On the fourth day of the first month of the thirteenth year of Jinglong, the chief eunuch Fang Mink Temple saw that the hour had arrived, but the emperor did not get up, worried that he would miss the time and delay the early dynasty.

But the kung fu of a stick of incense has passed, and there is still no sound in the palace, and the personal palace maid seems to be missing.

A moment later, a sharp exclamation came from the Funing Palace, Emperor Feng Jing'an of Liangqing, died!

The news soon spread throughout the territory of Daliang, and the whole country wailed. Emperor Liang Qing succeeded to the throne at a young age, and was diligent in the government for thirteen years, and loved the people like a son, and was a rare Ming monarch. Before noon, the people of the whole country spontaneously unveiled the couplet, took off the red lanterns, and hung white paper lanterns and couplets to mourn the untimely death of the lord of a country.

Emperor Liang Qing succeeded to the throne at the age of eight, and now he is only in his early twenties, and he is good at the way of health preservation, and he is under the tutelage of Li Xian, the first swordsman of Liang State.

At this moment, in the Zichen Palace, the Empress Dowager of Liang Guo sat on the left side of the dragon chair, deliberately vacating the position in the center, Empress An's eyes were red, and she stood aside trembling with the corners of her clothes, and Feng Jingquan, the younger brother of Emperor Qing, frowned, staring at the Fang Mink Temple kneeling in the center of the main hall, the civil and military officials lined up left and right, the Wenchen was headed by Jiang Taishi, and the military generals were led by Li Jian, the son of Li Xian, and everyone was waiting for the Empress Dowager Liang to speak.

Empress Dowager Liang endured the sorrow in her heart, and asked in a trembling voice: "Fang Mink Temple, can you tell me about this morning's events in detail?" ”

Fang Mink Temple is now more than half a hundred, when Emperor Qing succeeded to the throne, he tried his best to promote himself who was not powerful at that time, for Fang Mink Temple, Emperor Qing has the grace of knowing his own experience, and he never regarded it as a eunuch, and now he drove the crane to the west, Fang Mink Temple was naturally very sad, so he replied respectfully: "Back to the Queen Mother, this morning the old slave saw that His Majesty had not gotten up for a long time, so he went to the palace to check, saw that there was no sound in the room, and he was anxious to violate the etiquette, and broke into it without permission, and found out... It was found that His Majesty had died! Thinking of the separation of yin and yang between the master and slave from now on, Fang Mink Temple couldn't hold back anymore and cried bitterly.

Queen An was infected by the atmosphere, and she also began to cry like rain, and most of the civil and military officials also cried silently when they saw the true feelings of the two.

At this time, a light cough broke the cry, but I heard the king of the palace ask: "Fang Mink Temple, according to what you say, when you entered the Funing Palace, the imperial brother had already died?" And there was no third person present? ”

Fang Mink Temple has been in the palace for many years, how can he not hear the meaning of King Guang's words, and hurriedly bowed to the ground, and said sharply: "The old slave is loyal to His Majesty, and the world can learn from it. "Don't say that Fang Mink Temple is Emperor Qing's favored minister, that is, if he is replaced by anyone, he will be put on the hat of rebellion at will, and he will not be kind, and he will stare at King Guang with angry eyes, and ask him to understand.

Feng Jingquan sneered: "Bold eunuch, dare to be stubborn when he dies, if this king has no conclusive evidence, how can he wronged you in front of hundreds of civil and military officials!" Come on, pass on the doctor! "Not long after, an old man was summoned to the court, this person is Jiang Hua of the Tai Hospital, and there is a double identity, Jiang Hua is the cousin of the Taishi Jiang Qing.

I saw Jiang Hua kneeling on the ground: "Weichen see the Queen Mother and King Guang." Jiang Hua didn't know what his intentions were, and he was willing to take the crime of disrespect, and after asking the Queen Mother and King Guang for peace, he ignored Queen An alone. The corners of King Guang's mouth twitched, and he asked, "Imperial Doctor Jiang, dare to ask when the imperial brother died?" What was the cause of death? ”

Imperial Physician Jiang slowly stood up, bowed down and said: "Back to the prince, Wei Chen has carefully inspected His Majesty's dragon body, and there are no external injuries or signs of poisoning, but Wei Chen found that there is a little cotton wool in His Majesty's mouth and nose, which should be suffocated to death. As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the Zichen Palace.

King Guang asked sharply, "Is what the imperial doctor said true?" ”

"In front of the Queen Mother, King Guang and hundreds of civil and military officials, how dare Weichen talk nonsense." Jiang Hua's expression was calm, "Weichen has been a doctor for more than 40 years, and I believe that he will definitely not look away, the cause of His Majesty's death, I am afraid that it is unusual." Although Imperial Physician Jiang did not directly break it, everyone in the hall heard this sound, and Fang Mink Temple was naturally no exception, and scolded sharply: "Jiang Hua Lao'er! Our family has always been with your well water and does not interfere with the river water, why not frame our family on this great hall and put me to death! As he spoke, he wanted to break up, but it was a pity that Fang Mink Temple was very old and had no power to restrain the chicken, and at this moment he was being pressed hard by several Jin Wuwei with big shoulders and round waists, how could he break free.

Imperial Physician Jiang continued: "Weichen has always acted impartially, and will never wronged a good person, let alone harbor any traitor, Jiang Hua is just telling the truth, why is Fang Mink Temple so excited, is it not that there is a ghost in his heart." ”

Without waiting for Fang Mink Temple to refute, King Guang shouted: "You eunuch, dare to murder the emperor's brother, and even ignore the law and discipline, spread wilderness on this hall, and disturb the court!" Someone, drag this eunuch out and behead him! ”

Li Jianping is good friends with Emperor Liang Qing, and has the friendship of the same family, when he heard the words, he stood up, pulled up Fang Mink Temple, stretched out his big hand like a fan, slapped the latter twice, and smoked the latter to a lot. Fang Mink Temple was in pain, covering his mouth, and blood continued to fall down his fingers.

The scene was too bloody, Empress Dowager Liang and Empress An hurriedly turned their heads away, and couldn't bear to look at it again. Li Jian heard the crying of Fang Mink Temple, and felt even more upset, he didn't care about the number of courtesies, took out his portable sword, and slashed it hard, the cold light flashed, and the head of Fang Mink Temple fell to the ground, his eyes were still staring at the boss, staring at King Guang on the stage.

Seeing this, Taishi Jiang said in a deep voice: "Bold Li Jian, you dare to disturb the Holy Driver!" ”

After Li Jian killed people and vented his anger, he also came back to his senses, and when he heard what Jiang Taishi said, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, Rao is he held the military power in his hands, and he didn't dare to bear the following charges, so he quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "The ministers deserve death, disturb the Queen Mother, the Queen and Her Royal Highness King Guang, and ask the Queen Mother to give the guilt!" ”

When the Empress Dowager Liang heard this, she said softly: "General Li, please get up, you are eager to protect the Lord, what a crime, I have the help of the general, how fortunate it is, the mourning family is a little lacking, please retreat first." ”

When the civil and military officials heard this, they retreated one after another, and in the huge Zichen Palace, only the Empress Dowager Liang, Empress An and King Guang were left after a while. Empress Dowager Liang looked sad and said astringently: "An'er died in vain, and the mourning family is sad and tight, but the country can't be without a king for a day, Quan'er, in the future, my Liang will be handed over to you, as for your imperial sister-in-law, you must also take good care of her, and you must not treat her badly." ”

King Guang was ecstatic in his heart, but his face remained silent and said: "The son obeys the order!" ”

On the fifth day of the first month of the thirteenth year of Jinglong, the Empress Dowager Liang announced to the world that because Emperor Qing had no heirs, King Guang took over the throne, the country was called Yonghong, the emperor was called Liang Wu, and Fang Mink Temple was killed on the spot because of rebellion, and the nine clans were punished, and the corpses were hung outside the city, allowing the wind and rain to blow, and the birds pecked at them, so as to set an example!