Lord of Rebirth

The prince came to Beijing this time, and his whereabouts are very mysterious.

It was said to the outside world that the journey had already started in a few days, but when the news reached the capital, the prince had already brought Shen Xi and others halfway there.

The further he went to the capital, the surrounding environment became more and more familiar to Shen Xi.

It's just that, before taking this road, I left the capital and walked twice.Once on the road of no return, once to Fufeng County.

And this third time is going back, the mood is different, and the scenery seems to be different.

As soon as he entered the border of Yangzhou, the security at the entrance suddenly became stricter. If the prince hadn't revealed his identity, those officers and soldiers would have to search Shen Xi and Lu Jufeng again.

Near Jinling City, no matter the official road or post station, there are seven officers and soldiers lined up everywhere, carrying long halberds and patrolling the surrounding area, as if they are afraid that something will happen.

When he saw the gate of the city from a distance, he had already met several groups of officers and soldiers lined up. At this time, the prince had to flash his Fufengwang signboard, so as not to be stopped and questioned every time he saw them.

After being interrogated for a long time at the gate of the east city of Jinling, the prince was a little upset when he saw the officers and soldiers searching Shen Xi's body, and wished he could go up and search him himself to show Shen Xi's innocence.Comfort yourself that this is business, and it will be fine once you enter the city.

Finally entered the city, entered through the Dong'an Gate of the Imperial Palace, and was ushered into the side hall of the Wenhua Hall by the palace people to rest.

Not long after, there was a report from the palace outside the palace gate, saying that the prime minister was asking to see him.

Shen Xi and Lu Jufeng looked at each other, and followed behind the prince.

The current prime minister, Pei Qingchang, like them, is also a disciple of Teacher Wang You, and he joined Wang You's disciple at the same time as Zhang Xi.But this time, Zhang Xi didn't come either, as if he had made up his mind to work in Fufeng County until his old age, and didn't plan to go anywhere.

Pei Qingchang came in from the door, dressed in the government office of a prime minister, which made him look old in his early years.

"My minister, see the lord." Pei Qingchang saluted first, then raised his head, and Shen Xi, who was close to him, saw the white hair on his temples.

The prince and the others returned the gift, after all, they came to attend the funeral, and the emotions between each other were neither happy nor sad.

Pei Qingchang said that he just had an audience with King Anfeng, that's why Shanshan came late, and asked the prince not to blame him.

How could Sun Moyao blame this kind of thing, and exchanged pleasantries with Pei Qingchang.

But Shen Xi always felt that Pei Qingchang and Pei Cheng's attitude towards the prince seemed a little cold, and there was a trace of disgust in the cold.

Only then did he realize that when the crown prince wanted to use troops to attack the four kings of Bashu, Prime Minister Pei was the first to stand up to oppose it, and then there were a lot of voices of opposition that sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

In the end, he overwhelmed the voices of opposition, and the prince was able to lead his troops to Bashu successfully. Wasn't it precisely because of Sun Moyao's support?

It's strange that Prime Minister Pei has a good face towards the prince!

But the prince is still the prince after all, no matter how upset the courtiers are, they still have to behave in a polite manner and call out a humble minister.

Pei Qingchang said, "The prince's residence has been determined. It is in the Shunyang Hall of the East Palace. However, no foreign officials are allowed to stay in the palace. The foreign officials are not allowed to stay outside the palace. Someone from the palace will take you to the temporary residence."

"Thank you, Prime Minister."

This is the rule in the palace, no one can object, even the prince, when he arrives in the palace, he has to obey the rules in the palace.

Later, King Fufeng was taken to the Shunyang Hall, and he didn't even have time to look back at Shen Xi.

But Shen Xi and Lu Jufeng were taken out of the palace, but they didn't go too far. After a short time, they came to a large mansion next to the palace wall. The place where the foreign ministers who came to live.

They were taken to the gate of a small courtyard, which consisted of left and right wing rooms, plus a small empty courtyard in the middle, where stood ten palace servants, both men and women.

Shen Xi and Lu Jufeng each had a room, and after the division was over, Lu Jufeng came to Shen Xi's room to look for him, of course he had something to say.

As soon as he entered the house, palace servants immediately followed him in.These people were originally sold into the palace to serve the royal family, but later they got into trouble, and the master was displeased, so they were sent to the cold palace or outside the palace to serve other courtiers and relatives.

Even the maids in the palace can bully them casually, let alone freedom.

Shen Xi glanced outside the house twice, knowing it well.These palace slaves are here to monitor them.

Lu Jufeng dusted off his clothes, and went out again, "Please come in for a cup of tea, please."

"Yes, the servant girl will do it right away."

The people who had just been dismissed by Lu Jufeng were immediately replaced by other free servants, who seemed to be staring at them all the time.

Shen Xi thought to himself, no wonder there are ten servants in a courtyard.

"Then what should we do now? Should we sleep separately? It doesn't seem very good?" Shen Xi joked.

Lu Jufeng glanced at him, smiled and said: "Let's talk, you can go to rest if you are tired."

"how about you?"

"If you can, go out for a walk."

Shen Xi sighed, "There are people following, but there is nothing to leave."

Lu Jufeng glanced outside the house again, "If you come here, you will be at peace, Ziyuan, I see that you have been very dry recently, the chrysanthemum tea in the palace is not bad, you should drink more."

But Shen Xi said: "Where is the dryness? Didn't I learn like you, do more things, think more about problems, isn't it good?"

"Alright."

The palace slave came to make tea for them, and the two talked for a while.

The palace slaves outside did not come in, nor poked their heads to eavesdrop, but kept their eyes on the ground smoothly.

The two of them also started talking.

The current situation in Beijing and China is naturally all waiting for the crown prince to succeed.But the emperor had just passed away for less than half a month, and after the burial, the crown prince had to observe mourning for three months before he could formally succeed to the throne. Who could predict what would happen during this time?

Shen Xi recalled that when he was accused by the emperor...now he should be the late emperor, he accused him of whimsicality in a loud voice in the court hall, and threw the memorials carefully and ruthlessly. He passed away just like that a few years later.

"The world is unpredictable." Lu Jufeng also sighed.

It was even unexpected that the prince would wait for his throne so soon.

As they talked, they couldn't help talking about rumors in the palace.

There are rumors that the current crown prince's mother was once a deposed empress, and was thrown into limbo by the former emperor for doing extremely disgraceful things.At that time, the first emperor also favored other concubines, but he had a special liking for one concubine, but later the concubine passed away due to dystocia. Hearing that the child was stillborn, the emperor was very sad for a long time.

However, the first emperor was always in a hurry, and after the funeral, he naturally forgot about this concubine.But there were still rumors in the palace at that time, saying that the former emperor had an idea that if the concubine could give birth to a little prince, he would abolish the then crown prince and make him the crown prince.

At that time, the little prince was only a few years old, and he had just been registered for a short time. If he were to abolish the prince, he might not be recognized by all officials.But his mother's queen was abolished. If she said she wanted to be abolished, there was a reason for it.

It's a pity that this concubine's life is poor, and the little prince died before he was even born.

This matter was naturally put on hold, and no one dared to mention it again.

In the future, the abolished empress will be considered safe in the cold palace, so the status of the present prince has not been shaken.

As for the three thousand in the harem, the concubines who later gave birth to the prince to the first emperor, although they were famous in the harem, were only concubines in the end.The only empress of the first emperor was the deposed one, who was never established again and is still alive.

"I'm afraid..." Lu Jufeng hesitated to speak.

It is not uncommon for generations to be abolished, but there are really few who can return to the Phoenix seat after being abolished.Now even if the emperor passes away and the crown prince succeeds, I don't know if he dares to set a precedent and let his mother and queen come out of the cold palace.

Shen Xi put down his teacup, "However, I think the empress should...be buried together?"

Lu Jufeng rubbed his chin, "This rule has existed in the past dynasties, but it has been abandoned since the ancestors and emperors. It has not been abolished in the regulations, and I don't know if it will be done now."

Shen Xi said softly, "Is it the abolished empress..."

Lu Jufeng laughed, "It's the crown prince's mother, how can the crown prince be so cruel?"

"Since ancient times, the emperor's family has been indifferent." Shen Xi sighed, "Who knows."

Said, Shen Xi glanced out of the window, the sky outside was white and cloudy, calm and breezy, but who knows what kind of turmoil is going on in the palace now.

The little prince who was forced to separate from Shen Xi is now being taken to pay his respects to the remains of the late emperor.

As soon as he walked to the porch of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he looked up and saw people kneeling on the ground at the entrance of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Sun Moyao looked intently, there were concubines, courtiers, and other princes of the former emperor kneeling in front, the crown prince kneeling at the front.

Searching through the crowd again, Sun Moyao recognized the concubine kneeling in the front row as the deposed Empress Yao.

Unexpectedly, she could also kneel there.

Seeing Sun Moyao approaching, the palace servants hurriedly shouted, "King Fufeng is here——!"

The crown prince Sun Muchen raised his head, his eyes were red, and even if he got up, he needed the help of the palace servants around him.

Sun Moyao rushed to meet him, cupped his hands and said, "Prince, my condolences."

Sun Muchen also nodded with grief, raised his hand and said, "I'll take you in."

"Yes."

Sun Moyao followed behind the prince and walked into the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony was empty and slightly gloomy.

In the center of the hall, the late emperor was lying there with a serene face.

In fact, Sun Moyao couldn't see the appearance of the late emperor. The emperor was lying on his dragon bed, surrounded by flower clusters, and placed many funeral objects, all of which were very expensive tributes.Inside was a coffin made of golden nanmu, and it was said that the first emperor would be put into the coffin after the three-seven ceremony was completed.After another seven to seven days of mourning, the burial will take place.

After walking around, Sun Moyao sighed.

At this moment, they suddenly heard a noise coming from outside, the two followed the sound and saw that King Pingyang insisted on coming in regardless of the obstruction of the palace guards.

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