Chapter 137: The Queen Mother Returns to Heaven
Early this morning, Shen Xi stood in front of the window and watched the people on the street add clothes, she was shocked to feel a little cool, and then turned around and went to find a thick dress to wear.
When she went downstairs, Shen Fang was busy in the kitchen, Fu Chuan and Ruofeng were still copying the modern poems she wrote, waiting for them to be released in the future, and now there were not many people in the bookstore, so Shen Fang beckoned Shen Xi to go over to the kitchen to help.
"Are you going to cook noodles and eat them today?" Shen Xi looked at the big dough on the table, and couldn't help complaining, "There are too many noodles here." ”
Shen Fang glanced at Shen Xi, "This is for making moon cakes, I'll make more, you can send some to Doctor Lu and the third prince later." After that, he turned around and went busy, still muttering that there was no reason to eat noodles during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Shen Xi looked at Shen Fang's busy back, and then remembered that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival.
She thought there would be no Mid-Autumn Festival.
"Still in a daze, hurry up and help, the bookstore will be busy later." Shen Fang turned around and saw that Shen Xi was in a daze, so she hit her with her hand, "Go and help me light the fire." ”
Shen Xi looked bitter, "Auntie, aren't you embarrassing me?" ”
Making a fire is definitely the shadow of Shen Xi's life.
"Can't you just add firewood to it?"
Shen Fang despised Shen Xi very much, "You used to be able to do anything. ”
Shen Fang's words choked Shen Xi, and she didn't know how to answer, so she had to squat down and slowly make a fire, she finally lit the fire, and almost didn't light herself, her face was full of soot.
She originally wanted to help Shen Fang knead the dough and make moon cakes, but she opened her hand in disgust, "Wash your face, I'll make it myself in a while." ”
Shen Xi really seriously suspected that Shen Fang was doing it on purpose.
It wasn't until noon that Shen Fang made the moon cakes, because they were made by themselves, so Fu Chuan liked them very much, and if the wind was even more, he was so big, it was the first time he had eaten moon cakes.
Ruofeng is also a clever child, and he is very good at pleasing Shen Fang, so Shen Fang is the one who hurts him the most except for Lu Qingyi, which makes Shen Xi very jealous, how can he save an enemy every time.
"Now, there are three mooncakes here, you go and send them to them." Shen Xi hadn't eaten two bites before he was kicked out of the house by Shen Fang.
When Shen Xi went to Lu Qingyi's mansion, it happened that Chang Yi and Liu Congwen were discussing things in his mansion, and she angrily put the moon cakes directly on the coffee table, "These moon cakes are made by my aunt herself, so I have to bring them to you to try." ”
"It's rare for my aunt to remember us." Lu Qingyi was very happy, "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the capital is very fun, do you want to go together at night?" ”
"You three busy people finally remembered me?" Shen Xi hadn't gone out to play for a long time, and every time Lu Qingyi was either looking for Chang Yi or Liu Congwen, he never took the initiative to find her to play.
"Today is a holiday between the DPRK and China, and we have time." Chang Yi looked at Shen Xi's pouting appearance, but he felt cute.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for families to reunite, so every year the Mid-Autumn Festival Emperor will give the officials a holiday, let them go home for the festival, and he himself will go to the Great Zen Temple to accompany the Queen Mother for the holiday.
Compared with the palace, it is the palace maids and eunuchs who are lively, and there are some unfavored concubines.
At dinner in the evening, Shen Xi and Lu Qingyi specially invited Liu Congwen and Chang Yi to eat in her store, because of today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the bookstore was also closed after a long day. classic
Shen Xi and Lu Qingyi went to buy vegetables and let Shen Fang cook.
Liu Congwen was reluctant to dine with Shen Xi and them at first, he had been used to spending the Mid-Autumn Festival alone for so many years, and he was very unaccustomed to suddenly integrating into a big circle.
"Let me tell you, habits can be changed, and if you are always such a person, you will always get sick." Shen Xi really dragged Liu Congwen to his bookstore.
originally thought that they could have a reunion dinner this year, but as soon as they sat down, before they had eaten a few bites, they received an urgent report from the palace, saying that the queen mother had returned to heaven.
At this moment, the originally noisy bookstore became cold, and they were all rushing to the Great Zen Temple.
When they arrived at the Great Zen Temple, the emperor and the queen had already arrived there, and they knelt in front of the queen mother's bed and remained silent.
"Your Majesty, the queen, please also mourn and change." Lu Qingyi and Shen Xi both knelt down and prostrated on the ground.
"Lu Qingyi, you check the cause of the Queen Mother's death." The emperor's face was gloomy, the queen mother's body has always been healthy, and even she rarely gets sick usually, and he also specially arranged for the imperial doctor to follow her to live in the Great Zen Temple, who knew that today the news of her violent death suddenly came, which made it difficult for anyone to accept.
Lu Qingyi stepped forward to check the cause of the Queen Mother's death, and after a long time, he turned around and knelt on the ground again, his voice was calm, "Back to the emperor, the Queen Mother has always been taking medicine, although this medicine can make people feel high, but the side effects are extremely strong, and long-term use will lead to the death of the body's essence and blood." ”
Lu Qingyi meant that the death of the Queen Mother was not an accident.
As soon as he said this, the emperor's face suddenly became even more ugly, "You mean someone poisoned her?" ”
"I don't rule it out." Lu Qingyi said softly, he knew that the queen mother was the emperor's biological mother, and he was very filial to the queen mother, so she asked to come to the Great Zen Temple to pray for the country, and he did not stop him, but obeyed her wishes, but now he heard that the queen mother may have been framed and killed, as the emperor, how could he not be angry.
He is the king of a country, and he has been poisoned and mutilated by others before, and now the queen mother has been poisoned and died, which is an extremely shameful thing for him, the emperor.
"Lu Qingyi, Chang Yi, Liu Congwen listen to the order." The emperor suddenly became serious, "I order you to thoroughly investigate the case of the poisoning of the Queen Mother, and be sure to give me and the world an explanation." ”
The poisoning of the queen mother is not trivial, today is the queen mother, and tomorrow it may be anyone in the palace, even including the emperor himself.
Because the queen mother returned to heaven, the whole capital was gloomy, and the palace was also hung with white filial piety cloth, and the lanterns were all replaced with white.
This funeral, the emperor held an extremely heavy funeral.
On the day of the Queen Mother's burial, it rained a lot, because it was autumn and the weather was a little cold, so everyone braved the rain to give the Queen Mother a funeral.
The Heavenly Master said that it was not appropriate for the emperor to participate in this kind of thing, and it would cost the life of the world, so the emperor did not follow.
Chang Gan, as the crown prince, walked in the front, followed by Chang Wen and Chang Yi, and then those ministers in the palace, Lu Qingyi and Shen Xi walked together, and behind the coffin were the concubines of the harem, who were crying and crying.
But the rain was so heavy that no one knew if they were really crying or just pretending.
If you really cry, there are a few people who can do it.
"How long will it take to arrive at this royal cemetery?" Shen Xi couldn't help it, so he asked Lu Qingyi.
"There's still some distance, bear with me." Lu Qingyi said softly, "Don't speak now." ”