Chapter 319: Will
"Bang bang bang——"
"Master, the emperor has passed away. According to your previous instructions, the capital will be under martial law immediately." Mo Yuan's voice sounded at the door.
"Prepare the car." Gu Huaizhi went into the palace.
"Yes." Mo Yuan stepped back.
"You need to eat something first before entering the palace. I don't know when I will be free." Su Wan's nerves became tense and she immediately thought of Gu Jingyun's safety. The most important thing was for Gu Huaizhi to enter the palace urgently. He might have to wait for the meal to arrive. It's too late.
She put a few snacks on the table into a food box and handed them to Gu Huaizhi, who was neatly dressed: "Eat some when you bring it to the carriage."
"Well, you have a good rest after eating. On the second day of the burial, as the princess, you need to go to the palace to mourn." Gu Huaizhi touched her face and said warmly: "Once in the morning and evening, it will take more than three days. , don’t be busy with other things and take care of your health.”
"I understand, but you have to take care of yourself." Su Wan stood up on tiptoes and kissed the corner of his lips, "Go quickly."
"After the funeral, Jing Yun will ascend the throne. I won't be going back to my house for the next half month. It's all your hard work at home." Gu Huaizhi hugged Su Wan and whispered in a low voice: "The house has been found. When it is available, we will You guys move over."
"Okay." Su Wan responded one by one.
Gu Huaizhi left quickly.
Su Wan stood under the eaves, resting her hands on the stone pillars. The dim moonlight shrouded the quiet courtyard, and she looked towards the direction of the palace.
The bells of the palace rang, and the bells of various temples and temples rang one after another.
It was an unquiet night.
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The queen had discussed with her chief assistant, Gu Huaizhi, and Duke Zhenguo, and had already made preparations.
When the emperor died, the queen immediately took control of the palace and ordered martial law in the capital. Zhao Wei and the leaders of the imperial guards personally guarded the palace, and tripled the number of imperial guards to patrol the palace.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites, the Cabinet, and the Hanlin Academy gathered together to discuss matters. The Queen sat next to Gu Jingyun, holding his hand from beginning to end, and listened to their discussions on formulating the funeral etiquette for the Daxing Emperor.
Finally, the ceremony was drawn up, and the chief assistant handed over the funeral system to Gu Jingyun. The former emperor died and he would ascend the throne in the future, so he was the successor emperor.
"Your Highness, please take a look." The chief minister is over sixty years old. He has had a dignified officialdom for many years, but now he has a kind-hearted look. "If there is no problem, we will proceed according to this protocol."
Gu Jingyun was forced to put on the shelf and knew nothing about it. He pretended to look at it again. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Gu Huaizhi, who was wearing a mask. He saw him slightly nodding his head and said sternly: "No problem, you all follow the etiquette."
After the subsequent emperor's decision, he will bury Emperor Daxing.
The group of people prepared to go about their business.
"Wait a minute!" The Queen Mother came with a group of people, looked around coldly, and her eyes fell on the chief minister: "The emperor passed away, and there was more than one prince at his knees. There is no need to read out the edict. You just decided on the emperor? Who will do it? Your rights?"
The first assistant glanced at the queen. The emperor passed away and the edict had not been found. Thinking of the emperor's situation, they were afraid that it would be too late to make a edict. But looking at the Queen Mother's appearance, she seemed to have come prepared. Could it be that the imperial edict was in her hands?
He said without changing his expression: "Queen Mother, since ancient times, the Great Zhou Dynasty has not established a legitimate son. Among the emperor's heirs, only the young prince Jingyun is a legitimate son, so he will naturally inherit the throne."
The Queen Mother sneered: "In the absence of a crown prince, Ji Wufeng was raised under the Queen's knees, just like a legitimate son." She looked at the person beside her, who was the eunuch holding the seal beside Emperor Daxing: "Read the edict."
Gu Jingyun squeezed the queen's hand tightly and saw malice in the queen mother's eyes.
The Queen pulled him in front of her and gently pressed his shoulder with her other hand, making Gu Jingyun's tense body relax a little and feel a little safer.
The chief assistant's eyes fell on the edict in the hand of the palm-printed eunuch. His expression was unpredictable, and he glanced at Gu Huaizhi as if there was something missing.
Gu Huaizhi lowered his eyes, the mask on his face glowed with cold light, and it was unclear what his expression was at this moment.
The relaxed atmosphere in the hall was instantly broken by the arrival of the Queen Mother, making it particularly solemn.
Everyone knows the ambition of the Queen Mother.
She could have the palm eunuch read out the edict, which was enough to explain the contents, which was in line with her wishes.
After all, Emperor Daxing valued the deposed prince very much, and the deposed prince was deposed by the regent, so it was not impossible for the deposed prince to ascend the throne.
The eunuch holding the seal took a few steps forward, stood in the middle, and slowly unfolded the edict: "I inherited Pi Ji with Liang De, and passed away in the sixteenth year. Since I came into power, I cannot rely on laws and regulations, and employ people for administration. Taizu... Taizu established the foundation, and the heir of Yuanliang should not be left in vain for a long time. My son Jingyun, born of Qiyi Yinghui, is the crown prince. According to the regulations, he will serve for twenty-seven days, and he will become the emperor. I will appoint the ministers Xu Hui, Tingyuan, Shang Wenping, and Zhao Qin as assistant ministers. I will trust them with all my heart. Baoyichong is the master and assists in government affairs. He makes announcements at home and abroad.
Everyone in the main hall knelt down and worshiped the prince.
"No, it's impossible!" The Queen Mother snatched the imperial edict, her fingers trembling while holding it, and she looked at it again. It was different from what she had seen before. It was clearly Ji Wufeng in front of her, so why did she become Gu Jingyun?
When Gu Jingyun returned to the palace, the emperor fell into a coma and was unconscious. He didn't know that Gu Jingyun was still alive, so how could he pass the throne to Gu Jingyun?
"You tamper with the imperial edict, this is a capital crime!" the Queen Mother pointed at the Queen angrily.
The queen said unhurriedly: "The queen mother should see the ink mark on it clearly. I took Jingyun to visit him and tell the emperor the happy news that he has woken up. We cannot violate the ancestral rules and summon several humerus ministers." , made this edict in person."
The Queen Mother was almost suffocated to death. No one knew better than her that the Queen had never seen the Emperor with Gu Jingyun, and the Emperor was even less likely to wake up, and it was her...
If she argued with the Queen, then what she did to the Emperor would be exposed, and she would seek her own death.
The Queen Mother took a deep breath and calmed down her raging anger. She couldn't be impatient.
"How could I not know that the Emperor had woken up?" The Queen Mother's face twisted for a moment, and she pulled the corner of her lips, "The Emperor has passed away, Ji Wufeng can be released from the clan house, right?"
The Queen did not embarrass the Queen Mother, and said straightforwardly: "The Emperor loved this son for a while, although he was disappointed with him later, the relationship between the monarch and the minister is no longer there, and the relationship between father and son is deep, so Feng'er can send him off."
The Queen Mother was alert in her heart, and there must be something wrong when things are abnormal.
The Queen was not a pushover. She easily agreed to release Ji Wufeng. Could there be a trick?
However, the situation was critical, and she could not care so much. She had to release Ji Wufeng first and then deal with it.
"I'll send someone to pick up Feng'er." The Queen Mother coldly glanced at the eunuch who betrayed her, her eyes full of hostility, and left with someone.
ps: My dears, the content of the will above is an excerpt from Shunzhi's will.