The emperor died, and the world was vegetarian. Emperor Daxing's Zigong Palace has been properly placed in the Jinshen Palace, with cascading white barriers hanging on the lintel, the funeral shed is so high, and the bottom is full of courtiers and eunuchs who are serving filial piety and condolences. Wanwan still has an impression of Yiqiē eight years ago, and her father's ascension is the same situation. It turns out that memory has a reincarnation, and she used to be afraid of the eighty-one red lacquered gold coffin, and there was a big brother to protect her at that time. Now that even her eldest brother is lying inside, she realizes that living is actually about constantly separating, gathering less and leaving more.

The cries of the queen mother and the ladies in the palace were drowned in the vast sea of tears, and everyone felt confused about the road ahead. The filial hat was very deep, obscuring the view on both sides, and Wanwan only saw a high offering table and sweets and pastries piled up in a spire.

The attendants kept adding incense wax back and forth, and the burnt paper money in the copper basin formed a warm array, which burned people's faces for a long time. Wanwan knelt under the coupling next to the Zigong Palace, alternating between blurry and clear in front of her eyes. The eldest brother may not be competent when he becomes the emperor, but he is a good brother, she still remembers the scene when he rode on the wall to pick up shuttlecock for her, even if he was sorry for the people of the world, he never felt sorry for her. She cried, not for the loss of the British lord for the society, but only for her own siblings. Maybe when he was alive, he didn't realize how precious it was, and once he lost it, she suddenly found that she had no support. She knelt from midnight until noon, and had no intention of going back. What do she do when she goes back, she can smell the smell of linen everywhere in the air, even if she sits in the dormitory. It's better to accompany the eldest brother here for the last journey, from now on, this person is just a long string of honorific titles on the tablet, and there is no longer any meaning.

The bronze ring came to persuade her: "Your Highness, lunch has been prepared and placed in the east side of the hall." You should rest for a while, and for a few days, that's not the case. ”

She came back to her senses and wanted to stand up, but she couldn't straighten her legs for a while. The brass ring stepped forward to support him, and he barely moved out of the main hall.

The funeral report of the court was sent out in the middle of the night, and one after another eunuchs with white flags on their backs came back to resume their lives. ”

Tonghuan said no, "Your Highness doesn't know, this morning Shao Niangniang followed Emperor Daxing." ”

Wanwan's scalp suddenly numb, and she was stunned and asked, "Is there such a thing?" ”

Tonghuan nodded: "I think I have too deep a relationship with Emperor Daxing, and I am reluctant to separate." Our Daye has always had the custom of being buried by a celestial girl, and she followed, so that she could always accompany the emperor of Daxing, otherwise with her position, she could only be buried in the concubine's mausoleum in the future. ”

She was confused, "What about King Rong?" Does she not care? ”

"His Royal Highness King Rong and the queen, after ascending the throne, I am not afraid that no one will assist."

So it's not necessary to live, even if you're dead, no one cares, this court is so ruthless. Wanwan exhaled a breath of turbid air towards the vast Heavenly Street, settled down, and went down the steps into the East Side Hall.

There were people in the hall, who seemed to have come early, and when they saw her enter the door, they stood up and greeted her, "I haven't eaten this morning or night, and I have been kneeling for a long time, and I don't listen to your advice." Rest here in the second half of the night, when you are tired, let the predecessors wait for you to go back to the palace, light the lamp and boil the oil, how much is enough? As he spoke, he gestured to the eunuch, and the food in the lunch box was brought out and neatly stacked on the table in front of him.

Wanwan raised her eyes and called out to the second brother. That's one of her mothers, Fu Wang, and the history of the Fu King is different, this Fu Wang is born evenly, behaves gracefully, usually good at reciting poems, quite elegant reputation. When my father was alive, my brother and sister lived in the palace and had a close relationship. Later, Emperor Daxing ascended the throne, he went out of the palace and set up another Fu Wangfu, there are fewer opportunities to meet these years, and they can only meet during the New Year's Festival.

But flesh and bones are flesh and bones after all, and when she saw him, she was also teary-eyed, sitting at the table to eat, and couldn't help choking. She still can't figure it out, "Okay, why did you die!" ”

King Fu's five fingers on the handle of the circle chair tightened, and he frowned and said: "This disease has not been delayed for a day and a half, and it has intensified since the beginning of spring last year. You don't know in the palace, the imperial gate of the previous dynasty was also exempted every three or five times, probably because the body was really bad. ”

Wanwan put down the chopsticks, "The Queen Mother always doesn't let people go to see him, I wanted to enter the Qianqing Palace several times, but I didn't dare to enter in front of the door." Now that I think about it, the big brother is so pitiful, he is young, and he will die when he says he is dead. ”

King Fu stood up, paced slowly in the light and shadow in front of the door, his face was sad, like a filial piety robe on his body, and muttered: "I have enjoyed the blessings that I deserve, and I have suffered the sins that I deserve, and I have lived in vain in this life." I know that you and the eldest brother are good, he is driving, you are sad, but you must also take care of your body, always kneel in front of the spirit to do nothing. Don't keep vigil tonight, the celebrant is undertaking the funeral of the Chaotian girl, so many people died in the palace in one go, the yin qi is too strong, your child's family, there is no gram. Don't worry, the big brother is not here, and I, we are from the belly of a mother, and we are closer than anyone else. ”

She knows this second brother, sometimes he is not very reliable, but blood is thicker than water, and if you are serious, he is indeed the closest person.

She bowed her head, let the palace people wait to rinse her mouth, and remembered Shao Guifei's matter, "I heard that Shao Niangniang of Chengqian Palace was martyred?" ”

King Fu's face was faint, "Even if her son succeeds to the throne, the queen mother will not be her turn in the future, and there is a Zhao Niangniang above." When Emperor Daxing was there, she was pampered and arrogant, how many people did she offend? Now that the backer has fallen, martyrdom is also a good way out, at least to die decently. ”

Wanwan didn't understand his words at the time, Emperor Daxing only had a lone seedling under King Rong's knees, and King Rong's succession was a foregone conclusion, so why use the word "even if"? Later, I learned that maybe Yiqiē had already been in his calculations, Yannian ran out of Kunning Palace in the middle of the night and died inexplicably in Chengqian Palace, and the eunuch who guarded the spirit also made up a large set of words to fool people. The Daye Dynasty survived for two hundred and sixty years, died young, King Fu flourished, and the throne was his.

"When you become an emperor, do you have to pay for the lives of your relatives?" Wanwan asked Tonghuan afterwards, "Do you feel that it is not a blessing to be born in the emperor's family?" ”

The bronze ring stood aside, his eyes cast into the extremely distant sky, and his voice was a little hollow: "Your Highness is already extremely noble, how do you know the world beyond this high wall?" There are hundreds of people, some people have fine clothes and fine food, and some people freeze to death by the river. Since he has received the most monstrous wealth in the world, he naturally has to experience pain that ordinary people can't imagine. There is no right or wrong in the change of imperial power, only success or failure. The slave maid felt that instead of letting a six-year-old child be the emperor, it was better to hand over the country to the emperor's uncle. Anyway, it's the same as Emperor Xiaozong's blood and blood, who can't be the emperor. ”

This is also true, the wood is already in the boat, what else is there to worry about. She is a girl, and the ups and downs in the court have nothing to do with her, she still lives the same life, except for the Queen Mother's increasingly lonely look, and Zhao Niangniang's helplessness of changing her name to Zhao Lao Niangniang, the harem she sees is nothing more than the replacement of the old and the new, except for the greater number of people, there is no other difference.

Since Queen Zhao was rejected as a matchmaker last time, she roughly guessed her thoughts, so as not to be bored with herself, she deliberately distanced herself from her, and even said different things to her for a while. But the first emperor dragon pilot, the king of Rong

Wanwan, because a compatriot became the emperor, her days in the palace were more idle than before. Although the current queen is also mediocre, at least it is not difficult for her, when necessary, Her Royal Highness is long and short, and her mouth is still very lively.

Empress Zhao invited her to visit the door, and the outdated queen, Kunning Palace had to be vacated to others and moved to Fengfeng Palace to live. Wanwan entered the door, she looked very embarrassed: "Look at this place, it is no different from the cold palace, the eldest princess can deign to come to see me, and I am also happy in my heart." People like us, what are they now, grandma doesn't love uncle and uncle, just send people under the fence. My face is thick-skinned, and I am still next to each other, Concubine Hui is looking for death, do you know why? ”

Every time she sees her, there is always endless bitter water. The concubine in her mouth is Concubine Zheng Hui, the celebrity in front of the Queen Mother, who committed suicide on hunger strike half a month ago, and there are still different opinions about her death.

Dead people in the palace have never been uncommon, and Wanwan has no interest in those weird insiders, but she is afraid that she will not be able to get off the stage and pretend to be curious. At this moment, Mrs. Zhao knocked over the walnut car, and muttered a lot, saying that Concubine Hui's death was not of her own volition, but was instructed by her family. At the beginning, the first emperor Bintian, she did not accompany the funeral, and she could not go to the mausoleum to guard the mausoleum, and the people in the palace hated ghosts. She cries in Shoukang Palace every day, and the Queen Mother doesn't want to see her anymore because she is alive, and her life is quite difficult. There was really no way, and he asked his family for ideas, Zheng Shangshu had the stomach and talent, so he sent someone to send an empty food box in. Concubine Hui woke up from a big dream, and she didn't eat or drink from that day, and died within three days.

"Once a son of heaven and a courtier, isn't it the same for us people. Now there is no amiable person in the palace, only you. Old lady Zhao held the cup and looked at her face, "To put it mildly, Your Highness grew up under my watch, when the first emperor ascended the throne, you were only high on the edge of the table, and in a blink of an eye, you became a big girl." I've been thinking about one thing in my heart, you have reached the age of talking about marriage, and my sister-in-law will tell you about your family, I don't know if you want to? ”

Last time, I just scratched my boots, but this time I really asked the door. Wanwan was not very happy, but the girl's family was thin-skinned, and her face was red with anger, and she looked ashamed.

"Sister-in-law, don't laugh, since the Emperor Tai/Zu, there is no reason for the girl to promise her own family. I have a queen mother, and a brother and sister-in-law, and I can't make my own decisions when it will be. ”

Old Lady Zhao still didn't give up, "Although the first emperor and you were not born to the same mother, the heart that loves you is no less than that of the emperor." If you want to talk about sister-in-law, am I not your sister-in-law? The relatives I said were also officials in the court, his father was the right capital of the Imperial Palace, and he was appointed as a senator in the Cheng Xuan Political Envoy Division, and he was born with a dignified appearance, and his character was well-known. Yan smiled, "I know you're embarrassed, and I blame me for being too anxious, and I should have mentioned it to the Queen Mother." That's it, when I look back and probe the Queen Mother's tone, it's not too late to talk to you in detail. ”

Wanwan stood up and pulled her face out of the Feng Palace.

The copper ring asked on the side: "What does Your Highness mean?" ”

"This Zhao Niangniang is now sick and rushed to the doctor, and seeing that her mother's family is about to fall, she pulled me to make up the number. She wanted to mention it to the Queen Mother and asked her to mention it, so she had to be bored. She said indignantly, paused and was confused, "The factory minister told me before he went to Jiangnan, probably because he was afraid that I would be angry, and it would be difficult for him to beat the side drum around the corner." I'm afraid that he is not afraid now, he asked Young Eunuch Yan to take care of Ying Yude Palace, and Zhao Niangniang didn't have anything to do. Let's see, when he returns, ask for his opinion. ”

"Then what if the Queen Mother agreed? What is the method of His Highness? ”

"I'm not a cat or a dog, so I'm up to them." She gently flicked her sleeves, "I have my own opinions, if you force me, it's a big deal to ask the emperor to reward me with a house, and I will leave the palace alone." ”

The brass ring has been with her for a year, and she has seen every bit of change in her. The eldest princess last year was still a crying child in trouble, and this year she has become more and more old. The shaping of a girl's personality may be overnight, with principles, opinions, and her own likes and dislikes, which is far stronger than those sect girls.

"Slave and maid, guess, Your Highness has someone you like in your heart?" Tonghuan joked with her, "If there is, don't hide it, the marriage will be missed in a blink of an eye, and you will regret it for a lifetime." ”

Wanwan smiled, "Where is the ......" remembered Xiao Duo, but it's a pity, it's almost a little bit after all. It's a dream of my youth, I can't say it, but as long as he's still there, it's satisfied.