The concubine of the Confucian Temple died suddenly, and Xu Xun was indeed a little shocked when he heard about it, and they all said that this person who usually suffers from minor illnesses can live a long life. The concubine of the Confucian Temple has not been in good health in the past few years, but it is different from the grass, it is not the kind of bad law that gradually deteriorates, it feels more like a disease of wealth and nobility, and it is not much of a problem to raise it carefully. Unexpectedly, he suddenly went in his sleep, and there was no warning beforehand.

When I first heard about this, Xu Xun was still playing hide and seek with Diandian in the backyard, and he was young, and he didn't know what everyone was playing, so he was only happily joining in the fun, and he was also very happy. Waiting for Mama Qian to come over and tell the news, she was naturally in no mood to have fun, so she hurriedly ordered everyone to take the children down and change into plain clothes, and she hurried back to the room, several palace maids had already turned out the plain clothes for Xu Xun to change into, she was recently 'recuperating' in the palace, and her hair was combed with the simplest braids, but now it is convenient, just take it apart and comb the most simple nest of silk. When I arrived at the mourning hall after a while, someone would naturally give me white cloth filial piety clothes and hemp crowns to wear.

When the dress stopped here, all the palace maids were still wearing colorful clothes, and it was impossible for Xu Xun to go alone, not even a companion. had to wait in the house temporarily, so that the few people who lived in the palace rummaged through the baggage, and those who had plain clothes changed into them first, gathered a few people, and went to Qingning Palace with her.

Who knew that this would wait for something to go wrong - the palace people's clothes have not been changed yet, and the Qingning Palace has come to the people. didn't come in to meet him, so he passed the word, put a basket of haode big white pears, and said that the old lady was giving Xu Xun a throat.

When the funeral first comes out, it must be accompanied by a certain degree of hecticism, and it must be that the big things are spread quickly and the small things are passed slowly. For example, it is very likely that this palace maid was ordered to deliver pears last night, but due to various reasons, she was delayed, so she received pears and delivered them this morning. But he didn't expect that something big would happen in Qingning Palace early in the morning, Xu Xun didn't take it too seriously, and he was still going to Qingning Palace, but Zhao Mama's eyebrows gathered and said on the side, "The old lady's move seems to have a deep meaning?" ”

Although the feelings for the concubine of the Confucian Temple are a little complicated, but the hearts and minds of the people, from entering the palace to the present, more than ten years of friendship, after all, it is better than a few points with others, Xu Xun is not uncomfortable now, but he is very shocked and in a very confused state, hearing Zhao Mama speak, stunned for a while, before suddenly realized, she couldn't help but say angrily, "She-she-"

The sentence "she is sick" has never been said because of the identity of the queen mother, but in her heart she has rolled this sentence back and forth several times: sending loquat is a hint of pretending to be sick, and it is also specified that she wants to pretend to cough, and sending pears naturally also means it. The Queen Mother asked her to pretend to be sick to the end, and she didn't even have to participate in the funeral of the concubine of the Confucian Temple.

If it is someone else's funeral, if you don't participate, you won't participate, although Xu Xun will have regrets, but he will not be angry like this. But the concubine of the Confucian Temple has a special relationship with her, and she is the old leader who looked at her differently back then...... At her funeral, Xu Xun was sick, as long as she didn't die, she would have to show her face. What's more, there are a lot of people who know that she is pretending to be sick now, if she doesn't even show her face, how will others look at her? Not to mention not going to send the concubine of the Temple of Literature, she doesn't want to go in her own heart!

Her stubborn temper came up, mixed with grief, and she was even more justifiably unstoppable, "Mama, you think about it too much, how can the old lady be so ignorant, I'm afraid that there is a misunderstanding between the two sides - I definitely have to go to this matter." ”

Mama Zhao muttered, "Don't you know what has happened in the palace now...... It's just that you're sick, and it's only gradually calming down, if you show your face now......"

Xu Xun was puzzled, "What are you talking about inexplicably?" ”

"Niangniang, those few of you have already spread in the palace. Now there are many people in the palace who say that it is the old lady who is unwilling to agree, so she has taken your power," Mama Zhao also lowered her voice and gave Xu Xun a strong analysis. "It's just that there is no real evidence for this after all......"

Xu Xun understood: she was in good health, and she could see this at a glance, and she definitely couldn't hide it. Even now, because she has just run for a while, her face is still very ruddy, even makeup may not be useful, she has seen a lot of patients in the palace over the years, and the difference between normal people is definitely not only in the face.

The concubine of the Temple of Literature is gone, can this face be small? The master and the palace maid in the palace, I don't know how many people will come, as soon as she appears in front of people, she must have confirmed the speculation in the palace - this is also a fact, which must have a great impact on the reputation of the queen mother in the palace. No matter how respectful her status is, she will not be relieved by half because of this. Especially this kind of things involving vital interests, it is not like the change and struggle between the top leaders in the past, those things, everyone should be lively, chew the root of the tongue in private and let go, no one will be so bored that the road is uneven and draw a knife to help. Which of the four things Xu Xun proposed has nothing to do with the lives of the next people? Hugh said that he forgot, one is not good, and the Queen Mother's reputation has become worse in a blink of an eye, and it is all about not haode.

Xu Xun also understood this, from the day she handed over the notebook, she expected that even if the Queen Mother objected, or even took her down this position, once the news was leaked, as long as the successor still had face and cared about his reputation, he couldn't help but make a slight compromise after all, but he didn't know which of these four points would be chosen as a breakthrough. Otherwise, she may not take the Queen Mother's hints seriously, the emperor's hints are lazy, what about you? At the very least, you have to discuss it with the emperor before making a decision. It's just that she didn't expect that the situation she had consciously or unintentionally promoted by taking advantage of the situation would actually be cocooned and make trouble to this point. Now she wants to run out on her own to fight against the Queen Mother, not to mention whether she can enter the Qingning Palace, it is likely that the Queen Mother's prestige will plummet, and the hat of a 'pity palace person' will be buttoned up.

In order to do things, she is not afraid of offending people, but offending people for the sake of offending people, then it is not interesting. Besides, there is a Queen Sun behind him...... Xu Xun was unwilling to step on her when she was down, but he had no interest in helping her up again. After listening to Mama Zhao's words, she was a little confused: What should I do with such a complicated situation?

After thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't help it—she still wanted to go.

I had to ask, "Go to the Qianqing Palace and ask, see if the emperor is there, if he is, then talk to Ma Shi about this, and let Ma Shi ask the eldest brother what he means." ”

——If you can't make up your mind, just look for a direct line to the peak, and ask for more instructions on the meaning of the peak.

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Except for the queen and the concubine who fell ill in bed, Concubine Hui and the rest of the concubines soon arrived in the courtyard of the concubine of the Confucian Temple of Qingning Palace. - It's just that people just went, the yard was messy, and there were people in and out, and it took a while to decide where to build a funeral shed, because the concubine of the Confucian Temple had no children, and there were two palace concubines Jiao Zhaoyi and Wu Jieyu who were willing to be daughters and wash her body and change clothes. The rest of the people were led by the Jingci Immortal Master, went to the side room to settle down, waited for the shroud to be changed on, and then went over to kowtow to incense, and then went to the spirit shed to cry and guard the spirit. This series of programs is guided by someone, even if you don't go through it, you won't go wrong.

However, these concubines and the concubines of the Temple of Literature have not met many times, and if there is any grief, it will be fake. Everyone sat in one place and looked at each other, although no one dared to make an expression of joy and waiting for death, but it was true that no one was so pretentious that they acted before they came on stage, and after sitting for a long time, they would inevitably whisper some trivial things.

Because Concubine Hui came alone, everyone made the stars hold the moon shape, let her sit on the top, Concubine Hui saw that there were melon seeds in the house, so she grabbed it and knocked it, everyone didn't dare to be presumptuous at first, and saw that Concubine Hui started, and both of them were effectively imitated - it is said that the elders are mourning, not to mention snacks, and now they can't even eat more, so they have to drink gruel, but the rules are rules, at least everyone has not thought about only eating gruel after going back.

"It's hard for those two." According to the rules, the gossip also needs Concubine Hui to start first, in order to show respect for the elder, she made a start, and a lot of discussions held in her heart can be spit out, and everyone is competing to discuss for a while.

"It's really pure—filial piety."

"What's the trouble with this," the person who spoke was obviously a little unbearable, "the kung fu has been done, and no one may know how to appreciate it, the old lady hasn't come over yet......"

"I'm afraid the queen won't be able to come." They are all sick here, and they know the queen's condition very well, and although their condition has improved a lot, they really can't be tired.

"I'm afraid that I will be forced to show my face, but it may not be." Concubine Hui said, "After all, she is an old man of several dynasties, if she doesn't come today, she will come on the day of the funeral - it depends on whether she dares to step into Qingning Palace." ”

Zhao Zhaorong was the most straightforward, and said with a low smile, "That's still the day of the funeral, it's easy to come today, it's difficult to go out, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out if I don't faint once." ”

These words directly pointed to the contradiction between the two palaces, and for some reason, everyone listened to it, and they all had a faint pleasure in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show it - only the concubines, their faces were full of doubts, their lips were moving, but they didn't dare to ask.

mentioned the queen, and everyone quickly thought of the concubine, "Could it be that even the concubine didn't come—she was really sick?" ”

Wu Jieyu went to change her clothes, Cao Baolin suddenly became the target of public criticism, she hurriedly said, "Since Niangniang is sick, she will not be invited, and I will just go over to the empty seat every day to salute, and I don't know whether the condition is good or bad - only Niangniang and the concubine of the Confucian Temple are the most haode, and they will show up today no matter what." ”

"Not necessarily." Zhao Zhaorong mentioned the concubine Niangniang, she was so angry, she said sourly, "When people die, the lights go out, and people go to tea and cool, the concubine Niangniang of the Confucian Temple has long been bad, and now come over, what's the use." ”

However, it is different from the queen, when it comes to the concubine, even if everyone has a faint sense of pleasure in their hearts, it is not that no one in Yong'an Palace is in this house.

"The concubine is not like you." Cao Baolin sneered, "Zhao Lingyue, where have you learned from "Women's Training"? Are you still a palace concubine? It's like I'm not happy to live.,I want to be with Nannei's company.。 ”

"Yo." Zhao Zhaorong put on a fighting jiashi, "Which family's food you eat, which family's dog will you be?" You've only been familiar with you, and it's only been a few years—"

"That's it!" Concubine Hui originally came to see the excitement, but when she saw that she was getting more and more dislike, she spit out a piece of melon seed skin, and glared and said, "Are they all crazy?" Zhao Lingyue, today is a big day, I won't teach you, after this is over, you wait for me to teach you slowly. ”

She was the palace master of Zhao Zhaorong, and she was extinguished in one fell swoop, making her hang her head in a daze, and she didn't dare to say anything more. Everyone couldn't help but smile and exchanged a few glances: It's just a matter of talking about the queen's rights and wrongs, and talking about the concubine in front of Concubine Hui, what about itchy skin?

A few episodes are not worth anything, after all, even Concubine Hui is counted, everyone is not very proud, and the really proud ones have not yet appeared. The people below gathered together to arrange and arrange the above, and said something that was not salty, not light, and vague, but it was normal, but Zhao Zhaorong was reprimanded, that is, because he acted too clearly. However, when she said this, everyone also played a small drum in their hearts, especially Cao Baolin - she was still notified by Xu Xun to let her come, how Xu Xun's body was, she knew best, the concubine was not with them just now, she was already a little confused. Now he is muttering: Is it just to pretend to be sick, and really not come? But Niangniang is not that kind of person......

After a while, Concubine Luo arrived, and everyone naturally got up to greet her, and even Concubine Hui showed kindness and cordially approached her. Only Luo Concubine is not good at words, and she is a palace maid, everyone is not speculative, there is nothing to say, it is quieter than when she didn't come, and after a while, the shroud is changed, and then the incense is cried in order, and then goes to the spirit shed to kneel, etc., needless to say.

Not long after, the Queen Mother also came to worship, naturally there were tears again, and after crying, Fang called Jingci Immortal Master aside, and stood and discussed for a while before returning to his palace.

Because the concubine went very suddenly, everything was too late to prepare, even the mourning shed was set up in the Qingning Palace first, and the big shed outside was not set up at all, and the twenty-four yamen, the Ministry of Rites, and the Zongren Mansion were all busy because of this, and hurriedly notified the incense everywhere, but the foreign women could only come to the incense on the second day, and the result of the discussion was that everyone was guarding in the Qingning Palace tonight, and then moved to the square outside the Qingning Palace tomorrow, and set up a shed there, otherwise such a small place would not be able to accommodate everyone to salute. Due to the hot weather, the mortuary must be funeral for seven days, and all the etiquette can be rushed, and if you can't catch up, then it will be simple.

After all, it was a little hasty, and the outsiders couldn't help but feel a little emotional, but the real relatives only cared about crying - Concubine Jing knew the news, and immediately cried and fainted, and she didn't even catch up with the change of clothes, so she was rescued and woke up, so she rushed to kneel and cry, Rao was taken care of, and she had already cried twice.

Everyone knelt all the way, cried all the way, and in the evening, they dispersed one after another to go back to the palace to rest, leaving only Concubine Jing and Wu Jieyu to guard the spirit, the two knelt in front of the spirit, Concubine Jing was tired to ten points, kneeling and kneeling, her head was little by little, but she insisted on refusing to go down to rest.

It was getting dark, the queen mother had already gone back for dinner, Jingci Immortal Master hurriedly ate a few bites, and then rushed to lead a group of grandmothers and eunuchs to discuss in a low voice, and was talking, only to hear a gentle footsteps outside, her heart was jumping, and when she looked back, she really sighed in her heart.

Xu Xun was dressed in a white cloth filial piety suit, and his face was probably painted with a lot of powder, revealing a strange and false paleness, seeing Jingci Immortal Master, she coughed a few times, and said weakly, "It's really not good on the body, I'm late, I hope that the concubine of the Confucian Temple has a spirit in the sky, don't blame me." ”

The thousand words that came out of Jingci Immortal Master finally turned into a sigh, she shook her head, waved her hand at Xu Xun, and said with hatred, "You-forget it, go in quickly!" ”

If she didn't know, I'm afraid that some people would think that she was blaming Xu Xun too late.

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