Crown of Silence

Chapter 808 Funeral (I)

After a long and chaotic night, many things have changed, including the palace, the imperial capital, and Zhendan. Perhaps the world outside Zhendan has also become different.

The only thing that has not changed is the "Great Source" that people want to change.

Struggle, rebellion, trial, suppression... In just a few days, the whole country has become a pot of boiling water, with one piece of explosive material after another thrown in, until no one can smell what soup will be stewed in it.

Then, the chaos was settled overnight.

On the first day after Bai Heng's death, the gates of the capital were opened and the coalition forces of the princes entered the capital. All rebellions were forcibly suppressed, and the palace was blocked inside and outside. Everyone was wondering whether the next drama would be the wearing of the yellow robe.

But then, the day after Bai Heng's death, the new emperor ascended the throne.

But the only winner shocked everyone.

It was not the Yuan family, the Liu family, the indignant Changsun family, or the Ye family, which was known for its wolfish ambitions... The ones who laughed last were the Bai family, which had a new head, and the Yunlou family, which had only one sap left.

Anyway, the last person left in these two families was the same person.

——Yunlou Baixi.

In fact, it is also OK to remove the two words "Yunlou"...

The first to bow their heads was the Yuan family. The Yuan family had the least ambition and cared the least about external things. Although a head of the family died for this, the Yuan family itself was not sad at all, but felt very happy that it died well and wonderfully.

This group of psychopaths always used people as swords and sharpened their swords with enemies. Under the pressure of Mr. Hu, Yuan Changqing broke through the limit and reached a realm that the heads of previous generations could not reach. The last remaining sword was the proof.

At Bai Heng's invitation, the Yuan family came down the mountain to seek death. Now that they have found it, they naturally have no intention of staying for the New Year's dinner. After Bai Xi wrote a letter in the name of the head of the Bai family and reiterated the agreement between Bai Heng and them, the Yuan family simply threw away the military power, turned around and left, and went back to the mountains.

The Liu family is more difficult to deal with, but it is not impossible to negotiate.

What is worth reassuring is that no one who becomes emperor will let the Liu family take over.

There is no other reason, the image is really not to the extent that it can be described as "bad".

For hundreds of years, the Liu family has focused on ghosts and beasts, and has made themselves half-human and half-ghost. Most of the old people in the family are like zombies, and the young people are also ghostly and gloomy, and are definitely not good people.

Even if you put on the dragon robe and sit on the throne, you will only be regarded as the remains of the previous emperor. But the beast seems to be invisible, but the resources required for research are frighteningly many.

Especially the way of ghosts, gold and silver mountains can be burned out if you are ruthless.

So, it depends on what price to pay to satisfy the appetite of these guys.

Facts have proved that one Yunlou is enough.

It's not painful for a son to sell his father's land, let alone selling Yunlou Qingshu's property. If it weren't for Ye Qingxuan's reminder, Bai Xi would have forgotten about Yunlou City. Now that it can be used for waste, there is no reason to be reluctant.

After the three families persuaded the two families, the remaining Changsun family was naturally alone.

The thousand-year wish was still difficult to fulfill. After talking and calculating again and again, they still couldn't bear to fight to the death. They handed over the military power and returned to the fiefdom with enough benefits to make themselves fat.

In this way, the new emperor's position is stable.

Although there are still countless problems...

For example, what is your majesty's surname?

It is right to be the head of two families, but one family must be in front.

So which one is in front, the 'Yunlou family' or the 'Bai family'?

It is true that Bai Xi is Bai Heng's adopted daughter, but there are two words in front of her name: Yun Lou. It is true that Yun Lou Bai Xi is the daughter of Yun Lou Qing Shu, but this daughter killed her own father. Whether she is willing to admit this surname is another matter.

And there is also the original handwritten edict of the previous emperor, which canonized Bai Xi as a princess and changed her surname to Zhao...

Okay, now I have to consider whether to take the surname Zhao.

Fortunately, the current Majesty caught a person with royal Zhao bloodline from somewhere and passed his family back to him, which is equivalent to passing through a bend from himself. The surname Zhao still continues to be Zhao.

What is the surname of the Majesty now?

For a while, I don't know how many people were anxious and had a headache.

This problem is just a title at the smallest level, and it is a question of standing in the big picture...

The Yun Lou family and the Bai family, your majesty can be the head of both families, can you still play both sides? Are you loyal to the Yun Lou family or the Bai family?

Are you a friend of the Bai family or a friend of the Yun Lou family?

Or, which side do you want to be the enemy of?

Besides, this is not a question of whether your Majesty's surname is Yunlou or Bai now. Looking at the long-term, there is also the question of what your Majesty's surname will be in the future!

Is your surname Yunlou? Or is your surname Bai?

Or are you planning to... surname Ye?

And what is the fate of the Ye family? Do you want to redress or continue to cover up this issue? Do you want to restore the original fiefdom or merge it into the royal domain?

For a while, everything was complicated and a mess, but some issues were too sensitive and could not be left alone. I don't know how many people were worried about this.

Fortunately, your Majesty dropped a new trouble in his busy schedule, and all the troubles were no longer troubles.

——State funeral for Bai Heng.

This is a big trouble.

Let’s not talk about how this regent who had dominated Zhendan for fifteen years and covered the sky with one hand died, nor how the late emperor died. Anyway, in future history books, these two can only die of illness.

And they have to avoid the important and focus on the trivial, and smooth over this period of history that no one knows what happened.

Let’s not talk about how many historians’ hairs have to be pulled out to deal with this matter, just the evaluation of the posthumous title is enough to make the doctors of Shiqu Pavilion beat their brains.

Moreover, this majesty insisted on burying Bai Heng in the mausoleum built by the late emperor for himself, no matter how many people’s brains were broken under the steps.

On the fifth day after Bai Heng’s death, he was buried in such a grand manner.

Generally speaking, at this time, the emperor would posthumously confer some title to show his favor and reluctance. Anyway, the dead can’t jump out of the grave, and blank checks can be written casually. But the current majesty is so stingy on this point for some reason, not continuing to add any favors, which seems a bit heartless, but treating him with a state funeral.

Such a contradiction.

However, for the ministers who have been ravaged, this no longer matters...

They only hope that after the three fires of His Majesty's ascension to the throne are over, it will be a little quiet.

So, the funeral proceeded.

Although it was a funeral, the popular drama of five sons crying at the grave was not performed. Everyone just commemorated symbolically - in fact, if you want to say that they are sad, I'm afraid there is no sadness in their hearts, but a lot of people are relaxed and happy.

Finally dead.

This traitor who has controlled the government for so many years.

I don't know how many people are relieved.

No one knows how much sincerity is in the pretentious tears.

The funeral music was solemn, hosted by the head of the Ye family himself, and His Majesty was present to commemorate, and the "former royal family descendant" of unknown origin, the current head of the Zhao family, was also beside him.

A woman who looks a little dull and stupid, her eyes always look like sleepwalking, and she always reacts half a beat slower when others talk to her.

She always looks like she hasn't woken up.

When the funeral was over and everyone was ready to leave, she seemed to be still in the past, silent in the cold silence.

"Are you sad?"

Ye Qingxuan asked her.

"I don't know."

The former emperor shook his head suddenly, "I have seen a lot of things about him in the past few days, but they are all different from the one I saw. I am forgetting a lot of things. Now even if I try hard to recall, I can't remember his face. Only his eyes are still clear."

Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.

This is probably what Bai Heng wants to see, right?

However, although he said stubbornly that she should not remember him, if she really forgot, the old guy would probably be a little sad, right?

What a irony, Bai Heng.

"But there is one thing I am sure of-"

Ye Qingxuan suddenly heard her voice.

Confused, he turned around and saw her serious expression.

"I like him very much."

As if she recalled the remaining memories and saw the remaining eyes again, she seemed to wake up from a dream and opened her eyes:

"Because that kind of eyes are very strong."

She said, "I want to be like him."

After a long silence, Ye Qingxuan laughed at himself, not knowing what to say. After a long time, he patted her shoulder:

"Then try to live..."

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After returning to the palace, Ye Qingxuan walked on the jade steps alone, looking around at everything, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. Just as he was recalling the past, he heard the sound of kowtow from the palace. An old man kowtowed in embarrassment, his voice hoarse and flustered:

"Your Majesty, this old minister is dying to report. It is not in accordance with the ancient etiquette to suddenly get married after the state funeral. Besides, Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and it is time to revive everything..."

Wait!

Wedding?

Who wants a wedding?

Outside the palace, Ye Qingxuan was struck by lightning and almost rolled down the steps.

"So soon?"

After finally picking up his chin from the ground, he peered in from outside the palace, only to see the old man with a bloody head on the steps, and Bai Xi, who was sitting on the throne with a cold look and no mercy at all.

When she heard his voice, Bai Xi looked up, and her eyes... became even colder.

"Hmm?"

She seemed not to understand what Ye Qingxuan said, and made a sound of doubt from her nose, but Ye Qingxuan shuddered and pretended not to say anything.

Bai Xi's face looked a little better, and she stared at Ye Qingxuan who was about to run away, and then waved his hand to drive him away: "I have my own considerations. If Taichang Qing is fine, go down."

The old man pretended not to hear and kowtowed, and was soon dragged out by two golden gourd warriors.

Suddenly, only Ye Qingxuan and Bai Xi were left in the hall.

The silence became more and more awkward.

No one spoke.

Until Ye Qingxuan couldn't stand Bai Xi's eyes anymore, he coughed twice and said:

"Ahem, cousin..."

"Hmm?" Bai Xi hummed another unhappy syllable from her nose.

"Bai Xi! Your Majesty Bai Xi!"

Ye Qingxuan hurriedly spoke, with the kind look of a cousin: "Sometimes you don't have to be too anxious, isn't there an old saying? Take your time, it's faster... I'm not saying I don't want to, I'm just saying..."

Before he finished his stammering words, he was interrupted by a sharp bell from a distance.

——Someone is crashing into the palace!

The clanging of armor sounded.

Two lines of imperial guards rushed over and blocked the palace. But Ye Qingxuan's sharp eyes saw the 'assassin' running from a distance.

That is clearly the standard armor of the Round Table Division!

Moreover, Ye Qingxuan clearly recognized the height and heartbeat: he was his messenger!

"Step aside!!!"

The knight had his hands empty and was so panicked that he ignored the strict guards of the Forbidden Palace. Holding a box in both hands, he rushed outside the palace and ran wildly:

"Get out of the way, I want to see His Highness! Your Highness! Where is Your Highness?!"

Ye Qingxuan frowned and reached out to stop the guard who was about to execute him on the spot.

"what happened?"

He looked at his panicked bodyguard: "What happened to Angelou?"

The knight knelt on the ground and presented the iron box with both hands: "Your Highness, Avalon sent a message from the wind tunnel to report urgently! From yesterday to now, we have sent you nineteen urgent messages! Unless Your Highness cannot open it in person, please forgive me for being rude..."

Before he finished speaking, Ye Qingxuan grabbed the iron box with his hands. He didn't bother to comfort him and tore the iron box open. A thin piece of letter paper made of ether crystals fell into his hands.

Soon, his face turned livid.

In an instant, everyone in the imperial capital felt panicked.

A biting chill rose into the sky from the entire palace and spread in all directions. In an instant, winter swept over and countless frost flowers spread out.

Something heavy weighed on everyone's hearts, making it difficult to breathe.

The one who was a little weak in spirit almost fainted immediately.

I don't know how many barriers in the palace were activated by the moment of losing control. Ye Qingxuan shook his hand and tore up the flying thunder and fire, and read the urgent report in his hand for the third time.

Clench your palms.

Ashes fell from his hands.

"Ciel..."

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