Unparalleled Concubine

"After my father left, there was no one to protect me and wait."

He remembered how his father, who was dressed in commoner clothes, held a long gun and stopped the imperial army alone during the Renchen Palace Change, and wept loudly again.

Crying like a helpless child.

Li Xinchang sighed, squatted next to Ye Lin, and said comfortingly: "The teacher has worked so hard for so many years, it's time for him to rest."

Ye Lin still couldn't control his emotions well, after all, the sudden departure of his old father was really unacceptable to him.

In desperation, Li Xin could only temporarily assume the identity of the Ye family's son, and began to direct the Ye family to arrange funerals in Chen Guogong's mansion, first by hanging white banners, and then by setting up the mourning hall.

At this moment, Ye Mao has gone to distribute the funeral posters. After dawn tomorrow, someone will come to pay respects. Before that, the mourning hall must be set up.

Therefore, Li Xin, as a member of the Ye family, has been busy in Chen Guogong's mansion until the morning. By the time of dawn, the Ye family has been completely deserted, the mourning hall has been built, and the old man's body is placed in a huge coffin, quietly. Quietly waiting for worship in the mourning hall.

Ye Lin knelt in front of the coffin, and filled the brazier with paper money.

Li Xin transcended his identity, knelt on the right side of the coffin to return the gift to the visitor, and as the son-in-law of the Ye family, he was doing the work of the Ye family son.

As the sky gradually brightened, people in Yongle Fang had already discovered that Chen Guogong's mansion was covered with white flags. The news quickly spread throughout Yongle Fang, and then quickly spread throughout the capital.

When it was five watch, the palace was also alarmed.

The emperor was still wearing a tunic, and after hearing the news from the eunuch who was kneeling on the ground, the emperor Taikang also heaved a long sigh.

"The star has fallen."

As an emperor, he naturally didn't want the Ye family to grow, and he didn't want the old man to live a long life, but as an ordinary Da Jin person, no one would remain indifferent after hearing the news.

You know, Emperor Taikang is only 30 years old this year, and he also grew up listening to Ye Cheng's stories. When he was young, he also regarded Ye Cheng as his idol.

Public is public, private is private, these are two different things.

"It is my will that Chen Guogong has passed away, and all the people in the capital will hang white banners for three days to send one to the old Duke."

At this time, the eunuch of the Tianmu Supervisor was no longer Dong Cheng, but a newly promoted eunuch. He bowed his head respectfully: "Your servant obeys."

With that said, he bowed and stepped back.

The emperor stood where he was, stared blankly for a while, and then spoke slowly.

"Xiao Zheng."

Now that the Son of Heaven has woken up, no matter what time of day, Xiao Zheng will accompany him to serve nearby. Hearing this, the big eunuch dressed in red immediately said respectfully to the Son of Heaven: "Your maidservant is here."

"Pass the decree to Shangshutai, let them discuss it, and give the old Duke a posthumous king with a different surname."

Ye Sheng’s contribution was enough to be crowned king 40 years ago, but there was always a rule in the Jin Dynasty that people with different surnames could not be called kings, so they could only wronged old man Ye to be the Duke of the country. This is something that was settled during the period of Emperor Wu, and there is nothing in dispute.

After all, it's just an honorary title. Firstly, it can't be handed down to future generations. Secondly, the person concerned is no longer there. It's just to save face for the dead, and it doesn't make any sense.

Xiao Zheng lowered his head and said, "Your servant will go now."

The emperor let out a breath.

"Prepare the sedan chair, I'm going to visit Duke Chen's mansion to pay homage to Duke Ye."

Having said that, the emperor also sighed.

"I didn't expect Ye Guogong to leave so suddenly. You must know that when you went to Ye's house yesterday, even if you were punched hard, you still have to go in and see him."

……

When the emperor left the palace on this side, someone had already come to worship at Duke Chen's mansion on the other side.

Before dawn, the first person stumbled in.

It was Zhang Qu, Mr. Haoran who had resigned and was about to leave Beijing soon.

He is one of the old man Ye's admirers. Last time, he asked Li Xin to take him to meet Ye Cheng in private. On Ye Cheng's [-]th birthday yesterday, the Prime Minister was unable to come because of some personal matters. A day's delay is the eternal separation between heaven and man.

At this moment, he obviously came here in a hurry, he didn't even put on his clothes properly, not to mention wrinkles all over his body, and his inner clothes were exposed, which was very indecent.

Duke Haoran knelt in front of Ye Guogong's spirit, tears streaming down his face.

"When Zhang Qu was young, the southerners were despised by the northerners, and the southern Confucians were insulted by the northern Confucians. The whole country regarded the Confucians of the Northern Zhou family as rough jade, and the great Confucians in the south of the Yangtze River as gravel."

The old man cried very sadly.

"So much so that the people of the whole country are as short as the Zhou people!"

"When the fate of the country was not stable, the old man was in danger and was ordered to do so. He was a master of martial arts and used eight years to break through the century-old haze in the hearts of Jin people. As a result, Jin people of my generation can be high-spirited between heaven and earth, and dominate the territory of China!"

Having said this, Zhang Qu kowtowed respectfully to Ye Chengling.

"Zhang Qu has resigned from office now and has become a commoner. He has the audacity to represent all the people in Dajin and thank the old man for his merits!"

After he kowtowed, he raised his head and said with tears, "The old duke is eternal."

"In the annals of history, the old Duke will definitely shine through the ages."

Mr. Haoran spoke heartily, and Ye Lin, who was kneeling on the left side of the coffin, kowtowed three times in return.

His eyes were red too.

"Ye Lin took the place of his late father, and Mr. Xie Haoran praised him."

Li Xin, who was kneeling on the other side, also kowtowed to Zhang Haoran in return.

"My teacher would have been happy for a long time if he had heard Mr. Haoran's words before he was alive."

Lord Jing'an took a deep breath and spoke respectfully.

"Li Xin is the former teacher, Mr. Xie Haoran."

Chapter 704

Hanging around in the court, no matter how popular you are, it is impossible to have no enemies at all, and no matter how great your achievements are, there will be red-eyed villains in the dark who will shoot you coldly.

But on this day, all the officials in the imperial court in the entire capital, whether they respect Ye Cheng, hate Ye Cheng, or civil servants who have slowly emerged over the years and want to suppress generals, on this day, they all stood next to each other. One, come to Chen Guogong's mansion to bid farewell to Ye Guogong.

Nothing to like or hate.

Ye Cheng has made great contributions to this country. Now that he is gone, as long as he is still from Jin, he should come and see him off.

Among the farewell people were Ji Ping, the left governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, General Pei Jin who was re-appointed as the General of the Imperial Army, and Hou Jingde, the loyal and brave Marquis...

Basically, as long as there are prominent figures in the Jin army, they all rushed to Chen Guogong's mansion and kowtowed farewell to the old man.