Use a substitute on your wedding night to scatter the ashes of your entire family

When the news reached Gu Xingyan, he clenched his fists and anger was obvious on his face.

In his previous life, he only knew that Song Yafeng and Concubine Chen had an affair, but he was not quite sure what kind of entanglement there was between the two.

After all, this was not a glorious thing. It was really unbearable for a concubine in the harem to have an affair. After the emperor ascended the throne, he killed Song Yafeng. Then, calming down the public opinion among the people was the most important thing at that time.

Now that she thinks about it, she probably had feelings for Song Yafeng before she entered the palace, but because of her background, she could only enter the palace as a concubine.

Ha, Gu Xingyan smiled coldly. Both of them were selfish people. Concubine Chen was so meticulous in her thinking. On the surface, they were close to each other, but secretly, she had already planted secret agents in the Song Mansion. If things failed, the secret agents would be dispatched to push all the things onto Song Yafeng.

No wonder he died with his eyes open.

During these two nights, few people in the entire city could get a good night's sleep.

Some ministers' wives were uneasy and asked their husbands carefully: "Master, didn't Hong Mai say before his death that he was entrusted by a certain lady? How could this be Lord Song from the Jinyiwei?"

The minister scolded, "As a woman, don't ask about this matter. Anyway, the real murderer of your majesty has been found. The most important thing now is that the prince ascends the throne and the late emperor is buried."

The lady was so scared that she slapped her mouth.

……

On the second day, there was a grand court meeting.

Although Gu Xingcheng was already the emperor of Daliang, because the coronation ceremony had not yet been held, he ordered people to place a chair next to the dragon throne for him to sit on.

In the council hall, everyone unanimously denounced Song Yafeng for his wolfish ambitions as the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and forcing the eunuchs to kill the emperor, which was a heinous crime punishable by the extermination of all nine generations of his clan.

Even the anti-Chen faction stood up this time and angrily denounced Song Yafeng, but they did not mention a word about their own proposal that day to have the Jinyiwei thoroughly investigate the matter.

The final decision was that Song Yafeng forced Hong Mai to kill the emperor, which was a serious crime of treason. The Song family was sentenced to expropriation and execution of all nine generations of the Song clan.

The new emperor who is about to ascend the throne seems to be a tough guy, and is definitely not as gentle as he usually is.

Look, that’s hundreds of lives in the nine clans of the Song family.

The blood of hundreds of people paved the way for his ascension to the throne, which was the first time since the founding of Daliang.

"A country cannot be without a ruler for a day. Now that the murder of the late emperor has been investigated, the crown prince is the destiny. I request that Your Highness ascend the throne as soon as possible." Ou Jianglin was the first to stand up and ask Gu Xingcheng to ascend the throne.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is requested to ascend the throne at an early date." Then came Duke Shu.

Immediately afterwards, all the upright people knelt on the ground.

As things developed to this point, the anti-Chen faction knew that there was no way to push the Third Prince to the throne, at least in the short term, so they knelt down reluctantly and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, please ascend the throne as soon as possible."

Gu Xingyuan's eyes were filled with resentment, and Chen Tinghua and Chen Shouye, the grandfather and grandson, were also filled with hatred in their hearts, but there was nothing they could do. Once they failed, they would lose.

He is the king and they are the subjects.

The three of them also knelt down slowly: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, please ascend the throne as soon as possible."

Gu Xingcheng stood up and looked down at the ministers who were kneeling in the hall. His eyes only swept over Gu Xingyuan and he said slowly, "Everyone, please stand up. Since you are willing, I will ask the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to choose an auspicious day."

The Imperial Astronomical Observatory hurriedly stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, the auspicious day will be in seven days."

Seven days is indeed a bit too urgent, but everything is waiting for the Daliang Emperor to make a decision. Gu Xingcheng nodded and said, "Then in seven days, the coronation ceremony and the queen coronation ceremony will be held together, and everything will be kept simple."

"Yes."

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long, long live the emperor." After shouting "Long live the emperor" three times, Gu Xingcheng became the new emperor of Daliang from that moment on.

Since Song Yafeng was the commander of the Jinyiwei, if something happened to him, the entire Jinyiwei, nearly a thousand people, were surrounded in the yamen by the imperial guards.

Xie Changan: "Your Majesty, the late emperor's body has been in state for thirty-nine days. The imperial mausoleum was completed this morning. I request that the body be in state for forty-nine days, which means that the late emperor's funeral will be held in ten days."

"Accurate."

The imperial mausoleum of Daliang would usually begin construction in the second year after the emperor ascended the throne, and the construction would take decades or even several years.

Before completion, the main tomb chamber where the coffin is placed will be left with several steps. Once the emperor passes away, the main tomb chamber can be repaired and completed in about a month, and the tomb will be sealed after the coffin is placed in it.

The funeral rite of the emperor is to keep his body for 49 days.

The grand court meeting did not end until after the hour of Chen.

Due to the sudden death of Emperor Daliang and the involvement of concubines in the palace in a plot to murder the emperor, government affairs came to a halt for nearly a month, and the government affairs piled up in various government offices were almost piling up into a small mountain.

If we stop for a few more days, I'm afraid the whole situation will be in chaos.

After the proposal was made by the Prime Minister Xie Changan and seconded by the other ministers in the court, Gu Xingcheng ordered that the emperor's spirit should be guarded by the palace attendants, the emperor's concubines, and some people from the six ministries. There was no need for the ministers to guard it day and night.

Gu Xingcheng specifically called Ou Jianglin and asked him to go back to the East Palace together.

Ou Jianglin knew that His Majesty had just ascended the throne and had many things to do, and that he must have been asked to go to the East Palace to discuss important matters.

Empress Shu, no, from today on, she is Empress Dowager Shu, she specially cooked breakfast herself, waiting for Gu Xingcheng and the others to come back.

From a distance, Gu Xingcheng smelled the fragrance and said with a smile, "I'm really hungry. Sir, please eat something with me."

The emperor's gift of food was a great favor, and Ou Jianglin dared not refuse.

However, when he entered the room, he froze in shock. He had not expected the Queen Mother to be in the East Palace so early in the morning. He said awkwardly, "Your Majesty, I have official business to attend to. I will leave the palace first."

Gu Xingcheng pulled him aside and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Master, you should have time to spend breakfast with me. My mother was afraid that you would not want to, so she specifically asked me to bring you to the East Palace."

Gu Xingyan also said, "Uncle Ou, the court meeting has been going on for this long, you should be hungry, let's have breakfast first."

Empress Dowager Shu's eyes remained the same as always, and she smiled and said, "Jiang Lin, sit down."

On the table were his favorite crystal shrimp buns, pumpkin glutinous rice cakes, and purple rice porridge. Ou Jianglin's heart trembled slightly, knowing that the Queen Mother must have specifically instructed His Majesty to come to the East Palace for breakfast.

Several people sat down and started eating.

"emperor……"

As soon as Ou Jianglin opened his mouth, Empress Dowager Shu interrupted him: "Have dinner first."

The few of them ate in silence. Ou Jianglin kept his head down, just eating the purple rice porridge in the bowl. However, Gu Xingyan picked up some crystal shrimp buns and pumpkin glutinous rice cakes for him.

After the meal, the palace servants cleared the bowls and chopsticks and rinsed their mouths. Only Aunt Ning Ru was left in the hall to serve, and everyone else left.

Empress Dowager Shu spoke first: "Jiang Lin, you have worked hard for the past twenty-one years. Now that the situation has been settled, a simple breakfast is my thanks and apology."