Chapter 240: Funeral
On the twenty-sixth day of the first month of the ninth year of the Xuanli calendar, heavy snow!
The sky was bright, the thick door of the palace was still closed, and outside the door, a group of ministers dressed in white stood on Taiping Avenue.
Headed by Shi Chaoyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, it stood solemnly in two columns.
Mrs. Fei and Mrs. Ning stood side by side in front of the door, waiting for the Queen Mother's coffin to come out.
The weather was extremely cold, Fu Xiaoguan felt that his feet were already frozen, he looked at the two old men quite worriedly, thinking that these two should not also freeze to death.
Or Yan Beixi, the old guy, is cunning, taking advantage of the fact that there are a lot of things in the court, hiding in the warm political hall, drinking tea and watching the twists and turns, how pleasant, which makes Fu Xiaoguan suddenly feel that the boring days in the office seem to be very good.
Xu Huaishu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, stood in front of Fu Xiaoguan, he quietly retreated to the rear, came to the lonely Fu Xiaoguan, tilted his head slightly, and whispered: "Your father has been to Xu's Mansion." ”
Fu Xiaoguan was taken aback, "When?" ”
"You don't know? Yesterday afternoon, it was about the time of Shen. ”
Fu Xiaoguan thought to himself, what does this dad mean? I sent him out of the city gate late yesterday afternoon, could it be that he ran back again?
So is he gone or not gone?
"What did he say?"
"I heard my father say that he just came to show off, and then he left, without even taking a sip of tea."
"Breathe for your mother?"
Xu Huaishu nodded.
Immature!
What's the point?
Fu Xiaoguan can only understand that the big landlord finally has an amazing son now, and it is natural that the once lost face will be recovered.
Fu Xiaoguan didn't know that after Fu Daguan went to the Xu Mansion to find his face, he went to the red sleeves again.
"Father is not angry, he asked me to tell you a word."
"What?"
"If you can't put it down, go to Xu's Mansion to sit when you have time."
Fu Xiaoguan was stunned, did I not go to Xu's Mansion to mean that I let go?
"I don't have time for the time being, and I haven't put down my ......" He turned his head to look at Xu Huaishu, frowned and asked: "I don't understand, my mother is going to die, why is he so ruthless?" ”
"Then you can go to the Xu Mansion to sit when you are free." After Xu Huaishu finished speaking, he walked to the front, leaving Fu Xiaoguan alone to stand in the last row of the queue.
Fu Xiaoguan raised his eyebrows, he really didn't have time now, and he wasn't in the mood to go to the Xu Mansion.
The door of the palace opened, and the sound of fairy music came from inside, Fu Xiaoguan turned his head to look into the door, and saw a lantern like a long dragon.
At the forefront were cavalrymen in armor and spears, their helmets wrapped in white cloth, lined up in a neat queue, slowly walking towards the palace gate.
Fu Xiaoguan thought that it was Huo Huaijin as the leader, and he looked at it and didn't know it.
A cavalry team of 3,000 people set foot on Taiping Avenue, followed by hundreds of Taoist priests, wearing yin and yang gossip robes, holding prayer flags and floating dust, reciting scriptures, and also stepping on Taiping Avenue.
Behind this group of Taoist priests was a group of thousands of guards with swords straddling their waists, but they did not ride horses, but on foot.
Then there are the relatives of the prince and grandson of the emperor who wear linen and wear filial piety, headed by the eldest prince Yu Wentian, there are roughly hundreds of people.
Fu Xiaoguan saw Yu Hongyi, the son of Prince Xian, in this group of people, and he was quite kind, thinking that he would wait for this matter, and he had to invite this guy to sit in the square building.
Behind this group of imperial relatives was the coffin of the Queen Mother, carried by eighteen people, and Emperor Yu Yin and Shang Guifei supported the spirit on both sides.
When the coffin arrived at the palace gate, Mrs. Fei and Mrs. Ning also walked over and participated in the support of the spirit.
When the coffin marched to the outside of Fu Xiaoguan's line, Emperor Yu Yin raised his eyes and saw Fu Xiaoguan standing at the end, and gave an order to Gonggong Jia behind him.
Father-in-law Jia trotted all the way to Fu Xiaoguan's side, and whispered, Fu Xiaoguan was startled, thinking that this spirit is not something that anyone can support, what does Your Majesty mean by this?
"Little official, go quickly!"
Fu Xiaoguan walked over in full view of everyone, stood behind His Majesty, and put his hand on the coffin.
He thought the Emperor would say something to him, but the Emperor didn't look back at him at all.
The eyes of the ministers on both sides fell on Fu Xiaoguan!
According to the etiquette system, the queen mother returns to heaven, and in addition to the emperor and queen, the soul supporter is the crown prince and princess, and the next is the old minister of the court to choose two, and then come down to be hand-picked by His Majesty. This hand-picked person is usually the humerus of the court, such as Yan Beixi Yan Shidao and other important ministers.
His Majesty has not yet made a crown prince, so the princes can only walk in front of the spirit.
But His Majesty alone ordered a Fu Xiaoguan - the deep meaning of this is a little more flavorful in the eyes of all the ministers.
Is it because of the disaster relief strategy?
Is it because of the first column of the first column of the three steles of the thousand steles?
Or is it because of the bloody battle on the ten-mile long street, and he crossed the comet prince in one fell swoop?
No one knows the specific reason, but everyone knows that Fu Xiaoguan's pawn has really crossed the river now!
Mrs. Ning had a vague remorse in her heart, wouldn't it be better if she hadn't appeared in Jinling Mansion on the day of the bloody battle on Long Street?
And Mrs. Fei's face was quite stiff, I don't know if it was too cold, or because I was embarrassed because I had made a mistake in my judgment before.
In the bloody battle on the long street, Mrs. Fei thought that Fu Xiaoguan would die, but she didn't expect that this guy not only did not die, but made a great contribution to Your Majesty.
He was also extremely suspicious of Fu Xiaoguan about the flyer on the Lantern Festival, but he had not yet found evidence.
The eldest son Fei An was out of prison yesterday, and then left with a knife, he could roughly guess what Fei An would do, thinking that the one who was personally promoted by the eldest prince, and thinking that if the eldest prince really went to the Eastern Frontier Army to be the commander, that one would be prosperous.
If you go and kill him...... I'm afraid that something big will happen!
He has written a secret letter to Fei Guo, hoping to resolve this disaster of Fei Guo.
He never understood why this eldest son, who had been planting the field for five years, would do the thing he had wanted to do but didn't do in the end after spending some time in that prison!
Since you can't put it down, how good it is to hold the hoe!
Old lady Shi was also standing in the crowd, he looked at Fu Xiaoguan, the old face suddenly smiled, but he didn't know what that smile meant.
Xu Huaishu and Xu Yungui glanced at each other, and their eyes were extremely shocked.
The eldest prince Yu Wentian only glanced at Fu Xiaoguan, his thick eyebrows did not move, but the corners of his mouth pulled slightly.
The fourth prince Yu asked the book, but he glanced at Fu Xiaoguan three times, his eyebrows were raised, and he lowered his head and smiled, a little cold, with a hint of ridicule.
The fifth prince Yu just curled his mouth when he asked, thinking that this guy really won the joy of his father.
The ninth princess Yu Wenyun was calm in her heart, but what she thought was that Fu Daguan, the future father-in-law, came to Beijing, but she couldn't take time to meet him, which was quite regrettable.
Only the third princess, Yu Qinglan, made a decision in her heart after seeing Fu Xiaoguan Fu Ling-in a few days, she had to ask her mother to inform her father that there must be Fu Xiaoguan to send the envoy!
In short, whether it is the ministers of the court or the relatives of the emperor, after seeing that His Majesty summoned Fu Xiaoguan to help the spirit, they had many thoughts in their hearts, and their faces were different.
The long queue slowly marched on Taiping Avenue, there were already many people on both sides of the avenue, Fu Xiaoguan didn't know what these melon-eating people were thinking, but he just felt that it was such a cold morning, why didn't you nest in the bed?
Isn't it really uncomfortable to be drenched in this white snow?
The sky is getting brighter, and the wind and snow are still there.
The route of the coffin in Jinling City has long been guarded by the guards, and there are also the arresters of the north and south of Jinling Mansion patrolling everywhere, so there is no idler on this road, but the doors and windows on both sides of the streets and alleys have opened a lot, and they have poked their heads out, looking at this huge funeral procession, and they are extremely sighing in their hearts - this is the honor guard of the heavenly family, the law is strict, and the rules are round!
It was bright and the wind had subsided, but the snow was heavier.
The team walked out of Jinling City and into the vast snowfield.
There are still guards on this snowfield who are solemnly riding on their horses, and when the team comes, they all stand up on their horses, and their spears are raised to the sky, and they are magnificent, shaking off the wind and snow.
Fu Xiaoguan felt that his hands were about to freeze, and he knew that wearing a pair of gloves - like His Majesty's monk and concubine, I am afraid that it would be more comfortable.
This is what he did not expect, he thought that he would follow the ministers, so that he could put his hand in his sleeve, and look at the scenery as he walked - for the death of the queen mother, to be honest, there was no sadness in his heart.
The contact was only two times, and it was not pleasant, as for the Queen Mother's final compromise, in Fu Xiaoguan's opinion, it was also because of Shang Guifei's means that the transaction was promoted.
In exchange for the life of the prince of the comet, the queen mother changed the rules for Yu Wenyun to marry Fu Xiaoguan.
So he didn't know whether the Queen Mother was merciful or ruthless, whether it was true or false.
In line with the traditional virtue of respecting the old and loving the young, Fu Xiaoguan behaved seriously, although he was not sad, but he still had due respect in his heart.
It's just that his vision is more active than the rest of the people, and he often raises his eyes to look into the distance, so he sees the mountain in the distance.
The mountain does not appear to be tall, and the outline is a little blurred in the heavy snow, showing some ethereal and somewhat sacred flavor.
As the procession progressed, the mountain became clear, and there were pine trees, but they looked like white mushrooms.
At the foot of the mountain, it became clearer and clearer, and Fu Xiaoguan saw strings of ice crystals hanging on the branches of the pines.
The ice crystals are one meter long and short, crystal clear, and if there is sunlight, they will refract colorful light, and the Purple Mountain will become colorful.
His eyes swept to the left and right, there were more guards here, and there was another type of army - they were wearing black armor, carrying a longbow, and carrying a long sword at their waists, thinking that they were the famous Imperial Tomb Guards.
The team stepped into the Purple Mountain.
When he came to the huge platform on the mountainside, Fu Xiaoguan saw the old eunuch standing at the front of the platform.
Grandpa Wei!
He is indeed a first-class master and great eunuch stationed here!
So what did Mrs. Shi ask herself to come here to see?
Old lady Shi was also in this funeral procession, but Shi Chaoyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, did not accompany him - could it be that he had more important things?