Chapter Seventy-Four: Voices Beyond the Strings
With the idea of the Empress Dowager Hua in the harem, everything became orderly, the upper and lower orders were orderly, and the grand and tragic funeral of the first emperor passed in the gradually hot weather. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
For seven or forty-nine days, two months of excesses, two months of fever, day and night, endless prostration, crying and hoarse throats, unable to eat, having no time to sleep, exhausting people's physical strength.
Some old women and women, as well as some concubines, female officials and palace maids who were weak or sick from heat stroke, died in front of the coffin of the first emperor, and died in extremely trivial red tape.
In the harem of Jin Liangguo, there are not only the emperor's concubines as people usually think, they are internal women, and there are also external women.
At the beginning, due to the extravagance and extravagance of the kings of the previous dynasty, after the death of the country, the magnificent palace left behind was too big, and at the beginning of the founding of the Western Shengzu Emperor, all kinds of waste were waiting to be rebuilt, and they made great efforts to learn lessons.
There are not so many concubines in the harem at all, and there are just so many generals who have died in battle after ten years of soldiers, and some of their widows have even killed their sons and grandsons.
The emperor welcomed them into the palace, and there were some elderly chaste martyrs and the like, and they made up a large number, with a hundred people as the line, increasing or decreasing as appropriate. In this way, the foreign wife and the concubines in the palace have white hair and red faces, and they are very interesting, and they are passed down as good stories among the people for a while, which invisibly gives people an impression that people think that the smoky miasma is a hideous place.
In an instant, it was full of awe-inspiring righteousness, and became a tall moral model, and the emperor added a lot of points to the people, so this system has been handed down, but there is also an age limit, over forty years old. However, where there are regulations, there are loopholes, and some "forty-something" foreign women have skills in their appearance, and the young ones are staggering, looking like they are thirty years old......
After all the rituals were completed, Princess Yingchen shouted: Oh my God, it's finally over, the palace has lost a lot of weight! She watched it once, and then went out of the palace to meet her lover.
She is used to being a ghost, and the people in the palace are used to it, her mother, the Empress Dowager Hua, is a stern person who does not smile, and she gave birth to a goblin, and the foreign women in the palace secretly laugh at their mother and daughter. Empress Dowager Hua always taught her a lesson because of these, and Ying Chen now knows this deeply, there is an insurmountable generation gap between her and her mother, so she can hide. Later, it was no longer a stranger.
Because the emperor insisted on abolishing the bad custom of martyrdom, Gao Changshi counted only twenty-nine people dead.
Some old internal eunuchs said that in the past, Emperor Wenzong died, it was winter, and it was even more difficult, after a funeral, more than 60 people died, plus the rank of grace and self-determination, a full 400 people! They are all loyal people, willing to serve the first emperor underground!
It was as if they were all willing.
When she was grounded, in addition to eating and sleeping, visiting Yongning Palace, enjoying flowers and fish, although it was stuffy, she was fat, and now she is in the mood to enjoy the scenery of Reed Yuan Palace.
Summer is the most beautiful season.
Since Concubine Xian became Concubine Xian, she has already moved from Cuihua Palace in the West Palace to Cixi Pavilion next to Shoukang Palace, and she is so close to the Queen Mother that she is a companion every day.
This can't be helped, the first emperor is dead, except for a Queen Mother Hua, who is the mother of Princess Yingchen, who is in charge of the harem, the scenery is infinite, and she doesn't even sweep the corners of her eyes.
The rest of the concubines are all childless, and now they are all sent to the five nunnery and four temples on Zihua Mountain to become monks according to the ancestral system. That feng shui treasure is the location of the mausoleum of the first emperor and his concubine.
Concubine Xian listened to the numb scalp and said to Totoyu, if I don't have the courage and the Empress Dowager Hua doesn't have Yingchen, we will also go to guard the Wu'an Mausoleum.
"Yes, the Shang Palaces in the palace all proposed to the Empress Dowager that it was against the ancestral system for the Empress Dowager Yongning Palace to take care of King Shou herself, and he should be sent to the six places in the West Palace where the princes were staying to be taken care of by the nurse." But the Empress Dowager said that the Empress Dowager has no Shouwang, so it is better to go to Wu'an to guard the soul and say a word. ”
Concubine Xian still doesn't look at Kang well, but ...... Alas, what's the fight with a baby?
In addition to Yongning Palace, there is nowhere to go to this large palace. wanted to send a few embroideries to Jin Zhaoyi, but because his son King Qi and her used to be lovers, they didn't accept it at all. Send a few plates of snacks to Cao Xiuyi, but people are pregnant, how dare they eat the food she sent? It is said that they have been quietly fed to the sea horn dogs.
It just so happened that the takeoff fish had to lead the nurse to take care of Kang every day, and she was dizzy when she was busy, and the concubine Xian followed to make a few small clothes, embroidering all kinds of small belly pockets and tiger head shoes, and the days were mixed.
Now her sideburns are all gray, she didn't know why the Empress Dowager's hair began to turn white quickly when she was thirty-six years old, you must know that her situation is much better than herself, her son has become the emperor!
She wiped her tears: "I dream of the days when the emperor is here......" Tuo Yu stared at her for a while, and replied: Some things are lost, and they can never be recovered.
At dusk, after dinner, the heat wave of the day subsided, and Concubine Xian came to salute the Empress Dowager who was holding Kang.
"Why did the Empress Dowager come over today?"
"Oh, there was thunder last night, King Shou was probably frightened, he cried all night, and he didn't eat milk, so the mourning family came to take a look." The Queen Mother is a baby, five months old, chubby, and extremely cute.
Concubine Xian touched the snow-white little face with her hand and said, "Isn't it?" Are you still unhappy? Must have been terrified. ”
"The mourners felt that he was frightened because his mother had died on a thunderstorm like that, and he was a baby who could see unclean things better." The Empress Dowager looked at the fatherless baby with pity.
Concubine Xian nodded: "In the final analysis, the palace is full of women, and the yin qi is too heavy." ”
The Empress Dowager said: "What you said is very true, but what can be done?" ”
Concubine Xian was just about to speak, but the Empress Dowager suddenly waved her hand again and said, "Alas! Forget about inviting a mage, his mother died in the witchcraft of nightmarish. ”
Concubine Xian was about to say that she would invite a mage, but she didn't expect the empress dowager to like it, so she changed her words and said: "The concubine also thinks that it is inappropriate to invite a mage, that is all evil demons, we have a real dragon in the palace, what evil demons can't be suppressed?" As long as the weather is really abnormal, the Empress Dowager will ask the emperor to rest in the main hall of Yongning Palace, and with the righteous path of yang energy, King Nashou will never be frightened again. ”
When the Empress Dowager heard this, she nodded and smiled: "That's it!" Desensitization, you go and tell Gao Changshi, and then clean up the main hall here, Qintian will report thunderstorms and strong winds, so please invite the emperor to come and live. ”
Desensitization bowed down and agreed.
Concubine Xian saw the black carved Eight Immortals table, the tortoiseshell sat on the embroidery pier and was dividing the colorful embroidery threads, placing a river beach, pearls, corals and jade, as well as the Queen Mother's mother, who was cutting brightly colored brocade on the side, making small clothes for Kang, and was very busy. Sure enough, what kind of master teaches what kind of slave and maid.
She is born in Sicai, ingenious, and has a unique female red embroidery. She couldn't help but point out, and helped her palace maid to sort out the wiring, and said casually: "Okay, why did Yongning Palace change its name?" Or is it red and gold? For the first time, the palace was a big hit. ”
The tortoiseshell replied: "If you go back to the concubine, it is said that Your Majesty thinks that Ning Zi has committed a taboo ......"
Concubine Xian thought for a moment and understood: "Oh, his mother's concubine is named Ning, good guy, is this a bone in the egg to find fault?" It's okay if someone else's has changed, this is the queen mother's bedroom, and there is really no superiority and humility. The Queen Mother is still alive! It's too bullying. ”
The Empress Dowager said: "It's just the name of a palace, what kind of bullying is it?" The mourning family saw it and replaced it with Ligong, which was much smoother. “
She continued to make Kang laugh, her face was full of love, please, just laugh, right?
Concubine Xian said: "This is not bullying? The widow lives in the palace of the Queen Mother, and His Majesty gives such a fragrant name, the word Li, which always reminds people of Yang Guifei, is it appropriate? “
"It is said that His Majesty's beloved horse's name is Yi Li, and it seems that His Majesty likes the word Li very much." Concubine Xian's palace maid said.
Concubine Xian saw that she didn't take a stubble, and said: What is even more confusing is that there is a messy pair on the door of the dormitory...... Tsk tsk, what kind of off-string sound is this?
Overtones? This is a question that the whole Reed Yuan Palace wants to know! (To be continued)