On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 29 Dutiful Son Ayun

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 29 Dutiful Son Ayun

On the first day of June, the emperor passed away. On the second day of June, the 20-year-old prince Yuwen Yun ascended the throne. His aunt, Ashina, was the empress dowager, and his biological mother, Li Ezi, was the empress dowager.

Every neighborhood and street in Chang'an City is deserted. Mu Xieli's rouge shop will have no business in the short term. After closing the store last night, it has no plans to reopen for the time being.

Cui Che went back to the academy early yesterday morning after a three-day holiday at the end of the month. He heard the bad news early this morning and hurriedly returned to Chang'an with a group of friends.

As early as February 13th, Cui Che had passed his eighth birthday. Now he can be said to be nine years old.

Cui Che's figure is a bit taller than last winter. It stands to reason that with the snoring of Yang Xuangan, Dou Wei, and Pei Xiu as companions, his sleep quality is indeed very poor, but it has not affected his height growth, which is considered a thing.

Strange things.

It's just that Brother Che has no time to pay attention to it now. He is really sad when the emperor passes away.

Although Yuwen Yong was from a foreign race, he lived a frugal life. Looking at his life's cultural, political and military achievements, he was undoubtedly an accomplished emperor.

What's more, he really showed kindness to Cui Che. No matter what his original intention was in granting this kindness, without Yu Wenyong's forgiveness, Brother Che would still be herding sheep in Saibei, and he would not be as rich as he is today.

It is impossible to verify when the burning of paper money for the deceased originated. However, this behavior did occur in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but it had to wait until the Tang Dynasty for it to truly flourish as a custom.

Cui Che was well prepared for today and returned to the mansion. Cui Che lit the brazier himself and gave half of the paper money to Pei Xiu. Then with tears in his eyes, he mourned and burned the paper for the emperor.

With that sad look, those who didn't know it thought it was not the prince Yu Wenyun who lost his father, but Cui Che.

Chang'an Palace City.

Yu Wenyun returned to the mourning hall and looked at the body of his late father, with no sadness on his face and even a hint of excitement.

He carefully touched the marks left by Yu Wenyong's beating on his body, and every beating he suffered in the past flashed through his mind one by one.

Finally, Yu Wenyun could no longer hold back the anger in his heart and shouted at his dead father's body:

"You died too late!"

Even though Yu Wenyun couldn't vent his anger by cursing at his late father in the mourning hall, he immediately selected the concubines left behind by his father and indulged in wanton humiliation.

At the same time, Cui Che, the master of the Cui Mansion, had already sent everyone away. Even Miaorong and Pei Xiu were not allowed to stay with him. He was burning paper money and muttering in a low voice:

"Your Majesty, no matter how talented you are, the family fortune you have worked so hard to save will eventually be replaced by the surname Yang.

"Although I have been favored by you, your son is really unworthy and short-lived. I can't involve myself and my clan in order to repay the favor.

"But I, Cui Che, am not an ungrateful person. Haven't you always doted on your niece the most? If I have the opportunity, I will take good care of the Dou family daughter for you, which can be regarded as repaying your kindness.

"La! If you don't object, I'll take it as your agreement."

After that, the paper money in the brazier was burned completely. Cui Che stood up and patted the dust on his hands, feeling that he would have another reason to take care of the Dou family's daughter in the future.

Li Yuan didn't know that someone was already thinking about his wife before she even came to the door.

Of course, Brother Che also had something to say. This was his promise to the late emperor. As for whether the status of husband and wife is more important or the promise of monarch and minister, it depends on the fate of Cui Che and Li Yuan.

If Dou Wei had not quoted Dou Yi's words as an inspiration last year, Cui Che would have taken advantage of the late emperor's death to put on a good show and establish his own image of being kind and affectionate.

Now that I have to curb my sharp edge and cry once, I mean, I can be considered worthy of the late emperor.

Didn't you see that today I am enduring the pain of my father's death and using my body to comfort those who have lost their husbands? He is still his own son.

As the saying goes, there is one emperor and one courtier.

Yu Wenyun, who tightened his belt and dressed in filial piety, felt that he had not yet secured his throne as emperor, and he was not eager to retaliate against the thorns in his side headed by Wang Gui.

This gang of thieves actually dared to persuade the old thief Yi Chu, so naturally they would not be spared, but the most important thing at the moment was to support their confidants.

Yang Jian is naturally a candidate that cannot be ignored.

After Yu Wenyun ascended the throne, the former Crown Princess Yang Lihua was of course a wife with a higher status than her husband. The edict to appoint the queen has been drafted and is waiting to be read out at the court meeting tomorrow.

Yang Jian, the father of the queen, was Yu Wenyun's most important helper and ally in the process of eradicating opponents such as Wang Gui.

In addition to Yang Lihua's posthumous edict, Yu Wenyun also prepared a proposal for Yang Jian, the general manager of Bozhou, to be promoted to the general of Zhuguo. The great Sima's order was to transfer him back to Chang'an.

As for the reason, the identity of the Queen's father is not enough.

On the third day of June, two edicts were read out one after another. In addition, Yu Wenyun also promoted the former crown prince Yin Zhengyi, who had been demoted by the late emperor Yu Wenyong to the people, as the general of Kaifu Yitong and the official of the internal history.

In the name of keeping filial piety to his father, he temporarily handed over the government affairs to Zheng Yi.

In addition to being a minister of Qiandi, Zheng Yi also has another identity, that is, Yang Jian's classmate.

But these have nothing to do with Cui Che for the time being. Yesterday, he burned paper money for the late emperor and spoke his heartfelt words to the late emperor. This morning he and Pei Xiu set off back to the academy.

Mu Xieli and Miao Rong sent Cui Che away, thinking that they would have to live a boring life in the mansion. After all, selling rouge during a national mourning period was a bit inappropriate.

I just never thought that according to the etiquette, the national mourning should last for one month. On June 23rd, the filial son Yuwenyun buried his father Yuwenyong in the Xiaoling Mausoleum. According to the opinions of the ministers, Yuwenyong was given the temple name Gaozu.

, his posthumous title was Emperor Wu.

After hastily burying Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yu Wenyun immediately issued an edict, ordering all officials in the court and other places to take off their mourning clothes, and let the courtiers discuss whether the emperor, empress and concubines of the sixth palace should change into auspicious clothes.

It was a discussion, but it was just asking the officials to give Yu Wenyun a way to avoid wearing mourning clothes for his late father. It was not really asking them to discuss whether the emperor should take off his mourning clothes.

For example, Le Yun, Shang Shu, the chief minister of Jingzhao County, admonished:

'The mourning period is already very urgent. It would be too urgent not to wear mourning clothes right after the funeral.'

This kind of sparring is simply a waste of time, and there is no response at all.

In the end, under the persuasion of a group of former members of the Eastern Palace and those who flattered the new emperor, Yu Wenyun had no choice but to change into auspicious clothes and celebrate his ascension to the throne.

Since the emperor, his own son, didn't care about the national mourning, the people no longer had any scruples. In Chang'an city, wine shops and brothels were open for business, and Mu Xieli's rouge shop also reopened, and business was booming again.

After ascending the throne for more than 20 days, and after successively placing confidants in important positions in the court, Yu Wenyun, who felt that he had secured the throne, also decided to do something serious.

For example, he unjustly killed his uncle.

Regarding the description of Yuwen Yun's sexual and humiliation of his concubines, historical records state that "he looked at the people in Gaozu's palace and forced them into lust."

There were four levels of titles for concubines, with the third rank being palace concubines. It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty was abolished that they began to be called concubines during the Southern Song Dynasty.

In addition, thank you all for the rewards, and continue to collect and recommend.

(End of chapter)