Chapter 492 The Emperor Passes Away
Since his father had already said this, Emperor Yang Jingchen could not argue any more and could only agree and reply, "Father, I understand!"
As for what he understood, it was of course that his father liked the daughter of Marquis Zhao.
"As long as you understand, as long as you understand..."
Emperor Yang Jingchen was still waiting to hear his father's follow-up words, but after waiting for a while and hearing nothing, he cautiously called out:
"Father!"
"Father!"
The imperial physicians rushed forward to check on him. Suddenly, they knelt in rows. Finally, the Imperial Physician spoke out, "The Retired Emperor, the Retired Emperor has passed away!"
Upon hearing this, the emperor wanted to drag these quack doctors away and chop them off, but thinking of his father's last words, he could only rage like a wild beast with nowhere to vent its anger.
"Get out, all of you, get out!"
A group of imperial physicians immediately grabbed their medicine boxes. They had thought they would die here today, but they hadn't expected to survive. They kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Then he crawled out, fearing that if he was a second late, the emperor would change his mind.
The emperor watched as all the imperial doctors left in an instant. He endured his anger, but ultimately, he still couldn't let it go. "Go, send all the servants who serve the retired emperor back to continue serving him."
The eunuchs kneeling around were trembling with fear, fearing that the emperor would dislike them and send them away as well.
Zhao Lingmeng came out of the inner room and knelt quietly in the yard with the prince consort and the others. No one made a sound, and they all knelt quietly.
Zhao Lingmeng could only find an opportunity to give Fan Yong a look that said she was fine. Zhao Lingmeng wondered in her heart whether Master Fan in her family had understood what was going on.
Before she could dwell on this mess for long, she heard someone come out and announce in tears, "The Emperor has passed away!"
Then, a burst of crying sounded around Zhao Lingmeng. In this atmosphere, Zhao Lingmeng cried very naturally. This was mainly because Zhao Lingmeng was really sad. After all, the emperor was really good to her.
When the retired emperor abdicated, he privately gave her a golden medal of immunity from death, and also gave her some protection before his death. She felt that the retired emperor was able to do this, which put him ahead of 99.9% of the emperors.
Everyone was crying their hearts out! Then they saw the imperial doctors come out in a panic, kneeling beside them and crying. Then they saw the emperor's personal commander rush out.
Then, there was a burst of crying outside the courtyard. Zhao Lingmeng didn't know whether everyone was crying because the emperor had passed away, or... or...
At this time, the queen was also kneeling outside with Zhao Lingmeng and the others, but she and the prince were kneeling in the front.
Crown Prince Yang Chengchen gave the Queen a look, indicating that she should go in and see her father.
But the prince didn't know whether his mother didn't understand or was unwilling. Anyway, the prince waited for a long time, but he didn't see the queen move.
The prince had no choice but to get up and go in himself.
The Queen watched the Prince get up and go in, but she did not stop him. She knew that in the eyes of the Emperor, the Prince's words were much more effective than her own.
The Queen was happy about the death of the retired Emperor. After all, who likes to have two mountains on their heads? With the death of the retired Emperor, she only has the Emperor as her mountain.
As for the two Empress Dowagers, they never took care of things. The Queen was respectful to them, but not in awe of them.
In fact, it was the last time that the old lady of Cheng Engong had a conflict with Zhao Lingmeng. The prince persuaded the queen, saying that the emperor would support Zhao Lingmeng. The queen then held a grudge against the emperor.
At this time, the queen glanced at Zhao Lingmeng who was kneeling behind her, and she couldn't help feeling proud. The queen felt that her time was coming.
Everyone was crying so hard that few people noticed the Queen's expression. However, the glance she gave Zhao Lingmeng was seen by Yang Chengchen who was kneeling behind the Queen.
Yang Chengchen sensed his mother's ill will towards Aunt Funing. People in the royal family were naturally very sensitive to such ill will. He frowned again and again, thinking only of finding a time to talk to his eldest brother and ask him to persuade his mother.
Yang Chengchen couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The smooth sailing in the past few years had not only grown the heart of Duke Cheng'en, but also the heart of his mother!
The Queen didn't know that her thoughts at this moment were known by Yang Chengchen. At this moment, she was only happy in her heart. At the same time, she was thinking about how to make Fu Ning suffer a little at the mausoleum after the emperor's mourning.
Of course, the Queen thought she just wanted to teach Funing how to be a good subject, and she wouldn't let them fall out. Funing's status was still useful to her two sons! The Queen cried while thinking about how to strike the right balance here.
Zhao Lingmeng: You think too much.
Prince: Mother, don’t be so naive.
Fortunately, Yang Chengchen noticed the malicious look in his mother's eyes. After that, he sent people to monitor her movements and quietly changed some of her little moves. Otherwise, he would have made an enemy of Aunt Funing.
Zhao Lingmeng and his group only knelt for the entire morning. After they had a quick meal and ate something, they followed the retired emperor's coffin back to Yuanjing.
The pace of carrying the retired emperor's coffin was already slow, and the fact that the group of people carrying the coffin were all of high status made them move even slower.
It was already dark when they arrived at Yuanjing. Zhao Lingmeng and the others still followed them into the palace first. They waited until the emperor's coffin was arranged before they began to leave the palace and return home.
It was already midnight when Zhao Lingmeng and Fan Yong arrived at the Princess's residence. They simply washed up and went straight to sleep. They didn't even see Zhao Houjing and the others.
The main thing was that tomorrow morning, before daybreak, Zhao Lingmeng and Fan Yong would both go to the palace to mourn. If they didn't get enough rest, they wouldn't be able to endure this.
Fortunately, Qiuhua is the manager in the mansion, otherwise Zhao Lingmeng would have to take care of all the affairs in the mansion, and even an iron man would not be able to bear it.
From the second day on, Zhao Lingmeng and the others began to go to the palace to mourn, and Zhao Houjing and the others were no exception. Fortunately, Zhao Lingmeng was of high status, so no one dared to deliberately pick a fight with her, otherwise this day would have been even more difficult to endure.
The previous dynasty had been arguing fiercely over the temple name for the retired emperor for the past few days. The main issue was that the emperor wanted to give it "Shizu," while the court officials thought "Zu" or "Zong" would suffice. In the end, the emperor overcame all objections and settled on "Shenwu Shizu." As for what the court officials thought, the emperor simply didn't care.
Princess Fushou and her husband arrived the day before the emperor's burial. Zhao Lingmeng and the others had been weeping for twenty-four consecutive days, leaving even military commanders like Fan Yong thinner, not to mention the women, who had become frail and frail.
Princess Fushou, who had been rushing back without stopping, had a look on her face that matched that of the retired emperor lying in his coffin. Even the emperor subconsciously reached out to support her, fearing that this imperial sister would die with their father.
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