It has been ten years since Emperor Long'an passed away.
The ten-year weekly sacrifice is naturally indispensable. Emperor Qing'an issued an oral edict to summon King Zhao and his son to the palace, and also summoned the clan to the palace.
The Zhu family has been passed down to the world for more than a hundred years, and the number of royal family members is huge. There are only a few who are qualified to be crowned princes. Prince Fu died of illness in Lingnan. Now there are only two princes over seventy years old left in the capital, and one is ill.
For many years, one of them has become very old and unable to come today.
There were seven county princes who were summoned. Prince Ping, who was the Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion, entered the palace. Prince Kang, who was nearly sixty years old, was still the Zongren of the Zongren Mansion.
Prince Ping's father is the cousin of Emperor Long'an, so he is a close relative of the royal family in terms of blood relationship. Prince Ping has been on good terms with King Yan since he was young. King Yan became the prince and became the emperor, and Prince Ping also benefited from the honor and succeeded him.
Prince Fu became Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion. In other words, the Zongren Mansion was now completely under the control of Emperor Qing'an.
As for Prince Kang, he has become silent since Xiao Feng's death. He rarely goes to the palace to pay homage unless necessary.
Today, the seven princes, headed by Prince Ping, bowed their hands to the emperor and said, "I have met the emperor."
Emperor Qing'an looked cold and calm, not angry and proud: "All the princes and princes are exempt from courtesy and remain in peace."
The princes thanked the emperor for his kindness and stood up.
When Prince Ping stood up, his eyes quickly passed over Prince Zhao and his son, and he was stunned.
After Princess Tian Shu was buried, King Zhao hunkered down in Prince Zhao's Mansion for several months in the name of keeping filial piety, neither going to court nor taking any errands. The Crown Prince of Zhao was also detained in the mansion and could not move around.
The father and son have been observing mourning for several months, but they are not haggard and thin, but are getting fatter and fatter. Especially Prince Zhao, who is one year younger than His Royal Highness, but in his prime, he looks fat and stupid. Tsk tsk
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Emperor Qing'an spoke concisely: "Today I announce that you are entering the palace to discuss with you the matter of going to the imperial mausoleum to pay homage to the late emperor." His eyes swept over and fell on King Zhao: "Third brother, please tell me first."
King Zhao looked respectful: "The Emperor has made his decision on this matter, and all my brothers will comply with it."
Emperor Qing'an remained calm and looked at Prince Ping again.
Prince Ping thought for a while and said: "It has always been a custom to pay homage to the late emperor. I think that everything should be done in accordance with the customs."
It has to be said that Prince Ping accurately grasped the emperor's wishes.
The memorial ceremony was carried out on a grand scale, with too many flowers and too many people and things to do. Given Emperor Qing'an's temper, he naturally did not want to be extravagant and wasteful in this matter and consume manpower.
Sure enough, Emperor Qing'an nodded: "You are the Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion. It is up to you to draw up the regulations on this matter and submit it to me."
King Pingjun was brave enough to take the blame, so he opened his mouth and agreed.
After a few hasty discussions, everyone retired and left.
Prince Zhao, who had been silent all the time, endured all the way to the carriage and then complained in a low voice: "This Prince Ping is like the emperor's yes-man. People like this are also worthy of being Zongzheng of the clan!"
King Zhao, who was in a bad mood, glanced at Prince Zhao coldly: "He doesn't deserve it, how could you?"
Prince Zhao was so choked that he almost didn't come up, and he closed his mouth in embarrassment.
King Zhao closed his eyes and stopped making any sound.
Prince Zhao didn't know what he was planning in his heart, his eyes were wandering.
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Four days later, the emperor led the clan to the imperial mausoleum.
This time, not only did the prince go with him, but the young grandson was also brought along. Two thousand personal guards of the emperor accompanied him, and the formation was quite majestic.
One day, we arrived at the imperial mausoleum. After taking a short rest, the emperor led everyone to worship in front of Emperor Long'an's mausoleum. It was indispensable to burn paper and kowtow.
After Emperor Qing'an and the crown prince and grandson paid homage to the late emperor, it was the turn of Prince Zhao and his son.
King Zhao knelt in front of Emperor Long'an's mausoleum, kowtowed three times, and suddenly burst into tears: "My father has been gone for ten years, and I miss my father every day! My father is alive in heaven, please protect me.
Let's leave the capital safely and join the feudal clan! I'm over forty years old, and I still don't know what my feudal prince's palace looks like. If this is recorded in the history books in the future, I'm afraid I'll be notorious for being attached to power and ambitious.
Already."
No one expected that King Zhao would suddenly do something like this.
All the princes were shocked and quickly turned to look at Emperor Qing'an.
What King Zhao said was clearly meant for the emperor. In the two years after Emperor Qing'an ascended the throne, the throne was unstable. King Zhao may still have ambitions, and he really does not want to leave the capital.
In the past few years, King Zhao had repeatedly submitted memorials and asked for vassal status, but he was blocked every time. The resentment in King Zhao's heart was getting deeper and deeper. Today, he broke out crying in front of the late emperor's mausoleum, embarrassing the emperor.
Emperor Qing'an's eyes flashed with anger and his expression was slightly stern.
Prince Zhu Yun coughed and stepped forward to support King Zhao: "Crying hurts your body. Third uncle, don't be too sad. Get up quickly!"
Prince Ping quickly stepped forward, held the other side of King Zhao, gave it a firm squeeze quietly, and hinted to King Zhao to restrain himself with his eyes: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is right. King Zhao has lost his composure, so he should get up quickly.
Come on! If anything happens, just tell the emperor slowly."
King Zhao had been planning for a long time and deliberately chose this moment to attack. Since there was no result, he naturally refused to stop.
King Zhao turned his head and cried to Emperor Qing'an: "Brother, in front of my father's mausoleum today, I beg you to be merciful and let me go and become a vassal! If brother doesn't nod, I will not go back."
,kneeling here all the time.”
Before Emperor Qing'an could say anything, King Zhao burst into mourning again: "Father, you have a spirit in heaven. Open your eyes and take a look! The eldest brother and the fourth brother have gone, and now only the emperor brother and the son brother are left.
.Perhaps, I will soon go to find my father and reunite with him in the underworld."
These words are even more heart-wrenching.
Based on what the kings of Qin and Han had done, each of them deserved to die. However, this matter was not very honorable in the end. No one dared to mention the kings of Qin and Han in front of Emperor Qing'an.
At this time, in the imperial mausoleum and in front of the late emperor's mausoleum, King Zhao said these things in public, which was tantamount to exposing the emperor's scars in public.
Prince Ping was frightened when he heard this, and glanced at Emperor Qing'an subconsciously.
Emperor Qing'an was so angry that he didn't show anything on his face. He sighed deeply and stepped forward, reaching out and patting King Zhao on the shoulder: "I just found out today that my third brother has a lot of resentment towards me."
"I have only one brother like you left. I don't want you to go away, so I specially keep you in the capital. If you don't want to, just tell me directly. Why bother crying here and disturbing my father's peace in heaven."
"It doesn't matter, if you want to become a vassal, I will agree to it. Wipe your tears quickly."
King Zhao achieved his goal and gave up as soon as he saw what was good. He immediately wiped his tears and bowed deeply: "My dear brother, thank you for your kindness."
Jun Wu joked. Emperor Qing'an promised him to join the feudal clan in public, but he couldn't go back on his words, so the matter became a foregone conclusion.
