He looked at his nephew with some concern: "Princess......"

Liu Che's face was a little pale, but he still smiled and comforted everyone: "Okay, it's all over." ”

Her voice was low, but with a soothing power: "There will be no more trouble." ”

……

The Son of Heaven was dressed in a big hat, looking down on the imperial capital from the highest point of the Weiyang Palace, and a chamberlain approached with rapid footsteps, and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, the people have entered Gyeonggi and are expected to arrive in Gyeongshi soon." ”

The Son of Heaven waved his hand casually and said, "Summoning the prime ministers and the people from the Ministry of Rites, Taichang, and Zongzheng Temple to see me." ”

The chamberlain took the order and left.

Today is not a day of rest, and the officials whom the Son of Heaven has called are all on duty at the official office, and after hearing the news, they look at the people who are traveling with them, and they have some vague guesses about what the Son of Heaven wants to discuss.

Could it be that it is really going to be the crown princess?

The people of the Ministry of Rites were in a dilemma for a while.

Setting an unprecedented precedent for the female protagonist to succeed to the throne, how can this be done?

As an official in charge of ceremonies, he bowed his head without saying a word, and he was bound to laugh shamefully and lose face for the sake of the world's clear streams, but if he took the lead in opposing it......

The Son of Heaven would not have given him his life for such a difference in political views, but even so, he would not have any good fruit to eat!

The Ministry of Rites is about to die of embarrassment, and when he sees Zong Zheng pestle in front of him, his heart is at ease—the sky is falling, and there are tall people on top of it!

In the final analysis, the throne is a matter of other people's families, so what does it have to do with him as a worker?

If Zongzheng took the lead in opposing it, then he would follow suit, and if Zongzheng nodded his head......

He still honestly asked for his resignation.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu sighed secretly, and came to the palace with Zongzheng and Taichang, who were full of worries, but they did not expect that the Son of Heaven would give them an unexpected proposal.

Chasing the East Palace, who has been dead for many years, as the emperor?!

Ah......h

What's going on with this outrageous and somewhat reasonable feeling?!

It has always been the case that the son of the son is the emperor of his father, but there are very few of the fathers who are the son of the emperor of the emperor, but although this is rare, it is not nothing.

After all, the East Palace is the East Palace, and in the past 10 years since the current number of emperors, only this one prince who has been officially canonized has the rationality to be posthumously named emperor, and the Son of Heaven, the current Son of Heaven, is also willing to posthumously call him emperor.

But the problems that arise from this are even bigger.

The East Palace became the emperor, and the emperor who was posthumously reprimanded was also the emperor, and he was born with a great sect, and at the same time excluded the kings from the succession sequence of the emperor's throne!

Don't think it's a trivial matter, it doesn't sound like it's any different - the kings have become small sects, aren't they still the sons of the Son of Heaven?

The sons of kings are still the sons of the Son of Heaven.

Of course not anymore!

From now on, the descendants of the kings can only regard the kings as their ancestors, but they cannot recognize the Son of Heaven or even the Son of Heaven, the founder of this dynasty, as their ancestors!

This is where the rigor and cruelty of the ritual system lies.

For example, Liu Bei, a member of the Han family, as a minor sect, before he became emperor in the southwest, he could only call himself "I am the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan", but he could not claim to be "the queen of Han Gaozu", and this is the reason!

Only the emperor can openly claim that he is the queen of the ancestors, and the sons of the other small sects dare to claim that they are the queens of the ancestors.

The Son of Heaven respected the East Palace as the emperor, and there was nothing wrong with this matter, after all, the East Palace was extinct, but when the Son of Heaven was optimistic about the daughter of the East Palace and promoted her to the title of Princess of Zhenguo, the problem was big!

This is obviously paving the way for the princess of Zhenguo!

But what can Zongzheng say, and what can he say too often?

The Son of Heaven didn't say anything.

It could only be passed silently.

Immediately afterwards, there are a series of things to discuss, the record of the living note, the improvement of the ceremonial system of the East Palace mausoleum, the posthumous treatment of the acting king, and the posthumous title of the emperor in the East Palace, what about the crown princess?

It stands to reason that she should also be honored as an empress, but Donggong herself was honored as an emperor because of her death, so could the crown princess get the title of empress before her death?

The Son of Heaven was not interested in participating in such discussions, and after controlling the established direction, he left the table to meet with his confidants and close ministers who had returned to Beijing.

He silently listened to the ministers replying to all the things on this trip one by one, and even Tang Zuo anxiously called out the word "princess" without falling, and finally the ministers finished saying everything that should be said, so they just knelt down in front of the Son of Heaven respectfully, waiting for possible questions.

The Son of Heaven sat on a cushion made of crane feathers, and after a long silence, he suddenly asked, "Raise your head." ”

The close minister raised his head.

I listened to the Son of Heaven and said, "What kind of person do you think, Princess Zhenguo?" ”

He thought for a few moments, and before he could answer, the Son of Heaven raised his hand suddenly, stopped his words, and asked another question: "Is the princess of Zhenguo like me?" ”

The minister said respectfully: "The princess is similar to Your Majesty. ”

Tianzi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he stroked his beard for a while: "You say, the princess of Zhenguo is so in line with my wishes, is it because she is purely in line with my wishes, or is it because she has the ability to understand people's hearts?" ”

The hearts of the ministers were raised, but they forced themselves to calm down: "How can you know about the stupidity of your ministers, what you don't know?" ”

The Son of Heaven looked at him coldly, and after a few moments, he suddenly laughed: "Why are you so cowardly? Can I still eat you?! ”

He also gave an order: "Tell me to prepare a feast, I am very happy today, let the kings enter the palace and have fun!" ”

Chapter 99

When the kings received the summons, they forced a smile on their faces, and after stuffing the silver ticket into the hand of the chamberlain, they carefully asked: "Didn't you just have a banquet a few days ago, why is my father interested in summoning us to talk again?" ”

Because the kings were not asking about anything taboo, the chamberlain said, "Probably because the messenger sent by the Son of Heaven to Beiguan brought back good news." The Son of Heaven was therefore very happy and specially summoned all the kings to rejoice......"

Kings: "......"

Ah, joy and joy.

Gotta be happy.

Who dares to be unhappy.

Dad is happy, being a son is to endure the great sorrow when he encounters the sky, how can there be something bigger than the son of heaven in the world?

King Chen couldn't help but recall a turmoil that occurred in the palace after the death of Concubine Shu.

At that time, the princess of Ding'an had just come out of the plug, and Concubine Shu fell ill, and Fang Jieyu was recommended by Concubine Shu, so she inevitably wanted to go to the old lord to do her best, but she also contracted the disease before she thought about it.

In the beginning, no one cared about it.

The women in the palace are delicate and expensive, and when they are fine, there are people who take tonics, not to mention that the concubine is old, and the pain is common, but I didn't think that the two of them couldn't afford to get sick, and it didn't take long for them to swallow their breath directly!

As one of the four concubines, and the biological mother of King Ji, Concubine Shu is naturally noble, but no matter how noble she is, she can't go beyond the Son of Heaven.

As soon as this annotation landed, the face of the Son of Heaven was completely gloomy, and the people from the Shang Palace Bureau and the Ministry of Rites looked at it and said in their hearts, who can still take care of you concubine, let's go of you!

The funeral was hastily finished.

And because of that criticism, whether it was Concubine Shu or Fang Jieyu, she didn't even get a posthumous remark.

Concubine Shu is the biological mother of King Ji, and the things behind her mother are so thin, how can King Ji be better in his heart as a son of man?

It's just that he was afraid of the Son of Heaven in the end, and no matter how unfair Rao was, he didn't dare to show it after all, so he secretly set up sacrifices in the mansion and paid a grand tribute to the concubine.

Princess Keji is also scared - to put it mildly, you can't kill the living for the sake of the dead, right?

Concubine Shu is also an old man who has served the Son of Heaven for many years, and now that she has landed in this field, who would believe it if you want to say that the Son of Heaven did not mean it?

Why do other old people in the palace have posthumous advice when they die, but not their own mother-in-law?

This is the Son of Heaven who is going to slap his mother-in-law in the face!

There are still some things that Princess Ji didn't dare to say to her husband, so she could only retreat from everyone when her biological mother passed the house, and whispered in a low voice: "Although the mother concubine has some minor illnesses, she will not suddenly lose her life, and Fang Jieyu, she is still young, is this really sick or fake death?" ”

Princess Ji's mother looked calm: "Are you a fool to be the prince?" Such a simple truth, you will wonder, wouldn't he? ”

He also said: "When the concubine died, the palace also sent someone to invite you and the prince's serious son and daughter-in-law to bid farewell to the concubine. ”

Princess Ji held the handkerchief and paused: "When we arrived, the body of the mother concubine had been moved to the coffin......

Princess Ji's mother sighed, but asked her, "Is it nailed?" ”

Princess Ji shook her head: "Not at that time." ”

Princess Ji's mother asked again: "In that case, has the prince opened the coffin to see the remains of his deceased mother?" ”

Princess Ji's face changed slightly, and she shook her head again.

The husband put his hands on the coffin, and the green tendons on the back of his hands stretched out, but in the end he did nothing, but knelt down and kowtowed three times to the coffin.

Princess Ji's mother said: "You can sense that something is wrong, of course the prince can also detect it, obviously the coffin is not nailed, and it only needs a little force to open it, why didn't the prince do it?" ”

Princess Ji was silent, while Princess Ji's mother patted the back of her daughter's hand, sighed and said: "Because the lid of the coffin has not been opened, it can still maintain a peaceful mask, if it is really opened, then it will all be over, between the Son of Heaven and the prince, there must be someone who will pay something for this, who do you think this person will be?" ”

Princess Ji's throat was sore, so she turned her face away to wipe her tears.

Princess Ji's mother held her daughter's hand with pity: "It's not easy to be the daughter-in-law of the heavenly family, but how easy is it to be the son of the heavenly family?" ”

"When the prince was in the palace, he took care of you and the child, and he had taken a step back, but Concubine Shu was his biological mother in the end, as a child, his mother went so abruptly, and after his death was so simple, is it a good thing that he doesn't say a word and does nothing? Maybe the Son of Heaven will feel that the prince is cold and has no heart......"

Princess Ji's tears flowed down her eyes, and she said sadly: "When is such a day going to be the head!" ”

"Silence!" Princess Ji's mother changed color when she heard this, and suddenly raised her hand to cover her mouth: "You dare to say this kind of thing, don't you die!" ”

At the end of this day, isn't it the day the Son of Heaven dies?!

Princess Ji whimpered and nodded, sobbing silently.

The Son of Heaven seemed to have forgotten the death of the concubine, and within a few days he happily began to hold a palace banquet, and all the kings squeezed out a smile and happily entered the palace.

I want to force myself to laugh, but I really can't laugh, what if one day I angrily scold them for having just lost their mother, but they have no sadness and no filial piety?

Then don't laugh.

But if a person is determined to find fault and is an absolute superior, then he can find it no matter how he looks.

After the dance and music ended, the Son of Heaven gave wine to drink with the kings, and when he saw King Ji's expression, he was furious, and he had a seizure on the spot: "The monarch's father is still here, why do you look like this?!" ”

The splitter snatched the stick from Jin Wuwei's hand and was about to fight.

If it was only Concubine Shu who died, the kings were afraid that they would not be able to understand anything, but even Fang Jieyu, who had been quite favored recently, was gone, and the direction of the clues was quite clear.