The ancestor was trembling with his steps, and was supported by his maid and walked slowly outside the house.

"The prince follows the will of heaven and now returns to heaven, which is a great blessing for my son. Since ancient times, all the princes and princes have returned to the loess. The world is vast and the vastness is not far away from its green sky. My son is far away, and the sky is the best."

"Come!"

The ancestor closed his eyes and held back tears and began to make arrangements in an orderly manner.

It is a grief and anger to send a black-haired person to a white-haired person, no matter in any time and space.

"I told the emperor and wrote to the court, and sent it with a quick horse."

"Tell the people outside, mourn the nine tribes, and mourn with the heavens."

All the officials of all families took the order and hurried away. The sudden return of the prince as a place must be a major accident, because this will involve the reallocation of the local sphere of influence and even the interests of all parties. Even if the ancestors do not issue notices, it will soon spread throughout Wanzhou City. Instead of appearing passive at that time, it is better to announce it now.

"Cong'er, as the eldest son of the Zhu family, you need to support me. No matter how much grievances you have suffered in the past, you must bear it..." The ancestor told Huang Shangzhao to him.

"But our ancestor, I...I..." Huang Shang waited to retreat, but suddenly realized that it was not the right time to push at this time.

"Old ancestor, if the prince doesn't want to, my Nan'er can."

Zhu Yunnan and the woman walked out of the house at this time. Although they looked very sad, they did not have any tears.

"Talking nonsense!" The ancestors hit the ground with a stick:

"When will it be the first son who will replace him? What kind of discipline does this mean?"

The ancestor glared at the woman with great dissatisfaction and continued:

"Princess Zhou, the prince was very kind to you before, but you should also know the etiquette of some things. He must treat people with others and the eldest son comes forward, and wearing mourning clothes is also the leader of the eldest son. Others follow him and ask Nan'er to replace Cong'er. How can this be done?"

"Get out, don't cause trouble in the next few days, otherwise the family law scout!" The ancestor seemed to have a lot of objection to Princess Zhou and spoke mercilessly to her.

"Yes, ancestor!"

Princess Zhou bent down with a blank expression and looked at Zhu Yunnan who was staring at Huang Shang, and left with a light step, while Zhu Yunnan quickly followed.

"Old ancestor, this etiquette..." Huang Shang was indeed embarrassed, and he knew nothing about the ceremony of mourning in Huatian Kingdom.

"You have been in Lu for a long time and don't understand the etiquette of my Huatian Kingdom. Mr. Xia, you are responsible for assisting the prince. Arrange everything for him and do not make any mistakes."

"Don't worry, my ancestor, let me leave everything to my slave!" An old man in his fifties and sixties hurriedly ran from a distance and bent down to salute Huang Shang:

"Old slave Xia Yuezheng, I have met the prince."

The old man's face was full of wrinkles, his eyes were deep, and he was energetic. Although he was skinny and bone-skinned, his energy was extremely good.

"Crown Prince...Crown Prince..., what are your instructions?"

Xia Yue asked hurriedly when she saw Huang Shang staring at her strange eyes.

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, I was thinking about so many tedious things just now, I'm going to work hard for you." Huang Shang hurriedly perfunctorily.

"If it's not the case, this is the duty of the old slave. It's a sorrow that comes from heaven, and the matter is helpless. The prince's sorrow is mourning."

"First of all, you need to find someone to deal with the prince's body, otherwise it is not suitable to be released for a long time at this time. Don't worry, the prince has sent someone to do it. Secondly, you need to prepare a special place for outsiders to worship. The old slave believes that there are many people coming, so the place of worship is arranged in the outer courtyard of the prince's mansion. I wonder if the prince thinks it is okay?"

...

Huang Shang did not listen to Xia Yuezheng's arrangements and deployments, he was only interested in this old man.

"Okay, let's arrange it like this." Huang Shang nodded helplessly.

"Crown Prince, from now on, after the mourning hall is completed, according to the numbers, the prince needs to start mourning, and considers that the mourning time is longer. Therefore, the old slave asks the ancestor whether to ask the second prince if necessary..."

"Of course, please arrange the time, but don't let the two princes overwork." The ancestor nodded and ordered.

"Don't worry, my ancestors, I know that life is the most important thing."

"Mother's Concubine..." Zhu Yunnan quickly caught up with Princess Zhou in front and whispered.

"I'm so angry!" Princess Zhou stopped and looked around, with only her two personal maids following behind her.

"This immortal..., what did these people do? It's so outrageous that a prince suddenly came back alive?"

"Mother, Brother Cong is my eldest brother. Wouldn't he come back alive?" Zhu Yunnan asked immediately without any politeness to Princess Zhou.

"You? OK, okay, I won't talk about this matter yet, but you must follow your mother's arrangements for this matter. You must know that only mothers in this world are the best for you."

"Yeah." Zhu Yunnan nodded in confusion. He seemed to understand, because he was less than fifteen years old after all.

Late at night, the Changxi Palace was brightly lit, and various sounds of chanting scriptures and chanting Buddha's name were heard one after another. People came and went in the palace, and were illuminated by the white lanterns like daytime.

Huang Shang was half kneeling in front of the mourning hall. Whenever someone came to pay tribute, he just needed to get up and salute. The person who came would comfort him and leave, and then Xia Yue, who was standing outside the door, arranged for someone to receive him.

Huang Shang may not know that Wanzhou City is located in the western part of Huatian Kingdom. It covers a large area, but the land is not fertile. It is mostly composed of grasslands and mountains and forests. The city of Wanzhou has more than a dozen cities, but none of them are particularly large. This place is called Wanzhou Prefecture. As a prince of one side, the Changxi King has no administrative or military rights, and is more of an honor. In other words, the entire Wanzhou Prefecture is theoretically the fiefdom of Changxi King, but the soldiers and yamen runners here are not under the jurisdiction of Changxi King.

To put it simply, the land on the ground of Wanzhou Prefecture belongs to the Changxi Prince's Mansion. Those who survive here can pay rent to the Prince's Mansion every year, and other military and political affairs have nothing to do with the Prince's Mansion.

This unique model of title for marquis was actually passed down a long time ago. The purpose is naturally to prevent one party from dominating the power of the court.

The demand for rent is required to maintain, and the Wanzhou Prefecture government will not come forward, so the court acknowledged that the army formed by the Changxi Prince's Mansion itself was called the Changxi Army, but the worries mentioned above are still mentioned. This kind of private armed forces that acquiesce to exist are only called guards or guards to the outside world, and the number must not be too large to avoid arousing the suspicion of the court. Of course, there is no clear definition of this.

For example, the private armed forces of King Pingnan were at least more than 10,000 people.

The army controlled by the Changxi Prince's Mansion is between 4,000 and 5,000, and the one who controls this paramilitary force is not someone else, but his ancestors.

Although these thousands of troops are just a small matter compared to the nearly 200,000 troops stationed in the western border, the border defense forces only focus on external defense and generally do not care about local things in Wanzhou Prefecture, nor can they be asked about - King Changxi is the current emperor's uncle...
Chapter completed!