Hejing was not allowed to climb Mount Tai with the car, had been depressed, who knew that soon after he found out that he was pregnant, but there was a holy decree at that time, please follow the princess to the south, and Jing Ben wanted to personally inform her parents of the good news, but she had not yet gone out because of poor health and the fetus was difficult to protect, several princes Fujin took turns to take care of it, all stopped from going, where would you think, here desperately to protect Hejing's child, but the queen died in Texas.

The news can't be hidden, the cry of Texas seems to have spread to the capital, Qianya and Bai Li rushed over, and the forehead was even more inseparable from Hejing's side, only to see that the princess was in pain, and struggled to go to Texas again and again.

The cry in the princess's mansion is heart-wrenching, and the concubines in the Forbidden City are also flustered and don't know what to do, although Concubine Yu is in charge of the six palaces, but she is not the highest power, and finally asked the concubine Xian to come forward to direct everything, while quickly preparing filial piety clothes for the palace concubines and eunuchs and palace maids, hanging a white lantern in the Forbidden City, and cleaning the Ningshou Palace to prepare to welcome the queen mother back to Luan.

The Zongren Mansion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs urgently mobilized craftsmen to build the queen's golden coffin, and the death of the seventh elder brother came suddenly, who would have thought that only more than two months later, the queen suddenly went west, and the palace and the court, the court officials, and even the people were all stunned. From last summer's war and the natural disasters in autumn, to the violent death of the seventh elder brother and then to the death of the queen, what kind of disaster did the Qing Dynasty suffer, the emperor ascended the throne for thirteen years, the first year was so gloomy and dull, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, flesh and blood relatives were separated, and the dark and heavy dark clouds were over the capital, and they never left.

On the side of Texas, the emperor was grief-stricken, suddenly calmed down, and discussed with the ministers how to do a funeral for the queen, when he did not see the minister, he stayed next to the queen jade, he personally painted the queen's remains, let the palace maid put on court clothes for the queen, and the palace where the jade body was parked stored a lot of cold ice, he wore a thick cotton coat to guard aside, and the red face was guarding outside the palace gate, not to disturb their "solitude", while fighting the funeral of the queen in good spirits.

On March 14, the queen's golden coffin was sent to Texas quickly, and the new phoenix robe was also sent at the same time, and the emperor finally personally sorted out the queen's remains, and the palace maids changed the phoenix robe for the queen, and then he personally buried his wife, and then he had to prepare to return to Luan, and send the queen Zigong back to the capital.

Hongyan went back to his room to prepare to change his clothes and board the car, and saw that Chief Wu and several ministers of the Ministry of Rites gathered at the gate of the palace and didn't know what to say.

"The emperor is about to get off, why are the adults still gathered here?" Hongyan said, "You should each be prepared, ready to send the queen mother Zigong back to Beijing at any time." ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu looked at the sea, his eyes were dark with worry, and he bowed down and said: "Ling Concubine Niangniang doesn't know, there are two things that are difficult to do at the moment. First, when Empress Kangxi Xiaochengren died, it coincided with the rebellion of the three feudatories, but I was afraid that the officials of other provinces would be confused and confused to watch and listen, in order to avoid causing greater panic and confusion, it was decreed that all funerals in all provinces were exempted. Since then, the great funerals of the Holy Ancestor Empress Xiao Zhaoren, Empress Xiao Yiren, Empress Xiao Gongren, and Empress Xiao Jingxian of the first emperor have all followed the rules, and have never obituary to civil and military officials outside Beijing, and military and civilian people have been treated as funerals according to Beijing. At present, the emperor wants the officials and people of the whole country to mourn, and the ministers have no precedent to follow, and they are in a dilemma. Again, the emperor wants to send the queen's green bird boat back to the capital, and today the Ministry of Industry sent the golden coffin with the Zongren Mansion, and measured the width and height of the green bird boat, but it really can't enter the gate of the capital. The ship can't be demolished, but the city wall can't be demolished, and if the city wall of the Gyeonggi capital city is demolished, it will become a joke for the ages, and the minister can't afford it. ”

The emperor wanted to send the Qingque Fang back to the capital, Hongyan also heard about it, but she didn't expect the Qingquefang to be so big that she couldn't enter the gate of the capital, but the emperor's current situation, whoever went to tell the matter had no good results, Hongyan didn't know how many catties and taels she could have, but in the past two days, she didn't say a word to the emperor. At this time, Lord Haiwang seemed to be lobbying Manager Wu to report to the emperor, but how could Manager Wu afford such a thing, he was already tired and haggard.

Manager Wu was also worried that the concubine would be kind enough to tell her but would be blamed by the emperor, so he took the initiative to say: "This matter depends on the ideas of the craftsmen, the mother must not go back to the emperor, the queen mother's green bird boat can't go back to the capital, in the emperor's opinion, the queen can't go home, this kind of thing, the emperor can't tolerate it." ”

Hongyan was in a heavy mood, her long eyebrows were frowning, she couldn't dismantle the boat, she couldn't tear down the city wall, she could only let the Qingque Boat pass over the city wall, she suddenly remembered that when she went to the nunnery with the queen before, she saw the scene of the wharf slender men transporting several boats with wooden rails along the way, she pointed to Mr. Wu's pipeline: "What you saw on the way to the nunnery, do you remember?" Immediately take a few adults to check it out and see if that method can be used in the capital. In any case, it is necessary to send the Green Sparrow Boat back to the capital. ”

Manager Wu also remembered the scene, and was about to get off driving, not to mention taking a few ministers to check on the spot, and here Hongyan hurriedly went back to change his clothes, and sure enough, an hour later, Hongli drove back to Luan, escorting Queen Zigong back to Beijing all the way.

By March 16, the Empress Zigong arrived in Tongzhou and temporarily settled in the Lu Palace. The prince and the prince below the prince in Beijing, the officials above the third rank gathered in Tongzhou, and the princes offered wine in front of the queen's palace and saluted. On the same day, the queen Zigong entered the capital. Civil and military officials, princesses, princesses and below, ministers, officials, women, and women under the leadership of the inner government and the internal management gathered in shifts and knelt down to greet them. The golden coffin enters the Cangzhen Gate from the Donghua Gate, and the Changchun Palace where the queen lived in Anzi Palace during her lifetime, and the concubines and concubines of the six palaces mourn.

However, at this time, Princess Hejing's health is not optimistic, and there may be a danger of slipping at any time, and Queen Zigong has been sent to the capital, but she still can't get up to send her mother on her last journey. The princess on the sickbed was grief-stricken, but once she got up, if the fetus was not safe, the princess knew that her mother would not forgive her for such a mistake.

E-Niang's favorite thing before her death was her own flesh and blood, and if she couldn't keep this child, she would be sorry for E-Niang's care for her life. After Yonglian's death, when everyone regretted and even ridiculed and respected that it was a daughter instead of a son, and even the queen mother sighed openly and secretly, the queen came out of her grief and spread her wings to protect her daughter. What He Jing learned the most from Eniang is that a mother, for all the love of her child, how can she easily give up the child in her womb.

But the pain of losing her mother, almost going to Hejing's life, even if she is bedridden, she may not be able to save the child, there is no way to send someone to send the news to the inner palace, and now that the queen is gone, he can only send someone to Yanxi Palace to ask for concubines.

Hongyan had just returned to the palace, and was changing into filial piety clothes sent by the Internal Affairs Office, when she heard that Eyu sent someone to beg her, saying that the princess was afraid that the fetus would not be safe, and Hongyan knew that if something happened to Hejing again, the emperor would go crazy. She hadn't spoken to Hongli for days, but for the sake of harmony, she couldn't run away anymore.

When Hongyan went out, she met Concubine Yu coming, and the two couldn't help but cry when they saw each other, Concubine Yu also knew that it was not good to be respectful, I heard that Hongyan was going to meet the emperor, Concubine Yu just glanced at the emperor in Cangzhenmen, in the end, she was a person who had been with her for more than 20 years, she reminded Hongyan: "I have a concubine in the palace, you will accompany the emperor these days, but you must accompany him, I have never seen the emperor's eyes like this." Queen Mother...... How can she just leave, how can she ruthlessly leave the emperor and princess......"

Hongyan was concerned about Hejing, and firmly remembered the queen's last words before she died, and the queen did not entrust Hejing to her, because at the last moment, the queen still hoped that she could protect her daughter. She said goodbye to Concubine Yu in a hurry and went to Changchun Palace, the concubines of the Sixth Palace had been persuaded to retire, and the emperor seemed to know that the queen did not take the Six Palaces in her eyes when she was alive, so how could she care about their tears after her death.

Changchun Palace and Dezhou Palace, quiet as no one, Hongyan approached the familiar palace, saw the golden coffin stopped in the center, the spirit platform was full of fairy spirit, the emperor sat on the mahogany chair on the side, holding the golden coffin with one hand and said nothing.

Hongyan put incense on the altar, and then walked in front of the emperor.

Hongli glanced up at her, then turned to look at the queen, and said in a hoarse voice: "When the first emperor was still there, I made her angry, and it was useless to apologize, and it was useless to coax her to apologize. Of course, I wouldn't go and kneel bricks for her, but now, she gave me the greatest punishment, she left me behind. ”

"The Emperor's ......"

"We said well on Mount Tai, we will take He Jing and our grandson with us in the future." Hongli had tears in her eyes, "How could she bear to jump down the river and leave me and Hejing behind, and the child in Hejing's womb will never see her grandmother again." ”

"Your Majesty, Niangniang didn't jump into the river." Hongyan bent her knees and looked up at Hongli's sad face, and told Hongli the queen's last words, tears confused her eyes, "Niangniang can't let go of you, can't let go of the princess, she said that if she leaves, what will happen to Hejing." The emperor must not misunderstand Niangniang, Niangniang fell down, she didn't want to die, how could she be willing to leave you and the child, Niangniang said that you wronged her. ”

Hongli's hand trembled, and he grabbed Hongyan's arm: "She didn't seek death?" ”

Hongyan's tears are like pearls with broken threads, she seems to have shed all the tears of her life these days, crying and begging: "The emperor goes to save the princess, the princess fetus is unstable, and she may lose her child at any time, if she has no child, she is afraid that she has nothing to love with Jingsheng, so she wants to follow Niangniang to save and respect ......."

"My daughter." Hongli tensed, got up and looked at the peaceful remains of his wife in the golden coffin, as if he had finally woken up from his grief, left his red face and strode towards the door, reading the name of Hejing, and soon there was a movement outside, and the emperor wanted to come to the princess's mansion in person.

In the quiet and solemn spirit hall, Hongyan was paralyzed on the ground, and the cold floor tiles made her spirit sober, this Changchun Palace changed the fate of her life, but the owner of this Changchun Palace could not wake up again.