Chapter 726: Past Succession (I)

Xu Lingyi didn't come back that day, and asked the little girl with him to bring a letter to Eleven Niang at noon: "I'm fine, you don't have to worry." ”

At the end of the next day, the bells of all temples and temples in Yanjing rang in unison.

The emperor died.

Eleven Niang didn't know what other people's homes were like, and after Mrs. Tai took a long breath, her eyes began to moisten.

"What does the Ministry of Rites say?"

"Funerals are still the same." Eleven Niang said in a low voice, "I'm negotiating." ”

"Let everyone in the family wear no makeup," Mrs. Tai leaned on the big red ice crack brocade forging pillow, her voice looked a little tired, "People under the restraint are not allowed to drink, laugh and play, and keep it for a hundred days." ”

The second lady sat silently on the side, looking a little stunned.

Eleven Niang whispered yes, came out to order the stewards to act, the third lady was dressed in plain clothes, with two black plasters on her temples, and hurried over.

"Is the emperor really gone?" She pulled Eleven Niang to the warm pavilion next to the flower hall to speak, "Is there any news in the palace?" ”

"Didn't hear anything!" Eleven Niang said, "Master Hou is still in the palace and hasn't come back!" ”

The third lady had a smile in her eyebrows: "The new emperor ascends the throne, why should he give the ministers abundantly?" ”

In this way, both Xu Siqin and Xu Sijian may get hereditary titles.

"The resignation has not been decided now," Eleven Niang said euphemistically, "I'm afraid the others will have to wait until after the introduction!" ”

"Yes!" The Third Lady muttered, "It's too early to say this. As she spoke, she perked up and said loudly, "What about my mother?" Is she okay? As he asked, he stood up, "Shall I go to see her old man?" He added, "On the day of the mourning, the four brothers and sisters should remember to call us, how to say that we are also a family, and we went together affectionately, and the queen mother and the prince also had light on their faces!" ”

Eleven Niang answered vaguely, and asked Hanxiao to accompany the third lady to Mrs. Tai, and she called Mother Song and Amber to come in and tell the state funeral.

On the second day of the mourning, the crown prince wore a decay suit for 27 days, and after 27 days, he wore a plain dress, and the kings and princesses wore a decay suit for three years, and the suit was removed for twenty-seven months. Hundreds of officials wear plain clothes in the morning and evening to cry outside the Sishan Gate to raise wails and cry for three days, change into decay clothes and cry for three days at night, and then cry for ten days in the morning, and remove clothes for twenty-seven days. On the fourth day, the foreign woman wore plain clothes and went to Xihuamen to wail and cry for three days, and on the twenty-seventh day, she was removed from the clothes. Music, sacrifices, and marriages were forbidden in the homes of officials for 100 days. The military and civilian homes wore plain clothes for 13 days, and music, sacrifices, and marriages were forbidden for a month.

After that, it was the new emperor's ascending ceremony, the queen mother's ceremony, the queen's ceremony, the end of the decay, and the funeral ceremony of the first emperor...... By the time Shi Niang and Xu Lingyi sat down to have a good talk, it was already mid-September.

Xu Lingyi lost a lot of weight.

"When the emperor woke up halfway, the first edict was to let me enter ......the palace," he looked at the top of the tent in a daze, as if he had a lot to say but couldn't say it.

Eleven Niang had no choice but to change the topic and say something happy: "I was worried that because of the national funeral, the backyard exam would be canceled or postponed, and it was held as scheduled. It's a pity that I can't help my brother celebrate and celebrate. ”

Xu Lingyi knew that the so-called celebration of Eleven Niang was mostly to invite the family to have a meal or something.

He didn't speak, put his arm around her shoulder, and said in a low voice: "If you have time, go into the palace to accompany the Queen Mother!" As soon as she turned seventy-seven, the queen mother insisted on moving to Cining Palace, and invited Jining Shitai to enter the palace to preach Buddha, and the emperor was very worried. ”

The emperor died suddenly. Hold said that they had eaten together in the queen's house before, and they suddenly fell on the kang table after leaving Kunning Palace only an hour after leaving Kunning Palace. The queen mother accepted this fact for a long time afterwards.

Eleven Niang handed over the sign the next day, and there was an echo from the inner house in the afternoon, asking her to enter the palace the next day.

Cining Palace is solemn, and the queen mother, who has become the queen mother, seems to be ten years old.

She comforted Eleven Niang softly: "I have already told the emperor that I will transfer Brother Jin back when I am busy these days." You don't have a good errand, I'll talk to the emperor about it. He added, "I remember that the third son of the fourth brother was brought up by you, what is he doing now?" If nothing happens, let him be an errand boy in the Praetorian Guard! ”

Eleven Niang hurriedly thanked the Queen Mother, and said softly: "Although Guizhou is far away, I think that you have always cared about him, and he is not depressed when he goes, but feels that it is good there." Every time he writes back, he talks about some fresh affairs to the concubine, not only him, but also the concubine, and he has also grown a lot of knowledge. Brother Jie'er just won the show in August this year. The fifth uncle is in the Praetorian Guard, and the thrifty brother of the third uncle's family is out of the Praetorian Guard, all of which are the ideas taken by the Hou Ye, and the matter of the elder brother is still decided by the Hou Ye. ”

The Queen Mother likes Eleven Niang the most, and she never makes her own decisions.

She bowed slightly.

Eleven Niang asked what Mrs. Jining had talked about these days, and told the Queen Mother about the first time she met Jining and Jining asked her to rearrange the house...... The atmosphere was relaxed and dignified, and a faint smile gradually appeared on the face of the Queen Mother.

A palace maid came in: "The Queen Mother, the host of Dajue Temple is here!" ”

Eleven Niang got up and said goodbye.

The Queen Mother said: "She saw that I recruited Jining into the palace to talk about the Buddha, and she handed over a sign to see me every day these days." I was annoyed by her quarrel, and casually said a day, but I didn't expect the day to be with you to be heavy. You and I go and meet her, and we'll talk about it when we have lunch. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and motioned to Eleven Niang to help her go to the side hall.

Eleven Niang responded "yes" in a low voice, and helped the Queen Mother to the side hall.

The presiding officer of Dajue Temple is in his fifties, with a medium build, a straight waist, and a tax and profit gaze, looking majestic and magnificent. It's very much in line with her identity. And the nun who followed her was Hua Xinnian, although she was in gray clothes, she could not hide her bright eyes and bright teeth, which made people secretly regret that such a beautiful woman could not help but leave home.

Eleven Niang saw it but smiled bitterly.

It's a small world.

I didn't expect to meet the Yang family in Cining Palace.

The Yang family obviously already knew that Eleven Niang was accompanying the Queen Mother, and was not surprised by her appearance.

She smiled and nodded to Eleven Niang, with a little intimacy of meeting her old acquaintance in a foreign country.

The presiding officer of Dajue Temple is introducing her to the Queen Mother: "...... This is my closed disciple, the Dharma name Jingkong, can read and write, and knows the "Six Ancestors Altar Sutra". I have made her to inherit my mantle. So today, I specially brought an audience to the Queen Mother. ”

If it's usual, of course, it's a bit rude. But the host of Dajue Temple came to see the Queen Mother with the heirs of the mantle, and Dajue Temple is a royal Zen temple, which can be regarded as a good name.

Yang immediately stepped forward to salute the Queen Mother. behaved dignified and generous, and immediately won the favor of the Queen Mother: "Where are you?" What entered the Dajue Temple? When did you shave your hair? ”

The corners of Yang's mouth twitched slightly, and the host of Dajue Temple had already taken the lead and smiled: "She is a person from Daxing, she has been weak and sick since she was a child, and her family fostered her under the name of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and she has been familiar with the scriptures since she was a child, and she has entered Dajue Temple when she grows up." Speaking of which, it's been more than ten years since I cut my hair! "Said vaguely, obviously not wanting the Queen Mother to know her true origin. And the Queen Mother obviously didn't remember, I heard that she had been cutting her hair for more than ten years, and asked Yang with some curiosity: "How old are you?" ”

Yang said respectfully: "The poor nun is thirty-one years old this year! ”

Hearing this, the Queen Mother looked the Yang family up and down, and turned back to Eleven Niang and said, "I didn't expect Master Jingkong to still have a good look!" ”

Yang said humbly: "The Queen Mother praised it. The poor nuns are just content, and they are less angry and hateful. As he spoke, he glanced at Eleven Niang from the corner of his eye, and said with a slight compliment, "The Queen Mother is next to Mrs. Yongping Hou, right?" I saw that Mrs. Yongping Hou was only seventeen or eighteen years old this year, but I heard that the young son of Yongping Hou is fourteen years old this year. ”

Seventeen or eighteen?

She was famous for her stability when she was young, and now she really can't make a mistake with her gestures, and she has a free and easy feeling, no matter how she looks like a young girl. It's really a shame that Yang can say it.

Eleven Niang smiled slightly: "Master Mirror Sky has won the prize!" ”

The Empress Dowager obviously liked to hear such words, and she took Eleven Niang's hand: "Many ladies said in front of me that Mrs. Yongping Hou was beautiful. "It turned out that it was only because of the situation that I barely saw the host of Dajue Temple and the queen mother of the Yang family was aroused to be interested in talking, and talked to them for a long time, and finally rewarded Dajue Temple with five thousand taels of silver sesame oil money, and five hundred catties of agarwood before serving tea.

After the end of the afternoon, Jining came.

Everyone had to greet each other for a long time, and when Eleven Niang left, Jining personally sent it to the gate of Cining Palace.

Eleven Niang smiled and told Jining about the Queen Mother's reward to Dasi Jue.

Jining smiled shallowly and clasped his hands towards Eleven Niang: "Thank you, donor." The poor nuns will pray for the Marquis of Yongping and the commanders! ”

Seeing that she understood what she meant, Eleven Niang returned home with a smile, and told the Queen Mother that she was going to transfer Xu Sijin back and reward Xu Sijie. Xu Lingyi smiled when she heard this: "I will deal with this matter." There was a bit of hesitation when he spoke.

Since the death of the first emperor, although the new emperor did not reward Xu Lingyi for any specific position, Xu Lingyi had the title of prince and young master, and began to go to court every day.

"What does Master Hou want to say?" Eleven Niang said with a smile.

"Silent Words!" Xu Lingyi shook her hand, "The emperor wants me to be in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and concurrently serve as the squire of the military department." I pushed ......," he said, looking at her with a slightly ashamed look.

Whether you are an official or make money, it is nothing more than realizing personal value or improving the quality of life. Xu Lingyi has already realized the value of others, and in the past few years that he has not been an official, their quality of life has not been reduced because of this. For him, I'm afraid it doesn't make sense to be an official.

He was worried that she wouldn't be able to get over her face!

And she felt that Xu Lingyi must have made this decision after careful consideration.

"Push it, push it! It just so happened that Master Jian said that he wanted to expand the business of the embroidery shop a little more - he wanted to do embroidery thread business. The world's embroidery thread, the tenth *** from Huzhou. Hou Ye is free, just to help us come up with ideas, find a way to contact the prefect of Huzhou......" Eleven Niang pursed her lips and smiled.

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Let's make a draft!

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