Entering Weiyang Palace from the North Palace Gate, everything in Weiyang Palace is as before, not because of the death of Concubine Shen. If she dies as the queen, it must be a palace full of plain silk, like a winter snow realm. However, at this time, Concubine Shen only had such a lonely mourning hall, located in Kunning Palace, where she had lived for most of her life.

I was the queen and the lord of the harem, but at the end of this life, I became such a lonely ghost. Even only by receiving alms can there be this lonely mourning hall. Queen Zhou was born illustriously, had an extraordinary appearance, and was smart and stable in temperament, but in the end she ended up like this. I have to rely on the enemies I have fought all my life to get this last dignity......

The autumn breeze in Yongxiang is cold, Xu is wearing less, walking in it, Rong Yunxi but feeling the cool breeze into the bones and heart, no matter how warm it is, it can't be warmed. The last rays of the setting sun fell faintly on the vermilion walls and green tiles in the Weiyang Palace, far from the overwhelming darkness.

"Senior sister, Weiyang Palace is so big, we have been gone for so long, why haven't we arrived yet?" Huo Xiaoyan cautiously followed behind Rong Yunxi, and said in a low voice when there was no one around.

"It's still a long way to go......," Chu Xia turned around and said in a low voice, "Madame, you must be careful, if these words are heard by those who have a heart, don't you think that we are impatient with Concubine Shen's funeral?" ”

Rong Yunxi also looked back at Huo Xiaoyan, but she only smiled gently and didn't say anything. Huo Xiaoyan stuck out her tongue, and the children who did something wrong lowered their heads. But when Rong Yunxi turned around, her face changed instantly, not at all the confused and ignorant demeanor just now, but very calm.

This is her first time coming to Weiyang Palace, and she will definitely have a sense of curiosity, but she will not really make such a fuss. If she was the same as before, she didn't know how thick the sky was, and after entering Weiyang Palace, she might want to let Rong Yunxi take her around to have fun. But now, pretending to be stupid can only be done in moderation.

Anyway, sooner or later, you have to move in, and some time is going to wander. What's more, if she is not favored, no matter how big and good this Weiyang Palace is, what does it have to do with her? If you don't want to be favored, you're always an outsider living here.

After walking a long way to the middle harem, Rong Yunxi did not go to Kunning Palace first, but first went to Yilan Palace to greet the imperial concubine. Because the emperor was in the bedroom, the imperial concubine only saw her and Huo Xiaoyan in the middle hall, and casually cared about Huo Xiaoyan for a few words, and asked them to go to Kunning Palace first. said that he would wait for the emperor to use medicine, and then he followed.

I don't know if it's my own delusion, Rong Yunxi felt that the imperial concubine was quite cold to her, and a little deliberately distant. Hearing her say goodbye, she just nodded lightly, and said lukewarmly, "Get up", and when she heard Huo Xiaoyan say goodbye, she smiled gently and happily, and said "get up" happily.

Then it was even more obvious, his eyes completely fell on Huo Xiaoyan's body, only watching Huo Xiaoyan speak, leaving her completely aside, without asking a word. Even when Huo Xiaoyan mentioned her, the imperial concubine did not turn her head to look at her, and still cared about talking to Huo Xiaoyan. Except for asking for peace and resignation, there was no verbal exchange between her and the imperial concubine. It's not that she doesn't want to, but the imperial concubine doesn't give her this opportunity.

Out of Yilan Palace, Rong Yunxi carefully recalled the attitude of the imperial concubine, and felt that this was definitely not because she was too worried, but because the imperial concubine deliberately gave her a look. The imperial concubine has been in the deep palace for a long time, how can she not know the balance between words? In front of her, he didn't even care about the harmony on his face, and he didn't have anything to explain except deliberately.

But she was all good, why did the imperial concubine suddenly change her attitude towards her? Rong Yunxi thought about it for a while, but she didn't think of what she had done to offend the imperial concubine, so she didn't think about it anymore. Just let her go, it's better to do the things in front of you first.

Rong Yunxi and Huo Xiaoyan were the first to arrive, and as soon as they stepped into the door of Kunning Palace, they smelled an extremely pungent smell of medicine. Seeing that Rong Yunxi wrinkled her nose slightly, a small palace daughter standing in the courtyard hurriedly said: "The noble concubine Niangniang has ordered, let the people of the Imperial Doctor's Department use enough of the anti-sickness powder potion, so as not to infect the mothers and ladies with the sickness in the Kunning Palace." ”

Rong Yunxi nodded, hearing this, her heart was even more uncomfortable. Queen Zhou's life is already miserable, and when she is dying, she has to be disgusted like this. Therefore, he only strode forward, and did not take care of this attentive little slave and maid. When there were outsiders, Huo Xiaoyan was quite regular, following behind Rong Yunxi, walking quietly and quietly, without any mistakes.

The mourning hall in Kunning Palace is quite neatly arranged, the plain white mourning hall and the elegant Nanmu coffin make people feel a little solemn and depressed as soon as they enter it. Next to the queen's coffin, only her personal maid Liuli knelt. Liuli was white, and the wound on his head had not been treated, and a layer of blood had formed a scab, which was even more dazzling under the scorching flames in the copper basin.

Liuli slowly added paper money to the copper basin, whimpering lowly, her eyes were already red and swollen from crying, but she was a very loyal minion.

Seeing her so loyal to her master, Rong Yunxi couldn't help but feel a little afraid. She was afraid that one day, Chuxia and Zhiqiu would also kneel in front of her spirit and cry like this.

Liuli's low whimper came intermittently in this quiet mourning hall, and it was actually the mourning hall located in Weiyang Palace that cried out of the feeling of a lonely tomb in the barren mountains and mountains.

Rong Yunxi listened to the sadness in her heart, but she was not easy to persuade anything. just took Huo Xiaoyan to kneel on the futon three steps behind the coffin, fulfilled the filial piety of his children, and kowtowed three times. He bowed to the ground, mourned for a while, and then got up. instructed the little maids and eunuchs outside to buy three more futons to go to the coffin for the purpose of crying spirits.

From the overall arrangement of the mourning hall, it can be seen that the arrangements made by the imperial concubine are indeed not bad in terms of etiquette. But in the subtleties inside, it can be seen that the imperial concubine is not really attentive. It's just that the work on the face has been done, and he didn't even send a maid from the palace to supervise him, so that these little maids who had lost their kindness as soon as they entered the palace became even more sluggish.

It was early, and it was not yet time to start crying, but it was not appropriate to stand here, Rong Yunxi still took Huo Xiaoyan to kneel on the futon, waiting for the arrival of Cai Miaorong and the women.

Huo Xiaoyan sat directly beside her with Rong Yunxi, who quietly pointed to the third futon in front of and behind her, and whispered to her to kneel there. According to the position, this second futon should be for Concubine Cai to kneel. Huo Xiaoyan hurriedly got up and went back, without saying a word of surprise, and even dared not breathe quickly. Seeing this, Rong Yunxi was even more relieved. Sure enough, Huo Xiaoyan at this time was completely different from before, and Huo Xiaoyan at this time was quite familiar with the word proportion.

Rong Yunxi and Huo Xiaoyan waited for a while, and it wasn't until around the end of the hour that these women came in slowly. It's all about the front and back feet, and it's never too late. Cai Miaorong came in with her aunt Changle Houfei, and when she came in, she was already the last one outside the palace. Not long after Cai Miaorong came in, the imperial concubine entered Kunning Palace. When she was in Yilan Palace just now, the imperial concubine said that she would arrive later, and it was all at the end of the hour, and she came at the hour.

As soon as the imperial concubine entered the courtyard, the women were busy greeting and saying, "Blessings to the mother." The imperial concubine smiled and let them get up, looked at the coffin with a sad expression, sighed, and didn't say much. He turned around and glanced at the master of ceremonies, signaling that he could start.

The imperial concubine stood next to the coffin, the master of ceremonies and the inner supervisor stood next to the tablet, and the rest of the people were kneeling. The master of ceremonies and the inner supervisor said some words to praise Concubine Shen's life, and said some kind of kindness to her from the emperor and the imperial concubine, as if she put the imperial concubine in the position of the queen. After some long and boring words, the master of ceremonies and the inner supervisor bowed to the imperial concubine and withdrew. The imperial concubine went to Liuli, who was kneeling not far behind Huo Xiaoyan, took a few pieces of paper money, and added them to the copper furnace.

Then he glanced at everyone present, and said in a heavy voice that he had worked hard, and he didn't stay here for long, nor did he give any more orders. In fact, it stands to reason that the imperial concubine should deliberately explain to Rong Yunxi, her daughter-in-law, and let her take care of this side on her behalf, which is considered a thoughtful move, but the imperial concubine did not say so.

At this time, the wives were all kneeling, and the Marquis of Changle directly kowtowed to the ground and said "Congratulations to the mother", this gift is so big that it has exceeded the gift to the imperial concubine. But which of these women didn't see the wind and steer? Seeing this, he didn't feel that it was inappropriate, but kowtowed with Zhao's head: "Congratulations to Niangniang......"

Rong Yunxi, who is a daughter-in-law, should pay as much as she should to the imperial concubine, and naturally she also followed these wives to make a big gift. Just glanced at the coffin on the side, and couldn't help but feel a little sad. Whether it is in the deep palace or in this world, worshipping high and stepping on low has always been the same.

Rong Yunxi asked herself, even if it was himself who was lying here at this time, if people really knew after death, could they be willing?

Not everyone is born to fight, but in order to keep themselves alive and not to be trampled on, they can only keep fighting and fighting. Life is not on your own, your body is on your own, especially in Weiyang Palace.

After this toss, it has already passed four o'clock. It was dark, the door was open, and the cool breeze was blowing, which added a bit of gloomy atmosphere to this mourning hall.

Rong Yunxi is the person with the highest position here, and she is also the only princess and concubine, so she should lead the crying. But Rong Yunxi really doesn't have the ability to cry when she says crying.

There was silence in the mourning hall for a moment, and when everyone focused on Rong Yunxi and waited for her to cry, Rong Yunxi couldn't help but make the situation embarrassing, so she had to pick up the handkerchief and cry a few times with a thunderous and rainless "woo". Immediately, Concubine Cai also took out a handkerchief to block her mouth, whined and cried, followed by Huo Xiaoyan. Huo Xiaoyan's cry started, and the seven or eight ladies who were kneeling began to cry at the same time.

Suddenly, the mourning hall was full of weeping, but there was no sadness. Everyone's cry is fake, and everyone doesn't care if their cry is real or not. Anyway, what was lying in the coffin was just an unfavored concubine, and no one would stand up for this woman. If it is the queen mother or a favored queen who is lying here, they don't cry tears, and if they take it lightly, they will harm their own lives. If you count it again, it will even connect the whole family.

Hearing this fake cry, Liuli felt even more sad in her heart, and felt unfair for her master. The originally low whimpering sound couldn't help but get louder, and the grief really came out with the cry. This true sorrow, in the midst of all this false babbling, seems so abrupt and so out of place......