Chapter Eighty-Eight: Mourning

In the early summer of Jingtai's fifth year, Zhu Jianji, who had survived a spring, finally passed away in the afternoon of this day. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Queen Hang seemed to have collapsed, and the whole person was paralyzed on the ground, looking at Zhu Jianji, who was lying motionless on the bed, she didn't even have the mood to cry. By the time Zhu Qiyu arrived at Kunning Palace, Zhu Jianji had already choked his breath. Queen Hang didn't cry, just quietly held the basin of water and wiped Zhu Jianji's whole body with a wet handkerchief.

Empress Hang heard the palace report: "The emperor has arrived!" He didn't get up and salute, but glanced at Zhu Qiyu lightly, and said softly: "The emperor is here?" Ji'er is so active, and you are disgusted with our mother and son, I'm afraid you haven't seen Ji'er well for a long time. Ji'er fell asleep today, and the emperor can take a good look at him. ”

Seeing that Empress Hang was like this, Zhu Qiyu was a little distressed, and couldn't help but speak: "Empress, I ......" Empress Hang interrupted Zhu Qiyu's words and replied: "Trouble the emperor to hand Ji'er's crown prince court clothes to his concubines." Zhu Qiyu had no choice but to hand the court clothes to Queen Hang, and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Queen Hang: "Your Majesty, the concubines have done too many wrong things, and they have all been retributed to Ji'er, the concubines have no children, and I hope that the emperor will give the concubines a corner in this harem." ”

When Zhu Qiyu saw Queen Hang say this, he couldn't help but feel a little desolate: "Don't worry, the queen will definitely protect your queen's honor." ”

The prince died when he was a minor, so his body was so convenient for the funeral the next day. In Kunning Palace, it suddenly became a sad place where white flags fluttered and paper money flew everywhere.

"The concubine of Weiyang Palace has arrived!" Tang Caiping was dressed in plain clothes and saluted Queen Hang: "Niangniang's Day is a good change." The depressed Queen Hang looked up at today's color screen, although she was dressed in plain clothes, her makeup was exquisite, and the plain silver headdress on one end added a clear beauty and cold charm. Which is the formation of sincere memorials, it is clearly to see the excitement.

"Tang Guifei is so beautiful today, and my Kunning Palace is in mourning today, I'm afraid I can't provide for the great god Tang Guifei. Concubine, please go back. Empress Hang snorted lightly and replied coldly,

"The queen, the concubine is here today to see off the prince, and I hope that the mother will take care of the phoenix. Even if the prince goes, he still hopes that his mother can live well, right? Tang Caiping took out the veil from his arms, pretending to be sad, which made Queen Hang feel hypocritical.

"Silver Lotus send-off!"

"Sister! Today, paper money is burned in the palace, and there is no incense on weekdays, and the concubine smells that there is something wrong with the smell of Niangniang's Chuxiu Palace. Color Ping suddenly said loudly. Sister, when I heard that Chuxiu Palace was built, it was all made of fine golden silk nanmu, but where did I get so many golden silk nan? I want to make a dragon chair for the emperor, and I want to make a dragon bed for the queen, and the things in this bright side must not go wrong, as for the pillars of this palace, the pillars of the house... Even if you use camphor wood as the filling of scraps, it may not be impossible. Cai Ping coughed twice and said again: "It's just... The smell of camphor wood hurts the child's body the most, and after a long time, it is not a strange thing that the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys are damaged. At first, the concubines only thought it was a rumor, who would dare to joke about the construction of the palace? But today, it really tastes like camphor wood! ”

Tang Caiping's words were like knives in Queen Hang's heart, pitiful for her, but she didn't want to be calculated when she entered the palace, and it was really a praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches. Empress Hang's eyes were full of blood, and she grabbed Tang Caiping's body vigorously, and asked through gritted teeth: "Are you saying that it was the old fox of the Empress Dowager Sun back then, and in order to keep the position of the crown prince of King Yi, she calculated it early in the morning?" ”

"Oops! Queen, you hurt me! Sorry for you! The prince is gone, you must not be too sad! Caiping's face changed suddenly, and he was extremely pitiful.

"Tang Caiping! You make it clear! Could it be that the old fox of the Empress Dowager Sun conspired with you to plot against our mother and son?! Empress Hang shouted hoarsely.

"Queen! What are you doing?! As soon as Zhu Qiyu entered the courtyard of Kunning Palace, he saw Queen Hang's hysterical appearance.

"Your Majesty, it was this slut and the Holy Empress Dowager who killed our Ji'er!" Empress Hang trembled and stretched out her finger to point at Tang Caiping, who was kneeling on the ground. “

"Queen! What nonsense are you talking about?! Ji'er went, I know you're sad, but you can't lose your identity as a queen, what do you look like when you shout? Zhu Qizhen stepped forward to support Queen Hang and comforted.

"Your Majesty! Emperor! You have to call the shots for our mother and son! Emperor! At the beginning, it was Empress Dowager Sun who deliberately arranged for our mother and son to live in this newly built Chuxiu Palace! The golden silk nanmu in Chuxiu Palace, the scraps are all filled with camphor wood! This camphor wood is the most harmful to children's lungs and kidneys, so it is the root of the disease! No matter how we recuperate, we can't go back to heaven! Emperor! Queen Hang cried and grabbed Zhu Qiyu's hand, trembling all over.

"Cao Jixiang! Is there such a thing!? Is the golden silk nan of Chuxiu Palace really mixed with camphor? ! Zhu Qiyu heard the queen say this, and hurriedly asked sharply.

"Your Majesty, as far as the old slave knows, this Chuxiu Palace was built by our Yongle Emperor, if there is really anything bad, it should have been discovered a long time ago." Cao Jixiang lowered his head and replied truthfully.

"Yes, Queen, it's you who think too much! Ji'er is gone, I know you're sad, but you can't just wronged people. ”

"Nope! No! Emperor! This Chuxiu Palace was renovated during the time of the Empress Dowager Sun! It's just that we didn't know about it outside the palace at that time! Emperor! Do not be deceived by this eunuch! Zhu Qiyu looked at the woman in front of her, her hair was scattered, and she was sobbing sideways, and she was a crazy woman who had no words, and she didn't feel a sense of disgust.

"Enough! Empress! Are you talking about me again before I became the emperor? Could it be that everyone in the palace is playing like a fool? Look at what you look like now! What a bit of a queen's demeanor! It's a mountain crazy woman! Crazy woman! With that, Zhu Qiyu flicked his sleeves and left in disgust.

"Your Majesty! Our emperor has been killed! Why don't you believe in concubines! Emperor! Queen Hang cried and looked at Zhu Qiyu's departing back, and a trace of despair suddenly rose in her heart.

"Sister take care, the concubine has also taken her leave!" Tang Caiping twisted his waist and left. Yinlian stepped forward and hugged Hang, who was crying and was about to die, "Niangniang, Niangniang." Take good care of yourself! If the cause of the prince's death is really unknown, you have to avenge him. ”

Yinlian's words, Hang suddenly stopped crying: "Yinlian, you're right, Ji'er is still waiting for me to avenge him!" Yinlian, do you see it angrily? How indifferent the emperor is! Ji'er is dead, but he still wants me to take care of the queen's decency, that's my son! Isn't it his son? He wasn't sad at all! ”

Empress Hang muttered to herself and walked to Zhu Jianshen's coffin, Zhu Jianji, who was dressed in a prince's court dress, closed his eyes tightly, without the slightest breath of life: "Ji'er, the queen mother will avenge you, you can watch it, how can the queen mother make those who harm you not die well." ”

"Yinlian, go get a basin of water, this palace needs to freshen up!"