But when he left, Duan Lin looked at his back. She didn't know whether it was extremely painful from being dragged there, or whether she was disappointed to the core of her bones. It started with laughing like crazy, but laughing, laughing. Seeing her bloody body, she remembered that as a princess of Dali Kingdom, she had sacrificed herself, given up her dignity, and even done shameless things, just to attract that man, but she got this a result. The laughter on Duan Lin's face slowly disappeared until she burst into tears.
Maybe Huang Qiong was really injured this time, maybe it was to recuperate, but Duan Lin became much more honest in the following days. In fact, Huang Qiong had no time to pay attention to her. As clans from various places arrived in Beijing one after another, Huang Qiong became much busier. During the day, he met with ministers and critics, and received his cousins, cousins, and even uncle-level relatives. In the evening, he would go to Yongfu Palace from time to time to attend to illnesses. Not to mention Duan Lin, even the original concubines in the palace often didn't see Huang Qiong for three to five days.
It's not that Huang Qiong has a new love, but that he often stays in Yongfu Palace for a whole day. No matter how busy government affairs are, at this time, everything that needs to be done must be done. When attending to illness, Huang Qiong often used eunuchs and palace maids to personally clean the old man's body. Sometimes, I have to change the old man's bedding due to incontinence and urination. Huang Qiong did this not to attract people's attention, nor to win the so-called false filial piety. But sincerely, he wanted to give his father a final farewell.
Despite several efforts, manpower could not defeat God's will in the end. When the New Year of Huang Qiong's seventh year of succession was approaching, the old man who had been the emperor for more than 20 years passed away. The death of an emperor, even the death of a supreme emperor, is a major event in the world. In addition to the imperial edict in the capital, no marriages or lanterns are allowed for a hundred days. All civil and military officials, as well as the royal family and nobles in the capital, must enter the palace to keep vigil at the funeral. At the same time, he ordered all temples and nunneries in the world to ring more than 30,000 bells every day to pray for the deceased emperor in the afterlife.
According to the ancestral system of the founding of the Qi Dynasty, the emperor had to take a bath, have food, and be buried on the day of his death. When the old man went through this process, Huang Qiong did not take advantage of others. They all bathed the old man personally, and then put a piece of jade slightly carved into the shape of grain into the old man's mouth, which is the so-called rice bowl. And personally carried out the burial for the old man, that is, he put on nine layers of imperial clothes. Huang Qiong only stopped after bringing the last piece of Mian Liu to the old man's bun and fixing it with a hosta made of white jade.
When discussing the name of the old man's temple, Huang Qiong ignored the Minister of Rites and chose one of the three temple names proposed for the old man: Yingzong, Xianzong, and Dezong. Instead, the emperor decreed that the old man should be respected as Xiao Zong. In Huang Qiong's words, the old man took back the world from the hands of powerful officials. He worked hard for more than 20 years and did not dare to slack off. In his later years, rebellions broke out in many places, and the national treasury was too empty to make ends meet. But no one is perfect. Looking at the twenty years that the old man has served as king, he is worthy of the word filial piety to his ancestors.
Moreover, the old man regained the power of Da Qi from the powerful officials who were about to usurp the throne. He also vigorously reformed the shortcomings of Emperor Sejong in his later years, and he was also the master of the resurgence of Da Qi. Therefore, Huang Qiong's posthumous title for the old man was designated by Huang Qiong as Emperor Wu Wen Zhao Ren Xian Xiao, the Holy Spirit of Zhongxing Quan Gong. The posthumous titles of the emperors of this dynasty generally did not exceed eight characters, except for Emperor Taizu, who had twelve characters. When the old man came here, Huang Qiong directly added twelve characters. Furthermore, he personally drafted and wrote down the old man’s life achievements as a sacred merit monument for the old man.
Of course, according to the consistent habit that China has followed for thousands of years, it is taboo for those in power. On the sacred monument of merit, it is natural to sing praises. Even in the mourning book, there are still good words to say. After writing the inscription on the old man's sacred merits, Huang Qiong decided immediately. On the monument of his future merits and deeds, he would follow the style of Emperor Zetian and not write a single word on it. Let future generations comment on the merits and demerits of right and wrong. Although it is a last resort for a son to put money on my face, he still feels a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Nowadays, Huang Qiong is more and more satisfied with the control of the government, and the entire government is like an iron barrel. He clearly knew that when he was giving the old man a temple name or a posthumous title, something was lying with his eyes open. But in the end, no one dared to point it out openly. Because for Fu Yuanshan, Lu Mengzheng, and Lu Duan, the three prime ministers, this matter is a trivial matter. If the emperor is willing to open his eyes and tell lies and constantly criticize his father, that is the emperor's family business. It is not a good thing to interfere as a minister. Anyway, the subjects of the world are not blind.
Everyone can have an idea of what the situation was like when the Supreme Emperor was on the throne. The emperor and I are dead. To show your filial piety, as a minister, you should not interfere too much. Even though he knew that the emperor was telling lies. If you have the energy to argue about this matter, you might as well focus on government affairs. Let the people all over the world get real benefits, that is the real benefit to the people. Among the civil servants, the three prime ministers did not stand out, and the other people's attempts to dissuade him died immediately.
Even those Qingliu and clan members who were deliberately seeking trouble and were dissatisfied with Huang Qiong's new policy, no one dared to say anything against it at this time. The deceased was a big one, and the deceased was an emperor who had worked hard to rule for twenty years. Looking for trouble at this time, even if the evidence is conclusive, is because your neck is too hard. Although everyone thinks that the old emperor is more suitable for the word "Xian", the word "filial piety" is really too high. But they didn't want to cause trouble, and the prime minister didn't step forward, so they didn't say anything.
According to Daqi's customs, after the death of emperors of all dynasties, after the burial was completed, the mausoleum of the emperors in the past dynasties was moved to the Lizheng Hall to rest in mourning, for ministers, clan members, and nobles to worship and keep vigil for a full forty-nine days. If Qin Tianjian calculates that there will be auspicious days in the near future, he will keep vigil and send Zi Gong to the imperial mausoleum for burial. If not, Zi Gong needs to be sent to Shou Huang Palace for temporary storage. The funeral of the old man went smoothly. On the sixtieth day after the old man passed away, Qin Tianjian calculated a good day. Huang Qiong broke the tradition of successive emperors only sending it to the eastern suburbs.
He personally led the ministers, clan, and nobles to deliver the old man's Zi Palace to his Shouling Mausoleum. And when he was buried, he took the lead in carrying the dragon who was transporting the Zi Palace to the old man's Zi Palace, where he was firmly placed on the coffin bed, and the Longshan Stone was placed. Huang Qiong looked at the old man and Daxing Queen Zi Gong standing side by side in silence for a long time. Only then did King Yong and Fu Yuanshan stand behind him. After repeated persuasion and urging, they bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to the old man Zigong, burned a note of incense, and turned around silently to leave.
The emperor turned around and left. The eunuch who had been waiting for a long time placed the last batch of burial items, mainly the dragon robes and clothes that the old man had worn during his lifetime, as well as the old man's favorite items, all in the golden coupons. The rest of the burial items had been sent to the imperial mausoleum one after another and placed in the underground palace long after the old man was buried. In fact, there were not many items buried with the old man. There were only some porcelain, lacquerware, gold basins, a collection of musical instruments, and the four treasures of the study.
Whether during his reign or when he retired to Yongfu Palace, the old man lived a relatively simple life. Compared with his sons, it is far from luxurious. Moreover, while he was seriously ill, he had already decreed that no gold, silver, and jade objects should be buried with him except for the items he had used during his lifetime. Silks and satins are not allowed to be buried with them. In addition to the clothes and items used during his lifetime, only a guqin, a jade flute, and the four treasures of the study used during his reign were buried in the underground palace. Huang Qiong looked at the list of burial items and found that it was too shabby.
Although this thing is just a thought, no matter how many items are buried with it at the same time, in the end the ones who get the cheapest are the tomb robbers. But after thinking about it for a long time, knowing that it was a face-saving project, I finally decided to use a batch of gold basins and gold cups that the old man had used during his lifetime, a batch of jade drinking utensils that were stored in the inner treasury, and tribute from foreign countries. In addition, three thousand pieces of celadon and white porcelain were carefully selected from the Jun Kiln and Ru Kiln porcelains that the old man loved most during his lifetime and placed in the underground palace. Especially the blue and white porcelain fired by Ru kiln, there are only a few hundred pieces in the palace.
Almost all of them were sent to the underground palace by Huang Qiong's edict. As for gold and silver utensils, Huang Qiong did not increase them. After all, the old man had said before that no gold or silver vessels should be buried together. Huang Qiong, who didn't want to attract the attention of tomb robbers because of these gold and silver utensils, didn't add any more. Of course, the mourning book is still made according to Da Qi's so-called ancestral system, and is all carved from the finest Hetian jade. As for the other wooden figurines and pottery figurines used to represent people as victims, Huang Qiong didn't care. It was fired and carved according to the regulations of other late emperors.
However, knowing that the old man loved reading, Huang Qiong ordered people to select a batch of books from various schools of thought and place them in the underground palace. As for now, it's just the last batch of burial objects, and it didn't take much time. After the burial items were finally placed, two white marble seats carved one to one according to the emperor's and queen's seats in the palace were placed in the underground palace. After everything was over, the last few eunuchs and craftsmen hurriedly lit the eternal lamps made of several large blue and white vats filled with lamp oil in the underground palace.
At the same time, the wooden planks laid on the ground of the underground palace were removed because they were worried that the dragon's vine would crush the ground. While carefully closing the four stone gates in the underground palace one by one. The moment the stone door closed, the tap stone that had been designed behind the stone door fell down, sealing the stone door tightly from the inside to the outside. After leaving the golden coupon, Huang Qiong did not leave the underground palace directly. Instead, he watched with his own eyes the stone gates being completely closed. With him as the current emperor, the craftsmen and eunuchs who were left to clean up the affairs were naturally at ease.
Because there is no need to worry. When he was inside, he was locked up in the underground palace in order to keep the secret of the underground palace. Therefore, the entire cleanup was done in an orderly manner. And as the stone gates closed one after another, Huang Qiong, who knew that this time she and the old man were truly separated forever, felt infinite sadness in her heart. No matter how much he despised the old man's governance in his heart before, that man was his father in this life after all. Although he is eighteen years late, he has been clumsy, trying to make up for the father's love he lacked for eighteen years.
Support with your own hands and teach yourself to ascend to the throne of God. Even though he disapproved of his actions in his heart, the man lying in the underground palace still gave him everything he could give him, including this thousand-mile country. For so many years, I have never been able to get close to him. In fact, I have always been somewhat repelled in my heart. On the surface it seemed indifferent, but in my heart I never really accepted him. And the old man knew this until he left.
When the old man fell into his last moments, he held his mother with one hand, and held his own hand tightly with the other hand, and did not let go until he took his last breath. But now they want to make up for it, but they are already separated forever. No matter how luxurious this imperial mausoleum is, how can it replace the sincere voice of my father?
