Chapter 9: Sudden Grace
"I've summoned you here for another purpose."
"Command, please."
"Lu Qing, since that time, I have had a hidden disease in my body, although I have been recuperating well, after all, it is not as good as when I was young." Emperor Chen Yang's gaze drifted a little, and he didn't know what he was looking at.
When Lu Ziyi heard the words "that time" mentioned in Emperor Chen Yangdi's words, some thoughts rushed to him like a tide. He was dressed and knelt down in front of Emperor Chen Yang.
"The Holy Blessing is full of heaven, and it will be able to last for generations."
"Eternal? Oh, I also thought, but it's a pity that there are so many things in this world? Maybe my hand is really too tight? Emperor Chen Yang had been talking to himself, and when he looked up, he saw Lu Ziyi hanging his head, and it was impossible to respond to him if he thought about it, so his tone changed and he said something else.
"I haven't been able to sleep all night lately, and I have a lot of miscellaneous things, thinking about it, or is it related to the failure of the Imperial Tomb Festival three years ago?"
Emperor Chen Yang mentioned the imperial mausoleum festival three years ago, and the expression on Lu Ziyi's face, who was listening attentively, changed from focus to seriousness.
In addition to the two sacrifices of the spring festival and the autumn festival every year, there is also a large-scale imperial tomb festival every three years. The purpose was to comfort the royal family of the Great Chen Dynasty and beg them to continue to protect the royal family and the people of Da Chen.
The Spring and Autumn Festivals are all presided over by the Ministry of Rites, and only this imperial tomb festival is presided over by the emperor of the current dynasty and lasts for a month. During the festival, all members of the royal family must go to the imperial tomb to guard the tomb for a month, during which no ceremonial celebration or singing and dancing banquets are allowed, and no meat is allowed to eat, and coarse tea and light rice are not allowed every day, so as to show their sorrow for the emperors of the past dynasties and feel the hardships of the ancestors who laid down the country.
Emperor Chen Yang has been in power for 21 years, and the previous six major sacrifices were all presided over by him personally. If there is no accident, the seventh festival next month will still be played by Emperor Chen Yang.
Since Lu Ziyi was promoted to the national teacher, Emperor Chen Yang authorized him to follow him to be responsible for all the preparations for the big sacrifice in the first two major sacrifices, which is also the reason why Lu Ziyi, although he acted perversely and had a bad temper, those ministers were still as afraid as mice and cats: without him, just because he was the first favorite minister in front of Emperor Chen Yang, and he held the power of life and death. If anyone makes him unhappy, maybe one day he will "click" and let his head move.
Coincidentally, three years ago, due to a large-scale epidemic in southern Xinjiang, all the ministers who had been sent before were poisoned there and were in critical condition. Emperor Chen Yang hesitated again and again before sending Lu Ziyi over.
It was at that time that the Imperial Mausoleum Festival, which could be completed smoothly every time, had an incident in which a clan entourage went up the mountain to poach in the middle of the night and was bitten to death by a wild beast. And that entourage is in the team of Chen Wenxuan, Emperor Chen Yang's favorite third prince.
Emperor Chen Yang was furious about this matter, and asked the third prince to punish himself for a year on the grounds that he was not strict with his subordinates, and thought about it behind closed doors for a month.
Although there were still some doubts about this accident, Emperor Chen Yang forcibly suppressed it by thunderous means, and later beheaded several officials who wanted to play a request for a thorough investigation of the matter.
Now, what kind of considerations does Emperor Chen Yang have when he turns this matter up again?
"Lu Qing, I have appointed you as the imperial envoy and have full authority to preside over this imperial mausoleum festival!" Emperor Chen Yang had been pacing slowly in the Qianqing Palace, and the sound of footsteps hit Lu Ziyi's heart again and again. In the end, the footsteps stopped, and Emperor Chen Yang made an earth-shattering decision.
"Holy Lord, never!" This imperial mausoleum festival is all presided over by the emperor of the current dynasty, and there has never been a precedent for it to be arranged by the courtiers! After listening to Emperor Chen Yang's will, Lu Ziyi knelt on the ground on the spot.