After watching the mother-in-law take Su Wen'er out, she stood up and ordered people to prepare the incense table. Bai Ling and others took plain clothes and changed out of her and the prince's auspicious clothes.
The prince's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and he was in a daze. When the prince's wife helped him change his clothes, he stared blankly and said: "Rou'er, you should feel comfortable in this situation. I think I am dead now, you will
It won’t be that sad…”
Zuo Yilan's face was dull and her eyes were cold. She helped him change his clothes without saying a word. The prince fell down on the bed and fell unconscious.
Zuo Yilan immediately ordered her maid and mother-in-law to take over the prince's palace, and called all the palace officials in charge for questioning. She must ensure that the east palace is in order and not to panic. No matter what punishment the emperor has, she must accept it willingly. Since His Majesty's
The punishment hasn't come yet, so do whatever you are supposed to do.
For a moment, everyone saw that the Crown Princess was so assertive, and their originally flustered hearts calmed down, and they all took the lead with her.
A few days later, news came out that Mr. Song was suffering from an emergency, and the phlegm in his heart had caused phlegm in his body. He went away after struggling in the middle of the night. Before he died, he wrote a sincere letter to the emperor.
Thinking of his friendship with the Duke of Song, the emperor was devastated for a moment, his illness worsened, and he was bedridden to recuperate. At the same time, he ordered the children of the Song family to carry the coffin and return to their hometown to guard the throne.
All the sons of the Song family, regardless of their official positions, who were pardoned by the emperor and not implicated by Song Huaian, all resigned and returned home.
The old man gave an order before his death. The children of the Song family are not allowed to enter the official position for generations. The children of the Song family are not allowed to interact with current officials for generations. Song Huaian is a traitor and is not worthy of being a descendant of the Song family. After his death, the Song family is not allowed to restrain himself. He is not allowed to enter the ancestral graves of the Song family.
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This was regarded as the emperor's response to pardoning the Song family, and the Song family completely withdrew from the political stage of the Zhou Dynasty.
No matter how illustrious you were once, once you lose your power and decline, you will no longer be the slightest threat to ordinary people, the court or the royal family.
In midsummer, the imperial mausoleum under construction by Emperor Shouzheng was suddenly struck by lightning, and one-third of the mausoleum collapsed. For a time, the government and the public were shaken and panicked.
The emperor recalled the fifth prince and offered sacrifices to heaven and earth on his behalf. He also wrote an edict to blame himself for the misdeeds of his ministers, and to report this to the world.
In the blink of an eye, it was late autumn again. Instead of executing Song Huaian and other rebellious ministers Ling Chi who participated in the rebellion, the emperor exiled them three thousand miles away to do hard labor in coal mines and salt fields.
