My father didn't wait for my house in Andaofang to be completed, but waited for the birth of Li Rui's eldest son - this imperial grandson came from the harem palace people, and his mother was only aware of the court when she was pregnant for six months, and Wei Huan passed by when she killed the cane.

Not long after the birth of the emperor's grandson, my father gradually became unconscious, and my mother ordered the crown prince to supervise the kingdom, summoned me to the imperial court, and waited for my father day and night with her. Half a month later, on the first day of April, in this era without April Fool's Day, my father became the first emperor forever. The edict ordered the crown prince to ascend the throne in front of the coffin, change the day to the month, and predict the political affairs in advance; with the three prime ministers to assist the government, if the major affairs of the world are not decided, the queen of heaven will enter and stop. Each king added a hundred seals, the princesses added fifty, and the hundred officials gave titles and ranks, and the people were exempt from any difference.

I have lived thirty-four years, but this is the first time I have actually encountered the death of a loved one.

No matter what my father's merits and demerits were, he really had nothing to say to me and Li Rui. He was almost speechless before leaving, but he specially called Li Rui and me to him, put my hand in Li Rui's hand tremblingly, and then sighed and stretched out his hand, struggling to touch my head.

At that moment, Li Rui and I couldn't hold back, and tears broke down.

The palace was soon dressed in plain colors, mother, Li Rui, Wei Huan and I all changed into filial piety clothes, Li Rui was outside, mother, Wei Huan, me, and the concubines in the harem who only appeared once in more than a year, including the funeral, under the guidance of the ceremonial officer.

According to the etiquette system, there were many married elders standing in front of me, separating me from my mother. As a talented person, Wan'er can't wait by her mother's side at this moment, but Wei Huan and her mother are standing together.

I have been silently watching Wei Huan serving her mother diligently in the distance, fulfilling the responsibility of an eldest daughter-in-law, thinking that she is about to become the queen, there is no wave in my heart, occasionally thinking of my father, I will sobb in a low voice, if I hear the official shouting, I will kneel or worship with the crowd.

My mother sent two palace people to be by my side, holding pills at all times in case of emergency. Wei Huan immediately did the same, and also sent a palace man to guard me. However, fifteen days later, I still couldn't survive in this day and night crying and mourning performance, and fell down in the kneeling worship, and when I woke up again, the person had been moved to the grass house in front of the hall, only Ah Qing was kneeling and sitting in front of me, as soon as I opened my eyes, she walked out, and she carried a food box into it, opened it with her own hands, and the food box immediately emitted a faint fragrance.

The aroma of meat.

I looked at this small bowl of broth in horror, and subconsciously wanted to call someone, Ah Qing put the food box on the side, took the bowl out, and said respectfully: "The princess doesn't need to be frightened, this is given by Her Majesty the Queen of Heaven." ”

In fact, there is not much meat in this soup, only three small pieces, pitifully floating in the milky white soup, at first glance it does not look like the imperial palace meal, but like the free soup in the university cafeteria in the previous life - a bowl of soup and reminiscent of free, the color and appearance are naturally needless to say, in normal times, it must not arouse people's appetite.

But I haven't eaten meat for fifteen days now.

Not only has I never eaten meat, but I can't find any other adjectives in my diet at these times except for the word "coarse".

As if it was not enough to prove his filial piety, Li Rui announced that the first emperor was worthy of Yao Shun, and when Yao Shun collapsed, the world wailed for the loss of food like a mourning test, so now these subjects should also follow him as the mourner to lose food and use rough food, he allowed me not to be among the bad food, and the ingredients were also at my disposal, but except for me, they all listened to his words as the future emperor, how dare I be different? Not to mention that I am nominally married, and the food supply is no longer in the palace.

In the end, not only did we have to stay here day and night, but we had only one meal a day—no meat, only a simple vegetarian diet, and the Queen Mother, children under the age of seven, elderly people over sixty years old, and the infirm and sick like me were allowed to have a snack in the morning and evening.

I swallowed my saliva, glanced at the broth nostalgically, and decisively rejected Ah Qing: "Nonsense, how can there be a reason for father's filial piety to use meat?" In order to show my filial piety to the first emperor, I also squeezed out a few tears at the right time.

Ah Qing looked at me with a smile and a smile, and pushed the bowl towards me: "Filial piety is not at this time, the princess should drink it while it is hot." ”

I was a little depressed halfway through crying, and while getting up and resting on my chest, I shook my head resolutely: "Don't drink." ”

She didn't seem to have seen me so resolute in resisting the queen's order, frowned, and bent down to carry things out.

I waited for her to leave and then quickly got up and went out. Although I was sent to the tent because of illness, it was not good to stay too long, otherwise if someone gently and skillfully mentioned a sentence, and carried a reputation of "mourning without mourning", wouldn't it be wronged?

I lifted the curtain and went out, Song Fuyou and Xiao Lang were waiting outside, Xiao Lang saw me and said: "The Queen Mother ordered, saying that Erniang is not busy going over." ”

Song Fuyou held me and said in a low voice: "Where the etiquette is, if the princess can get up, let's go." ”

I also whispered, "Who is there before the spirit now?"

She said, "I don't know. He seemed to be a little surprised, hesitated for a moment and said, "I just saw the prince go inside." ”

I deeply felt that after Wei Huan left, there was no one available around me, I looked at Xiao Lang, and then at Song Foyou, waved my hand weakly, and went all the way to the door, only to know that Li Rui had gone to the side hall to rest with his mother, and the older concubines and princesses also temporarily retreated, leaving only Wei Huan with Li Rui's concubines, and the younger women in the clan.

If you go in at this time, you will inevitably have to be with Wei Huan, and it will be embarrassing to talk, and it will be embarrassing not to speak.

I hesitated for a moment, then turned and went to the side hall.

Mother sat cross-legged on the couch, holding a string of Buddhist beads in her right hand, her eyes closed, looking extremely tired. Li Rui stood in front of her respectfully, his hands drooped, making a waiting, seeing me go over to salute, he was busy and wanted to help me, but his mother called him "Liulang", so he could only quickly put his hand away, turned to look at his mother, but his hand stretched out from the inside of his sleeve and waved upward, as if to excuse me.

The mother opened her eyes at this moment and said lightly, "Let her worship you." ”

I knelt down in a proper manner, walked through all the etiquette that should be done, and when I got up again, I took a step behind Li Rui, looked at my mother with him respectfully, and listened to my mother: "You are the prince, these little things are self-determined, don't ask me again." ”

Li Rui answered, stood for a while, and saw that his mother had no other instructions, so he retreated.

As soon as he left, his mother's tone was much kinder: "I asked Ah Qing to bring you soup, why don't you drink it?—— don't coax me with those lies, you were born by me, don't I know you?"

I peeked around me, and Ah Qing was not on my mother's side, so I smiled a little wryly and said to my mother: "At this time, when I woke up, I only saw her, and I took such a bowl of soup and said that it was A-Niang's order, but I didn't have any credentials, son... Don't dare to drink. ”

I can see it clearly, there is no one in this palace who can be completely trusted, any person may be an eyeliner sent by others, and no matter how much people around me who have been trusted for a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not have their own thoughts. What's more, Li Rui has not yet ascended the throne, there is a mother eyeing him, and there is also a concubine Li Sheng, who has been the prince of the queen for 20 years, and an elderly half-brother Li Bin, now is the time when the situation is unclear and friends and enemies are not distinguished, even if it is Ah Qing who is the messenger, as long as there is no handwritten letter from my mother, or my mother's face-to-face orders, I will never gamble my reputation and future on this bowl of soup. (Jin-Jiang)

Instead of being angry at my caution, my mother said with some relief: "It's right that my son doesn't dare to drink." This matter is that A-Niang didn't think about it, if you want to drink soup in the future, you will come to A-Niang's side, and then go out after drinking, so that the second person will not see it. He took me to his side, touched my face lovingly, sighed, and said: "There are more than 20 days left - I will ask someone to prepare some chicken, crisp cheese and the like for you, and you can eat one or two when you are free, otherwise you will not be happy if you know about this act and damage your body." ”

As soon as she mentioned her father, she took a handkerchief to wipe her eyes, the more she wiped her tears, the more she looked at me with red eyes, I couldn't help but snuggle in her arms, and shouted "A-Niang" in a wailing voice, ready to cry, but I don't know what's going on, there were tears in the tent just now, but the tears couldn't flow out at this time, I rubbed in my mother's arms for a long time, I couldn't help it, I raised my head, and called a "A-Niang" during the period.

My mother's tears also stopped, and seeing that there were no tears in my eyes, she raised her eyebrows in some surprise and said, "If you have something to say, just say it." ”

I bowed my head and said, "It's just a little thought of my own, if I say something wrong, I beg A-Niang not to punish me." ”

My mother looked at me with a little playfulness, and now she looked at me less like a loving mother, but more like... It's like when she looked at Li Sheng in the past. My mother didn't respond to my request, but slowly tapped her fingers on the small table on the couch, and said for a long time: "You talk about it first, say it, and A-Niang will know whether what you said is right or wrong." ”

I made up my mind, and without much hesitation, I said: "Now that the first emperor is in a big way, the kings and vassals are running for funerals, etiquette, grace and other things, and it is urgent to issue an edict. The crown prince has not yet ascended the throne and has not yet been declared, so please ask all important matters to be decided by the queen of heaven's order in the middle book and the door, and then the prince will be ruled by the edict. (Jin ↑ Jiang exclusive)

Dingding looked up at his mother, she had stopped the movement of her fingers, her face was silent for a moment, she reached out and pinched my face, and squeezed out a smile: "Didn't you think this by yourself? Who told you that?" ”

I shook my head and said, "No one else, it's all my own thoughts." ”

The mother narrowed her eyes and said, "My son told Ah Niang that Ah Niang didn't pursue that person, and she didn't blame you." 166 Reading Network