The changes in the palace have been determined.
The second prince usurped the throne and conspired with Concubine Ling to assassinate the emperor. The emperor managed to escape with his life, but under the threat of Concubine Ling and her son, he had to hide in the palace, waiting for King You to lead his troops into the capital to capture Concubine Ling and her son.
The empress dowager was devastated by the infighting among her descendants and decided to go to the imperial mausoleum to accompany the late emperor and pray for Dayong.
Now the Second Prince and Concubine Ling have confessed their guilt and are about to be beheaded outside the Meridian Gate.
The emperor and the empress dowager fell ill one after another.
The emperor had his heart stabbed by Concubine Ling, and he barely held on for a few days, but his body became increasingly weak.
Everyone in the Imperial Hospital was at a loss as to what to do. Although no one said it explicitly, they all knew that the Emperor might not live long. Even if he was kept alive by century-old ginseng, he would probably not last more than three months.
Knowing that he was unable to run the government, the emperor forced himself to stay healthy and, in the presence of several royal princes and old ministers, wrote an imperial edict on the day King You arrived in Beijing, voluntarily abdicating the throne to King You.
The outcome has been decided.
…
Considering that the government had been in chaos for many days and Emperor Xiaoming was seriously ill.
King You took the initiative to propose that the coronation ceremony be kept simple.
The next day, after a brief ceremony, he put on the dragon robe, sat on the dragon throne, and began to preside over the morning court in an orderly manner, dealing with the mountain of government affairs that had piled up in recent times.
It had been a long time since the court officials had experienced such a vigorous and effective morning court session.
Looking at the new emperor sitting at the top, some old ministers couldn't help but think of the former emperor.
Tears streamed down his face and he was filled with emotion. The new emperor was indeed the eldest grandson whom the late emperor valued and raised personally. With the new emperor, Dayong finally had hope of returning to the prosperity of the late emperor!
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But outside the palace.
After leaving Qionghua Palace yesterday, Qi Xu personally sent Wei Yunlan out of the palace. He was very nervous on the way, but when they were about to part, he finally mustered up the courage to ask, "What I just said was a bit presumptuous. But it was what I really thought. I wonder...Miss Wei, are you willing?"
Although he already holds great power, he can still force orders even if the person in front of him is unwilling.
But he didn't want to do that. Only when the person in front of him personally nodded in agreement would he write an edict and welcome her into the palace with the most grand ceremony.
Fortunately, he got a positive answer.
…
The seal of the Wei family has not been removed yet.
Wei Yunlan first led his men back to Duke Xu’s Mansion on Zhuque Street.
The old Duke and his wife were still at their farm outside the capital and had not returned yet. When the son and wife of Duke Xu learned that Wei Yunlan had followed Qi Xu to the capital, they rushed back to the capital first.
"So, the imperial edict of redress will be sent to the north soon, and your father and others will be returning to the capital soon?" The prince of Duke Xu was overjoyed when he heard the news from Wei Yunlan.
The wife of the prince held Wei Yunlan's hand and said, "Just stay in the mansion for the time being. Your father and mother will be able to come back the next day or the day after tomorrow. They have been missing you for a long time, and this time they can finally see you."
The Wei family and Duke Xu's mansion are as close as family.
Wei Yunlan planned to wait for the imperial edict to be issued to exonerate his parents, and then have his father remove the seal on the Wei family mansion personally on the day his parents returned to Beijing.
She lived in Duke Xu's mansion during this period.
Although her status is still undetermined, everyone with a discerning eye knows that her relationship with the new emperor is very important. When they learned that she was living in Duke Xu's mansion, the number of letters delivered to the mansion every day was as numerous as snowflakes.
Either the young lady of this family invited her to enjoy the flowers and spring, or the lady of that family invited her to drink tea and watch opera.
However, Wei Yunlan did not accept any invitations. She stayed in the Duke's Mansion for two days, met Duke Xu and the Duke's wife, and told them about the situation in the north and her cousin Changning's affairs. On the third day, she finally left the Duke's Mansion.
However, he did not accept any invitation, but went to the Tong family on Qinghe Street.
Mr. Tong of the Tong family was nearly sixty years old, but he had not yet retired. He was then serving as a junior tutor of the first rank.
Although the official position is high, it is a nominal one and he has no real power.
He has three sons, and the one who holds the highest official position now is his second son, who is a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue, a fifth-rank official. The eldest son and the third son serve in the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy respectively. Wei Yunlan's uncle is the third son of Mr. Tong, the third master of the Tong family.
Today, Wei Yunlan deliberately did not send a visit letter and went directly to the door just to meet his aunt Wei Jingyi.
Since the Wei family was exiled to Beiguan two years ago, my aunt has sent two letters home to the north. In the letters, she said that her husband's family did not make things difficult for her because of her natal family affairs, and her uncle treated her as always. In short, everything was fine and there was no need for her family to worry about her. She only hoped that her family would take care of their health at the border and that they could be reunited soon.
But Wei Yunlan didn't dare to believe these words completely.
Three days after returning to Beijing, there was no news from her aunt. She asked her aunt, the wife of the Prince of Xu, about her aunt's condition. It turned out that her aunt's health had been much worse since she caught a cold last winter. Especially when the weather was cold, she was weak and sickly and often stayed in bed.
Even this year, when she came to the Duke's Mansion to pay New Year's greetings, it was her uncle and aunt's two children who came on her behalf.
If it were the Wei Yunlan of the past, he might not have thought too much about it.
But after all the experiences in her past life, she guessed that her aunt's illness might not be that simple...
“Bang, bang.”
There was a knock on the door and the Tong family guard opened it. He was stunned when he saw the carriage pulled by two white horses outside and the dozen or so handsome guards standing on both sides of the carriage.
The face that was a little annoyed by the knock on the door suddenly softened, and he asked the person who knocked on the door very politely: "I wonder which distinguished person is visiting. I will go in and report to the host right away."
"My young lady's surname is Wei, and she just arrived in Beijing three days ago. Just tell your master this, and he will understand."
There are many families with the surname Wei in the capital, but I have never seen any family as grand as this one.
The guard couldn't guess the identity of the nobleman in the carriage, but he didn't dare to be negligent. He hurried inside and reported according to the instructions of the other party's entourage.
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