Chapter 164: The World is Impermanent
On the second day of the first lunar month, all the families in the imperial capital are happy to celebrate the New Year, but the Wei Mansion is deserted.
There are still many traces of previous festivity on the hastily arranged mourning hall, and those 'glamorous' and auspicious red, red, green and green and white 'flower' paper money reflect each other, which is more and more pathetic.
Originally, this day happened to be the day when the married 'daughter' returned to her parents' home, Wei Changying was carefully helped into the mourning hall, and saw that Wei Changwan had knelt beside the coffin, holding Wei Changjuan with one hand, and crying bitterly with the other hand caressing the coffin.
She was dressed in a raw linen cloth that had never been arrested, and she took the heaviest of the "five clothes" "Chopping Decline". Originally, according to the funeral ceremony of the Great Wei Dynasty, the 'female' son should wear a formal dress before leaving the cabinet, but after leaving the cabinet, she is considered a member of a other family, so she only needs to surrender - the rule of the Great Wei is that the married 'female' is a parent who serves for a year "Qi decline".
But Wei Changwan has now put on the "decay", and now she is crying so sadly with the coffin, thinking that even if she only keeps it for a year, she will definitely be "decay".
Listening to her and Sister Wei Changjuan's heartfelt cry of grief, Wei Changying didn't know what it was like in her heart, and she was stunned for a moment before slowly stepping forward to pay her respects.
Wei Changyun, Wei Changsui, and the three brothers Wei Gaolang, the only concubine in the second room, knelt silently behind the curtain, and the cold wind blew in from outside the hall, lifting the corner of the curtain, and they could see that they were all wooden, and there seemed to be tears on their faces...... It's Min Yao and Zhou Xiaoyao - it's only the mother-in-law who died, not to mention that this mother-in-law usually treats them well, although they are equally filial piety and can't stop crying, but it sounds far less heartbreaking than the Wei Changwan sisters.
Wei Changying's belly is now very big, and her movement is very inconvenient, so she can only salute with the help of Huang and others - she bowed, Wei Changjuan suddenly turned her head, her eyes were red and swollen, and she screamed: "You are still here?" How dare you come?! You ......"
It was Wei Changwan who suddenly covered her mouth, because of too much strength, and even the green tendons on the back of her white hands burst out - Wei Changwan's face was hidden in the 'yin' shadow of the coffin, and she couldn't see it clearly, only listening to her hoarse voice with a faint chill, and said flutteringly: "Third sister, seventh sister is sad about the death of her mother, and now she is a little stunned, you don't have to worry about her." ”
Wei Changying finished the salute according to the etiquette, let the Huang family help him up, and then said lightly: "Big sister, I know you are in a bad mood now...... I saluted my aunt, took in the incense and left. ”
Seeing Wei Changying go out of the 'door', Wei Changwan let go of his sister, and Wei Changjuan shouted at her 'excitedly': "Eldest sister! Why don't you let me finish my sentence? Mother She ...... Mother She ...... It's just ......"
With a "snap", a slap hit her in the face!
Wei Changjuan subconsciously covered her face, looked at her eldest sister who had always doted on her, and said in disbelief, "Eldest sister, ...... you"
"Mother's bones are not cold, have you forgotten what she told us before she died!" Wei Changwan's expression was cold, she grabbed her wrist tightly, her nails completely pinched into Wei Changjuan's delicate skin, but Wei Changwan didn't mean to let go at all, her face was covered by the shadow of the coffin, but her eyes were shining in the dark - the light of hatred was so hot and intense that Wei Changjuan subconsciously held her breath and didn't dare to exhale pain.
Wei Changwan's lips were almost close to her ears, and she said word by word: "If you weren't confused, you would provoke Wei Changying just for a meaningless moment!" How could my mother feel sorry for you, and she was lost for a while by Song Xinrou's old.' Woman's grab the handle?! You stupid little thing, you have killed your mother for nothing, and now, do you still want to kill our family! ”
Seeing Wei Changjuan's mouth open in shock, she sat down, tears rolled down her eyes, but Wei Changwan, who had always loved her sister, still had a cold gaze, without any pity, and continued to say coldly, "You listen to me!" Once upon a time, there was a mother who spoiled you, and you made 'sex'. Now that you have killed your mother, you are still so stupid...... Don't blame your sister for being ruthless! ”
At this scene of the two sisters, Min Yao and Zhou Xiaoyao were taken aback, and persuaded with a strong smile: "Big sister, don't do this...... Seventh sister, she is also young......"
"Shut up!" It was Wei Changyun who suddenly spoke, he looked at his wife and brother-in-law expressionlessly, and said in a tone without any emotion, "Whoever dares to get used to this rebellious 'girl' who doesn't know the height of the sky, get out of the house with me!" ”
Min Yaoyu was slightly startled, and she was silent and stopped talking.
Looking at the brother and sister who suddenly changed their attitude, Wei Changjuan was extremely sad, but she cried so much that Wei Changyun and Wei Changwan just looked at it indifferently, and even the softest-hearted Wei Changsui only sighed imperceptibly.
…… These guards neither knew nor cared. She returned to Jintong Courtyard, took off her mourning clothes, bathed again, and changed into a new set of clothes before going to see Mrs. Su and tell her about the funeral.
Mrs. Su and Wei Shengyi's husband's 'wife' 'relationship' is mediocre, before Wei Changying almost lost her pregnancy after returning from the Wei Mansion, Mrs. Su blamed this strange wonder Wei Shengyi's husband 'wife' also held a grudge.
Later, Wei Changying's pregnancy was saved, and Mrs. Su also let go of this resentment, but there was really not much regret for Duanmu's death. And because it is now the first month of the year, Wei Changying is still pregnant, but she wants to go to the mourning hall to mourn, not to mention the joy of the Shen Mansion, but also makes her worry about the prospective male grandson.
However, Duanmu is Wei Changying's maiden aunt after all, and when she died, it was in the imperial capital, and it was impossible for Wei Changying not to go.
Therefore, Mrs. Su can only repeatedly tell her daughter-in-law to be cautious, and sigh that the world is impermanent, Shangshu's right servant 'shoots' Wei Shengyi is in the prime of life, and his Yuan is not too old to send his wife Duanmu, and she usually has never heard of her frequently inviting doctors or doctors to come to the house, obviously her body and bones are good - why is there no good child?
Wei Changying and other daughters-in-law 'women' echoed their mother-in-law and said that the world is impermanent...... But no one expected that in two days, there would be something more impermanent waiting for the Shen family.
Queen Mother Ji is gone!
Queen Mother Ji was born very humblely, similar to Mrs. Zhenyi and Zhong Xiaoyi - the 'daughter' of a poor family, who entered the palace as a maidservant, relying on her beauty, because of all kinds of opportunities that only the people in question know, she entered the eyes of the saint and became a palace concubine.
Since there is no other virtue that can attract the Sacred Heart except beauty, the days of favor are short. In the past few decades, there have been many short-lived concubines in the holy harem, and the Queen Mother Ji is blessed, and she successfully became pregnant in a short period of time, and gave birth to the third son of the emperor, King Ji, peacefully.
Although it is said that the saint now has dozens of 'daughters' under his knees, whether it is a prince or a princess, it is not very rare. But at that time, the saint only got two princes, and he was still very happy about the birth of these three sons. Although the Empress Dowager Ji did not regain her favor, she was also sealed as a concubine from Sanpin, and asked her to raise King Ji personally...... So when King Ji was older and married a wife, he went to the fiefdom to settle down, and the Queen Mother Ji, who had been unfavored in the palace for many years, naturally followed her son to the fief and became a leisurely queen mother.
Only when King Ji is summoned to return to Beijing, she will come back with her son to meet the emperor. Queen Mother Ji is not from a high background and has not been a favorite concubine for two days, so she is very cautious and cautious in front of every queen in this dynasty, and after becoming the queen mother, every time she returns to Beijing, she also personally 'serves' the emperor and queen as before.
Therefore, although the saint has lost the heart of pampering her because of her old age and decay, and because of the many princes and grandchildren, he does not care about King Ji, but he has always had a good impression of King Ji's mother and son.
The point is that one year, when the saint was in a good mood, he promised to give Queen Mother Ji the glory of being buried after her death.
At that time, Queen Mother Ji "cried with joy, bowed to the ground and worshiped in Danqi, saying that she would die immediately and have no regrets in this life."
…… If the queen mother died in the fief of King Ji, she would naturally be mourned in the fiefdom, and nothing would happen in the imperial capital.
But now the Empress Dowager Ji died in the imperial capital, after all, she is a person who has 'served' the saints, and King Ji's fief is not close to the imperial capital, and it is not the hometown of the Empress Dowager Ji - you can't send the husband and wife of King Ji to help the coffin back to the fiefdom to do the funeral, and then help the coffin to be buried in Anling, which is one day and one night away from the imperial capital, after the funeral?
Shengshang remembered that the Queen Mother Ji has always been humble and gentle, this time back, but also presented a nine-zhang longevity embroidery, which was embroidered by the Queen Mother Ji from the son's fiefdom, and it took more than ten years to complete, this time it was specially brought over to offer...... Is there anyone else talking in the middle, the people outside are not very clear, in short, the saint allowed King Ji to treat his mother's funeral in the palace of King Ji in Beijing, and ordered the sons and daughters in the imperial capital to go to mourn their mother.
So after Wei Changying mourned his aunt for only two days, the whole Shen Mansion took off the bright hairpin ring jewelry, took off the gorgeous clothes, and went to the Ji Wangfu to hang condolences in a solemn and concise manner.
Generally, there is no mother-in-law, but Queen Ji Shen Zangxiu is much sadder than Min Yao and others, and she cried so much that she fainted before Mrs. Su and her party arrived;
When Shen Zangxiu arrived in Beijing with King Ji, he took the time to go back to his mother's house to kiss once, and Wei Changying also went to the room to see him, this husband's eldest sister looks like Mrs. Su, but her temperament is much gentler than Mrs. Su, very much like her grandmother, Mrs. Deng. Wei Changying had been slandering Mrs. Su for missing the eldest 'daughter' a lot, but she beat the young 'girl' Shen Zangning, and when she saw Shen Zangxiu, she had to sigh that this eldest sister-in-law was indeed a lovely person - a kind person like Mrs. Deng, as long as she was not a person whose 'temperament' was too eccentric, she would not dislike it.
Now seeing her crying with grief, the mourners are infected with grief. Wei Changying and others comforted her with Mrs. Su, because another group of people arrived, so they retreated to the side and served tea with the 'women' who came to mourn.
The 'flower' hall where the tea was served whispered, and Wei Changying listened attentively, but he was talking about the good words of the Queen Mother Ji.
Because she had seen Queen Mother Ji from a distance at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, she had no impression of this Queen Mother. At this moment, I heard everyone say that the Queen Mother is a good person and Queen Ji is filial, after all, the dead are the greatest, and they are in King Ji's Mansion, so no one will say anything bad about it, and Wei Changying didn't take it very seriously.
Ran didn't listen to two sentences, and someone not far away whispered sour words and whispered: "Such a good queen mother, but whoever has a conscience, who can not love her as a biological mother?" ”
Let's talk about the good things that Queen Mother Ji treats Shen Zangxiu: It is said that soon after King Ji arrived in the fiefdom, the people in the fiefdom offered two beautiful women, both of whom were both talented and beautiful, and King Ji liked it very much when he saw it, and after being included in the palace, he left the queen in the cold, and even listened to the slander of one of the beautiful women, and blamed the queen a lot.
As a result, Queen Mother Ji found out, so she summoned King Ji to him and reproached him: "The queen is everyone's 'daughter', and she is young and trained by the court, how can her actions and words be unreasonable?" If this is the case, why should people in the world marry a 'woman' and choose a 'family'? What's more, you like Mei Ji, but it's her 'sex' art, and the 'sex' art is declining, will you continue to like them? But the queen is your wife, and even though she is old, she is still the queen. So why should the queen surrender her identity to embarrass Mei Ji, this must be Mei Ji jealous of the queen and deliberately slandered. ”
In this way, King Ji woke up and gave Mei Ji to his descendants.
Queen Mother Ji said to King Ji again: "The person who gave you Meiji must not be punished, these two Meiji etiquette, singing and dancing, and talent have been taught, but that person only does not teach them to respect the queen, which is clearly deliberately trying to use Meiji's favor to instigate you to spoil your concubine and destroy your wife!" In order to gain his own wealth and glory, such a man has sinister intentions, and must be punished for his sins, and he must be turned away from him from now on. ”
When Wei Changying heard this, he secretly thought that it was no wonder that Shen Zangxiu was so sad, and Min Yaoxiu cried loudly in the mourning hall but there was no sadness. Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not blood relatives, they are all disposed of.