At dawn, it was still dark, and the entire Luoyang City was still a little quiet.

However, many adults with official positions have already stood up. After eating some food, they put on court clothes and belts under the service of their servants, and prepared to go out.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. If it were in the past, such days would naturally be the family reunion. After two days, they would go to the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor.

But this year is different. Because the emperor got sick before, some of the sacrificial activities that should have been held before the New Year were not underway. As the end of the year approached, good news of the Northern Expedition was passed back, which made the emperor finally make up his mind to go to Taimiao to worship his ancestors on the first day of the year, and report this great victory that had not been seen in decades to the ancestors.

Because of this, the ministers who stayed in the capital during the Chinese New Year were arranged to go out before dawn as usual. And because yesterday was New Year's Eve, most of the ministers simply didn't sleep all night and just kept vigiling until dawn, so they planned to go out again.

This is true for Wang Han, who has been promoted to the left prime minister, and he was a little unsatisfied at this time, so he could only drink a bowl of ginseng soup to refresh himself. Although he was much younger than Lu Zhen, who had already returned home, he was still over fifty or sixty after all, so he naturally could not compare with his youth. He was wearing court uniforms while yawning.

Just as he finally stood in front of the dressing mirror, he carefully confirmed that everything was correct. When he wanted to go out and board the bus, the housekeeper ran in like a ghost. When he saw him, he shouted, "Master, something is wrong..."

"Put your mouth!" Wang Han, who was most taboo about these things, immediately turned his face dark and scolded, "What are you saying during the New Year?"

The manager also reacted, slapped himself twice, and said anxiously: "Master, it's the palace. Someone came to spread the news that it was Your Majesty, Your Majesty has passed away..."

"What?" He was already stern and wanted to scold this guy a few words to let him understand what it means to the Prime Minister's Mansion. When Wang Han, who was calm and calm, his expression changed drastically when he heard this. He grabbed the other party and said viciously, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful of your head! Even if you are looking for death, you will not implicate my family!"

"How dare you, young man? Then the general who came to pass the message was waiting in the front hall." The manager quickly defended himself. However, Wang Han's expression changed from the nervousness just now to the confusion. He stopped saying anything now, and walked straight to the courtyard ahead.

After passing through several courtyards, he finally came to the front hall specifically for visitors. He saw an imperial guard general who was walking back and forth in the hall, obviously quite anxious. Wang Han had some impression of him, so he immediately stepped in and asked anxiously: "General Geng, you are..."

"Please Wang, you are out, it's important. You have to go to the palace to take charge of the overall situation." General Geng said quickly, "Your Majesty, he has been separated from Long Yubin Tian in the middle of the night..."

Even though he was ready, Wang Han exclaimed after hearing this: "This is impossible... It is obvious that his dragon body had improved when I saw His Majesty before. How could he suddenly get an acute illness again? He didn't even have time to treat the imperial physician..." This was really an unacceptable statement.

However, General Geng's words in a low voice made him even more unbelievable. He was completely stunned on the spot: "Prince Wang, His Majesty is... He was murdered... The murderer has been taken down on the spot. All subsequent matters require important officials like you to take charge of the overall situation. Please don't delay any more, just enter the palace now."

Wang Han only felt that he was thumping in his mind, and he couldn't listen to the words behind him. He only knew one thing that His Majesty was murdered!

But how is this possible? Your Majesty is in the deep palace, and the palace is strictly prohibited, who can get in? And even if someone really has such ability, he can have the ability to guard his side, especially the rumored Eunuch Wei, who has rarely had an opponent in the world, has been serving him. How could anyone in the world hurt Your Majesty?

"King Xiang, Wang Xiang..." A few calls finally pulled him out of his messy thoughts, and Wang Han's expression at this time had become extremely gloomy and solemn.

The emperor's death is a major event that shocks the world in any dynasty, not to mention that this is actually a murder. I am afraid that the person involved will be bigger than expected. Even the left prime minister, the head of the nominal minister, cannot bear it.

But now, he had no choice but to enter the palace immediately. Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated and turned around: "Come on, go and get white clothes and white cloth..." Now that the emperor has passed away, it is natural that he can no longer enter the palace wearing court clothes. He can only change his clothes to white first, and then make further arrangements after dealing with the current situation.

The people in the mansion were naturally busy again. They took white clothes for their master from the warehouse and helped him wear them with all their might. Then they drove him straight to the palace.

At the same time, countless officials in the mansions in the capital were also making similar arrangements. Of course, those important officials with high status were in the palace to convey bad news, while those with lower identities also sent subordinates to convey the news. So on this morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year when it was about to be dawn, the mansions of countless officials in Luoyang City turned white, which was quite consistent with the current winter scenery.

When time came to the intersection of Mao and Chen, many car and sedans had entered the huge square in front of the palace one after another. Then many adults with white expressions and sad expressions quickly gathered together. When they looked at each other, they all saw panic and doubt in their colleagues' eyes. After saying a few words, they were the same. No one knew what happened in the palace and who was harmed by His Majesty.

However, there is one thing that everyone is completely convinced at this time, that is, His Majesty was indeed murdered. After all, there is no such fake news in the world, and it also spreads the fake news to every courtier. The only thing that makes people feel a little confused is that since something happened to His Majesty, why didn’t he hear the death knives ring in the palace?

According to the regulations of this dynasty, when the emperor dies, the palace will immediately ring bells and drums, with twenty-four sounds, no matter night and day. But this time, the palace is quiet, but the imperial guards, all of whom were out of their sheaths of swords and guns, and bows and arrows were stomped, and they looked like they were facing a great enemy.

But as the palace gate opened, several eunuchs asked them to enter, and were temporarily suppressed by the ministers. Then they lined up in a slightly messy team and walked straight towards the palace in a silent way.

The palace is as majestic and solemn as usual, but it is more solemn than before, with a little uneasiness and sadness. The imperial guards standing in front of the palace gates, as well as the eunuchs who have already changed into white clothes, either have a confused face or are sad. After all, they are the ones who can feel the most pressure on the emperor's sudden death.

Wang Han was at the top of the ministers and walked forward step by step. At the same time, Yu Guang looked behind him, but found that there seemed to be fewer people, the princes and the grandsons.

After they received bad news, they rushed to the palace, but none of the descendants of the emperor had shown up. What happened? Or did they actually react faster than the senior officials who were waiting for themselves to live next to the imperial city? You must know that not all princes live in the imperial city. For example, the princes who were not even crowned as kings all live in the palaces of the princes, and there is still a distance from the imperial city.

If they really rushed into the palace before everyone, would the news of His Majesty's death be spread earlier? It's not right... Wang Han's mind was up and down, and a greater uneasiness arose from his heart.

And at this moment, a sad cry came from behind: "Brother, why did you go... Who is it? Which traitor dares to murder you? Brother, I must avenge you..."

The movement immediately attracted many officials to look back, and then they saw a gray-bearded man stumble in. If there were no imperial guards beside him, he would have fallen to the ground from time to time. However, all the ministers knew him, he was the only brother of Emperor Daxing, King Huai and Sun Pu, who had the best relationship with him.

In fact, Sun Yong's generation also had many brothers, but in terms of relationships, no one could compare to his brotherhood with Sun Pu. It can be said that in the first two years when Sun Yong succeeded to the throne, King Huai, who also held considerable power at that time, helped him a lot, calmed his internal and external affairs, intimidated his ministers, and deal with some brothers who wanted to compete for the throne... Many things that were difficult for the new emperor to do when he ascended the throne were all done by him, the younger brother.

But for such great contributions, a prince with such a status resigned from all powers after his brother held the throne firmly, and from then on he was just a free and idle prince.

The ministers and brothers who stood up in such a crisis, but after their success, had no nostalgia for power. They were only concerned about their elder brothers' growth, were indeed the most reassured person in the world. Therefore, the relationship between the two brothers has not only not been indifferent at all over the years, but has become deeper and deeper.

Although King Huai did not have an official position, he was the only one except a few magistrates who could enter the palace to see the emperor at any time. Moreover, the emperor would leave the palace from time to time to go to his mansion, or the Guihaiju he built, which was like a common brother.

As for the rewards on weekdays, there is naturally no need to mention them. It is said that the rich treasures in Prince Huai’s mansion and the vast land under his name are almost comparable to those of the national treasury.

However, now Sun Pu is no longer the free prince or the powerful man who is rich and powerful, but a heartbroken brother who walks by the ministers in tears, but he doesn't even look at them and goes straight in.
Chapter completed!