On the ninth day of the fourth month, the new emperor ascended the throne.
On the fifteenth day of the fifth month, the late emperor was formally interred in the imperial mausoleum.
Everything finally settled down, and the weather grew steadily warmer.
The talk of the town during this time was the resolution of a major case: Prince Jing, Xiao Chenglin, had colluded with a foreign enemy, and his treason had finally been brought to light.
Out of respect for the late emperor, the new emperor spared Prince Jing's life for the time being, decreeing he would be executed in the ninth month after the half-year mourning period ended.
Uprooting one weed pulled up a whole patch. Lin Xueping and all the other ministers who had secretly associated with Prince Jing were thoroughly purged.
For a time, the capital was in turmoil.
