The next day is the sixth day of the lunar month.
The dragon body of the Daxing Emperor was moved into the Zi Palace. This was called the Great Funeral.
After the burial, it's time to get dressed.
As the eldest son and heir, Zhao Xu first followed tradition and put on special mourning clothes - not the white plain clothes of the people.
It is the mourning dress passed down from Taizu Taizong.
He wears a straight collar, a mourning linen cloth from the waist, and a black and silver belt as leather. He wears no hat and wears his hair disheveled as a sign of mourning. At the same time, he holds a bamboo stick to show his filial piety.
According to tradition, the emperor's mourning period is divided into days and months. It takes seven, seven and forty-nine days, and a total of seven ministers' consolation sessions before the emperor can express his sorrow.
In addition, there are also systems for everything during other periods of mourning.
Including how to cry, how to pay homage, and how to salute.
Because Zhao Xu was young, the Queen Mother took him and taught him these things.
Zhao Xu was naturally happy to let the Empress Dowager teach him.
At the same time, important officials above the level of attendants must be present during the memorial ceremony.
This allowed the officials to see the scene where Zhao Xu and the Queen Mother and their son were in harmony and dependent on each other.
This was very helpful in strengthening the authority of the Queen Mother.
This day is Zhao Xu’s final day.
Naturally, it is also the first ceremonial day for the new monarch to pay homage to Emperor Daxing.
In front of the Daxing Emperor's Zi Palace, Zhao Xu followed the Queen Mother's instructions and completed the first memorial ceremony.
Everything is going smooth.
The etiquette and manners are standard, and even when I cry, I cry in a standard manner.
When the ministers came to comfort them, Zhao Xu showed a calmness that surprised the ministers. He accepted the comfort of the ministers one by one, gave them tea and wine, entrusted them with state affairs, spoke humbly, and looked like a good student and a polite corporal.
After everything was over, Empress Dowager Xiang took Zhao Xu, guarded by Yu Longzhi, out of the Daqing Hall where Emperor Daxing's Zi Palace temporarily resided, and returned to Funing Hall.
Today, the person guarding Zhao Xu is still Yu Longzhi outside the Qingning Palace in the past.
After Zhao Xu came to the throne, these people received the rewards they deserved - they were awarded the title of Third Commander of Yulong Zuozhi by requesting the Empress Dowager to issue an edict.
Instead of being like Zhao Xu in his previous life, he was immediately dispersed after he ascended the throne and placed among other forbidden troops. In the following years, he was gradually transferred to various areas along the border.
In the end, only a dozen or so of the Imperial Guards who had protected Zhao Xu during his most vulnerable months were still alive after Zhao Xu came to power.
It is no longer an organizational size.
Now, they get the prize they deserve.
They were officially incorporated into Yulong Zhi and were given a designation: Yulong Zuozhi No. 3.
Just the monthly salary reached the peak of the Forbidden Army soldiers: a full five thousand!
As we all know, the salaries of the imperial ministers were just to supplement their income.
Various rewards and great prospects are the most enviable things among the Imperial Guards - a most ordinary imperial guard, as long as he has served for eight years without making any mistakes, he can directly apply to go to the local military prefecture to serve as the third class envoy
Or maybe the third class borrowed a low-grade military official like this.
And Yanda's three sons also received generous rewards.
They were promoted seven levels in a row, directly jumping from the third class of junior envoys to the ambassadors.
Although he is only the deputy envoy of Xishanggemen, the lowest rank in the rank of ambassador, he has already half stepped into the rank of senior military minister, surpassing most people overnight and has spent ten years and twenty years of hard work.
He even defeated many border generals who worked hard at the border and made great achievements in battle.
If such a person is sent abroad after three to five years, he will have the qualifications of being a close minister of the emperor and a potential military minister.
Even if he is just the deputy envoy of Xishanggemen, he is still qualified to serve as the military commander of the whole route.
If it were among the people, it would be enough for those Cuo Da people to respectfully call him: Taiwei!
This is the reward for success from Long!
It's so rich that it makes your blood boil and makes you unable to control it!
Mother and son, under the protection of Yulong Zhimen, returned to Funing Palace smoothly. They were about to enter the palace through the pavilion door passage, but in front of the pavilion door, they met Zhao Xu's nurse mother-in-law who was waiting here.
When the mother-in-law of the country saw the Queen Mother and Zhao Xu coming back, she immediately stepped forward and saluted: "I would like to send my regards to the Queen Mother and to everyone!"
"Grandma Guo, please get up!" Zhao Xu nodded slightly.
Empress Dowager Xiang also recognized the emperor's wet nurse, and her attitude towards the country's mother-in-law was relatively close, and she also said: "Madam, please get up!"
According to the system, the emperor's wet nurse will be placed on the list of the first round of rewards after the emperor ascends the throne.
According to the ancestral system, the emperor's wet nurse was first granted the title of Lady of the County. Although the reward has not yet been carried out, it is not wrong to address the Queen Mother.
After a pause, he asked softly to the Queen Mother: "But Concubine De sent your wife to meet the official?"
I just wanted to get out of the way and leave some private space for the official family and his biological mother.
The mother-in-law of the country hurriedly said: "I am telling you, the Queen Mother, that everyone... it is indeed Concubine De who sent me here!"
"But Concubine De sent me here to see the Queen Mother, and to ask for mercy from the Queen Mother...and to ask everyone to show mercy..." Grandma Guo said while observing the expressions of the Queen Mother Xiang and Zhao Xu.
"Huh?" Queen Mother Xiang was surprised when she heard that it was Concubine De who came to see her. After taking a look at Zhao Xu, she asked softly: "Why is Concubine De looking for me?"
"I'm telling you, Concubine De is here to intercede for the beauty Chen!"
"Beauty Chen?" Queen Mother Xiang thought for a long time before she remembered such a person: "Is it the beauty Chen who gave birth to the late Emperor's eleventh son?"
"Yes!" Grandma Guo said: "Since yesterday, when I heard that Emperor Daxing was promoted to leave, Meiren Chen has been in the pavilion. She did not eat or drink, only recited Buddhist scriptures, and only said that she would follow Emperor Daxing!"
The Queen Mother looked at Grandma Guo in disbelief.
If someone from Chen Meiren's Pavilion came to tell her, she would definitely not believe it.
In order to fight for power in the palace, what cunning tricks have no one used?
Over the years, Empress Dowager Xiang has been staying in Kunning Palace, and half of the reason is because she is too lazy to scheming with the concubines in the palace - boring!
However, the person who came to report to her was the official wet nurse in De Fei Pavilion who had nothing to do with Chen Meiren.
Moreover, it was sent by Concubine De.
Queen Mother Xiang believed most of it immediately.
Concubine De had dealt with the Queen Mother before and knew her character.
Except for being a little exaggerated, everything else about that official biological mother was very good.
He has no intention of competing with her, nor does he dare to compete with her for the custody rights of the official family.
In front of her, she kept herself low, just like a concubine in a wealthy family, for fear that she, the head wife, would drive her out of the house.
Now, Concubine De sent an official wet nurse to complain.
Even for the sake of Concubine De, Queen Mother Xiang felt that she had to take care of this matter.
However, before making a decision, Empress Dowager Xiang decided to ask the petty officials around her.
"Brother Six, what do you think?"
Zhao Xu naturally knew what was going on.
He looked at Grandma Guo's anxious look and sighed inwardly.
What is supposed to come will always come.
The beauty Chen is the biological mother of that boy Zhao Ji.
This concubine of Zhao Xu’s father is also a miracle in the palace!
Since the Song Dynasty, the emperor has only heard of the emperor favoring a certain concubine.
For example, Zhenmiao loved Ji Zhang and Xian Mingsu, Renmiao loved Empress Wen Chengzhang, and Yingmiao respected, loved, and feared Empress Dowager Gao.
But there has never been any concubine who fell in love with the emperor, and even followed her through life and death.
Unexpectedly, Chen Meiren broke the century-old record of the Song Dynasty.
As a concubine, she is an insignificant one among the three thousand beauties in the emperor's harem.
But she loved her husband, man and king very much.
Follow us even if you live or die!
In Zhao Xu's previous life, after the death of Zhao Xu's father, Chen Meiren did not eat or drink, and died on a hunger strike. Before she died, she held tightly in her hand a poem written by Zhao Xu's father for her.
As a result, the entire empire was full of sympathy and respect for him.
Even that guy Zhao Ji also benefited a lot.
First, she was entrusted by Chen Meiren to Zhao Xu's biological mother, Concubine Zhu, to be raised by her before her death. In the palace, Chen Meiren and Zhao Xu's biological mother, Zhu, were both born in cold weather, so they had a very good relationship, and they were almost best friends who talked about everything!
Later, he was taken by Zhao Xu to teach and take care of him personally.
Zhao Ji's calligraphy and painting were taught step by step by Zhao Xu.
Therefore, Zhao Xu can also use Zhao Ji's thin gold body, and his skills are actually very high. Although not as good as Zhao Ji, there is no problem in killing other enthusiasts instantly.
In modern times, the work that Zhao Xu once sold for one million yuan was a calligraphy post that was considered to be almost the same as Zhao Ji's handed down work.
After letting out a slight breath, Zhao Xu looked at the Queen Mother and said: "I would like to report to the Queen Mother: Sister Chen has always respected and loved my father!"
After thinking about it, Zhao Xu added: "When I was in the pavilion, I saw my father and Sister Chen walking hand in hand in the imperial garden of the back garden..."
This is a fact!
When Empress Dowager Xiang heard this, her eyelids twitched, and she told her left and right: "Preach my message and ask Yousi to persuade Chen Meiren!"
"Emperor Daxing has just passed away unfortunately. The prince is young, so Chen Meiren should take a rest and raise the prince for Emperor Daxing!"
Want her to visit?
That is impossible!
She was the empress of the Yuan Dynasty, the great emperor, and according to etiquette, she could not visit a mere beauty.
In addition, Empress Dowager Xiang resisted meeting such a concubine in her heart.
Oh, you are infatuated, but I am ruthless, right?
And walking hand in hand with Emperor Daxing in the Imperial Garden?!
I have been in the palace for nineteen years, and have been married to Emperor Daxing for twenty years. I have never visited the Houyuan Garden alone with Emperor Daxing, let alone holding hands.
Zhao Xu looked at Grandma Guo and whispered: "Grandma Guo, please pass on my message to Sister Chen..."
"Eleventh Prince is still in his infancy. Please pray to Sister Chen to pray for Eleventh Son so that he may be well before his death, and protect the prince for Emperor Daxing!"
"I also ask my mother, concubine, to give me some comfort..."
He has been able to achieve this step. In this life, it is impossible for Zhao Xu to sympathize with that bastard Zhao Ji!
"Yes..." Granny Guo bowed her head deeply.
…
However, this day will not end so peacefully.
Before the palace door was locked, bad news was delivered to the palace.
The eldest sister of Emperor Daxing, Princess Chen, unfortunately passed away at the princess's residence yesterday, the day Emperor Daxing was enthroned.
Commander-in-law Prince Consort, Jinzhou Observation Envoy Wang Shiyue did not dare to report immediately, so he delayed reporting until today.
After Zhao Xuhe heard the news from the Empress Dowager, he quickly set off to express his condolences and condolences to Empress Dowager Gao in Baoci Palace.
Empress Dowager Gao and Yingmiao had a total of four sons and four daughters.
Except for the third son who died young and the fourth daughter who died young, the other three sons and three daughters all lived to adulthood.
Among the three princesses, the eldest daughter, Princess Chen Guochang, was the most loved and favored by Empress Dowager Gao.
Now, within one day, we both lost our eldest son and daughter.
Queen Mother Gao was naturally very sad.
When Zhao Xu and Empress Dowager Xiang arrived at Baoci Palace, they could hear from a distance that Empress Dowager Gao was crying in the confinement, calling out her beloved daughter's nickname while crying.
Note: In the Northern Song Dynasty, the mourning of the emperor and the new emperor were divided into Daxiang and Xiaoxiang. They had different etiquette and systems. They are simplified here.
Note 2: Wearing disheveled hair is the standard etiquette for emperors in the Northern Song Dynasty to mourn the late emperor. It originated from Zhenzong. Holding a bamboo stick was handed down from Taizong.
Note 3: Continuing from the long record of Zizhi Tongjian, Princess Chen Guochang died on the same day as Shenzong, but there is no record of which day the death was reported, but it is certainly not reported on the same day, at least one day later.
This chapter has been completed!