XII. Minister of Destiny (4)

The crown prince listened to the master, and the master said that he would go in and immediately walked away again. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info At this time, only the prince of the near branch and the minister of Gu Ming accompanied him. When he arrived at the Dongnuan Pavilion, the crown prince saw that "Amma" was lying upright on the royal couch, with a piece of white silk on his face, he was a little scared, and he hid straight behind Zhang Wenliang.

When the small funeral began, something aroused the great interest of the crown prince, so he naturally stood in front and watched. As usual, the small funeral dresses the deceased, is to first have a person make a clothes rack, put on one by one, and then take it off and put it on the stiff corpse together, under the flag, this "clothes rack" has to be served by relatives called "mourning species", or the eldest son, or the great-bearing grandson, the emperor's funeral, naturally served by the heir, but the crown prince is too young, Su Shun instructed the chief eunuch Ma Ye to find another person to replace. So there were three or four little eunuchs, and after discussing it, they went to Ma Ye and said: "Long live the Lord in Japan, the most favored Ruyi, you should let Ruyi wait for this messenger." ”

It's a drudgery. Ruyi stood on the square bench, stretched out his arms, and put on thirteen dragon robes one by one, from yarn to satin, from single to cotton, from midsummer to midwinter. When the crown prince saw Ruyi put on the dragon robe, he already felt ridiculous, and when he wore so much, he felt even rarer, and he looked at it without blinking, and almost laughed out loud.

Su Shun saw the smiling face that the crown prince was about to show, and faintly felt unhappy, but it was not easy to attack, Chen Shengwen came up to tell Su Shun about Yang Qingxi's disappearance, Su Shun waved his hand and said indifferently, "I guess it's very sad, where to hide and cry, don't pay attention to it." Now that the crown prince is driving, you have to serve well, and the inner affairs will be handed over to you. Chen Shengwen was overjoyed, and the meaning in his words was that he was going to make himself the head of the inner court, but it was not appropriate for Emperor Daxing to smile in front of him, so he quickly endured it, and Xie En retreated without mentioning it.

This side is in a set of clothes, and the other side is already grooming the remains of Emperor Daxing, and the usual waiting for washing is the errand of Ruyi and another little eunuch Shuangxi, and then only Shuangxi is on an errand. He thought that the emperor was still alive, and when he entered a toiletry, he said: "Long live the master to rinse the mouthwash." "Long live the Lord to wash his face". Finally, he said: "Long live the lord, please send it!" After speaking, he twisted a hot hand towel, covered the cheeks of Emperor Daxing, took out a bright razor, and sharpened it twice in the palm of his hand. It's time to shave the beard of the Emperor Daxing.

After trimming his face, Shuangxi knelt down and braided his hair again, and then the eunuch Ma Ye led four eunuchs to change into thirteen dragon robes for Emperor Daxing, plus a new Shi Qingning satin dragon coat. It is densely wrapped in the five-colored Dhara Sutra. The small funeral has been completed, and the "several feasts" are set up to be a four-cornered gold-covered live leg ebony table, which is offered to a gold-inlaid green jade wine cup used by the emperor in daily life, and when the crown prince has passed the big gift of three kneeling and nine kowtowing, Ma Ye took the cup of wine to the outside of the hall, and knelt upwards and sprinkled it. Then the imperial dining room set up a meal in front of the spirit, and the crown prince and the ministers and eunuchs present shouted in unison to seize the heaven and the earth and mourn. The ceremony of the preliminary "Bong'an", so that it is completed.

At that time, the smoke and waves were in the middle of the hall, and the throne of the bright yellow chair had been set up. The princes and ministers, each according to the grade of the class, Su Shun and Jing Shou led the crown prince to ascend to the throne, the net whip sounded, silent, only listened to the praise of the Honglu Temple, the ministers respectfully tended to bow and bow, but also the most salutation of three bows and nine bows - from this moment on, the eight-year-old crown prince will be called "emperor" by the queen mother. The courtiers are called "emperors", and the eunuchs and palace maids are called "long live the lord".

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The queen knelt in the main hall of the Heart Cultivation Hall in a daze, and since she woke up from fainting, the queen has not said a word. It was even more motionless, in the palace of nourishing the heart, the bright yellow curtains were replaced with plain white, and the daily throne was also covered with a white cloth, and the queen just knelt straight and straight, looking at the plaque on the main hall "Zhongzheng Renhe". The eyes were in a daze, the concubines behind him were crying in a low voice, An Dehai looked at the queen who was kneeling on the ground and was silent, he was really worried in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only spread around outside the palace, prepare the imperial doctor, and the affairs of the internal affairs office were all blocked outside, and no one was allowed to disturb the queen.

An Dehai came in and knelt beside the queen, looked at the queen who had no waves in the ancient well, and whispered, "Niangniang, the bird's nest porridge has been boiled outside, let's take a sip to warm up your body first?" You haven't eaten all night. ”

Xingzhen didn't seem to hear An Dehai's advice, just stared blankly at the throne where the emperor summoned the ministers every day, the white and golden dragon patterns that swept the sky seemed to be engraved into her heart, Fan'er came up to support the queen, and spoke with a crying voice, "Niangniang, you have to take care of your body, you still have the crown prince!" ”

Speaking of Zaichun, Xingzhen's rigid face finally showed a trace of fluctuation, "Hehe, what if there is still a big brother?" I'm only twenty-eight years old, and I'm already a widow, and Fan'er, I'm only twenty-eight years old, and I'm already the widow of Emperor Daxing," Xingzhen's voice was low, with a relieved expression, "What's the fun in these days?" ”

"Niangniang," Fan'er shouted and stopped talking, yes, the years of the flowers, it has been separated forever, and they can never meet again, what is even more sad is that the emperor is suspicious of the queen, and does not let the queen go to the Rehe Palace, before the death of the husband and wife actually failed to meet, say a few words of self-consideration, this is the queen's biggest hate! Fan'er thought of when Wu Yundi was injured and went to Beijing before, Wu Yundi was already unconscious at that time, Fan'er only felt that her sky was about to fall, just to take care of Wu Yundi, and to take care of family affairs, so she barely supported it, Fan'er recalled this scene, the tears in her eyes were also rolling down, she understood the queen's mood and felt the same way.

"!" Zhang Wang, the eunuch in charge of the Internal Affairs Office, ran in and shouted regardless of decency, "There is an edict!" ”

Xingzhen slowly stood up, seemed to have been kneeling for a long time, and couldn't support it when she got up, Fan'er hurriedly held on, Xingzhen slowly turned around, pushed away Fan'er, and slowly walked alone The queen wearing a black flag dress passed through the concubine who knelt on the ground, and passed through the dancing white silk, and a red-clothed eunuch came outside the Yangxin Palace, holding a brocade box in his hand, and the eunuch was Deling.

Xingzhen stood under the eaves of the Yangxin Hall and looked at De Ling silently, De Ling walked quickly in front of the queen, knelt down and presented the brocade box, "Emperor Daxing will give the queen's order, and the chapter of the same hall will be given to the queen." ”

Xingzhen took the brocade box, but her hand trembled uncontrollably, and the tears that she had endured for a long time finally came out of her eyes, and she grabbed the brocade box with both hands, and knelt down in the direction of the north, "Your Majesty, you abandoned me like this!" The queen shouted hoarsely, and the concubines also cried together. (To be continued.) )