Chapter 22: The Man He Wanted to Hide From
(Cat flutter Chinese) His face was gloomy, and his whole body exuded a sense of oppression like dark clouds, but he just looked at his departing back without saying a word.
When the officials and ministers suddenly heard the bad news, although they felt that King Yongning's move was a great disrespect to the queen mother, how could they dare to say much, and they were silent one by one, for fear that one would accidentally catch fire, and gave this pair of affectionate emperors and queens a funeral.
But this was originally the burial of the first emperor, but now such a change suddenly happened.
The edict of the Queen Mother that suddenly appeared was really suspicious, so those sharp-eyed ministers had already distinguished the handwriting on the edict from beginning to end, the word was indeed the word of the Empress Dowager Ye, and the seal was indeed the only seal of the Queen Mother in the world, and it could not be faked in front of everyone's eyes.
But the Queen Mother was funeral, but she slept with the first emperor, so sloppy is really unruly.
But this is the Empress Dowager Ye's own meaning, although the ministers feel that it is inappropriate, how dare they say it.
After all, how the first emperor was buried is also a family matter of the Yiqi royal family in the final analysis, and this future successor is by no means a weak and incompetent lord, so how can he allow his subordinates to talk too much.
The queen mother hanged herself, the emperor and queen were buried together, and the king of Yongning was disrespectful, these things were one after another, and it was not a strange thing to put on the top of the dynasty, just because the king of Yongning was disrespectful, not to say that it was a crime of disrespect to him on the spot, and it was not impossible to take his title and degrade to a concubine on this ground.
However, the regent, who had fought with Ye Shuoguang for many years and hated the Ye family, had no intention of using the topic to play at all, but allowed King Yongning to leave the imperial tomb like this.
The regent didn't speak, and the people next to him didn't even dare to take a breath, and there was a dead silence in the room, and even the monks who had been chanting in a low voice closed their mouths when they saw such a change.
Everyone watched King Yongning leave the imperial tomb without looking back, and he couldn't even see his back, so he suddenly broke the silence.
"Song Jinyan."
He said something in a deep voice, and Song Jinyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was shocked and walked out of the queue tremblingly.
"Go on."
Seeing Song Jinyan walk out, he didn't even look at him, he just gave an order with an expressionless face, but his eyes were still looking at the direction where King Yongning left.
Song Jinyan was stunned for a moment, but he quickly put away his thoughts and presided over the funeral to continue.
Although everyone was already prepared in their hearts, the scene of the coffin covering together, Empress Dowager Ye and the first emperor sleeping together still caught everyone off guard.
Fortunately, Empress Dowager Ye's appearance is quite dignified, and she will not lose the dignity of the Yiqi royal family.
It's just that after opening the coffin according to the rules, the queen mother should go first and lead the ministers to bid farewell to the body of the first emperor in turn, but now the nobles in this coffin have become two, but I don't know what the future step-monarch plans to do.
The ministers waited for the reaction of the dead in their hearts, but the dead did not say anything.
The sharp-eyed courtiers connected with the scene that happened outside the imperial city in the morning, and already understood that the regent was planning to do what he wanted.
Sure enough, I saw that I had finished my clothes, walked slowly to the Queen Mother, and stretched out my right hand to bow to greet her.
A slender and pale hand slowly lifted the curtain and put it into the hand of the dead, the hand of the dead suddenly tightened, and the woman in the tent finally leaned out under his support, but it was not the late lady who had been waiting for the queen mother.
Seeing that the true face of the person in the tent was finally revealed, all the ministers present invariably let out a soft sigh, which seemed to be both dust settled and regretful and melancholy.
There is no doubt that it is a late mother, but it seems that another living Empress Ye has just walked into everyone's sight.
I think that this late lady was originally the dowry maid of Empress Ye, but Cardamom followed Empress Ye into the palace, and she never went out of the high wall again.
Empress Ye loves her very much, and she didn't think much about finding a good home for her, but she didn't expect that the late mother herself rejected Empress Ye's kindness, and volunteered to stay in the lonely deep palace to accompany Empress Ye.
Decades have passed like this in a blink of an eye, and Empress Ye has gone like this, and the delicate little girl back then is no longer young.
But maybe she has been serving the queen for a long time, and the appearance and temperament of the late lady seems to have become another Ye Hou, and this way has made people have the illusion for no reason, this person who is not afraid of everyone's eyes and calmly walked towards the coffin of the first emperor is not the one who entered the palace as soon as he left the prime minister's mansion, and was rich and envious of the Ye Miss Mu Xi.
Wan Niang walked step by step, her eyes stared straight at the coffin not far away, but the distance of dozens of zhang seemed to be the life of the ups and downs.
She stood in front of the coffin and took the incense handed by Song Jinyan.
"A prostration."
"Two kowtows."
"Three prostrations."
"After the ceremony, close the coffin, and bury."
The coffin in front of him gradually closed, like the day Emperor Jing and Empress Ye got married, and they were born and died together.
The monks pray for blessings, the dead rest in peace, and the living are returned.
When the time comes, the coffin will be sealed and buried, and the underground will be closed forever, and the other side will be returned together.
Perhaps there could not have been a better ending for them.
The only regret is probably that she was forced to take someone else's identity and name when she was alive, and she still can't get rid of it until she dies.
It is Emperor Qi Jing and Empress Ye who live and die together all their lives, and Concubine Zhen, who died early, seems to have nothing to do with this legend.
"Late Mother."
It was late at night, and the grand sacrifice in the day had already subsided, and only the loneliness and solemnity of the huge palace remained, and the palace lamp in Yiye Pavilion that should have been extinguished with the death of the immortal after the leaf was lit up again.
The late lady was still wearing the plain white mourning clothes in the daytime, sitting sideways in the dim candlelight, and she had a delusion as soon as she crossed the threshold.
Perhaps in a few moments the familiar footsteps would be heard, just like every ordinary night before, and at this time Emperor Jing would return from the imperial study to the Yiye Pavilion until dawn the next day.
But the moment my mother turned around that night, all the illusions no longer existed.
Emperor Jing and Empress Ye are no longer there, and there will never be such an ordinary night again.
"Thank you for coming to see me off for the last time."
Wan Niang smiled at Du Yingying, calm and gentle, like a dying person.
Jue Wenyan frowned, and pondered for a moment before speaking.
"I understand that you have a rare relationship with your mother, but why should you go with her. Whether you want to stay in the palace, move to my house, or even go out for a walk. I promised my mother that I would take good care of you. ”
"The prince was kind, and the slave and maid understood it. It's just that the slave has been with the mother for so many years, and now that the mother is gone, the slave and the maid should also take care of it. ”
"What are you talking about, since the queen mother has instructed me to take care of you, she naturally doesn't want you to go with her."
"The mother has the slave in her heart, and the slave and the maid know it in her heart. But the slave and the maid have been with the mother for so many years, and although the slave and the maid have a humble status, they have long regarded the mother as their only relative in their hearts. The mother is gone, and the slave and maid are very lonely in this world. And as long as the slave is dead, no one will know the secret again. It was a good thing for both the prince and the regent. ”
"The father and mother have gone, and Ye Shuoguang has also become ancient, even if the secret is revealed to the world, what does it matter, you really don't have to..."
"It's fine for the prince, but what about the regent? Niangniang has been hiding it for so many years, and she has turned herself into another person, isn't it just for the regent? ”
"The queen mother's original choice was forced by the overall situation and had to be done, but now that the dust has settled, no one can threaten the safety of the royal brother, so why hide it from him?"
“。。。 The slave didn't understand Niangniang's intentions at first, and always thought that Niangniang would tell the truth to the regent sooner or later. But Niangniang said that she has been Ye Muxi for more than 20 years, and even she herself has almost forgotten what her real self should look like. The regent had never seen what the real Zhen Lian looked like, and he had always thought that his biological mother was already dead. Rather than letting him know that his biological mother was still alive, but she refused to recognize him when she was close at hand, and didn't even give him a hug, it was better to let him think like this all the time. ”
"No... The queen mother has always been a good mother, although she did not recognize the royal brother, but she has already fulfilled her mother's responsibilities, this is not fair to the royal brother, he should know the truth, he should know that the queen mother has always loved him, and not... ”
"How do you know what you don't know? The mother has gone, and revealing the truth at this time is just adding to the pain. ”
Definitely lowered her eyes in some pain, but the late mother just calmly told the secrets that she was about to take to the grave.
She had a feeling that she had already begun to sense something, and might be coming to her soon, so she decided to go with Zhen Lian in the end, fulfill her last wish, and keep this secret.
But having said that, the slave maid felt that the mother was still the daughter of the bright and fierce general in her bones. She has been pretending to be Ye Muxi all her life, and at this last moment, can't she be the love-hate self again? If she is really the young lady of our family, where will she have the courage to kill herself? So the slave maid didn't stop her, rather than let her face the rest of her long life alone, the lover who will never return, the relatives who will never see each other, and the son who will never be able to recognize each other, it is better to let her go like this. The grievances of the previous generation should end when they reach the slave maid, and ask the prince to help the slave and maid, which can be regarded as fulfilling the last wish of the mother. ”
After speaking, the evening lady got up quietly and bowed to the decision. He lowered his head and refused to express his position, and when he finally stretched out his hand to help his wife up, he found that her face was as pale as paper, blood had oozed from the corners of her mouth, and she had a calm and peaceful smile on her face.
It turned out that she had already made a decision, and there was no room for him to stop it.
In vain, he looked at the body in his hand and lost its last temperature bit by bit, and the whole world was silent.
But he never imagined that outside the house across the door, there was a person sitting on the ground depressed, with tears streaming down his face and his heart like death.
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