The royal family suffered a series of blows in the clan area, and the impact on the country of Chu can be imagined.
Looking at ancient and modern times, in many cases, there is no need for a long transition from the prosperous times to the end.
Jinghe Yichao, who was originally calm in Haiyanhe, now walked into the turbulent wind and rain unpreparedly.
At present, the question of where this great dynasty will go is on the desks of the cabinet ministers.
As soon as it dawned, the north and south halls of the Classics Hall became busy.
The constant traffic of people should have made this place very lively as before, but at this moment it was a bit too quiet. Not to mention the movement was almost silent, but everyone's breathing was kept to a minimum.
Important cabinet ministers gathered in the North Hall at this moment.
The first assistant, Yan Yuan, the second assistant, Gu Yuncheng, and the third assistant, Cen Minzhou, all looked sad.
"Colleagues, you must have heard about yesterday's collapse of the earth," Yan Yuan spoke in a low, hoarse voice, "We must formulate a charter as soon as possible to stabilize the imperial court."
As he spoke, he did not accept opinions as usual, but directly called out the names: "He Shangshu, His Majesty the Dragon King has passed away, and the Ministry of Rites Temple has to shoulder the heavy responsibility of offering sacrifices to the Qing Dynasty officials and perform great ceremonial matters!"
He Benchu should be in tears.
Yan Yuan, the student, was still relieved. However, Emperor Bintian was away, and the various arrangements made by the Ministry of Rites were just preparations in advance. The top priority was to bring back the bodies of the emperor's concubines and those who died in the royal family; and the second was to discuss the issue of successors.
"Shang Shu of Qi and Yu Shi of Chen Du, before tomorrow you must send out the supervisors and patrol officers who will be assigned to various places. The troops stationed in various places must be pacified first, and the garrison in the border city must be more careful. However, there are requirements for food and military supplies, so as long as We will be satisfied with our best efforts! There must be no reason for wavering in military morale, mutiny, or civil strife!"
As soon as Yan Yuan finished speaking, Qi Hanming, the minister of the Ministry of War, and Chen Zeming, the imperial censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who had just taken office, both raised their hands and said yes.
After arranging these, Yan Yuan looked at Gu Yuncheng and Cen Minzhou haggardly: "You two, the return of the Holy Emperor to the capital and the succession of the throne are both state and family affairs. We should invite the Queen Mother to discuss it together."
Gu Yuncheng and Cen Minzhou both nodded, saying that this should be the case.
Before inviting the Queen Mother to discuss state affairs, Yan Yuan summoned the heads of the Six Ministries and Six Sections and the Chief Officer of the Imperial Academy to the North Hall, and then sent people to Shuntian Mansion, Internal Guards Mansion, City Patrol Department, etc. to take charge of Kyoto government affairs and Gyeonggi military affairs. Invite the principal together.
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While the cabinet ministers were busy maintaining and dealing with the aftermath, in the Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager Qin forced herself to summon her granddaughter Princess Yuanning.
Yesterday, Xiaoyao went to the palace late at night and told Aunt Qi about the important matter. Aunt Qi did not follow Sheng Yuan's suggestion. Instead, she called for the imperial doctors, woke up the Queen Mother Qin, and informed the important matter.
When the Empress Dowager Qin heard this, her face was like gold paper and she spat out a mouthful of blood.
If the imperial doctors had not been prepared in advance, those who administered acupuncture and those who gave medicine, I am afraid that the Queen Mother Qin would also have left with her children and grandchildren.
How desperate and uncomfortable she was at that time, how calm and determined the Empress Dowager Qin was after she woke up.
She first invited all the living concubines to enter the palace, and then sent people to the Yongxing Marquis Mansion and the Princess Mansion to protect her granddaughter-in-law Princess Sheng Ran and her granddaughter Princess Yuanning Jiang Yushan.
It was not until after a secret conversation with the grief-stricken concubines that the Queen Mother Qin, who had been busy all the time, finally had breakfast.
"Seeing that the sky is getting bright, the cabinet ministers should have discussed important matters. Aqi, please bring Yuanning over. The Ai family has something to tell her!" After reluctantly taking a mouthful of ginseng porridge, the Queen Mother Qin couldn't help but ordered again. stand up.
Seeing her like this, Aunt Qi didn't dare to persuade her, so she followed her instructions and personally led people to invite Princess Yuanning.
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When Jiang Yushan sat in front of Queen Mother Qin, she was still in a trance.
She seemed to be stepping on cotton along the way, with one foot deep and one foot shallow, making her already dizzy head even more confused.
Her father, the emperor, mother, concubine, and brother were doing well before they left the capital!
Her father promised that as long as she did a good job in the Ministry of Industry, when they came back, he would let her study in all six ministries, and he would also give her the title of county prince or prince in the future.
When the mother and concubine accompanied them out of Beijing, they asked her to take care of herself and would bring her many special gifts when they came back.
Before leaving Beijing, her brother left her a letter of apology, and the witty apology in it made her overjoyed.
And her sisters, who wrote to her not long ago describing their journey;
Even the youngest six brothers and six sisters often enclose their paintings of landscapes with letters. In the last letter, they said they had prepared a whole box of gifts for her.
This, this, this... everything was fine before!
Why did the imperial grandmother tell her that they were all killed?
impossible! impossible!
Jiang Yushan's heart was screaming.
She suddenly felt like she was being split in two.
Half of her was panicking, confused, and screaming; the other half of her was as calm as if she were sitting in an ice cave, as if her soul was out of her body, and as if she was looking at the stage coldly.
Apart from the endless stream of tears that were like broken beads, she didn't make any unnecessary reaction.
"Yuan Ning." It's not like the Queen Mother Qin didn't notice that her granddaughter was in a bad state.
But there is no way, they are not ordinary old mothers and little daughters.
As the only remaining daughters of the queen mother and emperor of a country, they have no time to grieve, vent, or lick their wounds.
What they have to do is to stabilize the current situation, focus on the future, and use their crumbling bodies to hold up the crumbling country and the country!
They are not even qualified to fall before ensuring the smooth transition of Da Chu.
"Yuan Ning, if your brother Hui Wang...he is not spared, you will be your father's only heir!" At dawn, the Queen Mother Qin had already learned about her second grandson's early return to the capital through a secret report.
Although secret guards had been sent to respond, as long as she didn't see her grandson in person, the Queen Mother Qin could only prepare for the worst.
"Brother Hui Wang is still here?!" When Jiang Yushan heard this, her empty eyes suddenly lit up.
All of a sudden, she was surprised and happy, painful and sad, crying and laughing.
"I hope so!" Empress Dowager Qin had a dull face, as if she didn't have much expectation.
Her behavior made Jiang Yushan, who was a little embarrassed, couldn't help but keep silent.
"Yuan Ning, listen, we must make thorough preparations."
Jiang Yushan was startled when she heard this, and looked over at a loss: "Royal Grandmother, I don't understand."
Seeing her like this, Queen Mother Qin's mind flashed back to Princess Yongping's confident look, and she closed her eyes.
Such behavior made Jiang Yushan even more nervous.
"Yuanning, we have no other choice." Empress Dowager Qin sighed, slowly opened her red and swollen eyes, and whispered, "The royal family... except you and Yongping, there is no one else!"
These words with a calm tone immediately made Jiang Yushan burst into tears again.
(End of chapter)
