The death of the second noble woman in the harem will definitely cause some shock in the imperial court. But what is sad is that after these ministers expressed their condolences to Concubine Cheng Mu, they actively participated in the debate, and the content of their argument was that the Sun family had no children, who would serve the Sun family for the funeral and funeral.

Mourning is out of respect for the ancestors, because the woman returns to her husband's family after marriage, so it is generally the responsibility of the children and grandchildren to mourn and mourn. If there is no one to pay tribute to the dead, people will think that the dead will become a lonely ghost when they reach the underworld.

Sun has only one daughter under her knees, and has no children and grandchildren, so her funeral arrangements have become a problem.

Some people think that the Sun family is the elder, and it is natural for the younger generation to mourn for the elder, and they can choose one of the princes to mourn the mother to comfort the Sun family; some people think that the Sun family is only the concubine of the princes, and the status is not as noble as the prince, so the prince should not be wronged to mourn. Gradually, the ministers developed from suggesting Sun's funeral to arguing whether the concubine and the princes should mourn for their mother-in-law. Eventually, the controversy intensified, leading to a great debate about the son's mourning for his mother.

There were different opinions, and Zhu Yuanzhang was difficult to make a decision for a while, so he asked the minister to find out how the ancients talked about the mourning dress system.

The minister found out that there were forty-two people in total, fourteen who were willing to serve for one year, and twenty-eight who were willing to serve for three years.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that the number of people who were willing to mourn for their mothers for three years was more than double that of those who were only willing to serve for one year, indicating that people were still in favor of mourning for their mothers-in-law and their sons, so he decided to choose one of the princes to mourn for the Sun family.

He called all the princes to him and asked who would be willing to mourn for Sun for three years.

But all the princes did not have a positive attitude in this matter, and three years of mourning meant that they could not drink and have fun, go out to play, have sex with men and women, and even have meat for three years. The princes who were born in brocade clothes and jade food are willing to live this hard life, and the Sun family is not their biological mother, so they have no feelings for each other.

Zhu Fan and Zhu Di also complained privately, "We are princes, but we have to mourn for a concubine, what is it." There are so many concubines of my father, all of them are our concubines. If we have one today, one tomorrow, according to the standard of the father's request for the son to serve the mother's term, I am afraid that we will have to mourn every year. ”

Although the other princes did not dare to complain blatantly like Zhu Fan and Zhu Di, they were not convinced, so they all shirked and avoided Sun's funeral.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, and was about to arrange Sun's burial ceremony, and the person who threw the basin for Sun had not been found, and finally he selected Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, from among the princes, to serve Sun's mother for three years, and the prince of the East Palace and all the kings were in the period, and he also gave Sun's brother Sun Yingtian a rent of 300 stones, and offered gifts every year. At the same time, he ordered the scholars to formulate the "Record of Filial Piety" and promulgate it to the world, and asked the people to abide by the system of the son serving the mourning of the mother. So the concubine served the biological mother for three years, and the system of the concubine period for the sons began with Sun Guifei.

Zhu Yuanzhang chose Zhu Hu to mourn because he considered that the prince would be the king of a country in the future and could not mourn for his mother; Zhu Fan and Zhu Di dared to complain in public, indicating that they had no respect for the Sun family, and if they let them mourn the Sun family, there might be some ugly things to happen during the mourning period; Zhu Di was exercising in the military camp, and letting him mourn would affect his development in the military camp; the other princes were young and afraid that they would not be able to endure three years of hard life, so only Zhu Hu was more suitable to think about it.

He was thoughtful in this way, but not everyone could understand it. The other princes were glad that they were not the unlucky bastard, and Zhu Hu ran to Li Qi'er to cry about Zhu Yuanzhang's unfairness.

"Hu'er, three years of patience have passed, and during this period, you must not make any mistakes to upset your father. When three years have passed, your father will definitely reward you for your filial piety. Li Qi'er held back her tears and coaxed Zhu Hu away, and as soon as Zhu Hu left her, she was so angry that she smashed the tea cup in front of her.

Zhu Di has stayed in the barracks all the year round, she has lost a son, and Zhu Yuanzhang is now letting her other son go to mourn other women, is this to strip the two children from her? She has not yet enjoyed her son's filial piety, and her son has to go to others to pay filial piety first, where is she, her biological mother?

Hmph, there are so many princes, why does Zhu Yuanzhang only let her son mourn, if it is because she has two sons, then Ma Xiuying has more sons, why not let the prince, Zhu Rong, and Zhu Di mourn? In the final analysis, because those three are sisters-in-law and are more valuable than her sons.

Thinking of this, Li Qi'er clenched her fists, Di'er was right, only if you get ahead will you not be looked down upon!

On the day of Sun's burial, Zhu Di returned to the palace to mourn for Sun's family, watching his younger brother wear linen and filial piety for Sun's heirs, Zhu Di's eyes flashed with tears, he resented that he was not strong enough, otherwise he would not have to wronged his younger brother to mourn an irrelevant woman. He hugged Li Qi'er and comforted softly, "Don't be sad, concubine, Brother Hu will always be your son, and no one can take it away." The son will have a future in the future, and he will never wronged his younger brother. ”

"Di'er, Di'er, the mother concubine and Lu'er will count on you in the future!" Li Qi'er nodded, tears raining down, fortunately, this was Sun's funeral, and her bitter crying did not arouse the suspicion of others.

As the queen, Ma Xiuying will not attend Sun's funeral, and her body cannot insist that she complete the funeral ceremony. She sat quietly in front of the window, looking out at the scenery.

I don't know if it's because of Sun's departure, this winter makes people feel particularly depressed, the sky is always shrouded in a layer of gray mist, the treetops sway in the wind, and the leaves float down from the air, and soon the ground is dyed in yellow and green colors.

Most of the people in the palace went to attend Sun's funeral, and the birds and finches that usually fly out of the forest to feed were gone, and the palace was terrifyingly quiet, and Ma Xiuying suddenly missed the summer and made her irritable.

Xun Ying knew that Ma Xiuying was uncomfortable, and Dao Yan and the other monks were going to do things for Sun's funeral, so they didn't come to Kunning Palace today. She comforted: "Master, you must be happy, if Master Dao Yan knows that you are so sad, he will definitely reproach you for not taking care of your body." ”

This is the most effective killer for Ma Xiuying, every time Ma Xiuying is unhappy, Xun Ying will talk about Dao Yan, often saying something like "Master Dao Yan has worked hard to treat you, but you have wasted his efforts" or "Master Dao Yan may not want to treat you if he is angry" and other things to coax Ma Xiuying.

There are some things that can't be said, but Ma Xiuying knows that Daoyan's attitude towards herself and other patients is different, thinking of Daoyan's care and dedication to herself, her heart swelled with indescribable sweetness, and her mood suddenly improved.