This war ultimately ended with Emperor Longqing's great victory.
Although there were many accidents along the way and the number of casualties was unclear, Emperor Longqing won in the end. He not only won over the Prince of Jin, but also won the hearts of the people.
He even won the support of Prince Linjiang - Prince Linjiang's son Chu Jingxing was shot to death by arrows from Prince Jin's rebels.
No matter how naughty and bad Chu Jingxing is, he is still the eldest son of King Linjiang, and the eldest son represents different things.
Therefore, when he learned of Chu Jingxing's death, Emperor Longqing immediately ordered the Ministry of Rites and the Guanglu Temple to handle Chu Jingxing's funeral, and specially buried him with the specifications of a prince.
This was not the only family holding funerals in the capital.
There was an earthquake at the imperial mausoleum and a palace coup in the capital, resulting in many casualties in both places.
Those who stood in the wrong position dared not speak out and buried the person secretly. However, the funerals of people like the powerful cabinet minister Qiao Danian and the Grand Secretary Tang He could not be neglected at all.
In particular, when Tang He was still working in the cabinet, he righteously denounced the commander of the Imperial Guards and others as rebels, and then he resolutely hit the pillar.
Emperor Longqing asked the cabinet to compile a list, and all those who needed to be appeased were rewarded generously. He also personally wrote elegiac couplets and gave them to the families of Tang He and Qiao Danian.
After being so busy for a while, Emperor Longqing did not have a moment to relax, and immediately began to promote people to fill vacancies in the cabinet.
After careful consideration, he added three more people to the cabinet at the recommendation of the Prime Minister.
Qian Shiyun was originally the second assistant minister, and this time he followed Emperor Longqing to the imperial mausoleum. He made great contributions, so his position remained unchanged.
For the remaining position, Emperor Longqing promoted Chen Yushi, the Right Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, and Qin Dong, the Minister of Rites, to the cabinet, and gave the remaining one to Xu Anying.
Only after all these things were done did he announce the decision on the succession.
In fact, there is nothing to discuss. Emperor Longqing only has one son left. What else can be discussed
Many people in the court took the lead in submitting petitions requesting that the fifth prince be made the crown prince.
On the ninth day of the seventh month, Emperor Longqing ordered the fifth prince born to Concubine Peng De to be appointed Crown Prince, and ordered the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to select a good day for the enthronement ceremony.
When the news spread, countless families went to burn incense to their ancestors secretly.
Although Emperor Longqing only had one son left, who knew whether Concubine Lin Shu would give birth to another son.
Who knows whether Emperor Longqing will be partial to the younger prince as he was to the fifth prince before
Now that her status has finally been established, even if Concubine Lin Shu's child is born, the status will have been determined by then and there will be nothing more to worry about.
Besides, everyone is really being tormented.
Lady Qinghe found Young Master Lin in this peaceful and joyful atmosphere. She knelt down before him and begged him with tears and snot to save Uncle Lin.
Uncle Lin was trapped in the palace before, but after Emperor Longqing came back, he dealt with all those who should be dealt with, and the rest were thrown into the Imperial Prison and the Ministry of Justice, waiting to be dealt with.
The wife of the Earl of Qinghe really had no other choice. She was also afraid that her son would follow the same path as her second son and be killed by the Third Master Lin with a single blow. She was frightened for more than ten days. She also knew that the Third Master Lin's position was more secure after this incident, and that Concubine Lin Shu was not affected, so her future would only be more prosperous. After thinking it over again and again, she finally came to the Third Master Lin to surrender and beg for mercy.
Young Master Lin frowned and glanced at her, then asked in a low voice, "I remember that before I left, I advised Big Brother to be careful with his words and actions. But he didn't listen."
The wife of the Earl of Qinghe burst into tears: "It's my fault, it's me, I instigated him to fight for a better future... If you want to blame someone, blame me..."
Young Master Lin stood there calmly and sighed, "It's too late."
He looked at the wife of the Earl of Qinghe. He was not angry but would never give in. "He aided the tyrant. The Empress Defei in the palace pointed out that he was the most vicious one at the beginning. He almost set fire to her and the fifth prince. His case was decided by the saint himself. He was sentenced to death by slow slicing. It is a blessing that his family is not implicated."
The wife of the Earl of Qinghe had lost all strength in her hands. She let go of the corner of Young Master Lin's clothes and let it fall to the ground. She covered her face and cried for a while, then struggled to get up and grabbed Young Master Lin's clothes and refused to let go: "It's all your fault! You are the root of the family's ruin... If it weren't for you..."
Mrs. Qinghe is a person who always blames others for everything and never reflects on herself.
When Young Master Lin saw her return to her old ways, he was not angry. He just gave a cold look at Nanny Lin beside her.
Nanny Lin was shocked. When the second young master died, at least there was still the eldest young master. Now even the eldest young master is gone. Wouldn’t the family business belong to the third young master sooner or later
No matter how dumb she was, she knew the meaning of the four words "the situation is over", so she quickly squatted down to help Madam Qinghe up, and while doing so she couldn't help but whispered to her: "Madam, please restrain yourself..."
Things are different now.
After all, even Grandma Lin had filed for divorce from the Lin family with the support of her family.
The Ying family's attitude was extremely tough. They no longer cared that Mrs. Qinghe was also a member of the Ying family. They were determined to help Grandma Lin get a divorce.
The divorce letters were all ready-made.
The wife of the Earl of Qinghe fell ill due to anger.
This time she was really ill and soon fell into a coma on the bed, unable to get up. When the news reached Lord Qinghe, he did not care much but asked Second Aunt Lin, who had already been widowed, to come out and take care of her mother-in-law.
Compared to the chaos at the Lin family's house, other places were very lively.
Especially the Ping'an Marquis Mansion and Zhennan Prince Mansion, which made great contributions this time, can basically be said to be crowded with guests.
Almost all the guilty have been sentenced. Every family in the capital that was holding a funeral, as well as those who had connections with those families in the past, have all become frightened birds. Unable to enter the palace, they have no choice but to try their luck in the Mansion of Marquis Ping'an and the Mansion of Prince Zhennan.
The Mansion of Marquis Ping'an and the Mansion of Prince Zhennan both closed their doors to visitors.
Prince Zhennan had no time to pay attention to those who came to inquire about the news. He had now become the actual person in charge of the Beijing Camp and had a lot of things to do.
Marquis Ping'an didn't want to get involved in these troubles even more.
People outside couldn't see it, but he knew that the blood in the palace was probably enough to fill up those wells.
Empress Fang's betrayal made Emperor Longqing particularly irritable. Often a single word could make him so angry that someone would lose their life.
For this reason, even if he had made great contributions, he dared not go beyond the line. Thinking of the corpses in the palace, he sighed, turned his head solemnly and looked at the wife of Marquis Ping'an.
The wife of the Marquis of Ping An turned around and saw that he looked unhappy, so she asked worriedly, "Have you been too busy in the palace recently? Do you want to find an imperial physician to take a look?"