In the seventh year of Jiayuan, on September twenty-first, Prince Yan passed away.
During his lifetime, Prince Yan committed the crime of plotting rebellion. According to law, he should have been executed. His body was forbidden from interment in the Imperial Mausoleum, and no funeral rites were to be performed; instead, his corpse was to be discarded in the Mass Burial Mound.
However, the Emperor, out of fraternal affection, personally selected a geomantically auspicious plot near the Imperial Mausoleum to serve as his tomb.
He also decreed that a simple funeral service could be held to allow the Emperor to express his sorrow.
Upon hearing this decision, everyone in the court praised the Emperor for his kindness and magnanimity.
For a time, the court halls were filled with flattering commendations.
Fortunately, Zhao Junyao had never liked listening to such words.
