Chapter 65 Investigation(1/2)
In the palace, the order was re-determined. Some palace ladies were ordered to be killed by His Majesty the King of Qin because of "debt of duty". His Royal Highness lived in the Qing Palace and stayed in the door and refused to leave.
Zuo Shuchang Lu Buwei was fined 300 yuan.
Meng Ao was reprimanded.
Everyone felt that things were over.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had the intention of raiding, but he had not been punished, so he only held the matter fine, reprimand, and killed some people.
But in the early morning of the third day of the first lunar month, the palace servants were shocked to find that His Majesty the King of Qin had collapsed!
Everyone looked incredible.
His Highness the Crown Prince was so sad that he lost his mind, crying and laughing.
Lu Buwei was extremely happy: If the King of Qin is dead, then I don’t have to pay the fine.
Zong Zheng showed a false sad expression on his face, and he covered the coffin with a deep pain and said, "The King of Qin is dead."
"Please ask His Highness the Crown Prince to quickly cleanse up his grief and prepare to ascend the throne of Qin."
The formal coronation and inheritance of the throne must be a year later.
However, the country cannot be without a king for a day. After the old king collapsed, the crown prince would ascend the throne and temporarily take over the Qin throne.
Correspondingly, if there is no accident in the surrogate Qin King, he will definitely become the official Qin King in a year.
Therefore, when replacing the throne of Qin, one needs to choose a "prince" among one of his descendants.
Yi Ren bowed respectfully to Zong Zheng: "Zi Chu, accept the order."
Zong Zheng avoided half of his body and only received half a courtesy, saying, "Please make the prince quickly!"
Yiren nodded and was about to speak, Xiong Qi, Xiong Chen and outside the sect hall asked for a visit. Xiong Qi held a black silk book with gold thread embroidered on it: "Greetings to His Majesty the King of Qin."
"Meet Zongzheng."
Lao Zong was looking at the silk book in Xiong Qi's hand, and took a step back, silent.
That was the silk book of King Yingzhu of Qin.
The original smiling face of Yi Ren collapsed when he saw the silk book.
Xiong Qi worshiped Yiren: "Report to the king, the king's will here, please read it."
He presented the silk book with both hands.
Yi Ren did not go to receive the silk book.
He knew the contents of the silk book, which was what he had heard yesterday.
The corners of the eyes were twitching, and the teeth were gritted.
Yi Ren took a deep breath and finally took the silk book, but did not unfold: "I ascend the throne, and the prince should be the prince's throne."
Xiong Qi breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Xiong Chen on the side, all in a clear attitude.
Sure enough, no one knows a son than a father.
Ying Zhu was expected to be the one who dared not bear the bad reputation of disobeying the last orders of the previous kings with his strange character.
Despite this infamous reputation, nothing counts for the dignified King of Qin.
But he still dared not disobey it.
Yi Ren calmed down for a while and said, "The state affairs are not broken, and I am responsible for the great responsibility. I have no time to fulfill my filial piety to the previous kings, so that the prince's filial piety will be kept in front of the previous kings."
"Time, March!"
"The king was sad for the last tribute." Zong Zheng smiled. After finishing the ceremony, he put the crown of the King of Qin on the head of Yi Ren, and tied him a jade hairpin and retreated to the side.
The stranger spread his arms, and the palace servants on one side immediately stepped forward to change his clothes.
A moment later, a brand new "King of Qin" was released.
The prince Zheng led the king to the East Palace.
Others are also added to the seal.
Yiren's biological mother, Mrs. Xia, was honored as the empress dowager, and the queen of the previous king, Mrs. Huayang, was also respected as the empress dowager.
Some officials from the Chu and former kings were dismissed or demoted.
Then there were a series of seals, pardons, and accountability.
The posthumous title of the previous king needs to be discussed by the court officials at the grand dynasty meeting.
——But there is nothing to discuss.
The former kings' formal reign lasted for less than three days. Despite the credit of "removing the poison from the country", everyone knows how this credit comes about.
In addition, there was no strict review and investigation before the administration, and no improvement of the government orders and supporting measures, the king's orders just continued to issue them, which caused many problems.
Therefore, strictly speaking, whether the former kings were merits or faults was a question.
But these things are not within the scope of Qin King Yiren's thinking.
He needed to seek the best posthumous title for his father, which was his obligation as a Son of Man.
After all, if he gave his father a bad posthumous title during his reign, how would others think of Yiren in the future?
Yiren dared not think about it, nor was he willing to bear this infamy.
So he could only use his influence to earn fame for his father.
For this reason, he killed several officials who refused to change their words.
While he was seeking a beautiful posthumous title for his father, Ying Zheng was watched and came to Yingzhu's mourning hall to keep a soul for him.
After all, a dignified king must consider majesty after his death, so Yingzhu was placed in the coffin wearing the Qin King's garment. The large coffin was uncovered and it would not be covered until it was buried.
Ying Zheng knelt alone in front of Yingzhu's leather coffin.
During the ritual system, as a prince, the King of Qin could only have two layers inside and outside.
But now that the ceremony has collapsed and the music is gone, everyone is pursuing luxury and beauty, and even the coffin is no longer strictly according to its identity.
The coffin of King Yingzhu of Qin is as many as four layers.
Now, on the first day of the death of the King of Qin, generally speaking, there is only the innermost layer of coffin.
That is, leather coffin - a leather coffin.
The coffin is not big. As long as Ying Zheng stands a little higher, he can see the Qin King Yingzhu in the leather coffin, who has been dead for a long time.
My face looked a little pale due to the loss of blood, and the wrinkles seemed to fade much less than before.
Ying Zheng looked at Ying Zhu and felt nothing.
After watching for a while, Ying Zheng felt very bored.
Look around and see that there is no one in the hall except yourself.
"Oh."
No matter how powerful you are during your lifetime, you will be forgotten immediately after your death?
Ying Zheng curled his lips.
...
Ju Zizhou changed out of his gorgeous clothes, wore a plain dress, and a wooden hairpin, wandering in Xianyang City.
He wanted to complete a social survey before leaving, so as to develop the correct solution to the problem for Ying Zheng.
...
On October 4th, the palace people added a layer of basswood wooden coffin to the former king and then left.
Ying Zheng was bored and sat in the hall to read.
When I was tired of sitting, I stood up and stretched, I suddenly saw a glimpse of eye-catching red.
Ying Zheng turned his head and saw Ying Zhu in the coffin, and his mouth, nose and seven orifices began to overflow dark red blood.
Ying Zheng opened his mouth.
...
"Hey, little brother, come on, I'll show you something good!" Next to the dilapidated street, Ang Zang shouted and waved to Ju Zizhou sneakily.
While waving, he looked around and looked like a frightened bird.
Ju Zizhou's heart moved, pursed his lips and followed.
"What good things to see?" Ju Zizhou asked.
"Shh, let's be quiet!" said the big man, holding Ju Zizhou's shoulders and holding his back: "Do you want to try "that"?"
"Which?" Ju Zizhou asked.
"It's "that!" The big man made a drinking posture.
Ju Zizhou pursed his lips: "What kind of wine is it?"
To be continued...