After Xia Ren left, Emperor Xia coughed twice, gasped, and said to Xia Fei: "You have to assist Xiao Qi well and help him successfully take charge of Great Xia, I can feel that he may be the hope of my Great Xia Zhongxing." ”

Xia Fei didn't speak, just nodded with a heavy expression.

Xia Ren, who left the palace, was also a little depressed in his heart, no matter what, Xia Huang was also his father, but now he was no different from an old man in his twilight, when he saw Xia Huang's current appearance, Xia Ren was also very uncomfortable.

How sad it is that a king who could have gone down in history has to lie on his bed and wait to die.

However, this also reminded Xia Ren that in the future, the protective force around him must be sufficient, and he must not make the same mistakes as his father.

After Xia Ren returned to the Niwang Mansion, he didn't go anywhere, and stayed in the mansion until five days later, when Xia Fei secretly came to the Niwang Mansion.

"Why is the Cloud King here?"

Xia Fei's cold face showed a trace of sadness, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you have died." ”

"What?"

Xia Ren's face suddenly changed greatly, and he hurriedly said, "Let's go, this king will enter the palace." ”

Xia Fei nodded, he came this time to invite Xia Ren into the palace, after Emperor Xia died, Xia Ren had to go to the palace to preside over the overall situation to avoid harassment.

The two hurriedly returned to the palace, hurried all the way, and went directly to the palace where Emperor Xia was retreating, and at this time everyone in the palace did not know about Emperor Xia's death.

Xia Wusheng and Xia Fei have been accompanying Emperor Xia in the past few days, and as soon as Emperor Xia died, Xia Wusheng immediately asked Xia Fei to come to pick up Xia Ren into the palace to preside over the overall situation.

As soon as he arrived at the palace where Emperor Xia was retreating, Xia Ren felt that the atmosphere was not right, the guards had obviously strengthened a lot, and there seemed to be countless people secretly patrolling the palace.

Xia Fei said in a low voice: "This is what the ancestor ordered, saying that before you ascend the throne, the vigilance of the palace must be doubled, and there must be no turmoil." ”

Xia Ren nodded, walked directly into the palace, and came to Emperor Xia's bed.

Seeing that Emperor Xia, whose eyes were closed and his face was gloomy, was lying quietly on the bed, with no breath on his body, Xia Ren was a little sad, but this was not the time to be sad, so he turned to Xia Wusheng on the side and said, "Ancestor, the safety of the palace in the past few days requires you to pay more attention." ”

Xia Wusheng said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, with the old man here, this palace can't be messed up." ”

After talking to Xia Wusheng, Xia Ren turned his head to Xia Fei and said, "If the father emperor doesn't explain, then everything will come according to the ancestral system, these need to trouble King Yun." ”

Xia Fei nodded and said, "Your Majesty has no special explanation, let's come according to the ancestral system." ”

After arranging the affairs of Empress Xia, Xia Ren said: "From now on, order the imperial city to ban the army, and impose full martial law on the Xia capital, no one is allowed to enter or leave without a court edict, and if anyone who violates the order is found, they will be treated as anti-thieves." ”

"Also, inform the harem everyone, everything will be done according to the ancestral system, and by the way, notify all the ministers to gather at the palace tomorrow morning. ”

After Xia Ren finished speaking, he thought about it and found that there was nothing missing, basically the Xia Emperors of all dynasties died, and the royal family would be buried according to the ancestral system, and there was nothing to change.

The ancestral system of Great Xia is still relatively simple, which is also related to the fact that the founding emperor of Great Xia was a martial artist, and he will do things simply, with efficiency as the first.

Xia Fei wrote down all of this, and then asked, "Is Nioh here tonight?" Tomorrow morning, I need to transfer His Majesty's body to the Ten Thousand Coffin Palace, so that everyone can send His Majesty on his last journey. ”

Xia Ren nodded, "This king will stay here tonight, and early tomorrow morning, this king will escort his father's body to the Ten Thousand Coffin Palace." ”

Seeing Xia Ren nodding, Xia Fei didn't say much, and then went down to arrange a series of things later.

At this time, the summer capital is still late at night, but the summer capital is prosperous, there are still many places that have always been brightly lit, and the imperial court has never let the summer capital curfew, and even the city gate is not closed at night, because the imperial court is confident, no one dares to make trouble in the summer capital.

Suddenly, there was a slight vibration on the ground, and countless armor-clad Imperial City Forbidden Army poured out from all directions, constantly patrolling the streets, and even directly closing the city gates.

This made a crowd of people who were entertaining the night look at each other, not knowing what was going on.

"All places of entertainment shall be closed and shall not be opened, no one shall make any loud noises, no one shall leave the city, and no one shall cause conflict, otherwise it shall be punished as treason. ”

Several generals on horseback patrolled and shouted over and over again.

When many people from other places heard this, they began to talk in low voices.

"What's going on? Why is the city suddenly locked down? It's not allowed to open shops, let alone make a noise. ”

"I just heard that the summer capital is prosperous and there is no curfew, why did you suddenly not let it?"

Just when these outsiders were discussing, some locals in the summer capital seemed to think of something, and immediately lowered their heads and silenced, and went home quietly, and those who opened shops also immediately turned off the lights and closed the door, without any hesitation.

An outsider was just about to speak, but the shopkeeper hurriedly covered his mouth and whispered, "Don't make a noise, otherwise these forbidden soldiers will kill people." ”

The outsider immediately covered his mouth and said aggrievedly: "What the hell is going on? I paid the money to play, but you said that the door was closed." ”

The shopkeeper pulled this person into the store and said in a low voice: "There are only two possibilities for this situation to happen in the summer capital, one is that the foreign enemy has invaded and has attacked the gate of the summer capital, and the other is that. ”

After speaking, he glanced around, and then whispered: "Second, Emperor Xia died today." ”

The outsider's face turned pale and he was too frightened to speak.

The sky slowly revealed a bright light.

The entire summer capital was silent at this time, and hundreds of people looked in the direction of the palace with sadness in their eyes, they all knew what the phenomenon of the summer capital meant at this time, their majesty, died.

And on the streets around the palace, there were also dense crowds of officials in plain clothes.

These officials all bowed their heads and hurried, and none of them talked.

When I came to the palace, the palace was also covered with white cloth at this time, and the palace guards were patrolling everywhere.

A group of ministers also took a detour, did not go to the Huangji Palace, and went directly to the Wanqi Palace, where they wanted to send Emperor Xia on his last journey.

At this time, the Wanqi Palace was also full of kneeling people, most of them were some harem concubines, as well as underage princes, as for Xia Ren, at this time, he was kneeling in front of Emperor Xia's coffin with Queen Cao and the four major concubines, and many princes.

After about two hours, Xia Fei walked in and whispered in Xia Ren's ear: "Your Highness, the ministers are here." ”

Xia Ren nodded slightly, and then said in a hoarse voice: "The ministers have arrived, let's go out." ”

Empress Cao, Xia Wen and the others nodded slightly, got up and followed Xia Ren one after another, and walked out of the Ten Thousand Coffin Palace.

The entrance of the palace is a jade-paved open space, and outside the clearing, there is a bluestone-paved square.

At this time, the concubines and princesses of the harem were kneeling on the jade ground, and the square below was kneeling with countless ministers in plain clothes.

Xia Ren walked out slowly, looked at the people outside, and said in a deep voice: "The death of my father and the emperor should have been mourned by the whole country, but the regulations of the Great Xia ancestral system should not be too cumbersome, so please accompany this king and others to mourn here for three days to comfort the soul of my father in the sky." ”

The ministers said one after another: "I will mourn for three days, and may Your Majesty's spirit in heaven bless me with prosperity and longevity in Great Xia." ”

Then Xia Ren also led everyone to face the Ten Thousand Coffin Palace and knelt on the jade ground outside.

The Wanqi Palace was not allowed to enter at this time, saying that it was to prevent disturbing the Xia Emperor's ascension, so after the ministers came, Xia Ren and the others also came out, kneeling outside the Wanqi Palace with the ministers, and saw off the Xia Emperor.

For three days, everyone didn't move, just knelt here quietly.

Until Xia Fei shouted: "The third day has come, everyone has finished saluting, please Your Majesty." ”

Then several armor soldiers dressed in plain clothes walked into the Wanqi Palace, carried the coffin of Emperor Xia and walked out, ready to take it to the imperial tomb for burial.

When Emperor Xia's coffin came out, the ministers suddenly showed sadness, but no one dared to cry loudly, because the ancestral system of Great Xia stipulated that Emperor Xia was not allowed to cry out loud when he died, and at most he could only cry silently.

Because the ancestor of the Xia family felt that even if their Xia family died, they would die vigorously, and it was not good to cry, so there was such a rule.

Then everyone followed Emperor Xia's coffin and walked all the way to the back of the palace.

The location of the imperial tomb is also in the palace, but it is at the back of the palace, and the Xia family usually worships it there.

After walking for about an hour, everyone came to a huge cemetery, and at this time there were already several old men standing at the entrance of the cemetery, all of whom Xia Ren had seen, and the royal family of the holy fetus was worshipped.

Seeing the arrival of Emperor Xia's coffin, one of the old men said in a deep voice: "You princes can go in, and the rest are not allowed to enter." ”

This is the rule of the Xia family, Emperor Xia died, only the adult prince can enter, and the rest are not allowed to enter, even if it is the queen, because the people buried here are all the previous Xia emperors, and they cannot be disturbed by outsiders.

Xia Ren, Xia Wen and the others reached out and slowly took the coffin from the hand of the armorer, and carried it to the depths of the imperial tomb.

The mausoleum of Emperor Xia has been selected before, and it is enough to bury it directly at this time, and the burial of Emperor Xia in previous dynasties will not arrange huge mausoleums and countless burial goods.

Xia Ren and the others came to a tombstone, this is the mausoleum selected by Emperor Xia, the mausoleum is open at this time, and the coffin needs to be put in before it can be closed.

Xia Ren and a few people slowly put the coffin of Emperor Xia into the mausoleum, and an old man on the side slowly closed the mausoleum, this kind of mausoleum can only be opened once since it was built, that is, when it was buried, and then this mausoleum was completely sealed.

Xia Ren and the others knelt down in front of the mausoleum again and left.

When he came to the outside of the cemetery, the ministers all knelt outside, and after Xia Ren came out, he also knelt at the entrance of the cemetery.

The crowd knelt for another day, and then slowly departed.

Because there is more important things to do below, and that is the new emperor ascending the throne.

The new emperor ascended the throne seven days after the burial of the former emperor, and the enthronement ceremony will be held in the square in front of the imperial palace, and all the officials will be present at that time.

In a blink of an eye, seven days had passed since Emperor Xia's death.

As soon as the sky was slightly bright, Xia Ren put on a brand-new dragon robe, put on a dragon crown, and stepped on dragon boots under the costumes of many maids.

Step by step, he walked towards the square of the Imperial Palace, Xia Ren had lived in the palace for the past seven days, and he had to familiarize himself with everything in the palace as soon as possible.

When I came to the high platform above the square, there were already a group of ministers standing below, more than the last time the heir to the throne was announced, it was estimated that there were more than a thousand people.

These people are all from all parts of the Great Xia, the new emperor's accession to the throne is a big event, as long as it is not inseparable from people's positions, the distance is too far, all officials above the fifth rank have to come to the summer capital to meet the new emperor.