Ling Xiang walked to the window and looked, the direction of the front hall of the palace was already brightly lit, and it seemed that there were still people moving around with lanterns.

She was a guest in the palace of Yuyang, and she didn't want to do much, and she was about to lie down again, when someone knocked on the courtyard door of Guangxiangxia.

Ling Makeup knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly put on his coat, pulled out the hairpin and quickly re-rolled the green silk, and called the maid to serve.

The mother-in-law who was guarding the door in Guangxiangxia opened the door, and saw that it was the housekeeper with two small servants, rubbing her sleepy eyes and asking, "What's wrong?" ”

Steward He said in a hurry: "Quickly ask the son and grandmother to get up, there is a will in the palace to the house, and the prince will notify the servants to go up and down to the front to receive the order." ”

He didn't stop, he walked away with a lantern.

When Su Jinhong and Ling Makeup came to the front yard of the palace, the front of the hall was already crowded, the palace attendants had solemn faces, and they wore them on their heads, and they wore coarse linen on their hair, covered with white cloth and coarse linen, and Concubine Sun and Princess Qiu all stepped forward to ask.

Ling Xiang saw that the official clothes in the country were declining, and now there is no queen in the country, and it is known that the emperor is in mourning.

Before long, the palace was gathered, and Ling Xiang looked around and didn't see the king of Yuyang, thinking that he had already entered the palace.

The internal officials issued an edict, and sure enough, Emperor Shunzuo died, and ordered "hundreds of officials in Beijing to cry in Chengenmen, and the princess, the county lord, Wang Ji, Zongji and the four women of the order gathered in the Linrui Hall to mourn." ”

Concubine Sun fell to the ground and cried bitterly, and the palace suddenly mourned, and even Ling Xiang and other painless people could only hide their faces and grieve, and the people who served at the moment hurriedly went to the hairpin for the princess and the county lord, braided the hair with the thickest raw linen, put on the mourning clothes given by the inner court, and hurriedly prepared the carriage and horses to rush to the palace immediately.

The master in the palace, except for Su Jinhong and Ling Makeup, all participated in the funeral, the concubine was in a hurry, Ling Makeup was worried about her body, but she was also more than willing and insufficient, fortunately, several Wang Ji followed on the side, and the accompanying grandmother could also take the same into the palace, and she could always take care of one or two, because the emperor's death was expected, and there were some preparations in the house, such as the handkerchiefs used by the female relatives to cry and mourn, the sachets hanging inside, etc., all of which were hidden, both refreshing and tear-jerking, and so on.

Before Princess Qiu boarded the car, she explained to the eunuch Heng Tai, who was in charge of the palace: "There is a sacrificial shed in the house, and the upper and lower people are all about mourning, please ask Grandma Su to show you, don't be a mess like you don't have a master." Then he shook Ling Makeup's hand and went.

After this chaos, I didn't realize that the sky was getting brighter, Su Jinhong had a solemn face, and he didn't speak to Ling Makeup, so it was easy to stay up until dawn, and he took Jianping out of the house after changing his robe.

Because of Princess Qiu's special explanation, the chief eunuch Hengtai came to ask for instructions on everything, in fact, he arranged it in an orderly manner, Ling Makeup didn't want to talk much at all, but it was not good to be lazy, so he went to see it one by one.

Most of the time passed, the palace was already a plain, and there was no news from the people who entered the palace, because the court had not yet issued a decree to the subjects of the world, and the Ling family did not know, so they sent Gong Along to invite Su Jinhong and Ling Makeup to come to the house, Ling Makeup judged according to the old practice of the emperor's funeral, and it was inconvenient to return to Ning in a short time, so he wrote a letter for him to bring back, and told the Ling family to close the door as much as possible.

According to the Great Yin Ceremony system, the emperor mourned, except for the first night of officials and clan ladies into the palace to mourn, the next day Zigong Feng'an will be officially announced to the world, and then three days in Beijing all the officials and clans ordered the women to cry day and night, burn incense, and drink wine, and the relatives of the clan stayed in the inner court within 27 days. The official's house served 100 days of mourning, forbidden to marry and have fun, the common people served 27 days of mourning, stopped marrying for one month, stopped slaughtering for 49 days, and sounded the pestle and bell 30,000 times in various temples in Kyoto. The rest, such as the large and small Buddhist events in the palace, the throwing of paper and other rituals are numerous.

Anyway, the emperor's funeral can toss the dead, kneel on the ground for a long time, cry hoarsely and can't beg for water and food, those who are old and frail, tired and sick or even tired to death are common.

Ling Xiang knew that the rules in the palace were strict, and it was disrespectful to tie cotton pads and other things on her knees to be discovered, and nothing else could help them, so she ordered someone to go to the treasury to receive some medicinal herbs, and made dozens of bottles of portable pills, not to mention anything else, it was quite effective to fill hunger and rejuvenation, and when Concubine Sun came back in the evening, she was so tired that she shook, she sent it, only saying that it was the secret medicine of Jiangnan Pharmacy, and after that, these pills helped everyone in the palace of Yuyang.

Because they had to go to the palace at night, Princess Qiu and the others were too tired to hold on, so they went back to their rooms to rest for a while, leaving Ling makeup alone to serve in front of Concubine Sun, she saw that the concubine's complexion was very bad, and she couldn't help but worry.

The concubine patted her hand and comforted: "Silly girl, my grandmother has gone through a big battle, and the queen concubine in the palace has also knelt down, but she is too old to be useful, just take a breath, you don't have to worry." ”

Ling Xiang squatted down on the bed: "Grandmother, don't speak, quickly close your eyes and recuperate." ”

Concubine Sun said: "I smell too much of the sachet, my brain is very clear, although my body is lacking, but I don't feel sleepy at all, it's good to have you to talk with you." ”

Ling Xuan thought about it, got up and sat on the edge of the bed to pinch the concubine's legs.

The concubine was stunned for a moment, and then felt that the sour and numb old legs were like electricity, and there was an indescribable relief pleasure.

She waved her hand and ordered the rest of the servants to retreat, gradually showing a gentle smile on her face, and muttered: "You are so Lan Xinhui, it is really a blessing for Hong'er, last night the inner palace has issued the edict of the first emperor, the king of Wei will ascend the throne in a few days, he has always appreciated and is close to your uncle, our family can come smoothly, but the palace has no heirs, it is me and your uncle's heart thorn, so I want to succeed, according to the rules of the clan, I will inherit his Rong family's blood, your uncle discussed with me, and I have the heart to think about Jihong'er, which is the emperor's will." My grandmother has been looking forward to it for many years, and when he asks for the holy decree one day, Hong'er and you will rely on you for life, and I will die and be blinded......"

Ling Makeup's heart turned back and forth, listening to Concubine Sun's words, thinking about Su Jinhong, she definitely didn't know what King Yuyang was secretly thinking, but at this moment, the concubine's words made her unable to answer, and she seemed to be suspicious in a trance, what was unpredictable in the dark, and she was even more worried in her heart, but everything couldn't be declared, she was stunned for a moment, and could only say: "What did grandmother say?" Do you want to kill the younger generations in a hurry? ”

Concubine Sun was silent, and the person who clearly said that her brain was clear and she had no sleepiness actually fell asleep with a smile.

Ling Makeup knew that the concubine had been hard for half her life, she was born in a poor background, and she was sold into the family when she was a minor, and then she was sold into the palace to become a cheap slave who was in charge of cleaning the courtyard road.

King Lu Cheng is a restrained and conservative person, he was greedy for beauty and helped Sun as a cheap concubine, Sun gave birth to a son and two daughters, after the freshness, he disliked her low background, and soon fell out of favor.

Fortunately, she fell out of favor early, and after the death of King Lu Cheng, the Sun family was not hit by the princess, not to mention that the young man of King Yuyang was ambitious, and she opened another mansion, so she survived to the end. It's just that the fate of the children is shallow, and the daughter who died in the past is not counted, and the lord of Danjun also called her a white-haired person to send a black-haired person, and the inner center is sour, and only mothers know it.

Ling Xiang looked at her vicissitudes of life but peaceful sleeping face, and her heart was full of mixed feelings.