Chapter 365: Concubine Feng
Emperor Wu's pupils dilated, and the hand holding Mu Yunge loosened weakly, and slowly fell down on the bed.
Wei Shi was stunned for a moment, and an arrow stepped over, and the hand holding Emperor Wu was suddenly tight, and he couldn't feel the pulse beating. In an instant, Wei Shi's expression seemed to freeze, and he stood in place like a wooden chicken, unable to move a single step.
When he learned that Concubine De's illness was due to the poison fed by Emperor Wu himself, he complained to Emperor Wu; Knowing that Emperor Wu coveted Mu Yunge, he was completely disappointed in this father; In the changes of government and government, Emperor Wu made his disappointment intensify again and again, until the moment of Concubine De's death, everything turned into resentment!
But no matter how resentful he was, Emperor Wu had spoiled him for many years after all, and the father-son friendship hidden under the dragon and tiger battle was something that none of them could deceive anyone......
At this moment, Emperor Wu passed away, and no matter how deep his resentment was, it disappeared......
Seeing Wei Shi's expression, Qi Chun immediately stepped forward and rested his hand under Emperor Wu's nose, which was already empty and could not feel anything.
Old Lady Mei stepped forward to feel her pulse, and in the eyes of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, he nodded sadly and solemnly.
Qi Chun closed his eyes, quickly opened them again, turned to face the civil and military officials, and his slender voice suddenly resounded throughout the Zhaode Palace: "Your Majesty has died-"
Immediately, the voice of the inner eunuch spread from the entire Zhaode Hall to the entire palace, and then passed by the guards outside the palace, and soon resounded throughout the capital: "Your Majesty is dead—Your Majesty is dead-"
The sound of mourning rang in the Imperial Palace, and the dull sound of bells spread one after another, and the whole of Kyoto heard it. Busy people put down their work and looked in the direction of the palace; Those who had remained in the place of the wind and moon put down their wine glasses and stood up in panic; And many, many more...... They all looked at the palace with different expressions, at the place where the supreme power of the entire Eastern Wei Dynasty was, and everyone knew that the dynasty belonging to Emperor Wu had passed forever today!
When the funeral news was transmitted to every corner of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Jingzhong also fell into another busyness.
Emperor Wu died, leaving a mess waiting for the prince of the East Palace to clean up, which is undoubtedly an unprecedented challenge.
Since the founding of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, no prince of the East Palace of any dynasty has been a prince in three days after being registered, and there is no prince of any dynasty, the first thing after ascending the throne is to put on armor and go into battle!
There were constant battle reports from Nanchu's side, Lin Yi and the others temporarily held the southern defense line, Duan Rongxuan did not create a gap, and briefly entered the rest. However, the Eastern Wei people did not breathe a sigh of relief, and the eight-hundred-mile expedited report from Nangong Jin arrived in Kyoto. Murong Kai of Northern Yan has an army of 300,000 troops, which has set off from Beiyan and is expected to arrive at Tuda County, the border between the two countries, within ten days. The Northwest Army currently has 200,000 garrisons, but there is still a shortage of grain and grass, and Nangong Jin wrote to request the imperial court to send more grain and grass to support.
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the effect of this report was tantamount to the distress letter on the southern border at the beginning, which immediately caused panic in the whole dynasty.
Emperor Wu's funeral had only been carried out for three days, and Wei Shi held the coffin in his hand, ascended the throne in front of the spirit, and put on a dragon robe under such circumstances.
The war was critical, Wei Shi ordered that both the funeral and the new emperor's enthronement ceremony were simple, so planned by the Ministry of Rites, June 28, after Emperor Wu entered the mausoleum, the new emperor went to the Temple of Heaven to hold the enthronement ceremony!
After a few days of preparation, everything was in order, and the charter began.
The entire imperial court was very busy, Wei Shi was busy discussing military affairs and government affairs with the important ministers of the imperial court all day long, and the funeral of Emperor Wu was basically lost to Mu Yunge.
At this time, the eyes of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty fell on her, and Mu Yunge, who was only fifteen years old, showed courage and skill far beyond her age, strongly restraining everyone in the harem and ensuring that everything in the harem was in order; At the same time, the funeral of Emperor Wu was held decently, even if everything was simple, there should be a lot of etiquette. The most important thing is that it was difficult for Wei Shi to fulfill his filial piety in front of the spirit, so Mu Yunge completely assumed Wei Shi's filial piety, kneeling down and guarding the spirit...... She was conscientious in everything, so that people could not find a little mistake, and she lost a lot of weight during the whole funeral, but when everyone saw her, they all saluted respectfully, and there was no contempt at all.
On June 28, all the people of the Manchu Dynasty were dressed in plain clothes, lined up in two rows from the Zhaode Palace, and sent the coffin of Emperor Wu out of the Zhaode Palace.
Wei Shi's car was at the forefront, he and Mu Yunge were dressed in plain clothes, accompanied by hundreds of civil and military officials, escorting Emperor Wu's coffin from the palace to Anshan's Fuling for burial. In the afternoon, the stone gate of Fuling fell with a bang, and the craftsmen sealed it with mortar filled with molten iron, and everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.
The first emperor entered the mausoleum, and the next thing was the new emperor who was nervously looking forward to ascending the throne.
The funeral car drove back along the way, went to the Temple of Heaven on the outskirts of Beijing, and the master of ceremonies recited the edict of Lichu and the enthronement text drawn up by the Ministry of Rites. The order of civilization was announced to the world, and from this moment on, Wei Shi was officially the emperor.
Mu Yunge knelt in front of the civil and military officials, looking up at Wei Shi who was wearing a vegetarian on the Temple of Heaven, his figure was unprecedentedly tall, and his face was solemn and cynical, with a completely different momentum from before.
He's so powerful!
is so powerful that people will never remember what kind of temperament he once had, only remember his solemnity at this moment, and the dignity that will be enveloped in him from now on, worshiped by all people!
Mu Yunge's eyes were full of tears, looking at Wei Shi with great excitement, looking at this man who accompanied her rebirth and helped her take revenge and establish a family step by step, the irrepressible feelings were wildly breeding in her heart, burning in her heart, she couldn't help but smile, and poured out all her emotions so straight and without reservation.
After Wei Shi sacrificed heaven and earth, the first person to look back was also her, looking at each other, with only sincere affection in each other's eyes.
Wei Shi smiled at her and stretched out his hand, helped her up from the ground, and the two of them went to the Temple of Heaven and put down the last and most important pillar of incense that symbolized the completion of the emperor's gift!
Mu Yun's fingers trembled slightly, holding Wei Shi's hand, looking at the smiles of the people around him, excited and joyful at the same time, but also spreading infinite bitterness.
This person is so good, how can she be willing to leave him?
Her loss did not escape Wei Shi's eyes, Wei Shi did not speak, but just held her hand tightly, or the words he said countless times: "Don't be afraid, everything has me!" ”
After the ceremony, it is to return to the Zhaode Hall of the Imperial Palace, waiting for the next day's civil and military court meeting and concubine ceremony.
The civil and military officials worked hard for the funeral of Emperor Wu for several days, and the night was extremely peaceful, and many people went to bed early to make up for the sleepiness that had fallen for Emperor Wu for so many days.
However, there are also people who can't sleep.
Needless to say, Mu Yunge and Wei Shi have been scheming for more than two years, working hard day and night, and finally waiting for a result that is beneficial to everyone. Emperor Wu's funeral, everyone has to keep filial piety for three years, but no one sees the love and love in the dark night, Wei Shi and Mu Yunge have been separated for twenty days, but the two hugged each other, and there was no interest in love, just hugged tightly, silence is better than sound, and even kissing is redundant.
But there are also people who can't sleep.
In the Yongwang Mansion, Wei Yin's burden has already been packed, originally according to Emperor Wu's will, he was going to be sent to the fiefdom, from Wei Shi's big wedding to Emperor Wu's sudden death, a lot of changes have happened during this period, and he has postponed his trip day by day, and he has not left Beijing for a long time.
A few days before Emperor Wu's death, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty knew that it was Wei Yin and Pei Yongtu who provoked Emperor Wu, although Emperor Wu did not have time to deal with these two people, but the result was self-evident.
Wei Shi was made the crown prince of the East Palace, and Wei Yin knew that he had no hope for that throne, and the disheartened Wei Yin did not dare to struggle anymore. He understands this brother, on the surface, it looks like a ball of noodles, easy to handle, easy to calculate, but in fact, he is just a dough disguised as a stone, poking it, and it can only hurt himself.
He didn't dare to fight for this throne anymore, and he was afraid that if he annoyed Wei Shi, he would end up with the same fate as Wei Wuzhen and Wei Quan!
Therefore, before Emperor Wu entered the mausoleum, Wei Yin asked himself to leave Beijing and kept filial piety for Emperor Wu in Fuling for three years. Wei Shi agreed to this request without thinking about it, which can be regarded as the last bit of flesh-and-blood friendship between the two brothers.
Pei Yongtu attended the funeral of Emperor Wu and also participated in the enthronement ceremony of Wei Shi, but he never raised his head from beginning to end.
He has been in a high position and power all his life, but when he is old, he actually planted a big heel in front of such a descendant, and he was disgraced in front of hundreds of officials and thrown into the grave. He was defeated, completely defeated by Wei Shi, and he also understood that with his relationship with Wei Shi and his relationship with Concubine De, Wei Shi no longer used his reasons, and his official path came to an end......
Pei Yongtu's inability to sleep seemed a matter of course, but Wei Shanzhi in the prison was already crazy, and his inability to sleep made people a little puzzled.
The death knell of Emperor Wu spread throughout the palace, and Wei Shanzhi naturally heard it. The cloudy pupils seemed to be stimulated by the sound of mourning, and there was a moment of clarity, but it was quickly replaced by a more chaotic color.
In the days that followed, he didn't fall asleep for a day, and when Wei ascended the throne, Wei Shanzhi stayed awake all night until dawn, and no one knew what he was thinking, and no one knew whether he was awake or in a state of madness. It was only early the next morning, when Wei Shi slowly walked up to the throne of the Zhengda Guangming Palace, that the cell boss found him leaning against the wall of the prison, his hair covering his face, and he didn't know when he had swallowed his breath.
Wei Shan died quietly, just as he did when he came, no one knew.
Just when the cell boss carried Wei Shanzhi out of the prison wrapped in a broken mat, and reported his death to the Ministry of Punishment on a blank piece of paper, Wei Shi was already wearing a black gown and a jade crown on his head, and slowly ascended to the throne. Under the attention of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, Mu Yunge wore the main palace uniform, walked to the main hall step by step, and was pardoned by Wei Shi and exempted from kneeling and listening to the seal.
Concubine Feng's inscription also echoed in the entire Zhengda Guangming Hall at this time: "...... Concubine Mu's family, Yusheng famous valve, Xiefu boudoir, Wen Hui house, good and virtuous, Rin Fanggui in the history of the picture, night maintenance; Expression is fanned by Henghuang, and his words are moderate. I am very happy, and I enter Fenger as the queen of the middle palace......"