Chapter 163 Ring the Jingyang Bell quickly!

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 163 Ring the Jingyang Bell quickly!

The grand ceremony in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi's reign was just the beginning, and it was over before it even started.

There was a hustle and bustle inside and outside the Qianqing Palace. Lying on the bed was the unconscious Emperor Hongzhi. The longer the emperor was in coma, the tense and solemn atmosphere in the air became more intense.

Empress Zhang was sitting by the bed and watching over her. Zhu Houzhao was also in the palace, but he seemed to be restless, wandering around the palace scratching his head and asking from time to time when his father would wake up.

In addition, Xiao Jing led a group of palace officials and imperial doctors to kneel silently. Everyone was waiting in their own way for the emperor to wake up.

Time passed by minute by second. I don’t know how long it had passed. Zhu Youtang, who was in a coma, frowned and seemed to snort.

This small moan was heard by everyone in the palace, and Zhu Houzhao shouted ecstatically: "Father is awake! Father is awake! Father."

Empress Zhang glared at her, and Zhu Houzhao immediately shut up, but he couldn't hide the joy on his face. Then he leaned over and supported the bed with his hands, just waiting for his father to open his eyes.

The emperor seemed to be showing signs of waking up, and the solemn atmosphere that filled the palace instantly dissipated a lot.

Everyone in the palace breathed a sigh of relief, Queen Zhang also took a deep breath, and her eyes became a little red.

After a while, Zhu Youtang finally opened his eyes. After a brief period of confusion, he saw a big face in front of him. He couldn't help but be startled. Before he could react, the face suddenly appeared. of leaving.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand at the imperial doctors, "Quick, come here and check your father's pulse!"

Zhu Youtang felt that his head was still a little swollen, but he quickly remembered what happened in the memorial. Before the imperial doctors gathered around him, he suddenly sat up from the couch, then turned over and got out of bed, not even caring about his boots. After putting it on, he walked out of the hall with some staggering steps.

"Quickly ring the Jingyang Bell and summon the civil and military ministers to the palace to discuss matters!"

If the Jingyang Bell rings at Mao hour, it will announce the start of the morning dynasty. The ministers and officials will go to court and arrange their shifts amidst the ringing of the bell. It is meaningless and belongs to the process of the morning dynasty.

But if it is rung at any other time, the bell instantly becomes an air raid alarm.

It indicates that there are urgent matters to deal with in the court. This is the emperor summoning the ministers to gather in the court.

Cabinet ministers, six ministers, and other important officials in the court must put down all their affairs and enter the palace quickly as the bell rings.

On the last day of his reign, which was the day the capital was captured by Li Zicheng, Emperor Chongzhen personally rang the Jingyang Bell, but no one from the civil and military ministers came to the palace.

In the end, he chose to behead his wife, kill his daughter, and hang himself in Meishan, fulfilling the last trace of integrity and dignity of the Ming Dynasty.

When Emperor Hongzhi issued such an edict at this moment, it was obvious that his brain was not quite clear after coming out of a coma, or he was so dizzy that he forgot that all the civil and military officials were standing in the Huangji Hall at this time. There is no need to enter the palace.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the big red dragon boots on the ground and shouted: "Father."

"Shut up!"

"oh"

Xiao Jing hurriedly got up from the ground. When he saw that His Highness the Crown Prince was scolded by the Emperor, he did not dare to say anything, such as asking the Imperial Doctor to see you first.

Besides, these dogs are all fucking useless snacks.

While calling for people to ring the Jingyang bell, he picked up the emperor's dragon boots and ran quickly to follow.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the people walking out, and then looked back at his mother who was sitting on the edge of the cave. However, Queen Zhang ignored him and just sighed with red eyes.

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It was approaching noon, and the civil and military ministers and more than 200 Jinshi were still standing silently in the Huangji Palace Square. As a melodious and majestic bell rang, everyone was shocked.

The civil and military ministers knew that it was the Jingyang bell that summoned them to the palace urgently for discussion, and they couldn't help but feel suspicious.

The last time the bell rang, which represented an emergency entry into the palace for discussion, was two years ago in the 13th year of Hongzhi. In the late summer of that year, the court received a report that the Hetao area had been lost.

And what will it be this time?

Combined with the previous commotion in front of the palace, all the officials couldn't help but beat their hearts. They all knew that this matter would definitely not be small, and it might even be so big that it could break the sky.

For the Jinshi, the sound of the bell had some inexplicable meaning. Xia Yuan was quite familiar with the sound of the bell, but he had only heard the sound of the bell in the early morning before dawn.

But the bell is ringing at noon

According to his guess.

While he was thinking about it, Li Tingxiang's inquiry rang again, "Brother Xia, do you think this bell means we are leaving?"

Xia Yuan turned to look at him. This guy had asked questions like this several times. For example, when he saw a few eunuchs walking past with their heads down from a distance, he would ask if they were here to tell us to leave.

But this time, the heroes really saw the same thing, so Xia Yuan nodded slightly and said,

"I think so too, but I suggest you replace leaving the palace with leaving the palace."

The two words "bell ringing" and "go" are put together, and they always feel like they have a final meaning.

It seems that leaving the palace is not feasible.

At this time, a eunuch came quickly and stood in front of the imperial steps and shouted loudly: "The emperor has issued a decree to summon three bachelors of the cabinet, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the commander of the Jinyi Guards."

As the official names were announced one by one, a group of ministers whose official positions were mentioned came out one after another. Mou Bin had no expression on his face and was still rehearsing silently in his mind how to respond to the emperor for a while.

Others didn't know what happened, but he knew it.

"The rest of the officials, together with all the tribute students, will leave the palace and choose another auspicious day for the ceremony."

Hearing this, almost all the Gongsheng students could not help but feel excited.

I got up from bed before dawn, took a bath and changed clothes, and went to the palace to participate in this grand ceremony.

I stood for a long time, waiting for the emperor to come out. When the auspicious time came, I listened silently to a long and smelly edict. I finally looked forward to starting to read the roll call and know my ranking. But in the end, all this was there.

Doctor Xuan's shrill voice stopped abruptly.

Then the pain began, just like standing guard, from Chen hour to noon, three hours, six hours, not to mention walking, moving the muscles and bones, not even large movements.

All the Gongsheng students present may have had some hope at the beginning of this ceremony, thinking that it might start over again after a while, but they stopped after these six hours.

The legs feel like they are filled with lead, they are painful and sore, especially those who are older are on the verge of collapse, but they still have to grit their teeth and hold on.

Everyone no longer thinks about the grand ceremony or the ranking. They just want to go home and have a good rest.

When Xia Yuan and Li Ting looked at each other, they could see the joy in each other's eyes.

Damn it, I can finally go back.

"In addition, Xia Yuan, the top candidate in Jinke's examination, will be accompanied by a face-to-face saint."

"???"

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Ps: [Due to some well-known reasons, we didn’t visit relatives during the Spring Festival in the previous two years, so this year we have a lot of relatives, and we have to visit graves and worship ancestors. It’s really hard to do all the work.

I will update two in the past few days, and I will resume four updates after I have a few more days to relax. I am extremely sorry and hope that all readers will understand me! (ω)]

Oh, and most importantly, I wish you all a happy new year, live forever, and never die.

()Happy New Year’s Day!
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