Jia Ke led everyone in Jia's family out of Ningrong Street and marched toward the palace.
Along the way, there were soldiers clearing the way in front, and everyone stayed on both sides and watched from a distance. Everyone was curious about such a scene.
"Brother, I want to ask you something."
"Please tell me if you have anything to say, no need to be so polite."
"Which family is this? Why is it so grand? I saw a prince traveling a few days ago, and it couldn't compare to this kind of pomp."
"When it comes to his family, I know him."
"Brother, please give me some advice."
"This family is the first in our capital. They are the family members of Lord Jia, the Minister of Military and Aircraft."
"It turns out to be his family. No wonder. In the capital, apart from the emperor, his family is probably the most important."
When Jia Ke led everyone to the palace gate, he saw that there were already sedans and carriages parked outside the palace gate. These people knew that the Supreme Emperor had passed away, so they came to mourn the Supreme Emperor.
As soon as Jia Ke arrived at the palace gate, he saw Dai Quan's godson Dai Lian running from the palace gate. As soon as he came to Jia Ke, he immediately knelt down on one knee to salute Jia Ke.
"My slave, Dai Lian, would like to pay my respects to the Duke."
Jia Ke has known this man for a long time and has collected a lot of information about him. After all, as the emperor's intelligence manager, Dai Lian is also a very important figure.
On the surface, Dai Lian is Dai Quan's godson, but he seems to be going too far under Dai Quan's hands.
In fact, Dai Lian's ability was so outstanding that even when Xia Shouzhong took over the secret guard, he could not leave him for even a moment. Although he knew that he was Dai Quan's godson, he could only continue to let him serve as the leader of the secret guard.
Now that Jia Ke saw him kneeling in front of him, he already understood what was going on. This was Dai Quan surrendering to him. Naturally, as his godson, he was now one of his own.
Jia Ke smiled and said, "Did your godfather ask you to welcome us here?"
"You don't need Godfather's orders. I still have some sense, my slave." Dai Lian looked at Jia Ke with a smile on his face and said a few witty words.
Jia Ke turned over and dismounted, and Jia Zhen, who was next to him, also quickly got down. Once here, he could no longer ride a horse or enter in a sedan chair.
Although Jia Ke doesn't need to take these rules seriously, after all, this is the funeral of the Supreme Emperor. He doesn't look at the monk's face but the Buddha's face. Jia Ke also has to give some face to a dead person.
Dai Lian saw Jia Ke dismounting and knew what he meant, so he quickly smiled and said: "The ones behind must be the old lady and everyone, right?"
Jia Zhen smiled at this time and came over to answer his words: "The old lady is behind you."
"In this case, let the old lady and everyone inform you to take a sedan to the gate of Qianqing Palace, and then get off the sedan. It won't be too late."
After hearing what he said, Jia Zhen was a little undecided, so he also looked at Jia Ke.
Jia Ke thought for a while and thought that he was just obeying the rules now. I'm afraid the rest of the world wouldn't think so. He might as well just go his own way and take a few steps less for the old lady, which would be considered as his filial piety.
Jia Ke then nodded to Dai Lian. Dai Lian knew that he agreed as soon as he saw what Jia Ge meant, so he came to Jia Mu's sedan chair three steps at a time.
"My slave Dai Lian, please pay your respects to the old lady." After Dai Lian finished saying this, he knelt down and kowtowed several times to Jia Mu's sedan chair.
At this time, Jia Mu also heard what Jia Ke and Dai Lian were talking about. She knew that the eunuch in front of her was here to curry favor with her family, so she smiled and said in the sedan chair: "Eunuch Dai, get up quickly. This is not to hurt my old lady."
Longevity?"
After hearing the old lady's kind words, Dai Lian stood up and said with a smile: "The old lady is the most blessed person in the world. If I kowtow to you a few times, it will be regarded as worshiping the Bodhisattva."
Jia's mother couldn't help but feel happy when she heard that he was so good at talking at school, and she had a very good impression of him.
In this way, Jia Ke and Jia Zhen led the way, and several large sedan chairs arrived at the entrance of Qianqing Palace.
At this time, many civil and military officials were waiting at the entrance of Qianqing Palace to kowtow to the Supreme Emperor, and many family members were kneeling on the cold ground and howling.
At this time, everyone was very surprised to see several large sedan chairs coming directly to the door of Qianqing Gate. However, after seeing Jia Ke walking in front, they all understood it tacitly.
Meng Ming, the president of the Hanlin Academy, who was presiding over etiquette and maintaining order, heard someone reported that Jia Ke was here, and quickly led a few people to the outside of Qianqing Palace.
When Jia Ke saw Meng Ming, he quickly went over to give him a fist. Meng Ming also raised his hands to Jia Ke and said, "Didn't the Duke of the State come here already? Why are he here again?"
"My old lady is also a member of the royal family, so she has to come to see the Emperor off."
"The old lady is here too. How can she withstand such hard work at such an old age?"
While they were talking, Jia Zheng and Jia She arrived at the entrance of Qianqing Palace, supporting Jia Mu.
Lao Mengming hurriedly stepped forward to salute Jia Mu, "Old lady, you are here. At such an old age, I really feel wronged to you."
Jia Mu said: "I don't have anything to do with you. It seems that you are one or two years older than me. You are still working here as an errand, how can you leave me behind?"
After Jia Mu finished speaking, she said to Jia Ke next to her: "Let's go in and take a look. We haven't seen each other for decades. You don't know how your grandfather and I begged the Supreme Emperor back then." To absolve our family of their sins?"
After Jia Mu said this, she went into the Qianqing Palace without waiting for Jia Ke. Jia Ke quickly followed behind. Jia Zheng and Jia She also supported Jia Mu on both sides, and they all entered the Qianqing Palace together.
At this time, the main hall of Qianqing Palace had already set up a mourning hall, unlike Jia Ke's time when there was only a Zi Palace.
The emperor is now sitting in the top corner of the mourning hall, with the empress and the virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun kneeling on both sides of him. But the empress dowager is not here, and the empress dowager is nowhere to be seen, and she doesn't know where she went.
Jia Ke was a little puzzled when he saw this situation. According to the rules, the Queen Mother should be there as well. Could it be that the Emperor was considerate of the Queen Mother and asked him to go back and have a rest.
When the emperor saw Jia Ke's family coming, he just glanced at them and said nothing.
Mrs. Jia took a few steps forward and arrived in front of the Emperor's soul. The eunuch in charge of etiquette standing aside hurriedly shouted: "Kneel down and kowtow."
After Jia Mu's death, Jia Zheng, Jia She, Jia Zhen, and the female relatives of Ning Rong and Ning Rong all knelt down and kowtowed to the Supreme Emperor according to the rules. Only Jia Mu still stood there motionless.
Many civil and military ministers and family members who came to pay homage to the Supreme Emperor were at a loss when they saw Jia Mu standing there.
When the emperor saw this situation, he stood up and stared at Jia Mu with gloomy eyes.
Jia Ke didn't know what was going on, so he quickly walked over to Jia Mu and said, "Old lady, are you feeling unwell? If you feel unwell, grandson, I will help you back now."
But Jia Mu stood there, silent for a long time, and then turned around and said to Jia Ke, "Do you know? It was the person in front of you who killed your grandfather."
Jia Mu's voice was loud, and when she said this sentence, the entire Qianqing Palace was stunned.
The emperor standing above was furious and came directly to Jia Ke, "Jia Ke, the Supreme Emperor has treated you badly. He is dead now, and you still want to bring a crazy woman here to cause trouble. What on earth do you want? What’s the intention?”
When Jia Ke heard that the emperor dared to slander Jia Mu as a crazy woman, he immediately opened his eyes and shouted loudly: "Emperor, please pay attention to your identity. This is my grandmother, the wife of Duke Xianrong."
After listening to Giaco's reprimand, the emperor immediately understood the situation at hand and could only take a step back and stood aside and stopped talking. After all, people had to bow their heads under the eaves.
When Jia Mu saw the emperor coming, she said contemptuously, "Why can't I say that? Because of Prince Yi Zhong's affairs, my old prince had to sleep in the courtyard for several days during the cold weather. , just to die quickly, just to give an explanation to the Supreme Emperor, and to let the world not doubt the Supreme Emperor. You don’t know what the scene was like at that time."
The family members of other officials present were all astonished after hearing Jia Mu's words. They did not expect that there would be such twists and turns back then, nor did they expect that the Supreme Emperor would be so heartless and unjust. You must know that Jia Daishan did his best when the Supreme Emperor ascended the throne. ,
However, these people then thought about it and realized that this was also when Jia Daishan was in charge of the military. The Emperor was very afraid of him, so it was reasonable to use this excuse to exclude him.
When Jia Mu said this, she was already in tears. In the past, she just kept this matter firmly in her heart and never dared to say a word to others. Because she knew that if she said a word, it would be a catastrophe that would destroy the family. But now Her grandson finally took control of the world, and she had nothing to fear anymore, so she spoke out all the words she had been holding in her heart for these years.
Mother Jia vented the anger in her heart, and then said contemptuously to the emperor's soul: "I'm afraid you never thought that this day would happen until your death. When you go down, tell my old man that I have avenged him. "
Although Jia Mu said these words happily in public, she was already very good at overstepping her bounds. If the emperor was still in power, just by these few words, Jia's entire family would be executed.
But now the emperor could only stand there clenching his fists, staring at Jia Mu with eyes like spitting fire, but he did not dare to say another word.
Jia Zheng and Jia She were stunned. They had always thought that their father died of an illness, but they didn't expect that there were such twists and turns. But now that they think about it, this is the only way to reasonably explain it. They miss their father. He was a military officer and was in good health. How could he suddenly get sick and die as soon as he couldn't get sick?
After reading these words, Jia Ke frowned and his face turned livid. He raised his head and glared at the emperor fiercely. This only frightened the emperor so much that he stepped back because the look in Jia Ke's eyes just now was so terrifying. , completely like looking at a dead person.