#239 - Ming 26: Red Lead Prescription
The History of China
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The Death of the Dodging Emperor
Jodjing's mother died after taking some sort of medicine. He deeply suspected that his aunt was behind it and had poisoned his mother. The empress dowager escaped charges of arson and attempted assassination somehow or another, and managed to die of natural causes in 15 forty one. Though he could not deny her a funeral, jodging, the pettiest boy who ever lived, ordered that it be a minimal and barebones affair conducted with the least possible ceremony.
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