The Queen passed away, and the whole country was in mourning. Some were happy and some were worried. The time of her death was chosen very poorly. Of course, it was also very well-intentioned.
In the palace, nothing can be taken at face value.
The queen was ill for half a year last year, with good and bad times, which was closely related to the battles between the previous dynasty and the harem. Her death meant that she failed in this struggle. At the same time, her sudden death,
It also dealt a heavy blow to the opponent. For her family and her son, it left a very good situation. You can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat.
The coffin was kept in Caifeng Palace for seven days and the spirit was wept for seven days.
All the princes, concubines and married women were crying. Everyone was crying, no matter male or female. Each person had a handkerchief, which was dyed with various common and uncommon irritants. There were only one or two who cried sincerely.
Just an individual.
The emperor also came twice, shed two symbolic tears to express his sorrow and sorrow, and then left gracefully after everyone's persuasion.
Seven days later, the emperor redesignated the former empress as Empress Duanhua. Then, the coffin was sent to the imperial mausoleum... Xiao Ling also heard that two of the empress' loyal servants were buried. Of course, some people said that those two
One was silenced because he knew too much...Those things are not what Xiao Ling should be concerned about.
The focus of her attention was still only on the emperor and Yunlong Xuanyu.
She was afraid that the emperor would suddenly want to kill her, so she had been carefully avoiding the emperor. She was afraid of being shot again... Regardless of whether she has feelings or not, the empress is the mother of the country. On such auspicious days,
Li left suddenly, and the emperor was not in a good mood.
She was even more afraid that something might happen to Yunlong Xuanyu at this time.
However, the more you are afraid of something, the more likely it will become.
On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the day after the queen entered the imperial mausoleum. The third prince was scolded for being unfilial and disrespectful. He directly pulled up an old garden and kicked him out before even completing the new year. He was imprisoned!!
As far as Xiao Ling found out, the third prince's crime was just because of a word of mouth. In the imperial garden, the third prince said to his personal eunuch: "The ice lantern festival a few days ago is still vivid in my mind, but today it is...
The flowers have withered... What a pity those snacks that day..."
That was all he said, and the most pitiful thing about him was that the emperor just happened to hear his words.
"The Queen is so decisive. With her death, all the previous matters can only be wiped out." Yunlong Xuanyu was very dissatisfied with the Queen. He had been in poor health since he was a child, and half of his achievements were due to the Queen. Can't talk about hatred.
Yes, this kind of thing is too common in the palace, it would be abnormal if the queen didn't take action against him.
But it was found out before that the Ambergris incident should also be related to the queen's family. In addition, the emperor wanted to take away the military power of the queen's natal family... Everything the emperor laid down was because of the queen's death.
And you have to stop temporarily. Or, you have to change to a slightly gentler way.
Originally...according to Yunlong Xuanyu's guess, the emperor was planning to depose the prince.
Who made the prince's maternal family so powerful?! So powerful that the emperor began to be afraid of her. Now that the queen is dead, the power of the maternal family is also in chaos, and the relationship with the prince is bound to be affected.
"I heard that before the Queen died, she invited the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine..."