Chapter 982: Buried Alive

Gu Zhang was about to send someone out to inquire about it, when the eunuch sent by Gu Fei came over and whispered, "The emperor has passed away, and the Crown Princess has asked the family to do what needs to be done quickly."

After sending the eunuch away, Gu Zhang and Gu Qing looked at each other, and Gu Zhang said to the housekeeper, "Quick, put away the red lanterns and other things at home."

"Tell the kitchen not to buy meat for a month, and throw away the meat that is still in the house."

Gu Qing looked at his father, "Dad, these things are taken care of by mother and brothers and sisters, we have to change clothes and go to the palace quickly."

Chen was flustered, "Should I go?"

Gu Zhang waved his hand, "No, you should go when the burial is over."

He instructed Chen, "Hurry up, take the daughters-in-law to make a few sets of mourning clothes, so that we can wear them to the palace."

Chen hurriedly asked the housekeeper to open the warehouse to get white cloth.

Let Lanzhi and Li Chunhua take the needlework lady to do it first.

Chen took Qin Xin around to see if there were any things in the house that were not in accordance with the rules, and they had to be put away quickly.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked around, and Qin Xin pointed at the gold hairpin on Chen's head, "Mom, we did the same. We looked everywhere, but we forgot to look at our own heads. We can't wear this gold hairpin anymore. We have to take it off."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took off all the jewelry on their bodies and changed into plain clothes.

Two sets of mourning clothes were prepared first, and Gu Zhang and his son hurriedly wore them and went to the palace.

When the two entered the palace, Xiao Yu was offering tea in front of the spirit. Gu Zhang and his son knelt outside the door and could only enter after the ceremony was over.

The palace was already in mourning at this time.

Everywhere you look, it's all white.

Even Xiao Chi had breakfast, changed into linen mourning clothes, and knelt in front of the spirit.

At the beginning of the Si hour (nine o'clock), almost all the princes and ministers had arrived.

Xiao Yu had just offered incense in front of the coffin when Master Su suddenly stood up and knelt in front of Xiao Yu, kowtowed several times, "The country cannot be without a monarch for a day."

"The emperor has passed away, and the court is busy with many things. I beg you, the prince, to succeed to the throne in front of the coffin."

All officials in the Qianqing Palace knelt down and kowtowed.

The King of Zhao and the King of Shu were stunned for a moment, and then they kowtowed to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu declined three times, and the ministers begged three times, so Xiao Yu accepted it.

This was just a simple succession in front of the coffin. The eunuch of the late emperor presented the jade seal, and all the ministers knelt down and shouted long live three times.

This simple succession ceremony was to give Xiao Yu a good name and to facilitate the issuance of various instructions.

The official enthronement will have to wait until the coffin of the late emperor is moved out of the palace, and an auspicious day can be selected to hold it.

Because the coffin was made by the craftsmen day and night with golden nanmu, and it had to be painted forty-nine times, it was only on the twentieth day that it was almost finished, so there was no burial.

It was September now, and the temperature was not low. The Qianqing Palace used a lot of ice to barely keep the body of the late emperor from rotting.

The coffin was kept for the twentieth day before the burial was held.

On this day, officials above the third rank, imperial edicts above the third rank, and all the descendants of the royal family entered the palace for the burial ceremony.

The palace was full of heads.

Xiao Yu knelt at the head of all officials, Gu Fei and the queen mother knelt at the head of the female relatives, and knelt down, kowtowed, and cried at the command of the ceremonial officer.

The body of the late emperor was put into the coffin, and the coffin was sealed with ninety-nine iron nails.

When the Qianqing Palace was holding the burial, several eunuchs carried trays into the Yuntang Palace.

The eunuch unfolded the imperial edict in his hand and read slowly: "In compliance with the will of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that Concubine Rong is guilty of plotting against the law, and her title is stripped and she is given a cup of poisoned wine."

"Concubine Zhang is gentle and docile, and the late Emperor loved her very much. He is ordered to accompany the late Emperor in the underworld."