Death Knell ......

Emperor he ......

Xiao Ruoxi didn't have time to think about it, so she immediately turned over and got out of bed, asked Lian Xiang to help her wash up briefly, and went to find Chu Xiuhan.

Today is really an eventful day, first Chu Xiuhan was inexplicably arrested on the charge of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and then he was acquitted, and now in the middle of the night, the death knell bell sounded over Kyoto again, and this change really came one after another.

Xiao Ruoxi went to the study and didn't find Chu Xiuhan, and searched all the other places in the palace, but still didn't find any trace of Chu Xiuhan.

Strange, where did he go? There's no way he didn't hear such a big bell?!

Xiao Ruoxi muttered in her heart.

I happened to see the butler running over in a hurry, so he asked the butler:

"Where has the prince gone?"

"The death knell rang over Kyoto just now, and the prince went to the stable to lead a horse and rushed to the palace." The butler said anxiously.

Xiao Ruoxi frowned: "You go and help me prepare a carriage, I want to enter the palace." ”

Xiao Ruoxi couldn't ride a horse like Chu Xiuhan, so he could only enter the palace in a carriage.

When she entered the palace, the lights outside the Liuyun Hall were brightly lit, and a large number of people were around.

She looked around for a while, and saw Chu Xiuhan standing in front of the Liuyun Palace, and he was facing the Liuyun Palace.

Xiao Ruoxi couldn't see his expression at the moment, but looking at his back, it looked like a very desolate feeling.

Chu Xiuran, Chu Xiuyan, Chu Xiuyi, Xiao Ruolan and a group of harem concubines are now surrounded outside the Liuyun Palace, and they are a little overwhelmed for a while.

Xiao Ruoxi wasted a lot of energy before squeezing to Chu Xiuhan's side in front of him, and looked up at Chu Xiuhan's gloomy and terrifying face.

Xiao Ruoxi raised her hand and gently held Chu Xiuhan's hand, she didn't know what to say now, so she could only give him silent comfort like this.

Chu Xiuhan held Xiao Ruoxi's hand instead, and the force was so great that Xiao Ruoxi felt a little painful, but Xiao Ruoxi didn't show it, because she felt that the hand was obviously trembling.

"Gonggong Zhang, my father and the emperor have been doing well for a long time, why did he suddenly die, you'd better give this palace an explanation, otherwise, this palace will not spare you."

Chu Xiuran looked at Gonggong Zhang, who was obviously a little embarrassed in front of him, and threatened.

Gonggong Zhang is a personal eunuch who has been serving the emperor, and he knows the emperor's affairs better than anyone else.

The emperor's body, some time ago, was barely passable, but recently.

However, in recent times, the emperor has been entangled in official duties, on the one hand, he has to deal with the floods in Jiangzhou, and on the other hand, he has to balance the relationship between the ministers of the various factions in the DPRK and China.

In addition, there was such a thing as His Royal Highness the King of Han, and the emperor was even more anxious.

Seeing that this body is getting worse day by day, but even if the emperor's body and bones are no longer satisfactory at this time, he has served the emperor for decades.

He knows the emperor's body very well, and it is impossible for him to die suddenly.

But now there are a lot of people, all the princes are here, and he can't talk nonsense, the emperor has just died, and it will be difficult to cause any more turmoil in the side.

"The emperor's body has long been much worse than before, and he has been entangled in official business for a while now, and he is too tired......"

Father-in-law Zhang said with tears in the corners of his eyes and a hoarse voice.

"You talk nonsense!"

However, Zhang Gonggong's remarks, Queen Lin did not buy it, and retorted on the spot:

"The emperor's body was obviously fine before, but he stayed in the Liuyun Hall tonight, but he died suddenly, which is obviously Liang Shuyi deliberately poisoned the emperor."

Lin's remarks attracted the echo of all the concubines present, and they nodded yes.

The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and in the past few days, the emperor has been particularly fond of Liang Shuyi, and often stays in Liang Shuyi's Liuyun Hall at night.

This move itself made the concubines in the harem a little jealous, and I don't know which palace came out some time ago that the emperor would promote Liang Shuyi to a concubine in the near future.

When this news came out, it made those harem concubines even more jealous.

If this development continues, then she was originally a little Shuyi, didn't she have to become a concubine step by step, and then a concubine, and her status would be close to the last position?

thought that he had been rolling in this deep palace for so many years, and he was just a little concubine.

And she, Liang Shuyi, has only been in the palace for a long time, but for three or five years, how can she rise to the top and ascend to the sky in one step.

Everyone said a word, and they all accused Liang Shuyi of not, for a while, in front of the originally solemn Liuyun Palace, it was suddenly like a busy market selling vegetables, noisy, and not very upset.

"Enough!"

With a roar of rage, the scene instantly fell silent.

"My father has just passed away, can you put away your jealous thoughts, do you all want to go to the funeral with your father?"

Chu Xiu said coldly, but his roar was really effective, and the concubines who were still making trouble before not only shut up, but also sealed their mouths to death.

I don't dare to say a word more, after all, among these concubines, there are still some young and beautiful, upright and good years, who wants to accompany a dead man to be buried!

"Liang Shuyi will be taken into custody and handed over to Dali Temple for interrogation in the near future."

Chu Xiuran opened his mouth to give an order, and now that the emperor has died, the highest official position here is him, the crown prince, so he gave this order, and no one resisted for a while.

In addition, the emperor did indeed have something to do in this Liuyun Palace, and Liang Shuyi couldn't get out of it anyway.

The emperor's death was so strange that no one present believed that the emperor was exhausted to death, and they all agreed that he was killed by a traitor.

But the deceased has passed away, and everyone sees through it without saying it, and even if they want to say it, they can't say it so blatantly.

I have to wait for the emperor's body to be buried and enter the imperial mausoleum, and then find out about this matter.

Even if I couldn't bear it in my heart, I had to accept the fact that the emperor had died.

All the princes and grandchildren have changed into filial piety clothes, according to the etiquette, the emperor died, and the princes and grandsons had to keep filial piety for seven days in front of the mourning hall, and then go to the funeral.

Then the new emperor ascended the throne, and then a big funeral was held, and the emperor's dragon body was invited into the imperial tomb.

During the period of keeping filial piety, the various factions in the DPRK and China were relatively peaceful, and did not make any trouble during this period.

However, in such an extraordinary period, no one dares to make trouble, if it disturbs the emperor's funeral, it is undoubtedly a dead end, and those people are not stupid enough to be like this.

Now that the world is about to change hands suddenly, this change is too sudden, and naturally some people are happy and some are worried.

The people who rejoice are naturally the people who stood on the right party at the beginning, and when the new emperor ascends the throne, they will definitely increase their official positions and get the new emperor's reuse.

And the worries are naturally those who chose the wrong party in the first place, once the new emperor ascends the throne, the imperial court will definitely face a big baptism......