The wife of a woman collecting herbs cannot be bullied

Chapter 550

Why Shi Chuying suddenly went to visit the palace at night, I have to start from the beginning.It was all because of the rapid changes that made her think about going this trip, but in the end, it was really not in vain.

Start from scratch.

It is said that the royal family of Great Chu came from the snowy land and had its own royal patriarchal system.

In the imperial family's genealogy, the status of the empress dowager is a daughter-in-law of the royal family. The empress dowager's honor is nothing more than an external "honor" and treatment granted by the emperor. Although there are gold books and gold treasures, in terms of real power, it must be inferior Queen's.

In the Great Chu Dynasty, except for the empress and the crown prince who were "canonized", no matter whether it was the empress dowager, empress dowager or any prince, they were all "canonized" and could not be regarded as a word "established".

The emperor enshrined the empress to declare to the world, and the whole world celebrates. The empress has a book and a treasure, and has the power of "middle palace note". Once the note is issued, even the emperor cannot easily refute it.Also, if the emperor dared to withdraw the power of the empress casually, the court ministers and censors would also stand up to oppose it. After all, the empress not only belonged to the emperor and the harem, but also belonged to the entire Great Chu.

The empress dowager is different. She has a mother-child relationship with the emperor (some are not biological), and has nothing to do with the court.What happened to her mother and daughter was a matter within the family, and if it got too big, it would be nothing more than alarming the clan to come forward to solve this 'inside the family' problem.

The same is the closest woman, with such a disparity, some people are content with their destiny and enjoy it, while some motivated people are naturally not satisfied with the status quo.

Take action if you are not satisfied.

Therefore, from the Dachu to the previous dynasties and algebras, if there are not ten, there must be eight empress dowagers who have been "proclaimed in the dynasty".Some are the youngest sons ascending to the throne, assisted by the queen mother, and some are strongly supported by the queen mother's natal family. After a long time, they will inevitably become addicted and refuse to return the power to their sons;
There are many people who do not have both and find another way.

As the saying goes, there is no corner that cannot be dug, only a hoe that is not diligent!
From the very beginning, the Great Chu Dynasty learned from the experience and lessons of previous dynasties, and had strict punishment measures against all people and things that might overthrow the country and change the surname of the dynasty.

And these strict measures are very effective. Since the establishment of the dynasty, there has not been a single incident of rebellion. Whether it is the courtiers, eunuchs, or the clan, they have all played their part.

But maybe the peace of more than a hundred years is too long, and the long time makes people feel a little ethereal...

Shi Chuying quickly went through the "Great Chu Clan Law Code" in her mind, and when she saw the punishment part, she couldn't help but click her tongue twice. If something happened to the emperor mother and son, it would not be difficult to deal with it. A person's goal is always to 'first the country and then the family'. As for filial piety, it has never been a strategy for governing the country.

Of course, if the emperor is willing, there are always more decent ways, such as persuading the queen mother to go to Buddhism, such as declaring that the queen mother is sick and so on.

These are all common means, and everyone inside and outside the court can understand that no one will really pursue the truth, and now the Queen Mother has died of illness!Such a drastic method really makes one imagine...

The decree made it clear that if the clan is going to mourn, then the general of Zhen Guo and the clan below the rank are naturally not qualified to go.Moreover, the officials of the Clan Mansion added that the sage has led the crowd to wear clothes today, and all five clothes except close relatives wear plain silk (white silk fabric), instead of white cloth.

As for many funeral ceremonies such as stopping the coffin and seeing off the coffin, the clan's mansion will discuss with the Ministry of Rites and the Qin Tianjian before further notice.

Because the Empress Dowager passed away in the early hours of this morning, the officials of the Clan Mansion went from house to house this morning to be regarded as "reporting the funeral".

And although there is no need to mourn, it does not mean that there is no need to attend other funeral ceremonies in the future, and each family has to be prepared at all times.But this is nothing to the very hard-working 'sorrow'.

Shi Chuying didn't expect such 'good news', so she couldn't react for a while.

Now not only the son doesn't have to worry, but the old man also doesn't have to worry about it!
But despite this, no one dared to say the word "simple" for the empress dowager's funeral. After all, according to the general rules, the empress dowager's death is only 27 days, and the saint's decree is three months, which is far away. Above average.

Shi Chuying hurriedly ordered people to go to the sewing room to collect plain white silk from Daku, and the family of three remade clothes, and hurriedly bought what was not enough. The white cloth and white silk in all shops were probably sold out today.

"Ma'am, Yuxue came to ask if Master Erfat and Little Tiger would like to change his clothes too." As soon as Yuzhu entered the door, she saw Madam looking at the booklet in the warehouse, and asked quickly.

Shi Chuying thought about it, yes, although Er Fei is special, it is not good to wear red and green at this time.Immediately nodded and said: "Yuxue is thoughtful, she should make two plain clothes for Er Fei, well, I will make a set of dark flowers and white silk, and I will use it first when I make a moon white cloak. Put it all away."

"Also, let's see if Shi Feng or Shi Dian is back? If he comes back, ask him to call back from the inner study." She had to find out what happened to her family, Chu Xu.

So Shi Feng rushed back.

"...The subordinates and the waiter have been taking turns to listen to the news in the guard camp. Yesterday, it was normal during the day. At night, there was a commotion outside for a while, and the death knell was heard. There was some movement on the street of the clan's mansion. , but it calmed down in less than two hours...

This morning I heard that the Empress Dowager passed away, but, cough, "

Shi Feng lowered his voice, and said: "In private, some people said that the Department of Punishment came forward to send the Queen Mother off, and I heard that because of the Queen Mother's moral conduct, the sage did not intend to add a posthumous title to warn the harem and the clan... The queen and some elders of the clan are persuading..."

"Violent conduct" is used to describe the empress dowager...

What exactly did the empress dowager do, otherwise, how could such words spread out?

It happened too suddenly, and Shi Feng didn't have time to inquire so much, so we can't satisfy Shi Chuying's curiosity for the time being.

Although Shi Feng's gossip was not accurate, Shi Chuying guessed that the so-called gossip might not have been released on purpose by the higher-ups.

One of the things that the Great Chu clan is more powerful than the previous dynasty is the grouping of the clan.Unlike some dynasties, the clans were raised into pigs, which had no other use except to be slaughtered;
It's not like being exiled. They are specially sent to remote places to fend for themselves. When someone rebels, King Qin's guards can't get enough people; or some accident or coup occurs in the palace, and the emperor is under house arrest. Don't fart.

(End of this chapter)