At this time, Zhu Di's coffin has been covered with a cover. It is impossible not to cover it. Although it has been anti-corrosion and anti-odor treatment as much as possible, it is impossible that there will be no smell in such a hot day. If the cover is not covered, how will the princes and ministers who are watching the funeral suffer?
Come on.
Zhu Gaochi looked at the coffin and whispered: "Open the cover."
"This, father," Zhu Zhanji persuaded softly: "I'm afraid it will undermine the dignity of Grandpa Huang..."
"Open it." Zhu Gaochi said expressionlessly.
"Yes, open it." Zhu Zhanji had no choice but to turn his head and raised his voice: "His Royal Highness deeply regrets not being able to see the late emperor. However, please quickly remove the cover so that the prince can see the late emperor's remains."
Four guards came forward and struggled to push the heavy cover. As the cover moved away, a strong stench hit their nostrils, causing Taisun and others to almost vomit. However, the prince seemed not to notice.
, just looking intently inside the coffin.
In the yellow silk-lined coffin, Zhu Di was wearing a dragon robe, his eyes were closed, and his face was lifelike. But the stench and the green face were enough to prove that this emperor who dominated the world and was unparalleled from ancient times to the present,
He is dead after all...
Zhu Gaochi stared closely at Zhu Di's face, with extremely complicated emotions surging in his chest. The man lying in the coffin was the father who gave him life and the emperor who passed him the throne. Ordinarily, he should be extremely grateful to this father.
Even if there was a lot of unhappiness in the past, it should be gone at this moment...
However, at this moment, Zhu Gaochi's heart was full of obstacles. The past encounters and criticisms not only did not dissipate, but were still vivid in his mind, becoming more and more vivid, making it difficult for him to breathe and let go!
He couldn't understand that Zhu Di would guard him like a thief for twenty years. He couldn't forgive Zhu Di for all the harm he had done to him, which made him lose his dignity again and again. He was in danger day by day. All his teachers, relatives and friends were persecuted and imprisoned.
Let those young people abuse you on your head wantonly!
'I'm not wrong, you can't do this to me!' Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Di with cold eyes and roared in his heart: 'You should not allow your brothers or even my son to bite me and let us kill each other.
, the dead are dead, and the living are covered with bruises and have no family ties, even intact people!'
"You shouldn't be so happy about your success that you took the rich country left by the emperor's grandfather and left the people in dire straits and high debts. Then you closed your eyes and threw this mess to me when it had nothing to do with you!" Zhu Gaochi's eyes turned red, and he finally
She shed tears: 'How can you be so selfish? Why never consider your descendants, ministers, people, and country!'
The ministers all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw His Highness the Crown Prince finally shed tears. The official in charge of daily living wiped his sweat and quickly wrote the words "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in deep mourning."
After the prince finished paying homage to Zhu Di's body and the cover was closed again, before the stench had dissipated, Jian Yi rushed forward and kowtowed to the prince: "Your Highness, the country cannot live without a king for a day. The great emperor Bin Tian
It has been more than a month, please express your condolences to your country and ascend the throne as soon as possible to calm the hearts of the people of the world!"
The other princes and ministers who had the same status as Jian Yi all secretly cursed this old fox for being cunning, for actually trying to persuade him to come in at this time! No matter whether it was suitable or not, there was no doubt that he had taken away the credit for the initial persuasion. All the princes, princes and ministers had to hurry up and follow.
They all tried to persuade the prince: "Your Highness, please consider the plan of the world and forgive your own grief so as to determine the great plan of the world!"
The coffin board was closed, and Zhu Gaochi seemed to be freed from the unspeakable emotion. Although he would not give up the throne to anyone, he could not agree to these ministers immediately. Because that would appear too impatient and would not be justified in terms of face.
Therefore, the new emperor's ascension to the throne has always been a coy one. He cannot directly sit on the throne, but must be persuaded by ministers. Moreover, he cannot agree after being persuaded once. He must refuse three times before he can become the emperor "reluctantly and out of necessity".
Zhu Gaochi was naturally no exception. He refused the persuasion of the ministers, saying that he was in great grief and could not leave his home, and that the matter would be discussed later.
The ministers also had the wisdom to stop persuading him for the time being, and most of them withdrew from the mourning hall. Only a few princes and nobles remained, accompanying Zhu Gaochi to keep vigil in front of the emperor's soul.
His Royal Highness the Prince stayed in front of the emperor until dark, and then, with the support of the eunuch, he went to the side hall to rest for a while. As soon as he sat down, Zhu Gaochi asked: "Is Wang Xian here?"
The eunuch hurriedly reported back: "Marquis Le'an is already waiting for the summons outside the palace."
"Hurry up." Zhu Gaochi said in a deep voice.
After a while, Wang Xian's figure appeared in front of Zhu Gaochi, and he knelt down respectfully.
"The criminal Wang Xian pays homage to His Highness." Before the prince summoned him, Wang Xian had already thought clearly about how to face him. There was only one way, which was to be honest with him.
Hearing the word 'guilty minister', the prince's eyes overflowed with tears. He helped Wang Xian up and looked at this young man who had given everything for himself with tears in his eyes. Only then did he realize that Wang Xian's temples were stained with frost and his eyes were covered with frost.
There are also faint crow's feet on his eyes, and he is no longer the handsome and handsome young man he once was.
"Zhongde, I have suffered so much for you these years..." The prince obviously had countless things to say, but they were all choked in his throat. He could only hold Wang Xian's hands hard, and tears flowed down. "The guilty minister.
Never mention these two words again. No one on this road is innocent. Without everything you have done, how could I be alone today? All your guilt will be attributed to me. Don’t mention it again from now on!"
"Your Highness..." Wang Xian also choked up. Although he was now hard-hearted, he would still be moved by the prince's true feelings. He picked up the baggage at hand, opened it, and put a large gold box and a sandalwood box together.
The small wooden box was presented to the prince with both hands.
The prince immediately held his breath, let go of Wang Xian with trembling hands, took the wooden box first, opened it, and saw a golden seal inside!
"The emperor's treasure!" The prince picked up the seal, held it tightly in his hand, then put it back into the box and handed it to the eunuch at the side.
The prince reached out again and opened the big gold box. Inside was naturally the emperor's jade seal!
Seeing all the gold, silver and jade seals, the prince felt a big stone fall in his heart. Chinese people always say that the name is just and right. Although he has been the prince for twenty years, he has not passed the throne after all, and he always feels like something is missing when he takes over the throne. If
He doesn't even have the emperor's gold seal and jade seal, so he doesn't need others to talk about it, and he will feel guilty.
It was not an easy task for Wang Xian to help the prince hide the jade seal with golden seal! In the chaos of that thunderstorm night, King Zhao and the grandson were desperately looking for the jade seal. Afterwards, the grandson even asked Wang Xian several times for the jade seal.
There are two things. Wang Xian would rather offend the grandson than hold the things in his hands and hand them to the prince in person!
He must do this! Because these two things are symbols of imperial power, and there is absolutely no room for error! Even the grandson cannot get involved...
After handing the golden seal of the jade seal to the eunuch for strict supervision, the prince hurriedly helped Wang Xian up and said, "Get up and talk!" Looking at Wang Xian, the prince smiled from the bottom of his heart and said, "You have done a great job this time, which makes Gu Zhen not happy."
How grateful should I be!”
"This is the duty of a minister." Wang Xian said respectfully.
After Wang Xian got up, the eunuch hurriedly moved seats, served tea to the two of them, and then quietly withdrew, allowing the monarch and his ministers to talk quietly.
Once there were no outsiders, the monarch and his ministers were speechless. In the past year, too many things had happened, so many things seemed to have changed forever, and things had completely changed!
Although the prince said that Wang Xian was not guilty, he could not tell the prince anything about what Wang Xian had done. Do you mean to say that he killed his brother or nephew? He drugged his father?
The prince also realized this and knew that the best way was to turn over the previous page and never mention it again. After pondering for a moment, the prince whispered: "The lonely general Zhu Gaosui changed his surname to Yang, put him in sheep's clothing, and asked him to go around.
Feet walking.”
"Given the evil things he has done over the years, it would be a kindness for Your Highness to spare his life." Wang Xian said softly.
"Yes, I hate this third brother even more than Gao Xu. It is he who has been hiding in the dark and stirring up dissension, which has aggravated the gap between our father, son and brother. He also secretly made trouble, forcing us to kill each other.
, until death." Zhu Gaochi nodded slowly and said in a cold voice: "Over the years, I don't know how many times I have humiliated him in my heart, and I just feel that adding the greatest insult in the world to him will not satisfy my hatred."
"Your long-cherished wish has come true, how do you feel, Your Highness?" Wang Xian asked softly.
"Not good." Zhu Gaochi said with an expression of distress on his face: "I thought that would make me happy, but looking at Gao Sui's miserable appearance, I felt very uncomfortable. I felt that I was no different from my father."
He looked at Wang Xian, his eyes full of struggle and said: "Only you in this world understand my thoughts. I don't want to be the person I hate the most!"
"..." Wang Xian was stunned for a moment, obviously touched by the prince's words. After a while, he softly said: "But it's difficult. As long as you are in the same position as that person, time will gradually change the person's appearance.
…”
"Yes..." Zhu Gaochi sighed and said with a wry smile: "In the past month, I have already felt the changes in myself." He looked at his hands and said: "When everyone obeys you and dare not disobey you,
Everyone shows their loyalty to you, making you feel like you are the center of the world, the supreme of heaven and earth! That feeling... is really great..."
Wang Xian nodded and listened to the prince continue.
The prince raised his head and said with stubbornness written all over his face: "But I don't want to be like this. In the past twenty years, I have sworn countless times that one day, when I become emperor, I will not be as self-centered as he is.
To perish, to harm the people of the world and to benefit oneself!" The prince's eyes became more determined as he said: "I want to be an emperor who is different from him, and I want to tell him in my own way that this is not how an emperor should be, let alone my father.
That’s what he looks like!”
"Your Highness's ability to think this way is really a blessing to all people in the world." Wang Xian said softly.