The funeral of the Son of Heaven has its own regulations.

When Emperor Jianwen returned to heaven, he was buried on the 49th of the day. Now it is the turn of Emperor Jian'an, but it is inconvenient to hold the funeral according to this. Because Emperor Jian'an has been dead for more than a month, he has been placed in an ice coffin to not decay. Now I have to be buried as soon as possible.

The unlucky Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites has been killed in the Imperial Mausoleum, and now the affairs of the Ministry of Rites have fallen on Xie Jun, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

Xie Jun forcibly suppressed the joy and excitement in his heart, and asked to see His Royal Highness the King of Shu, explain the matter, and ask His Royal Highness the King of Shu to decide.

Sheng Hong also did not make an assertion, and went to the Jiaofang Palace to meet the Empress Dowager Yu.

Empress Dowager Yu, who was full of gray hair and getting older, lay on the bed, did not get up, and said weakly: "The mourning family is old, these things are up to you." ”

Sheng Hong said respectfully: "How dare the ministers make decisions about such a big matter. Please also ask the queen mother to show it. ”

Empress Dowager Yu's heart was happy, but her face did not show it, so she sighed in embarrassment: "Stopping the spirit for forty-nine days is the regulation of the funeral of the Son of Heaven. If you change it without permission, you will always have a bad reputation for disrespecting the Son of Heaven. Although the mourning family is the mother of the Son of Heaven, they dare not make a decision easily. ”

Sheng Hong replied quietly: "In this case, let's stop the spirit for forty-nine days!" Even if there is some peculiar smell and the like, no one dares to say much. ”

Empress Dowager Yu: "......"

If Emperor Jian'an's body is allowed to decompose and then be buried, she, the queen mother, does not know how much infamy she will bear.

Empress Dowager Yu's blood surged, and she endured her anger and changed her words: "How can this be made." Twenty-one days after the cessation of the soul, and be buried! ”

Sheng Hong bowed his hand: "The son respects the will of the queen mother." ”

After Sheng Hong left, Empress Dowager Yu spit out the turbidity in her chest, and her eyes became gloomy.

Emperor Jian'an died, as she expected. The kings of Ningxia, the kings of Lu, and the kings of Min joined forces to rebel, but they couldn't escape a dead word. King An is young and should not be used. The king of Shu became the only candidate to inherit the throne......

Empress Dowager Yu once again deeply regretted her ghostly actions that day.

knew that today, I really shouldn't have ordered the king of Shu and his wife to return to Beijing.

Sheng Hong's grandeur is beginning to appear, and there is no shortage of strategic means. Xie Mingxi is even more shrewd and cunning, and he is quite difficult. The chaos she expected of the kings did not appear, but instead fulfilled Sheng Hong.

Now that I think about it, it's really hateful and annoying.

However, she is not without a way to suppress the King of Shu.

Empress Dowager Yu called Zhilan over and ordered in a low voice: "Now go to Hanxiang Palace and bring Concubine Mei into the Jiaofang Palace." It is said that the mourning family is too sad and needs to be accompanied by others. ”

In the end, Hanxiang Palace is far away, or people are placed under house arrest in Jiaofang Palace, so that they can feel at ease.

Zhilan answered softly and withdrew.

……

Half an hour later, Zhilan came back with an ugly face, kneeling on the ground and not daring to say anything.

Empress Dowager Yu's heart sank, and she asked coldly, "What's the matter?" Could it be that Concubine Mei dared to disobey the will of the mourning family? ”

Zhilan hung her head and replied tremblingly: "Empress Dowager Qi, the slave maid went to Hanxiang Palace, only to know that Princess Shu was also in Hanxiang Palace, accompanying Concubine Mei's side. ”

A few days ago, Empress Dowager Yu issued a decree to order Concubine Mei to "recuperate". However, there is no explicit grounding in the end. As a daughter-in-law, Princess Shu insisted on entering Hanxiang Palace to visit Concubine Mei, and no one dared to stop her in Hanxiang Palace.

Empress Dowager Yu snorted coldly: "What happened later?" ”

"The slave passed on the message of the queen mother, but the princess of Shu opened her mouth to reprimand the slave and maid angrily......"

Empress Dowager Yu's eyebrows moved slightly, anger flashed in her eyes, and her voice became colder: "What did she say?" ”

Zhilan stubbornly said: "Princess Shu said that the Queen Mother is the most generous and benevolent, knowing that Concubine Mei is weak in illness, how can she ignore the body of the Concubine Niangniang to summon to the Jiaofang Palace?" Princess Shu also angrily reprimanded the slaves and maids for making their own opinions, smearing the Queen Mother, and damaging the reputation of the Queen Mother......"

The more Zhilan spoke, the lower her voice became.

She is well versed in the temperament and temper of the Empress Dowager Yu. Hearing the slightly rapid breathing of the Empress Dowager Yu, he knew that the Empress Dowager Yu was extremely angry at this time.

Zhilan is also full of grievances.

Replaced by Queen Xiao, who has a soft temperament, she will definitely take care of Empress Dowager Yu and be polite to her.

Princess Shu is more than several times more difficult than Queen Xiao. There is a knife hidden in the smile, and when you speak coldly, you will win the arrow and hurt people invisibly.

No matter how decent she is in the palace, when she comes to Princess Shu, she can only bow her head.

After waiting for a long time, Zhilan waited for Empress Dowager Yu to grit her teeth and whisper: "That's it, the mourning family will not move Concubine Mei for the time being." You go to spread the will of the mourning family again, and let the princess of Shu go to the mourning hall to kneel as soon as possible. ”

As a slave and maid, you only have the duty to obey orders.

The unlucky Zhilan went to Hanxiang Palace again.

……

Concubine Mei's mood at this time was not much better than Zhilan.

There were waves of news in the palace, even if she was under house arrest in Hanxiang Palace, Concubine Mei also knew that Emperor Jian'an had already been assassinated.

Before he had time to rejoice in the King of Shu, Xie Mingxi forced his way into the Hanxiang Palace.

When Concubine Mei saw her daughter-in-law, she reflexively felt a little worried. Without waiting for a few words, Zhilan came.

Concubine Mei has been in the palace for many years, and she has an intuition about the approaching danger. As soon as I saw Zhilan, I guessed a few points, and my whole body trembled with fright.

Unexpectedly, before the shadow of the catastrophe was completely enveloped, Xie Mingxi had forced Zhilan back in a few words.

As soon as Zhilan left, Concubine Mei couldn't sit still, and asked Xie Mingxi with a frightened face: "How can you scold Zhilan?" ”

Xie Mingxi's eyes flashed, and he asked lightly: "She is a palace maid, and I am the princess." She figured out her master's intentions without permission, why can't I scold her? ”

Concubine Mei: "......"

This ability to reverse right and wrong is beyond ordinary people's imagination.

Concubine Mei was stunned for a moment before she whispered, "I know that you are bent on protecting me." It's just that the Queen Mother will never let me go easily...... Do what matters most, and don't worry about me. ”

The most important thing!

Even Concubine Mei knew that the ascension to the throne of King Shu was inevitable.

Xie Mingxi tugged at the corners of his mouth, not knowing whether he should laugh at himself.

You really can't be too iron-toothed. On that day, Sheng Hong's words were conclusive, saying that she had no ambition for the throne, and she had no idea of entering the middle palace.

Time has passed, and the current situation is that there is no way to retreat.

The husband and wife tacitly avoided this topic, but they both knew the upcoming fate in their hearts.

Sheng Hong was busy with the funeral of Emperor Jian'an, and she was not idle in the harem. didn't go to the mourning hall, but entered the Hanxiang Palace. Concubine Mei is Sheng Hong's biological mother. If Empress Dowager Yu wants to hold Sheng Hong, she must first control Concubine Mei in her hands.

As expected, Empress Dowager Yu really couldn't wait to make a move on Concubine Mei.

"The mother concubine doesn't have to worry, just rest assured in the Hanxiang Palace." Xie Mingxi's expression was faint, and he was not hurried: "With me, no one can move the mother concubine for half a minute." ”

In the face of such a strong daughter-in-law, Concubine Mei didn't dare to say anything, so she had to nod.