son-in-law

Chapter 151 Determination
The Empress Dowager passed away and was to be buried in Hongling with the late Emperor, so her posthumous title was not Empress Dowager, but Empress.

Today is the day of Empress Wu Lie's funeral. Early in the morning, the whole city hangs up. Zhao Yafu (real name Zhou Kuang, the emperor gave the surname Zhao, and changed his name to Yafu) from the newly promoted third division of Xuanjia (Jinwuwei) Zhonglang will wear white. Clearing the way, a funeral procession of tens of thousands of people set out from the imperial city.

The emperor ordered a three-day ban on music, but anyone who walked out of the market must wear mourning.

The huge black lacquered cart that enshrined the Empress Dowager's body was as big as a private house, and eight big black horses struggled to pull the cart and moved forward slowly.

The emperor led four noble concubines to attend the funeral in person.There are thousands of monks, lamas, imams, Taoists, nuns and monks of various sects, accompanied by princes and princesses all the way.Such a grand scene of etiquette, how could the Dacheng princess and the county horse, Tang Linger and Su Yu walk side by side with the long procession.

The people who voluntarily sent for the funeral lined up from the entrance of Huangcheng to Houzaimen, kneeling on both sides of the street for dozens of miles.

It should be said that Empress Wu Lie didn't show much kindness to the people during her lifetime, but when this empress dowager who was known as the most ruthless and capable of beating in history passed away, many people still burst into tears.

The sound of crying spread for ten miles, all the way were filled with filial piety, and the whole city mourned, but that was all.

Hearing the crying, Su Yu felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

Tang Ling'er didn't know why Su Yu was suffering. Rumors said that Su Yu was ruthless and ungrateful, but today it seemed that this was not the case. On the contrary, he felt that he was too emotional.

A funeral is not an easy job, and some people have been exhausted after walking all the way.

distance is too far.Some people in poor health even fell headlong and were carried away on stretchers by the etiquette officer.Among them is Zhan Yulin, the prince's son-in-law.Su Yu could tell that Zhan Yulin was actually pretending to be dizzy, but Su Yu could understand this son-in-law in his heart.He has severe gout and his hands and feet are deformed. Letting him walk like this is really cruel.

Not long after, the emperor couldn't hold on anymore, and the coffin car wailed loudly.

A large group of ceremonial officials and eunuchs supported the emperor and walked with the coffin.

He stopped and walked along the way, sometimes kneeling and kowtowing.

The etiquette is cumbersome, let alone mention it.

This toss, toss from morning to evening, before the official burial.

Compared with the empress dowager's grand burial, Concubine Liang's funeral seemed very bleak.

Not many people even knew that the coffin of Concubine Liang was still in the last carriage of the funeral procession.And when she was sent to the underworld, the emperor was not there.Only a few eunuchs and ceremony officials sent her to the side of those buried concubines.It is said that the corpses of the buried concubines had decayed at this time, and the stench filled the underground palace.

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The Empress Dowager was buried, and the God-given Emperor Zhao Chong basically completed the transfer of power. The five generals and fifteen Zhonglang generals in the Xuanjia Army were all trusted by the emperor.

During the entire delivery process, Emperor Zhao Chong did not kill a single person.

The name of Ren Jun quickly spread.

Immediately afterwards, the crown prince was established and the queen was elected.

As expected, Cao Yuzan became the queen, and Zhao Liangjun, the son of Concubine Liang, was established as the crown prince, who had been adopted under the name of Empress Cao.

A three-year-old child does not know the sufferings in the world. Everyone says that the queen is his biological mother. The child only cries for a few days, and then she recognizes it.

To say that this Cao Yuzan is also a capable person, since she was brought into the palace, no one dislikes her.Although the time with Empress Dowager Chen was short, I heard that during that time, Empress Dowager Chen showed extra favor and trust towards her.And the Emperor Tianci finally met a beautiful concubine, and he doted on him even more.

At that time, not only the empress dowager and the emperor liked her, but also other concubines, eunuchs, court ladies, and no one said that noble concubine Yi was not good, and even Mr. Zhao Liang began to call her mother instead.

Soon after, Queen Cao listened to the government behind the curtain, and the little prince slept in the queen's arms.

The old eunuch Li Wantang followed the queen and the prince closely.

But Emperor Tianci was even more ill. He only ate one meal a day and vomited from time to time.

The imperial physicians showed their abilities, and as a result, the emperor was sometimes swollen, and sometimes had diabetes insipidus, looking like he was dying.

Hearing that her cousin, the emperor, was dying, her cousin Tang Linger went to the palace to visit, and when she came back, she talked about her illness with the people around her.

Su Yu heard it and said, "It's also a symptom of uremia."

Su Yu was familiar with this disease.Only relying on the medical methods of the Liang Dynasty, it can't be cured at all.But Su Yu knew how to recuperate, prolong his life as much as possible, and improve his quality of life.So I discussed with Tang Linger, and through the letter channel of Princess Dacheng, I wrote a letter to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, saying in the letter:

"An expert in Yuzhi Mountain knows that this disease is a natural disease, and common medicine cannot be cured. It is recommended that the imperial physician stop using the medicine and only use light food to nourish the dragon's body, so that the disease can be alleviated. If you continue to take the medicine, it will only aggravate the disease. Hearing that the emperor was suffering from illness, the minister's heart was cut like a knife. Of course, I dare not deceive the emperor, and I dare to guarantee it with the head of the item. The more intense it is, the more it will harm the ears of the dragon's body."

After seeing it, Tang Ling'er was worried, and said: If this method harms the emperor, wouldn't it be self-defeating?

But Su Yu said: If Emperor Tianci was a fool, Su Yu would never write a letter.On the contrary, Zhao Chong is wise, and he has his own sense of proportion.And I guarantee that as long as he doesn't take medicine indiscriminately, his condition will definitely improve.And I didn't say here that my method is to cure the disease, but to save him from suffering.

Tang Ling'er flicked her long sleeves and ignored the matter.

Su Yujuan fell into the emperor's study, and the emperor didn't bother to read it, he just regarded it as a blessing from the county magistrates.Unexpectedly, when Cao Yuzan saw Su Yu's name, he paid special attention to it. After reading the scroll, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, when I was in the village, I heard that the son-in-law of the Tang family was a stranger. Today he wrote a letter to advise the emperor to take less tonic. .”

Zhao Chong was weak, and said with a sad smile: "Everyone says that I should pay more for my losses, but this Su Yu is urging me to make up less. Does he want to harm me?"

Knowing that Zhao Chong was teasing on purpose, Cao Yuzan sat gentle on the side of the dragon couch: "This Su Yu is also smart, if he just writes some greetings like other prince consorts, how can he win the emperor's attention? He Doing the opposite will definitely attract His Majesty's attention. Moreover, his method is well-behaved. If the dragon's body is damaged by the prescription, he can't afford it. But he said not to take the medicine, which makes people unable to punish the crime. he."

Zhao Chong nodded: "Bring me the scroll."

After receiving the scroll, Zhao Chong raised his eyebrows: "Ai Fei said 'other people', the writing is also very weird, I can't tell which calligraphy it is, but he wrote a lot of vulgar characters quite sharply. Tang He is a martial artist, could it be that this person is also a martial arts practitioner?"

Cao Yuzan cleverly said: "No, this Su Yu is an outstanding talent, people often say that he looks like Pan An."

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at Cao Yuzan's pretty face, and said, "This Su Yu has a good appearance? How good can it be? Has the empress looked carefully?"

Cao Yuzan smiled shrewdly and said, "Your Majesty, are your words a trap?"

The emperor smiled: "Why did the queen say that?"

Cao Yuzan said: "The reason why my concubine knew Su Yu was because her younger sister married into the Tang family, and my concubine was the one sending off her relatives, and happened to be in the same car with Su Yu. Apart from that, there was no other relationship. How dare you be alone with the servant girls and eunuchs accompanying you?"

The emperor smiled wryly and shook his head: "The empress is more suspicious than Cao Zidu."

What Cao Yuhan is most worried about is that the emperor will always bring the topic to Cao Sheng.Cao Sheng, the director general of the Xuanjia Army, is very dangerous even though he is glorious.Once the emperor is worried, it's like walking on the edge of a cliff, and he will fall down inexplicably at some point, and he will never recover.

Emperor Tianci knew that his life would not last long, and he had already begun to think about his future affairs.Although the prince was established, he did not necessarily pass the throne to the prince.A few days ago, he also said that he intends to cede the throne to Prince Geng Zhao Zhun.But the emperor was still worried, because although Zhao Zhun was smart, but his character was too domineering, the emperor worried that he would not be able to deal with the three big clans, and would ruin the Zhao family instead.So entangled and unable to make up my mind.

(End of this chapter)