Xue Baochai walked out of Qin Keqing's bedroom, found a eunuch and asked where Jia Ke was, and then took his personal maid to the side hall of Kunning Palace.

At the gate of the hall, Li Deshan and Li Gui were guarding there, and when they saw Xue Baochai coming, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"No courtesy, can the emperor be inside?"

"Back to the concubine, the emperor is in the side hall."

"If you go in and report to the emperor, you will say that Xue Baochai wants to see you."

So Li Deshan saluted Xue Baochai, then turned around and entered the side hall to hug Jia Keyu, and after a while, a word came out from inside, asking Xue Baochai to go in to meet him.

After Xue Baochai entered the side hall, he saw Jia Ke sitting alone in the dark.

Xue Baochai hurriedly came to Jia Ke's face, knelt down and saluted him, and then stood up, came to Jia Ke's side, and said softly: "Your Majesty, please also mourn and change." ”

Jia Ke sighed, and then said, "Have you ever visited the queen?" ”

"If you go back to the emperor, I have been to see the queen, and the queen has been dressed up."

Jia Ke nodded and then said: "My mind is in turmoil, the queen will be placed in the Qianqing Palace in a while, I can't bear to see each other, I will live in the Chengqian Palace in the past few days, you go back and prepare." ”

After Xue Baochai listened, he didn't show any performance on the surface, but he was secretly happy in his heart.

After a while, Fan Kang came in to report that the queen had finished packing up and was about to be transported to the Qianqing Palace to set up a mourning hall.

Jia Ke was silent for a long time, and then said, "I won't go, you will preside over this matter." ”

Fan Kang glanced at Jia Ke in surprise, you must know that Jia Ke and Qin Keqing have been husband and wife for many years, and the two are also a husband and wife together, but now Jia Ke's is a little abnormal.

But this kind of thing is what he dares to ask, since Jia Ke doesn't want to go, he naturally withdraws to preside over this matter for Jia Ke.

After a while, Jia Ke heard a burst of chaos outside, and then Kunning Palace fell into silence.

Jia Ke let out a sigh of relief, then stood up, turned around and left the side hall, and came to the outside of Kunning Palace.

Li Deshan had already prepared a soft sedan chair next to him, Jia Ke didn't speak, and got into the sedan chair directly, Xue Baochai took Xue Baoqin and followed behind as a soft sedan chair.

On the second day, the whole capital already knew that the queen had died, and the palaces of the princes and nobles were in chaos.

And ordinary people also put all the red decorations on white paper in their homes.

From this day on, for twenty-one consecutive days, the mourning and joy in the Qianqing Palace continued, and every day there were concubines, princes, and princesses who came to cry.

And every day is hosted by Xue Baochai and Shi Xiangyun in turn.

After Jia Mu learned about this, she also lamented for a long time.

"This daughter-in-law is the first of my granddaughter-in-law, and a hundred others can't compare to her, but I didn't expect it to be a blessed one, and I just had a good life, and I got this disease."

Then Mother Jia ordered her personal maid Mandarin Duck to go and put on a stick of incense on her behalf.

Mother Jia's statement, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother Zhou naturally did not dare to slack off, and both sent their personal maids to incense.

This time, Qin Keqing can be regarded as sad to the extreme, and there are even the Queen Mother and the two Queen Mothers who offer incense.

And the strange thing is that since Qin Keqing died, Jia Ke has never appeared in Qin Keqing's mourning hall since he saw Qin Keqing for the last time.

Twenty-one days later, outside the imperial city, Qin Keqing's temporary resting place had been built.

Then it was presided over by Fan Kang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and under the escort of all the concubines, princesses, and civil and military officials, Qin Keqing's coffin came out of the imperial city and came outside the city.

After a complicated period of etiquette, Qin Keqing's coffin was placed in a newly built palace, and then the gate of the palace was tightly sealed, only waiting for Jia Ke's mausoleum to be completed, Qin Keqing's coffin could come out of this door again and enter Jia Ke's mausoleum.

After all, Qin Keqing's funeral was different from the emperor, and after 21 days, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were relieved, and the people began to return to normal life, and even Jia Ke began to favor the concubines of the harem again.

To say that the only one who has the greatest influence is Jia Zhi, the king of Chu, when Qin Keqing was there, he was the most favored in the palace and the most promising to be crowned the crown prince, so countless people from top to bottom stammered.

But now that Qin Keqing is gone, this kid immediately feels the heat and coldness of the world, it's not that these subordinates in the palace dare to snub him, it's just that they are not as dedicated as before.

And Jia Zhi, the child, is still young, and his mother has passed away, it is a sensitive time, and these inadvertent little negligence immediately made him feel different, so his heart began to be gloomy.

Fortunately, at this time, Ruizhu has been divided into Concubine Li, and already has her own separate palace, and Ruizhu is also a loyal, although she is now Jia Zhi's nominal concubine, but she is still respectful to Jia Zhi and serves as a master.

After Qin Keqing's death for a period of time, turmoil began in the palace. fresh

Shi Xiangyun is not honest, but she is not a fool, she also knows how to run for her future.

So now it is Xiangyun, and he has to go to Ningshou Palace almost every day to ask the Empress Dowager for peace.

And the Empress Dowager Jia Mu also hoped that Shi Xiangyun would be able to preside over the harem after Qin Keqing's death.

Therefore, during this period of time, the two grandparents can be said to be very close.

And Xue Baochai took another way, she used Xue Baoqin to curry favor with Jia Ke on the one hand, but on the other hand, she went to the Empress Dowager Zhou every day to salute.

And the concubines in the palace also began to divide into two factions, but because Shi Xiangyun advanced to the palace and had the support of the empress dowager, he had the absolute upper hand.

And among these concubines, there is only one person who is optimistic about Xue Baochai, and that is Concubine De Lanxiang.

This Concubine Lanxiang was the daughter of an official eunuch when Jia Ke was in Xuanfu Town. It can be said that there are some scheming.

She had already seen that Xue Baochai had hidden wisdom, and if Shi Xiangyun wanted to fight with Xue Baochai, it would be impossible.

Therefore, Lan Xiang secretly surrendered to Xue Baochai, and Xue Baochai thought that he was still shallow in the palace, and he still needed the help of the people below, so he accepted Lan Xiang generously.

On this day, after Jia Ke finished handling her business, he went to Jia's mother to greet her.

This is also necessary for the ancient emperors, because in ancient times, filial piety ruled the world, don't care if you are the Ninety-Five Supreme, at least on the surface, you have to respect your elders.

Therefore, Jia Ke's etiquette to Jia's mother was not ignored for a day.

After Jia Ke entered Ningshou Palace, under the service of the mandarin duck, he entered the side hall of Jia's mother.

After Jia Ke saluted Jia's mother, he was pulled by Jia's mother to sit down beside him.

"Emperor, the queen has been gone for a while, I see that there is no one in the palace to preside over this period of time, it is already a little chaotic, this is not good, you are the queen who died in distress, and you can't ignore the people in front of you, I think you should choose another virtuous person to preside over the harem."

Jia Ke didn't refute after hearing this, just nodded, and then asked, "I don't know who Lafayette has to choose." ”

Jia Mu was overjoyed when she heard this, but she didn't show it on the surface, she just said lightly: "I'm an old woman, but I can't care about these things, just remind me when I should be reminded." ”

"Lafayette is still young, and we juniors still need Lafayette to mention it."

"Okay, since you have this in mind, I'll recommend someone to you."

Jia Ke looked at Jia respectfully, but he already knew who this person was in his heart.

Sure enough, as Jia Ke expected, Jia Mu said: "I think this Xiangyun girl is not bad, over the years, you have seen her character, this is a kind person, if she presides over the harem, I think I will not embarrass the child left by the first queen." ”

Jia Ke was noncommittal after hearing this? What Jia Mu said is right, Xiangyun is indeed a kind person, but because she is kind, she does not have the ability to manage thousands of people in the harem.

In Jia Ke's heart, the real candidate is Xue Baochai, Xue Baochai's scheming, Jia Ke sees it in his eyes, but Jia Ke doesn't have any disgust.

If the queen in charge of the palace doesn't have a little scheming, then she won't be tricked around.

Besides, which one of the superiors is clean, let's just say that Qin Keqing is thoughtful on the surface, but who knows those palace maids and eunuchs who died in the palace because of Qin Keqing's hint.

"Lafayette, I haven't thought about it yet, this matter will be postponed for the time being, and I will think about it after a few days and I will calm down."

Who is Jia Mu? As soon as he heard Jia Ke shirk, he knew that he was dissatisfied with Shi Xiangyun, but now Jia's mother couldn't make the decision for Jia Ke, so she had to remind him.

"Except for Xiangyun, if someone else becomes this queen, I'm afraid the King of Chu will not have a good time." This is already a hint of Chiguoguo.

After Jia Ke heard this, he didn't have the heart to stay here in Jiawu anymore, Jia Ke confessed a crime like Jia's mother, and left Ningshou Palace and returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

During this time, Jia Ke had not entered the Qianqing Palace, and now Jia Ke has regarded the Heart Cultivation Palace as his dormitory.

After Jia Ke returned to the dormitory, he was a little bored, so he ordered someone to prepare some wine and food for himself to borrow wine to drown his sorrows, and after a while, he drank too much, and then with Li Gui's support, he entered the dormitory of the Heart Nourishing Palace to rest.

How do you know that Jia Ke slept until midnight, and in a daze, he felt that someone was calling him.

Jia Ke slowly opened his eyes, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat, it turned out that Jia Keqing saw Qin Keqing standing in front of his bed in full costume.

Jia Ke was startled at first, but immediately calmed down, you must know that Jia Ke's skills have reached the level of a human immortal.

Jia Ke had also tested his supernatural powers in the capital back then, and those demons and monsters would scatter as soon as they approached his body.

Jia Ke didn't immediately silently use Xuangong, but looked at Qin Keqing in front of him and asked, "Zitong, don't you have anything else to explain to me?" ”