On the third day of the twelfth lunar month of the first year of Chenggong, the snow was falling, and the emperor read the abdication edict in Tai'an Hall. It was less than nine months after he ascended the throne and was exactly five months after the capital was quake.

Historical books recorded a series of disasters this year, including the emperor's death, war disasters, palace changes, earth movements, epidemics, and border attacks... A series of memorials were sent from all over the world, and at first they only hinted that the disaster was related to the inner palace. After receiving acquiescence and encouragement, the memorials pointed the finger at the emperor himself.

Almost every month, the emperor issued one or two self-criticisms and took the initiative to take responsibility, which made more and more officials smell the smell of fragrance and blood. The content of the memorial became more and more straightforward. The emperor's various "bad deeds" became evidence of crime, indicating that it was because he offended God that caused all the disasters this year.

Therefore, the abdication on the third day of December was a natural result.

Han Ruzi knew very little about these things. He did not write the imperial edict of sin. Although he had many memorials, he did not have the chance to see them. He didn't even go to the Qinzheng Palace. He stayed in the inner palace in the name of fasting and read by himself, especially historical books of history. No one restricted him anymore and could read at will.

The mother, Prince Meiren, comes every day, chats with her son for a while, never mentioning anything outside.

Others rarely come, and Yang Feng never showed up once. Meng E came once and sent him the last pill. He has disappeared from now on. A month before his abdication, Zhang Youcai and Tong Qing'e were transferred away, and their whereabouts were unknown. Other "hard people" never came once. Han Ruzi asked, "Miss Wang just said "having other arrangements" and refused to disclose more details.

Gradually, Han Ruzi's worries faded. Since he was about to abdicate soon, there was no need to care about other people's attitudes.

King Donghai has been here several times and has always been sarcastic. He didn't know that he had the opportunity to become emperor. He was in a low mood. After mocking, he always blamed his uncle Cui Hong. In his opinion, his uncle's courage was too small to miss the opportunity.

Han Ruzi never saw the queen again, and the custom of visiting Qiuxin Palace during the five years has also been cancelled.

Occasionally, he could hear a little news: the eunuch Zuo Ji did not get the forgiveness of the empress dowager, and the day after the failure of the palace, he was beheaded in prison; Junyang Hou Hua Bin and Yi Er and two grandsons fled out of the capital and were never arrested, and the families who stayed in the capital were all imprisoned; Chunyu Xiao, the one who looked at the aura, was the most magical. Every few days, there was news of him being arrested, but none of them could be confirmed.

But all of this has nothing to do with Han Ruzi. Reading history books is purely a hobby, and he doesn't feel that he has the chance to become emperor again.

On the afternoon of the second day of the 12th month, eunuch Jing Yao sent a draft edict of abdication. The edict was very long, which included the major disasters and minor disasters this year. He complained that the emperor had little virtue and blessings, and was sorry for his ancestors, and even suggested that he had an incurable chronic disease.

Han Ruzi wrote everything without hesitation, and only stopped writing once, and asked in surprise: "When did I change my name to Han Bai? Is this word pronounced 'yes'?"

"Before the emperor ascended the throne, he would usually change his name to facilitate the people of the world to avoid taboos. His Majesty's name was changed in March, and there are records on the ancestral property of Zongzheng Mansion. The celestial tree is a sacred tree, and it is said that those who eat their leaves are not jealous." Jing Yao explained that he still maintained basic etiquette in the face of the emperor who would abdicate the next day.

Han Ruzi continued to write edicts, and he didn't care whether it was "Han Song" or "Han Zhen". His real name was "Ruzi".

"Okay." Han Ruzi put down his pen and admired the edict he wrote. "My handwriting is much more neat than before. Will the ministers recognize it?"

Jing Yao seemed a little embarrassed, "I agree, I must agree. Please rest with your Majesty."

Han Ruzi lay on the bed and ran silently for a while, feeling that the breath in her body was becoming clear. Unfortunately, he could only practice this step. If Meng E didn't come, he would not know other ways of practicing.

That night, he slept well.

Compared with ascending the throne, the abdication ceremony the next day was extremely fast and simple. The ritual officials read the edict in public, the ministers knelt down, and then stood up to both sides. Han Xing, the general general of the army, walked up to the ranks as an important minister of the royal family, took the seal that had never belonged to him from the emperor, and retreated.

Then Prime Minister Yin Wuhei went upstairs, stretched out his hand, called "Your Highness", and guided Han Ruzi out of Tai'an Hall and handed him to two generals at the door.

Han Ruzi recognized one of them, Liu Kunsheng, the palace gatekeeper. He made great contributions when defeating the palace change, and rose to prominence and was directly promoted to General of the Central Army and in charge of the palace guards.

When saluting the deposed emperor, Liu Kunsheng obviously bowed lower, "Your Highness, please follow me out of the palace."

Han Ruzi took a carriage and was escorted by Liu Kunsheng, the general of the Central Army. When the vehicle drove to the Nanbianmen, he met the first group of envoys. The eunuch Jing Yao read out the imperial edict to the deposed emperor: Han Zhen was named King Dezhong and kept the residence of the capital.

King Dezhong is not a good title. Han Ruzi doesn’t like it or care.

The carriage continued to move forward and drove out of the palace. It was deserted all the way, and there was no one in broad daylight.

On the way, the carriage stopped again, and the second group of envoys blocked the road and read out the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager: After discussion among the ministers, it is not appropriate to abolish the emperor and be renamed "Jihou".

Han Ruzi asked Liu Kunsheng beside him, "How far is it? If this continues, I will not be deposed as a commoner, right?"

Liu Kunsheng looked embarrassed. He shouldn't have talked to the deposed emperor at first, but he turned his head slightly and whispered: "No, Your Majesty... No, Your Highness... No, you are the Jue Hou, and you will not surrender again, probably not."

Han Ruzi smiled, "Jianghou, is this 'tiring' of 'tiring' or 'tiring'?"

Liu Kunsheng was right. Juanhou was the identity of Han Ruzi. The carriage drove all the way into the north city and stopped in front of the gate of a house. The plaque on the lintel clearly stated the four big words "Junhou's Mansion". The handwriting was very new, and it was obviously just hung up.

The third group of envoys were at the door and read the deposed emperor the imperial edict to the deposed emperor again. The wording was stricter than the previous few times. He listed the various "bad deeds" of the deposed emperor and asked him to "reform himself" from then on. There were only a very small amount of substantive content in the decreed: Although the deposed emperor Han Zhen was a marquis, he was more magnificent than the princes and kings, and he could "enter the palace without worship."

Han Ruzi then remembered that he had not got out of the car and kneeled down several times, and was not very consistent. From now on, he could not kneel down without saying anything.

After reading the imperial edict, the envoy withdrew, and the guards in the palace who escorted the deposed emperor had to retreat. At this time, Liu Kunsheng knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Juenhou, performed the courtesy of his ministers, and then got on the car and led his troops to leave.

This is a very risky move, and Han Ruzi had no time to stop it.

Eight guards stayed and guarded the gate. Han Ruzi turned around and walked into another new home of his own.

There were more than 20 servants kneeling in the courtyard, all of whom were "hard people" in the palace. Han Ruzi recognized Zhang Youcai at a glance and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "So you are all here!"

Everyone kowtowed, Zhang Youshang raised his head and cried and called "Your Majesty".

Han Ruzi shook her head, walked up to help everyone up, and shouted: "From today, I am Han Ruzi, I will not call me 'Your Majesty' again, thank you everyone... Thank you..."

He didn't know what to say.

Everyone cried, and the more mature eunuch persuaded everyone.

Han Ruzi didn't see Tong Qing'e and Cai Xinghai. Zhang Youcai wiped away his tears and said, "Jing Sijian said that we have made contributions to the rescue of the horse and can choose to leave the palace to follow... You can also stay in the palace. We voluntarily left the palace. We were only sent last night. Sister Qing'e and others stayed in the palace and said yes..."

Zhang Youcai was a little dissatisfied, and Han Ruzi smiled and said, "I understand."

"Brother Cai asked for a military position and went to the frontier to fight again. I don't know if he set out. He asked me to say to his master... to his master, 'It is the greatest glory in his life that he will never forget until death.'"

Han Ruzi smiled and said, "Who will forget it? I hope he can achieve success without falsely reporting his head this time."

Zhang Youcai also laughed.

"Take me a look at my new home, we can do whatever we want here."

Everyone surrounded Juehou and looked around.

The mansion is not small, with five entrances in front and many houses, and the courtyard is more spacious than the courtyard in the palace. More than 20 people are not satisfied with living in 30% of the rooms. The back is a garden, which is unsupervised and covered with thick snow.

"It would be great if we only live in people." Zhang Youcai quickly became excited, wandered around with his master, throwing away everyone else. In a study room, Zhang Youcai knelt down again and whispered: "Your Majesty..."

"Don't call me like that again."

"Master, when will we go back to the palace?"

Han Ruzi said in surprise: "Why do you say such things?"

"You are the Emperor of Great Chu, and you are the only one who deserves to be the emperor. If you leave the palace, you will retreat to advance. Sooner or later, will you go back, right?"

"Does everyone think so?" Han Ruzi asked seriously.

Zhang Youcai hesitated for a moment, "I haven't asked, but I think... everyone's ideas should be the same as mine."

My mother, Prince Wang, did say that she should wait patiently for the opportunity, but the opportunity was far away and she didn't even have any shadows. She thought about going back as soon as she left the palace gate, which would only cause big trouble.

"Tell everyone, don't mention the 'return to the palace' anymore. This is my home, and I want to stay there."

Zhang Youcai stood up with a tacit smile on his face, "I understand, I'll talk later."

"Forget it, there is no need to say anything." Han Ruzi found that such a thing could not be explained at all, and she would only want to cover up the truth.

An eunuch ran in outside and said in panic: "Someone is coming outside, it looks very fierce."

Han Ruzi hurriedly went out and arrived at the front yard. He saw more than a dozen men in uniform closed the door and checking everywhere. They were all carrying knives. The people in the mansion stood blankly inside and outside the Chuanhuamen, not daring to interfere.

When Han Ruzi was surprised, a eunuch walked out of a downward room, came to him a few steps, bowed and bowed, "Do you still like this?"

"Yang Feng!" Han Ruzi was surprised, "The Queen Mother asked you to come? Is there anything wrong?"

"Come to be the chief supervisor of the Marquis' Mansion. If Juehou doesn't want to use me, you can also change someone else. In this house, you are the master."

Han Ruzi was overjoyed, "I do, of course I do, but... no one told me that you would leave the palace."

"There are always accidents before things happen, so let's talk about it after things happen."

"These people..." Han Ruzi pointed at the men in good costumes, thinking that they didn't look like eunuchs in the palace, and the beards of several of them were quite conspicuous.

"Some of my friends, please come and protect Juehou."

"Protect? Why protect?"

"Because someone may misunderstand the Queen Mother's intentions."

Han Ruzi was stunned, "Has the edict and the empress dowager's imperial edict made it very clear?"

"No matter how clearly the Empress Dowager says it, there will always be people who overthink it and think that they can take the opportunity to make meritorious service. The first few days of the abdicated emperor are the most dangerous, just get through it."

Only then did Han Ruzi realize that her life after abdication was not as leisurely as she imagined.

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