Chapter 399: The Emperor's Funeral
The winter of Emperor Zong's five years was unusually cold, just entering the wax moon and there were several snows in a row, one urging a sprinkling without interruption, the snow on the ground was covered with a layer of snow, and the sky and the earth were silver and white, and the howling north wind swept up a little bleak. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
From the first snow on the white ground, Emperor Zong's health was very bad, and he couldn't get up directly, the Qianming Palace was twelve hours a day, and the doctors of the Tai Hospital had not been able to leave since he entered the Qianming Palace, Qi Rong also began to stay overnight in the Qianming Palace, and Zhen Wanyi packed up several Qi Rong's clothes and sent them to the palace.
On the last day of Emperor Zong's fifth year, the sky was gloomy, Zhen Wanyi came back from listening to Yuxuan and stood under the corridor looking at the ink-like sky in a daze, Yingyue said on the side: "Princess, it's going to change the sky again, you go back to the room to rest first, Ming'er's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is almost ready." ”
Zhen Wanyi frowned slightly, "Did the prince come back with the news today?"
Yingyue shook her head, "Not yet." ”
Zhen Wanyi glanced at the gate of the courtyard again, sighed, turned around and prepared to enter the house, Yingyue raised the thick cotton curtain embroidered with red plum and snow, and Zhen Wanyi heard a low bell as soon as she took a step.
"Knock"
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Nine low bells rang from afar, as if the world was mourning. Zhen Wanyi stayed for a long time before turning around and looking at the north, wanting to see the majestic land of the palace through the heavy twilight, and wondered if the person she was worried about was okay.
Yingyue was shocked: "Princess, it's nine bells. ”
Zhen Wanyi nodded, "Well, it's the death bell of the death knell, and I ordered to go down, except for the white spirit hanging on the tent curtain, everyone in the house is wearing linen and filial piety." ”
After speaking, he turned around and went to the East Cross Courtyard, and hurriedly helped Brother Heng to change out of the brocade robe and put on the sackcloth filial piety clothes, and then asked Hu Niu to change the brocade tent of the East Cross Courtyard, and then went back to his room with Brother Heng and hurriedly changed clothes.
Mai filial piety clothes were prepared when Emperor Zong fell ill, so they were changed quickly, but in two hours, everything was prepared to be reported everywhere. Zhen Wanyi thought that this was the first time that Rongwangfu had experienced such a major event, so she went to Mama Mu and took the red parrot to go around, and she was relieved to get Mama Mu's return.
After everything was safe, Zhen Wanyi put her mind at ease, and went to bed and squinted for a while under Yingyue's persuasion, but she couldn't sleep well even when she was worried in her heart, and she was floating and heavy in her dreams, and when she was awakened, she didn't know where she was. "Princess, the palace attendant is here. ”
Zhen Wanyi hurriedly got up and dressed, went to the front hall, and calmed down when she saw that it was an acquaintance. "Grandpa Lin. ”
Gonggong Lin looked sad, and after meeting Zhen Wanyi, he said: "The slave came to inform the princess by the mouth of the queen's mother, and asked the princess to enter the palace to cry and mourn in three days." ”
Zhen Wanyi nodded, "The concubine takes the order." There is Lao Gonggong. ”
Gonggong Lin turned sideways, "The slave still has to go to Prince Yu and Princess Yu, so I will leave first." ”
Zhen Wanyi hurriedly said: "It's cold outside, it's not too late for my father-in-law to drink a bowl of ginger tea and then go to Prince Yu's mansion." Saying that, Yang Yi brought hot tea over, Lin Gonggong smiled and thanked him, he was indeed cold and hungry after a busy night, and he drank all the ginger tea in the bowl without delay.
"The prince is handling the funeral in the palace, and everything is fine. ”
"I'm annoying my father-in-law. ”
Gonggong Lin put the tea bowl and saluted: "The slave retires." ”
The red parrot sent the person straight to the second gate and handed the purse before returning. Also returning to Jinxiang Courtyard was Guard, and when she saw Guard, Zhen Wanyi's heart was relieved.
"How is the prince?"
Although Wei An had a thick look of exhaustion on his face, he looked serene, "Princess, everything is fine with the prince, when His Majesty died yesterday, the prince and the prince and the six Shangshu were all there, everything is stable." Then the prince left the prince to preside over the funeral in the Qianming Palace, and the prince was afraid that the princess would worry, so he asked the servants to come back to report as soon as the palace door was opened this morning. By the way, he took the prince into the palace to cry and mourn. ”
Zhen Wanyi's expression was difficult to look at, "The prince is so young that he has to enter the palace to cry?"
Wei An laughed, "Don't blame the princess, the prince has a knighthood, so naturally he wants to enter the palace to cry and mourn, but it's just a passing scene, just when the person arrives, the prince has arranged it." ”
Zhen Wanyi breathed a sigh of relief, and called the nurse to help Brother Heng'er, who was still asleep, change into a thick linen filial piety dress, and added two more underpants to the robe and tied mink knee pads. He also handed over a pair of mink knee pads to Wei An, "Give this to the prince, let the prince take care of himself." ”
Seeing off Guard, Zhen Wanyi's heart was raised high, it was snowing outside again, and this winter was really cold.
It was not difficult to sit and wait for a day, and finally the person was finally looking forward to coming back when it was about to dark. Zhen Wanyi hurriedly greeted her, took Brother Heng'er, and said hurriedly: "Brother Heng'er is okay, are you tired? Are you frozen?
Brother Heng seems to be in good spirits, but he hasn't seen his mother all day, and he is worried about holding Zhen Wanyi and doesn't want to let go.
The nurse followed and replied: "Back to the princess, Xiao Shizi has been accompanied by Wei An's father-in-law and the slave maid today, and he knelt for a quarter of an hour in the morning, drank milk twice and ate a bowl of chicken porridge and four dumplings. I slept for most of the hour at noon, was with the little prince of Prince Xian's mansion, knelt twice in the afternoon, only a quarter of an hour, drank milk twice and ate a bowl of noodles. There was a brazier next to Xiao Shizi, and it was not frozen. ”
Zhen Wanyi breathed a sigh of relief, "The nurse will go to rest first, and I will take the son of the world tonight." I will have to work you the day after tomorrow. ”
At night, Brother Heng stuck to Zhen Wanyi tightly, and Zhen Wanyi hugged him and slept on the same bed.
After two days in a row, Brother Heng entered the palace to cry and mourn, and this year's New Year did not see a single firecracker, nor did he see a trace of festive silk and bamboo singing and dancing. The whole country is mourning, whether it is sincere or not, everyone always has a trace of sadness on their faces.
On the fourth day, Brother Heng didn't have to enter the palace, and he changed the internal and external wives to enter the palace to cry and mourn. When Zhen Wanyi was about to enter the palace, Zhen Ruyi took Qi Shiyu and Qi Shile into the palace.
"Ninth sister, when I learned that you entered the palace today, I thought that the prince was afraid of being lonely in the mansion alone, so I specially brought Sister Yu and Sister Le to accompany me, and you can rest assured in the palace. ”
Zhen Wanyi looked at the mother and daughter who were all dressed in plain linen, her eyes flashed, but she said, "That's right, I was worried just now that Brother Heng'er was arguing alone in the house." Now you can rest assured. ”
Zhen Ruyi pursed her lips and smiled: "Your affairs in the palace are big things, and you can't help if you want to be a sister, so you can only do something to do it, fortunately, Shizi and Sister Le are always together, and the two of them can have fun, so you don't have to worry." ”
Zhen Wanyi looked at the Qi family sisters who had already played with Brother Heng, and saw the red parrot shaking at the door for a while, so she said, "How can you worry about having a seventh sister in my sister." It's not early, I'm in the palace, and the things in the house will trouble the seventh sister, if you need anything, just look for Yingyue. ”
After speaking, he only brought green willows and red sleeves and two little maids into the palace and began a three-day mourning.