Jiao Luan

Chapter 474

As Chen Jianzheng finished shouting, the dark red disc was completely swallowed by darkness, and the world was instantly pitch black.

This darkness is different from the night, but a mass of ink that is completely black, so thick that it cannot be melted, people can't see a ray of light, and they feel like the end is coming.

These ministers who have not yet had time to disperse from the court are usually calm and indifferent, and some are deep-minded, but at this moment, they are all panicked, crying like Chen Jianzheng, or staggering and shouting, and the palace hall There was chaos outside.

Some even yelled: "Protect, protect, protect the emperor!"

I don't know how many people fell and trampled while running. At this moment when the darkness fell, the hall where all officials go to court has almost become the nightmare place of purgatory on earth.

In a place where no one saw, the prince hugged the red lacquered pillar tightly, his teeth trembled, his face was black and blue, even someone stepped on his foot in a panic, and he didn't dare to say a word.

Tiangou eclipses the sun, this is a sign of subjugation!
Originally, he was only the crown prince. The emperor and important ministers were the first to bear the brunt of the responsibility for such a bad omen, but there were rumors about him in the capital, and his father had just decided that he would offer sacrifices to the heavens and pray for blessings.

God, are you really going to kill me?

The prince looked up at the sky, but he couldn't see anything in the black hole, and the depression in his heart was churning like an ocean, and he wanted to roar loudly.

But all his unwillingness and resentment could only be endured in the darkness, and he calmed down against the cold pillar, when a thought suddenly flashed in his mind.

Is it really because the mother and concubine stole the beam back then, and he, the prince, is a Xibei product, and God has repeatedly warned him?
no no!
The prince shook his head frantically, dismissing this terrible thought.

He can't think so, if even he thinks so, what about others?Where is the father?

Damn it!
The crown prince punched the pillar, the pain in his heart was not worth the anger in his heart.

I don't know how long it has passed, for those who have experienced the Tengu eclipse, it may take as long as a lifetime, and the sky finally brightens up bit by bit.

"It's dawn, it's dawn!" The ministers knelt down and cried bitterly, and as the light reappeared in the world, their distress and the mess inside and outside the hall were fully displayed.

All the ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, then stood up silently, unanimously, and re-entered the hall.

Emperor Changqing's face was serious, and he sat quietly on the Golden Luan Hall.

"See Your Majesty." All the ministers were full of panic and bowed down in unison.

Emperor Changqing's voice was equally heavy: "Let's all be flattened."

All the ministers stood up, and for a long time, the hall was completely silent, as if there was no one there.

Zhang Shoufu finally stood up, looking as if he had aged a few years, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there have been frequent disasters recently, with earthquakes and solar eclipses coming one after another. Those who cause disasters are the rings of heaven and earth. Your Majesty." As the head of a hundred officials, it is my fault that the superior cannot assist the Ming Lord, and the inferior cannot set an example for the officials. I request to resign myself and bear the punishment of heaven."

After Zhang Shoufu finished speaking, he fell to the ground and wept.

At the age of 30, he entered the officialdom and worked hard for decades. Not to mention his hard work, at least he didn't make any major mistakes.

However, it is rare to see a Tiangou eclipse for decades, and such an ominous omen occurred during his tenure as the chief assistant of the cabinet. If he does not bear the responsibility of the "Heaven and Earth Ring" for the emperor, he can't let the emperor himself bear it, right?
This is fate, let him resign sadly with such a reputation.

Emperor Changqing sat upright, condescendingly looking down at the weeping Zhang Shoufu, and even the expressions of civil and military officials, and remained silent for a long time.

Several important ministers stepped forward and asked to resign.

After a long time, Emperor Changqing let out a long sigh, and said slowly: "Everyone who loves you, live in peace. Only one of the others is guilty, and he is not as good as ten thousand..."

"Your Majesty!" All the ministers were shocked.

Emperor Changqing ignored it, and went on to say: "My virtues are not of the same kind, and I can't go up to the brightness of the three lights, but down there is the sum of all living beings, and the variation is still frequent... The way of heaven is not far away. .Today, I feel the pain of blaming myself, avoiding the main hall, reducing the usual meals, fasting in plain clothes, and worshiping the heaven and the earth..."

As soon as Emperor Changqing's imperial edict came out, all the officials immediately knelt down and said in unison: "Your Majesty, no, you are incompetent!"

Emperor Changqing stood up with a tired face: "You don't need to say any more, I have made up my mind. I ordered Qin Tianjian to draw up an auspicious day for offering sacrifices to heaven, and Taichang Temple to prepare for sacrifices to heaven. I and..."

Emperor Changqing glanced at the prince: "The prince and I will sacrifice to the heaven together. From then on, I will cooperate with you to ban harsh violence, stop arbitrarily giving money, do your best to work hard, investigate wronged prisons, and calm the wrath of the sky."

"Your Majesty obeys the order, long live, long live, long live His Majesty!"

The courtiers finally dispersed, and before they left, they all involuntarily glanced at the prince. The prince was like a light on his back, waiting for others to go to the empty hall, and knelt down to Emperor Changqing who was still sitting on the golden throne: "Father, son—"

Emperor Changqing waved his hand: "Prince, get up. You don't need to say much, go back and prepare for the sacrifice to heaven."

"Yes." The prince closed his eyes and silently retreated.

Only then did Emperor Changqing stand up, and walked towards the Compassion Palace.

On the day of the Tiangou eclipse, the servants and maidservants of the Palace of Compassion and Ning were also panicked, and they all bowed down when they saw Emperor Changqing.

The Empress Dowager came out upon hearing the sound, and looked at Emperor Changqing.

Emperor Changqing spoke first: "Is the queen mother not frightened?"

The Empress Dowager shook her head, and asked Emperor Changqing to come in and sit down, with a sighing tone: "Tiangou eats the sun, Ai's family has experienced it before."

"Mother?"

The queen mother smiled: "The emperor was still young at that time, so I'm afraid I don't remember it. On that day of dog food, the ministers invited the Qing emperor to side. It was at that time that Concubine Chen was ordered to die by the first emperor."

Speaking of Concubine Chen, Emperor Changqing didn't have any impression, but he was very familiar with the name.

Concubine Chen doted on the harem back then, and even openly dispose of pregnant concubines, but the late emperor turned a blind eye to this, and his father and brother were even more tyrannical, which caused complaints from the people and the indignation of the officials was hard to appease.

Later, when Concubine Chen died, the Chen family was uprooted, and the front court and back court were stable.

"Your Majesty, there have been frequent occurrences of visions recently, and the eclipse of the dog has been regarded as a symbol of the lack of morality of the monarch and his ministers since ancient times. I wonder what your plan is?"

When mentioning this, Emperor Changqing was full of annoyance: "I have issued an imperial edict to punish myself, and ordered Qin Tianjian to select a good day and auspicious day to worship the heaven with the prince."

"Prince?" The queen mother's eyes flashed.

Emperor Changqing couldn't help asking: "Could it be that the queen mother also heard those rumors?"

The Queen Mother nodded slowly.

"It is precisely because of this that I let the prince sacrifice to heaven with me. I can't let the prince of a country be abolished because of rumors, otherwise if this example happens, there will be endless troubles."

The queen mother was silent for a long time, and sighed: "It is good for the emperor to think so, but has the emperor thought about it, what if it is not a rumor?"

Emperor Changqing suddenly got up, and lost his voice: "Could it be that the queen mother knows something?"

"No, the Ai family doesn't know more than the emperor. It's just that there must be a reason for rumors. Rumors are still the truth, true and false, and false and true. This requires the emperor to distinguish."

Seeing that Emperor Changqing was silent, the Empress Dowager said indifferently: "The Ai family just thinks that since Huashi can do the thing of murdering the first prince, it is not impossible to do the thing of stealing the dragon and turning the phoenix into a phoenix."

(End of this chapter)