The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1535
"Dalang, tell me whether you remember it or not, tell your mother once."

Empress Dowager Du was already coughing a bit when she spoke. Zhao Kuangyin wanted to say a word of concern, but was stopped by Empress Dowager Du and asked him to repeat what he said just now.

"Mother, I promise you, after a hundred years, Xu'er will definitely succeed me as the throne, someone will let Zhao Pu come here."

Zhao Kuangyin yelled at the outside again, calling Zhao Pu to come over, there was another panic outside, it seemed that he was going to call Zhao Pu.

"Da Lang, this is our family matter. Why did you ask Zhao Pu to come here? Even though he is your minister, his surname is Zhao, but he is not from our old Zhao family. This is a family matter."

Empress Dowager Du was so excited that she almost sat up, but was supported by Zhao Kuangyin and told her to lie down properly.

"Mom, since you have said everything, I will find a witness. What I said is true. Let Zhao Pu testify. I will definitely do what you said."

Witnessed by Zhao Pu, Zhao Kuangyin swore that Zhao Xu would inherit the throne after a hundred years, and he wrote down a secret edict and handed it over to Zhao Pu for safekeeping. He believed in Zhao Pu.

As for whether Zhao Pu would play tricks behind his back, that was impossible, and Zhao Pu did not dare to do so.

"Okay, you will rot in the matter of Zhao Pu. After a hundred years, I will burn this secret edict and report it to the Queen Mother, but I don't want others to know about it." Zhao Kuangyin said seriously.

"I have complied with the decree, and I have withdrawn." Zhao Pu held the secret edict in his hand, but felt that it was hot, so he should resign obediently.

"The eldest lady is leaving. Don't be sad. Don't listen to their usual cry of long live and thousand live. This life is only a hundred years. Mother knows her fate."

The brilliance on the old queen's face slowly disappeared, and it seemed that she was about to ascend to heaven.

"Mother..." Zhao Kuangyin also felt uncomfortable. After all, she was his mother, the mother who gave birth to him.

"Dalang, mother knows that you are kind, otherwise Guangyi would not be killed by you... This should be the first time you have disregarded the laws of the country. Mother hopes that you will act in accordance with the law in the future, no matter who you are, you must abide by the law." Even our family members, remember, this is the first and last time my mother will interfere in politics."

"Mother, my son knows." Zhao Kuangyin's eyes were moist. He was still thinking about his own mother at this time.

"Okay, let them all come in, mother wants to see them for the last time." This is just a final farewell.

Under the leadership of the He family, the whole family came in. The old lady waved Zhao Xu over, and Zhao Xu came up with tears in his eyes.

"Xu'er, grandma has told you everything that needs to be said, and everything that needs to be explained has been explained to you, so don't say anything else, come here, Lin'er."

As Zhao Kuangyin's son, even if Queen Mother Du didn't admit it in her heart, there was nothing she could do.

Zhao Lin didn't know what this grandma called him to do, and where he was still in a daze.

"The Empress Dowager Lin'er is calling you, hurry up and go over there." Zhao Jingniang saw her son in a daze, and couldn't help reminding him.

"Lin'er, our Zhao family has treated you badly for so many years and left you and your mother homeless. Your father can only make up for it slowly in the future."

"Mother, don't say that. It was my fault at the beginning, and it has nothing to do with you or the emperor." Zhao Jingniang explained hastily.

"Okay, Jing Niang, don't talk, let me finish the last few words. No matter what happened to Lin'er before, it's over. Grandma hopes that you will help your elder brother well in the future, and manage the country of our Zhao family. Well, after all, your surname is also Zhao, and you also have the blood of the Zhao family on your body, you brothers and sisters respectful, you, you, you promise..."

"mother!"

"grandmother!"

"Queen Mother!"

The whole room was constantly filled with these three voices, and the imperial doctor announced that the queen mother had passed away after some examinations.

Then there was a burst of mourning, the bell in the palace rang, and the ministers who had already returned gathered in the palace again, because they knew that someone in the palace had died, and according to this sign, it should be the queen mother.

Zhao Kuangyin then set up a special agency responsible for handling the funeral of the Empress Dowager and built a mausoleum. This was a major event, and he declared martial law in the capital at night during this period.

This is not considered serious. During the period of national mourning, all military operations in Song Dynasty must be stopped, and no active attacks are allowed.

Why is this so serious, because the mourning period in this country is three years, three years is such a serious matter, but it is normal for the Han people in the Central Plains who value filial piety.

Just like when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Huns at the most critical moment, his mother passed away, so he stopped all actions!

Zhao Kuangyin himself also put on filial piety clothes. After all, he is his mother, and she is also the queen mother. According to the rules of ordinary people, he should also wear filial piety clothes. However, Zhao Kuangyin is different from ordinary people. Years, one day equals ten days, and it takes three months.
If the emperor kept his filial piety for three years, how would he deal with the state affairs?

Although the emperor only needs to keep filial piety for three months, for the emperor, other people have to abide by the three-year system. If anyone wants to get married during this period, it is really unlucky, sorry.

"I decreed that the Queen Mother should die in heaven, that the whole country will honor filial piety, and that all entertainment activities are prohibited."

Zhao Kuangyin naturally wanted to decree that the people all over the country should wear filial piety, and no one dared to hold some celebration activities at this time.

"Father, don't be sad. Grandma didn't suffer any pain when she left. This is also our husband and wife."

Both Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Xu guarded the mausoleum for the Empress Dowager. When Zhao Xu saw that Lao Zhao was sad alone, it was really unnecessary. Birth, old age, sickness and death were the laws of nature, and no one could violate them.

"I'm just a little emotional. I always thought that my family could be together happily. Since I became the emperor, I haven't had so much time. Now that my mother has left me, I realize that this life is really true. Too short."

For more than 20 years, Zhao Kuangyin accomplished nothing, wandered outside, and spent few days with his parents. Later, he went home to fight with Guo Wei and Chai Rong all day, and the number of times he went home was limited.

There is even less time to be diligent and diligent after becoming the emperor, so now he has time to think about it. Life is really short. What can Zhao Xu say? These are all insights from life, and he can't fully understand What.

The death of the queen mother changed a lot of things, and also changed the situation of the Song Dynasty to a certain extent, and therefore changed the fate of many people.

In particular, the fate of some special people is linked to the death of the Queen Mother.

(End of this chapter)