Chapter 644

People from the Ministry of rites and the Ministry of work were the first to arrive at the mausoleum hall. They began to prepare at the beginning of Yin Dynasty. When the rest of the officials and concubines came with their families, arrangements were made properly.

The holy driver led the ministers to the altar. The man stood on the east side and the woman stood on the west side to greet the God.

The sound of beating drums and bells came out of the mausoleum hall one after another, and the forbidden soldiers guarding at the foot of Lingshan could also hear the muddy echo.

Ji Xiu personally led people to guard at the foot of the mountain. He listened to the ringing of bells, subconsciously raised his head and looked at the sky, trying to judge the time by the sun.

However, the sky was chaotic and overcast, depressing the sky.

Seeing the surging wind and cloud, Ji Xiu silently clenched the waist long knife.

It's today.

……

In front of the mausoleum, sacrificial matters were carried out in an orderly manner.

After Jiang Taifu Gong read the sacrifice, there was a sound of elegant music. Nearly 200 dancers with cicada crowns and Qingluo big sleeved shirts surrounded the altar and moved with the ceremony music. The broad sleeves turned in the wind, marking a solemn and somewhat bizarre arc.

The deacons in xuanbian deep clothes stood on the right side of the altar, praising, managing bottles, holding silk, holding knights and washing.

To greet God is to eat and offer for the first time - this process should have been done by the Emperor himself. Because emperor Qingming was out of health, he handed over the matter to the prince on his behalf.

The prince offered wine before the sacrificial table, and offered each fruit for food. He gently pushed each lamp forward in turn to offer the meaning of his ancestors to his cousins.

After entering the meal, you need to kneel and worship. From the right position, to the matching position, and then to each subordinate position, you need to kneel three times and worship nine times.

This is the first offering.

Halfway through the sacrificial process, Xu Mingyi stood in the corridor and looked at the boy with gray lips and strong self-support. He couldn't bear it.

The prince's health seems even worse.

She had previously sent some prescriptions for conditioning, but now it seems that the effect seems to be small.

Or because of the recent events, the best prescription is useless.

Although the child is small, he is much better than his father.

But this sense of responsibility is a great drag on his body.

After the whole sacrifice, the crown prince will worship nearly 200 times in two hours.

The fashion in early spring is chilly. The boy's thin body is almost unstable in the cold wind.

But the boy could always feel that a cold look had never left him for a moment.

He has been tight, but he is almost unable to maintain the tension.

The Qing Ming emperor, who was accompanied by the imperial doctor, sat on the car chair in a crown suit. His legs were covered with a thin blanket. Under the bead crown, a pair of sick sunken eyes were turbid and sinister.

"Burning sacrifices, plain silk -" the praiser's voice was loud and long.

The prince's heart is slightly loose and is finally about to be completed.

He did not humiliate the royal family, nor did he cause trouble for Xie Shoufu and other adults.

Before the altar, the fire tongue in the copper basin swallowed up the sacrifice and silk.

This is to send God, and then make the final sacrifice, and the sacrificial process is completed.

However, at this time, after the boy worshipped the throne, he turned to the West and knelt down.

Seeing this, the officials looked slightly changed.

For a time, but no one spoke.

When the boy finished his last salute and the praiser was about to announce the "ceremony knot", he suddenly heard a cold smile: "the prince's worship has disordered the order of things. Why didn't you Aiqing ask for a reminder? Didn't you see it? - when did my Daqing ritual system waste and slow down so far!"

The prince's complexion suddenly turned a little whiter.

He's out of order?

Yes, it seems to be a mess

The sacrificial ceremony system is not a children's play. He has practiced repeatedly in the east palace for more than ten days, but he still

How stupid he is!

He once heard the Taifu say that in the previous dynasty, a prince disordered the kneeling order when offering sacrifices to his ancestors. First, he was punished to kneel in the imperial mausoleum for one day and one night, and then he was punished for ten years' salary and demoted to the rank of princess——

He is not afraid of being punished!

But he can't implicate Xie Shoufu and them!

Thinking of this, he looked at the eyes full of cold and pressure. The boy was a little flustered for a moment. He knelt down and took the initiative to admit his mistake. Please punish him: "it was my son's carelessness and made a big mistake. Please punish my father."

At this time, in full view of the public, we must stabilize the situation. Even if he is punished, it doesn't matter, but we must not destroy the deployment of your adults these days.

He can't let Xie Shoufu plead for him, so as to give his father the reason to make use of the topic and anger others!

At this moment, there was only one idea in the mind of the boy who was extremely remorseful.

Emperor Qingming's voice was insidious and sarcastic: "you must know that it is not I who will punish you, but Xie's ancestral system that will punish you... You make mistakes because you have no respect for your ancestors!"

Xie Shoufu's face sank.

It's such a heavy crime. The punishment will not be light!

The emperor really has a mind to deal with the prince

Otherwise, how can you be so sick that you can stare at the prince without blinking!

This is intentional to pick the wrong place. Even if the crown prince has not been wrong, he must be able to pick out other deficiencies.

Although the ceremonial system can not be broken, we should also consider the actual situation - this time the crown prince offered sacrifices to the emperor's ancestors on behalf of the emperor is a sudden thing. In previous years, the crown prince was weak and did not even come to the ancestral mausoleum. It is extremely rare that he can do so in a short time. What's more, the emperor's intention is not to regulate, but to bring down his highness!

Thinking about the possible troublesome consequences of this matter, he was about to stand out, but Jiang Taifu grabbed his arm.

Xie Shoufu turned his head and saw the old man shaking his head slightly to him and motioning him with his eyes to watch his change for the time being.

Young man, don't be too impatient.

Jiang Taifu's too calm manner even reminded Xie Shoufu of the old monk who got up early and knocked on the wooden fish.

"Yes, my son knows his mistake. Please punish my father and Emperor." the prince's body is a little lower, and his forehead touches the cold and hard stone brick.

"Of course you should be punished -" emperor Qingming clenched his teeth and said, "your crime is not just disrespect to your ancestors! Today, I will tell you all about your crimes of disloyalty, unfilial and treachery in front of your ancestors!"

The prince was stiff and silent, but there was an undercurrent surging.

Ji Dong, who was also in the entourage, was also worried about this.

Unfaithful, unfilial, treacherous?

It's clear to the emperor that the crown prince is punished for such a crime... He has the heart to waste his savings!

Just look at the emperor. It's clear that he hasn't had a good life in a few days. How can he still toss like this when he's here?

The crown prince is obviously unable to carry the toss. Don't end up with father and son stunned. There's no one left!

Xie Shoufu couldn't listen any more. He tightened his face and stood out.

And someone stepped forward faster than him——

Ming Xiaozhi came out of the column and came to the side of emperor Qingming. Su Rong asked for an order: "it's better for your majesty to count down the various crimes so that you can judge one or two."

Qingming emperor's Qi and blood surged, and his throat pressed a mass of cough. It was at a time when his breathing was particularly poor that he said, "well... Ming Qing will make his crime public on behalf of me!"

Under the gaze of the crowd, Mingxiao's back is straight, steps over the white marble steps, comes to the God's case, and stands on the side of the prince.

Xie Shoufu was stopped by Jiang Taifu again.

"Uncle Ming, don't be impatient..." Jiang Taifu's voice was very low and his vision was fixed on Mingxiao. His intuition under experience told him that things might not be as simple as they seem.

It is natural to express opinions, but you must also see the whole picture before making a judgment.

Xie Shoufu frowned and looked at Xiang Mingxiao.

He wanted to see how confused the man surnamed ming could be——

The emperor is crazy. Does the other party go crazy?

Under the eye gaze, Mingxiao opened his mouth, his voice was sonorous and frustrated, and his face was cold and solemn.

"Poison your father, collude with powerful officials to usurp the throne, which is the first crime!"

All the officials turned pale at the news.

Poison your father

Regicide?!

There were not only cabinet officials present, but also other ministers. At first glance, I couldn't help guessing.

Xie Shoufu was very angry and smiled back.

He used to think that the Ming surname was a little pedantic, and his original intention was not selfish. Otherwise, he could not allow it to this day——

But now it seems that this is clearly a stupid and bad man!

Looking at the other party again, his eyes were already extremely cold: "do you have any evidence to publicly claim that his Highness the prince poisoned his majesty and committed such a felony?! if you just speculate, you will frame the prince and have the heart of disorderly politics. You should be beheaded according to the law!"

"I am the evidence!"

Emperor Qingming stretched out a trembling finger to the Prince: "... It was the doctors he found who changed my prescription and moved my hands and feet in my medicine that I could not afford to be ill for a long time! The rebel colluded with cabinet officials and put me under house arrest to poison me in the heart nourishing hall!"

Xie Shoufu did not give in: "even your majesty, we should pay attention to demonstration!"

"Of course I have evidence!" emperor Qingming looked straight at Xie Shoufu, and his eyes seemed to have regarded each other as a dying person: "several doctors, Zheng, have already tested poisons in my medicine. They were born before today. My words could not be transmitted to the heart nourishing hall. You control the government and plot against the law... I will clean up you disorderly officials and thieves today!"

Hearing that the poison was found in the medicine, Xie Shoufu and others looked at doctor Zheng carefully.

"..." doctor Zheng was very flustered.

Well, like everyone else, he himself just knew about it!

He's been tested!

The other two imperial doctors also felt completely unprepared - did the emperor play with them in advance?

However, on second thought, the emperor said that he had been poisoned, so they had to have this crime or not. How dare they have a second statement in public at this time?

If we say that the only thing we can do is silence.

At this moment, several imperial doctors dared not look at the boy kneeling under the God's case.

Because they are very clear in their hearts that this is not the son killing the father, but the father wants to kill the son.

The king wants his minister to die, the father wants his son to die

Everyone around understood the intention of this crime. Since ancient times, regicide has been a top crime, and no crime can surpass it.

Once you sit down, don't mention the position of Prince, your life is hard to protect

"My son never wanted to murder my father!" the prince raised his head, tears in his eyes, choked in his voice, and had a firmness rarely seen in the past.

At this time, almost no one noticed that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty standing there had no change in his face, as if he had not listened to these words.

He continued——

"The second charge is to murder a pregnant brother's wife while his brother is fighting abroad, causing one body and two lives!"

There was a sudden silence.

Puzzled and confused, many strange explorations fell on the emperor's face.

The prince's brother

Where did you come from? What brother and wife?

What kind of crazy talk is this!

"..." the first person who changed his face was Emperor Qingming. His body became stiff almost instantly, and his breathing was hard, and his heart jumped wildly.

He looked at the Mingxiao standing there unbelievably. For a moment, he couldn't understand what had happened. Why did the other party suddenly spit out such a sentence!

He didn't have time to think about it!

Immediately he ordered, "Mingqing is afraid that he is a little confused today. Come and take him down to have a rest!"

Among the officials, there are already those who show surprise.

There were no fools present.

In particular, those who are older and still have an impression of the old events that took place in King Yan's residence 19 years ago have already reacted at this time.

The color of the first auxiliary face changes.

The clear effect continues, the neck straightens, and the voice becomes higher and higher.

"He has repeatedly killed the king of Yan and used the purple star cult as a cover to openly assassinate the king of Yan when he left Beijing. This is the third crime!"

"Putting in a line of eyes is in respect of the long Princess House, if you want to kill a long princess, it is fourth counts!"

"How to settle the charges of killing king and father and maiming brothers and sisters!"

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty looked like a knife and raised his hand in the direction of emperor Qingming.

Shaking around is like shaking mountains and rivers.

"... it's ridiculous! It's ridiculous! I know. You... Even you have been bought by the crown prince! You are like birds of a feather with those cabinet rogues! Collude!"

The Ming emperor put his hands on both sides of the car chair and his face was extremely excited. He tried to stand up and said in a trembling voice, "are you all deaf! Don't you take this madman down! Wang Tong, where's Wang Tong?! take this man down for me!"

Wang Tong, who was also watching the play... No, was shocked by the sudden reversal. He reluctantly returned to his mind, bowed to answer "yes", and rushed forward with a group of arrest guards.

"Wait!"

On the west side of the altar, a very clear and powerful voice suddenly sounded among a group of concubines and imperial concubines.

"The palace can testify that the words of the Ming Imperial historian are true -"

Emperor Qingming suddenly turned his head and looked at the sound.

Jing Rong

It's Jing Rong!

Princess Jing Rong, who was wearing a crimson ceremonial dress, walked out of the crowd, dragged her wide coat behind her, with a correct body shape and pace, and an awe inspiring face.

All the voices were surprised.

Such a princess Jing Rong Chang, where can she still look naive and stupid in the past!

Looking at the man who came to him, the eyes of the imperial historian of the Ming Dynasty were inexplicably hot.

He hasn't seen such a Highness for a long time.

"Take them all down!" emperor Qingming's face was blue and his lips were trembling.

He can't, he can't let these people ruin everything!

Wang Tong went forward with a stiff head, but he saw the prince kneeling there slowly rising with his palm, and then his face was snow-white in front of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.