Chapter 149: Joint Burial

"Your Majesty, don't worry, Sui'er can endure this suffering, the Queen Mother has passed away, and someone must be sincere in front of the spirit. Those who cry in front of the spirit, there may not be a few who are sincere, Sui'er is sincerely sad for the Queen Mother, and it can be regarded as having something to rely on after the Queen Mother dies. Although she endured some hardships, Sui'er was also willing to eat. ”

Liu Zhao patted the back of her hand: "Then it will be bitter for you." I'm going to Korea, and I've had a lot going on these days. After all, it is a big funeral, the palace and the court have to arrange it, and the queen is also worried about it every day, and you can be considerate of her some things. ”

Sui'er smiled, "Your Majesty, the concubines know that they have always been respectful to the queen and the concubines." ”

Liu Zhao touched her face dotingly, and reluctantly hugged her again, before saying, "I'm gone, take care." ”

As soon as Liu Zhao left, Zhao Yu came in to help her tidy up her clothes, and said with a smile: "Miss, do you still need to drink ginseng soup, your face is already red like this?" ”

Sui'er glared at her and said, "You should hit this mouth, is this what you should say to your nobles?" Go back and punish you for learning to play the piano. ”

Zhao Yu immediately said with a bitter face: "Am I wrong or not?" You can learn anything, you can't learn to play the piano, the noble lady still spares the slave! Sui'er giggled, took off her shoes, got off the ground, stretched her waist and said: "You, let's learn to play the piano, I want to practice dancing and no one plays the piano, I can't find someone to play it, if I don't practice again, I'm afraid I won't be able to practice in the future!" ”

Sui'er picked up the piano on the desk and stroked it twice, and immediately the sound of the piano dingdong, like flowing water into a plate, the sound was extremely beautiful.

Five days passed quickly, and Sui'er knelt in front of the spirit every day with a group of concubines, her voice was soft, and she was very caring about people. Within a few days, everyone's impression of her had changed. Even the new concubines in the palace regarded her as a confidant. Sui'er asked Yu'er and Su Lan'er to take the sachets they sewed on weekdays and give them to everyone, those sachets are exquisitely made, the materials are exquisite, and the best materials are placed in them, which smell fragrant. The concubines were full of joy and thanks. These things were heard in the ears of the gloomy. Ten thousand pains in my heart. Unexpectedly, she deliberately arranged Sui'er's drudgery, but let her buy all the favors in the palace.

At the beginning of March, the national mourning was finally mourning. The anxiety and tension passed quietly, and the coffin of the Queen Mother was finally led by the emperor himself under the bowing ceremony of the ministers. Sent to the imperial mausoleum for burial.

6 Fan personally came out to greet him and arranged for the coffin to enter the tomb. Buried with Emperor Suzong Xiaozhang. Everything was held solemnly, and when the burial was finished, Wang Yin'er walked up to Liu Zhao and said, "Your Majesty, the slave and maid will not go back with the emperor." Back then, the slave maid said that life is the queen mother's person, and death is the queen mother's ghost. Now the Queen Mother has fulfilled her wish and is buried with Emperor Suzong. The old slave also completed his mission, and he could go with the Queen Mother with peace of mind. Please give the slave and maid a death. ”

She knelt down and begged, making Liu Zhao stunned on the spot, how could this be? Wang Yin'er is an old palace maid who has served her since she was a child, not to mention how she has cared for herself since she was a child, even if she was a thief of the seal back then, she can't get such an end. So he shook his head and said: "Aunt Yin'er, don't, I originally wanted to support my aunt until I was old, if my aunt wanted to accompany my mother, it was better to stay in the mausoleum, and I must not have the idea of suicide." ”

Wang Yin'er smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the fate of slaves and maids in the world is over, and there is no difference between living and dying, so why waste food to live in the world." also asked the emperor to fulfill the slave maid, the slave maid could have not asked for a decree, but after all, the rules in the palace are greater than everything, and the slave and maid will not break the rules until they die. She stood calmly, her thin body standing still in the cold wind, and the corners of her tense mouth hung slightly, as if to show the world that she was arrogant and contemptuous, a person who was bent on death, what else in the world could she look down on!

Liu Zhao felt sad in his heart, walked over and took her hand and said, "Auntie, how can you bear it?" ”

Wang Yin'er shook her head: "Your Majesty, you are a slave." There is only one request for the slave! She whispered in Liu Zhao's ear: "Treat Sui'er well!" ”

Liu Zhao was stunned for a moment, but Wang Yin'er suddenly said loudly: "Thank you to the emperor for your success, the old slave is gone." As he spoke, he slammed headlong into the stone pillar in front of the mausoleum, only to hear a thud, a stream of blood gushed out of his head, Wang Yin'er looked at Liu Zhao and smiled slightly, and closed his eyes peacefully.

"Auntie!" Liu Zhao shouted and rushed over, and several attendants also went up to rescue him when they saw it, but how could they be in time. Wang Yin'er was already dead of anger.

6 Fan came over and said: "Your Majesty, please mourn, Aunt Yin'er's funeral affairs will be handed over to the minister, and the minister will let Aunt Yin'er be with the Queen Mother." ”

Liu Zhao cried and nodded, although he was raised by the Empress Dowager Dou, Wang Yin'er contributed a lot, and he was similar to his mother. I really cried for a long time before returning to the palace in a panic.

It was a calm but not calm night, as if they had completed a major event, they could finally return home, take a good bath, sleep well, and feel that the atmosphere in the court will be different tomorrow, or take care of their spirits and wait for tomorrow's extraordinary.

But Liu Qing couldn't sleep, he found Zuo Tianqi, Li Xia and Li He, at this moment several people were sitting together drinking stuffy wine, Liu Qing frowned, felt uncomfortable sitting on the couch, and shouted: "Come on!" Zuo Da'e walked in and asked, "What does the prince command?" ”

"Why is there less food for you or less for you to wear in the palace, and now the service is so uncareful. The height of the short feet under this soft couch is different, and no one is looking for someone to repair it, and the silk on the soft couch is also worn, are you trying to make me sad? ”

Zuo Da'e lowered her head and said, "Lord Wang, I will order someone to change it." ”

Li He said: "Thank you princess, please rest the princess, the prince is just in a bad mood, and it has nothing to do with this couch." After that, he said to Liu Qing: "Lord, what are you angry with the princess, drink some bars!" ”

Liu Qing waved his hand, "You go down, it's because this king is not happy!" ”

Li Xia said: "Lord, but for the sake of the Queen Mother?" ”

Li He nodded and said, "What else is going on?" He told the emperor that the emperor's biological mother was Liang Guiren, but Deng Guiren refuted it on the spot. The emperor buried the queen mother and the first emperor together according to the state funeral, how do you think he feels? ”

"Oh? The young lady actually refuted the prince? This was unexpected. ”

Liu Qing sighed, thinking that Sui'er was protecting the emperor and the queen mother with all her heart and mind, and she didn't take herself in her eyes at all, so she felt a pang of pain again. He took a big sip of wine and put it down heavily.

Li Xia said with a smile: "If Sui'er refuted the prince at that time, it must be inappropriate for the prince to mention this matter." Although Sui'er has never contacted her family after entering the palace, I know Sui'er's personality, and she only recognizes reason and does not recognize people. If what the prince said at that time was appropriate, Sui'er would never say inappropriate words. ”

Li He shook his head, "Yes, at that time, the emperor was crying sadly, and the queen mother was the queen of the main palace of the former emperor, even if she was not the emperor's own mother, she was still the queen mother of the subjects of the world, and it was indeed inappropriate for the prince to propose it at that time." Deng Guiren has extraordinary insight and is very reasonable. However, although it was inappropriate to raise this matter at the time, it is reasonable to raise it tomorrow. ”

Zuo Tianqi said: "The old died, it is a blessing for the people of the world, I can't wait to set off firecrackers to celebrate, why do you all seem to be talking to her?" ”

Li Xia smiled and said, "Don't worry, Tianqi, you have to talk about this slowly." However, is the emperor's biological mother really Liang Guiren? So where is Liang Guiren now, is he alive or dead? ”

Li He sighed: "This is a long story, at that time, I asked the prince and Liang Guiren's relatives about it, and we learned the truth. ”

It turned out that when the first emperor chose a concubine, although the Dou sisters were extremely enchanting and beautiful, they almost had all the advantages of girls, which could be said to be born for the court and the emperor. However, because the Dou family was convicted back then, they still went through a lot of complicated procedures before entering the palace. Because of the performance of the two of them, they were gentle and elegant, and they were as beautiful as jade, not only by Emperor Zhang, but also by the Empress Dowager Ma. What's more, the things they learned from elementary school on how to deal with their relationships with concubines came in handy. The concubines did not resent their sisters for taking away favor, on the contrary, they got along very well, which the harem generally did not dare to hope for.

Dou knows men better than his sister, and almost all of Emperor Zhang's love is in one, and in this way, in less than a year, she finally sat on the throne of the queen and became the role of the mother of the world, and her sister was also named a nobleman.

Emperor Zhang was generous by nature, and he was not good at political affairs, many things were listened to by his mother Empress Dowager Ma, in the second year when Dou was established as the queen, Empress Dowager Ma died, so Dou naturally intervened in Emperor Zhang's political affairs. At first, the intervention was not deep, just a few suggestions, but then the situation changed.

In fact, the emperor can't favor a woman alone, no matter whether the other party is a queen or a concubine, it can only be said that he is favored for a certain period of time. At that time, although the Dou family was the queen, Emperor Zhang still liked the Song nobles and Liang nobles very much. They entered the palace at the same time as the Dou family and were named nobles. Nature is very beautiful. Song Guiren gave birth to a prince in the second year of entering the palace, that is, the later abolished prince, Liu Qing, the king of Qinghe. Emperor Zhang was very happy, unwilling to take into account Dou's feelings, and appointed Liu Qing, who was less than two years old, as the crown prince.

When Song Guiren was immersed in happiness, Dou's mentality began to change. For an empress, it is very painful for the emperor to appoint a child born by a concubine as the crown prince, but she has no children, which will produce humiliating and even desperate thoughts. Song Guiren just gave birth before Dou. At that time, the Dou family was still very young, not that they couldn't have children, many emperors in this case, they still had to wait for a period of time to see if the queen could give birth, and if they couldn't have children for a long time, they would stand up. Emperor Zhang thought about simplifying the matter, the reason why he was in a hurry to establish the crown prince was that he did not mean to exclude the Dou family in his heart, but just said that the early establishment of the crown prince was conducive to the fundamental stability of the country.

However, it was because of this that Dou's heart was happy and scheming, which led to the tragedy in the future. (To be continued)