Cries resounded throughout the palace. Whether you are really sad or pretending, you must cry at this time. If you don't show your sadness at this time, you will probably be killed immediately. All officials, including civil and military officials, will be killed immediately. When it came to the eunuchs and maids, they all knelt on the ground, facing the direction of Qianqing Palace, and began to cry. Some of them almost fainted from crying in order to show their respect for the emperor.
After a while, the old prince looked at the people behind him with a sullen expression, "Seal the palace and the capital, and order the Imperial Army to step up their guard! Get ready to change clothes for His Majesty!" Guo Juxia and others immediately took action.
Several eunuchs and maids quickly took out the shrouds that had been prepared. The Central Plains is known as a land of etiquette, and there are very strict rituals after death. As for the shrouds, when the emperor dies, the shrouds are 15-piece sets, that is, 9 collars and 5 Adding a cloak to the waist also symbolizes the dignity of the ninety-five. The royal family has a 13-piece suit, the ministers have an 11-piece suit, the wealthy family has a 9-piece suit, and the commoner has a 7-piece suit. In the pattern, the emperor is an auspicious cloud and soaring dragon, the royal family is a dragon, and the ministers It is a green python, and most grass-roots people mainly wear flowers and plants. The number of pieces and patterns cannot be exceeded. In other words, depending on the grade, you can wear as many pieces as you want, and choose what pattern. It can be less, but not more.
Soon, with the help of the eunuchs and maids, the queen and several imperial concubines changed the emperor's shroud. At this time, the officials of Qintianjian had also calculated the time and prepared the coffin, which was parked in Qianqing Palace. within.
The emperor's coffin is called Zihan. It is made of clear-water golden nanmu wood and is painted with 49 layers of gold lacquer. The interior of the Zi palace is paved with pearls of various colors and has a yellow-lacquered fir treasure bed above it. The bed is covered with yellow satin embroidered with dragons. The treasure bed has a bunk bed. There is one gold-woven nine-dragon yellow satin quilt, one embroidered dragon-embroidered yellow satin quilt, and one shiny satin quilt. On the mattress is the emperor's body, which is covered with a layer of yellow forged quilt woven with gold Sanskrit Dharani mantras, a layer of yellow satin quilt embroidered with nine dragons, and a yellow satin quilt embroidered with nine dragons. There are five pieces of gold Sanskrit dharani satin and eight pieces of gold dragon-colored satin. There are three layers of mattresses and fifteen layers of quilts.
The enthronement ceremony needs to be led by the successor prince. Seeing that all preparations have been made, the old prince looked back at the little princess and said, "Let's go, it's time to formally meet the civil and military officials!" With that, the old prince took the lead. He followed the little princess and walked out of Qianqing Palace.
Outside the Qianqing Palace, all the civil and military officials were crying heartbrokenly. Those who didn't know thought that their parents were dead. Zeng Yi knew very well that these guys had known about the old emperor's physical condition for a long time, so they had to be prepared. Now everyone seems to be in disbelief. It can only be said that these officialdom veterans all act very similar.
The old prince looked at all the civil and military officials, escaped from his arms with an edict, and announced loudly, "Emperors have always ruled the world with respect for Heaven and the Patriarch as their first priority. Respecting the Heaven and Patriarch is actually gentle and far-reaching, and can be far away. Rest and recuperate." The people of the world share the interests of the four seas, and the whole world is the heart of the country. They protect the country before it is in danger and govern it before it is in chaos. They work hard day and night and stay awake for the long-term national plan. The common people are close to it... . A king works hard all his life without a day of rest. For example, although Shun said he ruled without doing anything, he died in Cangwu. Yu rode for four years, his hands and feet were calloused, and finally ended up in Kuaiji. All of them worked hard on government affairs and patrolled the weekly calendar. How can we say that we advocate doing nothing, being quiet and self-sustaining if we don’t neglect the place of tranquility? The six lines of Dun Gua in the Book of Changes do not even mention the affairs of the master. It can be seen that the master has no place to rest and retreat, so he can devote himself to his best work. This is what we can say sincerely."
The nonsense of the edict actually gave the little princess the legitimacy to inherit the throne and told the officials that the little princess was not rebelling, but succeeded to the throne legally!
In fact, everyone knows that the edict must have been drawn up by the old prince in the name of the emperor. The emperor has been in a coma for such a long time. Before the coma, the prince was still alive. How could he issue an edict for the little princess to succeed to the throne? The so-called edict is just that. It's just an explanation to the world.
After the long and smelly edict was announced, the old prince looked at everyone, faced the little princess beside him, and knelt down directly, "Your Majesty, your Majesty! Long live, long live, long live my emperor!"
Zeng Yi reacted very quickly. When he saw that the old prince was kneeling, he pulled Han Tian and others beside him and knelt down too, shouting: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
The officials outside Qianqing Palace were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and all knelt down, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Although Zeng Yi knelt down, he kept looking at the important officials below from the corner of his eye. Although most of these important officials supported the little princess, Zeng Yi was always keeping an eye on them just in case something caused trouble. , want to see if there are any officials who are hesitant.
After scanning around, he didn't find anything. Zeng Yi felt a lot more at ease. When he looked back, he saw that the little princess was already stunned there. It was the first time for this little girl to experience such a thing. She was a little overwhelmed, but that was also true. It's excusable, but then again, there are really not many people in this world who have such an experience!
Zeng Yi quickly lowered his head, looked at the palace ladies on one side, and whispered: "What are you doing!" The palace ladies reacted and quickly took out the dragon robes they had prepared and put them on for the little princess.
After the little princess put on the dragon robe, she realized what she was doing and quickly helped the old prince, "Uncle Huang, please get up quickly!" After helping the old prince, the little princess said loudly: "My dear friends, please hurry up!" He is about to recover soon. The late emperor is dead. I hope all of you, dear friends, will do your best and create a future with me!
"Where is the official secretary?"
"Wei Chen is here!"
"Immediately draw up the procedures for the late emperor's funeral!"
"I obey the order!"
"Where is the Minister of War?"
"Wei Chen is here!" Wan Huojing, holding back his smile, stood up.
"After the death of the late emperor, in order to prevent unrest in the world, he immediately ordered the troops from all over the country to prepare!"
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According to what had been prepared, the little princess could now call her Her Majesty the Queen and issued orders one by one.
After the edict was promulgated, it still needed to be announced to the world. The edict in the hands of the old prince was handed over to the old bachelor. The bachelor then took out the edict, handed it to the Minister of Rites, held it to the bottom of the steps, and handed it to the Secretary of Rites. In Yunpan, Zeng Yi and others who acted as Luan Yi guards held the yellow cover and walked out of Taihe Gate from the middle road together. All civil and military officials followed the imperial edict from Zhaode Gate and Zhendu Gate on both sides of Taihe Gate and left the Meridian Gate. The edict was placed in the Dragon Pavilion and carried to the Tiananmen Gate Tower for promulgation. The bachelors and other scholars returned the "Emperor's Treasure" and stored it in the palace.
When the bachelor issued the edict, the little princess had already changed out of her dragon robe and put on her filial piety clothes. When she inherited the throne, she was the descendant of the emperor, whether in name or by blood. Whether she wanted to or not, the little princess The princess must also wear mourning clothes.
