After the Crown Prince and the Imperial Concubine arrived, the Emperor's funeral began. Prime Minister Zhang Jun was in charge.
"Your Majesty, unfortunately, you died young! Wouldn't it hurt me to repair the old days? His Majesty is the wise Son of Heaven of the Great Song, the heroic ruler supported by the civil officials and generals, and the virtuous ruler that the people of the world look forward to! After Jingkang, His Majesty turned the tide, continued the country, and inherited the Great Song…"
Zhang Jun held an imperial edict in his hand and read Zhao Gou's eulogy with tears and snot in his eyes. He had a good relationship with Zhao Gou. In the eulogy, he praised Zhao Gou and directly described him as a prosperous and wise ruler.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!”
The officials immediately wailed in unison, crying bitterly that they had lost a virtuous king…
Concubine Pan also hugged Zhao Fou in her arms, crying her eyes out…
Although Zhao Fu did not have any feelings for Zhao Gou, since he was already the Crown Prince of Great Song, he could only play along with him…
By the time Zhang Jun finished reading, he was already in tears. Zhang Jun waved at a young eunuch. The young eunuch hurriedly went over and handed him a towel. Zhang Jun took it and snorted. The towel was instantly stained with Lord Zhang's loyalty.
Following that, Zhang Jun took out Zhao Gou's will and read it sadly.
"Pass on the decree of the previous emperor: Crown Prince Zhao He is intelligent, benevolent, diligent, and loves the people. He has won my heart. Today, I will pass the throne of the Great Song to Crown Prince Zhao He! The imperial concubine Pan is the prince's biological mother. She is virtuous and virtuous. She is deeply in line with my wishes. Now I specially respect her as the Empress Dowager and respect her!”
According to the rules of the Great Song, the crown prince would be announced during the emperor's funeral. As for the coronation ceremony, it would be held after the emperor's burial. Now that Zhang Jun had read out Zhao Gou's will, Zhao Fu would become the new emperor of the Song Dynasty.
After Zhang Jun finished reading the will, he held the imperial edict in his hand and walked to Consort Pan and Zhao Fou.
According to the rules of the Great Song, after announcing the will of the late emperor, this will should have been handed over to the new emperor for safekeeping.
However, Zhang Jun looked down at the eight-year-old child and suddenly felt mixed emotions…
Sigh, if I give the imperial edict of the late emperor to this naughty child, will he be able to keep it safe…
Before the coronation, the previous emperor's imperial edict was of great importance, and there could not be any mistakes…
Zhang Jun was really worried about this eight-year-old child…
"His Majesty is still young and inexperienced. Therefore, I ask the Empress Dowager to help me manage the previous emperor's decree!”
Zhang Jun hesitated for a moment, then ignored the little Emperor and brought the imperial edict to Concubine Pan.
Although Zhang Jun's actions were a little inappropriate and disrespectful to the new ruler…
However, all the officials present felt that Lord Zhang's actions were very reasonable…
Hmph, what could this eight-year-old little emperor do?
On a solemn occasion like the late emperor's funeral, Concubine Pan was naturally in charge.
This little Emperor who only knew how to play with mud should stay at the side and not interfere with their business…
At this moment, the opinions of all the officials in Great Song were surprisingly unanimous in their approval of Zhang Jun's actions…
Concubine Pan was a woman without a mind of her own. She was at a loss when faced with such a situation. When she finally reacted, she obediently took Zhao Gou's will from Zhang Jun.
"Empress Dowager, please help His Majesty to offer incense to the former emperor and pay his respects!”
Immediately after, the white-haired official Li Gang stood up from the side, lit three incense sticks on the candlestick, and handed them to Concubine Pan.
Actually, according to the rules of the Great Song, it should be the new emperor who offered incense to the late emperor…
However, even a wise minister like Li Gang felt that this new emperor was really unreliable…
Sigh, forget it. It's better to ignore this 8-year-old!
Thus, Li Gang chose to ignore Zhao Fu and let Empress Dowager Pan carry out the ceremony…
Empress Dowager Pan still had no idea what she should do…So she could only brace herself and follow the instructions of the ministers. She let go of Zhao Feng in her arms and prepared to take the incense from Li Gang's hand.
……
At this moment, when Zhao Fu saw the officials ignoring him, he was speechless.
This…
Although he was only an eight-year-old child, he was still the new ruler of the Great Song Dynasty…
Was it really good for the civil and military officials of the Great Song to ignore him, the little emperor…
Zhao Fou couldn't help but shake his head, thinking that if he didn't do something, these officials would really look down on him.
Just as Empress Dowager Pan was about to take the incense from Li Gang's hands, Zhao Fu suddenly stood up.
Under the watchful eyes of all the officials of the Song Dynasty, he gently pushed Empress Dowager Pan away and took the incense from Li Gang's hands...
Following that, under everyone's dumbfounded gazes, Zhao Fou walked steadily towards Zhao Gou Ling...
"Son, don't mess around. Put it down!”
Empress Dowager Pan thought that Zhao Fu was playing a prank, so she pinched her waist and reprimanded him, but Zhao Fu turned a deaf ear.
According to the rules of the Great Song, Zhao Fou kowtowed three times to the memorial tablet, then offered incense, and kowtowed three more times.
A set of etiquette to pay tribute to the new king and the previous emperor was successfully completed just like that…
And this eight-year-old child did it perfectly…
His meticulous bow did not look like an eight-year-old child at all. Instead, he looked more like a steady adult…
All the officials in Chongzheng Hall were stunned when they saw this.
Zhang Jun, Li Gang, Qin Hui, Yue Fei, and the other famous generals were all dumbfounded.
This…Were they seeing things just now?
This eight-year-old naughty boy that they looked down on actually completed the ritual of paying homage to the previous emperor alone?
Was this really something that an eight-year-old child could do?
This was too shocking…
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