Xu Xianchun just thought silently for a while, and then said: "I have known since I joined the Jinyi Guard, since I have become His Majesty's eagle dog, how can I expect a good death. The glory and riches that we enjoyed in the past were not given by Your Majesty. The so-called cannibalism is a matter of loyalty. The matter has come to this, what can the husband say? ”

Cui Yingyuan muttered: "Yes, if it weren't for His Majesty's gift, how could I be a street kid and have a beautiful concubine." Anyway, the left and right are just a life. Xu Yishi, you and I will cherish each other, if you can escape this catastrophe, I will definitely invite you to have a drink. ”

Cui Yingyuan got up and bent down deeply at Xu Xianchun and made a big salute. While Xu Xianchun and Cui Yingyuan were talking, they followed Liu Yingxun, the commander who left after Tian Ergeng, and quietly came to a restaurant at the intersection after walking out of Fusi in Beizhen.

"My lord, do you want to go upstairs and sit down?" A clever restaurant junior immediately greeted him.

"Well, I made an appointment with a friend surnamed Ma, has he arrived?" After Liu Yingxun looked at the lobby where there were no guests, he asked Xiao Er gently.

Xiao Er immediately responded with a smile: "It turns out that Lord Liu is here, Officer Ma has been here for a while, please let the villain lead the way." ”

Led by the shopkeeper, Liu Yingxun bypassed the staircase in the center of the lobby, came to the screen under the south wall, and went up to the third floor along a hidden wooden staircase.

There were two big men in civilian clothes guarding the staircase on the third floor, and after they saw Liu Yingxing led by Xiao Er, they silently let go of the staircase. In addition to an entrance, the third floor is a spacious passage room, which can accommodate 4 or 50 people.

But now there was only one table in the room, and a scholar in a square scarf was sitting alone on the edge of the table drinking, and a handsome servant was waiting carefully beside him, while a burly guard stood behind him.

When Liu Yingxun saw this person, he immediately bowed and said, "Commander Lao Luo has been waiting for a long time. ”

"Hey, why should Uncle Liu see outside. When my father was there, Uncle Liu was not as polite as he is today. Please sit down, I don't know what happened to Fusi Ke in Beizhen today, I just saw Tian Dudu leave here angrily. Luo Yangxing stood up and bowed back and said.

Liu Yingxun turned his head and looked in the direction that Luo Yangxing had just faced, only to see that outside the window in this direction, he could just see the alley where Beizhen Fusi was entering and leaving, and the other two people were standing in front of this window and monitoring Beizhen Fusi.

Liu Yingxun was secretly shocked, after staying in Jinyiwei for so long, it was the first time he knew that at the gate of the Fusi in Beizhen, there was also a monitoring point in the Fusi of Nanzhen. However, he quickly returned to normal, turned back to Luo Yangxing and said, "Today we are on business, it is better to call for official positions." Today's Beizhen Fusi..."Liu Yingxian briefly and concisely told what happened in Beizhen Fusi today.

"I didn't expect this Cui Zhen Fu envoy to be quite interesting, which saved us a lot of trouble. However, before King Xin ascended the throne, he still had to ask Uncle Shi to sit in Beizhen Fusi these days, and don't let people mobilize my Jinyiwei soldiers, lest the new emperor be angry with my Jinyiwei. Luo Yangxing played with the empty wine glass in his hand and said lightly.

When Jinyiwei was under the orders of His Majesty the Apocalypse before his death, he was working hard to control the Dongchang and the imperial city garrison and make a smooth transition of the throne.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen and his wife arrived in the hall, they first bowed to the body of the apocalypse, and then Zhou Yufeng began to walk to Queen Zhang to comfort her.

Soon after Zhu Youzhen arrived, the palace people began to collect the body of the apocalypse. Then he was like a puppeteer, manipulated by these palace people, and carried out various funeral rites according to the etiquette of the palace.

It wasn't until Zhu Youzhen, who was tossed in the evening and didn't want to move at all, that he waited for his dinner, clear water, white flour steamed buns, and a few dishes of vegetarian dishes. Next was the vigil all night, Zhu Youzhen looked at Zhou Yufeng, whose face was a little pale beside him, and asked with concern: "How is it, do you still support it?" Why don't you and your sister-in-law go to the side room to rest for a while, and have a whole night to watch? ”

Zhou Yufeng bit her lip, shook her head and whispered: "I'm nothing, but Her Majesty doesn't seem to have rested well in the past two days, and her face is ugly?" I only ate less than half a steamed bun for dinner. Why don't I persuade her and let her go to rest for a while, so as not to lose her honor in front of Emperor Daxing? ”

"It's okay, you go and persuade her, and by the way, accompany her in the room. I'm here here. Zhu Youzhen immediately followed Zhou Yufeng's tone and said.

In addition to a few officials of the Ministry of Rites, there are several cabinet members who accompany the vigil in the main hall. Except for Zhu Youzhen, everyone else was exchanging spirits in the temple. However, compared to these civil officials, the positions of Zhu Youzhen and other relatives are separated by cloth curtains, and there are soft cloth cushions inside that can be leaned on slightly.

Wei Zhongxian silently stayed in the corner for half an hour after dinner, and ordered a eunuch beside him to continue to guard the spirit for him, before quietly leaving the main hall and walking in the direction of Donghua Gate.

Only a few people noticed the scene of Wei Zhongxian's departure, and after an hour and a half, he quietly returned to the palace. Someone noticed that Gonggong Wei, who was a little energetic when he left, faltered when he returned, obviously looking like an old man with an old age.

The next day, the body of the apocalypse was put into the coffin. Empress Zhang clutched the emperor's coffin and wept silently, unwilling to let the palace people cover the coffin. Wei Zhongxian, on the other side, was lying on the ground in front of the coffin and crying bitterly, and did not get up for a long time.

Although Zhu Youzhen was sad, he couldn't reveal his true feelings like the two of them. In the end, he instructed Zhou Yufeng to comfort Empress Zhang, and asked Wang Tiqian to comfort Wei Zhongxian, so that he could complete the last link of the big collection.

After tossing for 2 days and 2 nights, Zhu Youzhen only rested for about half an hour, and when he felt that he was about to fall, the most complicated ceremony finally passed.

On the third day of the apocalypse, that is, on August 24, the seventh year of the Apocalypse (1627 AD), the minister of Gu Ming read the edict of the Apocalypse to the ministers at Chengtianmen, and then Zhu Youzhen went to Fengtian Hall to succeed to the throne with the support of the ministers.

Then he put on his crown and saluted heaven and earth. Then go to Fengxian Hall and Fengci Hall in turn to say goodbye, and then return to Emperor Daxing to pay tribute before a few feasts. Then go back to the Imperial Huagai Palace, and accept the five bows and three kowtows of the ministers and hundreds of officials.

Zhu Youzhen sat on the throne in the Huagai Palace, watching from above, in the praise of the officials of the Honglu Temple, the civil and military officials below were meticulously kneeling and bowing to themselves. And the number of officials stretched from the inside of the canopy hall to the square outside the hall.

"From today on, even if I don't want to do this, Zhu Youzhen won't be able to." After looking at the civil and military officials below who had decided on the status of monarchs and ministers, Zhu Youzhen was so enlightened as Su Changqing for the last time.