In the spring of the ninth year of Zhenguan, Chang'an was particularly cold.

In the Daming Palace, the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan was lying in the warm palace, but he still felt cold all over, trembling with coldness.

"fire!"

The Supreme Emperor roared, but his voice was not strong enough.

Concubine Yin and Concubine Zhang were surrounded by each other, and their eyes were full of panic. The hall was actually very hot, and even brought a few charcoal stoves. The concubines were all roasted so hard that they were hot and their close-fitting clothes were wet. But the Supreme Emperor was covering several quilts but still shouting cold.

"The saint is here."

Li Shimin came in with a bright yellow dragon robe with a look of worry, ignored the concubines who were kneeling down and came directly to the emperor's couch.

"Grandpa."

Li Yuan was still angry there, mistakenly recognized Li Shimin as the yellow gate in the palace, and shouted at him, "I can't even burn a fire, so I dragged it out and killed the stick."

"Grandpa, it's me, Erlang."

Li Yuan opened his eyes wide and looked at him for a while, "Oh, my second brother is here."

"What are you doing?"

Li Shimin looked at the skinny emperor, who was so thin that he was only left with bones, and suddenly felt a little sad and tears couldn't stop falling.

"Erang, why are you crying?"

Li Shimin bent down and hugged the Supreme Emperor, but the more he cried, the more he became sad.

Li Yuan was chattering, "Is it snowing heavily outside again?"

"Why didn't Dalang and Shilang come in?"

Li Shimin agreed, "Chengqian and Qingque didn't come, so I'll call them to come later."

"I'm not talking about them, it's your elder brother, Vishaman and your fourth brother, Sanhu. When I heard that they were outside the hall, why didn't they come in?" Li Yuan pointed at the door of the hall.

Li Shimin stood up and looked back, but he seemed to be shocked when he saw the shadows outside.

"Grandma." Li Shimin was frightened.

Li Yuan stared at the door of the hall, "Dalang and Silang said you are here and dare not come in. Are you quarreling again? They are all brothers of a mother and a compatriot, so why do you always quarrel? "

"Grandpa, do you remember what year it is now?" Li Shimin asked.

"Which year? What do you ask about this? Why are you so confused? Now it's the ninth year of Wude, Erlang. I have indeed told you before that I will pass the throne to you in the future, but after thinking about it, deposed the eldest son and established the young, and caused disaster. Your elder brother has made great contributions to the founding of the country. I cannot deposed the young son. Don't blame me, let alone your elder brother. Your elder brother has promised me to enfeoff you in Shuzhong in the future..."

Hearing this, Li Shimin sighed.

The Supreme Emperor was completely confused, and he couldn't even tell the difference between the nine years of Zhenguan and the nine years of Wude.

ten years.

Ten years ago, the Supreme Emperor was still the emperor, but ten years later, he was so thin that he was even disfigured and even completely confused.

"Dalang, Silang, wait for me to say a few more words to Erlang." Li Yuan said to the door.

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After coming out of the hall, Li Shimin wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Outside the hall.

Feng Shaoshi, Chai Shao, Dou Dan, Duan Lu, Yang Shidao, Dou Lu Huairang, Dou Fengjie, Qiao Shiwang, Su Xu, Yang Sijing, Cui Gongli, Xue Wanche, Zheng Jingxuan, Cui Xuanqing...

The sons-in-law of the Supreme Emperor were all outside.

"The Emperor's Dragon Body?" Dou Dan, with half-white hair, stepped forward and asked.

Li Shimin shook his head, "The saint is already unconscious. Feng Yu from Shang Pharmacy said that the deadline has come, so prepare."

"Please come to the palace to see the grandfather for the last journey. The princesses who are not in Beijing will be recalled immediately."

Several older son-in-laws, such as Dou Dan, Chai Shaoshi, Feng Shaoshi, Duan Lun, etc., were quite calm. In fact, the Supreme Emperor has been in poor health since last winter. He was sick on the bed most of the time. He was unconscious several times, and sometimes he was confused. Sometimes his son-in-law and daughters couldn't recognize him.

During the New Year, my spirit suddenly recovered a lot. I even heard that the Supreme Emperor had come to a young palace maid, but I didn't expect that it would suddenly fail again.

After Xuanwu Gate, it was not easy to endure it for another ten years.

It is a relief to leave now. The princesses are also very aware of the difficulties of the Emperor in the past ten years, and the Emperor is still there, and the Emperor has been affected.

Chai Shao said slowly, "The main body of the Supreme Emperor Xianling has been built long ago, and the rest will not affect it. There is no need to be in a hurry to get busy."

Since Li Shimin ascended the throne, he built a tomb for the Emperor of Supreme Harem. At that time, Qin Lang had specially appointed Sikong as the mountain tomb envoy to build a Xianling.

The Changling Mausoleum of Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han, was built on the Xumuyuan in the north of Sanyuan County, Weibei. The soil was piled up to form a tomb, and the territory was sealed for 36 miles.

The entire mausoleum is nine feet high and covered with bucket-shaped mountain mausoleum. There are palaces and city walls on all sides. It takes several years and costs a lot. Overall, it is still very luxurious.

However, at the beginning of Zhenguan, the conditions were not good at that time, so the method of piled up soil to form a mountain tomb was different from the later history when Li Shimin directly chose a mountain to dig a mountain tomb.

"Do you recall Qin Lang immediately? He is the mountain mausoleum envoy who built Xianling."

In addition to building mountain mausoleums, the mountain mausoleum envoy was generally responsible for the funeral ceremony of the emperor, which was led by the prime minister.

The emperor had just made a wedding date with Qin Qiong and accepted the Qin family's wedding ceremony. After more than half a year, he would be welcomed on September 9th.

Now that the Supreme Emperor collapses, the marriage cannot be held.

The Changle Prince mainly obeyed filial piety for his grandfather and followed the system, and the granddaughter was in a declining position for one year.

In other words, you must be mourned for one year. During the mourning period, you cannot participate in entertainment activities, but the most important thing is that you cannot marry.

Even if the ancients had children during the mourning period, they would be unfilial.

If you are dying at the death of your parents, you will marry yourself. If you are happy to be able to obey; if you hear your grandparents, you will hide and not express your grief; if you pretend to be dying from your grandparents, you will be unfilial; if you are falsely accused of filial piety, and unfilial piety is one of the ten evil sins.

During the period of mourning, you cannot marry, entertain, be an official, or take the exam.

Those who get married during mourning periods will be investigated and will be sentenced to three years of imprisonment. Those who forget to mourn and make fun of themselves will also be sentenced to three years of imprisonment. Those who seek official positions for examinations during mourning periods will also be sentenced to three years of imprisonment. Those who are officials who hide their deceased and do not report their deaths will be dealt with.

Even children born during mourning are unfilial behaviors, called endogenous children.

The "Tang Luhu Marriage" clearly stipulates: "If the parents are dying, they have children and brothers have different families, and they will be divided into different families, and they will be divided into different families, and they will be divided into different families, and they will be divided into different families, and they will be divided into different families, and they will be divided into different families, and they will be divided into different families, and if the matter has not been done, they will surrender themselves.

Translated, having a child during the demise period means giving birth to a child within 27 months, and the delivery period is within 27 months, and it has nothing to do with when to conceive. However, if the government does not find out, no one reports it, and the perpetrator surrenders himself, he can be forgiven.

Especially for the royal family, if they are sent to the endogenous children, even Zongzheng Temple will not be registered.

What if a woman is pregnant during the mourning period? Generally, she will have an abortion or adopt it to another family after birth.

It is not possible to be pregnant before the death, mainly because it is not possible to be born during the filial piety period, no matter when the death is pregnant.

This is actually very inhumane, but the ancients talked about filial piety, especially for the Tang Dynasty, which emphasized filial piety more. Li Shimin often called on the Tang Dynasty to govern the country with filial piety.

The more you need to pay attention to what you lack. Because Li Shimin had to launch a coup, killing his brother and placing his father under house arrest, he became the emperor and paid more attention to the word filial piety, trying to use it to cover up his mistakes.

When the Supreme Emperor passed away, Li Shimin was mourned for three years.

However, the emperor usually observes filial piety by day and month, and it is normal to be twenty-seven months, so the emperor only needs to carry filial piety for twenty-seven days.

But others must strictly abide by it.

Princess Changle had to mourn her grandfather for a year. Of course, this year actually refers to nine months.

Within nine months, no marriage, no entertainment, drinking, etc.

"Send someone to tell Qin Qiong that the scheduled wedding date will be cancelled."

"Transfer the order to Qin Lang and recall it to Chang'an, the capital."

"Another order Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Yang Gongren, Yu Wenshiji, Fang Xuanling, Gao Shilian, Changsun Wuji, and Qin Lang to be the envoys of the mountain tombs."

There were eight mountain tomb envoys, both former prime ministers and current prime ministers, Xiao, Chen, Yang, Yuwen, and both the Supreme Emperor Wude Dynasty and the Zhenguan Dynasty. They specially asked these people to come in to show their filial piety.

The atmosphere in Daming Palace suddenly became tense.

A large number of censors gathered in the bedroom of the Supreme Emperor, staring at the Supreme Emperor at all times, preparing to record the time of his death. The concubines of the Supreme Emperor, who had children, were allowed to take their children to watch from a distance.

Chai Shao and other older sons-in-law began to arrange funerals.

As for the young children born after resigning, many of them did not understand what was happening.

It's late spring in February, and it's particularly cold.

It's even colder in the Daming Palace.

Li Shimin simply joined the court.

Three days.

The Supreme Emperor stayed there for another three days, and was sometimes awake and sometimes confused every day. When he was confused, he often called Jiancheng Yuanji's nickname and said that they were here to pick him up.

Li Shimin couldn't stay there and always felt creepy.

Three days later, on February 17th, the Supreme Emperor passed away in the Changsheng Hall of the Daming Palace. When he left, he shouted Jiancheng Yuanji's name, but his eyes were still wide open after his death.

Li Shimin arrived and closed his eyes for his father, but he couldn't do it several times.

Finally, the Crown Prince Chengqian stepped forward and closed his eyes for his grandfather before finally closing.

The prime ministers and ministers in the hall all breathed a sigh of relief.

Except for Qin Lang, the eight mountain monuments, the other seven immediately presided over the national funeral.
To be continued...