"It is inappropriate for Your Majesty to bury Ye Qianning in the imperial mausoleum. Please withdraw your order." Dean Chen went straight to the point.
Emperor Beili frowned and said, "The burial in the imperial mausoleum is in accordance with the royal etiquette. This is a posthumous honor bestowed upon one who has been favored during the prosperous era. What's wrong with that?"
"Ye Qianning has been in the capital for more than a few months, but she has not yet joined the clan. It is against the rules to bury her in the imperial mausoleum. Moreover, what the emperor should do now is to severely punish the murderer who assassinated her." Dean Chen said.
"It's just a clan. Just ask the head of the Xiang family to fill it out. I value that child very much. She couldn't enter the royal family during her lifetime, but she was buried in the imperial mausoleum after her death. It can be said that her life was not in vain." Emperor Beili felt that being buried in the imperial mausoleum was a blessing that ordinary people had to cultivate for several lifetimes.
"Your Majesty, Ye Qianning is unlucky and cannot enter the imperial mausoleum. Your Majesty, please revoke your order." Zhan Yi was already furious, and he became even more furious when he heard this.
Wasn’t it worth living in vain?
Haha, the imperial tomb is so great, why don’t you go there now?
"Master Zhan, please don't refuse. She saved the Eighth Prince and deserves such a favor."
"Your Majesty, how can a dead person care about whether he is favored or not? If Your Majesty really wants that child to rest in peace, then kill the murderer and avenge her. I have already investigated everything that happened on Sifang Mountain. Your Majesty should also know why a traitor is still standing?" Qian Fu stood up.
"Qian Fu, this matter is not as simple as it seems. Princess Dongwei deceived Concubine Yuan. Concubine Yuan had good intentions, but she didn't expect to be deceived. I have already punished her severely. As for Yuan Yintang, he mistakenly thought that people were kidnapping the Eighth Prince, so he killed him. Although he was at fault, his crime is not punishable by death. I am very sorry for Ye Qianning's death, so I posthumously conferred her with burial in the imperial mausoleum." Emperor Beili's words were undoubtedly a challenge to the patience of the people in front of him.
"Your Majesty, Ye Qianning will not be buried in the imperial mausoleum. She will be included in the Zhan family tree as the eldest granddaughter of my Zhan family and ranked in the Zhan family." Zhan Yi could no longer hold back.
"Nonsense, how can she enter your Zhan family?" Emperor Beili scolded.
"If you don't enter the Zhan family, you will enter the Qian family's ancestral tomb." Qian Fu said coldly.
Emperor Beili's brows turned, and he stared at Qian Fu deeply: "How can a child be buried in several ancestral tombs? Stop making trouble. I have issued an imperial decree. Tomorrow I will send palace servants to the General's Mansion to handle the matter."
"Your Majesty, no one has received the imperial edict." Dean Chen said and turned around.
Eunuch Li immediately stepped forward holding the imperial edict.
When Emperor Beili saw the imperial edict, his expression froze for a few seconds. Then, he was enraged and slammed the table, standing up: "How dare you."
A few old guys actually dared to return the imperial edict.
hateful!
"Your Majesty, General Xiang is not at home, so I cannot accept this imperial edict." Dean Chen said.
"You'd better explain it to me clearly, otherwise I will punish you for disobeying my order."
"Your Majesty, Ye Qianning can enter the Zhan family, the Qian family, the Gu family, and the Xiang family, but he cannot enter the imperial mausoleum."
"Why?"
"Because she doesn't want to."
"Not willing?"
"Yes, my little disciple likes to be free. The imperial mausoleum is not suitable for her. She doesn't like any honor or status, and she doesn't like the title of Crown Princess even more." Dean Chen said bluntly.
Of course, these words also made Emperor Beili look extremely ugly.
To put it another way, it is undoubtedly ironic that the emperor thinks that honor and favor are not rare in the eyes of others.
"If the little girl still has a spirit in heaven, she will definitely like my Zhan family." Zhan Yi sniffed and cried.
"There's no need to argue about the Zhan family, the Qian family, or the Gu family. My little disciple definitely wants to be in the Xiang family." Although Dean Chen hadn't spent much time with his disciple, he still understood her temperament very well.
"Why is it the Xiang family?" Zhan Yi's eyes were red, and he was very dissatisfied.
Qian Fudao said nothing.
Emperor Beili's expression was extremely gloomy.
"Zhan Yi, think about Marquis Xiang Ming. Everyone has witnessed the love between them as father and daughter. Would he go so crazy if he knew about the child?"
The anger on Zhan Yi's face paused, his lips trembled slightly, and in the end he didn't say a word.
"Indeed, it is best for the child to marry into the Xiang family." Qian Fu nodded.
Zhan Yi didn't argue either.
"Your Majesty, what do you think?" Dean Chen looked at Emperor Beili and asked.
Emperor Beili was very angry when he saw the three people in front of him singing the same tune.
"Your Majesty, I have sent a letter to Marquis Xiang Ming. If Your Majesty wants to issue an imperial edict, you'd better wait for him to come back." Qian Fu said.
"I have already issued an order to block this matter. If you send a message to him at this time, it will disrupt his military morale." Emperor Beili rebuked in a deep voice.
"This is Marquis Xiang Ming's only daughter, whom he loved terribly. Could it be that the Emperor didn't even intend to tell him when she died, to let him have one last look at her?"
"I buried her with honor because of Marquis Xiang Ming's achievements. Otherwise, do you think a country kid could be worthy of the crown prince? Or could he be buried in the imperial mausoleum?"
"The imperial mausoleum may be an honor in the eyes of the emperor, but not in the eyes of others. Even if she does not marry into several families, it will not be her turn to be buried in the imperial mausoleum. People return to their roots after death, which is an eternal truth." Dean Chen said.
"I said she should be buried in the imperial mausoleum, so she must be buried in the imperial mausoleum. Even if the teacher does not accept this imperial edict today, someone in the general's mansion will accept it. I don't believe that the entire general's mansion dares to disobey the order."
"I will never let my little disciple enter the imperial mausoleum." Dean Chen said coldly and firmly.
Emperor Beili glared at him angrily: "Teacher, are you going to go against my will?"
"I've seen too many things in my life, many of which I could have prevented, but due to my power, I chose to avoid them. Only now have I come to realize that when something is unfair, we must fight for it. The Emperor glossed over the Sifang Mountain incident, and Concubine Yuan colluded with Dongyi, a crime so grave that the Emperor turned a blind eye. Does this mean that Beili's treason is not a serious crime?" Dean Chen finished speaking, not waiting for the Emperor to get angry, and continued, "If that's the case, I also imagine that Concubine Yuan would follow suit and not punish her for treason. Millions of people in Beili would follow suit for their own benefit, and then I'd have to ask the Emperor for mercy. After all, they're all fighting for survival and profit, just like Concubine Yuan, who can be forgiven."
"Many years ago, the Emperor almost wiped out our entire Qian family just because of some untrue letters. Has the Emperor forgotten it? Now, when it comes to the concubines, the evidence is irrefutable, but the Emperor turns a blind eye? In order to cover up the crime, he even uses the posthumous title of the little girl in the general's mansion as a shield. Does the Emperor think that anyone will accept this imperial edict?" Qian Fu's voice was so loud that it was deafening even to those standing outside the door.
Outside the door, Concubine Yuan was quite happy when she first heard the purpose of Dean Chen and others entering the palace. They did not want Ye Qianning to enter the imperial mausoleum, which was exactly what she wanted.
After hearing the latter part, his expression gradually turned cold.
Sang Qi stood by, clenching his fingers tightly, and looked up at Concubine Yuan: "Mother, is what they said true?"
When Concubine Yuan heard the voice, the distortion on her face disappeared immediately. She turned around and asked, "Why did you follow me? Didn't mother ask you to return to the East Palace first?"
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