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Chapter 3: Death

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On the day of the old emperor's 7th, the first heavy snow fell in the capital.

The old emperor's coffin was to be moved from the palace to the imperial tomb, and the tenth princess and her husband He De also put on mourning clothes and went to the palace to send the spirits.

My ears were filled with sad crying, and my eyes were filled with white prayer flags.

The Ten Princess couldn't cry at all.

She stared blankly at the coffin, and inside was her 80-year-old father, which was a rare longevity in the world.

She was not surprised by his departure, but was more at a loss.

The princes of the late emperor were only one or two, and the second and third princes had been sentenced to death. The eldest and fourth princes who were born were killed. The fifth prince died young and the sixth prince was incomplete. The seventh and eleventh princes lost their holy heart in their early years and were refuted and lost their qualifications to compete. The remaining princes were too young and unable to compete with the twelve.

The late emperor was still there and He Xiang tried his best to prevent the twelfth prince from being named crown prince several times. The tenth princess looked at the monk in front of him, reciting scriptures and circled around the coffin, and contemplating his future situation. The more he thought about it, the worse he became.

She did not see her mother, Prince Wang, today. It should be said that she did not see any concubines of the late emperor.

The current emperor's biological mother has difficulty mobility and has not attended the funeral, so it is impossible for other concubines and concubines to come over to her.

In order to avoid being too abrupt in the cries, she covered her face with her sleeves and started crying sadly, which was to fulfill her last filial piety for her old father.

The emperor arrived. The eunuch's sharp shouts broke through the neat and orderly crying, and the relatives all turned around and knelt down to welcome the emperor.

The Tenth Princess looked at her twelve emperor brother quietly in the crowd. The new emperor, who had just taken down his own brother and died, had no sadness on his face. He only had a face squinting and walked into the mourning hall without squinting.

After the ceremony was completed, accompanied by the clan relatives, the new emperor supported the spirit and sent the old emperor's coffin to the imperial tomb, but something happened while sacrificing wine in front of the imperial tomb.

Suddenly, Xiang He stood up among the ministers, angrily accused the new emperor of his unfair reputation of succeeding the throne, demanded that the edict be read, and asked for the coffin to be opened and the autopsy was examined.

The emperor on the high platform did not get angry, but instead smiled contemptuously: Of course, I can let He Xiang check the edict, but it is not now.As for opening the coffin and prosecution, it disturbed the peace of the father's soul, I am afraid that He Xiang will not be able to bear this responsibility.

He Xiang saw the new emperor rejected him, and his momentum became even stronger. He said furiously: How could the former emperor let you, the son of a foreign race, ascend the throne!I'm afraid that someone is pretending to create an edict to seize the country.As soon as he finished speaking, the half-kneel ministers in the audience, who had been kneeling down, and the voice of He Xiang was very weak.

The right prime minister stood on the left side of He Xiang and did not speak, but the right prime minister's disciple stood up: If you have any doubts, He Xiang asked why he asked at this time that opening a coffin and examining an autopsy was inconsistent with the etiquette system. Please be careful about your words.

At the strife, the Tenth Princess secretly scolded He Xiang for being ungrateful. Even if she wanted to question the origin of the new emperor's throne, she should not have raised it at this time.

In any case, the first emperor must be buried first.

Seeing that He Xiang was about to open his mouth, she felt aggrieved and said loudly: Your Majesty, He Xiang was too sad because of the sudden death of the previous emperor.All of the words just now were sad. I would like to ask Your Majesty to think of his loyalty to the former emperor and forgive him.

The emperor never expected her to interrupt, and squinted her apricot eyes and refused to respond.

This is the first time that the Tenth Princess encountered such a situation. Who dared not to accept her when the Emperor was there?

What's more, the twelve princes were born to a concubine who was a lowly female slave at that time.

But now that time has changed, her face, honor and disgrace are bound to He Xiang. The twelve princes' life and death are all the kindness of the king, so how can they be easily offended?

She stood up and bowed again: Please forgive me, Your Majesty.The emperor laughed: He Xiang, for the sake of the emperor's face, I pretended that I didn't hear what I said just now.As for the edict, the Right Prime Minister and a group of old cabinet ministers have checked it. It is indeed the seal and handwriting of the former emperor. If He Xiang doesn't believe it, he can go back to the palace with the Right Prime Minister before checking it in person.But will you open the coffin and perform the autopsy again?He Xiang's face turned pale and stood among the ministers without saying a word.

The new emperor no longer paid attention to him and the ten princesses kneeling on the ground and ordered the eunuch to continue the ceremony.

After the funeral, Xiang was at peace for a long time. Perhaps he was still liquidating the remnants of the second and third princes. The new emperor did not slander He Xiang, but instead comforted him more.

He Xiang went from being trembling to returning to normal, or under the will of the new emperor, he acted even more recklessly. He was an important minister of the previous emperor, and he did not dare to touch him.

And his concubine recently gave birth to his second child, and having a child in his old age is a happy spring breeze.

Until the beginning of the spring of the following year, He Xiang and the Right Prime Minister had a dispute after the court for some reason.

The two had a big fight, and before leaving the palace, He Xiang punched his right cheek and his nose was blue and swollen.

Although the storm was suppressed by the new emperor, the call for the removal of He Xiang gradually sounded. The right prime minister's disciples and local officials wrote letters to accuse He Xiang of being an official for many years and using his power to seek personal gain, and other matters. He participated in He Xiang's memorials piled up into a hill on the imperial case. The new emperor still ignored this, as if he was very embarrassed, but the sound was rampant.

He is so confused that he can still sit still, and some people have already felt that the storm is coming and the wind is coming.

The Tenth Princess was sitting in the princess's mansion, with her right eyelid pounding. Something was not good. I heard that someone was involved in the court yesterday. He Xiang committed a crime with his servant and occupied the house. The emperor asked the censor to investigate for the first time, but the Tenth Princess could no longer sit still.

On the day when the right prime minister recovered from his injury, he rushed to the Prime Minister He's mansion, intending to bring his prince-consort to apologize.

As soon as he stepped into He De's own yard, he saw his son-in-law drowned in various feathers, holding a turtle to perform a drama in the snow among the rare birds he raised. He felt very hatred and said: "Son-in-law!"

He De was suddenly scolded by her loudly and was at a loss: Princess, what's wrong?

You are over twentieth, why are you still so unthinking about your future every day to play such children's games!

The tenth princess scolded her, but saw that He De seemed to disagree with her remarks. Her worries and anger ignited her for days: Now the late emperor has gone, He Xiang and you are deeply grateful to the emperor.He Xiangye is old and cannot serve the emperor. This is the time when you repay the great virtues of the previous emperor.These birds are all toys, so why don’t you throw this object away?

He De pulled his thorn and said, "Since the princess has entered my house, don't you know my temperament?"As a husband, I am a coward. I have neither taken care of the princess nor did the princess care about me. Isn’t it a good thing for us to live our own lives?Why bother?

The tenth princess was so angry that she fell back, but fortunately the chief guard held him in time.

She felt her eyes turn dark and she trembled with anger: OK, okay, this is my good son-in-law.I am worried about you and the He family, and I am just implicated by you soon.Since the prince-consort thinks that the two are not related, I dare not say anything.After saying that, he turned around and left the He Xiang Mansion, but he was almost knocked down by the servant when he left the Chuanhua Gate.

The disaster never came singularly. The Tenth Princess ignored whether this was the princess's mansion or not, and grabbed the servant and gave him two mouths: The slaves in the He Mansion were so reckless. I think this arrogant look is that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, and he is following the same.

The servant quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy: Princess, please spare me. The young man has something important to report to the young master. I don’t want to hit the princess’s jade body, so please forgive me.

The Tenth Princess frowned and felt a sense of ingenuity in her heart, and she asked: What's the important thing?

Master, this morning, was jointly participated by the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, saying that Master used his power for personal gain and abused the law over the years.The emperor was furious and immediately asked for a thorough investigation. Now the master has been detained in the palace. The adults in the palace said, "It is said that it is possible that the house will be searched!"

Such bad news was like spring thunder, which made the ten princess' head blank, but her body moved by itself. She opened her mouth, her heart was so empty that she didn't know what she was going to do, and she could only hear three words: Prepare the car, I want to go to the palace to meet the emperor.