Chapter 359 of the List of Difficult Chapters (I)

Chapter 359 of the List of Difficult Chapters (I)

Chapter 359: Burning the Body (I)

Old Madam Xue opened the post and looked at everyone with a smile, "It's the Datong Xia family." ”

In the blink of an eye, everyone in the room had different expressions, and the second wife stared at Mrs. Xue, and Mrs. Xue was surprised for a while, "The last time I saw Xia Shuren, I said that I would come to see my mother in the next few days, but I didn't expect it to be so soon, and I haven't had time to prepare." ”

Hearing this, the last trace of doubt in Mrs. Xue's heart was gone, Xia Shuren really came to marry Changfang, and a smile suddenly bloomed on her face, "I used to be a world friend, and Xia Shuren came to ask my mother for peace, and I don't necessarily have to prepare, if my sister-in-law is busy, I can also help, I have been recuperating in the room for so long, and I am lazy, and I don't know what to do if I lie down like this." ”

The old lady smiled and said: "Say that you are a monkey, just because you can't be idle, since you have this heart, go to help, although you are here to ask me for peace, but it is also a world friend who has not been seen for a long time, and the etiquette must be more thoughtful, and you must not slack off." ”

The second wife smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm the best at holding banquets." ”

The old lady pondered and said: "The Ministry of Rites of Concubine Hua's death officially handed over the documents and stopped marrying for twenty days. ”

The second wife was shocked. Why didn't she hear about it at all, she thought that the old lady called everyone here just to get together casually, but she didn't expect that she really had something to say, the second wife thought about it and glanced at Qian, Qian's eyes shrank and obviously didn't know anything.

The old lady said: "The Ministry of Rites has officially established an official document, so everyone should be more cautious. Don't make the banquet too big, everyone just talk. ”

Rong Hua sat aside and pondered, the queen of Daxing in this dynasty died, the emperor dropped out of the dynasty for five days, and the Zigong Palace was suspended for twenty-five days. Concubine Hua died and the emperor dropped out of the dynasty for three days, and the spirit was suspended for 20 days, although it was not as good as the queen, the funeral was also very generous. And this is only a gap on the surface, Concubine Hua can't surpass the queen no matter what, but it is rumored in the palace that a group of female officials of the right age will be released out of the palace for marriage, and after Concubine Hua is buried, the female officials will be released from the palace, and the palace has not said anything about it, but it can't help but say that this is not the rule of Concubine Hua's funeral. The funerals of the Great Zhou Dynasty paid attention to forgiveness, and the empress and concubines of Emperor Taizu had the grace of letting people out of the palace during their funerals.

The second wife raised her eyebrows and lowered her voice: "Where is Concubine Hua going to be buried?" ”

The old lady picked up the teacup, "I heard that it is Tailing, and the specific funeral will depend on what the court has to say." ”

Concubine Hua stopped in Xianfu Palace for so long before the Ministry of Rites officially issued an official document, not that the emperor could not make a decision on whether to bury Concubine Hua, but that the words in the court could not be unified, or that the words were too unified, and no one mentioned the matter of the thick funeral, just because there was silence in the court, everyone was so surprised when the Ministry of Rites handed over the documents.

Actually, it's a matter of time. Rong Hua thought of Zhao Xuanhuan. Zhao Xuanhuan went directly to the south to level the plague after facing the saint, obviously the emperor did not allow the slightest unfavorable words to appear below, and from that moment she knew that the emperor would inevitably bury Concubine Hua.

The second wife was surprised: "Buried in Tailing, that's not ......"

Taeung is the mausoleum that the saints have built for themselves today. When the emperor ascended the throne, the treasury was not full, and the emperor delayed the construction of the dormitory, which has not yet been completed, and the queen of Daxing is only temporarily buried in Tailing.

Mrs. Xue said: "Isn't the eighth prince also buried in Tailing?" ”

Whether the emperor will bury Concubine Hua or not, he will bring the matter of the prince to the surface.

Everyone present heard the meaning of this, the second wife's face was a little ugly, and then she thought that Prince Zhuang was now in full swing, how could the Cai family compete with Prince Zhuang if they lost again.

The atmosphere in the room was dreary for a short time, Brother Run suddenly clapped his hands and sang, and the old lady smiled and said, "Good great-grandson, come here." ”

No one can stop the joy of children.

After singing, Brother Run showed the treasure in his hand to the old lady.

A white ball of dough.

Qian hurriedly looked at the nurse, "Don't dirty the old lady's hands." ”

When the nurse heard this, she stepped forward and took the dough away.

The old lady smiled: "What's this, where is it dirty that our Brother Run's pinching, let me see what Brother Run's pinching." As he spoke, he took the dough in his hand and looked at it.

Everyone turned their heads to see that the dough was vaguely personal.

The old lady smiled and asked, "Brother Run, who is this pinching?" ”

Brother Run stretched out his white and tender little finger to point to the dough and said seriously: "Old birthday star, Brother Run pinched it." ”

Qian was surprised, "I said about the old birthday when I bought the old lady's birthday, but I didn't expect Brother Run to remember it." ”

The nurse also said: "No wonder my brother has to play with dough, it turns out that he wants to pinch an old birthday star and give it to the old lady." ”

Such a sensible child, the old lady's eyes were hot, and she leaned over and hugged Brother Run, "Good boy, great-grandmother loves you." ”

Qian smiled unwittingly on the side.

Rong Hua couldn't help but glance at the Qian family. The old lady is getting more and more fond of Brother Run. Brother Run's current age is the time to coax people, and there are no children of this size in the house, no matter who fights, they can't compete for such favor.

Although there are many people in the Xue family, there are very few intrigues in the open and in the dark on weekdays, and there are very few people who can make the old lady look at them. The old lady often talked about the Qian family in front of her, saying that the Qian family was proper, that was because the Qian family was indeed leaky in front of the old lady, Xue Mingbai was somewhat similar to Tao Zhengqian on the surface, and he was not ostentatious, and after a long time, he gave people a sense of calmness. Compared with Xue Mingbai and the Qian family, Hou Ye is a bit adventurous in doing things, walking on the blade all day long, it is difficult to start a business and keep a business, the whole family must have someone to show their skills outside, but also someone to be mediocre, especially the elders prefer to be calm at home.

The not very smart Qian walked into the eyes of the old lady like this. Rong Hua smiled slightly, the old lady is old after all, she is too afraid that things will be reversed, too afraid that future generations will make the mistakes of her youth, and hopes that if she makes mistakes in the future, she can leave a glimmer of hope for the family.

It's a pity that Qian is not such a person.

Everyone talked for a while, and then they went back to their lodgings.

Tomorrow's banquet has the second wife volunteered to help, Mrs. Xue told Rong Hua not to care, Rong Hua and Xue Yishuang sat for a while, and then returned to the South Courtyard with Xue Mingrui,

After freshening up, both of them leaned on the bed to read, and Rong Hua looked sideways at Xue Mingrui.

Xue Mingrui was still in a good mood, and the official document of the Ministry of Rites did not cause him the slightest trouble.

"Master Hou is not worried at all?" Rong Hua couldn't help but speak. Got rid of the Cai family, a relative who would interfere with the government, as long as he dealt with Prince Zhuang again, the emperor was likely to establish a prince.

As long as there is an edict, it is a sure thing, and disobedience is rebellion.

"We first knew that the emperor was going to bury Concubine Hua, and we had already made preparations in advance. If the emperor wants to establish a prince, there must be several prerequisites, one of which is to ensure that there are enough important ministers to support the prince, there is still a long way to go before the prince succeeds to the throne, and it is too hasty to raise the prince without stopping all preparations, which is not a good thing for either the prince or the imperial court, not to mention that the higher you stand, the more afraid ......you are of losing" Xue Mingrui's eyes raised with a smile.

The pride and certainty in that smile made people have to be respected.

Success or failure is already decided before the nets come to the surface. When everyone knows the emperor's intentions, Xue Mingrui just needs to wait for the harvest.

Xue Mingrui said: "The subordinates of the Xia family are strict and don't dare to say anything, Xia Cheng is also hidden, a person who doesn't even go to the painting boat often, it is not easy to check him." ”

All some people call it hidden. Besides, the Xia family still has a delicate person like Xia Shuren to run the house.

Xue Mingrui said: "Xia Cheng also has a few good friends in Kyoto, all of whom are children of the Xungui family, and they have fought together from Rong, among which there is an Uncle Jiang who raises an opera in Kyoto, and everyone knows about it," said and looked at Rong Hua with a smile, "That drama is a famous actor in Gyeonggi, who often sings Hua Dan, has a good voice, and is often invited to sing by dignitaries and dignitaries in Beijing." ”

Rong Hua didn't have too many opportunities to listen to the meeting, even if she was invited to listen, most of her attention was offstage, but when it came to Hua Dan, she had the impression that when Mrs. Tao invited Mrs. Zhao, there was indeed a Hua Dan who was good at singing, but that Hua Dan was a man.

Rong Hua looked at Xue Mingrui in surprise.

Xue Mingrui affirmed Rong Hua's guess, "The Jiang family is also a military general, and the uncle of the Jiang family is also a heroic person in the army, but it is a pity that he has such a hobby, and because of this, he missed his future and was expelled from the house." ”

There are not a few people who support dramas, even if it is a man, it will not reach the step of expelling from the house. Since the Jiang family is a dignitary, they can make the drama disappear quietly, and I don't know how the Jiang family uncle did it, but it can be seen that Uncle Jiang is obsessed with the play.

Xue Mingrui said: "The matter of the Jiang family uncle is very troublesome, it can be said that everyone knows it, and later whenever the drama is sung, Uncle Jiang will follow him, and the Jiang family is also in decline, and the nobles originally wanted to rely on their children and grandchildren to re-prosper, but it turned out to be like this, and in the end, the Jiang family has no strength to take care of it," said a slight pause, "The relationship between Xia Cheng and the Jiang family seems to be becoming more and more estranged, but whenever the Xia family has a church, they must invite the drama to go, I heard that Xia Shuren likes the Hua Dan played by the play." ”

In fact, it's not that Xia Shuren likes to listen to that drama and sing Hua Dan, otherwise Xue Mingrui wouldn't have mentioned it.

Xue Mingrui's eyes wandered, "Uncle Jiang is extremely righteous, and he has a good reputation in the army, I asked people to check, when he was in the army, Uncle Jiang and Xia Cheng were the closest." ”

In other words, Uncle Jiang knows best what happened to Xia Cheng, but judging from Uncle Jiang's kung fu for that Hua Dan, as long as Uncle Jiang recognizes something, others can't shake it, and if Xia Cheng is a friend, he won't say anything unfavorable to Xia Cheng.

Xue Mingrui said lightly: "During this period of time, it is impossible to sing in the capital, but once these few days have passed, some people will be unable to bear the loneliness." "Once the imperial ban passes, some things will inevitably become more prosperous.

Xia Shuren "likes" listening to the church so much, she will definitely invite Hua Dan to sing. If you want Uncle Jiang to speak, you have to start with that Hua Dan.

There are some things that Xue Mingrui doesn't want to say too clearly, "You just wait to hear the news!" ”

Once something happens to the people around the Nine Emperor Princes, the emperor can only find another candidate. If the emperor has the intention to appoint the Nine Emperor Princes as the prince, he will not put the Nine Emperor Princes alone in front of Prince Zhuang. This is what Xue Mingrui said, if the time is not ripe, it is impossible for the emperor to establish a prince.

On the other hand, if the emperor is bent on establishing Prince Zhuang, there is no need to make any preparations now, because the conditions for Prince Zhuang to be the prince are ripe, and he can even ascend the throne at any time.

Now the most beautiful is Prince Zhuang, and the most uncomfortable is also Prince Zhuang, that position seems to be at his fingertips, but he doesn't dare to really stretch out his hand, who can guarantee that what is in front of him is not the moon in the mirror.

The next day, Xue Mingzhe came to the South Courtyard early.

Old General Shen had something to do, so he let Xue Mingzhe and Brother Hong take leave, and Xue Mingzhe couldn't stay idle for a day to grind Xue Mingrui's military book.

Rong Hua smiled and asked Jinxiu to prepare refreshments, "Tell the small kitchen to make more lunch, and the seven masters will eat it on our side." ”

Jinxiu went down to arrange, and Ronghua took Chunyao and Rui Qing to the big garden.

Although the garden is not the hospitality of the past, it is not deserted. Mrs. Xue and the second wife have already prepared the menu, there are no chickens, ducks and fish, they are all vegetarian and vegetarian fruits, it is really like their relatives come to the door to catch up.

The second wife explained with a smile, "There is no way, you can't make a taboo." ”

The old lady nodded, "That's it." As long as the etiquette is thoughtful, everything else is secondary, who hasn't seen a complicated banquet? Now is not the time to be sophisticated. "Saying that, people opened the Buddhist hall to burn scriptures for Concubine Hua.

What a coincidence, Xia Shuren sent the post to come to the door today to talk about family affairs, the first day of the documents under the Ministry of Rites, the capital was full of silver, and he didn't even dare to laugh loudly when he walked on the road, which was really unlucky. The second lady raised her head to look at Mrs. Xue, who was full of lightness, and even had a smile on her lips. The second wife smiled sarcastically in her heart, if the sister-in-law knew that the summer was not as beautiful as the appearance, it would be too late to cry...... I didn't know that my baby daughter was about to fall into the fire pit.

The busier Mrs. Xue was, the happier the second wife became, and she didn't hide her smile in front of people.

The old lady looked at the second lady with a smile, "This monkey's body is really good, it seems that even the strength to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace has been saved." ”

The second wife said: "That is, I am comfortable to accompany the old lady here." ”

Ren Jingchu turned her head to look at Rong Hua, and somehow as long as she saw the faint smile on the corner of Rong Hua's mouth, a nameless fire came out of her heart. Isn't there a saying that happiness begets sorrow. After a while, Xia Shuren came, in case it was Yijuan who looked at it, and looked at where the face of the long room was.

Ren Jingchu was thinking about it, only to hear someone outside coming: "Xia Shuren is here." ”

Old Madam Xue said, "Quickly invite someone in." ”

Mrs. Xue got up to greet her, and the second wife also followed.

The sister-in-law doesn't know how to be warm, and without her by her side, she can't be said to have neglected Xia Shuren, so that Xia Shuren can know that this family business can be done smoothly with her help, and Xia Shuren can be closer to her in the future. The second wife thought about it, and a smile suddenly piled up on her face.

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