Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 27 Chongzhen's Ceremony

When Li Zhenli returned upstairs, she saw Li Xiangjun coming to her with a plain fan with only one large character written on it.

"Mom, look, this is a fan left by some young master." Li Xiangjun spread out Zhu Cihong's fan for Li Zhenli to see.

Li Zhenli saw that the fan had written a word of Zhu, leaving no information, and thought to herself that this young master Zhu Cihong is really mysterious.

"You should keep it well. I'm afraid that young master's identity is unusual. He might come to you for it sometime." Li Zhenli said.

"Who could he be?" Li Xiangjun had already become interested in the mysterious son Zhu Cihong, and Zhu Cihong attracted her like a secret realm.

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Back at the Prince's Mansion, Zhu Cihong asked Liu Bao to find a random place for Zhou Yuantong to live in, and then fell asleep. He had done too many things today, so he should take a good rest.

After this sleep, Zhu Cihong slept until seven or eight o'clock the next day, and he didn't get up and get dressed until Liu Bao said that King Fu sent someone to find him to bring the emperor's coffin into the palace to stop his coffin.

After Zhu Cihong put on his clothes, his guards were also assembled, because he was going to the palace, he couldn't bring too many people with him, and he had to dress brightly.

So Zhu Cihong only ordered Zhang Chao to bring his one hundred Jinyi guards, and Zhang Yong to bring twenty guards and cavalry, as his guards when he traveled.

Of course, because Zhu Cihong was going to transport Chongzhen's coffin to the imperial palace, it was impossible to have just such a small number of people. He also ordered a hundred or ten heavy infantry to change into the clothes of attendants, and some of them carried the coffins of Chongzhen, Queen Zhou, and Concubine Tian. The lower part is guarded on both sides.

Zhu Cihong's people alone dispatched more than 200 people, and King Fu sent over a hundred people. These 300 people formed a mighty long line and sent the coffins of the three Chongzhen people into the palace.

People along the way heard that Emperor Chongzhen's body was going to be transported to the palace to rest, and they all spontaneously came out to watch.

But Jiangnan is fine, there is almost nothing going on, so the common people all want to come and see Chongzhen's coffin, and it can be regarded as joining in the fun.

For a time, tens of thousands of people in Jinling City blocked the streets to watch Chongzhen's coffin being brought into the palace. In order to maintain order, a path was opened among the crowd, and Jinling Prefecture's police officers, government officials, and Jinling Xiao were mobilized. The 5600 men of Lingwei were also mobilized.

These thousands of people were all standing on the street with weapons in their hands, lined up in two neat rows. The weapons they carried were not for the protection of the masses, but for the timely rescue of Zhu Cihong and others in case of an emergency.

Because it was escorting the emperor's coffin, Zhu Cihong could not sit in a sedan chair, but could only ride a horse in the middle of the team. Fortunately, Zhu Cihong had already learned how to ride a horse when he came out of the capital.

To be precise, this body can ride a horse, so Zhu Cihong rides a horse very easily now, just like eating and drinking water.

Marching in the middle of the team, surrounded by tens of thousands of people, Zhu Cihong, who was looked up by tens of thousands of people, did not notice that there was a person in the crowd that he could never forget yesterday.

Li Xiangjun and his sisters heard that the crown prince was going to send the coffin of Emperor Daxing to the palace today, so they brought a few servant girls to join in the fun.

In a feudal society where entertainment means were scarce, people's lives were very boring, otherwise there would be so many people who would just read and write when they had nothing to do, or they would just have wine and tea with friends and talk.

On the second floor of the teahouse facing the street, they saw Zhu Cihong who was riding a tall horse with a dignified appearance. They were shocked to the point that this was the young man they had seen yesterday?
Li Xiangjun said to Bian Yujing who was standing beside him, "Look, isn't that the young master from yesterday?"

When Zheng Tuoniang heard what Li Xiangjun said, she hurriedly put down the melon seeds in her hand, went to the window to look, and found that it was indeed the young master from last night.

"It's over, it's over, we met him last night, we didn't even say a word, and he didn't answer, he wouldn't take it to heart, and then arrest us into the palace, right?" Zheng Tuoniang's mind jumped.

Li Xiangjun listened, and said with a smile, "He is a high-ranking crown prince, and he is very different from us grassroots. He came yesterday, maybe he will forget us today?"

Although he said these words, Li Xiangjun wondered whether Zhu Cihong would remember her. The 16-year-old girl was in Huaichun.

But when she was thinking about it, Zhu Cihong rode away, and when she wanted to see him again, she couldn't see it even if she poked her head out.

Soon, Zhu Cihong came to the outside of the palace, and saw from a distance that the main gate of the palace gate was wide open, and the small gates on both sides were also wide open.

If he hadn't welcomed Chongzhen, he wouldn't have mobilized the crowd so much. Even Zhu Cihong wasn't worth opening the front door. After all, he was only a prince, not an emperor, and he was bound and restricted by many rules and etiquette.

All the way to the mourning hall arranged for Chongzhen by the officials of Jinling, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Households. The remains of Chongzhen and Queen Zhou were placed in the main hall, while Concubine Tian Gui was placed in the side hall.

The King of Fu, Zhu Yousong, was also in the hall wearing fierce clothes at the moment, chatting with Ma Shiying and many other civil and military ministers who came to express condolences. As soon as they saw Zhu Cihong coming, they immediately greeted him.

As soon as Zhu Yousong saw Zhu Cihong, he impatiently walked forward, held his hands, and said, "I heard that His Majesty was killed in the capital, and there was no news about your sisters and brothers. I have been crying all day long. , I don’t know how uncomfortable those days were.”

"It's really great to see that you, King Ding, King Yong, and Princess are all safe and sound now."

Looking at Zhu Yousong with exaggerated expression, stiff movements, and no tears on his face, Zhu Cihong really didn't understand how he had the courage to act in front of him, and he didn't know whether he thought he was stupid, or that he didn't understand people's hearts when he was young .

Zhu Cihong thought to himself, you can act, so can't I?I have been deceiving teachers and parents since I was a child, and my experience is not much richer than yours.

So Zhu Cihong clenched his upper and lower teeth, bit the tip of his tongue, forced a drop of tears from his eyes, held Zhu Yousong's hand and said, "Uncle Huang has a heart, and my nephew has been thinking about whether he will be lucky in this life on the way to flee south." See you."

"I didn't expect that I was lucky enough to escape from the siege of the [-] troops without any danger, and then fled all the way to Jinling, where I met the emperor's uncle and this group of loyal ministers. With you As your assistant, after I ascend the throne, there must be great hope for Ming Zhongxing."

Seeing that Zhu Cihong actually shed tears, Zhu Yousong, Ma Shiying and other ministers were really moved when he said such provocative words, and felt sad for this unfortunate prince.

(End of this chapter)