Chapter 34: National Funeral
Perhaps many people are like this, there will be different forms of presentation in front of different people, loyal and filial piety in front of elders, laughing and playing in front of peers, and mature in front of children; cold and lonely in front of strangers, uninhibited in front of friends; A brainless idiot in front of the people you like, and arrogant and resolute in front of the people you don't like.
"Yours too? Coincidentally, we're one of the same kind of people. Bai Wei only smiled and put his arms around Hui'er's neck, "It's okay, there will be better ones in the future." β
Hui'er thought to herself, this princess was too naΓ―ve, and she didn't know that this was an allusion to her sweetheart.
Suddenly, Bai Weiwei let go of her, came to a corner of the hall, and pulled out a red cloth, "Look, there are narcissus here." β
Hui'er was taken aback, and her eyes were very big, under the red cloth were three green narcissus, one unbudded, one produced a budding white bud, and one was in full swing.
The leaves are thick and rich, and the petals are thin like the wings of a newborn cicada.
"Narcissus!"
"That's right." Bai Weiwei pulled her to squat next to the flower pot, the two of them were head to head, their eyes were looking at the petals, and they really wanted to eat it.
"This is a jade carving, very valuable." Bai Weiwei told Hui'er.
Hui'er asked rhetorically, "No wonder you have to cover it with a red cloth, are you afraid of being stolen?" β
"No, I'm afraid that the jade will crack. The oil on it will evaporate, and when the oil is gone, it will crack. β
"Princess, you are so good, you know everything."
Hui'er remembered the scene of seeing Bai Weiwei in the Lantern Garden, the fluttering veil, and the beautiful ode to the lantern, and felt more and more that this princess was innocent and kind, talented and beautiful.
"It's nothing, my master told me."
Before Lu Wei accompanied her around the palace in his spare time, he used a flute or Tao Xun to play a simple tune, and then Bai Weiwei also took his own flute and tried to blow it, he didn't make any movements, Bai Weiwei felt too boring, so he pestered him and asked him a lot of questions, and he talked a lot.
"Let's go and see my dorm." Bai Weiwei didn't dare to think deeply, for fear that he would not be able to get out of his sorrow.
The two of them came to Bai Weiwei's room alive, between the three rooms through the east and west, there is a large case of pear marble on the ground, the case is a celebrity calligraphy and painting, dozens of square treasure inkstones, all kinds of pen holders, the sea of pens is all kinds of brushes, there is a Ru kiln flower bag on one side, on the other side is seasonal flowers, there is a landscape painting hanging in the middle, there is a couplet on both sides, the other decorations in the room are also exquisite, warm and elegant, the two played together for a while, saw some rare things, tasted some palace secrets, and played at night.
Seeing a few stars emerging from the dark sky outside, Hui'er forcibly suppressed her interest in playing with Bai Weiwei for a while and said with difficulty, "Princess, it's time for Hui'er to go back to the palace, it's not early." β
Bai Weiwei didn't think about it, as if it had been arranged a long time ago, she pulled Hui'er on the bed, took off her flower pot shoes, and sat cross-legged on the bed, "Let's sleep together, come on." β
"No, princess."
"Hui'er, why did you refuse? Does your refusal work in front of me? Bai Weiwei recalled that her previous refusal and resignation were not all invalid.
Hui'er hurriedly shook her head, "Princess, it's not that I don't want to be with you, today is the happiest day since I entered the palace, I like you very much, but tomorrow is the day of the Shangling ceremony, everyone in the palace has to participate, Hui'er will have to bathe and change clothes tomorrow morning, I'm afraid it will be too late." β
"Going to the mausoleum?" Bai Weiwei hasn't heard Jin Yifei talk about it yet, so do you need to go?
"Yes, princess, Hui'er has gone back."
Bai Wei's only face was unhappy, but he couldn't help himself, "Okay, then I'll go and play with you when I have time." β
"Okay, princess, just come."
Hui'er left after a while, and then Lixing suddenly said that the prince would let her rest in the palace tomorrow, and she didn't need to participate in the mausoleum ceremony.
Bai Weiwei secretly thought that she was not from the palace, so there was no need and no need to participate in their mausoleum ceremony, but lying behind the quilt, her eyes still refused to close, and she didn't know why, she really wanted to go and see it.
So I'm going to go secretly tomorrow?
As soon as the day dawned, a few mages wearing turbans and red clothes wandered around the capital, discussing today's Shangling ceremony.
"I have long heard that the prince is a righteous king, and it is really a blessing to have such a prince in the dynasty! It's just that I don't know, when will this prince ascend the throne and pro-government? β
"You think it's as simple as playing house? It's hard to get on the throne and be pro-government! β
While a few people were chatting, someone suddenly quickly dragged the last mage to a closed alley with his mouth covered.
These people didn't realize it yet, and after a while, this mage walked out of the alley, with his head lowered, but he was inexplicably more temperamental than just now, exuding an unspeakable cold temperament, and an arrogant temperament that was not angry but mighty.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, a mage saw him silently walking over, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a flirtatious tone, "What, went to the corner again?" β
The mage didn't want to raise his head, but when he saw a few people laughing at him, he couldn't hold his breath for a while, and raised his head suddenly, looking at the person who was laughing at him fiercely, those eyes, without any kindness, were like wolf eyes, as if they were going to eat people into their stomachs in an instant.
"If you want to live, shut up."
His voice was cold, and his words frightened several people.
At dawn, rows of monks and monks on the streets of the capital marched towards the palace in an orderly manner, and everything was so peaceful and healthy, as if nothing terrible had happened.
The solemn and magnificent Shangling ceremony kicked off in this way.
Sadness and joy abounded, the palace was filled with an unspeakable tragic atmosphere, Prince Changjue was dressed in a blue royal dragon robe, plus a black tiger skin end mask, his eyebrows were dignified and cold, and beside him was Duanyi, as well as his adoptive mother, the Queen Mother.
The ritual in the palace is divided into two places, one is in the White Blue Hall, where the crown prince and the queen mother and the queen mother pay homage. Another Changjue prince specially summoned the concubines in the palace to line up in the Mingyue Hall to pay respects, and the spiritual seat of the emperor was placed in the center of the palace, and then moved away, and at the same time, a group of officials and monks outside the palace chanted and prayed outside the hall.
There are ceremonial guards on both sides of the Shinto in the palace gate, all kinds of dragon flags, umbrella covers, gourds, and axes are neat and orderly, and there are offerings, sacred tablets and sacrificial supplies on the platform of the White Orchid Palace, and the red carpet is paved.
At that time, the ceremonial music sounded, the ministers entered the gate and stood in line, and then the eunuch and palace maid made the lead, and the queen mother entered from the east gate of the Bailan Gate, got on the platform, and sat on the east side......
There were several columns of officials standing outside the Mingyue Gate, nine times in the red corridor, and in the distance were the mages and monks who came one after another.