In the summer of the seventeenth year of Shunzhi (Gengzi in 1660), Concubine Dong E's condition became increasingly serious, and there was a possibility of immortal death at any time. In the past few months, I was able to support painting and calligraphy with Fulin, talking and laughing. In the summer, he was entangled in the sickbed and was unable to get up. The physical pain and torture and the long-term bed rest made Xiaomeng almost unbearable, and when he came to the Qing Dynasty, he was a patient. However, because she was able to fall in love with Fu Lin, the blessings and misfortunes offset her, and she felt that there was nothing to shake.

Xiaomeng often thinks of explaining the aftermath. She said to Fu Lin: "The emperor sent the concubine Long Feng Pei, and the concubine can see things and think about people under the nine springs, but I have nothing precious to give, if the emperor thinks of the concubine, you can look up at the sky during the total solar eclipse, and the concubine will look at you in the sky." ”

"Total solar eclipse? What is a total solar eclipse? ”

"It's an astronomical phenomenon. To put it simply, when the moon, the sun, and the earth line up in a straight line, the moon blocks the sun, and the earth darkens, but the brightest stars and planets are visible in the sky. Perhaps, the concubine is above the brightest star. ”

"I'm still a little confused."

"It's okay, if you don't understand anything or want to know when there is a total solar eclipse, you can ask Lord John Tang, the Qin Heavenly Supervisor. Did the emperor remember? ”

"I have memorized everything that Concubine Ai has said, but Concubine Ai will not leave, and I will not let you go."

When Concubine Tong of Jingren Palace brought the third son Xuanye to visit Concubine Dong E's illness, Xiaomeng liked to tease Xiao Xuanye very much, this is the future Emperor Kangxi. Xiao Xuanye is smart, down-to-earth and generous, eight years old.

"Xuan Ye, have you been studying hard lately?"

"Yes."

"What did the teachers teach?"

"I have studied the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Text", and now I teach the Four Books and Five Classics."

"Oh, it's good to read, but don't read dead books. Then I'll test you today, whether you have read dead books, and see if your little brain is smart. ”

"What's the test?"

"Listen: How do you quiet the sparrows in the trees?"

"That's easy, shoot it down with a bow and arrow."

"No, in my opinion, just press it and it will calm down."

"How so?" Xuan Ye frowned and couldn't figure it out.

"Yes, because the crow (pressing) the finch is silent!" Xiao Meng winked at Xuan Ye slyly.

"Hahaha......" Fu Lin and Concubine Tong couldn't help laughing.

"me! That's not that I'm not smart. "Xuan Ye doesn't follow.

"Okay, I'll test you again! What is the name of the child of the day? ”

"Son of Heaven!" Xiao Xuanye was smug, and he was really a little clever.

"No, call me talent, because I was born with talent. I'm asking the child's name. ”

Xuan Ye was very annoyed, and pouted, "Take another question." ”

"Okay, what's the name of the wind kid that's simpler?"

"The wind, the wind...... Wind and water. Hehe, call the water up. Xuan Ye clapped his hands and jumped up.

"Well, it's not easy." Little Dream gave a thumbs up. Everyone laughed.

"You can test me again." Being praised like this, Xiao Xuanye was tired of this kind of guessing.

"Okay. The dog doesn't bark when it crosses the single-plank bridge, please guess an idiom. ”

"Well, what?" Xuan Ye frowned and thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't expect it.

"It's a glance (wood) that doesn't forget (Wang)."

Hey, Xuan Ye suddenly realized.

"Come ...... again" A noon Chengqian Palace was spent in laughter, accompanied by a few coughs that Xiaomeng couldn't help but have.

After Concubine Tong took Xuan Ye to say goodbye, she looked back at Chengqian Palace, and said to the personal palace maid with a sigh: "Have you seen it?" The Emperor's Eyes? ”

"What's wrong with the emperor's eyes? Empress. The palace maid was puzzled.

"No matter how much he laughs, his eyes have never left Concubine Dong E, no matter how he laughs, that concern, that worry, will always be tied to her alone." Concubine Tong choked back tears, very resentful.

The palace maid suddenly realized: "That's true." But Niangniang doesn't have to be sad, then Concubine Dong E, looking like that, pale and emaciated like that, like withering, probably not many days left? ”

"That's why it's even more confusing. He really loves her! The tears in the corners of her eyes finally fell into beads.

In the Chengqian Palace, Xiaomeng smiled at Fu Lin and said, "Do you know? Xuan Ye will grow up to be a great emperor, a generation of Ming monarchs. The emperor gave birth to a good prince. ”

"I haven't made a prince yet, how dare you make such a conclusion? Fortunately, you said that if you were someone else, I would have cured her of a major crime of interfering in government affairs. Fulin pretended to scare her.

Xiao Mengcuo smiled in Fulin's arms and said: "I'm not afraid, besides, even if the concubine doesn't say it, sooner or later the emperor will make him the crown prince, because he has already had smallpox, and I can look at the face, he will have a long life in the future." Besides, the emperor also likes him, and he will definitely not disappoint your expectations. Believe me. ”

"Let's talk about this later," Fu Lin said with a handsome face, "Is it a curse to discuss the imperial industry behind me so quickly?" ”

Xiaomeng hurriedly covered his mouth, and Fu Lin smiled.

"Necrotic!" Xiaomeng hit him with a handkerchief, "It is the emperor who is worried about the concubine, promise me, you must take care of the dragon body, don't think of the concubine." ”

"Shh Fulin pulled her into his arms again. He wanted to be with her forever. He was very afraid, very afraid that the person in front of him would disappear at any time.

Fu is also pale and emaciated, the fourth son of the emperor died young, and now the love of his life's confidante Concubine Dong E also seems to be hanging by a thread, like a candle in the wind, he is frightened, physically and mentally exhausted, often sleepless all night, so that his body is getting weaker and weaker.

For countless sleepless nights, he thought over and over again, what would he do if Concubine Dong E was gone? At that time, perhaps it was the best choice to get rid of the red dust and become a monk.

In the past four or five years, he has often studied Buddhism with senior monks. After Concubine Dong E became seriously ill, he often added oil and burned incense for her to pray for blessings and longevity. Although he is the Son of Heaven, he wants the wind to be windy and rainy, but in the face of life and death, he is helpless.

On August 19 of this year, Xiaomeng woke up in the morning, and the sun was shining lazily on her pale face without a trace of blood through the screen outside the window. She called, "Xia He." Xia He and Dong Mei entered when they heard the sound, holding the toiletries that had already been prepared in both hands.

"The palace is in a good mood today, I want to bask in the sun in the courtyard, you can change clothes for the palace." It's been a long time since Xiaomeng was lying on the sickbed and hadn't worn formal clothes.

Xia He responded happily, it seems that the master's spirit is much better, and when the master is better, of course they are also happy. They waited for Xiaomeng to get dressed, freshened up and put on a delicate makeup for her. What appears in the rhombic mirror is a hibiscus noodle that has not appeared for a long time.

"Mother is so beautiful!" Xia He said with his heart to make Xiaomeng happy, and Xiaomeng smiled as expected.

They helped the mother move a pear blossom wood recliner to the courtyard, and moved a small coffee table to make flower tea, and put aside a few plates of delicate snacks.

"You also move chairs to sit, let Chun Xing and Qiu Ju come, eat some breakfast with me and chat, what are you talking about? By the way, tell me about the interesting things in the palace. Then we waited for a total solar eclipse, and yesterday John sent someone to say that there would be a total solar eclipse today. By the way, Dongmei, you go and call the emperor, and when he is done with the government affairs, invite him to come and see the total solar eclipse, he has never seen it. ”

Dongmei left in response. Du Xiaomeng and Chunxing, Xia He, and Qiu Ju chatted while eating, and the three of them had not been in such a good mood when they saw their masters for so long, so they made each other look at each other, and they all tried their best to make her happy. Xia He was a little worried, and Xiaomeng waved his hand to show that he was fine. And they went on to speak, and such a good audience greatly encouraged them, and they spoke more energetically.

No one has discovered how a total solar eclipse occurs. Is it dim little by little, or is it completely devoured all at once? In short, when Xia He and the others realized it, they found that their master, Concubine Dong E, was reclining on the chaise longue, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, jade flour, people were alive, but strangely there was no trace of breath.

They knelt on the ground and cried: "Niangniang, Niangniang......" A little eunuch had already rushed out and passed the obituary to the queen mother.

Over there, Fulin had already gone down to the court, keeping Sony and Yue Le was equivalent to discussing the government in the Yangxin Palace, Dongmei stood outside the hall and probed her brain and didn't dare to go in, so she had to explain to the eunuch outside the door and ask him to tell the emperor Concubine Dong E to ask the emperor to come over. Fu Lin heard the whispers outside, recognized it was Dongmei's voice, wondered if something had happened to Concubine Dong E, and hurriedly announced that Dongmei had come to see her. Dongmei reported that Concubine Dong E was in excellent condition today, and invited the emperor to watch the total solar eclipse together. When the young man heard this, he couldn't hold it back, and announced that today's court was over, and he sent Sony and the others away, and hurriedly came to Chengqian Palace.

Outside the Chengqian Palace, a howl was faintly heard, and the face of the Son of Heaven quickly turned gray, "Don't!" Concubine, don't! Fu Lin's steps were as heavy as lead, and he walked slowly, his heart beating rapidly, and the scene before him made him stay where he was.

"Oh my God! Niangniang," Dongmei didn't dare to send a letter, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Dongmei hurriedly shook the emperor's arm, at this time, she didn't care about any boldness, and shook the emperor awake first.

Xia He heard the movement, turned her head and saw the emperor coming, she forcibly suppressed her grief and stood up. At this time, she can't fall, there are still many things to do, the queen's funeral, the emperor's dragon body, must be cared about.

Xia He ran over and cried to the emperor: "Your Majesty, please cry out, it will be better to cry." ”

Fu Lin finally burst into tears, he rushed to Concubine Dong E's side, hugged her body tightly, and began to cry. "Wanru, Wanru...... Why don't you wait? Why? ”

Grief struck suddenly, a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and grief was unbearable. "Aifei, you wait for me." Fu Lin suddenly calmed down and ran headlong into the old acacia in the courtyard.

"Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!" Exclaim!

The clever Xia He grabbed him, Gonggong Wu hugged him, and then several eunuchs tightly wrapped around him, and the servants knelt and begged: "Don't, your majesty, don't!" ”

Fu Lin struggled hard, and he cried out: "Let me go, let me go, I don't live anymore, I want to follow my concubine, she will be afraid alone, I want to go with her." ”

The eunuchs clung to it, and the scene was chaotic. Suddenly, an angry shout with incomparable majesty made the scene suddenly quiet: "Fulin, what are you doing here? ”

The Queen Mother hurriedly walked through the crowd, came to her son, slapped Fu Lin in the face and shouted categorically: "Parents who suffer from the body, the mourning family will not let you go, you dare to go, do you want to become the first unfilial person in the world?" ”

Fu Lin said miserably: "Eniang, she is gone, Erchen's heart is also dead, what is alive is just the walking dead, you don't let Erchen die, Erchen has to go home." ”

Hearing this, the Queen Mother trembled, her hands and feet were cold, why were the two dear and beloved men in her life so infatuated? Her husband, Emperor Taizong, Emperor Taiji, is also going to die and live for Concubine Hai Lanzhu, and now her son Fulin is like this for Concubine Dong E, why is the fate of her life so tragic? Didn't they think about themselves?

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang had a tenacious personality all her life, but at this time she felt that she was also very vulnerable, she fell silent and wept sadly. However, after only a moment, she immediately stood up tenaciously and sensibly ordered the eunuchs and palace maids to guard the emperor day and night, so that he would not seek death and life. He also instructed Su Malagu to keep an eye on Fulin day and night, and only Su Malagu could reassure her about doing things.

She walked to Fu Lin, who was prostrate on Concubine Dong E's body and cried bitterly, and said calmly and sadly: "Fu Lin, you can not listen to what E-Niang said, but E-Niang believes that if Concubine Dong E-concubine has a spirit under the Nine Springs, she will never let you seek death and life for her like this." She's a very well-behaved and sensible child, and she definitely doesn't want you to hurt the dragon body like this. Besides, the most important thing at present is to arrange the funeral of Concubine Dong E, bury her beautifully, and bury her in peace, this is really good for her, isn't it? E-Niang's words are all here, Fulin, you must mourn, think about E-Niang's words! ”

Hyozhuang is gone. Fu Lin also sobered up. Yes, the most important thing at the moment is to arrange the funeral of Concubine Dong E. She was wronged in her lifetime, and after the death of the immortal, he would never let her be wronged again, he wanted her to enjoy the supreme and noble world.

The grief is settled. He immediately issued successive orders and buried his concubine. Spread the message to the prince below, the Manchu and Han officials above the fourth grade, the princess, the princess and the princess below the wife, etc., all gathered inside and outside the Jingyun Gate to cry, and dropped out of the dynasty for five days.

Two days later, Fu Lin told the Ministry of Rites to posthumously crown Concubine Dong E as the queen: "The imperial concubine Dong E died in a dream on August 19. In accordance with the decree of the Queen Mother: The imperial concubine has been in charge of internal affairs for many years, the virtue is known, the palace is stylized, and the dream of the mother is gone, and the heart is deeply saddened. It is advisable to posthumously be crowned as the queen to show praise. I admired the oracle of mercy, specially used to posthumously seal, plus the nickname, said filial piety and dedication to the queen and to the virtue of Xuanren Wen Hui Duanjing. ”

On August 23, a posthumous ceremony and mourning ceremony were held, and a jade book and jade treasure were written, and incense books and incense treasures were made. Below the kings, officials above the four grades, and princesses, princesses, and wives went to the Shouchun Hall of Jingshan for the time being. The cabinet writes memorials and congratulatory messages.

Fu Lin personally wrote "Lines", praising the deeds and virtues of Concubine Dong E, and mourning bitterly, which lasted for thousands of words. He also ordered Jin Zhijun, a scholar, to write a biography for his concubine, and ordered the autumn festival to be stopped that year.

Fulin held a funeral for Concubine Dong E. He ordered the officials of the Eight Banners to take turns to take turns, and a total of 30 eunuchs and female officials in the palace were given to death, so that the imperial concubine would not lack servants in other worlds. Poor spring, summer, autumn and winter have not been spared, and they are the first to bear the brunt.

Jingshan built a water and land dojo, presided over by the high monk Yin Xisen, one hundred and eight monks, cymbals in the day, burning money and giving food at dusk, large and small officials, up and down people, etc., playing drums and flutes, in a hurry.

Finally, a cremation ceremony was held for Empress Duanjing. Linshou Chun Hall is the rear collection of spiritual bones. Fulin spent a huge amount of national money, and two splendid palaces were reserved for monks summoned from distant and remote places. According to Manchurian custom, the body of the imperial concubine was burned along with the coffin, the two palaces and their precious furnishings.

Before the cremation, Fu Lin looked at the remains and personally wore her whole shirt. Suddenly shocked to find that the dragon and phoenix Pei were lost, lost his mind, searched for it several times, but could not be seen, he couldn't help but break his liver and intestines, and tears were like rain.

Aifei, did you lose the dragon and phoenix? Do you let go and never think about it again? The oath of the mountains and seas has long been forgotten?