"Madame is a pampered girl in a family like Cao Fu, and she is young, so she may not have experienced these things. Even if you have seen it, you must not be able to remember all the cumbersome etiquette. As for my grandfather's later rituals of reporting to the temple, guiding the way, inviting the spirit, sending the spirit, saying goodbye, sending the plate to wrap up, going out of the funeral, and keeping the spirit, now in my memory, there is only a vague shadow. Waff continued.

Shu E turned her head sideways to look at the figure of Hua Fu outside the bed, and listened to her talk about the events of her childhood, and felt more and more strange in her heart. Shu E did tell Hua Fu that she had not personally experienced the funeral, and all her impressions of these etiquettes came from her grandfather's leisure time. However, hearing Hua Fu speak in such detail, without the slightest hesitation, I can't help but feel strange. Finally, Shu E couldn't help but say, "Sun Niangzi, how old are you?" ”

"Six or seven." Waffle said.

"Mrs. Sun told me this in order to ...... For what? Shu E asked. When you are a child, you are six or seven years old, even if you experience it yourself, how can you remember it so clearly?

"Seeing that Mrs. can't sleep well, say anything casually, and accompany Mrs. to relieve boredom." Hua Fu said lightly, "The Midyear Festival is approaching, and people have to sacrifice their deceased ancestors and relatives, the body has passed away, but the soul is still there." The sacrifice of the Midyear Festival is also to let those souls have a sustenance. ”

After a moment, Shu E smiled miserably: "Sun Niangzi, I just had a dream and dreamed of Huifeng." ”

"Legend has it that the midyear festival is also called the 'ghost festival', and July is the 'ghost month'. On the first day of the seventh lunar month every year, the king of Yama opens the ghost gate and releases a group of lonely ghosts who are not worshiped to the yang world to enjoy people's sacrifices. On the last day of July, the gate will be closed again. The souls of the deceased who have been offered and sacrificed during the seventh month will be reborn, and those who cannot be reborn will be reborn in the underworld. Therefore, Guan Fan's dead souls who have no support for life are still wandering in the yang world. Waffle said.

"Sun Niangzi, do you believe it?" Shu E asked.

"Madame is just thinking about it every day, don't care." Waff whispered comfortingly.

Shu E smiled faintly, "Just thinking about it every day?" Sun Niangzi, you haven't answered my words yet. ”

The bed made of white silk yarn was suddenly lifted, Hua Fu looked at Shu E, and said softly: "Hui Feng is dead in vain." ”

Shu E looked at Hua Fu, the sky was still only slightly bright, and Hua Fu's side face was facing the faint light, which didn't look very real.

Shu E looked at Hua Fu sideways and said, "I heard Qixian say that people who die in vain will find a stand-in in the ghost moon, and if they find it, they can be ultrasounded." The corners of his mouth hooked up with a smile: "I hope she finds me, I hurt her." I said that Doctor Hua didn't save her, but in fact, I didn't know how to tell you, I only let Doctor Hua go with you at that time, but I was just deceiving myself and talking about personnel. It's me...... It was I who delayed her. ”

Hua Fu looked down at Shu E and said, "Madame is not afraid of death, maybe once she dies, Madame's heart will be calm and relieved." But Hui Feng will definitely not come to Madame. Hua Fusong put down the bed curtain he was holding in his hand and said to Shu E: "Because until she died, she believed that Madame was a good person." ”

The curtain fell lightly, as if it was a white veil like smoke, gently blocking Shu'e and Huafu.

Shu E sat up suddenly, the weakness accumulated over the days had exhausted all her strength, and she was already weak when she moved slightly.

Hua Fu said softly through the curtain: "The time has passed, and I have been walking for three whole days. I don't know how to place her sister-in-law in the temple. All the palace maids who are old and sick in the palace will be sent to the dust nunnery. It is called recuperation, but it is actually waiting for death. There are only four old sisters-in-law in the nunnery, and the people who are dying in the nunnery have nothing to worry about. I heard that once someone died, they just hired two people from the suburbs and countryside and threw them into the ravine. No one cleaned her and changed her life clothes, and there was no easy gift. No one excesses or mourns, no one reports the temple or shows her the way, and no one asks for her spirit or sends her spirit. Her own family would not know that she was dead, and no one would even burn a pillar of incense for her and turn a few into valuable ones. Indeed, she is a lonely soul......"

The bed curtain suddenly tightened, and a snow-white bed curtain hanging on the bed frame "snorted" and slowly descended from the bed frame.

Shu E's slender wrist couldn't help trembling, but her hand clenched the curtain tightly and clenched into a fist.

Hua Fu was taken aback when she saw Shu E's appearance. After settling down, he still said in such a calm and cold voice: "If there is still someone in this world who remembers Huifeng, it is Madame." Even if Hui Feng wants to find a stand-in, he will find all the people in this world, but he will not find his wife. Yang Jieyu must be proud of the spring equinox now, I heard that the emperor has drawn up a title, and after looking at the day, she will perform a sealing ceremony in Yujin Garden before returning to the palace. At this moment, she was afraid that she would never think that there was a woman in the world who had just left. Mrs. didn't forget Huifeng in her dreams, how could she wake up and not even want to send her? ”

Shu E let go of the curtain and slowly descended to the ground, her voice trembling slightly: "Hua Fu......"

"It's not too late. I don't know where her soul goes. Hua Fu took Shu'e's arm, helped her sit down, changed her shoes, and put on her clothes. Said softly: "The incense case has been laid out." ”

"Go to the Rose Garden." Shu E said.

A smile finally appeared in Hua Fu's eyes, with a little peace of mind and a little worry.

The morning light has not yet appeared, and it is the darkest time of the day.

The palace lights lit along the road have not been extinguished. This scene is very similar to the appearance of Huifeng leaving the palace at first sight that day.

Shu E's footsteps did not become slow because of the serious illness for several days, but her weak body walked so fast, but her steps were erratic, like a ghost.

In the early morning of summer, it was a little cold in Yujin Garden. The white shirt fluttered in the wind, and the pale green skirt was like a hibiscus Lingbo.

The Rose Garden is not close to the secluded fence, and after walking down for a while, Shu E no longer has the slightest strength.

In the distance, you can already see the rose trellis, in the faint morning light and the warm yellow light emitted from the palace lamp, you can see pink and white flowers, emerald green leaves, full of vines, and dense bushes.

There are pale pink petals slowly falling, as if it was still the scene of the day. It's just that the soft woman under the flower stand with a skin that is better than snow is finally no longer visible. Shu E gently broke free from Hua Fu's support, and walked towards the rose, step by step, dignified and solemn.

Hua Fu hurriedly said: "Madame, beware! ”

Shu E didn't look back, she walked so firmly. She was going to attend a grand memorial and a grand send-off.

However, the sudden strange scene in front of her surprised Shu E.