his hand under Gao Zhan's nose and found that there was no qi vein.
Gao Zhan was already hard, and there were a lot of wine bottles thrown on the ground, and he died suddenly of drunkenness in the middle of the night.
"Your Majesty." The eunuch fell to his knees and wept.
Soon the news of Gao Zhan's death reached Gao Wei's ears, and Gao Wei rushed to Gao Zhan's Qianshoutang as quickly as possible.
When he saw Gao Zhan lying on the couch, he quickly ran over and knelt in front of the couch and cried: "Father, why did you leave like this?" ”
In fact, Gao Weiming respects Gao Zhan very much on the surface, but this is not the case.
After Gao Zhan's death, all the rights were in the hands of Gao Wei, and he no longer had to be afraid of anything, he could play a lot of tricks.
In the afternoon, all the courtiers came to worship. The palace was covered with white cloth, and Gao Zhan was put in a coffin and placed in the mourning hall.
And all his sons and daughters came and kept watch for the night. On the morning of the second day, Gao Zhan was buried, and there were white papers falling everywhere in Yecheng, and a large group of people and horses sent Gao Zhan out of Yecheng and to Yongping Mausoleum, where Gao Zhan was buried.
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The morning after Gao Zhan's death, Gao Yan and the princess and others had not yet picked up Bai Xiao, but Gao Wei was in a good mood and rarely went to court.
But he didn't go to court for serious things, but to announce a major event, all relying on Gao Zhan's happy event.
Gao Wei sat on the dragon chair and nodded to the eunuch beside him, and the eunuch picked up the holy decree and preached: "Carry it by heaven, the emperor will say it." Today, I have decided to pardon all the first-class felons in prison, so as to pray for the blessing of the former emperor and hope that he will enter paradise as soon as possible. ”
The ministers all wore white cloths on their heads and were frustrated by Gao Zhan, and Gao Weilai's appearance made everyone confused.
No one in the huge court dared to say a word, only Hu Luguang sighed deeply.
Everyone looked at Hu Luguang, who was standing in the first row, and Gao Wei asked, "Prime Minister, what's wrong?" ”
"Your Majesty, the first emperor died yesterday, and you will pardon the world today, won't this make the world laugh at your unfilial piety?"
There are only so many Qing officials in the court, Duan Shao is smart and doesn't speak for fear of offending people, Gao Changgong doesn't dare to speak for fear of causing trouble, and only Hu Lu is not afraid to speak for the emperor.