Chapter 100: National Mourning

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The death of the Empress Dowager was not a surprise. She is very old, her mind was not very sober many years ago, and her body was sometimes good and bad and not tough, and the Ministry of Rites had already made some preparations for the funeral in advance, and everything had been in place, so the funeral matters were also properly arranged, and she did not appear flustered because she had only changed the book of the Ministry of Rites a year ago.

After the mourning sound was heard, the entire beam immediately entered the national mourning period. The emperor kept filial piety for 30 days according to the Liang ceremony, the clan sacrificed, and the ministers entered the palace to perform their respects, and the whole country banned music banquets for three years.

At the same time, this incident brought several additional consequences.

First of all, Xie Yu's case was set to be beheaded, but due to the national mourning, he was not executed, and the sentence was changed to exile to Qianzhou.

The marriage of Liang Chu was also suspended, and only the marriage contract was exchanged, and the marriage could only be married after three years. Da Chu took the initiative to propose marriage this time, originally in order to tie up the beam, free up his hands to pacify Burma, and now the other party's national funeral, according to the etiquette system, in addition to self-defense, should not take the initiative to raise troops abroad, and it can be regarded as having achieved the goal, so there is nothing else to say, and he is ready to return to China after mourning. On the one hand, Princess Jingning grieved the funeral of her grandmother, and on the other hand, the marriage date was postponed, and she was relieved.

The eldest princess of Liyang, who lived in seclusion in the mountain temple, also immediately set off to return to Beijing to guard filial piety after hearing the news. Xiao Jingrui and Xie Bi are no longer knighted at this time, and they have no qualifications to accompany the spirit, but the old man who passed away has loved every younger generation for many years, and it is really unreasonable not to come to worship in terms of affection, so although their identities are embarrassing after returning and their circumstances are very different from before, the two still accompanied their mother back to Beijing and lived in Princess Liyang's mansion.

The party struggle that was in full swing was temporarily halted by the bell of the great mourning. During the 30-day vigil period, all princes must stay in the palace, not allowed to return to the house, not allowed to bathe, sleepy without beds, no food without fish, and bow and kneel every day, crying and sacrificing in the morning and dusk. Where can the pampered prince and King Yu endure this hardship, at first they still hold on, and then they gradually can't hold on, as long as Emperor Liang is not there, the sadness on his face will be reduced more or less, and his subordinates will also do some illegal small actions to please the master in order to flatter. Because this filial piety is really strict, if you don't want to do something, I'm afraid that the wake period will not arrive, and people will die first, so it's still important to your own body. Anyway, the two of them violated the law together, and no one could sue anyone, and no one dared to say that the ministers who accompanied the sacrifice were not. At the beginning of the two of them, although the other princes were more restrained, they inevitably followed suit, but it was King Jing's military physique, pure filial piety, and meticulous during the wake, which was very different from the princes. Because King Jing's title is only the king of the county, so he usually rarely stands with the crown prince and King Yu on solemn occasions, at this time, everyone stays in the same filial piety hall for thirty days in a row, and the different performances are seen in the eyes of the high-level ministers who accompany the sacrifice, which is really good and bad.

On the 30th day of filial piety, Mei Changsu fulfilled it in his own room. Although Dr. Yan knew that this would cause great harm to his body, if he didn't let him express his sorrows, he was afraid that it would be even worse if he was depressed, so he could only take care of it carefully. Because he was only willing to eat white porridge, Li Gang and Aunt Ji tried their best to hide from him to add some nourishing herbs to the porridge, and they had to be careful not to be detected by him. Fortunately, Mei Changsu was sad and in a trance, but he didn't pay attention at all.

Because the big people have been encircled in the palace, the entire imperial city is on strike every day, night curfew, and everywhere is even more vigilant, for fear that there will be some obscenity and robbery during the mourning period, these 30 days have been very quiet, and no accidents have occurred.

After the expiration of the wake period, the whole ceremony went out of the funeral, the four dynasties, has been nearly 100 years old, and is deeply loved by the descendants of the subjects of the elderly Queen Mother was sent to the Wei Mausoleum, and her husband who has gone before her for more than 40 years was buried together. The coffin ceremonies drove out of Miyagi Suzaku Avenue, mourning all the way, and paper money flew one after another. The high and mournful music can also be clearly heard in the Su house, which is a neighborhood away from the main road, and Mei Changsu knelt down on the verandah and saluted, his eyes were red, but he did not cry.

After the funeral, the emperor was restored. But because everyone was tossed and exhausted, they just went through the motions, then dispersed home to see their relatives, take a good shower, eat and sleep.

And Mei Changsu suffered after this month, and he inevitably became ill. Fortunately, Dr. Yan has been by his side, not as dangerous as the previous times, some symptoms of a small amount of blood, fever and cough, night sweats and fainting, take a dose of medicine during the attack, and you can barely adjust the pressure.

After sleeping for an afternoon, Mei Changsu woke up at night, sat at the head of the bed, and watched the flying origami people. Turning his gaze, he caught a glimpse of a white post on the case, which was sent by the Nihuang County Lord from Yunnan by the special envoy Feiqi Yao, who arrived yesterday, and only wrote the words "Please take care of my brother", and I was still sad to see it at that time, so I put it aside, thinking that Li Gang and others did not dare to dispose of it at will, so it has been placed on the bookcase.

"Feiliu, bring the post."

The boy fluttered and quickly completed the task. Mei Changsu unfolded the post, stared at the four words hidden in the beauty, and called the flying lamp to come over, took off the gauze cover, put the post on the lamp flame and lit it, and watched it slowly turn into ashes.

"Burned?" Feiliu blinked, a little surprised.

"It's okay," Mei Changsu smiled faintly, "There are some words that can be engraved in my heart." ”

The young man tilted his head, as if he couldn't understand, but he was not a person who would be troubled by this, and soon sat on his small stool and continued to fold the paper figure, probably because the paper man's head had not been folded well, he lost his temper impatiently, threw it on the ground and stepped on his feet, and said loudly: "I hate it! ”

Mei Changsu beckoned, motioned for him to take a new piece of paper and sit on the edge of the bed, and then slowly folded and folded, folding out a beautiful paper figure, with a head and limbs, pull this hand, and the other will move together, Feiliu was very happy, a smile came out on his face, and suddenly said: "Lie to me!" ”

These two words are really clueless, but Mei Changsu understands them, looks at him reproachfully, and says: "Brother Lin Chen taught you the right way to origami, I didn't lie to you, it's Feiliu himself who didn't learn, you can't just wronged people!" ”

Feiliu looked at the paper figure in his hand aggrievedly, and whispered: "It's different! ”

"There are many ways to make an origami person. I know this, my grandmother taught me...... When I was a child, she used to give me origami figures, paper cranes, etc., but I didn't like it at the time, and I always wanted to slip away from her and run out to ride a horse......"

"When you were a child?" The young man was very confused, probably because he couldn't imagine that Brother Su also had a child, and his mouth was slightly open.

"It's a lot smaller than our Feiliu now......

"Wow?!" Flying Stream marveled.

"Bring another piece of paper, and Brother Su will fold a peacock for you."

Feiliu was very happy, and specially picked out his favorite beige paper, his eyes did not blink, and he watched Mei Changsu's every movement very seriously.

When the peacock's tail gradually took shape, Feiliu suddenly turned his head and shouted, "Uncle! ”

Mei Changsu was stunned, stopped the movement in his hand, and ordered: "Feiliu go and pick up the uncle in." ”

"Peacock!"

"When the uncle leaves, Brother Su will continue to fold it for you."

Due to the rude interruption of his beloved origami activity, Feiliu was very dissatisfied with the culprit Meng Zhi, and when he brought him in, his handsome face was so heavy that it seemed to be stained with ink, and the cold air on his whole body could almost hail several times, which made Meng Zhi confused, and he didn't know where he had provoked this little guy again.

"Brother Meng sits." Mei Changsu handed the peacock semi-finished product to Feiliu and asked him to play aside, he bowed his body, sat up again, and Meng Zhi hurriedly came over to help him.

"Brother Meng has been tired for a month, it is easy to change shifts, I am afraid that the palace is still busy, if you are free, why don't you go back to the house to rest?"

"I don't worry about you," Meng Zhi looked at him carefully under the light, only to see that he was getting thinner and thinner, and couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, and persuaded, "Although you have a deep relationship with the Empress Dowager, she is already enjoying her age, no matter how happy or mourning, you still have to take care of your body." ”

Mei Changsu lowered his eyes and said slowly: "You don't need to persuade me, I understand the reason, but I can't help it...... The last time I saw my grandmother, she took my hand and called Xiaoshu, whether she really recognized it, or called casually in confusion, in short, she must have remembered Xiaoshu in her heart, so she called out that name...... I've been hoping that she would wait for me, but now I don't even think about it......"

"Your admiration, the Empress Dowager knows it, and she has long felt it. She has loved you the most since she was a child, and she must be reluctant for you to be so sad for her. I heard that when the eldest princess of Jinyang gave birth to you, her old man couldn't wait for you to enter the palace with a full moon, so she rushed to the Lin Mansion to see you in person. When I was a guard in the palace, I often saw the Empress Dowager with a group of children, but the one she favored the most was always you. Although at that time, you were so naughty that you could ......"

"Really?" The corners of Mei Changsu's eyes shone slightly, but a warm smile appeared on his lips, "In the past few days, I often think about those things in the past...... Every time I got into trouble, my grandmother came to save me, and then my father found out that as long as I didn't beat me, my grandmother wouldn't interfere too much, so I thought of some punishment methods that I couldn't stand even more than beating me......"

"I know, I know," Meng Zhi smiled nostalgically, "Once, you caused something...... Probably to break an important thing for the emperor, Lin Shuai was very angry, obviously he was driving in the hunting ground, but he didn't let you go with me to learn to ride and shoot, but instead stuffed a bunch of children to you, punished you for taking care of them, and didn't make mistakes, you were still a big child at the time. ”

Mei Changsu nodded, obviously impressed by this incident, "At that time, I would rather run to bear fighting alone than bring a bunch of noisy boys." Jing Rui is still quiet, but that Yujin is running around without stopping for a moment......"

"So you tied him to a tree with a rope?" Meng Zhi raised his eyebrows, "King Jing Yong, who was kind enough to accompany you, carried the black cauldron, saying that it was his ......."

"But in the end, I was the one who knelt until my grandmother rescued me...... At that time, I felt very aggrieved, thinking that Jing Yan had said that he did it, why did he still punish me......" Mei Changsu smiled and coughed again, and only stopped for a long time, and continued with a slight gasp, "Looking back on these things, my heart is like a hockey ball roasted by fire, warm for a while, and cold for a while......

"Xiaoshu ......" Meng Zhi's heart was cramping, and he wanted to be persuaded, but he couldn't find the right words, and the iron-cast man couldn't help but have red circles in his eyes.

"Don't be sad," Mei Changsu comforted him in turn, "Grandma Tai is now in peace, and I have passed the saddest days, and now I am much better." It's just that the person who can talk to me about the old things in the past is now only you, Brother Meng, so it is inevitable to say a few more words......"

Meng Zhi let out a long sigh and patted him on the shoulder, "Actually, I am also very conflicted in my heart, I want to talk to you more about the past, so that you can remember that you are not only Su Zhe, but also Lin Shu, but I am afraid that talking too much will cause you to be sad." β€œ

"I understand your kindness," Mei Changsu raised his eyes, his eyes were dark, "But whether it is Lin Shu or Su Zhe, it is not made of paper and mud, so I can still stand this bit of suffering." There are still so many things to do in the future, how can you fall halfway? Brother Meng, I believe that I will definitely be able to go to the last step, and you must also believe in me. ”

When Meng Zhi heard him say "the last step", his heart trembled involuntarily, and he didn't know why after thinking about it, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Of course I believe in you, with your talent and heart, what can't you do?" ”

Mei Changsu smiled at him gently, leaned back on the pillow, coughed twice, and urged: "You go back earlier, you have to accompany your sister-in-law more." You see I'm fine now, there's nothing to worry about, after this day of shifts, the Grand Commander should be busy again. ”

Meng Zhi saw that it was indeed not early, and he was afraid of delaying Mei Changsu's rest, so he got up according to his words, stood and told the last sentence: "There is an urgency, now your recuperation is the most important, and other things must be put behind, anyway, there is no hurry at this time, it is more prudent to slow down the picture." ”

Mei Changsu nodded in agreement, not allowing him to stay any longer, and summoned Feiliu to send off the guests, the young man was anxious to break the peacock, and he executed this order very efficiently, almost pushing and beating Meng Zhi out.

At that time, it was already the second watch, Mei Changsu listened to the distant sound of bangzi on the street, stroked the filial piety clothes on his body, and tried to stabilize his somewhat swaying mind.

Now that the first step has been taken, ...... You have to stick to it until the end......

The boy flew back and handed over half a peacock. In fact, there is only the final process left, which is folded and turned, and then the fan-shaped tail feathers are pulled apart, and the shape of the god comes out. In Feiliu's joyful exclamation, Mei Changsu slowly raised the peacock in his palm and muttered, "Grandma, have you seen it?" ”

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