"I wonder if the elders have any different opinions on Grandpa's last words?" I said calmly, "If there are no different opinions, later you uncles can stay and discuss the details of the division with the concubines." ”

The cousins and uncles in the second room all stared at the face of their uncle Yun Chongling, Yun Chongling frowned, thought for a long time, and didn't know if he was still thinking about the old man's invisible foreign expenditure, but the old man gave his life for this matter, and he couldn't argue with me on this point in front of the emperor, so he finally nodded: "The old man has no opinion, let the sister-in-law bother." ”

I turned my head to look at the emperor and said with a slight smile: "It's really embarrassing to let the emperor bother to listen to the housework of his concubines." ”

The emperor's eyes had a hint of frightening light, and he looked at me fixedly, for a long time, his eyes flashed slightly, and the corners of his lips tightened: "Yongle Hou is really well-intentioned, Mrs. Ronghua must be in charge of the house, don't let him down." ”

I pretended not to understand the sarcasm in his tone, and said lightly: "Emperor Xie cares, grandpa has been planning for the Yun family all his life, and the concubine will not let his old man's life's hard work be ruined." "The emperor understands very well in his heart, the separation of the family will definitely not be the old man's will, if the old man has the intention of splitting the family, he would have divided it a long time ago, but he does not divide, he does not want to see the Yun family fall apart, but I will not have these scruples, in my opinion, the safety of the family is the most important. However, whether it is a true will or a fake will, it is absolutely beneficial to the second room, as long as the second room is approved, it will not be the turn of the emperor, an outsider, to come forward. In this battle, the emperor has already lost.

The emperor looked at me expressionlessly, he took great pains to sharpen the knife to a bright point, and suddenly found that he couldn't find anything to cut at the end of his head, and he was only afraid of a belly fire at this time, and after a while, he heard him speak lightly, and his tone returned to normal laziness: "The hour is not early, Shuangxi, order to go down, and prepare to return to the palace." Mrs. Ronghua, you go with me to see if your concubines are better, and everyone should step down. ”

Everyone knelt down to send off the emperor, the emperor did not let others follow, only let Shuangxi lead the way in front, I followed behind the emperor, out of the hall, turned out of the courtyard, and walked to the inner hall. Kneeling all the way to the servant maid, when he turned to a no-man's land, the emperor stopped. I stopped for some reason, only to hear him say lightly: "I heard that you reported the jade to the Ministry of Rites, and you want to help the spirit return home?" ”

"Yes, it's grandpa's last wish." I looked at his straight back and said softly, "Grandpa said that everyone has to return to their roots, and after a hundred years, he must be buried in the ancestral grave of the Yun clan in Cangdu." ”

The Tiancao Dynasty ruled the country with benevolence and filial piety, and this reason for returning to his hometown was impossible for the emperor to stop no matter what. And how particular the rules and etiquette of the old man's funeral are, spending months on the road, and then officially burying him, I am afraid that he will have to wait until next year at the earliest. I can finally leave the whirlpool of right and wrong in the capital, even if he wants to officially canonize Nuo'er, or if he wants An Yuanxi to take office, he has to wait until after the old man's funeral and the expiration of the filial piety period, two years later, who knows what the situation will be for the two sides, maybe many things are different. "Smack!" There was a crisp sound at the Emperor's feet, and when I looked down, I saw that he had stepped on a dead branch. The surroundings were silent, Shuangxi was gone, I looked at his back worriedly, his back was very straight and straight, after returning from the Taimiao, he lost a lot of weight, and the stubborn background at this time brought people a bleak feeling, I bit my lower lip, for a while, I heard him whisper: "Be careful on the road." ”

"Yes." Inexplicably, I felt that my eyes were a little hot, and I lowered my head, "The emperor should also take care." ”

"Hmm." He seemed to smile, but I didn't really hear it. Little did we know at the time that this would be the last conversation I had with him in this life, and if we had known that this was the case, would we still be relatively speechless at that time? Unfortunately, I will never know these ifs. When he looked up, he saw him moving forward again, and when he turned a corner, he saw Double Happiness waiting in front of him. Along the way, there was no more words, and turned to the inner hall for Yun Guifei to rest, and the ladies in the second room of a room with the noble concubine hurriedly knelt down to welcome the emperor, the emperor didn't look at it, and walked straight to the soft couch, Yun Guifei got up weakly and saluted the emperor, and the emperor helped her hand: "Rong'er doesn't have to be polite, but you feel better?" ”

"Well, it's much better, Emperor Xie cares." The noble concubine said softly, saw me in a blink of an eye, and smiled shyly: "Sister-in-law! ”

"The concubine has seen the mother!" I am blessed, although the noble concubine is an inner wife, but she is only from the third rank, and there is no need to kneel to her as a person.

The emperor held Yun Guifei's hand and said softly: "Rong'er, the time has come, it's time to go back to the palace." "I have rarely seen such a warm side of the emperor, it seems that in front of me, he is always angry, angry, and sneering, even if there is occasional peace, I will never see him so gentle. Come to think of it, he likes to think about it.

When Concubine Yun heard this, there were tears in her eyes, but soon, there were no more ripples in the rippling waves, she nodded slightly, and the courtesy was thoughtful: "The concubine obeys the order." ”

I was a little surprised, seeing her expression, it was clear that she was reluctant to say goodbye so quickly to her family who had finally met her, but she was able to suppress her emotions and understand that she was the daughter-in-law of the heavenly family, and everything was respected by the emperor and the royal family. This Xiang Rong is much stronger than her cousins who are not big friends. Looking at the imperial concubine who came out hand in hand, I was a little stunned for a while, I wanted Rong's surname to be gentle, and she knew how to understand proportions, in fact, it was the kind of woman that the emperor needed, with her to accompany him, Yu, he should not be lonely in the future.

Because the emperor personally hung the Marquis of Yongle, the officials in the court and the central government did not fall behind, and it was not until after the third seven that the officials who mourned gradually decreased, but the nephews and treasurers of the Yun family who came to mourn from all over the country came one after another. After consulting with the elders of Zeyun Mansion, I transferred all the industries of the mine and Caoyun to Zeyun Mansion, and the Yongle Hou Mansion left the property of "Yunshang Fang", and the rest of the scattered businesses of the side branches, such as restaurants and pawnshops, were transferred to the treasurers and stewards in various places, and the real estate in various places was also distributed one by one. The shopkeepers and stewards have not made many changes in terms of personnel, and they are still hired to manage the business they were originally responsible for. At first, I considered using the joint-stock method to divide the industry, and then I thought that this method would make the Hou Mansion still set up with the other seventy percent of the business, one prosperous, one loss, and the property was divided, but it did not achieve my original purpose, but I was tied up, and I did not mention the surname, so that Zeyun Mansion gave priority to the right to choose the property. Uncle Tang did not change his face and hooked the mine and Caoyun, I have no objection, these two businesses are most of the assets of the Yun family, but because it involves the authorization of the imperial court, to be entangled with the government, has not been liked by me, the surname Suo shows the generosity and bearing of the Hou Mansion, because in fact, even if I choose first, I will definitely choose "Yunshang Fang". First, I am more familiar with the embroidery industry; Second, although "Yunshang Fang" has the name of "Tribute Embroidery Village", it is not controlled by the official family after all, and it can reduce a lot of trouble in the officialdom in the future; Compared with the other two businesses, the operation of the three embroidery villages is relatively simpler and less troublesome.

The distribution of assets has been liquidated one after another, and efforts have begun to prepare for the return of the souls. After the jade was approved, the supervisor of Si Tiantai set the time to return to his hometown at the end of July 7. Because it was a Fuling trip, the Yun family solicited the opinion of Si Tiantai Supervisor, and the departure was also set for the funeral, and the house prepared mourning clothes, funeral lights, and honor guard supplies, Yun Xiu also led the next person to study the ceremony and rehearsal queue, and sent Yun De back to Cangdu, and the old man Fu Ling went back, and there was also to prepare the honor guard to welcome and bury the matter, and someone had to go back to prepare first. I was so busy with a series of things that I couldn't get away with it, but in the blink of an eye, I forgot the time I agreed with the seventh girl to pick up the mail, until I received a letter from the seventh girl, and I didn't remember it. During this time, the Hou Mansion was full of people coming and going, and everyone was watching, I couldn't go out blatantly and disregarded etiquette, and I couldn't let others pick up the parcel on my behalf.

(To be continued)