The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 477
July, the fifth day of the 25th year of Tai'an.

Inside Qian'an Palace, it was extremely busy.

The emperor's mourning hall is placed here. After more than a month of suspension, the coffin and coffin will be removed today. After all, the new emperor will still handle government affairs in Qian'an Palace.

Although the coffin needs to be moved, it doesn't mean that Emperor Daxing will be buried.

According to the rules, the coffin had to continue to be parked in the Changle Palace to the north of the palace.

In the past, from death to burial, the emperor's lingering period was as short as three to five months, and as long as one or two years.

However, Zhao Yongcheng's situation is quite special. Due to the outbreak of zombies, the repair speed of his mausoleum slowed down and even stopped for a while, and it has not been completed until now.

It is conservatively estimated that it will take at least a year for the old emperor to be buried in the imperial mausoleum.

Inside the Qian'an Palace, the emperor's coffin has been carried out and is being carried to the Changle Palace outside the palace. Those who participated in the spirit guard followed the coffin removal procession.

These people stayed in Qian'an Palace for more than a month. During this period, they ate, drank and sedated all in the attack, which was not much different from being in prison.

But after today, they can be liberated.

The team slowly left towards the north, and the new emperor Zhao Weilong was also in the team, his expression was gloomy and ugly.

Outsiders would only think that he was mourning the death of the late emperor, but that was not the case.

Only after actually sitting on the throne did Zhao Weilong deeply understand the difficulty of being a king. The dragon chair is really a crater.

The conflicts that had been squeezed before broke out one after another in his position.

Various forces appeared one after another, among you there is me, and among me there is you, connecting with each other and fighting against each other, until now he still hasn't straightened out the relationship.

It can't be said that he is incompetent, and the affairs in the court are complicated, how can he sort them out within a month after succeeding to the throne.

In fact, the fact that no major disturbances have occurred since the death of the old emperor shows that Zhao Weilong has handled it well enough.

Of course, as the newly succeeded emperor, Zhao Weilong is by no means satisfied with not causing trouble, at least for now he wants to do something.

Cleaning up the monsters, rectifying the government, and suppressing the powerful are the three major tasks he set for himself.

Each of these three items is related to the life and death of the dynasty.

But these three items are very involved, so how can it be so easy to implement.

For a month, the six ministries of the cabinet have been arguing a lot about changing his year name, and finally decided on the "Jingping" year name.

Jingping the troubled times is the good expectation of the whole court.

The emperor is in the front, and the concubines of the old emperor are in the back.

The old emperor's coffin was moved out of the palace, which meant that the days for them to stay in the palace were counting down.

Generally speaking, concubines with status will be named concubines, and then move to another palace to make room for the new emperor's concubines.

The so-called other palaces are actually a few palaces near the imperial city. The conditions are much worse than those in the imperial palace, and they can only barely live.

So at this moment, this group of people cried the most, and they were more sad for themselves.

Among the concubines, only Concubine Duan and the Empress were relatively calm.

One is that the escape route was arranged in advance, and the other is that the empress dowager is about to be honored. They all have better places to go.

Of course, although they seemed calm, they also had some difficulties.

For example, Empress Li, she was worried that the emperor would not respect her as the empress dowager. After all, Zhao Weilong's biological mother died for no apparent reason, and she contributed to the flames.

Although Concubine Duan had been arranged to retreat, she was worried that the Queen would be a hindrance and make her restless.

"Perhaps I should strike first, so as not to be passive!" Concubine Duan thought to herself.

So she thought in her heart how she should put eye drops on Mrs. Li.

The team moving the coffin slowly and quickly sent out of the palace and arrived at the Changle Palace in the north.

Apart from stopping the emperor's spirit, the Changle Palace has basically no other function, so most of the time it is empty.

After stopping the emperor's coffin, everyone had to stay awake until sunset, when it was time for real liberation.

During this interval, Zhao Weilong still had to deal with government affairs. The cabinet wanted him to relax a bit, but he did not dare to relax at all.

When Zhao Weilong was reading the memorial, Concubine Duan walked into the side hall.

Seeing the arrival of Concubine Duan, Zhao Weilong put down the memorial in his hand, and said calmly: "The empress is here!"

Concubine Duan contributed a lot to Zhao Weilong's rise to the position, so Zhao Weilong still respects her.

"Your Majesty, I have something in my palace, and I've been pent up in my heart, and I can't vomit!"

When Concubine Duan said these words solemnly, Zhao Weilong knew that things were not easy.

"My lady, please tell me!"

Concubine Duan said indifferently: "When Zhou Xuan's attendant died of a sudden illness, did the emperor not doubt anything?"

Good guy, this sentence is like poking a hornet's nest, Zhao Weilong's eyes are radiant.

Zhou Xuanshi is Zhao Weilong's biological mother, who died when he was three years old, and the cause of death is unknown.

"Your Majesty, what hidden secrets do you know?" Zhao Weilong's tone became colder and colder.

Without his mother's support, he had a very difficult life in the East Palace, which also made him accumulate countless hatreds.

Concubine Duan didn't answer the question directly, but said in a calm tone: "Half a year before your mother died, Crown Princess Zhang died of dystocia, leaving the position of Crown Princess vacant..."

"The only concubines in the East Palace who had children at that time were Zhou Xuanshi and Li Xuanshi!"

"But the final result is that Zhou Xuanshi died, and Li Xuanshi failed to become the crown princess!"

The point of Concubine Duan's words is obvious. It was Li Xuanshi who killed Zhao Weilong's mother, and behind Li Xuanshi was the Queen Li.

In fact, it's not that Zhao Weilong didn't think about these inside facts, but he couldn't check them out, because he had to bear the burden of humiliation just like being an emperor.

But now, Concubine Duan exposed these things, even if he didn't take revenge on Li and the others, at least he could drive a wedge between them.

After trying to calm down, Zhao Weilong said in a deep voice: "These are old things, and the truth is still unclear!"

Concubine Duan nodded, and sighed, "I'm just serving Zhou Xuan. Today you are the emperor. She should honor the world as the empress dowager!"

After saying this, Concubine Duan saluted Zhao Weilong, then turned and exited the side hall.

After Concubine Duan left, Zhao Weilong's hands had already clenched into fists.

At this moment, anger and hatred were intertwined in his heart, and the next moment he directly overturned the memorial on the table.

The few eunuchs serving in the palace wanted to find a place to sneak in at this moment, they heard something they shouldn't have heard today.

When the side hall was silent, Concubine Duan returned to the mourning hall of Changle Palace, her place was not far from the empress.

When Concubine Duan knelt on the futon, the Queen lowered her voice and said: "Concubine Duan, in a few days, you will go to the nunnery, but you are still so restless?"

Concubine Duan had no expression on her face, and said in a cold voice: "Now you call me Concubine Duan? Could it be that you want my concubine to respect your mother as the empress dowager?"

For more than a month, the two of them had been arguing a lot, so it was no surprise that they got close to the people sitting.

Although Queen Li was upset at being teased by Concubine Duan, she didn't explode on the spot.

After all, this is the mourning hall of the old emperor, if she is a concubine Duan, it would be a very serious disrespect if she quarreled.

"Don't worry about me, you should think more about yourself!" Shi Li sneered.

She has plenty of time in the future, and she can slowly play Concubine Duan to death.

(End of this chapter)