The prince was busy studying government affairs and going to the Zichen Palace to do his filial piety. Fushun did not wait on the side, but let Chang Shun follow him and sit in the East Palace by himself.
Not as he expected, many 'old acquaintances' approached the door soon.
Some of these old acquaintances had a good relationship with him in the past, while others had hatred with him in the past, and those with hatred were the majority. But now it hurts feelings to raise grievances. Zuo was just a little secret fight when he was young. After so many years, everyone laughed.
About the same age as Fushun, all of them are old monsters who can get along in the palace. Knowing that the situation is inexorable, knowing that you have to bow your head if you want to enjoy your old age in the palace. Fushun is also tacitly aware that when people come to reminisce about old feelings, he is vague.
After going back and forth like this, a lot of people were caught in their hands.
But don't underestimate these, all the masters in this huge palace are only a hundred and ten people, but there are more than a hundred times more slaves. There are many little monsters in the hands of the old monster, and there are many disciples and grandchildren under the little monsters. The palace has always been like this, eunuchs are masters with apprentices, grandfathers with grandsons, and people in the small palace also have masters and various aunts.
Such a large group of people naturally have their own factions. It goes without saying that Empress Xiao and Concubine Xu have been operating in the palace for so many years. As the biggest master in the palace, His Majesty has a lot of people under him. Of course, there are also people who haven't followed, or who want to move after seeing the momentum is not good. Isn't this prince the best and ready-made master now
It is said that the icing on the cake is easy, but it is difficult to deliver charcoal in the snow, but since ancient times, there will be no less hot stoves anywhere. The people of the bright eyes flocked here, for fear of falling behind.
Like Fushun, Aunt Qi did not fall.
The aunt who is in charge of the prince's side may be the Shang Gong who is in charge of the Shang Palace Bureau in the future. How can there be so few people who come close to it? Even here, there are several old sisters who came to reminisce about old love.
The days passed like flowing water, not only Luo Jing was busy, but the people below did not stop. Everyone is preparing to enter the palace in the future. After all, being the owner of this palace is not as simple as imagined.
***
Luo Jing has been running back and forth between Taiji Hall and Zichen Hall since he was canonized as Prince. Every day, I learn to deal with government affairs with the two prime ministers, and come to the Zichen Palace to guard in my spare time. It is said that he has lived in the East Palace, but in fact Luo Jing has stayed in the Zichen Palace for more time than the East Palace.
Everyone said that the crown prince was filial, but Luo Jing knew in his heart whether he was filial or not. He knew very well that whether he wanted it or not in his heart, it had to be so now.
Maybe it was because he knew that his time was short, and that Emperor Xi, who had been stubborn and arrogant, and even did all kinds of ridiculous things before, suddenly changed a lot. It is also possible that he knew that he only had such a son to use. In the short time when he was awake every day, Emperor Xi often called the prince to explain some things in the court to him.
Compared to what the two prime ministers said one-sidedly, what Emperor Xi taught was more specific. After all, having been an emperor for many years, Emperor Xi naturally knew very well the personalities of his subjects and the various factions in the court. Every time Luo Jing listened to him, there was a feeling that the hut was opened.
It's a pity that Emperor Xi's dragon body has been hollowed out long ago, and he was stimulated one after another a few days ago. With the passage of time, his spirit is getting worse and worse day by day, and the time when he is awake is getting shorter day by day. Until now, he has been in a coma for three days and has not woken up for three days.
The water was dripping into ice outside, the wind was biting, and the Zichen Hall was full of people.
There were Empress Xiao, Concubine Xu, several high-ranking concubines of Emperor Xi, and several princesses of different ages. There were women and children in a room, but Luo Jing was the only man.
After the imperial physicians punctured the acupoints with gold needles and poured medicines, Emperor Xi woke up leisurely.
The girls here were crying loudly, Emperor Xi moved his mouth, and Zheng Haiquan leaned over.
"Your Majesty has a life, everyone will step down, leaving the Prince by your side."
Empress Xiao led the female relatives to retreat to the outer hall, leaving only the prince in the inner hall.
Emperor Xi was propped against the soft pillow by Zheng Haiquan, and his face was abnormally rosy. Luo Jing knew that this was the old ginseng soup that was used just now, and now it is a return to light.
"You almost know what you should teach, and Daxi will give it to you in the future."
"Father..."
"The two prime ministers, Xu Ke Ke, Lin Yi weighs the use..."
"My son understands."
These Emperor Xi had already told Luo Jing, and he understood the reason. Although Prime Minister Xu has a faction, he is also a solitary minister. Prime Minister Lin is the exact opposite. Behind him is a family with intertwined roots. The family cannot be used, it cannot be used greatly, and it is the right way to have a restraint and a promotion.
Fortunately, although Emperor Xi had all kinds of bad things, he was quite clear in government affairs. For so many years, the aristocratic family has been suppressed by him, and the Lin family has taken the lead of Lin Jian.
Emperor Xi didn't speak any more, Zheng Haiquan walked in and said softly, "The two prime ministers are here."
"Xuan-"
The outer hall of Zichen Hall was full of people, and the hall was filled with suppressed sobbing.
Everyone's heart is very at a loss, after all, most of the people kneeling here are people who are related to Emperor Xi. A generation of new emperors replaced old emperors. People like them will no longer be the emperor's concubines in the future, but will become concubines. It's okay to have children and daughters. Without children and daughters, you can only waste your whole life in this deep palace.
The one with the calmest mood here is only Empress Xiao, and among this group of people, she is a well-deserved winner. When the new king ascends the throne, she will be the queen mother. The new king does not have a mother, so there will only be a queen mother like her in the harem.
Daxi emphasizes filial piety, and her future honor is conceivable. Even if she doesn't agree with Xinjun, as long as she is the queen mother, Xinjun must respect her, not to mention that the future queen is still her niece.
After about a quarter of an hour, the prince and the two prime ministers stepped out of the inner hall with a solemn expression.
Zheng Haiquan said in a hoarse voice, "Empress Xuan—"
Empress Xiao stood up straight, her eyes were half-drooping, her face was full of endless sorrow, but she held her own identity and endured it, as if others were crying with no image. She took two steps slowly, staggered a bit, and finally couldn't hold back the sadness in her heart and ran into the inner hall.
This scene entered the eyes of Luo Jing and the two prime ministers. Luo Jing's face was calm and calm, while the two prime ministers showed strange expressions.
"Your Majesty..."
Empress Xiao crouched beside the dragon couch, sobbing.
"Min'er, how long have you been married to me?"
"It has been more than forty years since then."
Emperor Xi showed a dazed smile, and the dry and pale lips seemed to murmur a few words, because the voice was too low for Empress Xiao to hear clearly. He raised his hand, and Empress Xiao tried her best to straighten up and sit down on the edge of the couch.
"Min'er, do you regret marrying me?"
Empress Xiao was taken aback, "Never."
"I...I have never regretted marrying you. You are my crown princess, my queen, and my only queen."
Empress Xiao's face was both sad and happy, and tears rolled out again.
"Your Majesty..."
"Now that I'm leaving, are you reluctant?"
"My concubine is very sad..."
Emperor Xi showed an inexplicable smile.
The inner hall was so quiet that a needle could be heard, and Emperor Xi's soft voice suddenly sounded.
"... I give you two choices, walk with me and live, but there is no place for the queen mother... "
Empress Xiao was immersed in grief, and didn't react until Emperor Xi's words were completely finished.
"His Majesty?"
Looking at Empress Xiao's extremely surprised and aggrieved face, Emperor Xi's withered face showed no emotional fluctuations, and the emperor's ruthlessness was vividly reflected at this moment.
It was not until now that Empress Xiao understood that even if this person was too sick to move, as long as he did not die, he was still the emperor of Daxi and her god.
Just why
Why give her this choice
She is supposed to be the Queen Mother of the Virgin in the future, why...
Empress Xiao, who has always been wise and calculated as much as a man's, was completely out of rhythm at this time, and she couldn't even think about why Emperor Xi did this.
Emperor Xi's weak but clear voice sounded again, with a coldness in her eyes that Empress Xiao had never seen before.
"...I don't blame what you and the prince have done. Now - give me your choice..."
This sentence really broke all of Queen Xiao's psychological defenses. She looked up at the man who was his husband in disbelief. The sadness and sadness on her face disappeared completely at this moment, leaving only complete shock and fear.
"His Majesty-"
Emperor Xi closed his eyes tiredly, as if his energy had suddenly disappeared.
"... I have already handed over the edict to the two prime ministers. If you follow me, you will still be my only queen. If you don't leave, the prince will also give you the position of a concubine, so that you can enjoy your old age..."
"Your Majesty, how can you treat your concubine like this, how can you be so cruel..."
Zheng Haiquan came over and helped the hysterical Queen Xiao aside.
Emperor Xi, who was lying on the dragon couch, moved his lips, and his voice was extremely small.
"...Don't blame me for being selfish... Daxi doesn't allow... There is an empress dowager of the Xiao family, and another empress of the Xiao family..."
…
There was a deafening cry in the inner hall, and everyone hurried in.
I saw Emperor Xi lying on the dragon couch with a peaceful face and eyes closed, Zheng Haiquan was crying, and Empress Xiao lay down not far away, crying, not knowing whether she was crying for Emperor Xi or herself.
Until the end, she did not choose the first item. Death is sometimes easy and sometimes hard...
…
In November of the thirty-fifth year of Xiyuan, less than ten days before the thirty-sixth year, Emperor Xi, the third monarch of the Daxi Dynasty, collapsed in the Zichen Hall, along with Concubine Xu Gui. Concubine Xu Gui was loyal, filial, benevolent, and righteous, and could not bear the Emperor Daxing to go west alone, and was willing to accompany him...
***
After the funeral of the late emperor, and before the poster was taken down, it was the enthronement ceremony of the heir emperor.
Because he was in mourning, the heir emperor ordered everything to be simple.
After the enthronement ceremony, the posthumous title of Emperor Daxing was drafted. After constant discussions with the Ministry of Rites, Emperor Daxing was finally pursued by the new emperor Jingdi as "Emperor Gaozong Jingtian, Taoism, honesty, Deqin, Wenzhao, Wuxiaochun".
At the same time, the matter of chasing the concubine Xian and the canonization of Empress Xiao was also put on the charter.
The first noble concubine went after Emperor Xiaochun, and everyone inspired Zhenlie, who accompanied her in life and death. But it would be against the norm to bury the queen with the title of the queen and to be buried with the queen. What's more, there is a former Empress Xiao who is in an embarrassing situation on the side, which makes the civil and military officials, princes, nobles and nobles feel quite difficult.
Unfortunately, this was the last edict left by the late emperor, including the decision not to seal Empress Xiao as the Virgin Empress Dowager. In view of the majesty of the late emperor, although everyone felt that it was unethical, they still did not put forward any refutation.
After all, it's not about oneself hanging up high, and it's not so good when it comes to the victim. When this matter came out, all the members of the Yasukuni Palace were shocked, discussed it all night, and secretly acted.
The next day, a minister wrote a letter, with the proposition of ethics and general principles, and said a lot, only to make it clear that the previous emperor was old and confused, and you still want to let it go? !
This is the first problem that Luo Jing has encountered since taking office as a new monarch. When the late emperor left this edict before his departure, he knew that there would be objections to this matter in the future, as expected.
Luo Jing understands why the late emperor did this, and understands the reasoning. In the end, the late emperor was clearing the way for him, and it was also for Daxi's future.
The minister's letter was like pouring water in a frying pan, and the court was instantly fried. Some ministers have objections in their hearts, and some people take the lead in jumping out, naturally they will not let them go.
The following is a mess, each with its own theory. The two prime ministers, who were the leaders of the civil servants, shrank back at this moment, holding the jade wat and standing silently by the side.
Luo Jing sat on the dragon chair in the palace seat, looking down, his face was calm.
It's not like Luo Jing had never encountered such a situation before. Back then, when he was in the fief, there were often officials from the Chief History Division who quarreled in the Hall of Transport. Of course, the situation was definitely not as intense or grand as this time, but the principles are the same.
The officials below made various rebuttals, and they were very excited. In fact, out of the corner of their eyes, they were still paying attention to the expressions of the new prince above, including the two prime ministers who did not speak, so why not have a tentative mentality.
Experimenting with the new king's style of dealing with people's temperament is also conducive to their respective performance in the court in the future. The superiors grasp the minds of their subordinates, and the inferiors do not always try to figure out the dispositions of the superiors.
Therefore, through the canonization of the former Empress Xiao, it was the first time that the new monarch and the ministers fought each other.
There were also people above the court who understood Emperor Jing's temper, so they didn't participate in it, but huddled aside to watch the show.
This person is Guan Zheng. He doesn't know how well Emperor Jing is, but he knows that Emperor Jing's patience is better than anyone else's. This is proved by his experience of blood and tears for three years.
Sure enough, the noise below was so dry, the man above didn't move, seeing that it was almost noon, and he hadn't said the reason why, the minister couldn't help but feel anxious.
After another half an hour, Emperor Jing, who had not moved, finally spoke.
"Since you haven't figured it out yet, let's discuss it next time."
Fushun shouted from the side, "Retreat to the DPRK—"
With the sound of retreating, the ministers below sighed in relief without realizing it. Looking at Emperor Jing, whose expression did not fluctuate from beginning to end, everyone was at a loss.
The author has something to say: ps: ⊙﹏⊙Khan, get an empress dowager to press on Xiaojing and Xiaohua’s heads, the future will be very sad, plus this empress dowager is so much higher than Xiao’s Taoism , the ancients re-emphasized filial piety...
So for the happy life of Xiaojing and Xiaohua in the future, let's let Lao Xi be selfish... ~(≧▽≦)/~