Chapter 9: The Queen's Funeral

The man was silent for a long time, his eyes seemed to be gentle, he touched the head of the red date, and asked her, "Why did you choose this horse?" ”

said that it was a coincidence that Wei Xiang would not believe it, so Yi Xuan said: "I heard that my aunt often rides, so I chose it." ”

What the girl said is reasonable, and there is really nothing to doubt about it.

It's that he thinks too much.

He chuckled and told her, "Don't pick this horse in the future." Let's go. ”

There doesn't seem to be any intention of returning the dates to her.

It's just that it's useless to entangle with him again. Yixuan bent down and went.

"Your Excellency!" Someone tried to dissuade.

Wei Xiang glared at him coldly, and the man immediately lowered his head, not daring to speak again.

Yixuan returned to the lake, but still didn't see Hongyu's figure, so she had to go back to the teahouse to stay first.

She chose a window seat, ordered a pot of white silver needles, and poured herself a drink. Looking through the window, you can see the faint clouds and the mountains.

Who was that man in blue just now? What are the two plotting about? No, to be precise, what is King Yu planning?

She didn't see the man's face, but she remembered his form. Blue ...... Blue ...... A vague impression came to mind.

It seems to be someone from the Ministry of Rites.

The official position is not high, she remembers clearly.

After all, there are hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China, and she can't write them down all of them.

While he was thinking, a group of people came up the stairs talking and laughing. The reason why Yi Xuan noticed it was because she heard Hongyu's voice.

This girl...... It really threw her out of the clouds.

Hongyu was sought after by a group of gentlemen, and her eyebrows flew and she was very interested. Lu Yingzhi deliberately kept a distance from her, and as soon as Hongyu got close to him, he retreated for a point, and then someone stood between Lu Yingzhi and Hongyu.

Lu Yingzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he saw Yixuan sitting by the window.

She is wearing men's clothes today, a waist outlined by a belt is extremely slender, satin-like black hair is tied with a headband, and a few strands of broken hair fall on her cheeks, lining her cheeks white and tender as snow, black pupils, and wet, with a natural weak and innocent look.

However, her eyes seemed to be a little resentful?

Lu Yingzhi was cramped, he had deliberately kept his distance from Hongyu, if it wasn't for Hongyu's insistence on going with him, he would never provoke Hongyu.

Actually, Yi Xuan was just a little dissatisfied with Hongyu forgetting her. It has nothing to do with Lu Yingzhi.

"Sister Yixuan." Lu Yingzhi consciously sat down opposite her, blushing a little excitedly, "Since you are here, why don't you join Sister Hongyu?" ”

Yi Xuan looked at Hongyu with a smile, "I want to ask too?" ”

Only then did Hongyu remember that she had dried Yixuan alone until now!

"Yixuan, I ......" Hongyu really didn't know how to explain.

Yi Xuan glared at her helplessly, poured her a cup of tea, and sent it to her, "You don't have to say it, I understand if you don't say it." ”

Hongyu blushed and nodded, smirking twice.

"This is ......," a man in Tsing Yi asked.

"My sister Wen Yixuan."

Younger sister?

Wen Hongyu's sister is also a girl of the Wen family, but I don't know whether she is a concubine or a concubine. The appearance is indeed beautiful, and they are used to seeing beauties, and they rarely see such outstanding appearances.

"Since you're your sister, why haven't we heard you mention it before?" Someone asked again.

"She was demented when she was a child, and she only got better a few days ago, so I didn't mention it to you." Hongyu knocked the melon seeds and said casually.

Idiot? The crowd was stunned. This doesn't look stupid, his words and deeds are more beautiful than Hongyu's.

Several sons and brothers rushed up to talk to Yi Xuan, and Yi Xuan coped lightly, neither too enthusiastic nor too cold, just polite and polite. This alienated attitude coupled with her cold look made it itchy for people, and after a few rounds, Yixuan has become the focus of everyone's pursuit.

Ruby was a little upset, and slammed the teacup on the table. Yi Xuan looked at her and asked with a smile, "Sister is tired?" Shall we go back then? ”

Ruby glared at her, turned and left.

Yi Xuan hurriedly caught up, and Lu Yingzhi stared in the direction she left and smiled bitterly.

In the past two days, there have been obviously more people who have come to Yixuan to say goodbye, and they are about to fight against Hongyu. Liu was puzzled.

There were a few outstanding ones, and the Liu family also showed them to Yixuan, but Yixuan refused without giving face. Liu thought that his daughter was the one who wanted to be the imperial concubine, and she was still young, so he went with her.

Yixuan deeply felt the terrible nature of the words "royal relatives and nobles".

On this day, Wen Bogao came back from the yamen early, and as soon as the second lady was happy, she beckoned Liu to bring two girls and a brother to the hall for dinner. This brother is the youngest, only ten years old, and is the younger brother of Hongyu and Yixuan. Raw and round, only up to Yixuan's shoulders, his eyes are bright and round, and he is very close to his two sisters.

As soon as Hongyu saw her younger brother, she opened her arms happily and said with a smile: "Brother Yu, come here, sister hug." ”

Yu Ge'er is an active age, and he is locked in the study every day to read. Brother Yu'er's father is not a material for reading, and he didn't even pass the exam after taking the exam three times, so he simply didn't work his career, and he was dedicated to taking care of his family business, and he was often not at home. Wen Bogao pinned his hopes on Brother Yu'er, the eldest grandson.

Brother Yu had just come back from the study, and rolled into Hongyu's arms, and said with a blushing face: "Sister, I want to eat sugar." ”

Hongyu patted his little head and took out two pieces of dragon whisker cake from his sleeve and gave them to him, and the little guy hurriedly stuffed one in his mouth, and his saliva flowed from eating.

Yixuan couldn't help but smile, and pinched the little guy's face with her hand, and it was really like dough.

After a while, the food came up, and everyone sat around. Only Liu is a daughter-in-law, and she has to stand to serve her in-laws, and she doesn't dare to sit.

Wen Bogao changed his clothes and finally appeared, and Brother Yu hurriedly twisted off Hongyu's arms and sat upright obediently.

"Three days later, it will be the queen's funeral. The emperor ordered that the descendants of our Wen family should go to the queen's funeral. I have prepared the decay service, and when the day comes, you will get up and go with me to the imperial tomb. ”

"Shall we all go?" Yixuan asked.

"Yes. Just follow me and be careful. It's going to be fine. ”

Yi Xuan agreed. Hongyu whispered in her ear: "I'm curious, what kind of pomp and circumstance is the queen's funeral?" ”

"Eat your meal."

On the day of the funeral, Yixuan was pulled up by the maid early, changed into plain clothes and skirts, pinned a white velvet flower on her head, and then blurred into the carriage. As soon as he sat down, Ruby entered.

The two are equally dressed.

Hongyu was also sleepy-eyed, and said in a weak voice: "Grandfather and grandmother take one, mother and brother Yu take one, and only you and I are left." ”

Yixuan smiled, "Sleep for a while, I'm sleepy too." ”

The two were also sleepy, the carriage was bumpy and noisy, but they slept soundly and staggered. When Liu opened the curtain, they each gave them a hammer to eat.

Brother Yu giggled.

Liu Shi hurriedly covered his mouth, and his tone was stern: "Don't laugh!" Otherwise, if you ask the guards to catch you, your mother won't be able to save you! ”

Brother Yu hurriedly shut up, shocked in his heart.

The queen's funeral ceremony was cumbersome. The civil and military officials and the women of the internal and external orders were all present and divided the things. Wen Bogao told his family a few words, and then hurriedly entered the team. The ladies were taken by the eunuchs to the front of the ranks of the women to meet the Son of Heaven.

The other three rooms of the Wen family have all been present. Yixuan saw Zhou at a glance, her face was full of tears, her feet were unstable, the emperor remembered that she was the queen's biological mother, and specially rewarded her with a chair for her to sit on.

Yi Xuan's eyes were hot, and she hurriedly closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths, so as not to let her emotions be too obvious.

In fact, today is the queen's funeral, no matter how fierce she cries, no one will doubt her.

At dawn, the sky was not yet bright, there were few gloomy clouds, and there was a miserable cry, and everyone held their breath for fear that the emperor would be disposed of if someone was not pleasing to the eye in the midst of his grief.

The second lady and Liu walked over to comfort Zhou, but the more Zhou cried, the more fierce he became, and he almost fainted. In the end, the second lady and Liu couldn't bear to cry, and the three women cried together.

Yi Xuan's gaze passed over them and saw Zhao Yan not far away.

He sat in a rosewood chair, his eyebrows were tired, his lips were discolored, his jaw formed a sharp arc, his narrow phoenix eyes did not have the same luster as before, and his eyelids were half-drooping. The palm of his hand curled slightly, as if he was holding something, Yixuan looked at it carefully and was stunned.

It's a red plum.

It was red, like blood oozing from the heart.

Yixuan's heart was very uncomfortable, and it hurt from one twitch to another.

In fact, she never hated Zhao Yan, not even a moment before she died.

She only blamed herself for the lack of chess.

His pain was like a hundredfold inflicted on her.

Hongyu saw her looking into the distance, her eyes flashed with tears, and she pulled her hand and said strangely, "You are crying too?" I thought you wouldn't be sad. ”

Yixuan used to be a fool, and she didn't even know who her aunt was, so naturally she wouldn't be sad for her aunt.

Hongyu wiped Yixuan's tears with a handkerchief, frowned and said seriously: "Actually, I'm also quite sad, but I can't cry." I feel like my aunt is too far away from me. ”

"It's okay, she doesn't like people crying about her."

"How do you know?" Ruby is strange.

Yi Xuan was stunned, "I guess." ”

A eunuch walked towards them, and Yi Xuan recognized him as Xiao Quanzi beside Zhao Yan. He bowed his hand slightly to the two and said, "The emperor invites the Wen family's daughters to come in, and the two of you can invite them quickly." ”

The two of them hurriedly followed.

According to their age and age, the ladies of the Wen family bowed in front of the emperor, and Zhao Yan exempted them from the salute and asked them to raise their heads.

Yixuan was worried in his heart, what was he going to do?

Zhao Yan glanced at everyone expressionlessly, frowned when he saw Yi Xuan, and said a little impatiently: "Didn't you hear me asking you to look up?" ”

Yi Xuan pinched her sleeves, her chin raised slightly, but she lowered her eyes and didn't look at Zhao Yan.

The moment he saw her face clearly, Zhao Yan was a little shook.

The fingers on the armrest slowly exert force, and the force is almost about to crush the armrest!

Zhao Yan got up, his face gloomy and frightening.

The wrath of the emperor is naturally terrifying.

He walked slowly towards Yixuan.

Hearing Zhao Yan's footsteps, Yixuan's heart tightened, and her palms were sweating, but she did not retreat or beg for mercy, and her body stood straight.

Zhao Yan sneered, his fingers pinching her chin, forcing her to look at him. looked at her coldly for a long time, and only said one sentence:

"You deserve it too?"

Just because you deserve to look similar to her?

Zhao Yan's abnormality attracted everyone's attention, and Liu kowtowed to him in a panic and begged for mercy: "The little girl is not sensible, please ask the emperor for forgiveness." Yixuan! Don't kneel down and plead guilty! ”

Yi Xuan was one of the few people present who heard the emperor's voice.

Not only was she not angry, but she felt a little relieved, her eyes softened, but she never said a word.

This is the courage of an emperor.

Zhao Yan frowned, his handsome eyebrows showed a little anxiety, he let go of his hand and was silent for a moment, and ordered the guards: "Take it down and give the queen a funeral." ”