After the will was read, Li Chongye immediately succeeded to the throne in front of Li Hong's spirit. As the saying goes, the country cannot be without a king for a day. According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, after the old emperor passed away, the new emperor would succeed to the throne as soon as possible to avoid any accidents. After all, the battle for the throne of the Tang Dynasty is notoriously cruel.

Fortunately, Zhang Zong had already made complete preparations. Xue Rengui personally led the Yulin Army to take over the Imperial City, and Qianniu Guards also temporarily took over the city defense in Luoyang. In this way, the entire Luoyang city was guarded like an iron barrel. Even if someone had bad intentions, there was no chance at all.

After the simple ascension ceremony, Li Chongye officially became emperor. Although Li Chongye was not yet an adult, he was surrounded by ministers such as Liu Rengui and Li Jingxuan, so he could take over government affairs. In addition, Zhang Zong was supervising him. As long as he persisted for a few years, when Li Chongye became an adult, the situation in the entire Tang Dynasty could stabilize.

When the new emperor succeeded to the throne, all civil and military officials also performed very hard. The first thing was to arrange Li Hong's funeral. Zhang Zong took the initiative to stand up and asked to hand over Li Hong's funeral to him. After all, for Zhang Zong, Li Hong was the emperor and his friend. Now he suddenly left, and Zhang Zong also wanted to send him the last journey.

Many ministers in the court did not understand Zhang Zong's request. After all, the new emperor ascended the throne and Zhang Zong was appointed as the minister of the disciple. It was a time to show his strength. Although handling the funeral of the first emperor was important, it also meant that focusing on funeral matters was definitely not conducive to his development in the court.

However, Li Chongye understood Zhang Zong's mood, so after thinking for a while, he nodded and agreed. Then he asked the ministers to discuss the matters about Li Hong's temple name and the imperial tomb. After these matters were settled, they could be handed over to Zhang Zong to handle.

After the court dispersed, Zhang Zong and Li Chongye came to Li Hong's bedroom again. However, as soon as he entered the hall, he saw Taiping crying and plunging into his arms, his eyes were already red and swollen. Obviously, she also received the news, but for her, the news was too shocked and sad.

Not only Taiping has come, but Li Xian, Li Xian and Li Dan and all of them have also come, and they all have grief on each side. Especially Li Dan, who cried like Taiping. After all, the elder brother is his father, Li Dan and Taiping are relatively young, and Li Zhi, as the emperor, cannot accompany them every day, so sometimes Li Hong, the elder brother, assumes this responsibility, which also makes them have a deeper relationship with Li Hong.

Taiping cried for a long time, and then Zhang Zong slowly calmed her down. At this time, Li Xian and the other two also stepped forward to ask about Li Hong's affairs. Zhang Zong and Li Chongye also told the results of their discussion with the ministers just now.

When Li Xian and the other two were relieved when they learned that Zhang Zong was going to deal with Li Hong's funeral in person, Li Xian and the other two were relieved. At this time, a group of people rushed in. These were all from the Li royal family, such as Princess Chengyang, among them. They were all sad. Zhang Zong immediately stepped forward to greet them, and then personally led them to see Li Hong's body.

For the next period of time, Zhang Zong was also busy with Li Hong's funeral every day. The emperor's funeral had its own specifications. Zhang Zong nominally presided over the funeral, but in fact, it was mainly handled by officials such as the Ministry of Rites. However, he still needed to make a decision on some major matters, such as the location of the spirit stop, and the construction of the imperial tomb.

Taiping personally guarded Li Hong. Li Hong's death was a big blow to her and she didn't even eat much for several days. Even though Zhang Zong prepared food for her, she felt that she had no appetite and put it down after taking a few bites. This made Zhang Zong feel a little worried about Taiping's body while he was busy.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Zong also specially called the imperial doctor to ask him to diagnose Taiping. However, it was fine if he didn't see it. When the imperial doctor took the pulse for Taiping, he congratulated Zhang Zong with surprise: "Congratulations to the prince consort, the princess is happy!"

"What?" Zhang Zong stood up suddenly when he heard this. Taiping next to him was shocked at first, and then he looked unbelievable. She and Zhang Zong had been married for so long and dreamed of a child. She even planned to take medicine for this, but she didn't expect that the child would come at this time.

"Husband!" It took a long time to wake up. She was excited and suddenly pierced into Zhang Zong's arms. Tears came out again without any competing. However, this time it was tears of joy. The arrival of this child also diluted a lot of her sadness.

Zhang Zong was also happy to jump up. He was finally going to be a father for two lifetimes, but then he suddenly became a little panicked because he didn't know whether he could be a qualified father, and this little guy who had not yet come to the world suddenly made him feel an unprecedented pressure.

The news of Taiping's pregnancy was quickly spread. After Li Chongye and others learned about it, they also rushed to congratulate Zhang Zong and Taiping. According to the imperial doctor, Taiping has been pregnant for more than three months. Calculate the time, it is estimated that the child will be born around July this year.

Taiping is pregnant, which is great news. Taiping has been waiting for Li Hong for this period and lives in the palace at night, but now she is pregnant, it is not convenient for Li Hong to watch. This is not only for Taiping's body, but also for customs considerations, which is said to be bad for the child.

Although Taiping didn't want to leave, she had to agree to go home and rest for the sake of the child in her belly. Although Zhang Zong was busy, he tried his best to take time to go home and spend more time with Taiping. However, even if he was not at home, there were Wan'er and Ning'er at home, and Zhang Zong was very relieved to have them take care of Taiping.

In the blink of an eye, several months passed. Although the news of Li Hong's death caused a lot of shock in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Zong and others handled it properly, the transfer of imperial power was also very smooth. Especially Wu Meiniang's side, Zhang Zong was locked tightly in the deep palace by Zhang Zong. Although she was very unwilling to accept it, there was no way to face this reality.

That afternoon, Zhang Zong went home early after finishing his work, preparing to spend more time with Taiping, but he didn't expect that as soon as he got off the carriage, he saw the manager in front of him come forward to report: "Your Majesty, a guest is here to visit!"

"Who is it?" Zhang Zong asked casually. He can be said to be of high authority now, so people often come to visit him, but if he is not a person he knows, he will generally refuse.

"The person who came was the official counselor Ming Chongyan!" The manager immediately answered.

When Zhang Zong was stunned when he heard that the person coming was Ming Chongyan. If he hadn't heard this name today, he would have almost forgotten this person.
Chapter completed!