In March, after the Jurchens withdrew, they left behind a quagmire of erosion, countless corpses piled up outside the city, and gradually the air warmed up, and the stench of corpses began to fill the sky. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Cai Jing felt that he could no longer ride in the carriage, and the feeling of swaying made his whole body uncomfortable. The sedan chair swayed slightly, and occasionally he would open the sedan curtain to look outside, then cover his mouth and nose, frown, and the cries of his relatives dying in this catastrophe would come from far and near.

On the streets, there are still a lot of pedestrians, but they are all coming and going in a hurry. A large number of stonemasons were gathered, various materials for repairing the walls were transported to the northern section of the wall, and the people of the Ministry of Works were already in action.

The old man sighed, lowered the curtain, and looked a little thin and stunned, but he was more surprised that this city of a million people had become panicked now.

Coming out of the Prime Minister's Mansion to the Imperial City, he strengthened his thoughts on the way.

Under the imperial city, the sedan chair swayed and stopped, Cai Jing lifted the curtain and walked out, there were already many large and small officials gathered there at the palace gate, almost all dressed in plain clothes, and saw the old man get off the sedan chair and surrounded him.

"Yesterday and privately, their servants have brought their words. ”

He looked at the imperial city, the ashes filling the air, and exhaled a cloudy breath.

"Yes, we are all Cai Xiangma's first look. Someone answered.

The old man nodded, and then walked in the first place to enter the palace gate, at this time the imperial city was infiltrated in the background of sadness and hesitation, he came here today in fact, to probe the wind, and also to reveal some words to the queen mother.

During the vacuum of imperial power, after the three vassal kings entered the capital, the words of the women in the court would become meaningless.

Vertical arch hall.

After everyone bowed three times and knocked nine times in the main hall where the coffin was parked, they returned here to stand in their respective positions, at this time, the queen mother and the queen had not yet come, Cai Jing closed his eyes and recuperated, and he would also look at Wu Shoushou intentionally or unintentionally, the tall figure over there looked a little tired, stood solemnly, and ignored the sight that came over.

Sandalwood green smoke slowly rose around the Dragon Court, and after that, not long after, a eunuch figure trotted over, brushing the dust, "The Queen Mother and Queen Fengyi arrived, and the hundred officials greeted them." ”

In the hall, hundreds of civil and military people immediately knelt down, shouted in unison, and then heard footsteps. "Rise up, all the ministers. ”

The hoarse female voice above was tired.

After thanking the grace of the two people, Wen Wu led by Cai Jing and Tong Guan, got up and stood on both sides with a solemn expression. In the dragon court above their front, bead curtains were pushed on both sides of the dragon chair to cover it, and the two figures sat in it with great dignity, which was the current Queen Mother Shang Yu and Queen Zheng Wan.

Inside the left side of the shutter, a voice spoke slowly and steadily.

"This palace knows the mood of many of you, the Jurchen has just retreated, the country is in ruins, and it is a critical moment, but His Majesty suddenly left, which is really sad and sad..... It's just that the new emperor has not yet been decided, and it was originally inappropriate to open the dynasty at this time, but there are still many things to do in this country, and everyone is also the elite among the people, so they naturally know how important it is for the dragons to have no leader, and the palace wants to canonize the new emperor first, and then hold the funeral of His Majesty. ”

At the beginning of the article, Cai Jing hugged the wat and bowed down: "The old minister agrees with the holy words of the Queen Mother, Your Majesty is conscientious and conscientious for state affairs, and the court is obvious to all, the Jurchens went south and destroyed my homeland, Your Majesty is even more worried, although the Jurchen fought in a hurry, but it can also be seen that the world is still under Your Majesty's blessings, but it is a pity that the sky is jealous of the talent, Your Majesty is only ten years old, and it is really the sorrow of the Wu Dynasty, when the old minister heard the bad news, he almost fainted, and scolded the sky for being so blind——"

His words were slow, but he was also filled with indignation and sadness, with tears in the corners of his eyes, and in the hall, the rest of the civil and military stood quietly, many of them wiping tears, rendering the atmosphere into a sad color.

Cai Jing continued: "But now that the Jurchens have just retreated, there is also the possibility of coming again, the corpses outside the city and in the north are all over the field, the homes are destroyed, and countless people are waiting for the court, so what the Queen Mother said just now, the old ministers should fully support the new emperor to ascend the throne and preside over this erosive situation." ”

Behind the bead curtain, Shang Yu's weak hand grabbed the handrail tightly, and his phoenix eyes sank, "Then since all the secretaries feel that it is feasible for the new emperor to ascend the throne at this time, His Majesty's only bone and blood, Prince Yi will shoulder the big responsibility, although he is young, but this palace believes that under the teaching of Empress Zheng, he will definitely become a qualified emperor......"

"The Queen Mother—"

Cai Jing below bowed again and interrupted the other party's words, "Although Prince Yi is well-behaved and clever, the Queen Mother also said that this is a great responsibility, and thousands of people in the world are waiting for the blessing of the new emperor. This time His Majesty's funeral, there are many princes from all over the country who come to mourn, it is better to choose one of them to inherit the unification, and it will not damage the royal family. ”

The old man made an impassioned statement, dragging a trembling figure to kneel on the ground, and his white-haired head slammed on the main hall.

"Yes, please ask the Queen Mother to plan for the people of the world, and be gracious-" Behind him, the ministers knelt down in unison.

The Queen Mother bit her lip, trembling with anger, on her other side, Empress Zheng was silent for a while, the bead curtain trembled, and the moment it was opened, she stood up and looked at the ministers over there, her eyes were slightly red.

"What a guts......"

"You are really His Majesty's humerus henchmen.... When he was alive, why didn't he see you so loyal!!" Feng Boots stepped on the red carpet and walked out of the beaded curtain, regardless of the persuasion of the eunuchs on the left and right, she stood in front, but her well-behaved face was cold.

"Your Majesty is gone, but you are jumping out one by one to prevent his only son from inheriting the throne he deserves..... So you're so daring....."

Tears flowed uncontrollably, and the woman stubbornly wiped them away, her voice trembling but with majesty, trying her best to maintain the majesty.

"Do you want to let the palace leave silently and retreat to the cold palace to be a puppet?" she said, stepping down the golden steps with one foot.

When the other foot came down, the voice continued: "Then Bengong tells you, no! No, Prince Yi is the son of Bengong, and Bengong will not give up his son's right to be the sole heir to the throne, not now, in the future.... Even a hundred years from now, even if this palace dies in a coffin, no matter what means you want to use, you can't think about it. ”

Standing in front of the old man with his feet, his eyes contained a lot of complicated feelings, which he had and had never had, looking at Cai Jing, who was pale and gray-haired.

The voice came out in a low voice: "Remember, I am Zheng Wan, the empress of the Wu Dynasty, the wife of Zhao Ji, and the mother of the future emperor, that's it." ”

Zheng Wanfeng's robe flicked, "Scattered Dynasty-"

.....

In a gloomy corner, the side nave.

On the wooden chair, Bai Ning opened his eyes, "This woman..... It seems that Cai Jing, the old dog, will not be satisfied, but he is determined, but I don't know if he can persevere. Nothing matters, though, right. ”

Cao Zhenchun nodded.

Then, his hand slapped on the old eunuch's shoulder, and the figure stood up and walked out, "It's time to surprise the old man." ”

PS: There's only one chapter.,Everyone knows that it's tiring to go to relatives now.,There's not enough time.,It's all about coding words at night.。