Li Xiaonuan took the old lady back to the east room of the main house, the old lady sat on the couch, took the tea offered by Mama Bai and took a sip, looked at Li Xiaonuan and ordered:

"Later today, there should be a will in the palace, early tomorrow morning, the internal and external women, all go in to cry and mourn, tomorrow I will go with your mother, you can tell the sick, there must be someone at home to watch, your mother can't."

"It's better for me to accompany my mother, the ancestor is old, where can he stand it."

Li Xiaonuan replied in a low voice, the old lady looked out of the window attentively, and after a while, she turned her head, looked at Li Xiaonuan, and sighed,

"I'll go, say goodbye to the emperor, do my best, besides, I don't worry about Ah Ran."

"Well, the old ancestor will go tomorrow for a day, and I will go the day after tomorrow."

The old lady stretched out her hand to stroke Li Xiaonuan's sideburns, sighed and nodded.

Cheng Ke didn't return to Qinglian Courtyard until the third watch, while going to the cloak, he shouted that he was hungry, Li Xiaonuan hurriedly asked people to send the prepared meals, Cheng Ke ate a big meal, held a cup of tea, leaned comfortably on the Luohan bed, and motioned for Li Xiaonuan to sit beside him,

"King Cheng has entered the boundary of the North Third Road, Qianyue has not caught up, Lord Cao and I have been busy in the military department for this day, I have to quickly transfer troops to the north, you let people pack up my things, tomorrow morning, I have to live in the military camp outside the city, except for the five or six thousand people in the capital, the other soldiers and horses have to be transferred from all over the place, you have to be tighter, the soldiers and horses have arrived, if you can practice for two days, alas! It's really going to be a fight. ”

Cheng Ke sighed, Li Xiaonuan stretched out his hand to stroke Cheng Ke's eyebrows, and said gloomily:

"Just hit it."

"It's also a helpless thing, don't worry, this matter, me and Xiaojing...... I thought of it two years earlier with the emperor, and I have been slowly arranging and scheduling, except for the North Third Road, people are arranged elsewhere, but I can't transfer troops in advance, and the emperor is in a hurry. ”

Cheng Ke comforted Li Xiaonuan, but his brows furrowed, Li Xiaonuan moved, next to Cheng Ke, buried his head in Cheng Ke's arms, was silent for a long time, and then asked in a low voice:

"Chengwang Mansion? There are only three women left, Princess Cheng, and they also look like it? ”

"Hmm."

"Who's else? Today I heard that I took someone. ”

"Well, I took the military department book, Shilang, and some, take it down and lock it up first, now it's very time, it's good for them to be locked up first, the Lin family, Jingbei Wangfu, the Xu family, and a few others, it must be seen for a while, and the will of King Xuancheng to return to Beijing for the funeral has been sent out, all of them are ...... Had to do. ”

Li Xiaonuan sighed softly and did not answer, Cheng Ke reached out and stroked her back, and explained in a low voice:

"It's okay, the emperor has won the hearts of the people in recent years, and now the court has Tang Xiang and Yan Xiang stable, there is no obstacle in political affairs, the capital garrison is in the hands of Lord Cao and his father, and there is no hindrance, and there is no worry in the south, except for the three roads in the north, the emperor has been carefully arranging in recent years, in the past two years, with Yan Xiang and Tang Xiang secretly helping, there is no hindrance, if it is not for King Cheng to escape from the capital, alas, this war, in the end, did not avoid the past!"

Li Xiaonuan lowered her eyes and nodded.

Before dawn the next day, Li Xiaonuan got up, checked the things that Cheng Ke wanted to bring again, ate with him, and sent him to the door, Cheng Ke reached out and grabbed her,

"Don't worry, this battle, you just have to rest assured, I and the emperor have been preparing for the past few years, this is a long time planned, and now the emperor has the advantage of the central government, the benefit of the people, there is no reason to be invincible in this battle, but it is good to be able to fight quickly, otherwise, those tribes in the north are afraid to take advantage of the situation to enter the ......"

Cheng Ke paused, Li Xiaonuan reached out and pulled his cloak, and said with a smile:

"I'm relieved, with you going, what else do I have to worry about, you yourself should be more careful, King Cheng has fought for so many years, and he is a ruthless corner, he treats human life like a mustard, don't take it lightly."

Cheng Ke nodded, stared at Li Xiaonuan for a while, and said in a low voice:

"When this battle is over, I won't receive any more errands, and I won't leave the capital!"

Li Xiaonuan smiled and pushed him,

"You can finish this battle first, and then let's go."

Cheng Ke turned around and walked out of the weeping flower gate and strode out.

The joy of the Spring Festival, in a blink of an eye, turned into a piece of white flowers, the whole capital, the streets and alleys, can no longer see a trace of red festivity, each household received the red lanterns, hung the plain white lanterns out, the big family of the high gate was busy painting the vermilion gate overnight, put away the red lanterns, red silk and green belts and other things with a little bit of joy, the inside and outside of a plain white, the streets and alleys of the capital are dressed up in plain white.

The palace is even more white, the sound of crying is endless, civil and military officials, internal and external women, return every morning to night, crying and mourning after hard work, and constantly bowing and mourning according to the hour. The old lady of Runan Wangfu had snow-white hair, was dressed in plain clothes, and was on crutches, crying for the first day, she entered the palace early, knelt in front of the spirit, and shed tears without waiting to mourn, Cheng Guifei, who is now the Empress Dowager Cheng, hurriedly helped the ground to help the old lady, Zhou Jingran hurriedly stood up, helped the old lady up with her mother, and persuaded in a low voice with red and swollen eyes:

"The ancestor is old, please mourn, I will send you to the side hall to rest for a while."

The old lady looked at Zhou Jingran, patted Zhou Jingran's arm heavily, nodded, and was helped into the side hall by him.

Empress Dowager Cheng gave a few words to the female official in a low voice, followed closely behind, took the tea from the female official's hand, and gave it to the old lady, watching the female officials and attendants retreat, before sitting down next to the old lady and whispering:

"Mother is old, why is she here?"

"It's okay, I'm in good health, I want to come and see you, look at Xiaojing, if I don't see it with my own eyes, I can't put my mind at ease."

The old lady sighed, looked at Empress Dowager Cheng, turned her head to look at Zhou Jingran who was standing next to her, sighed heavily, reached out to hold Zhou Jingran's hand, and patted it lightly a few times,

"It's hard for you."

Zhou Jingran was stunned, with tears in her eyes, she lowered her head and did not speak, Empress Dowager Cheng turned her head to look at Zhou Jingran, sighed as if she didn't have anything, and said in a low voice:

"You go get busy, I'll talk to my mother, don't be too tired, I'm afraid that it will be hard for a few years."

Zhou Jingran agreed in a low voice, arched his hand, turned around and walked out of the side hall, went to the spirit and put incense on the pillar again, raised a round of mourning, and then helped the inner servant and went to the front hall, the front hall, Prime Minister Tang Cheng and Prime Minister Yan Cheng's eyes were red, and together with the six Shangshu, they were waiting for the new emperor Zhou Jingran, countless things that were either important, or urgent, or could only be decided by the emperor, were waiting for him to make the final decision.

On the right side of the spiritual seat, where the daughters-in-law guarded the spirit, Meng knelt in the front, crying high and low, his eyes swept over Dai and Sun who were half a step behind her from time to time, Dai and Sun ignored Meng, while crying, while paying attention to the movements of the Empress Dowager Cheng, lest they miss a half.

Princess Cheng knelt behind Sun with a blank face, staggering her head to the ground, motionless, as if she was just a statue.

Zhou Wanruo was next to her mother, her fingers were picking at the flat ground, she was extremely cold, she didn't know whether it was cold or afraid, her body kept trembling slightly, she moved, leaned over to her mother, and squeezed again, as if she wanted to squeeze into her mother's arms. Princess Cheng was squeezed by her to straighten up slightly, turned her head, looked at her daughter calmly, moved her hand on the ground, held her daughter's hand and pinched it, her daughter's hand was cold, and her hand was also cold.

Xu knelt down behind Princess Cheng without moving, as if he was dead.

Princess Xin knelt in the seat behind Princess Cheng, her face was blue and gray with loneliness and calm, her hands were on the ground, as if she was supporting her body very hard, and Concubine Qian's eyes were still with panic, only looking at Princess Xin, she cried and she cried, and she worshiped her.

Princess Min was quiet and silent, as usual, kneeling at the back very unobtrusively, following the sound of etiquette, bowing meticulously, holding up mourning.

Empress Dowager Cheng came out of the side hall, paused, slowly swept past the daughters-in-law kneeling together, and then turned her head to look at the inner and outer wives kneeling in the felt tent outside the hall, and turned her head to instruct the inner servants,

"Make more charcoal pots and send them over, the ground is cold, one mat per person."

The waiter respectfully agreed, and after a while, more than a dozen waiters carried charcoal basins and sent them in one after another, and put them in the hall and felt tents.

Zhou Wanruo held her mother tightly, followed Princess Cheng into the car, turned around and lifted the curtain slit, watched Xu get into the car behind her, and couldn't help but spit hatefully, Princess Cheng's face was tired and unusually crooked on the pillow, and she didn't even want to open her eyes.

Zhou Wanruo moved to her mother's side and gently beat her mother's legs,

"My mother has a leg injury and has been kneeling for a day......"

"Mother is fine."

Princess Cheng opened her eyes, looked at her daughter lovingly and sadly, reached out to stroke her hair, and leaned her on her shoulder.

"They all say golden branches and jade leaves, alas!"

Princess Cheng let out a long sigh, Zhou Wanruo leaned on her mother, tears fell like beads,

"Mother, I'm not afraid, I'm really not afraid, but once I die, I'm not afraid at all."

"Hmm."

Princess Cheng looked at her daughter, opened her mouth, and didn't say anything, but tears fell, the day of the army in the north is the day when their mother and daughter die? How many more days can there be? The daughters are not yet adults, and there are sons, sons who are far away in the south, has the emperor summoned him back for the funeral? Is it a funeral, but also a rush to Huangquan Road? Her two children, these two children, how can she endure this heart?!

Princess Cheng hugged her daughter tightly and couldn't cry.

Early the next morning, Li Xiaonuan got up early, wore a thick and soft legging pants, and carefully hung the purse with delicate snacks, Qingshen pills and other things in the skirt for Li Xiaonuan.

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If you are not idle:

The above, in fact, are all silver, if you take it to enjoy it, it must be a flowery, infinite prosperity, but people, do something and do nothing, this, not for.

Many people are watching this lively scene, how can they say it, for example, an ugly woman who is covered with lewd sores wants to show her private parts, climb to the high platform, and lead a group of ignorant ghosts, taking care of herself, this is just a joke, but the owner of the stage covered his face and called it disgusting, but turned his face and praised it:

"This kind of posture is like Luoshen, beautiful than Xizi, the first 30,000 years, the next 5,000 years, only one is not the only one that can be found in the world, it is the brightest star of our Taiwan, can have this face, the people on the stage, all have honor! Come! Applause, applause! ”

This makes the people on the same stage feel embarrassed!

I can't be embarrassed, and I avoid it in a hurry!