Unparalleled Concubine

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Li Xin said in a deep voice: "After coming back last night, I have been sleeping until now. How is the situation in the palace?"

"Zuo Pushe and other ministers have already read out the edict before His Majesty's death, and it is determined that the crown prince will take the throne in Weiyang Palace three days later."

This is the rule of the Jin Dynasty. Even when the Renchen Palace was changed, the Emperor Taikang had to guard the spirit for three days before becoming the emperor.

Now that the crown prince ascended the throne, he naturally had to go through this process. At this time, the emperor who was about to be 14 years old was crying bitterly in front of the emperor's spirit in Weiyang Palace.

Hearing this, Li Xin opened his mouth slowly: "Since that's the case, the dust has settled, His Highness the Crown Prince will just wait for his ascension. Mr. Xie came to find me in such a hurry, why did you come?"

On weekdays, when Li Xin talked to other people, as long as he was not particularly annoying, he usually had a smiling face, but now that the emperor had passed away, he was not in a good mood, and it was not suitable for joking at this time, so he was so serious.

Xie Dai bowed again.

"Your Majesty's last edict mentioned Lord Marquis. People in the palace searched everywhere for Lord Marquis last night but did not find him. Only this morning did they know that Lord Marquis had returned to the mansion. The Empress... Your Majesty specially asked us to invite Lord Marquis into the palace. "

Lord Jing'an frowned slightly.

"If the imperial edict mentions me, it should be the palace servants who summoned me."

Xie Dai smiled bitterly and said, "Master Hou, the palace is in chaos..."

Li Xin nodded slightly.

"Okay, I'll go to the palace now."

He was also going to enter the palace.

Logically speaking, with his status, he should not have returned to the palace last night, but should have stayed in the palace all night like those prime ministers, and should not leave the palace for a few days, but he was in a bad mood last night. He was exhausted and didn't want to show off in the palace, so he went home to rest in the middle of the night.

Now that the Xie family wants to invite him into the palace, he has no reason not to go.

At this time, he had already changed his clothes, got into his own carriage, and entered Yong'an Gate together with Xie Dai.

In one night, the palace compound was already completely white, with white banners hanging everywhere, and some palace people dressed in white could be seen along the way, and after approaching Weiyang Palace, some eunuchs and maids could be seen crying on the ground .

At the gate of the palace, Li Xin raised his head and glanced at the familiar Weiyang Palace.

At this time, it is a critical time for the imperial power to pass smoothly, and the decision-making and core layers of the entire Great Jin Dynasty are all in this Weiyang Palace.

As soon as he stepped up to the steps, an eunuch from the inner guard trotted all the way, and handed a white linen coat to Li Xin respectfully.

Li Xin looked calm and put on this filial piety.

According to the etiquette of this era, the emperor is the "father of the emperor", and the death of the emperor means that everyone is "dead father", and everyone must wear sackcloth and filial piety for the emperor.

After putting on the filial piety clothes, Li Xin stepped into Weiyang Palace.

But Xie Dai didn't go in, and waited at the gate of Weiyang Palace. The one who is still in Weiyang Palace now is probably the last time he was a court chief at the level of Liubu Shilang. The core layer of the Great Jin Dynasty Hall.

Li Xin can walk in with peace of mind, but Xie Dai can't, no matter what his surname is, he is not qualified to enter Weiyang Palace at this time.

After entering the Weiyang Palace, Li Xin directly entered the emperor's dormitory. At this time, the emperor's coffin had been placed in the main hall of the dormitory. The thirteen or fourteen-year-old prince knelt in front of the emperor's spirit, throwing some paper money into the brazier from time to time, Guaranteed to keep burning.

On the other side, the servants of Shangshu from the Ministry of Rites and the servants under Shangshutai gathered together to discuss the posthumous title, temple name, and follow-up etiquette of Emperor Taikang.

Near the emperor's coffin, there were three or four little princes kneeling on both sides, sobbing and crying.

After Li Xin entered the bedroom, he glanced at the emperor's coffin, sighed slightly, stepped up, knelt down in front of the emperor's coffin, and kowtowed three times.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wiped away his tears, kowtowed in return.

After Li Xin saluted, he got up and patted the prince's still immature shoulders, and then walked towards the position of several prime ministers at Shangshutai.

Today, the emperor's funeral is actually handled by these people, and many things have to be communicated with them.

Zuo Pushe of the Taikang Dynasty was no longer Zhang Qu, Duke of Haoran, but Shen Kuan, who was directly promoted to Shangshutai by the emperor from the position of minister of the Ministry of Rites, who is now the Prime Minister of Shangshutai.

Shen Kuan was a Jinshi at the age of 30, and successfully entered the Ministry of Rites from Yushitai at the age of 40. When Tai Chengde was 18 years old, he became the Minister of Rites at the age of 45 and became one of the youngest ministers in the court.

Of course, one year later, Li Xin, who had made great contributions to the dragon and was named the Minister of the Ministry of War, could not be counted among them.

This kind of young servants are all promising. After Emperor Taikang came to the throne, Shen Kuan also fell to the new emperor immediately and became the confidant of Emperor Taikang. Shangshutai paid his respects to the prime minister, and at the age of 50, he served as Zuo Pushe, and he has been in this position for three years now.

Li Xin, who is also a "confidant of the Son of Heaven", has not had much contact with this Shen Pushe. After all, he is considered a general, so it is not easy to have too many contacts with civil servants. At most, he has only met him a few times before.

Li Xin walked in front of Shen Pushe, and cupped his hands slightly: "Mr. Shen, I heard that Li was mentioned in His Majesty's edict."

Shen Kuan was discussing matters with other prime ministers, when he heard the words, he turned his head to look at Li Xin, and quickly saluted Li Xin, "Master Li has finally arrived. Last night, the old man sent people to look for Lord Li for a long time."

There was a reason why he was so polite to Li Xin.

Shang Shuling, the nominally supreme official of Shangshu Province, has been vacant because of his excessive power. Therefore, the left and right servants of Shangshu Province are the left and right ministers. This rank is already at the top among civil servants.

The remaining first-rank and second-rank, similar to Taifu, are all honorary titles after retirement.

Theoretically speaking, one who is on the left and right is considered to be an extremely human minister.

But Li Xin is an exception. He is basically the only "serving" first-rank official in the court.

He has a vacant position as a first-rank "Prince Taibao", and this vacant position will remove the word "Prince" after the crown prince succeeds, and become a serious first-rank Taibao.

Therefore, in terms of rank, Li Xin had to surpass these ministers. According to the rules, these five ministers would call themselves "lower officials" in front of him.

After finishing speaking, Shen Kuan with a fluttering beard took out a document from his sleeve and handed it to Li Xin.

"Your Majesty's last edict, after I read it last night, it has been sealed up, but I left a backup copy of the last edict and wrote it in this document. Please read it, Lord Li."

Li Xin nodded slightly, and reached out to take the document.

"It's laborious."

Chapter 833

The edict of the Son of Heaven, that is, the edict of passing on the throne, can be said to be the most important document in the court. After this kind of document is read out, it will be sealed and put in the Tianlu Pavilion in the palace to be sealed with wax. There are no special circumstances. It will never be taken out.

The emperor's succession edicts of all dynasties are sealed in Tianlu Pavilion.

Therefore, what Li Xin can see is only the transcribed copy.

Even if it is a transcript, not everyone is qualified to transcribe it, only ministers who are eligible to see the will are eligible to transcribe it.

Li Xin had no expression on his face. After receiving the document, he slowly unfolded it.

Generally speaking, the format of the imperial edict for passing on the throne is similar. The opening is nothing more than "I am humble in virtue, and I am fortunate to inherit the great order", and then write about how to be trembling during the reign, how to love and work hard, these two parts are similar.

The most critical is the last part.

According to the rules of the Jin Dynasty, the new monarch is 16 years old and takes charge of the government. If he is under 16 years old, he must set up assistant ministers to take charge of political affairs temporarily.