Chapter 610 National Mourning
The Empress Dowager was sick and very ill.
Lao Wu was raised by the Empress Dowager himself. He has been by his side asking about his well-being and taking care of the Empress Dowager meticulously.
After the old emperor learned the news, he simply moved to Cining Palace and served in the morning and evening.
"Well, er, drink it while it's hot. I've tasted it first, it's not bitter." Kangxi held the medicine bowl in his own hand and came to the empress dowager's mouth.
The Empress Dowager shed tears, shook her head slightly, and gasped in a hurry, "Emperor, I'm afraid I won't do it anymore. In the future, you have to take care of yourself!"
Kangxi held back and did not cry, and said tremblingly: "Eh, don't think too much. If you drink the medicine, the disease will be cured."
The Empress Dowager cried, "I can't drink it anymore. I vomited as soon as I drink it, and I can't bear it anymore."
Lao Wu couldn't help crying. He was worried that it would stimulate the Empress Dowager, but he didn't dare to cry out loud, so he had to turn his head away.
Yuzhu, who was standing beside him, knew that the Empress Dowager's deadline had arrived and there was no way to save the medicine.
The old emperor also knew that the Empress Dowager was really out of reach. He whispered with tears in his eyes: "Eni, I have granted Ejier the title of Prince of Korqin to eat the prince's salary."
According to convention, the emperor appointed his brother in front of the patient, which means that it is really not possible and it is time to express his last wish.
The Empress Dowager gasped and said intermittently: "Emperor, I only have one wish to treat my fifth brother well, and never let him suffer any grievances."
The old emperor nodded frequently and immediately issued an order.
"Yuzhu, drafting the order."
“Wait.”
Yuzhu knelt in front of Xiaojizi, held his pen in his hand, waiting for the old emperor's instructions.
The old emperor did not hesitate at all and said loudly: "Under the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager, he asked the fifth son of the emperor, Prince Heng, Yinqi, to manage the affairs of the three banners of the Inlaid Yellow Banner, Mongolia and Han Army, and to eat the prince's double salary."
Yuzhu's pen is like a dragon and a snake, and soon drafted a copy, with gorgeous words and many first drafts that are praising the fifth brother.
After reading it, the old emperor didn't say anything, and immediately ordered Wang Chaoqing to use it with a seal.
In order to show the grand meaning, Wang Xuan, the Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace, came to issue the imperial edict in person.
The Empress Dowager gasped for a while, her face turned red and her neck thick, and she said in a trembling voice: "Lao Wu, go back... but you have to take good care of yourself... Don't let me be in the underworld, you still have to worry about you..."
"Empress Dowager Mama, I..." Lao Wu felt a lot of pain in his heart, and tears fell like rain, and he couldn't cry.
The Empress Dowager held her last mouthful and looked at Lao Wu deeply, and finally came to heaven.
Kangxi knelt to the edge of the phoenix bed, kowtowed nine times straight, and then ordered.
"I sent a decree to the whole world, and the empress dowager passed away and held a funeral in the country. She mourned thirty thousand times."
"Dangdangdang..." As the old emperor's will was passed down, the temples in the palace began to ring the death knell together.
According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, only when the emperor dies, the temples and temples in the capital can ring the death knell for 30,000 times.
Now that the Empress Dowager enjoys this treatment, it is a special kindness.
Everyone was crying, and Yuzhu didn't dare not cry. But his crying method was quite interesting, sobbing and intermittent.
After the official mourning was issued, Yuzhu immediately took off the red tassels on the top.
When the old emperor was almost crying, Yuzhu hurried over to ask for an order and whispered: "Report to Khan Ama, I should change my filial piety clothes."
The old emperor lost his only elder and was a little dazed. After hearing Yuzhu's words, he realized that there was one most important thing to do.
"After passing the order, the Empress Dowager Daxing's coffin will be temporarily housed in Ningshou Palace, and will choose an auspicious day to serve in Xiaodongling. Princes and ministers above the fourth rank in Beijing will come to the palace to worship."
Xiaodongling was the first empress tomb in the Qing Dynasty. The mother Empress Dowager was named Renxian, also known as Empress Dowager Renxian.
Yuzhu retreated to the side hall, and covered it with white plain clothes outside the official uniform. He wore it on top, took off the red tassels, and covered it with white cloth.
All the objects attached to the waist were also picked up completely.
The old emperor wanted to preside over the national funeral himself, but his energy and physical strength were no longer enough, so he would definitely not suffer that hardship.
After Yuzhu and Lao Wu's persuasion, the old emperor finally changed his mind.
In desperation, the old emperor had to order Lao Wu as the leader, Lao Twelve and Yu Zhu as the auxiliary, forming a basic funeral team.
Yuzhu is the Duke of the Fuguo, and Xiuyun and Cao Chun must change into mourning clothes and come to the palace to cry.
The old emperor kept guarding the empress dowager's body and refused to leave.
Both Lao Wu and Lao Twelve persuaded each other, but there was no use at all.
Yuzhu thought about it carefully, then came to the old emperor and whispered: "Report to Khan Ama, does it also need to be notified of the common man Yinreng?"
The old emperor immediately became energetic, narrowed his eyes, and said coldly: "I am still alive, so he is very unfilial and disrespectful. What kind of face does that evil beast have to worship the Empress Dowager of the Great Destiny?"
The Twelve of Lao was so impressed that my little beloved, the one who knows Khan Ama the best must be Yuzhu.
Yuzhu deliberately mentioned the second son, and to put it bluntly, he wanted to remind the old emperor in disguise: You should take care of your dragon body. If you cry and the deposed prince who has been staying in the palace, if you are not so peaceful, a disaster will come in a blink of an eye!
Kangxi just took this set.
In the first half of his life, the old emperor defeated Oboi, Wu Sangui, and then Zheng Chenggong.
After defeating all the enemies on the surface, Kangxi fought with his own son Yinreng in a mess, fighting to the point where the sky and the earth were dark.
To this day, the old emperor is still the most afraid of his second son Yinreng.
After all, the second son has been the crown prince for decades. Even if the second son was deposed once, a large number of important Manchu officials who held real power could still gather around him. How could he not take strict precautions?
"Yuzhu, go to Xian'an Palace to issue an order, and ask the common man Yinreng to mourn nearby." After the old emperor gave the order, he secretly made a gesture.
Yuzhu understood it and said, "Why."
After all, the old emperor listened to Yuzhu's persuasion, cried for a while, and went to the side palace to rest.
After the old emperor rested, Yuzhu took the golden order and took dozens of imperial guards to Xian'an Palace together.
There are three feet high walls on all sides of Xian'an Palace, and the only exit is the main entrance.
Yuzhu arrived in front of Xian'an Palace, held up the Jinbi Daling, and shouted loudly: "According to the order, change the defense!"
Xian'an Palace has always been guarded by the imperial guards. Yuzhu was the foreman of the imperial guards. He came with the Jinpu Grand Order, and the guards who were originally guarding Xian'an Palace retreated one after another.
After arranging the defense change, Yuzhu walked into Xian'an Palace.
The second child stood in the middle of the yard, looking at the jade pillar step by step with a complicated expression.
"Is it a white silk or a crane red head?" Yinreng was very scared. At this critical moment, the sudden appearance of the jade pillar is definitely not a good thing!
Chapter completed!