When Jian Xubai and the prince returned to their lives, they specially asked him to send the waiter back, and when there were only two cousins left, he talked about the warm beauty alone.

Of course, he didn't say that Nuan Meiren recommended a pillow to him in order to avoid going to the palace, but said: "Just now, Nuan Meiren stopped me on the road, and wanted to ask me to intercede with the emperor's grandmother and imperial aunt for the sake of meeting in Wuhuan, and keep her." It's just that His Royal Highness knows that although there is nothing between me and her—otherwise the imperial uncle would not have accepted her into the palace in the first place—but there is a difference between men and women, so how can I speak well? This kind of thing is not something I should talk about. ”

The prince has endured the pain of losing his father in the past two days, and his energy is inevitably low, and he said absent-mindedly when he heard the words: "This is not a big deal, it is inconvenient for you to come forward, and I will ask Xi Su to talk to the emperor's grandmother or queen mother when I go back, but it is just a matter of cleaning up a side hall." It's good that my father has been serving her for the past two years......"

"Your Highness?!" Jian Xubai was dumbfounded, and couldn't help but interrupt him and reminded, "Your Highness, although Nuan Meiren is the palace concubine of the imperial uncle, she is older than Your Highness, and even a few years younger than me!" ”

His voice was low, "And the beauty of the face is also known by the outer courts!" ”

So how can you break the rules and keep her?

Even if it was the crown princess who came forward, the palace and outside the palace would suspect that it was the prince himself who had a mind about this young concubine, and the princess did not dare to go against her husband's wishes, so she had to come forward!

The reason why Jian Xubai reported to the prince that he had met the warm beauty was that he was worried that the scene where he stopped talking to the warm beauty would be seen by others in secret, and there would be some rumors; The second is to prevent the warm beauty from really making a mess and breaking the net, although with her current status, it is impossible to drag the Yanguo Mansion to accompany the funeral, but there are some secrets, and it is troublesome for her to spread it.

is to come over and tell the prince first, and when she turns around, the warm beauty really has a move, and the prince will also think that she is because she failed to ask for help and is deliberately slanderous.

Who knew that the prince would say such a thing, which really surprised Jian Xubai!

"You're right." When the prince heard this, he suddenly realized, and he was also secretly frightened, and sighed, "Lone is really confused - Lone will ask someone to say hello to the queen of the same mother, and someone will take care of the warm beauty first, lest she be born in a small country and ignorant of etiquette, and make a mess and lose the royal dignity!" ”

Speaking of this, he rubbed the corners of his forehead a little tiredly, and said in a low voice, "Lone has been in poor spirits for the past two days, and it is inevitable that he can't react when he thinks about things, fortunately this will be our brother, otherwise ......"

When he said this, he smiled wryly and shook his head, his expression gloomy.

"It's been hard these days, Your Highness." Jian Xubai also knew that it would not be easy for the prince to survive, after all, the prince had always been under the protection of Emperor Xianjia, even when the competition for the crown was the most fierce last year and the situation in the East Palace was the most difficult, there was still the hope of Emperor Xianjia, but now Emperor Xianjia is not seriously ill and bedridden, but a dragon driving Bintian, and he can no longer shelter the prince from the wind and rain, and the prince's panic can be imagined!

Not to mention, the father-son friendship between Emperor Xianjia and the crown prince is so deep.

If he followed the prince's thoughts, he couldn't wait to leave anything alone, and concentrate on kneeling beside the coffin to grieve and remember his father.

But as a prince - now is the time for him to take the lead.

So Jian Xubai only thought that the prince was in a trance for a while, and he said the wrong thing when he was dizzy.

After explaining this, he also retired.

After returning to his own courtyard, Jian Xubai smiled at Song Yixiao in front of the prince: "Isn't this request embarrassing for me?" The emperor's uncle just went, so I went to tell her this, how could outsiders not maliciously speculate about my relationship with her? But where is this the emperor's uncle's reputation? She's really confused, too. ”

"In the end, when you are young, when you encounter such a thing, it is inevitable to panic." Song Yixiao knew that her husband didn't have much thought about Nuan Meiren, but she could sympathize with her generously, and said while coaxing her daughter, "But it's a big matter, and the royal rules are there, and we can't help it." ”

Jian Xubai picked up the rattle to tease her daughter, and smiled secretly in her heart: "You have to know what her idea is, I'm afraid I won't feel sorry for her." ”

But he really couldn't say this kind of thing, and his wife didn't ask, so it passed.

Three days later, there were white flags up and down Cuihua Mountain, and in the howling cry, the mighty car drove to guard the coffin of Emperor Xianjia.

Because Gu Shao had made preparations in advance, and the crown prince was the prince who clearly expressed his support for Emperor Xianjia before his death, the process of returning the capital was very smooth.

After setting up a spirit in the palace, the crown prince officially ascended the throne as emperor under the witness of hundreds of civil and military officials, and proposed the year name "Duanhua".

In order to show respect for Emperor Daxing, the first year of Duanhua will be after the beginning of the year, and this year is still the twenty-second year of Xianjia.

And the first thing Emperor Duanhua did after sitting on the throne was to respect his elders - the Empress Dowager was promoted to the Empress Dowager, Empress Su was the Empress Dowager, and the two eldest princesses were the eldest princesses.

Of course, Emperor Xianjia's future affairs have not been done yet, and at this moment he just issued a holy decree, first changed the title, and the official promotion ceremony can only be made up later.

As for why the crown princess was not followed to the queen, it was not that Emperor Duanhua forgot about his wife, but because the princess was about to give birth, this time she hurriedly returned to the imperial capital from Cuihua Mountain, and there was fetal gas on the way.

After these things are tossed, the national mourning party officially begins.

Hundreds of officials mourned, and the women cried for the spirit, needless to say.

According to the rules, the Daxing Emperor must stop for 27 days, during which time the local officials will come to the imperial capital to mourn, and the subject countries will also send envoys.

It was Song Yixiao who received the news when he returned to the imperial capital: "The eldest aunt and the eldest uncle's family have set off to the north, because of the hurry, the Ji family's mansion in the imperial capital is not ready, and they will stay in our house temporarily, can you take a look at the appropriate yard to clean a few rooms?" ”

"What are the preferences and taboos of the unknown aunt's family? I also want people to pay attention when I prepare. Song Yixiao knew that this eldest aunt Jian Lizhi was the eldest daughter of the original concubine, and her father-in-law Jian Likuang and uncle Jian Limiao were the same mother, and she was the only daughter under Jian Pingyu's knees.

But Jian thought about it for a while, and said helplessly: "When I was born, my eldest aunt was no longer in the imperial capital, but I didn't know much about it. So, go back and send someone to the third uncle to inquire? ”

Song Yixiao sent someone to consult Jian Limiao according to her words, but fortunately, Jian Limiao said that the eldest sister had a hearty temperament, was very talkative, and was not a picky person, so let her entertain her casually.

The person sent also said: "The third master said that if it weren't for the fact that Mrs. Gu had a few children and grandchildren under her knees, the third master would not be able to live there, and there would be no need to bother the grandfather and his wife this time!" ”

"What did the third uncle say?" Song Yi smiled and said busily, "It is our blessing to be able to do a little bit for the elders." ”

- As for Jian Lizhi and his wife coming in a hurry, why didn't they stay in the mansion of the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, naturally because the eldest princess was noble, how could her mansion be borrowed casually?

Even if the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom has a good temper and is willing to let her sister-in-law live, Jian Lizhi's family will definitely be uncomfortable if she lives in. Not to mention that the eldest princess's preferences are not a secret, the breakdown of the relationship with the concubine was once spread in the imperial capital, and Jian Lizhi may not have heard of it.

If Jian Lizhi's family went to live in the eldest princess's mansion, wouldn't it be embarrassing if they bumped into the face of the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, or if the eldest princess and her wife quarreled?

The same is true of Princess Changxing's Mansion.

So the best choice can only be the Yanguo Mansion, the place is large, the husband and wife are harmonious, the population is small, and Jian Lizhi has been living here before leaving the pavilion, and the environment is still familiar - this time the courtyard arranged by Song Yixiao for them is a few cross-courtyards centered on the embroidery building where Jian Lizhi lived before leaving the pavilion.

After the place was cleaned up, Song Yixiao ordered people to clean it every day, and pay attention to pruning the flowers and plants in the courtyard, so that her aunt's family could feel the hospitality of the Guogong Mansion.

It's just that Jian Lizhi's family hasn't arrived in the imperial capital yet, but the Song family reported the bad news first: "The master is gone!" ”

Song Yi smiled and was shocked when he heard the news: "How could it not be?" ”

Although it is said that on the eve of Emperor Xianjia's death, she heard the news of Song Yuan's accident - but, didn't she just break her leg at that time and recuperate at the foot of the mountain?

"Originally, I just broke my leg, but because of the emperor's affairs, I dragged my injured body back to the imperial capital, and the road was bumpy." The person who came to report the letter carefully worded, "The wound has worsened, the medicine stone is ineffective, ...... this morning"

"This is really ......" Song Yi pursed her lips with a smile, it was said that she should have started crying, but to be honest, she was mainly surprised by the death of this father now: calculating the time, at this time in her previous life, she was already dead.

In other words, a few days after her death in her previous life, did Song Yuan also die?

Is this retribution, or is there something inside?

All kinds of thoughts turned around in his mind, Song Yi smiled and calmed down, pressed the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and said sadly, "How are grandmother and mother now?" ”

He stood up as he asked, "I'm really worried, let's go and see it myself!" ”

At this time, Jian Xubai was still on the side of the Empress Dowager, Song Yi couldn't wait for him to come back, handed over his daughter to Aunt Yun to take care of, and rushed to the Song Mansion by car first.

Xu is still in the period of the national funeral, and the Song Mansion, which is usually not lively, is especially deserted on this day.

Song Yixiao walked in with his subordinates all the way, and he didn't even see a few servants.

When I arrived at the mourning hall, it was even more empty and lonely, and I didn't even hear the cry.

She felt a little strange in her heart, and when she was saluting, she opened the gap in the curtain of Chaoxiao: she saw that the Lu family was taking Song Yibao behind the curtain, and the mother and daughter were kneeling there alone - Song Yijiao and Song Yiyao were too young, so they didn't bring them over.

Lu's expression was blank, as if he had lost his soul and was lifeless; Song Yibao didn't understand what was going on at all, and looked at it a little boringly, but at this moment he noticed the eldest sister's gaze, and raised his head to show a sweet smile.

It's no wonder that the cry was not heard in the mourning hall.

"The deceased is gone, please mourn on Mother's Day!" Song Yi finished laughing, looked outside and saw that no one was coming, so he simply lifted the curtain and went in, half-knelt beside Lu, and comforted softly.

"......" Lu turned around like a puppet and looked straight at her - in my memory, this stepmother looked at her with flattery, defensiveness, enthusiasm, expectation, and hesitation, but it has never been like this now: so complicated that people can't guess her mind at all!

"Miss, my husband's return from Cuihua Mountain has been delayed for a few days." Lu Shi looked at her like this for a long time, until Song Yixiao frowned, and then said in a dumb voice, "But I didn't tell you, so that you couldn't see your husband for the last time, can you resent me?" ”