Suddenly, Zhang Yunzheng in front of Shen Wen disappeared. In an instant, Shen Wen felt that he was sucked into a body. He was so dull that he couldn't breathe, and he couldn't even lift his hands. Su Wanniang, who was wiping her face beside her, exclaimed: "She's awake!" hurriedly shook Shen Wen: "Miss! Sister!" Su Wanniang, who had cried many times, burst into tears again.
Shen Wen heard Su Wanniang's cry, opened her eyes vigorously, murmured with wooden lips: "Don't cry..."
Su Wanniang nodded and cried, "It's great that you're alive..."
Shen Wen hummed: "Life is so wonderful..." What she said was a life that would never disappear. Life and death in this world are just transformations of forms. How lucky to have such a life!
Naturally, Su Wanniang didn't understand, and she just kept saying, "Sister, don't be too hard on yourself, as long as you are alive, you can't arrange anything? You must not be dying, what can mother do?"
Shen Wen couldn't even move his head, and tried to say: "Yes, I figured it out."
Only then did Su Wanniang feel relieved, and hurriedly asked people to tell Yang Shi and Liu Shi that they all came to see Shen Wen, so naturally they burst into tears again.
In Pingyuanhou's mansion, Zhang Yunzheng opened his eyes suddenly, Li Shi and Pingyuanhou next to him were shocked, Li hurried over and grabbed his hand, calling repeatedly: "My son! My son! You are back!"
Zhang Yunzheng didn't lie down for a long time, and he was still numb. He raised his hand and looked at it. Seeing that his hand was empty, he frowned and said, "I'm back? It's fine over there..."
Li cried: "How could you be so cruel? How could you leave your mother behind?!"
Marquis Pingyuan cursed with tears in his eyes: "You unfilial son! If something happened to you, how would you let your mother live?! You let me..." He stopped and couldn't speak.
Zhang Yunzheng remembered what Shen Wen said to her grandmother and grandfather over there, and said clumsily: "Father, mother, I love you too."
As soon as he said this, Li Shi burst into tears, Ping Yuanhou also shed a tear, and cursed: "Little brat!"
Zhang Yunming who was watching by the side also came over and said, "Brother, it's good that you come back, hurry up and give him something to drink." He chased Zhang Yunzheng all the way back, knowing how hard it was.
Zhang Yunjin brought over the soup and said with tears in his eyes, "Second brother, don't go."
Zhang Yunzhao also came over and said, "Second Brother, I won't fight with you anymore."
Mrs. Li took the soup bowl and wanted to feed Zhang Yunzheng. Zhang Yunzheng struggled to get up, drank it, and said to Ping Yuanhou: "I brought her back! But I still go and ask, if she dares to lie to me, I will chase her again."
Marquis Pingyuan scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about! Go to bed first! I will ask people to inquire."
Mrs. Li was not able to choose a daughter-in-law for her son by herself, so she was somewhat reluctant, but in order to comfort Zhang Yunzheng, she said: "You take a good rest, this is for you to let your mother handle it for you." Marriage matters should be handled by the parents. It's decided, and it's not right to make love in private, but thinking that Zhang Yunzheng has just come back from the dead and made a promise to him, it's not easy to blame him at this time.
Zhang Yunzheng didn't think about it anymore, he yawned: "I'm so sleepy!" As soon as he fell over, he fell asleep again. Zhang Yunming hurried to feel his pulse, and found that the pulse was stable, so he was really relieved.
After Li's great grief, she was very tired, and was supported by Zhang Yunming and others to go back to the bedroom to rest. Ping Yuanhou hurriedly went to the Eight Diagrams Array to ask the old Taoist to thank him.
The old Taoist was sweating and his clothes were wet, holding on to the table to pant, Mao Daochang also looked dumbfounded, and the little Taoist sat on the chair frowning.
Marquis Pingyuan gave a deep salute to the old Taoist priest, and said, "Thank you for the Taoist priest's practice."
The old Taoist shook his head, pointed at the little Taoist, Ping Yuanhou saluted the little Taoist again, and said, "Thank you little Taoist."
The little Taoist blinked, stood up and returned the salute solemnly, and said, "Thank you for the hospitality of the Hou Mansion for so many days." His tone was very calm. The old Taoist priest Mao Daochang and Ping Yuanhou were all taken aback, and the young Taoist priest saluted the old Taoist priest again: "Thank you, Master, for taking care of me for so many years."
The old Taoist was frightened: "You are still... still..."
The little Taoist nodded and said, "I am still, but I am not anymore..."
The old Taoist asked tremblingly: "Then you... what are you..."
The little Taoist said sadly: "Master, I... I have become the person you said at the beginning..." With psychic ability, I can see through the past and the present.
Although the little Taoist finally became the person the old Taoist hoped for, the old Taoist suddenly became sad and said with a tongue-tied voice: "Can... can I go back?"
The little Taoist shook his head slowly, helped the old Taoist's arm and said, "Master, let's go back to the mountain. I want to meditate in the mountain."
The old Taoist asked, "Is it because you still saw the skeleton?"
The little Taoist shook his head again: "I can't see the skeletons anymore, I can see their thoughts, their past, present and future..."
Both the old Taoist and Taoist Mao were shocked, and the old Taoist asked, "Is it because, because you went there?"
The little Taoist said: "Yes, master, I saw a fairyland."
The old Taoist opened his mouth halfway: "Okay, okay, let's go back to the mountain and practice hard..."
After hearing this, Daoist Mao suddenly felt that he had wasted half his life, and he didn't want to bother anymore, so he said, "I will go back with you to practice."
The old Taoist was puzzled: "Don't you go back to the Xiaoyun Temple? Although the alchemy room was blown up, the temple is still there, and the alchemy room can be rebuilt."
Daoist Mao shook his head: "I had a dream the day before yesterday. I dreamed that I was accused by the enthroned crown prince as a demon. He killed the first emperor with Danshi medicine, and then he was burned to death. It's just like what my senior brother said. I have repented now. , People who practice Taoism mix common things, don’t they give up peace and seek disaster? Now I just want to go back to the way I was when I was a child with my master and brother, to cultivate my heart and mind, so as to ascend to the immortal path.”
Marquis Pingyuan naturally wouldn't obstruct the Taoist priests' practice, so he asked people to reward the three of them heavily, but the old Taoist priest only took the necessary money and left with the young Taoist priest and Taoist master Mao.
The three returned to the mountain, and the little Taoist really started to practice, from drawing symbols to chanting mantras, he was very serious. The old Taoist often misses that lazy child, and secretly blames himself for having opened up the talent of the little Taoist. The little Taoist found out and told him about the world he saw there. The old Taoist was surprised: "It's really so beautiful?"
The little Taoist nodded: "That's why I have to practice hard, and I will take my master with me in the future." The old Taoist invented gunpowder, which was stained with blood, and he will need to help his master when the time comes.
With tears in his eyes, the old Taoist nodded and said, "Okay, okay, I will definitely go with you."
Zhang Yunzheng woke up and went to see Marquis Pingyuan, Marquis Pingyuan told him that someone went to ask, and Miss Shen Er from Zhenbeihou's mansion also woke up, they just said a few words, Zhang Yunming entered the door with a sad expression, Ping Yuanhou asked: "What's the matter with you?"
Zhang Yunming sighed: "It seems that the fourth prince is going to be emperor."
Marquis Pingyuan snorted: "I was in the court at that time, the third prince was such a fool! It's fine not to be the emperor, otherwise the court will be chaotic."
Zhang Yunzheng understood: "Oh! It must be because of this... I will live in that courtyard." Shen Wen will go to that courtyard soon, right
Marquis Pingyuan said sharply: "No!" This is a major matter related to etiquette, since the parents know, they have to take care of this matter, how can they go on a private date again
Zhang Yunming also said: "You are all grown up now, you can no longer use that yard to meet each other."
Zhang Yunzheng lost energy immediately, and muttered: "Then you guys hurry up and propose marriage, I can go live..."
Marquis Pingyuan said angrily: "You can't go at any time! Now the old lady just died in that mansion, how can you propose marriage?"
Zhang Yunzheng stared and said, "What are you talking about?! We have to plan the next step!"
Ping Yuanhou was surprised: "What next step?!"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "We are going to an island to establish a new system. There will be no emperor. Everyone will follow the consensus..."
Marquis Pingyuan was puzzled: "Why is this so?"
Zhang Yunzheng looked at Zhang Yunming: "Didn't you tell dad?"
Marquis Pingyuan looked at Zhang Yunming: "What's going on?!"
Zhang Yunzheng said to Marquis Pingyuan: "Isn't the fourth prince going to be the emperor?"
Ping Yuanhou frowned: "So what?"
Zhang Yunzheng looked at Zhang Yunming again, and Zhang Yunming said without confidence: "It's just... I went to pick up my brother and the others, and found..."
Ping Yuanhou stared at Zhang Yunming: "What did you find?!"
Zhang Yunming moved away from Pingyuanhou, and got closer to Zhang Yunzheng: "I found that the fourth prince is with them..."
"What?! What does this mean?!" Although Ping Yuanhou understood it in his heart, he still asked involuntarily, and his body began to break out in cold sweat.
Zhang Yunzheng said: "That is, when we went to the border, the Fourth Prince went with us..."
Ping Yuanhou shouted loudly: "What is he going to do?!"
The two brothers backed away from the perverted Ping Yuanhou, Zhang Yunzheng argued: "He just wants to hang out with us..." At that time, he thought it was normal.
Ping Yuanhou scolded angrily: "What are you playing?! How can you take a prince out for fun?! Don't tell me that he knows the whole process of this matter and our details!"
Zhang Yunming and Zhang Yunzheng looked at each other and nodded quickly.
Ping Yuanhou was also almost stunned by anger, pointing at the two people and said: "You...you two... prodigal sons!" He suddenly said: "This is why Miss Shen Er died?! He still went to call her and beat her to death!" Didn't hide the fact of waking up? Confused! Let her escape!"
Zhang Yunming said a little depressed: "Even if she is really dead, the fourth prince will probably think she is a death escape. The fourth prince is quick-witted, and I can never beat him in chess..."
Ping Yuanhou patted the handle of the chair: "Idiots! You two idiots! A group of idiots! You can't do things well without a hair on your mouth! I could have retired in peace, but now..." He and Shen Wen had very similar thoughts, thinking that if the new emperor knew him With his strength, he will never let his family go.
Zhang Yunzheng hurriedly said: "So we have to act quickly!"
Marquis Pingyuan sat down on the chair and sighed: "It's over! We really have to move quickly, I don't know if it will be too late..."
Zhang Yunzheng said excitedly: "It's okay! She said that the island is very big, the climate is particularly good, and the flowers and plants are flourishing..."
Ping Yuanhou waved his hand: "Get out! Get out of here, all of you! Let me be quiet, or I'll beat you two brats to death!"
Zhang Yunming and Zhang Yunzheng hurried out of the hall, Zhang Yunzheng said dissatisfiedly: "How old are we, why are you still calling me a brat?"
Zhang Yunming gritted his teeth and said, "It's all your fault!"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Hey, hey! It doesn't seem to be your business. I remember that you were very rude to the fourth prince at that time..."
Zhang Yunming raised his hand: "Shut up! I'm in a mess right now! I want to hit someone too..."
Zhang Yunzheng curled his lips indifferently, and said, "Why are you all so afraid of this? What's so great about dying? I'm happy to be there, who wants to come back..."
Zhang Yunming punched him: "You bastard! Mother cried like that..."
Zhang Yunzheng yelled: "Who's messing around?! Didn't I come back?!..." The two brothers started fighting, and their servants cheered on.
Marquis Pingyuan was stunned in the room for a long time, he laughed wryly when he heard the voice outside, and sighed in a low voice: "Forget it, it's nothing to go to the island, the new emperor has no wings now, we should still have time..." He sent someone to chase him The third prince said that he was sick and could not go to the border, and let the third prince take full control of the army - Zhang Yunzheng could retreat with a hundred people against hundreds of thousands of people. It doesn't matter whether you go or not, let the third prince go and have fun.
Then he thought that those were all designed by his future second daughter-in-law, and he felt somewhat burdened—this woman is too powerful! Probably only someone who is fearless like his second son dares to marry, and he doesn't seem to think that the other party is anything special at all. For a moment, he was very proud of Zhang Yunzheng, and felt that this little brat could be regarded as a real man. He also thought that with such a daughter-in-law, the family should be able to keep it.
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The fourth prince had a dream, dreaming that he was imprisoned for twenty years surrounded by high walls, and finally died without a sound... He woke up, and the depression in the dream still remained in his chest.
The whole day, he was silent and his thoughts were heavy, never thinking that he was deeply tabooed by others.
Since the third prince of Chaotang gave up the throne that day, the fourth prince became a hot topic in a short while. In the palace, as soon as he left the courtyard, he would see groups of eunuchs and court ladies coming over to salute him warmly, which made him dare not leave the courtyard at all, and even ordered the servant Ding to never let anyone into his courtyard.
Although he did not go to court, the ministers came to see him in groups on the grounds of state affairs, lobbying the fourth prince one by one to persuade Bei Rong that the threat of Beirong was not eliminated, and asked the fourth prince to promise to ascend the throne as soon as possible. The fourth prince has never made a statement, but so what? The third prince is not here, and the old emperor is lying down and drooling every day. A country cannot be without a master, who else can have it but him
The ministers don't care about the silence of the fourth prince, and the fourth prince doesn't care about the Beirong invasion that the ministers are worried about. He knows that the current chaos is a cover-up! It was originally prepared for the Third Prince! Servant Ding said that the Second Miss Shen of Zhenbeihou's Mansion had died, and the Fourth Prince deeply suspected that the Second Miss Shen had escaped from death. How could she die? She originally arranged this situation to force the ministers to support the third prince as soon as possible. The fourth prince dared to bet that within a month after the enthronement ceremony, news of a great victory would come from the north. It was a good start, and then Zhenbei Hou took advantage of the gratitude of the new emperor and retreated bravely... Now that he has picked up these cheap things, if Second Miss Shen really dies, she is probably pissed off.
The fourth prince is also entangled, this is not the life he wants! In his previous life, it seemed that what Miss Shen Er once said was that he was confined to death. Will he still be in prison for the rest of his life in this life? He sent people to look for the third prince outside the city several times, trying to see if there was still a chance to save the situation and fight for his own freedom, but the third prince could not see anyone. The fourth prince wanted to pretend to be casual and meet the third prince in person, and then begged him. But now the status of the fourth prince is extraordinary, people who knew Ding Neishi did not dare to take money to let the fourth prince out of the palace, fearing that this is the future emperor trying to test them. Ding Neishi finally bribed the buyer in the palace with his old nose, saying that he would take an eunuch to go shopping together, and the other party finally said yes. Waiter Ding asked the fourth prince to put on the eunuch's clothes, blurred his face, and went to the backyard of the imperial dining room together before dawn. Because the buyer had never seen the fourth prince, and this "eunuch" was not lame, he didn't think about the fourth prince, and Ding Neishi gave them a lot of money, so he agreed to let them go out of the palace with the car.
The sun showed their heads, they got off the carriage in the palace at the vegetable market, and agreed with the buyer to see you in three hours, Ding's waiter hurriedly pulled the fourth prince into the car that had been notified to the Jiang family earlier, and changed in the car. He took off the eunuch's clothes and asked the coachman to go out of the city.
Ding Neishi was very disturbed, and said to the fourth prince in the car: "Your Highness, there are only two of us, nothing will happen, right?" The fourth prince is about to become the emperor, is it unsafe to come out like this
The fourth prince had to get up in the middle of the night to wipe his face, put on eunuch clothes, and didn't eat breakfast. Come out! Then I don’t have to go back to the palace!”
Ding Neishi didn't know whether to fear or yearn, he stammered: "Don't...don't..." He suddenly realized that he couldn't say "No" to the fourth prince. Did it seem to be a bit of an instruction, so he changed his words and said: "No... no... something happened."
The two walked through the city. In the early morning, every family lit a fire to cook, the courtyard was opened for cleaning, shops opened one after another, and people began to come and go on the street. When they stopped at an intersection and waited for pedestrians to pass through, they heard people having breakfast in a roadside restaurant discussing fiercely: "...the third prince gave up the country!"
"That's right! I heard it's because Miss Shen..."
"Oh! I don't love Jiangshan and beautiful women!"
"Third Prince is really an affectionate person..."
"I like the third prince. He is a stalwart husband who can fight for the country! It's a pity not to be the emperor!"
"What kind of person is the Fourth Prince?"
"I heard that he used to go to Guanyi Pavilion to watch and play chess, and he has been guarding the imperial tomb all these years."
"How many things the third prince has done these years, and the fourth prince has done nothing, how could he..."
"Hey, you can't talk about this casually..."
The car moved again, and the fourth prince was even more depressed. Hearing those people mentioned Guanyi Pavilion, he said, "I want to go to Guanyi Pavilion to have a look."
Waiter Ding hurriedly told the coachman, the carriage detoured a long way, and walked slowly outside Guanyi Pavilion, the fourth prince raised the curtain of the carriage, and saw that Baoguan was just at the door. Bao Guanren is much older and his temples are gray. He talked and laughed with someone: "...I like the fourth prince! I played chess with him at that time! He is very polite! He is very good at chess! Since All future emperors have played chess with me, don't you want to play against me?"
The long-winded guy ran out to help: "If you play chess with my boss, the tea is free!"
The man nodded and said: "So, I will have the audacity to ask the officials for advice."
Bao Guanren's face was radiant, "Hey! Don't be so polite! What are you asking for advice, we are talking by hand! Please hurry up! The private seat..."
The long-winded man shouted: "Top-grade clear tea! Four small dishes!" The three walked into the Guanyi Pavilion.
The fourth prince remembered that he came here to play chess casually at that time, staring at the street with a cup of tea in a daze, his eyes were moist for a while. The carriage passed Guanyi Pavilion, and the fourth prince was still twisting his neck and looking behind from the window.
When they arrived at the military barracks outside the city, people were busy packing their luggage and weapons, but Ding Neishi went to inquire and said that they were leaving the next day. The fourth prince hastily sent word to go in, saying that he wanted to enter the camp to meet the third prince.
The third prince was looking at the map with Young Master Ye and talking about the marching distance. Hearing that the fourth prince was outside the camp, he and Young Master Ye walked to the gate of the camp. The third prince did not go out of the camp, but said to the fourth prince after a dozen steps: "Fourth brother, go back! I will go to the border gate tomorrow. If there is anything, just send me a letter after you ascend the throne."
The fourth prince felt like crying again, and saluted the third prince, but there were thousands of words, so far away, what could he say? I can only keep repeating: "Third Brother... Third Brother... Can you..."
The third prince didn't want to hear it, so he cupped his fists, said nothing, and turned back to the camp. Seeing that Young Master Ye beside him was also leaving with the third prince, the Fourth Prince shouted, "Young Master Ye!"
Young Master Ye didn't dare to ignore the Fourth Prince like the Third Prince, so he hurriedly turned around and walked over.
Looking at the figure of the third prince going away, the fourth prince was so depressed that he wanted to beat the third prince up. He frowned and asked Mr. Ye, "What do you want to do?"
Young Master Ye blinked, not understanding what the fourth prince meant - he was the third prince's chief aide, so naturally he followed the third prince. While he was hesitating, the Fourth Prince withdrew his gaze, looked at Young Master Ye and said, "Go and tell him, I want someone from him! At least leave me his staff and help me."
Mr. Ye was taken aback, and the fourth prince said angrily: "Brother Sanhuang just took the burden off like this! What should I do? My eyes are darkened, and I don't know anything. If you don't help me, don't you let the courtiers of Lu's family be the courtiers?" My staff officer?"
Young Master Ye was startled: In that case, wouldn't those who follow the Third Prince have a good life? The people on the Third Prince's side should indeed stay. However, does this count as betraying the master
Probably seeing the hesitation of Mr. Ye, the fourth prince threatened: "If he doesn't agree, don't leave! I will run too. I am going out of the city in plain clothes now, just two people, let's see who runs faster! Go! I will wait here Echo!"
Young Master Ye was startled, and hurried to chase after the third prince.
The fourth prince was waiting outside the camp with his attendant Ding, and when he remembered what he had just said to Young Master Ye, he suddenly had an impulse—he can indeed run! Just walk away! The wealth of the Jiang family can allow him to live comfortably for the rest of his life, not to mention, he can take Wanniang to that island, and open up a new world with Shen Wen and the others...
The fourth prince had tears in his eyes - he found that he couldn't go. He really didn't want to be emperor, but when he was pushed into this position, he couldn't run away. Perhaps in the depths of his mind, he knew that the third prince was right: compared with the two of them, he was more able to sit still. He admired the freedom and ease of the third prince, and he had the courage to refuse in the face of the supreme power, but he couldn't shirk this burden.
The eldest son Ye caught up with the third prince and told him what the fourth prince said. The third prince smiled: "He is right, you should stay and help him. Don't worry, my mother and concubine once told me that the full Only concubine Jiang Shu in the palace will not harm others, so my fourth brother must also have a good heart, and he will not treat you badly."
Young Master Ye was in tears: "Your Highness..."
The third prince waved his hand: "I will be guarding the border in the future. It is useless to have civil servants, let alone Shen San and the others. It is a good thing that I have contacts here if you are in the capital. Thank you." You have worried about me all these years."
Young Master Ye choked up and said, "Your Highness..."
The third prince snapped: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you? We've been friends for so many years, don't forget."
The two of them said a few more words, and the eldest son Ye formally saluted and said goodbye. He was very uncomfortable, but what the third prince thought was that he would be able to travel north immediately, with a beautiful journey, and then he would see Shen Xiang... He was not sad at all, It's like forgetting friends after seeing sex. Of course, Mr. Ye didn't know it, he only said that the third prince was righteous, he had the heart and spirit of a man, and he was an upright gentleman. In the future, when I am in the court, if I want to protect the third prince, I must not allow anyone to harm him.
Young Master Ye left the barracks and went into the city with the fourth prince. They agreed to enter the palace the next day to work for the fourth prince, so they broke up. The fourth prince changed back to the eunuch's uniform, and returned to the palace with Ding Neishi.
Because the third prince was about to leave, he was still leading the army alone. At night, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep. He read the military book under the lamp, and when he lifted the curtain, a person flashed in.
The third prince suddenly raised his head, saw the face of the person coming, jumped up, and shouted: "Master!" Then choked up, and said with tears in his eyes: "I knew you would not die! I knew it! ..." He bowed deeply, because he was only staring at Eunuch Gu's face, and he didn't notice that Eunuch Gu was missing half of his arm.
Eunuch Gu was a little moved when he saw the third prince showing his true feelings, and asked directly, "You really don't want to be emperor?"
The third prince shook his head and said, "I don't want to! I hate that place so much! As soon as I go back there, I feel uncomfortable! My mother and concubine said at that time that she wanted to live outside the palace, such as spring, summer, autumn and winter. I couldn't do it when she was alive." , now that I can leave the palace, I won’t go back.”
Eunuch Gu nodded slowly, and the third prince said: "Master, come with me! The fourth prince will definitely give me a fief right away after he ascends the throne, and I will pay respects to the master."
Eunuch Gu shook his head: "I want to go back to the palace."
The third prince was taken aback: "Why?"
Eunuch Gu seemed to be sneering: "I'm going to take care of your royal father."
The third prince sighed when he recalled the imperial edict ordering his life. Eunuch Gu said: "You don't have to worry, I will watch for you in the palace." The implication of this is naturally that if someone harms you, I will tell you. In fact, he was going to kill the emperor that night, so that the third prince could ascend the throne when he came back, but when he was about to do it, he smelled the fragrance of Concubine Chen Guifei's clothes. If he is by his side, Concubine Chen Gui must be here. He suddenly felt that he couldn't kill an elderly man in front of the woman he liked, that would appear invincible. What's more, if the emperor died, wouldn't he go to Concubine Chen Guifei first? What should the emperor do to bully Concubine Chen? So he temporarily changed his mind and decided to stay by the emperor's side and not let him die in front of him.
Only then did the third prince see Eunuch Gu's severed arm, and said in surprise, "Master, what happened to your arm?"
Eunuch Gu said: "It was cut off on purpose to get rid of the poison."
The third prince said to Eunuch Gu with tears in his eyes: "Master, I still hope that Master will be with me. I will take care of Master and take care of Master until the end of his life."
Eunuch Gu seemed to smile, and said in a low voice: "You are a good boy." Then he flashed out of the tent, and the third prince chased him out, but there was no one outside.
The next day, the army outside the city headed north, and the merchants in the capital gave out food and money, and the people in the towns along the way provided assistance, but the government was not very active. Everyone knows that the third prince does not want to be emperor, so the new emperor must be the fourth prince. If you help the third prince now, will the new emperor hold him accountable in the future
After the third prince left the city, it was the grand ceremony for the new emperor's ascension to the throne.
Because there is no news from the north, and the country may still be in war, the ministers wished that the fourth prince would be enthroned immediately to show that the country is in control. It would be best for the third prince to leave, so as not to have to bow down to the new emperor, the third prince should be the emperor, how embarrassing it would be. So preparations for the enthronement ceremony were very hasty, all preparations were kept simple, and even the dragon robe was modified from the old emperor's dragon robe.
On the morning of his ascension to the throne, the fourth prince really didn't want to get up, but Ding Nei waiter pulled him up in a daze, combed his hair and dressed him after washing, and the fourth prince almost limped to the main hall while being carried.
According to the rules of the former dynasty, the first emperor can ascend the throne a few days after his death, but now the old emperor is still alive, and there is no will. The only edict was not only burned with several big holes, but according to what the fourth prince read, it was not for him. .
Therefore, many procedures have to be modified: salute in front of the lying old emperor, show respect, issue enthronement edict, amnesty the world, accept the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, ascend to the throne, be worshiped by all officials, and then go to the Taimiao to worship ancestors.
The fourth prince saluted the old emperor stiffly, and listened indifferently to the Ministry of Rites reading the edict of amnesty and enthronement aloud, respecting him as Emperor Wen. Someone knelt to present the imperial seal to him, the fourth prince took it and almost dropped it on the ground, Ding Nei waiter hurriedly stepped forward to help him to the dragon chair.
The fourth prince held the Chuanguo Yuxi in one hand, feeling so heavy that he wanted to throw it away. Beside the dragon chair, the old emperor pouted his mouth, looked ferociously, and looked at him fiercely. The old emperor also had a dream. In the dream, the country was destroyed and the capital was moved, but he successfully ransacked the two prefectures. However, he crossed the Yangtze River and soon after he settled in the south, he died of abdominal pain, presumably because he ate diamond powder. He woke up extremely irritable, feeling that the dream and reality were not good, but no matter how much emotion he felt, he couldn't express it, he could only drooling vigorously.
The fourth prince looked at his father with unfriendly eyes, and thought that his father still hated him for changing the imperial edict. He closed his eyes, stopped looking at the old emperor, mustered up his courage, slowly walked up to the dragon seat, and sat down slowly.
All of a sudden, the drums, music, shengxiao, and all the officials came to pay homage, shouting long live, but the fourth prince showed no excitement or joy: At the banquet at the Ji Zhai, when Second Miss Shen waved her hand drunk, he had already glimpsed in his mind The scene at this time! At that time, he didn't believe in such a possibility at all. To be on the safe side, he even did some things to help the third prince ascend the throne, but who would have thought that now that he is still sitting here, he has not escaped the arrangement of fate after all. At that time, in the phantom in the bilge, the palace in the fairyland was magnificent, and his mother once said that he could go back if he was "selfless". He thought that the so-called "selflessness" was not to be greedy for the throne. He thought it was too easy, and he didn't want to sacrifice his life for this seat that Second Miss Shen called a cesspit. But who would have thought that "selflessness" would take away his selfishness for future life! The freedom and ease he yearns for most!
The scenes of the northward trip that year were played out before his eyes again. Zhang Yunzheng also said that they were too ignorant that time: in the winter, he walked through the disaster area and saw countless tragedies. He had no food or drink. He was seriously ill at the border. He almost died... But now I understand that God took pity on him and gave him the most precious journey: that burning youth, pure love and friendship, loyalty to share life and death...
He will never have such a journey again in this life. His world is fixed here, even if he can go out, he will be surrounded by layers of officials, received by officials, waste money all the way, listen to sweet words, no one can treat each other with sincerity... Will he end up like his father? The emperor is like this, waiting for death alone? Will he think hard, but just like all the emperors in history, he can't break free from the road to destruction? Will he be gradually overcome by his selfish desires, lose his true heart, and never see the court in heaven again? …
After all the officials in the palace paid homage, the new emperor got on the imperial chariot and went to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices to the ancestors, the country and the people.
In the majestic Taimiao, the tablets of ancestors and ancestors are enshrined, and the new emperors bow down one by one. It stands to reason that he should feel sacred and noble, and he is now a member of the Supreme, but what Miss Shen Er said during that trip, "The one who is the greatest harm to the world, you are only a gentleman" always echoed in his mind, It made him feel absurd, and he couldn't get into the role no matter what.
Seeing that the new emperor was so indifferent, the courtiers felt a little uneasy. The fourth prince is either mentally underdeveloped and slow to respond, so he is not excited, or he is a deep-minded person, but how old is the new emperor? Twenty-two three, you can be so calm now, how will you be able to do it in the future? who can fight...
After the ceremony was completed, it was getting dark, and the new emperor returned to his bedroom, too tired to speak. Ding Neishi wanted to speak several times, but seeing the new emperor's face, he didn't dare to mention it.
At dawn the next day, Ding's servant called the new emperor to get up.
After breakfast, the sleepy new emperor was just about to go to court when Ding Neishi finally knelt down. The new emperor was surprised and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Ding Neishi swallowed and said: "Your Majesty, these servants... have been really loyal all these years, and have never had half-hearted thoughts..."
The new emperor frowned: "Why do you call yourself a slave again? As I said, you don't have to call yourself that. What are you going to say?"
Big tears flowed from the corner of Ding Neishi's eyes: "Your Majesty! Please Your Majesty... Please Your Majesty..."
The new emperor suddenly had a strange feeling: Did Ding Neishi ask his mother for himself in this way? He said softly, "Speak."
Ding Neishi did not dare to look at the new emperor: "Please Your Majesty... please spare Rose..." Rose once disguised herself as the fourth prince and guarded the imperial mausoleum for a year! Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, he is the Son of Heaven! A demigod-like existence, his name can't be mentioned, his birthday is top secret, and ordinary people can't look at him without his permission... How can he allow a person who can replace himself to be fake to live
Tears also welled up in the eyes of the new emperor: founding the country and killing the heroes!
Ding Nei didn't raise his head, and continued: "Your Majesty! Rose has no bad intentions, he is really a good man! He will never do anything against His Majesty! Slaves... Slaves pledge their lives!" His life is fine. But Rose can tell those ghost stories and loves to talk. If he is dumb, he must not be able to live happily anymore, so he should protect him with his own life.
After not hearing the sound for a long time, Ding Neishi raised his head and saw the new emperor crying silently. He was frightened and asked, "Your Majesty! What's wrong with you?!"
The new emperor said in a hoarse voice: "Call me Young Master Jiang, as long as you call me Young Master and don't call yourself a slave, but call 'I', I promise you..."
Ding Neishi hesitated for a moment, but for the sake of Rose, he had to take a risk, and said timidly: "Jiang...Jiang...Master...Please...Please...Answer...Promise...Slave...I..." He felt that he had committed a great crime and was terrified! I hope that the new emperor will not hate him because of this...
The new emperor nodded: "I swear, I will never attack the rose, I will not attack the people who helped me, and I will not kill the heroes..."
Waiter Ding cried loudly: "Thank you! Thank you Your Majesty... Young Master..."