Chapter 210: Explaining the Aftermath (I)
Zhang Xuan concluded that Gu Qing only had 100 days left to live, but no one in the family believed that the old lady of their family would leave so quickly.
Helplessly, the old lady firmly believes in this, and actively prepares for her future.
She was now asleep more than she was awake, and when she woke up, she urged her family to hurry up and repair her tomb, and hurry to prepare the things to be prepared for the funeral.
With the instructions of the old lady, a large amount of gold and silver in the family and the things that were not easy to move left by the old prince were moved into the joint burial tomb of Qiyun Mountain along with the materials for building the tomb.
Because it was the cronies and henchmen of the family who commanded the matter, and the subordinates in charge of carrying it did not know whether they were transporting stone or wood at all, so Qiu Lao Taijun's private treasury was mostly empty, and there were few people in the whole family except for a few die-hard subordinates and masters.
But Mrs. Qiu's extensive renovation of his mausoleum naturally attracted the attention of countless people in Beijing.
Many people who were good friends came to visit, in fact, to inquire what was wrong with the old lady, and even the tomb began to be overhauled.
There is no news of a serious illness?
As long as Gu Qing is awake, he will definitely receive these people who come to visit. She was dying, so she naturally took advantage of the opportunity to make some good karma. Some women who are good friends with others, she personally teaches others how to calculate the safe period and ovulation period, and some women who are good friends, she gives them some games and cards to tell them which aspects of ability they can develop.
Li Mao is not at home, the male guests are received by Li Rui, he is the prince's house in the palace, even the officials in the palace have received, there is no mistake in etiquette, and the attitude is neither humble nor arrogant, nor is it restrained, leaving a reputation among the visitors as "quite the style of his father and his ancestors".
Don't underestimate this reputation. Even if Li Mao has been a national prince for so many years, no one has ever said that he has "the style of his father and his brother".
All the people who came were surprised by the good attitude of Mrs. Qiu. They have never seen the dying so openly.
Especially when it comes to his death, it's like going back to his hometown, not only does he not have any fear or regret, but he often shows that he has finally waited for this day.
Detachment and open-mindedness, you can't admire it!
There was a vigorous war outside, and Old Taijun Qiu in the capital was preparing for his own funeral, which made the emperor and empress, who had always ignored other people's family affairs, unable to sit still.
The emperor summoned all the imperial doctors and imperial doctors who had gone to the Xinguo Mansion to check the pulse of Mrs. Qiu, and began to inquire carefully about her condition.
"To be honest, judging from the pulse of Old Taijun Qiu, it is indeed a sign that the oil has run out. Human beings are originally composed of spirit, energy, and spirit. The essence is the thing, the qi is the change, and the god is solid. 'Jing' is the lifeblood of the human body, 'Qi' drives the body's movements, and 'Shen' nourishes the essence so that it will not consume too much. Now Mrs. Qiu's monarchy is still there, but the 'god' has gradually disappeared, once the god is weakened, the essence will be exhausted, and the most degraded will slowly consume and die. ”
Imperial Doctor Huang is not only Chu Rui's imperial physician, but also has seen Mrs. Qiu many times.
"Chen is not as good at wind disease as Lord Song, but he can see the changes in the human body itself. Mrs. Qiu has been consuming dramas since she was assassinated last year, and now she can't hold on, which is normal. ”
Chu Rui was a little disappointed and asked the imperial doctors to go down, and he was speechless for a long time.
Zhang Xuanji said that Mrs. Qiu is a "shadow star", a star that eliminates disasters and misfortunes, and the lucky stars that will save the world in the future will gather around her. But now both the Daomen and the imperial doctor say that this old lady will not live long, is this the will of heaven?
The sky wants to dim his emperor star and make the sky of Da Chu dim?
Has he lost his way?
No! He would never believe that he had lost his way!
Since he ascended the throne, there has not been a day that has not been conscientious, he admits that he has never done extravagant and desolate acts, nor has he wantonly looted folk women to fill the harem. For so many years, he has been in disaster relief, rescued in distress, lightly repaid for labor, and returned to the homeless, which point is not what Mingjun should do?
Something must be wrong! Something must be wrong!
"Empress, I want to send the crown prince to visit Mrs. Qiu." Chu Rui looked at the queen, "You also summoned the Duchess of Xinguo into the palace and asked." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After knowing that his days were not long, Gu Qing refused to be confused every day.
Once you come to ancient times, you always have to leave something behind when you go back. Money and things cannot be taken away, but knowledge and manners are taken away.
She is now paralyzed and stupid, and she can't learn the elegant way of walking and acting like the ancients, but this does not prevent her from listening, she watching, she learning.
The norms of the family began at the age of three, and Xiao Li Mei is now less than two years old, but Mama Hua has already taught her according to the rules of the royal family of the Yin Dynasty. Gu Qing watched, learned, and simulated in her heart every day, maybe she couldn't learn the weak willow to help the wind in modern times, but the rules of sitting, standing, eating, and drinking, not only did she learn to benefit immensely, if she could return to modern times, she would have given birth to a daughter at home, and it would be good to teach her daughter.
In addition, she also carefully observed the antiques of the previous dynasty in her home, hoping to see more of the doorway.
Although this is a parallel realm, the productivity of the ancients is here, and things should be very different. People say that the golden era of antiques in troubled times, she learned to distinguish the opportunity of antiques, and went back to the antique market, maybe she could make a small fortune.
Not to mention anything else, now she stays in a pile of good things every day, and if it is a clumsy fake, she must be able to see it.
The two grandsons of the Li family, Li Rui and Li Ming, could not hide the sadness in their hearts, and it can be seen that their grandmother looks like "Ah, as long as I live the last few months, I have no regrets", and she can only endure the sadness in her heart and smile at her grandmother every day.
Gu Qing soon discovered the depression of the two grandsons, and even the two grandsons brought Li Zhao over to persuade them.
"Look at me now, my left hand and left leg can't move, I have to be served by others for food, clothing, housing and transportation, I can't even distinguish the taste of what I eat now, and every time I wake up, I feel uncomfortable, as if I have just been fished out of the water," Gu Qing appeared and said, "Not only that, but I also have constipation, dizziness, memory loss from time to time, and sudden breathlessness............
When Li Ming heard "constipation", his face was full of black lines, and Li Rui's eyes were even wet, and he tilted his head and pretended that the roof beams in the house were very good-looking.
Gu Qing rambling on a lot of uncomfortable places, and then continued: "The imperial doctor has said that if I sleep and die in the future, it will be my luck, if I can survive and spend time in bed like your grandfather, what's the point?" It is better to live without any quality of life than to die alive. ”
"Grandma!"
"Grandmother!"
"Grandmother, what is quality of life?"
"That's not the point! The point is, you can think that I am going to another world to enjoy the blessings, and don't be sad all day long. I understand your sadness, but the happiness you can live in the future is the greatest filial piety to me. You're all good boys, and there's not a day when I'm alive that I don't feel happy, and that's enough. In the last few months, everyone should be more energetic and happy. ”
The expressions of several children were very gloomy, especially Li Rui. Gu Qing saw that her explanation had no effect at all, and she also sighed in her heart.
Sometimes, just because you see it doesn't mean that others see it.
"Mrs. Tai, Mrs. Tai! The prince has arrived! A doorman ran to the door of the main house in a panic to report the news, the early summer weather was sweaty, obviously running too quickly.
"What? Isn't everyone in the palace notified in advance? Gu Qing hurriedly looked at Li Rui. He has been in the palace for the longest time, and he is a close minister of the prince, so he should know better than anyone else about the process of the prince leaving the palace.
"It stands to reason that the ceremonial official will go first, and then the crown clothes in the mansion that will take over will ......greet each other neatly," Li Rui stood up, "The prince's micro-suit should show the meaning of closeness, since this is the case, we don't need to be too grand." The grandson and younger brother went to greet him in person. ”
"I ...... I'd better change into a big coat. Gu Qing looked at the light regular clothes on his body, "That's the prince, it's better not to be too casual." ”
Isn't it all on TV? He can be polite and virtuous, you can't be casual, if you are casual, he will be unhappy.
Li Rui thought about it, changed his clothes in Zhiyun Courtyard, and then went out to pick up the prince's car.
Now that he is the prince of a country, he is his "king", and he is a minister, so he really shouldn't be as casual as others.
Grandma's stick was knocked in time, so as not to cause trouble in the future.
The prince did not come with a large number of palace guards this time, and it was indeed as Li Rui thought, it was to show closeness.
He was summoned by his father and asked him to visit the old lady of Xia Qiu on behalf of his father. The first is to show the royal love, and the second is to see if Old Taijun Qiu is really in poor health to the point of dying of immortals.
Li Mao is now actively organizing a counterattack on the front line, and if Old Taijun Qiu goes at this time, it will have a great impact on Li Mao. He must be going back to Beijing for the funeral, at this time he is not allowed to return to Beijing, and the official who directly reinstated himself in the filial piety period in the capital is different, this is the real "love grabbing".
As long as Chu Rui thought of the loyalty of Xinguo Gong, but when Li Guogong's mother died after the end of the year, he was not even allowed to let him go back to Beijing to send the queen of the most Lu to the end, so he felt that this thing was not done properly.
But the north really needs Li Mao to sit in charge, Juyong Pass is not an ordinary Guancheng, and now the situation in Huaishuo in Zhuoxian County is very good, it is the best time to take the opportunity to take back Fanyang, loyalty and filial piety are more important, and the balance in Li Mao's heart also has its own conclusion.
In any case, Chu Rui didn't want Li Mao to hate him in the future.
Therefore, he could only let the prince go to see the situation of Mrs. Qiu, if he was really in good health, he had to ask the prince to move Mrs. Qiu and let her persuade Li Mao not to come back to the funeral.
In this way, the Li family is righteous, Li Mao will not resent the court, and he has a reason to bury Old Taijun Qiu.
The most important thing is that this love will not seem so unkind.
The prince was waited for by the family of the Xinguo Mansion in the front hall, but after a cup of tea, Li Rui, who was dressed in an official uniform, came over from the backyard with his two younger brothers, who were also wearing dresses, and pulled the two younger brothers to make a big salute when they met.
"Li Rui, you are so solemn! You are my companion, and the Li family is my father's humerus help, since I came to serve me, I don't want to stir up the public. Chu Chengxuan didn't expect Li Rui to be so solemn, and hurriedly helped the three children of the Li family to get up.
Seeing that the Li family only had three underage children even entertaining guests, Chu Chengxuan vaguely seemed to notice why his father trusted the Li family so much.
The people are thin, there is little right and wrong in the family, there is no need for the royal family to follow behind to wipe the buttocks, and there will be no one to pull the hind legs outside, and the bad reputation. It's just that the people are young and young, and they are destined to prosper for many years.
But it was only for a moment, and Chu Chengxuan laughed at himself.
He lamented that the Li family was thin, and how many children did he have in his father's harem? Although he and his second brother are not on the same page now, they are also "as close as ice", and they are not as big as Li Rui, so what is there to sigh.
"His Royal Highness is approachable, but the Li family, as a courtier, can't treat etiquette as nothing. Your Highness, my grandmother is very old, and she can't move her left body, and my aunt has to wait for my grandmother to change her clothes, and she can't come out to pick up the car in person, so please forgive me! ”
Li Rui suffered his own crimes, but he was unwilling to come out of his parents and kneel all the way.
"What is the sin of this, I have come to be reckless." Although Chu Chengxuan said this, a smile appeared on his face, obviously very satisfied with the Li family's "sincere fear".
"Li Qing's two younger brothers have also grown up now."
He looked at Li Ming and Li Zhao, showed an emotional expression, and took out the goldfish and jade pendants specially prepared from his body, and gave one to each of the two children.
The goldfish is for Li Zhao, and the jade pendant is for Li Ming. It's clear who is light and who's heavy.
Li Ming and Li Zhao showed a "flattered" look at the prince's last time, but they couldn't help but slander in their hearts.
Hey, hey, you're only fourteen years old, can you not behave like this!
Although you are the crown prince, this is still nondescript!
Li Zhao has always envied the royal family, and he admires and fears the royal family, but the prince only rewarded him with a small goldfish, which made him still a little sad.
He is no longer a child who doesn't know anything, and he has learned a lot of things that he can't learn outside in Zhishi's Old Master Chen's mansion, including how to treat people as fairly as possible.
"Gold" is expensive, and "jade" is heavy.
Although gold seems to be worth a lot, jade can show the affirmation of a person's status and morality.
He is a cousin of the Xinguo Mansion, and he lives in the Xinguo Mansion, and the prince can remember him, and give him a little goldfish, which is already a great honor. But now that the reward has been given, it can actually be done a little better. Maybe he himself has been learning to treat people and things in the Chen Mansion for too long, and he is a little nitpicky, but if His Royal Highness also gave him a piece of jade, but the quality is worse than that of his own cousin, he would not be so sad.
Gold can't be elegant, does the prince subconsciously see him that way?
Li Zhao put away the goldfish, put it close to his body, and swore secretly.
'I want to marry Wanning in the future, how can I be looked down upon by the royal family?' ’
'I must make a splash in the future, make some achievements to show this prince, so that he can see me next time, and give me jade!' ’
Chu Chengxuan naturally didn't know that the gift he had prepared had already stimulated Li Zhao's self-esteem a little.
Li Zhao is also a son-in-law, not a vassal or concubine, since he is a peer, it is indeed not appropriate to give money.
But when he first became the crown prince, there were brothers behind him, waiting for him to make a mistake and pull him down. Chu Rui is no longer as kind to him as before, but more as strict as a subordinate, the queen is devoted to the little prince again, and she can't help but be a little cold to him, although Chu Chengxuan got his wish to sit on the crown prince, but he is not as happy as when he was the big prince before.
Once people suffer from gains and losses, they are not so comprehensive. It is not good for his mother to be around him from time to time, otherwise there will be a reputation for the inner palace as a politician, so it is inevitable that there will be mistakes.
Since ancient times, it has been difficult to be a prince, and there are even fewer princes who can successfully ascend the throne, which is why they are so.
The prince followed the three brothers of the Li family into the inner house, and outside the gate of the North Garden, the Fang family, who got the news, changed into his life clothes, and knelt in front of the door to greet the driver with little Li Mei in his arms.
This is Li Rui's aunt, and she is also the Duchess of Yipin, and the prince hurriedly helped her up. The Fang family is an elder, so it is not appropriate for him to give things, but he still gave Li Mei a piece of jade lock plate with a ruyi cloud pattern and a "unicorn boy" pattern to show his gratitude.
Xiao Li Mei took the jade lock piece, and said crisply, "Xie Lu, thank you".
She is almost two years old now, although she is panicked, she is trained by Mama Hua very much, and she is rarely rude in front of outsiders.
As soon as Chu Chengxuan saw her, he thought of the younger brother in the family, and then saw that this Miss Li family had thick eyebrows and big eyes, but her younger brother was beautiful, and the two of them suddenly seemed to have the wrong gender.
I couldn't help but sigh secretly, if only they could swap them, it's not good if the man is too beautiful.
The prince entered the main house, Gu Qing spent so much time just putting on his big clothes, it can be seen that his hands and feet have interfered with his life to what extent, now that the prince has entered the house, she hurriedly asked someone to pick herself up and kneel down to salute.
What is the identity of Mrs. Qiu! His mother didn't let her kneel when she met the old lady in private in Kunyuan Palace, and she was given a seat to sit on an equal footing! If he really let the old lady kneel, he should be "arrogant" by others!
Gu Qing also knelt weakly, and as soon as the big boy came up to hug her, she immediately took advantage of the situation to sit back in the wheelchair. Before Chu Chengxuan's hand reached her, the old lady had already sat back, making him stunned.
Gu Qing didn't expect the prince to move so slowly, half a beat slower than her, a paralyzed old lady, seeing that some of them couldn't match the beat, she could only cover up the past with some unnatural smirks.
Ha Lu Ha, Ha Lu Ha, you villain doesn't care about adults!
Chu Chengxuan saw that this old lady was so lazy, and kindness rose in his heart, so he smiled and began to greet her.
The Li family knew what the prince was here for, so they told Gu Qing about his condition, and then Gu Qing said that he felt that his body was really not good, and he couldn't wake up every day after sleeping, so he began to tidy up her husband's tomb and began to prepare for a joint burial.
The prince asked that Old Taijun Qiu's body was so bad now, and he was secretly surprised in his heart.
If it is really so serious, then what his father is worried about is not groundless.
About an hour later, the prince finished what he had to do, and Shi Shiran took his leave.
The prince is not an ordinary world friend, Gu Qing naturally didn't dare to keep him for dinner, not to mention that she didn't really want to keep him for dinner. Li Rui and Li Ming sent the prince out of the door, and as soon as he went out, Fang covered his face with a handkerchief and sobbed.
Gu Qing saw that Fang's was a little out of shape, and hurriedly called his subordinates to go down, Mama Hua pushed Gu Qing's wheelchair, Gu Qing pulled Fang's family, and went to the bedroom together to appease Fang's emotions.
"Why is this highness so ruthless, mother, you are not in good health, and you will not let the master come back to see him. How can there be a family in this world that separates flesh and blood, but others have to come forward and say the truth of voluntariness first! ”
She saw her mother-in-law haggard every day, and she couldn't bear it in her heart. She had served her father-in-law before, and she knew how difficult it was for this person who had a stroke to endure later, and now she is old and young, and there is a large family behind her, and the family crisis and burden of the middle-aged person are all on her, and she is already overwhelmed.
She is not an ignorant woman, and she still understands the affairs of the family and the country. But such a straightforward hint that no one wants to be mourned, and sitting on the front line is to fulfill loyalty and filial piety, which is chilling.
It's their own business to choose to do so, but once they are ordered to do so, it's not like that at all!
"Look at the point, this is the king, can you really be like a king and a friend? Your father-in-law and the former emperor have been friends for decades of life and death, so how did Zhang Jing enter the mansion? You haven't seen it yet? The crown prince is just a mouthpiece, and it is the saint of today who really instructs him to do this. Gu Qing shrugged his right shoulder helplessly, "This emperor is already kind, Zhilu Dao asked me to bring it up first, occupy the name of righteousness, and let my family's prestige go further." ”
What the noble family lacks most is fame. But this fame wants her to be a dying old woman to use her own death to win, and it's really his grandmother's......
It's unpleasant!
What Gu Qing couldn't understand the most in later generations was the kind of news that "tomorrow is the college entrance examination, the father or mother is seriously ill, in order not to let the child delay the exam, he will not report it", or "the parents are about to die, the family conceals the facts, and let so-and-so continue to struggle at work". In particular, I am tired of journalists praising this kind of thing and singing praises of virtue.
Sometimes when Gu Qing saw those children who knew the truth afterwards, crying to death and dying, he secretly scolded these parents for being brain-dead.
If the job is gone, you can find it again, if the college entrance examination is delayed, you can take the test again, people are just a parent, and you can't see the last side, and you will leave eternal regrets in your heart in the future, and the wound will not heal for a lifetime.
That's the biggest harm, okay?
In the name of "I'm good for you", how many people are in pain?
"What else would you do but cry?" Zhang Jing's disdainful voice sounded, "You are the only adult in the family except for Mrs. Qiu, but my son is running big and small things in the family, you don't feel ashamed!" ”
Fang Shi listened to Zhang Jing's words, wiped his tears, and couldn't help crying.
"This fame, no one wants it in our family!" Fang wiped away his tears and said to Gu Qing categorically: "I have been married to our master for more than ten years, and I know him best, if you really have something in case, but we obey the saint and deliberately conceal the funeral, even if the house wins the holy favor, the master will hate me!" ”
"Actually, the emperor did not do it right. I don't know when I went, and now I report the news, but it distracts Mao'er on the front line. In this battlefield, one negligence is the ...... of countless lives," Gu Qing sighed. This happened to her, so she was a little difficult to accept, but in the blink of an eye, if she was the emperor, maybe she could only do this. "That's it, report it or not, wait for a few children to come back, and then discuss it together."
It turns out that a person is going to die, which is such a troublesome thing!
Can you still let her die happily?
The author has something to say: Little Theater:
The prince couldn't help but sigh secretly, it would be nice if they could be swapped, it wouldn't be good if the man was too beautiful.
Li Mei: You mean I'm not pretty? Bite you!