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While the maids were busy cleaning the queen, Mrs. Xie stood aside and watched silently.

Li Beichen interrogated the middle-aged man who called himself King Pingxi in another room.

After coming out of the room, Li Beichen's eyes were deep.

He rarely saw this Uncle Wang, and could no longer remember his voice. At this time, his face was scratched to pieces by Mrs. Xie's impulse, making him unrecognizable.

Only the dragon robe hidden in the innermost layer of the other party's mourning clothes and the same jade pendant hanging on his waist as that of the late emperor can explain his identity.

That is, mourning clothes made of the roughest linen, with no seams on the edges, as if they were cut directly with scissors. Therefore, the dragon robe is also wrapped with a wider layer of white coarse cotton clothing. If you don't look carefully, you can't see it in the night.

The other party seemed pleased with the confusion it caused.

He just wanted Li Beichen to experience the state of mind he had felt in the past years, worrying and fearing that the emperor's brother would kill everyone if he was suspicious, and he was walking on thin ice. There is nothing more satisfying than to keep your enemies in doubt and worry every day.

Then he ordered his guards to take the middle-aged man to Tai Chi Hall and kneel in the middle of the hall.

In the palace, the news of the Queen Mother's funeral, the Queen's funeral, the death of Concubine Chun, the death of Princess Jin, and the death of King Jin's side concubine were announced with sadness. They also announced the fact that King Wei had rebelled, King Pingxi had rebelled, and Prime Minister Chen had participated in the rebellion. It was announced that the king of Wei and the rest of the party would be executed, the second son of the king of Pingxi would be executed and he would be captured, and the right prime minister Chen Ang would abscond in fear of the crime.

The king of Wei was demoted to a commoner and his body was mutilated. Princess Wei was exempted from the death penalty and had to guard the mausoleum for the rest of her life. Anyone who violated this rule would die.

King Pingxi and his sons and grandsons were demoted to common people and executed at a late hour, and all their family members were hanged; the rest of the unrelated people in the house, both men and women, were exiled to Guangdong to serve in hard labor; all the private soldiers of Prince Pingxi were confiscated and transferred to the northwest barracks to participate in the Ningxia peace war. Rebel.

Chen Ang secretly participated in the rebellion, and the evidence is conclusive. His crime should be punished, and his five clans should be punished. Concubine Jing will be thrown into the cold palace from now on, her title will be revoked, and she will be deposed as a commoner. Chen Ang's wife, Chen, was imprisoned. The two will be tried together after Chen Ang is brought to justice.

It was announced that Murong Chi would act as Prime Minister Right. Ye Ming, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was moved to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Husbandry, and Zhou Qian, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was promoted to be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. He promoted his cousin Li Keqin, a member of the household department, to be the left minister of the household department. Huang Shaoan, the young minister of Dali Temple, was promoted to the minister of Dali Temple.

Arrangements were made for his cousin and nephew of the Queen Mother, Wei Meiheng, to be appointed as a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs; Li Bingyu, the nephew of the Queen Mother, is the chief minister of Dali Temple.

Xie Yixiao, the brother of the Queen, was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of War; Xie Yizhi, the brother of the Queen, was promoted to Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Industry, and he will go to Beijing to take up his post immediately.

In accordance with the empress dowager's decree during her lifetime, the young master Han Ziqian purified himself and entered the palace to serve as the chief attendant; the Jin Dynasty made Rui Jieyu his concubine, with the title of Jianing.

Han Zicheng, the eldest brother of Han Ziqian, was promoted to the position of Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Jiang Jingxian's brother-in-law Yuan Qingtian was transferred to the Suzhou Prefecture and promoted to the seventh-rank promotion officer of Suzhou Prefecture. The original recommendation officer was promoted to the sixth-rank general judge.

Mrs. Xie of Jin Dynasty is a loyal and righteous lady. The Jinjiang family is a third-class lady.

The burned-down main hall of the funeral palace was renovated into a temple inside the palace to pray for the Queen Mother all year round.

The emperor's filial piety towards the Queen Mother, coupled with the Queen Mother's sanctity, quelled the rebellion. Therefore, the Emperor vigorously promoted and placed many people from the Queen Mother's family. The ministers could not find a suitable reason to object, and the court was solemn.

Li Beichen naturally had many considerations in this arrangement.

If you want to stabilize the overall situation, you must first cooperate with valuable bad guys, and at the same time abandon some good guys who are uncooperative or too stupid.

Then officials from the Ministry of Rites announced the nationwide ritual of observing filial piety.

Members of the royal family, including the emperor, harem concubines, concubines and heirs, from the day they wear the mourning clothes, wear the heaviest mourning clothes among the five clothes, wear them for a hundred days, and wear plain clothes for one year;
  From three days later, the royal family princes, crown princes, county princes and their families and children outside Beijing will wear mourning clothes for a hundred days and wear plain clothes for one year;
  Civil and military officials are required to wear plain clothes for twenty-seven days and wear plain clothes for a hundred days; their wives and concubines also need to wear plain clothes for a hundred days.

All other officials, monks and Taoists must wear plain clothes for twenty-seven days. All the remaining ordinary soldiers and civilians in the country need to wear plain clothes for twenty days.

In addition, except for the gathering held by the emperor to pray for blessings and ward off disasters, all banquets and sacrificial activities across the country will be suspended for [-] days.

Marriage between men and women will be suspended for a hundred days in the homes of officials and one month in the homes of ordinary soldiers and civilians.

Slaughter and killing are strictly prohibited nationwide for one month.

King Ping Xi didn't say a word during the whole process, with a sarcastic sneer on his lips.

After leaving the court, Li Beichen stood on the high platform and looked at the rain curtain outside the palace gate. He was even a little dazed. The rebellion was over.

Standing on one side behind him is his younger brother Li Beihong.

"Brother Emperor." The Sixth Prince came over and called in a low voice.

"Don't hate me for being cruel. Given the current situation of the princess, it would be better to just declare her death in the turmoil to preserve her reputation."

"My brother understands the emperor's painstaking efforts," the Sixth Prince sighed, "I think it is my brother who can't stand up to the princess."

Li Beichen looked at his younger brother with a gloomy face, "According to what you said, I can't help Princess Jin." "Brother I don't dare. I just blame myself." The Sixth Prince said quickly.

Li Beichen looked at the heavy rain falling one after another with heavy eyes, "Why should we blame ourselves? It was the traitors who did wrong, not us. Why should we blame ourselves for their sins and torture ourselves? Just like this rain, suddenly It rains, of course, for its own reason. Everyone has his or her own destiny. If the Queen Mother hadn't appeared, if there hadn't been this heavy rain, without you, without Concubine Jianing, maybe I would have died at this time."

The Sixth Prince said nothing.

After Li Beichen was silent for a moment, he said: "Since so many people have been sacrificed, including our mother and queen, we brothers should work together to protect the Ming Dynasty and create a prosperous age like the Tang Dynasty."

The Sixth Prince still did not speak. He was filled with sorrow and had no words to express.

However, in just a few days, they developed a deep relationship with their concubine, and the two even imagined the happy scene after having a child. Although there is no deep relationship with Shen Shixi, they still treat each other with respect and respect.

Suddenly, the Jin Prince's Mansion could no longer return. After going back, I couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

The Sixth Prince's eyes were red, he lowered his head and saluted, "Brother, I will leave first and return to the mansion to prepare for the funeral."

"Sixth brother, take care."

Li Beichen stood alone on the high platform for a long time.

"Your Majesty, the rain is heavy and the cold is very cold. Your clothes are wet. Please take care of yourself and allow me to change your clothes into clean clothes." Liang Xiaobao said respectfully.

"Well," Li Beichen suddenly asked Liang Xiaobao, "Xiaobao, based on your understanding of Concubine Jianing, will she blame me?"

Jiang Yuebai would be bound by threats. How could he, as the emperor, be threatened. It is absolutely impossible to tolerate such an intolerable crime as treason.

Concubine Jing was thrown into the cold palace and Mrs. Chen was imprisoned, just with the intention of exchanging two for one in the future. This is already a disguised concession.

"This slave is stupid. Your Majesty is wise, and your Majesty will definitely understand your Emperor's painstaking efforts." Liang Xiaobao lowered his head and replied tremblingly.

Li Beichen sneered to himself. He would actually ask a eunuch this question.

So what if it's strange, so what if it's not.

After changing clothes, Li Beichen thought of Xi Ronghua, "How is Xi Ronghua?"

"Back to the emperor, the Courtyard Chief sent someone to report, and the situation has been stabilized for the time being."

"I have told you that Xironghua is in a special situation and needs to rest for seven days. In addition, I will prepare an imperial edict for Jin Dynasty to confer Xironghua as Jieyu and send it to me for review. It will be circulated to the Sixth Palace tomorrow morning."

"promise."

"Where are the other three people who were trampled? How are their injuries?"

Liang Xiaobao thought for a moment and then replied: "There is no news yet. I guess there is no bad news."

"How many people are there?"

"Your Majesty Qi, if Wei agrees, then he will choose his servant."

"Qi Guiren?"

"Qi Guiren's real name is Ye Suhua, and she is the concubine of Lord Ye, the new Minister of Household Affairs. It is said that she was injured because she was trying to protect Fang Xuanshi."

"Then we will draw up another imperial edict for the Jin Dynasty to confer the noble title of Liang Yuan to Qi nobles, and announce it together with Zhen Jieyu's."

"Here."

Li Beichen ordered calmly: "Mingtai Hospital will take good care of her, especially Ye Liangyuan. Don't make any mistakes."

They are all the daughters of ministers of the imperial court, so don't make any mistakes. Today Jin Ye Suhua's main purpose is to win over her father Ye Ming and show the emperor's great kindness, but to reward her for her righteous deeds is secondary.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Han's fourth sister, Mrs. Han, is waiting outside. Does your Majesty want to see her?"

Only then did Li Beichen remember what he had promised Han Ziqian yesterday, "Let her come over."