clang, clang, clang...
The melodious bell rang for three consecutive rounds, and the two brothers looked at each other in the study. After a long while, Sun Shaozu asked suspiciously, "It seems like twenty-seven?"
It is indeed twenty-seven.
In the Great Zhou system, the Jingyang bell will ring seven times, announcing the official start of the early morning; sixteen times, it is an emergency situation, and the civil and military officials are called to enter the palace to discuss matters.
As for the round of twenty-seven sounds and the round of thirty-six sounds, it heralds the national mourning of the death of the emperor and empress. If there are no special circumstances, officials above the fifth rank in the capital of Beijing will all go to the palace to pay tribute to their filial piety.
Both the emperor and the Supreme Emperor died thirty-six times, and now there are twenty-seven, naturally it has nothing to do with Emperor Guangde and his son.
It should be that among the empress dowager, queen, and prince [adult], someone died suddenly.
uh~
If the emperor's biological mother dies, it should also be included in the twenty-seven national mourning.
"It shouldn't be the Empress and the Crown Prince."
Sun Shaozong pondered: "I don't know if it's the empress dowager or the concubine..."
Having said that, he and Sun Shaozu looked at each other, and they were both a little uneasy.
One of these two is the wife of the emperor who has accompanied the emperor for 60 years, and the other is the biological mother of the current emperor. If he died of terminal illness, it would be nothing.
But now suddenly and inexplicably sudden death...
Maybe there will be another huge wave inside and outside the court!
"Let's go."
Sun Shaozu said immediately: "You go and change your clothes first. I will ask Zhao Zhongji to go to the street to inquire and see if I can be sure which noble person went."
As the saying goes, it's a blessing, not a disaster, and a disaster can't be avoided. Right now, we can only take one step at a time.
Sun Shaozong returned home worried. Ruan Rong had already asked Xiangling to understand the meaning of the bell, so she had already prepared plain clothes.
After hurriedly changing, Sun Shaozong turned back to the front yard, only to see the elder brother talking to Zhao Zhongji under the second porch.
"how?"
He hurried a few steps, stepped forward and asked, "Have you found out which noble person in the palace went?"
The cheap elder brother raised his chin at Zhao Zhongji with a strange look, and Zhao Zhongji hurriedly replied: "If you return to the second master, it is not a noble person in the palace..."
"what?!"
Sun Shaozong was shocked: "Could it be that something happened to His Royal Highness?!"
This shouldn't be the case. The prince was fine two days ago, and now he is under heavy protection. It stands to reason that there should be an accident...
"Not the prince either."
Zhao Zhongji shook his head and said, "I heard that Prince Yizhong died."
righteous…
Is Prince Yizhong dead? !
Sun Shaozong seemed to have been hit by a sap suddenly.
Since crossing into this world, Prince Yizhong has been showing his presence all the time, first forcing the original owner to leave the country, and then gradually revealing the identity of the transmigrator's predecessor.
Coupled with his secret cronies, Sun Shaozong has always regarded him as a BOSS!
Especially after he went to the palace two days ago, Prince Yizhong's strange behavior made Sun Shaozong secretly startled, as if raising his level of danger to the level of the ultimate boss.
But who would have thought that in just a few short days, the ultimate BOSS would directly receive a lunch box!
After being in a trance for a while, he remembered what was wrong, frowned and said suspiciously, "Even if Prince Yizhong really died, it wouldn't be considered a national mourning, right?"
"I heard that it is the meaning of the Emperor Taishang, let the funeral be managed according to the specifications of the prince."
This is even stranger!
This way of dealing with Prince Yizhong's death would not give some people the illusion that the person who the Emperor Taishang really intended to be succeeded to was actually Prince Yizhong.
How could Emperor Guangde agree to such matters concerning the orthodoxy of name and position? !
After inexplicably pondering for a long time, still to no avail, Sun Shaozong had to continue to ask: "Then have you ever inquired about how Prince Yizhong died?"
"I heard that it was illegal to take Taoist pills, and the result was poisoned and died."
According to the performance of Prince Yizhong that day, he really looked like an idiot looking for immortals.
But since the hot air balloon incident, the palace has begun to impose import and export restrictions. Drugs such as lead and mercury are taboos among taboos. Even if Prince Yizhong wants to kill himself by taking medicine pills, there is no chance at all.
In short, there is something strange about this inside and out!
"Erlang, it's useless to think about anything now, let's go to the palace to see the situation first."
At this time, the cheap brother said hello, and headed to the stables first.
Seeing this, Sun Shaozong quickly followed.
Speechless all the way.
By the time they arrived at the Wumen Gate, there were already quite a few officials standing in the square, discussing something in twos and threes. Sun Shaozong listened for a while, but found that everyone was discussing official affairs or trivial matters at home, and no one dared to discuss the current national mourning.
Too.
How can someone who can achieve a five-rank official do not understand the truth of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil
I am afraid that only those noble second generation ancestors will be confused and confused.
Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but stretched his neck and scanned the front row, trying to find out who was among the four princes and eight princes, and leaned over to listen to see if there was any inside information.
Who would have thought that before he could see clearly, someone suddenly came up and asked, "Sun Qianhu, have you seen our Lord of the Town?"
But it turned out to be Chen Xingzhi, who was in charge of the punishment, and Zhao Jiayi, the deputy Qianhu, and others came to find him.
Seeing this, Sun Shaozong had no choice but to give up his original plan, and greeted him in a low voice, "I just arrived too—maybe Lord Zhenfu hasn't arrived yet."
Chen Xingzhi and the others winked at each other, but there was a serious look on their faces.
What's wrong with this
Sun Shaozong was inexplicably when he heard Zhao Jiayi whisper: "Master Zhenfu was ordered to enter the palace when it was dark yesterday. I heard that you were also in the palace yesterday, so you should be there. ."
Lu Hui entered the palace before dawn yesterday
This is the first time Sun Shaozong has heard of it.
He wondered to himself whether Lu Hui's entry into the palace under the order would have any direct or indirect relationship with the death of Prince Yizhong, but he said, "I left the palace yesterday morning, but I didn't encounter Zhenfu. grown ups."
After Zhao Jiayi heard this, he appeared to be hesitant to speak again, presumably also suspecting that Lu Hui was involved in this sudden national mourning.
Everyone was staring wide-eyed here, and suddenly someone screamed: "Have the people from Beizhen Fusi arrived? Why don't you know how to urge you adults to form a good team in front of the Meridian Gate?!"
The person who shouted was Dai Quan.
And what he said was obviously to scold his subordinates, but in fact he was speaking to the civil and military officials, so everyone was busy in order to arrange in front of the afternoon gate according to the size of the official position.
As for Sun Shaozong and the others, because Dai Quan's words were in front of them, they naturally had to pretend and maintain order next to them.
Because of the rank of rank four, Sun Shaozong was naturally in the front row.
Just after saying hello to Xue Pan's father-in-law Wang Shangshu, a little eunuch quietly came to his side and whispered, "Master Sun, Eunuch Dai asked you to come over and speak."