Chapter 227: National Mourning (2)
"Crescent, you want to help me" As soon as the two of them walked into the palace gate, Rong Ying stopped and looked back at Xinyue.
Xinyue paused, this was the first time he heard the word "help" in Rong Ying's mouth, and his heart couldn't help but tighten, and said, "You say." ”
"As far as I know, my father drove out all the people in the queen's palace after the queen took her last breath, and now the queen is left alone in the Kun palace, no one is allowed to go in, and no one is allowed to touch her, and she is in charge of the aftermath for her, but the queen has gone after all, and this aftermath still has to be done. I'll go to the city tower now, go and ask Your Majesty for an order, you go to the queen's palace first, her grandmother should still be there, as soon as you talk to her, just say my idea, and she will definitely listen to the arrangement. When my father comes down from the castle, everything will be back to normal. With that, Rong Ying turned around and went to the city wall.
Xinyue nodded, and Feng'er leaned over with some fear, "Girl, don't go, what if Your Majesty blames you?" ”
Xinyue looked at Feng'er holding her hand, thought about it, and said to Feng'er while walking towards Kun Palace, "Then I'll ask him, do you know that the queen mother hates lying down the most, she likes to wear gorgeous clothes." ”
Xinyue spoke, also cheering for herself, in the end, she was just the county lord, what ability did she have to arrange the aftermath for the queen, but thinking of Rong Ying's eagerness and the collapse of His Majesty above the city tower, Xinyue still clenched her fists, thinking in her heart, "Death is death." ”
Kun Palace seemed to be farther away than Xinyue imagined, but in this almost empty palace, she trotted for a while, and soon arrived at Kun Palace, this boxy hall, the doors and windows were closed at the moment, and the wind was howling, but even if it was a small wind, it seemed that it could not blow in the hall.
Xinyue just approached Kun Palace, and at the door, she was stopped by the forbidden army, Xinyue frowned, this person who was personally guarding the gate of Kun Palace turned out to be Xiao Laicheng, the commander of the forbidden army.
I saw Xiao Laicheng shouting, "Who is coming?" This is the Queen's Palace, and His Majesty has ordered that no one is allowed to enter it. ”
It was the first time for Xinyue to be in the inner palace, and she had seen so many guards, and she wanted to come Your Majesty knew that Rong Ying would come from the beginning, so he set up someone to stop him first.
She frowned, and said to Xiao Laicheng, "My lord, I am the Xinyue County Lord of the Xuanhou Mansion of An, I want to ask the lord to send someone to hand over the aunt in charge of this Kun Palace, I have something to tell my aunt." ”
"You're not coming in?" Xiao Laicheng didn't expect this to be a soft nail.
Crescent nodded, "Don't go in for now." ”
"Okay then." Saying that, Xiao Laicheng casually pointed to a soldier and went in to call Aunt Yue.
Aunt Yue didn't expect someone to come, she was also stopped outside the inner hall, the master died suddenly, and there were already six gods without a master, kneeling outside the temple gate, crying so much that she couldn't get up, and when she heard that the new moon was waiting for her outside, she immediately got up.
The little girls around her helped Aunt Yue, "Auntie, slow down." ”
"Go, help me, help me out and see." As she spoke, Aunt Yue had already walked out of the temple gate in a few steps.
And Xinyue sighed deeply, and said to Xiao Laicheng, who was standing straight in front of her, "My lord, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to come, and he was worried that because His Majesty was too sad, no one would take care of Niangniang's future, so I came over." ”
"County Lord, don't embarrass me, it's Your Majesty who counts now. I am His Majesty's courtier, not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. "Xiao Laicheng is an upright person, and Xinyue can't move him just by talking about it.
At this moment, Aunt Yue was put out by two little girls, "County Lord? How did you get in? ”
Xinyue looked at Aunt Yue, who was no longer able to walk, and greeted her with some distress, "Auntie, I came in with His Royal Highness the Prince, he went to persuade His Majesty, let me take a look at Niangniang first." What do you say is the mother..."
Aunt Yue looked at the new moon and cried, and the tears she could not hold back also cried.
"Auntie, now is not the time to cry, the important thing is the mother's death, now the outside can't come in, the mother is buried and other things, you should take care of it as soon as possible."
"The girl didn't know, His Majesty just didn't allow the mother to be buried, and when the mother just died, the slave maid also went in to ask, but was kicked out by His Majesty in the chest. His Majesty shouted at that time that no one was allowed to move Niangniang's golden body without his order. ”
Xinyue saw that Aunt Yue's face was also as pale as paper, and it was not easy to be kicked when she wanted to come, but now the most important thing was to go in first to see, so Xinyue said to Aunt Yue, "Auntie, I want to go in with you first to see Niangniang, so that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asks, and I also have an explanation." ”
"Girl, he is not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and his position as the Crown Prince is just stealing from our Highness." When Aunt Yue mentioned Rong Ying, she was indignant, thinking that the queen also knew how Rong Zhao died.
"Auntie, do you still remember Brother Zhao, if Brother Zhao is still here, can he watch Niangniang's golden body be unrestrained, just let it go?" Xinyue raised her voice, and after Aunt Yue heard it, she sobbed, "Girl, Your Highness, he won't..."
"You also know that Brother Zhao can't, so you don't take me in to have a look. I've been loved by my brother for many years, by the way, what about the princess? Where did the princess go? Xinyue looked around, the one who should be in charge of the overall situation here the most should be the queen's only remaining child, His Majesty's only daughter Rong Jue except Rong Ying.
"Princess, princess, she was also blocked outside the palace. A few days ago, the princess went to the Shangqing Palace to pray for her mother's blessing, but now she is not in the palace. ”
"Since the princess is not here, there should be someone to guard in front of the mother's spirit, auntie, you can't persuade me, I must go in and have a look." As he spoke, the crescent moon rushed inside.
Xiao Laicheng saw Xinyue breaking hard, she was a female dependent after all, and a group of men didn't dare to touch her, but they just pulled out the long knife on their waists and pointed it at Xinyue, Xinyue moved forward, seeing that the knife and axe fell on her, Aunt Yue shouted, "Enough." ”
Xinyue paused, and Aunt Yue had already taken her hand, and the two walked in together, Xiao Laicheng stopped her, only to hear Aunt Yue say in a dull voice, "Commander Xiao, you are the commander of the forbidden army, and I am the aunt in charge of this queen's palace, even if the queen is no longer there, my words are still good in this Kun Palace, if you disobey, don't you put Niangniang in your eyes?" ”
Only then did Xinyue understand why Rong Ying asked her to ask Aunt Yue to help her first, if she didn't have Aunt Yue's support, she wouldn't be able to enter the first door.
Xiao Laicheng still wanted to stop it, but Xinyue said, "My lord, even if Your Majesty is unwilling to bury her mother now, but Niangniang will always be buried one day, and you can't stop it." ”
After speaking, Xinyue and Aunt Yue walked into the Kun Palace.
Walking to the door of the inner hall, the crescent moon saw the main hall still furnished, but overnight, it was empty and cold like a huge coffin, without a little life.
And the inner hall is closed, and Aunt Yue walks here, as if she doesn't have the strength to move forward, but fortunately, no one is guarding the door of the inner hall, but no one dares to enter.
Xinyue stood at the door, her hand had been raised, but she didn't have the strength to push her away, Aunt Yue looked at Xinyue for a moment, not stopping or moving forward, just watching.
Xinyue closed her eyes, and thought of Queen Chai, who seemed to have gained everything, but was unhappy, lost everything, and did not change much, she received the almost morbid love of His Majesty, but she could not show a moment of pleasure.
The Queen Mother said that she was a woman who did not know contentment, but her sorrow seemed to be understandable to no one except His Majesty.
Crescent Moon thought about it, and finally reached out and pushed open the door of the temple.
The tight palace seemed to blow a gust of wind from within, and the crescent moon was in a trance, and the wind passed by her, as if a soul as light as a cicada's wings had been liberated, and floated away from the place where she was imprisoned.
Aunt Yue also seemed to feel something crying, and the crescent moon stepped forward, crossed the threshold, and entered the inner sanctum.
The queen was lying on the bed, covered with a brocade quilt, as if she was asleep, but her waist had collapsed, and her face was bloodless, all of which were talking about the fact that she was dead.
Xinyue stepped forward, and Aunt Yue also followed Xinyue in, and the attendants who served the queen behind her followed closely behind, and they all knelt on the ground and cried after seeing the queen's body.
Xinyue calmed down and said to Aunt Yue, "Auntie, go and call the funeral grandma to come over, clean up the appearance for the mother, and let her go on the road." ”
Aunt Yue nodded, and after coming in from the new moon, she felt as if she had a backbone, so she immediately sent someone to summon someone in.
Although His Majesty did not allow it, the Inner Court Division had already begun to prepare the things to be used after the queen's death, and the phoenix robe and golden crown that the queen would wear had been prepared early in the morning.
The burying grandmother Xinyue knew that she was the one who buried the crown princess, but Xinyue couldn't remember her name. It's just that seeing her gentle and sophisticated technique, Xinyue couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so she turned around and walked out.
At this time, the queen's palace was already full of people, and the forbidden army guarding the door was like a joke, but they didn't get His Majesty's order, and no one dared to retreat and leave. Xinyue had to sigh deeply, hoping that Rong Ying could convince His Majesty sooner.
Rong Ying's side, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his pace is extremely fast, and he has already climbed the city tower in a blink of an eye, and when he arrived behind His Majesty, the two were very close, and His Majesty discovered him.
At this time, His Majesty was barefoot and embarrassed. After seeing him, he stretched out his finger and pointed at Rong Ying, and said loudly, "Don't come, if you come, I'll jump down." ”
Rong Ying was stunned for a moment, and finally said in disbelief, "Are you threatening Erchen?" You are the Son of Heaven, do you still need to threaten others to achieve your own ends? ”
"Yes, I am the Son of Heaven, but even the Son of Heaven has something that cannot be done, my beloved woman is dead, but I have no way at all." When His Majesty thought of this, he burst into tears.
Rong Ying took a deep breath, walked in the direction of His Majesty with red eyes, and said as she walked, "Father, you go back with your son." The queen is still waiting for you to host the funeral for her, she is a decent and strong person, if she is still there, she can't stand this kind of treatment. ”
"You don't know anything about her, she doesn't care about these false names the most, for her, dead is dead. What about throwing her into a mass grave? His Majesty sneered, but tears still flowed uncontrollably.
Rong Ying saw that His Majesty was a little bit uninformed, so he took two steps forward, which made His Majesty a little nervous, and only heard him speak, "Father, the queen mother can not care, but Erchen thinks that you should care very much." If you continue like this, or if you jump from here for a hundred years, then no one will really hold a decent funeral for your mother. You have protected the queen all your life, and she has been doing her best to make her evening bleak after losing her prince's brother, and now you are going to make her worries come true. I can't understand your pain, but you can't let this pain affect your reason, as the king of a country, how can you be emotional? ”
Rong Ying seemed to have said something very funny, and after he finished the last word, His Majesty laughed out loud, "Emotional? The things I have about her in my life have always been emotional. Otherwise I wouldn't have gotten her at all. Rong Ying, it seems that you still haven't loved anyone, this can be regarded as a punishment from God. After speaking, His Majesty seemed to feel a little better, he took a few steps in the direction of Rong Ying, and then fell to the ground, and he fainted.
Rong Ying immediately called the guards over, carried away His Majesty who had fainted in his arms, and then ordered the guards below, "Open the city gate and let people in." ”
His Majesty fell down because of excessive grief and overwork, and the imperial doctor came wave after wave, and they all shook their heads, and finally the imperial doctor Zhang of the imperial hospital said the truth to Rong Ying and the civil and military officials who had entered the palace, "Your Majesty has run out of oil and the lamp is dry, and now there is no will to survive at all." This night was a very long torture for His Majesty, and now, he only has one breath to hold on, Your Highness, my lords, it is better to prepare as soon as possible. ”
Rong Yinggo frowned, he felt a pressure on his shoulders, making him uncomfortable all over his body, he was kneeling in front of His Majesty's bed, this would bend over as if he wanted to vomit, but he couldn't vomit anything.
The imperial doctor wanted to diagnose Rong Ying's pulse, but he pushed him away, "You have to do your best to heal, don't talk nonsense here, if there is anything wrong with my father, this hall will let you be buried with you." ”
As he spoke, Rong Ying got up from the ground, stood in front of His Majesty's bed, glanced at the ministers of the clan and the civil and military officials who were kneeling on the ground, and asked in a low voice, "Now that my father is seriously ill, surrounded by strong enemies outside, and the funeral of the queen mother, as the crown prince, I should temporarily take over the state affairs and establish national politics, what objections do the secretaries have?" ”
At this time, naturally no one will put forward any opinions, whether sincere or false, they all kneel down and shout "Please the prince to supervise the country, please the prince to supervise the country." ”