Seeing the arrival of Lu Yijian and other ministers, Li Shunrong wanted to take Li'er back, after all, the woman was not allowed to interfere in politics, but Zhao Zhen grabbed Li Shunrong's sleeve and said, "Mother doesn't have to leave. I just happened to discuss the funeral of the eldest lady with Lu Xiang, and there is also the title of her mother. If her mother has any ideas, she can also raise it directly!"

After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, he did not allow Li Shunrong to answer. Then he turned his head to ask Lu Yijian and others about Liu E's funeral. Seeing that his son insisted, Li Shunrong couldn't say anything else, so he had to sit aside and not speak. Li Zhang also listened quietly at this time. In fact, as the queen mother, Liu E naturally had a set of rules at the funeral. Some small places may change, but there was nothing to discuss in the big aspects.

However, after discussing the process of the funeral, Xue Kui, the envoy of the Third Division, suddenly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the matter about the dress that the Empress Dowager wore when she was buried has not been decided yet. Now the Empress Dowager has passed away for many days. Please make sure that Your Majesty decide as soon as possible!"

According to etiquette, people would wear burial clothes as soon as possible after death, but when Liu E died, there was a disagreement over whether to wear burial clothes or not. Zhao Zhen did not make a decision for the time being. Then he ran to the imperial tomb to welcome Li Shunrong, so Liu E was still wearing the burial clothes when she died these days, which made Xue Kui and others very dissatisfied and wanted to replace the burial clothes.

"This..." Zhao Zhen also showed a hesitant expression when he heard this, and even looked at Li Zhang next to him. Xue Kui and others firmly opposed Liu E's burial in a robe, but Li Zhang was just the opposite, which made him very embarrassed and he was a little confused at this time.

"Xue Jixiang's words are wrong. Before her death, the Empress Dowager obviously wanted to wear a robe and be buried. She worked hard for the Song Dynasty for the rest of her life, and had already gone to the Taimiao in a robe and went to the Taimiao for this. For this reason, she agreed to reduce the pattern and decoration of the robe and beauties. Strictly speaking, it is no longer considered a robe and be consented by the Ministry of Rites and all the ministers. What's wrong with being buried in a robe and be buried now?" Li Zhang also stood up and retorted, and he discussed the matter. Although he admired Xue Kui's character, he would not retreat in this matter.

"The rituals and laws of ancestors are unchanging. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there has never been an empress dowager wearing a robe and buried in a robe!" Xue Kui also argued that he was not targeting Li Zhang, but the two sides had different positions on this matter, so he refused to give in at this time.

Seeing Li Zhang and Xue Kui argue so fiercely, Zhao Zhen was even more embarrassed at this time, but no one expected that Li Shunrong suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, do the Empress Dowager really want to wear a robe and be buried before her death?"

"This... the empress dowager could no longer speak at that time, but she grabbed my clothes and refused to let go, and pointed to her own clothes, so I think the empress dowager might have meant that." Zhao Zhen did not dare to lie to Li Shunrong, and hesitated for a moment and told his true thoughts. After all, like Li Zhang, he is the one who knows Liu E the most.

"Auntie, the Empress Dowager wore a robe when she went to Taimiao before. She refused to take off her robe even if she fell ill after coming back. As a result, the robe has become her obsession, and it will not change easily even before her death!" Li Zhang also stepped forward and bowed.

"Since it was the idea of ​​the empress dowager before her death, I thought the dead were the most important, and the empress dowager worked hard and made great contributions over the years, and the Song Dynasty was prosperous under her governance, so it was the empress dowager who deserved it!" Li Shunrong said calmly at this time. Her feelings for Liu E were also very complicated, both grateful and awe, and even hid a little hatred, but in general, she did not have much disgust towards Liu E.

Seeing that his mother had spoken, Zhao Zhen immediately made a decision. After all, this was the first request made by his mother after she came back, so Zhao Zhen immediately said to Xue Kui: "Since my mother said that the empress dowager should be buried in a robe, then let's do it as it is. Just a piece of clothing, I believe the ancestors and ancestors would not care too much!"

Although Xue Kui was loyal and straightforward, he was not stupid. Moreover, Zhao Zhen brought out all the ancestors of the Zhao family to represent them. Now that Xue Kui was blocked, he could only nod helplessly. As for Lu Yijian and others next to him, they were even more talented. They just asked Xue Kui to take the lead. Now that they saw Li Shunrong and Zhao Zhen talking, they naturally would not object anymore.

After discussing Liu E's funeral, Zhao Zhen suddenly spoke again: "I have lived in my twenties and I have not learned about my life experience until today. It is also a great joy to recognize my mother. I want to respect my mother as the Empress Dowager. I wonder what you all love?"

Although Zhao Zhen’s words were reasonable, Lu Yijian and others were all worried when they heard this, because there were generally only two types of titles of the empress dowager. The first type was the emperor’s empress, and the emperor naturally became the empress dowager when he died. For example, Liu E, the second type was a posthumous gift. This type was rare. Generally, a concubine with a high status was posthumous gifted after death. For example, Zhao Zhen’s adoptive mother, Concubine Yang, was posthumously awarded as the empress dowager after death.

Strictly speaking, the identity of the empress dowager is actually above the emperor, and the emperor is not qualified to enthrone the empress dowager, so Zhao Zhen used the word "天", but it was the first time he respected a living person as the empress dowager. It is estimated that only an emperor like Zhao Zhen, who has a bizarre life experience, would meet it, which made Lu Yijian and others not know how to answer for a while.

"Your Majesty, although I am your biological mother, I have never raised you in recent years. I feel ashamed of this, so I am really not worthy of the title of Empress Dowager. Please take back this idea!" At this time, Li Shunrong said softly. What she said was the truth. After all, it was her own decision to give up Zhao Zhen, so she actually felt guilty towards Zhao Zhen, which is also one of the reasons why she does not hate Liu E. After all, both parties were voluntary. Even if she did not agree at the beginning, Liu E could choose someone else.

"Mother, I can agree to you for other things, but I must never agree to this matter. You are my mother, and naturally the empress dowager of the Song Dynasty. If you are not the empress dowager, then what else does it mean to be the emperor?" Zhao Zhen said seriously again at this time.

As soon as Zhao Zhen said something, Lu Yijian and others below changed their faces again. In order to respect Li Shunrong as the empress dowager, Zhao Zhen made a harsh statement. If they dared to object, the emperor Zhao Zhen would not plan to do it. This made them all look at each other and smile bitterly, and then nodded in agreement. It was useless for Li Shunrong to object.

Seeing the reactions of the ministers, Zhao Zhen also smiled with satisfaction, and then immediately asked someone to draw an edict to report to the world that the imperial edict was honored by Li Shunrong as the empress dowager. However, just as the imperial edict was issued and Li Zhang was busy dealing with Liu E's funeral, a bad news came from the northwest again.
Chapter completed!