Chapter 158: A Great Fire Red Palace
Liang Yue almost fell in, the blood in her knees was a little blocked, she stumbled on the threshold, and knelt directly in, and the people behind her were shocked. If you fall like this, it should be painful and painful. But her senses were not too sensitive, and she didn't feel any pain, but she couldn't stand up for a while.
"Master." Xingxing hurriedly wanted to come over to help, but a pair of hands were one step ahead of her and hugged Gu Liangyue.
Xuanyuan Zili's expression was cold, he glanced at the people outside, turned around and picked up Liang Yue and entered the inner room. Sixi was shocked by the emperor's eyes, and his heart was also panicked. Does the master mean that he shouldn't stop the moon concubine? But how did he know that the emperor had not given any instructions beforehand... However, Concubine Yue fell, fortunately, the emperor was not in the mood to care, and in normal times, he should be careful.
Emperor Mingxuan sat on the soft couch with Liangyue in his arms and asked her in a low voice, "Does it hurt?" ”
Cining Palace has been cleaned up, and the body of the Queen Mother has been placed in a sunken wooden coffin and is being placed in the main hall of Cining Palace. And the inner room has not been moved, it is still the bed, and the blood and tears on the bed are still there.
Liang Yue shook her head dumbfoundedly, she didn't feel pain, but her heart was inexplicably empty, so she couldn't come back to her senses.
"She chose to see you last." Xuanyuan Zili put his chin against Liang Yue's head and said softly: "In my heart, there must still be yours." It's just that I haven't reacted yet, and I haven't realized that there is still a clean-up between you and her, but the queen mother has already gone in such a decisive way. I didn't have time to do anything, I'm sorry. ”
Liang Yue tugged at the corners of her mouth and said in a dumb voice: "She has been closed for the past few days, she must have thought about it." It is said that the queen mother is kind and has excellent means, and it is a woman who does not let her eyebrows. But, I looked, why was she so stupid? ”
"If you knew it, you wouldn't have fought for the highest position, if you knew it, you wouldn't have entered the palace, and if you knew it, you would have left with Zixu. She made a wrong step, a wrong step, why would anyone praise her for being smart? ”
Even death is the same, whether she is really tired, or whether only this death can be exchanged for eternal trouble, she never makes it clear. Later generations will bury her in the imperial mausoleum, thousands of years later, will she sing the praises of her death? ”
The emperor was stunned when he heard this, the body of the woman in his arms trembled slightly, he couldn't help but hug him tighter, and comforted in a low voice: "The queen mother has walked on the road she chose herself, and she has finished walking. Whether she is happy or unhappy, this life has passed. In the next life, maybe she will be able to fulfill her last wish in this life. Or maybe she's now with her beloved. ”
Liang Yue raised her head, looked at the emperor's deep eyes, and muttered, "Will it?" ”
Xuanyuan Zili smiled lightly and said, "Yes, when she left, didn't she say that someone came to pick her up?" Definitely. ”
The corners of his mouth slowly curved, and Liang Yue snuggled in the emperor's arms and slowly fell asleep. She's also tired and just habitually doesn't care. Today's farewell made her cry for the first time. The whole person seems to have suddenly weakened, and he just wants to sleep deeply.
Feeling the weight on his arm gradually sinking, Xuanyuan Zili lowered his head, but saw that Liang Yue had fallen asleep. A little face was so white that it was distressing, the corners of his eyes were wet, and he was about to cry again.
Kissing her lightly at the corner of her eye, the emperor sighed, looked up at the coffin in the main hall, and was silent. The palace lights in Cining Palace were bright, as if they were going to light the way for someone, and they were lit up all night.
The queen mother died, the six palaces mourned together, the queen Xiaoyue did not come out, and the emperor was entangled in government affairs. was going to hand over the wakes and funerals to Concubine Shu, but Liangyue unexpectedly stood up and told the emperor that she was going to take care of the matter.
Xuanyuan only paused, then nodded in agreement. The palace was vegetarian for half a month, and all the banquets were canceled. The palace people also spontaneously prayed for the fairy spirit of the queen mother, and the palace concubines were very pious.
Jingyue Palace couldn't see the joy everywhere, Liangyue was dressed in a plain white palace dress, wearing white flowers on her head, and sat in the main hall folding gold paper. The Queen Mother's coffin will only stay in the palace for two days, and it will be sent to the imperial tomb the day after tomorrow. The weather was hot, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs had already sent a large amount of ice to prevent the body from rotting.
Everything related to the funeral was left to Suzuki. Originally, it was also the top priority in the palace at present, and the queen and the concubine gave up the power of the six palaces, especially the Internal Affairs Office. The Queen Mother's funeral rules are complicated, and just the process, Liang Yue listened to the stars for a while. My heart is desolate.
You have to be tossed in life, and you can't be at peace when you die, and the rules of the palace are really fed up.
"Master!" Lanyue hurriedly ran in, and the wind-swept wind blew up a few pieces of gold paper that Liang Yue had placed on the table, and slowly fell to the ground.
"What's wrong?" Liang Yue stopped what she was doing, and looked at the golden paper that fell to the ground in a daze: "What happened again?" ”
"The Xixi Palace is on fire!" Lan Yue hurriedly picked up the gold paper, and said while picking it up: "This is an accident, I don't know which palace person is careless, burning paper money can also set the palace on fire." Concubine Liang was frightened, and she was putting out the fire at this moment.
On fire? Liang Yue raised her head, put the folded things in her hand on the table, got up and said, "Let's go and see what's going on, it's not a trivial matter that the palace is on fire, plus the Queen Mother has not gone yet, and Concubine Liang is afraid that she will be guilty." ”
Picking up the stars hurriedly asked people to prepare a sedan chair and followed Liangyue to the Xixi Palace. As soon as I walked halfway, I saw the palace people around me coming and going, carrying buckets with water basins, and the battle was quite big. Liang Yue couldn't help but let people stop the sedan chair, and called a palace person to ask, "How is the situation in front?" ”
The palace man carrying the bucket wiped his forehead and saluted Liangyue: "The fire is very big, Niangniang still don't go over." Concubine Liang Niangniang has already gone to Qianyuan Palace, and there seem to be many people in the Xi Palace who have not come out. ”
Liang Yue was startled, waved her hand and asked the palace people to go to fight the fire first, and then got off the sedan chair, and said to the star and the moon: "The sedan chair doesn't have to go with you, let's just go over and take a look." Xiaoxi Palace is not far from Kunning Palace, don't alarm the queen. ”
"Yes." Picking the stars and catching the moon responded, and trotted forward with the cool moon. Seeing the fire of the Xixi Palace from a distance, Lanyue was frightened, only to feel that the fire was bigger than the one she had just seen, and there were more people around to fight the fire.
"Tell the firefighters to put out the fire only and not to touch the things in the palace." Liang Yue looked at it for a while, then turned her head sideways and said to Lan Yue: "Such a big fire for no reason, it's not like it's accidental." ”
Lanyue nodded, and stepped forward to order the palace people who were fighting the fire. The fire was extinguished for an hour before the fire became smaller, and some palace people came to report that two palace maids had been burned to death in the palace, and the palace had been completely destroyed, and the property could not be saved. Fortunately, Concubine Liang ran fast and was not injured.
Liang Yue nodded, watching as several eunuchs carried out the two charred corpses. Both Xingxing and Lanyue hurriedly pulled Liangyue to take a step back, afraid of bad luck. Liang Yue glanced at it very calmly, it was two women. It's probably a rough slave in the backyard, so I didn't run out.
The emperor appeased Concubine Liang and temporarily let her live in Yongshou Palace. Concubine Liang thanked her again and again, and told her that it was a fire caused by a little palace maid burning paper, which disturbed the queen mother's fairy spirit and had already made people die.
Liang Yue looked at the palace that burned clean, and always felt that something was strange. Those charred pillars, if they were not poured oil, would not have burned so thoroughly. What is Concubine Liang hiding? Or is it destroying something? But choosing this time is too high-profile.
instructed the Internal Affairs Office to prepare some things for the Yongshou Palace, and Liang Yue planned to return to the palace. At night, the six palaces had to gather together to send the queen mother's spirit, and she had to continue to go back to fold the unfolded gold paper.
Walking along the palace road, I passed by the abandoned palace again. Liang Yue stopped and looked up at the mottled palace wall.
There was a faint laughter from inside, and Liang Yue curled her lips mockingly. The two grandmothers, the dancing fan and the water sleeve, must be happy. They wanted to drag the noble woman into the water, and went before them. All grievances and grievances, with the passing of the two masters, should also come to an end.
After thinking about it, Liang Yue didn't push open the door and went in, but only turned around slowly and continued to walk towards the Jingyue Palace.
The strange laughter in the wallyard spread far away, and after a while, there was no more sound.
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When it was dark, the concubines of the six palaces all rushed to the Jingyue Palace. Liang Yue placed a huge stone brazier in the open space in front of the palace. The concubines of the six palaces first knelt down, and then sat around the brazier, throwing the gold paper they folded into it and burning it, which meant to send the spirit.
Concubine Shu was dressed in a long skirt with white plain flowers, and the fat powder was applied very lightly, and the whole person looked a lot more refreshing. Concubine Liang's face was calm, and she hugged a large pile of gold paper folds and slowly put them inside. Fu Zhaoyi also had a few promises to come. They are all people who haven't seen each other for a long time, and Liang Yue didn't look closely, but quietly folded herself into the brazier and watched the flames devour the gold paper little by little.
"I heard that the Feast Palace was on fire in the afternoon." Concubine Shu asked lightly: "The new palace, is Sister Concubine Liang still used to it?" ”
Concubine Liang glanced sideways at Concubine Shu, pursed her lips and said: "It's the sin of this palace, I don't want the palace maid to be too careless, it actually caused a fire, and this palace can only fold more things to make amends to the queen mother." The new palace can be regarded as the palace blessed by the Queen Mother. ”
Yongshou Palace is one of the most prosperous palaces in the harem, and if you can live in it with a fire, you are naturally blessed.
Liang Yue listened for a while, looked up at Concubine Liang, and suddenly asked, "Where was Sister Concubine Liang at that time?" Why did there be a fire in his palace, and no one could be rescued? ”
Concubine Liang was stunned, lowered her head and continued to throw gold paper into the brazier, and said casually: "The palace was drinking tea in the main hall at the time, and when I heard the palace people say that it was on fire, I ran out. The two were burned to death in the palace, maybe they were lazy people who slept in the backyard, so they couldn't hear the sound and lost their lives in vain. ”
"Yes." Liang Yue threw away all the things in her hand, picked up the gold paper next to her and began to fold: "No matter how much you sleep to death, it is impossible not to even hear the fire." Sister Liangfei, can you tell my sister the names of the two palace maids, and the palace should check it, so as to give some comfort. ”
Concubine Liang was startled, the gold paper in her hand floated to the brazier, brought some sparks, and flew to Fu Zhaoyi's skirt opposite.