Chapter 295 Li Laoer's Jealousy
Concubine Rong patted her hands.
"What's the right or wrong thing? Being responsible and doing your best are two different things. I see it all.
Thank you, Wanjieer."
"Mother, you are so kind. My status has changed now. Publicly, I am the Empress, privately, I am the daughter-in-law. It is indeed my duty to take care of my father and mother's final journey."
Jiang Wan had always been a very clear-headed person, knowing exactly what to do in his position, which made Rong Fei feel very reassured. He only needed a few words of guidance to help those who could rise to prominence, without constantly burdening others with worries.
"Don't worry about how to accommodate the concubines in the palace after the national mourning. I have already arranged it for you.
They all decided not to stay in the palace to retire.
The virtuous concubine said that she wanted to follow the fifth prince to his fiefdom, and the good concubines, the Cheng concubines and the concubines also wanted to follow the princesses out of the palace in the future.
So, Wanjie, I'm here to help them find out. I'll see if we can get the Fourth Master to allocate the Princess's Mansion earlier so that the concubines can be settled sooner."
Empress Rong was indeed an elder who loved the younger generation very much. For things like this that the new empress was not in a position to speak out about, she took it upon herself to help solve them.
Jiang Wan gratefully shook the other person's hand.
“Thank you for your help, mother!
This problem has really troubled me these past two days. After all, this is the beginning of a new dynasty, and there are no old precedents for many things.
I looked through the history books of the previous dynasty, and I always felt that the previous dynasty's placement method of asking concubines to go to temples to practice with untied hair and pray for the country was not a good idea. I was just about to talk to the emperor about it, but now you have helped to sort things out.
Mother, thank you for caring about me."
Concubine Rong reached out and gently touched her belly, and her haggard look could not hide the kindness in her eyes.
"What are you thanking me for? You, a junior, have a lot of things that are hard to say. Why can't I help you speak? You, after you're done with this, just relax and take good care of yourself. The days of filial piety are hard and bearable, so don't let yourself and your children suffer."
"Oh, I see."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sat together and talked in a low voice. The elder spoke and the younger listened, passing on their experience.
After everything in the former court and the harem was sorted out, the three-day mourning period ended and mourning lasted for a full twenty-seven days before the coffins of the late emperor were sent to the imperial mausoleum amid everyone's tears.
The founding emperor and his empress were completely forgotten in the history books.
As for the most controversial Crown Prince, he finally succeeded in getting the entire court to turn a blind eye due to the arguments and unreasonable demands of the Li brothers.
He could be removed from the list, and his title could be abolished. However, his first wife was a person of poor moral character after all, and no matter what, Song could no longer continue to bear the title of Crown Princess and remain in the jade record of the Li royal family!
If those who kill the king can enjoy the offerings from the royal descendants in the future, then there will be endless regicides in the future, right?
So Li Yuanxiu used his power as the eldest brother to cross out the name of the Song family from next to Li Yanxiu's name.
The petty Li Chengxiu ordered his men to dig out the evil woman's coffin and bury it in a remote area outside the city. Although he hated the Song family, he couldn't do such a thing as digging up the grave and whipping the corpse. He simply cleared the Feng Shui-rich land and buried his prince there.
No matter how foolish Li Yanxiu had been in his lifetime, the dead were the greatest, and now that he was dead, his debts were forgiven. All they could think about now was the little bits of brotherhood they had built up since childhood.
After burying his parents and then his brother, Li Chengxiu cried so hard that he couldn't bear to look at anything.
The brothers walked into the Qianyuan Hall. Li Yuanxiu sighed, raised his hand and dismissed all the palace servants, then gave orders to Li Jingxiu who was following behind him.
"Old Five, go and give your fourth brother a hand. Help him sit down and have some water to relax."
"Oh, okay!"
His Royal Highness Prince Shun, who suddenly lost the protection of his father, is now very well-behaved. He does whatever his brothers ask him to do and remembers what his father told him before he died.
Be obedient and live a peaceful and stable life.
"Brother, you're already staggering when you walk, and you're still so worried about others?"
After finally catching up with the funeral procession, His Royal Highness Prince Jing Li Yuxiu headed straight into the room and found a good seat. Then, looking up at Li Chengxiu, now wearing the imperial robe, he became so angry and resentful that he almost started to speak without thinking.
"In my opinion, what you did was not right, Fourth Brother. Third Brother is still your biological brother, born of the same mother as you, not to mention how he has protected you since you were a child.
Now that he's closed his eyes, you're going to dig up his wife's grave right after? "Tsk tsk tsk, tell me the truth, Fourth Brother, have you been dissatisfied with Third Brother for a long time?"
"You fart!"
Li Chengxiu shook off Lao Wu's supporting hand, came in and pointed at Li Lao Er, who had been a vicious and inhuman person since he was a child and cursed him in a low voice.
"Do you think I am you? You are as narrow-minded as a chicken intestine! Don't you know why I dug up the grave of the Song family?
"Thank goodness, when the old man was alive, he took such good care of you, keeping you in the capital to enjoy a few more years of happiness. Now I'm speaking up for my parents and you're being pissed off?"
"Humph, your filial piety is fake!"
Li Yuxiu sneered.
"If you are truly filial, why don't you expel the third brother, the regicide and patricide, from the Li royal family?"
"My brother didn't do that! That was all done by the Song family and those thieves from the noble families behind them!"
"If he hadn't married the Song family girl, my father would still be alive and well now!"
"Li Laoer, shut up!"
"You're in the wrong, aren't you, Li Laosi?"
The two brothers were at loggerheads with each other, and Li Yuxiu, fueled by jealousy, sounded significantly more powerful.
"Don't act like an emperor in front of me. You and the boss know how you got the throne, and I'm not confused either. You..."
"Second brother, shut up!"
Li Yuanxiu, who had just moved in to take a breath, was startled by his second brother's words. He picked up the teacup beside him and threw it to the ground to interrupt the other person.
"The Emperor has ascended the throne. He is the new ruler of Dayu. He may be mindful of our brotherly love, but we should not violate the etiquette between ruler and subject. You have overstepped the bounds!"
"Oh, what a fair, strict, and generous Prince An! You're doing everything you can to protect him now. Aren't you afraid that when he grows up and no longer needs you, he'll turn against you and kill your lineage?"
Li Yuanxiu was silent for a moment, and Li Jingxiu was so scared that his heart was shaking. Li Chengxiu rolled up the hem of his dragon robe and stuffed it into his belt without saying a word, then turned up his sleeves and punched Li Yuxiu.
"Second dog, I've disliked you for a long time! Take this punch from your grandfather!"
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