The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 610
After New Year's Eve, time has entered a new year.

The new king succeeds to the throne, and at the beginning of the new year, it will be time to change the yuan.

The first day of the first lunar month is the first day of the Jingping era.

In the capital city, in the Great Inner Harem, the night is dark.

Just after Yinzheng (four o'clock in the morning), the Yanshou Palace was lit up, and the eunuchs and maids in the main hall knelt on the ground.

"Empress Dowager... what's wrong with you?"

"Have you passed on the imperial physician?"

"Someone has already gone!"

"Dog slave, don't go to a few people to urge..."

In the dormitory, eunuchs and maids are busy in a group, doing their best to do their best.

Don't blame them for panic, it's because the current mood is too scary.

I saw the Empress Dowager Li, lying on the bed with her eyes open, she kept chanting: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

The eunuch on the side kowtowed and said: "The empress dowager...has sent someone to invite the emperor, the emperor will come soon!"

But Mrs. Li didn't seem to hear it, and she was still shouting at the moment, but the voice became smaller and smaller.

In the end, Li Shi closed her eyes and fell into a coma.

Everyone at the scene was scared to death, for fear that something might happen to Mrs. Li.

The nurse near the bed hurriedly approached the bed, stretched out her hand to sniff Li Shi, fearing that Li Shi might do something good or bad.

But this hand was only halfway out, when Li Shi who was lying on the bed suddenly opened his eyes, the nun quickly took his hand back in fright.

"Help Ai get up!" Li's tone was serious.

At this moment, Mrs. Li has returned to normal, not at all like the "bewitched" just now.

Several court ladies approaching quickly stepped forward and helped Li Shi up from the bed.

"Change, everyone else get out!"

"Yes!"

In this Longevity Palace, the Li family has absolute authority, and all irrelevant people have withdrawn from the hall.

Soon, Mrs. Li changed into her robe and walked to the gate of the main hall alone.

"Open the door..."

Obviously, Mrs. Li was not in a good mood, so no one dared to speak much at this time, and the gate of the palace was slowly opened.

The night was dark, and it was quiet outside, only the howling wind.

A court lady brought a cloak and carefully put it on Li Shi.

"Putting out... Taimiao!"

Taimiao, as the name suggests, is a place where emperors of all dynasties are enshrined and sacrifices are held.

"The empress dowager...at this time..."

Mrs. Li raised her eyebrows, and said in a stern tone: "Didn't you hear what the Ai family said? If you dare to talk too much, you will be killed!"

The people didn't dare to persuade them any more, they quickly found a chariot sedan, carried Mrs. Li to the Taimiao.

Although the Taimiao is within the city, it is outside the palace, and it took a lot of effort to get out.

In Qian'an Palace, Zhao Weilong had already got up, and several eunuchs were helping him to dress.

"Your Majesty, news just came...the Empress Dowager has gone to the Taimiao!" A eunuch stood outside the bedroom and reported.

What are you doing in the bedroom at this time?Zhao Weilong's heart was full of suspicion, and at the same time, he was very vigilant.

There has always been a gap between him and the Empress Dowager, so Zhao Weilong has always been on guard against him.

"Have the imperial doctors seen it?"

"Reporting to the emperor, the empress dowager left the Longevity Palace before the imperial doctors arrived!"

At this time, Zhao Weilong was about to put on his crown uniform, and he turned around and said, "Show me...go to Taimiao!"

"According to the order!"

On the other side, Mrs. Li has already arrived outside the Taimiao, stepped off the chariot sedan chair.

The incense candles in the Taimiao kept on day and night, and the more than [-] eunuchs on duty were all kneeling in the snow at this moment, welcoming Mrs. Li's arrival.

"You are all waiting outside, I will go in alone!"

"According to the order!"

Mrs. Li walked up the steps slowly, and through the main entrance of the main hall, you can see the portrait of Taizu Dajin.

Mrs. Li walked into the main hall, and did not stop in front of the adjacent Taizu Taizong's altar, but directly came to Tai'an Emperor's spirit.

The portrait of Emperor Tai'an is hung above the shrine, and the spiritual tablet in front of it is written with the words "Da Jin Shenzong Xian Emperor's throne".

The flickering candlelight made the portrait of Emperor Tai'an uncertain, and the atmosphere in the entire Taimiao was extremely cold.

Picking up three incense sticks, Mrs. Li lit them on the candlestick, and then inserted them into the incense burner.

Looking at the portrait in front of her, Li slowly said, "Your Majesty... the concubine is about to attack!"

The person in the portrait naturally couldn't speak, so Li Shi didn't say much at the moment, but knelt on the futon by himself.

Then, Lee started her performance.

"Your Majesty... you are lonely in the sky, and this concubine understands it in her heart, and this concubine is heartbroken..."

Li's crying was so loud that all the eunuchs and maids kneeling outside could hear it, but they couldn't understand it at all.

While everyone was wondering, they saw a group of people coming from the gate of the Taimiao palace, but it was the emperor's guard of honor.

The sedan chair landed inside the palace gate, Zhao Weilong also heard the crying at this moment, he didn't know which one was sung.

But there is no doubt that crying at the Taimiao on the first night of the first lunar month is bound to cause turmoil, even violent wind and waves.

Zhao Weilong stood where he was, thinking about all possibilities, but he had no clue after all.

So he decided to go in and ask the matter himself.

"Is the Empress Dowager inside?" Zhao Weilong asked.

"Report to the emperor, the empress dowager is in front of the late emperor!"

Taking steps, Zhao Weilong walked forward, and soon he appeared in front of the hall.

Standing outside the main hall, Zhao Weilong bowed his body and saluted, "Empress Dowager, grandson is here!"

Mrs. Li raised her head, looked at Zhao Weilong and said, "Your Majesty, you are here, as long as you are here!"

"Why is the empress dowager like this?"

"Weeping at the Ancestral Temple at night and disturbing the ancestors' gods is an act of impoliteness, but tonight the late emperor entrusted his dreams, but it made it difficult to mourn the family..."

Upon hearing the mention of the late emperor, Zhao Weilong glanced at the portrait in front of him, and then asked, "I don't know what dream the emperor entrusted to him?"

Zhao Weilong could already guess that the key to the matter lies in the content of the entrusted dream.

"Your emperor said in a dream that he was alone in the sky, very lonely, and he didn't even have anyone to talk to!"

"I suffer from suffering every day, like facing water and fire..."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Weilong immediately changed color.

According to what Li said, Emperor Tai'an was not happy at all in the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss, and had already reached a state of restlessness for the gods.

As the successor king, it would not be an exaggeration to make the first emperor's spirit uneasy, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he lost his virtue, and this would affect Zhao Weilong's ruling foundation.

Therefore, this matter must be dealt with as soon as possible.

Knowing that the matter was almost finished, Li went on to say: "The first emperor told Aijia in his dream that he had enjoyed all the wealth and glory in this world, and it is not rare for him to be buried with precious treasures..."

"Right now, he just wants someone who can talk!"

"The late emperor loved the concubine Duan the most. In order to let the late emperor's soul rest in peace, the Ai family felt that...it would be better for the emperor to give the concubine Duan a sacrifice, so that the late emperor's worries and loneliness would be relieved!"

This sentence is already a dagger for the poor, revealing Li's true purpose.

Zhao Weilong was greatly shocked, but he did not expect that Mrs. Li would play this trick.

It is easy to ask Concubine Duan to die, after all Concubine Duan's influence in the court has been defeated, but this is not just a matter of human life.

Concubine Duan played a huge role in Zhao Weilong being able to win the throne, so killing Concubine Duan showed his meanness and ungratefulness.

What's more, at the same time that Concubine Duan's power was being overthrown in the court, Zhao Weilong also accepted many officials from Concubine Duan's lineage. What would people like Concubine Duan think about killing Concubine Duan was also a question for Zhao Weilong to consider.

Just as Zhao Weilong was thinking, he only heard Li say: "Your Majesty... Concubine Duan and the late emperor have a deep love for each other, so she must be willing to go with the late emperor!"

But hearing these words, what Zhao Weilong thought in his mind was how to get rid of Li's power in the court.

The Empress Dowager would just like to take care of her for the rest of her life, but he couldn't stand being a moth every day.

"This matter... has to be discussed in the long run!"

(End of this chapter)