At the end of the year, just after Laba, early in the morning, Yan Xiaoyue was woken up by Jiang Siyan, "Yue'er, get up quickly, someone in the palace is coming to announce the funeral." ”

Xiao Yue's mind cleared, "Funeral? The Emperor's? ”

"Well, I'll go to the upper courtyard first, grandfather and the three of them are going to go into the palace to cry and mourn, and then grandmother and second aunt are also going, you quickly arrange the Jinyuan and go to the upper courtyard to have a look."

Yan Xiaoyue hurriedly got up, put on the silver robe that had been prepared for a long time, and used the true color of Yuehua brocade, only embroidered some simple and elegant lines on the edge, after all, there was no fate, and Yan Xiaoyue couldn't wear heavy filial piety, otherwise let the old lady see it, and she wouldn't hate her to death, thinking that Yan Xiaoyue wanted to bring her filial piety in advance.

instructed Bi'er to take out the white silk that she had prepared some time ago and replace all the festive colors in the house, and Yan Xiaoyue took Jin Qiao to the upper courtyard.

At this time, the sky was not yet bright, but the winter morning was also late, and when Yan Xiaoyue arrived at Jingrong Temple, all the people had arrived. Although they have long expected that His Majesty will not be able to pass this year, but such a high-ranking person will leave when he says it, it still makes people feel related, plus the change of dynasty, who knows who can keep the prosperity of the past in this dynasty?

"It's all here, then listen to it, the affairs of the house are all in the hands of the second young lady, and in the recent past, there has been less movement, except for the necessary living needs, and the door is closed. Xiao Niang, when I met those unruly subordinates during the period in charge, I just tied them up, put them in the firewood room, and then dealt with them when I came back. ”

Yang Xiaoer took two steps forward and said "yes".

"This time for crying and mourning, the second lady and I are going to the palace to cry for three days, so we don't have the strength to care about you, you should do your own thing and leave the hospital less." These words were said to Yan Xiaoyue and Sixue Siji.

The three of them were also busy.

Time is tight, and the old lady is a good person. The position of kneeling and crying is estimated to be in front, this cold winter wax moon, I am afraid that my body will not be able to bear it. So as soon as he finished the order, he went into the inner room and began to change into warm and light clothes.

Yan Xiaoyue took advantage of the time to give Mama Ling a look and let Mama Ling take her into the inner room.

"Grandmother, this is the Tonic Pill that your granddaughter-in-law prepared for you, using ginseng. Radix astragali. Angelica and other medicinal herbs are made, and the effect is very good for replenishing vitality, so you bring a bottle. Just in case. Yan Xiaoyue handed a small handful of porcelain vases to Jiang Ruan.

The old lady glanced at Yan Xiaoyue in surprise, then lowered her eyes and glanced at Mama Ling, who hurriedly stepped forward to take it, "Yueniang has a heart." Let's take a good look at what is going on in the house these days. ”

"Yes, grandmother, don't worry. It's just that you have to pay attention to your body in the palace, the weather is getting colder, you can prepare some warm clothes, the gray moat cloak that was made for you last year. You can also bring it, after all, the palace is not as good as the house, and it is not convenient to lack it. It's the first day, and no one knows what's going on in the palace. Be prepared. ”

The old lady hesitated for a moment, but finally let people turn it out, Mama Ling took it, shook it open and looked at it, "Young lady, you see this is it." ”

Yan Xiaoyue only glanced at it, then nodded.

"This hair is really good, and the color is appropriate, and the old lady is wearing it just right."

Jiang Ruan's face also had a smile on her face, and Yan Xiaoyue let out a sigh of relief, fortunately, the old lady still gave her face today. After Mrs. Jiang dressed neatly, she took the two maids out of the house.

In the seven days after the emperor's death, the bells rang in the temples across the country, the court officials wept for seven days, the wife of the emperor mourned for three days, and the emperor was buried in the emperor's mausoleum after seven days. Wait another twenty-seven days before you can get rid of it, and any marriage and any form of silk and bamboo entertainment are prohibited for twenty-seven days in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.

After seven days, Yan Xiaoyue looked at the emaciated appearance of the few people in the mansion who were crying and mourning, and once again rejoiced that Jiang Siyan was not an official of the imperial court, she did not have an order, otherwise she would definitely be as white as the second lady today, that is, the old lady, although she had the qi tonifying pill given by Yan Xiaoyue, she was also very uncomfortable after coming back.

And this time, in just seven days of crying and mourning, there are not a few people who fall ill as soon as they return to the house, especially those who are old, among them, the eldest princess fainted as soon as she entered the house, and the imperial doctor was announced to enter the house on the same day, but I am afraid that the situation is not very good.

Jiang Ruan was lying on the bed, listening to Mama Ling's words, and sighed, "I am the same age as the eldest princess, I didn't expect that she would not be able to resist this time." ”

"Master, don't say it, there are many mansions in the imperial city that have invited imperial doctors, and it is indeed cold these days, and the crying and mourning hours are so long, how can you stand it if you kneel like this all the time. I heard that Princess Ning cried and fainted on the spot! ”

"Hmph, crying and fainting, that's the queen covering up Princess Ning's ugliness, why did she kneel and faint? Ninety percent are pretending to be dizzy and want to be lazy. So many people looked at it, and she dared. ”

Old Madam Jiang was full of disdain when she talked about Princess Ning, and before she became the queen, the shelf was set up, as if she was afraid that others would not know, she did not hide her happiness at all, and she dared to faint after kneeling for less than an hour. Such a person is afraid that he will not be able to sit firmly even if he becomes a queen.

Mama Ling looked incredulous, "Ah, then this Princess Ning is really ...... I don't have any eyes! ”

"Hmph, didn't you see the scene at that time, the queen let people pinch her, but she just couldn't stand up, you didn't see the queen's face at that time, it was really good-looking."

"This, Princess Ning is not afraid of King Ning's blame."

"Wait and see, she will feel better in the future, King Ning is not a lord who is bullied! Princess Ning didn't give King Ning face like this, but she was afraid that she would be difficult in the future. ”

"Master, what you said must be right."

The old man suddenly asked, "What happened to the second family?" ”

"The second lady is fine, but her spirit is not very good, and the doctor prescribed medicine, saying that she should let Duoduo recuperate."

"In this way, Yueniang didn't give Tang's medicine. Well, it seems that she is sensible. ”

"What do you say about the old lady, isn't the eldest young lady afraid of offending the second lady by doing this?"

The old lady glanced at Mama Ling with a smile, obviously she was in a good mood at this moment, "You said that this official eunuch family full of imperial cities, so many people have come back to ask for doctors, if our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the Jiang Mansion are all full of tails, wouldn't it make people say that the people of our Jiang Mansion are disrespectful to the emperor and disloyal to the ministers?" ”

"Do you mean that the eldest young lady deliberately did not give it to the second lady?"

"I still have extra medicine in that bottle, this medicine is really good, and the medicinal materials in it are estimated to be valuable, this time she has a heart."

"The young lady is still good, she is also filial to the old lady on weekdays, and she is also very good to the eldest young master, do you think the eldest young master has not been strong and healthy in the past two years?"

Jiang Ruan's face showed a hesitant look, and Mama Ling stopped the topic as soon as she saw it, and said: "This is the nourishing soup prescribed by the doctor, the old lady can drink some of it, and it will be a good evening." (To be continued.) )