[Chapter 5, Volume 5]

Section 510

On the last day of May, the saint died.

The saint died very suddenly, and suddenly arrived in the Taifu Mansion, Wei Changying sent away the idlers, and even the second son Shen Shuxie, who was not even able to talk and walk very well, did not stay, and was talking to the dusty Qin Ge and Yan Ge, discussing how to send Yingge - this is a female dead soldier who was trained with Qin Ge and them in the Wei family's "Biwu", but not like Qin Ge and others with ordinary appearance, but was born delicate and charming.

At first glance, I heard that someone disobeyed his orders not to disturb and slammed the door, Wei Changying thought that something had happened to the two sons, so he stood up and called someone in, not wanting Huang to say in a somewhat changed voice before he stepped into the threshold: "The saint has died!" ”

Wei Changying, Qin Ge, Yan Ge and Yingge with a light veil were stunned!

Wei Yu was tortured, and the Wei family was disgraced.

Although it is said that the Wei family is unlucky enough to be a faint monarch like the saint, but the face lost because of this can't just be ignored - isn't it enough for the Wei family to be angry in the past few years? Of course, it is certainly not going to do anything publicly.

Since Wei Huan's ankle was not complete at this time, the old lady Song and Wei Zhenghong's mother and son combined and sent Qin Ge and Yan Ge, who had served Wei Changying before, to accompany the Qingge selected from the dead soldiers, and prepared to try to send Yingge into the palace through Wei Changying to serve the saint on the road as soon as possible.

Before, they had only discussed which state and county they wanted to borrow to let Yingge enter the palace......

But I didn't expect this to be like this...... After Wei Changying was shocked, his heart was in a mess, and he actually thought of Wei Xinyong for the first time: "Isn't it the life of our Wei family that can't be avenged in person?" ”

After fixing his mind, Wei Changying asked about the whole story of the saint's death, but the Huang family didn't know much - it is said that the saint died suddenly when he summoned Zhong Xiaoyi, who he hadn't seen for a long time, and when he died, he was bleeding from the seven orifices, which was obviously poisoned. However, the imperial doctor checked Zhong Xiaoyi's whole body, and even the beads and flowers in the jewelry were dismantled and the jade bracelets were beaten inch by inch, and he couldn't find out what was poisonous.

In this case, Zhong Xiaoyi of course shouted out his grievances, and even suspected that someone else had murdered the saint with chronic medicine, so he deliberately led himself to confess. As for saying that the Holy Lord summoned her because she asked to see her first, Zhong Xiaoyi said contemptuously: "As a palace concubine, the concubine should serve the Holy Driver, what's so strange about asking to see the Holy Lord?" The Holy One has never made the concubine not be called to see! ”

All in all, she won't admit anything!

Later, when the crown prince Shenbo arrived, he caressed the body of the saint and cried, and ordered Zhong Xiaoyi to be punished severely, Zhong Xiaoyi simply learned from Huo Shenyuan and committed suicide...... And the palace people in front of her didn't know anything - because it is said that from half a month ago, Zhong Xiaoyi asked them to move to a distant place under the pretext of being in a bad mood and live alone.

Because after the newcomers entered the palace one after another, Zhong Xiaoyi's favor was not as good as before, so the palace people were far less attentive than before, but they were happy. What happened to Zhong Xiaoyi in the past half a month, and who she had been with in private, except for Zhong Xiaoyi herself, no one knew - so this matter could not be investigated at all.

What's more, the government and the opposition, including the crown prince, are already thinking crazy about the death of the saint from the bottom of their hearts......

Therefore, as soon as Zhong Xiaoyi died, someone casually put on an excerpt to say that what happened was "Xiaoyi Zhong's family entered the palace because of the newcomer and favored Richi, so that he hated because of love, so that he killed the king"...... Zhong Xiaoyi is not from a prestigious family, and the scholars are of course very much in favor of her coming to the whole crime.

The prince cried while reminiscing about the lower sage, oh, now it is the first emperor, and after recalling some of the merits of the first emperor that God knows there are or are not, he accepted it so lightly.

The first emperor died and the new monarch ascended the throne, and the former wanted to mourn - how to say that the Great Wei was not dead, the first emperor was no longer angry, and the righteousness of the courtiers should be fulfilled; The latter needs to be celebrated, although it is said that Da Wei is almost over, do you do your best to be loyal for a day.

So everyone first changed into mourning clothes and entered the palace to cry Ling, according to the rules of Dawei, after the ministers entered the palace, the prince took the throne in front of the spirit, and the next day he opened the main hall of the dynasty that had not been opened for several days, and held the enthronement ceremony - although the harem has not yet been sealed, but the new monarch inherited the throne, and it was impossible for civil and military officials to wear mourning clothes to the court, and they had to change their court clothes to congratulate.

After congratulating, he continued to cry again. According to the rules, you have to cry for seven days, and at this time, it is the scorching heat of June, the cicadas are chirping, and the sun is like fire, which is extremely sad. Even though the hall is full of ice and a lot of cool soup drinks are placed in the side hall, which one is not delicate and expensive if you are qualified to enter the palace and cry?

After such a toss, from hundreds of officials to female dependents, almost every household has put down people.

For example, in Taifu's mansion, Mrs. Su and her sixth daughter-in-law Huo Qingling only cried until the next day, and then fell ill together. The former is because he is a little old, and unlike Shen Xuanwu, who was born as a general, he has been practicing martial arts for many years, and he can still support it; The reason why the latter fell ill was expected by everyone, Huo Shenyuan had not been buried for a few days, Mrs. Gu couldn't even get up from crying this time, Tuo Yujiao sued the palace, Huo Qingling has also been cowardly, and it is already very good to be able to last for a day or two.

Because there were too many tired and sick people, the new king passed on the decree, so that the younger ones in the edict would stay and cry for seven days, and the older one could return to the house to mourn.

In this case, Wei Changying and Pei Meiniang were very depressed and became the candidates for the Shen family to be left behind.

This is not the husband's family bullying them, the age of the Liu family and the Duanmu family is not light, and they are only in their early thirties. But Mrs. Su and Huo Qingling fell ill, and the fifth daughter-in-law, Su Yuyin, was far away in Xiliang, so it was impossible for no one to preside over the huge Taifu Mansion, right? Of course, the Liu family can manage it alone, but Mrs. Su considers that there are three young grandchildren in the family, so she can't add an elder to watch the point - Shen Zangning's aunt taking care of her nephew must be no one can rest assured, and she is not as reliable as Shen Shujing at this point.

Therefore, Mrs. Su reported Duanmu Yanyu a heat stroke again, so that she could stay at home to watch the children...... Of course, Pei Meiniang can also watch the child, the question is who calls her the eldest daughter-in-law of Xiangningbo Mansion?

Therefore, the two of them could only sigh secretly for bad luck, pinched the medicine bag made by the Huang family overnight, knelt under His Royal Highness and cried without a sound with the scattered crowd.

After crying like this for a long time, it is naturally boring to be tight - after all, I am afraid that except for a few concubines such as Deng Guifei, there is no real sadness for the first emperor in this palace...... Wei Changying was tired of crying, so he went to look at Duanmu Xinmiao in the oblique thorn, and wondered if he would quietly move over and ask her if she had any medicine or anything like that, so that she could be lazy for a while...... Speaking of which, Duanmu Xinmiao was also very wronged, and it was rare for an unmarried courtier to have a fate, so naturally there was no need to enter the palace to cry and mourn.

But back then, when Deng Guifei threaded the needle and asked Duanmu Xinmiao to go to Xiliang to treat Shen Zangfeng, she listened to the heavens. Later, Duanmu Xinmiao returned to the imperial capital, and the saint made her a county monarch. And now she had to come and kneel together...... However, Duanmu Xinmiao's sister Duanmu Weimiao, the holy daughter-in-law, Queen Mother Cai, fainted decisively on the way back to the palace after yesterday's crying, and was sympathetic to the new monarch, so she didn't have to come today.

However, Wei Changying looked at it, but she happened to see Duanmu Xinmiao's back, she was getting up and walking out, it seemed that she should be going to change clothes.

Wei Changyingzheng felt tired after kneeling for a long time, and was overjoyed when he saw this, and secretly said that he didn't think of this good way to be lazy? She asked Pei Meiniang in a low voice: "Meiniang, do you want to change your clothes?" I saw that Sister Xin Miao went. ”

Pei Meiniang wiped her eyes while wrapping the medicine sachet in a handkerchief, and said in a low voice: "I can still hold on to this, and I will go when I can't hold it anymore." ”

"I'm going to get some air." Wei Changying felt that this would catch up, maybe there would be something good, so he got up.

…… She carefully avoided many women, turned into the side hall along the corner of the wall, looked around, but did not see the figure of Duanmu Xinmiao, tried to shout a few times behind the screen and did not hear anyone answer, simply went over to look, only to see the clothes and things on display, but it was empty and empty.

Seeing this situation, Wei Changying felt a little strange in his heart. If you look closely, you can see that this side hall leads to the direction of the harem, but there is a small door.

Wei Changying hesitated, first went back to the door when he came in and looked, and saw that no one wanted to come in for the time being, so he tiptoed to the small door, opened it quietly, and looked out - it was a small courtyard, planted with many flowers and plants, and it was just right at this time.

There are scattered flowers in a thick green and light blue, and it is difficult to find the white filial piety clothes inside, but with Wei Changying's eyesight, he still sees a few traces of grass blades swept by the skirt.

She was suspicious in her heart: It seems that Duanmu Xinmiao has really just walked through here, but this crying spirit is allowed, and it is allowed to leave for a while, but it is a loss of courtesy to leave for a long time. Now that the new monarch has just ascended the throne, it is still the scholars who have raised it, and this bit of face always has to be given to Shenbo, right?

Duanmu Xinmiao is by no means an ignorant person, she must have done this for a reason - just because of this, she prepared it when she left the main hall of the weeping spirit, or did she enter this side hall by chance?

After thinking about it, Wei Changying lifted the hem of her skirt and quickly chased after it along the traces of flowers and leaves.

Regardless of whether Duanmu Xinmiao walked here deliberately or accidentally, she obviously walked in a hurry, so much so that Xiaofu dragged many blades of grass and flowers all the way and didn't care. Following these traces, Wei Changying easily found her next to a rockery.

Originally, she wanted to go up directly to ask what was going on, but when she was about to say hello, she was surprised to find that Duanmu Xinmiao was not alone next to the rockery, but there was a palace man in plain clothes, and he looked a little familiar from the side.

Wei Changying recalled for a while, and remembered that when she first entered the palace, it was the birthday of Princess Linchuan, when she had a banquet in the Changle Palace, and the palace maid who was sent to serve her was the person who met Duanmu Xinmiao privately at this moment. This was a few years ago, and Wei Changying couldn't remember the name of this palace person, but seeing that she and Duanmu Xinmiao were a little sneaky, her heart moved, so she stopped, took two steps back, and hid behind a tree to watch.

In the hot summer, the palace people rarely traveled, and the first emperor was busy for the funeral not long after. The place was quiet at the moment, and the chirping of cicadas became more and more empty.

After Wei Changying held his breath and concentrated, he could occasionally hear a few words floating in: "...... Over here. The palace man took out a bulging thing from her sleeve, and she didn't know what was inside, in short, she looked jealous, and took it carefully, wishing to throw it away immediately and didn't dare to look like she didn't dare to do so.

"Give me ...... quickly" Duanmu Xinmiao obviously attached great importance to this thing, and hurriedly took it and quickly hid it in his arms.

“…… Wrapped in a veil...... Is it really okay? The thing was given, but the palace people were not very relieved, and asked very worriedly.

"Rest assured...... There is no hatred ......" Duanmu Xinmiao got the thing, looked a lot more relaxed, said a few words lightly, and turned around to leave.

The palace people seemed to be relieved and seemed to be a little worried, but when they saw this scene, they suddenly woke up and didn't have anything to say, so they hurriedly ran to her to stop her, and said, "What about Deng Gongzi?" ”

At this time, because the guard Chang Ying came a few steps, he heard it more clearly.

But Wen Duanmu Xinmiao said casually: "Where is there such a mysterious thing, I will make it up to coax your mother." ”

“……！” The palace man was obviously choked by her shamelessness, and he stood there completely without knowing what to say!

And Duanmu Xinmiao crossed her with peace of mind and walked away!