31. The death of the second master
Xie Erye's illness has become more and more serious, and he has been unable to get out of bed for three consecutive days, Luo Jin goes to Xiaozhuxuan every day, and he sits for half a day.
Seeing him withering little by little, as if he was more prepared in his heart, he didn't feel so much pain in his heart, but just kept sinking, sinking, sinking to the point that even his brain was numb.
The maids are outside, and from time to time someone wipes their tears, in the past, Luo Jin came, Xie Er Ye always led her to write a word or two, but now Xie Er Ye didn't even have that energy, Luo Jin sat opposite Xie Er Ye, her little head lying on the table, looking at Xie Er Ye blankly, her face expressionless.
Everyone knows that Luo Jin and Second Master Xie are the closest, and even the maid feels unbearable: "If Second Master is ...... Miss Cousin should be so sad. ”
"Miss Cousin doesn't understand these things yet, hey, if she is a big ...... again."
"The second master also said a while ago that when Miss Cousin is older, he will save a dowry for Miss Cousin, and the second master ...... Woowoo"
A few maids outside sobbed quietly, afraid that the people in the house would hear it.
Luo Jin doesn't understand anything, she just understands it too well.
In the blink of an eye, it was late autumn again, and the fallen leaves were shattered to the ground, Luo Jin remembered that it was also such an autumn when she first crossed over, and at that time she always guessed what kind of color she would live in this life, maybe the woman inherited her father's business and became a shopping mall overlord, maybe she raised the first beautiful man in the county to enjoy Qingfu, and maybe she took the shit luck to be a lady or something, she always thought about her own business.
How could she have imagined that she was just a lonely soul who had crossed over, but there would be a place for someone else in her life.
"Second uncle," Luo Jin grabbed Second Master Xie's hand and put it on top of his head, just like he usually does: "I still have a lot of words that I can't write, when will you teach me?" ”
Second Master Xie looked at Luo Jin's eyes a little weak, and the hand that Luo Jin put on his head touched Luo Jin's hair weakly: "Yes, I still have a lot of things to teach you...... The capital is so big, and I'm afraid of you, and I'm bullied ......."
Xie Erye's tired words made Qian Luojin burst into tears, she was a sensual person, and she couldn't stand the gentle care the most, like a sharp knife into her heart, thinking that at that time she still swore to give Xie Erye a family happiness for the original owner of this body.
"Second uncle, is it something that makes you happy that Luo Jin is here?"
"Happy, this time is the happiest day of my life."
Just this sentence, it seems that everything is worth it, whether it is deliberately stupid, or whether it is selling obediently in a different way, it is worth it.
Feeling that he was afraid that he would not be able to survive this hurdle, Second Master Xie dragged his tired body and began to arrange his own affairs.
Although Second Master Xie has long since retired from the court due to physical reasons, he has always been Old Lady Xie's military advisor, and in the way of being an official, Second Master Xie is much stronger than his father, who has been fighting on horseback for decades.
Recently, the two masters of the Weiguo Mansion have come to find the old lady Xie, and there are many temptations in their words, especially the second master Dou, who is in an important position, Long En's body, and he is also arrogant, so he actually forced the Zhenguo Mansion to choose a side among the princes.
For these two masters to come out and lobby, it must be at the behest of Concubine Li. Indeed, the second prince is now the most popular candidate for the crown prince, the most sacred, the queen mother is also blue-eyed, and there is a huge power behind the Weiguo Mansion, if you add the Zhenguo Mansion, it is almost a win-win situation.
Investing in the second prince is a high-quality fund that protects the capital, and the guests of the Zhenguo Mansion all persuaded the old lady Xie to buy this fund, and the second master Xie talked with the old lady Xie for a long time overnight, and one of them was repeatedly mentioned by him: The Zhenguo Mansion should stay away from the battle for the storage position, and it should not stand on the side of the second prince.
Old lady Xie also has suffering, if he is alone, he doesn't want to get involved in the struggle between the princes when he goes to heaven, he is so old, no matter how much glory and wealth he has, he also enjoyed it when the first emperor was alive, but what will his son and grandson do? At this time, he rejected Concubine Li, if the second prince ascended the throne one day, the Zhenguo Mansion would never have a good day.
"Even if we helped the second prince and didn't have a good life, cough cough, it's better to pave the back road to others."
"You mean...... Supporting the Six Princes? ”
"Ahem, don't look at Prime Minister Yu's tossing and turning, I'm afraid that the six princes themselves don't have this mind."
"How old is the sixth prince, he is not ...... yet"
"Father, don't underestimate the six princes, Tan Yuan is his companion, Luo Jin and him fall in love, if he takes care of this love in the future, the Zhenguo Mansion will not worry."
"Alas, I wish my grandchildren, as you say, blessed children."
"Oh, your children and grandchildren must be blessed, just look at the eldest brother, what has he worried about in this life?"
"Of course your eldest brother is the most blessed, but it's a pity that you ......" Old Lady Xie couldn't bear to say any more.
"Blessed am I, too." Second Master Xie closed his eyes and muttered in his voice, he used to have the regret of having no children in his life, but now, he has no wishes.
In this life, he was content.
As if the natural connection of blood in the body was inducing, Luo Jin didn't sleep all night that night, only listened to the sound of people walking around outside, pushed open the door, and the lanterns in the corridor outside were all lit, flickering candles under the night sky.
Luo Jin's hand clutched the door frame, and the pain in her fingertips made her calm down, and she said to Xiuxi beside her, "Go and ask." ”
Xiuxi soon came back to reply, and it was really the same as what Luo Jin had in mind.
"Second Master...... went. ”
Luo Jin was wearing thin clothes on her body, and ran to Xiaozhuxuan like crazy, a room of maids and maids couldn't catch up with her behind, her small body burst out with unprecedented energy, and ran to the door of Xiaozhuxuan, and was hugged by Qiaoping, who was guarding the door: "Miss Cousin, why did you run here?" What about Mama Hu? ”
Mother Hu ran over breathlessly and took Luo Jin from Qiao Ping's hand.
"Second uncle! I want to see my second uncle! ”
Qiao Ping was embarrassed and said, "Second master...... The second master is sleeping in the house, Miss Cousin is obedient, don't make a noise and the second master rests. ”
really deceived Luo Jin as a child, the room where Xie Erye lived was lit with bright lights, and there was a sound of crying from time to time, he left, and ran over after all just to confirm that he had indeed left.
Luo Jin leaned crookedly on Mother Hu's arms: "Mom, take me back, I'm sleepy." ”
"Hey."
Mother Hu was holding Luo Jin in her arms, and she only felt that her young lady was particularly distressing, in the entire Zhenguo Mansion, her young lady was closest to Second Master Xie, how could this person ...... Say no, it's gone.
That is, the people of the Zhenguo Mansion will inevitably report the death to the palace first, and there is a curfew in the palace at night, and it can only be reported at dawn, so the death of Xie Erye, Concubine Li Guifei knew earlier than the emperor.
At night, the eunuchs around Concubine Li rushed to report, and Concubine Li opened her eyes when she heard the letter, and she was completely sleepy.
"This palace remembers that Xie Hengxin doesn't have an official position, right?"
"Hui Niangniang, originally served as a leader, but later resigned due to illness, but the etiquette has always been the same as the original position."
"That doesn't make sense," Concubine Li's slender fingers fell on her knees and tapped twice, "Since you are not in her position and do not seek her own government, how can the common people exceed the rules." ”
"Yes, the minion understands, so I'll go and inform the Department of Rites."
"Niangniang, why do you bother with a common person, but let the Zhenguo Mansion have a gap." The palace maid served Concubine Li and fell asleep again.
"Shengcha, hmph, what can they do to this palace? didn't teach them a lesson, and they all thought that they could sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and they thought it was beautiful. ”
According to common sense, Second Master Xie should be able to be buried with the specifications of the leader, with the old lady Xie here, the emperor will usually be extraordinarily gracious, and the Zhenguo Mansion estimates that the specifications approved by the palace in the end should be half of the princes, if the emperor wants to be extraordinarily gracious, it can be higher, but he didn't expect to get back the approval document on the same as the common people.
Old lady Xie threw the approval on the ground on the spot, and the housekeeper picked it up tremblingly: "Master...... This is the ...... of the palace."
The second son of the dignified town of the Guogong Mansion was buried with the rites of the people, which is unheard of! It is clear that it is to embarrass the Zhenguo Mansion.
The affairs in the palace are still more accessible to the eldest princess of Jiayu, and soon sent someone to deliver the message, the current Boxing Department is Li Guifei's hand, and the eunuch next to Li Guifei just went to the Boxing Department last night, for what, it goes without saying.
"Concubine Li is too deceitful!"
Today's well-known cronyism has already chilled many old ministers, and if he can lift the Weiguo Mansion that supported his accession to the throne to the sky, he can trample the Zhenguo Mansion that has not supported him into the dirt.
Old lady Xie is now at this age, wearing heavy court clothes and begging to see him outside the palace, he didn't even see him, he waited for half an hour, but saw the second master Dou of the Weiguo Mansion coming out of the palace.
Second Master Dou looked frivolous, and when he passed by Old Lady Xie's side, he patted Old Lady Xie on the shoulder with one hand: "The emperor is busy with official business, so he doesn't have time to take care of that little at home, and if it's late, even the concubine doesn't bother to take care of it." ”
The palace is heavy, the people can't come in, the old lady Xie is standing alone and actually stumbles, once a son of heaven and a courtier, how glorious he was with the first emperor back then, the Weiguo Mansion from the family did not dare to compare with him, and now the Zhenguo Mansion has fallen into such a field.
At this point in his heart, the straighter body that Old Lady Xie had practiced in the martial arts camp gradually bent out of the rickety arc, and walked out of the palace step by step, this shoulder, this arm bent, and he was almost unable to lift it.
Too tired, Old Lady Xie was full of exhaustion in his heart.