Volume 1 Floating Life Chapter 27 Kikyo (3)
The mourning hall was set up solemnly, Mei Guifei's golden coffin stopped in the main hall, and a lot of bellflower flowers were placed in front of the coffin.
The palace people who guarded the spirit whispered, presumably because they were afraid that she would be as abnormal as before and make a big fuss in the mourning hall.
Hongyu glanced at the palace people viciously, and they didn't dare to say anything more.
"The princess is frightened, why don't you go back and rest first." Hongyu stepped forward to support her who was kneeling down, and said worriedly.
She stared at the golden coffin in the hall and said, "The mother concubine is only one of my daughters, and I should come to guard the spirit, and my aunt doesn't have to worry about me." "The last words of the mother concubine are just for the sake of her life safety, the mother concubine does not want to see her depressed all day long, she should not let the mother concubine feel at ease anymore...
Hongyu wiped the corners of her eyes and said with a smile: "If the princess can think like this, I think Niangniang will be relieved if she knows about it in the spirit of heaven." ”
Jing Tan patted her hand: "Auntie should be tired after guarding me for these times, let's go back and rest first, I will guard here, and my aunt will be busy later." ”
Hongyu glanced at the hall and sighed, "That princess should accompany her mother..."
At this time, the prayers of the Dharma masters had just stopped, and someone led them to rest for a while, replenish their strength, and prepare for the second half of the night.
Jing Tan was burning paper money with her head down, a hand suddenly broke into her sight, and handed a cup of ginger tea in front of her, she looked up suspiciously, it was a little monk with clear eyebrows, looking familiar.
"It was ordered by the master." The little monk spoke, sensing that she was staring at him, and hurriedly turned his head away.
After thinking about it for a long time, she finally remembered where she had seen him, "You are a disciple of Mr., Master Sanyin, right?" ”
Sanskrit Yin folded his palms in front of the main hall, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.
She gulped down the hot ginger tea, the warmth instantly spread all over her body, looked up at the painted roof, and asked, "Does the little master know where the concubine will go in the next life?" Would it be a good place? ”
It seems to be a difficult question to answer, Sanskrit Yin thinks that the six realms of reincarnation, no matter where you go, is not a good place, only by worshipping the Buddha with devotion and accumulating merits can you not fall into reincarnation and transcend freedom.
Fanyin bowed to the hall: "The noble concubine Niangniang was pious during her lifetime, and we will wait for her to be exceeded, hoping that she will get rid of the suffering of the six realms of reincarnation as soon as possible." ”
Jing Tan's eyes darkened as she looked at the golden coffin, "I am a layman, I dare not ask my mother to never fall into reincarnation, I only hope that my mother can be safe and happy in the next life, the husband and wife will be harmonious, and the children and grandchildren will be full..."
Sanskrit said in a firm tone, "In the sea of worldly suffering, getting rid of it as soon as possible is the way." ”
Jing Tan was amused by his sudden serious words, "Has the little master ever been concerned?" ”
"A monk should have no worries, so why should he care?" Still in such a firm tone.
She asked, "Since we have not experienced worldly concerns, how can we know the seas of worldly suffering, and how can we be free from worries?" ”
"Amitabha, the master of the little monk is a person who has no worries."
"....... really?"
After Jingtan finished burning the paper money in his hand, the monks came over one after another, sitting in the main hall and chanting the scriptures. She looked up straight to the past, looking at her nose and her heart at the beginning of her silence, gently twisting her handstrings, the scriptures slipped out of her lips, and her eyebrows were full of gentleness and compassion, like a Buddha who saved people from the sea of suffering.
Looking at such a gentleman, it is difficult for people to have other thoughts, even if the consciousness walks away for a while, it feels like a sin...
Jing Tan listened quietly to Sanskrit and knelt all night.
The next day, the palace concubines and officials came to mourn, and saw that the funeral was the queen's abbot who had not been in charge for many years, and the operation was grand and thoughtful, and the dignity was extreme, and he sighed a few words for a while, but it was more about Princess Yong'an's life after that.
The lady of the Huaixiang State Mansion whispered during the banquet: "I heard that the Chen lady in the palace regained her holy grace some time ago, and Your Majesty has been cold to the concubine for a long time... During this period, a lot of things happened, the princess was arrogant, and she was severely punished by His Majesty..."
Next to it is the wife of the prime minister Wang's family, Xu, who only eats fasting and recites Buddha at home on weekdays, and rarely goes out. ”
Huai Xiang's family explained: "I don't fight who is expensive, these two are inseparable, I have heard that the third princess Yong'an Jiaohan, this academic female moral cultivation is lacking, and the pampered is not as good as the two sisters, seeing that it will be over after two years, and I don't know what will happen in the future..."
Sitting on the left side of the Huaixiang Marquis's house is the wife of the queen's mother's Zuoyang Hou, Jia's family, who is friendly with the Huaixiang family on weekdays, originally did not come this time, but later the queen sent a message to the family, saying that Mei Guifei is also considered to be from her family, and it is also a love, although Jia has been complaining that Mei Guifei is too favored, but he also knows his daughter's temperament, thinking that Mei Guifei has also brought a lot of wealth to the family, and has also brought her family members to come to mourn.
Hearing what she said, Jia Shi took a bite of tea and interjected: "What else, naturally I have promised someone to surrender." Although she didn't say the next sentence, according to her words, the meaning was obvious: Whoever promised this is going to fall the lintel.
Huai Xiang's family covered his mouth and chuckled: "My sister said this as if she knew who she wanted to promise." ”
Jia Shi poked the probe and said, "This is going to ask the." ”
The ladies at the banquet usually go to the elegant gathering, and most of them cover their mouths and laugh.
Xu Shi saw that she meant something, and looked confused. The explanation of the Huaixiang family next to him: "Xu Niangzi rarely goes to the elegant gatherings of the officials and relatives, so naturally I don't know, and the proximity of these three princesses to Wang Shaoyin is not a secret, but there are some ignorant gossip, and the sister of the Xu family will listen to it..."
Hearing her say this, Xu Shi understood a little, and chuckled: "The dog is ignorant, thinking of the love of growing up with several princesses when he was a child, and relying on the forgiveness of the saint, this is a little more unruly, so that the sisters laugh at it." ”
Yu Guang glanced at the direction of the main hall, and said with a smile: "And the dog has not yet reached the age of marriage, and his father often says at home that he wants to marry a virtuous lady to control him." ”
One sentence cleaned her house, and when the officials looked at her, it didn't seem that they belonged to the third princess as they guessed, and they were also embarrassed for a while.
At this time in the main hall, Lan Qing and Yabai were kneeling in front of the spirit with her, rubbing the corners of their eyes, and said: "Third sister, don't be too sad, if Mei Niangniang knows in the spirit of heaven, she will definitely not be at ease." ”
"The mother concubine is in the spirit of the sky, and the second sister may not be able to sleep peacefully." Jing Tan looked at the futon and said coldly.
"Sister, what do you mean?"
"My sister dares to be the mother concubine, saying that Agui has nothing to do with my sister?" On that day, there were a lot of good gold medicines in Agui's house, an errand in the cold palace, without the master's reward, how could there be a high-quality gold medicine? And in those days, the second sister had the most hemostatic drugs from Congtai Hospital in the palace, but there was no such case. The first two days were full of the mother's illness, and I only remembered it in the past two days.
"I think my sister is confused, but I don't want to smear my sister like this." Lan Qing spoke up, and Yabai clenched the handkerchief in her hand on the side.
"My sister just wants to admonish my sister that if she does too much injustice, she will kill herself." Because it is not good to be noisy in front of the mother concubine, and I think that there is no evidence, it is difficult to say anything.
Yabai stared at her, her apricot eyes were round, and she wanted to say something, but Lan Qing pulled her and said, "The third sister is overly worried, and the second sister has nothing to fight for at this moment." ”
Jing Tan didn't look at the two of them, she knelt on her knees, thinking in her heart, although the mother concubine was sick all the year round, she was also prepared in her heart, but in this palace, the connection with the mandarin lotus root must not be so simple, and it can only be verified slowly.
Yabai pursed her lips and didn't say anything more to her. So the two knelt for a long time, and then went out, but they had a good reputation for sisterhood and harmony in Kyoto.
The concubine stayed in the palace for seven days, and on the seventh day, she needed to send the spirit to the imperial tomb.
The Ministry of Rites sent the attendant in charge to cover the coffin, "Princess, the time has come, and it is unlucky to delay the hour." ”
Jing Tan looked at Concubine Mei in the coffin, she was wearing the imperial concubine's dress, as if she was asleep... The golden board was pushed up, and several of your chamberlains nailed the coffin board again and again, and she stared at the nails, which was particularly dazzling.
She turned her back with difficulty, and happened to meet the gaze of Chu Lonely who was looking here, gentle as the warm sun, Mr. was there, she seemed to be not afraid of anything.
His body seemed to regain some strength, and he trembled and spoke: "Spirit!" ”
On Yong'an Street, Mei Guifei's coffin Hao Hao Tang Tang occupies most of the street, the leader is Princess Yong'an, wearing filial piety clothes, but her face is a little whiter than filial piety clothes, although her eyes are scarlet and slightly swollen, it is not difficult to see the delicate facial features, this is the impression of Yong'an people seeing the third princess for the first time. All the dignitaries of Kyoto have set up road sacrifices, and what is surprising is that the envoys of Hui also set up road sacrifices, not only set up road sacrifices, but also followed the spirit sending team to the imperial tomb. Yong'an people often talk about the death of their favorite concubine, and the Hu people set up road sacrifices and send spirits to think that it is for the love between the Central Plains and the Western Regions.
A group of people marched to the imperial mausoleum, and after burying Mei Guifei in the funeral, they rested in the imperial mausoleum.
At this time, Jing Tan was in the lobby watching the palace people place the spiritual position, and an envoy with an inky coat came over, his eyes were slightly deep, and his nose was the unique appearance of the Hui people, and he was much taller than ordinary people. ”
Jing Tan returned the salute to him, "Forever Jing Tan, thank you Lord Jiaming." ”
"Jiaming has a little thing here, I want to give it to the princess, I hope it can suspend the princess's worries, and the princess doesn't refuse." As he spoke, he took out a brocade box from his sleeve and opened it in front of her.
Jing Tan wanted to refuse, but after he opened it, he hesitated, and there was a string of southern red agate bracelets lying in the brocade box, with uniform color, red and round, and even more translucent in the daylight. This kind of superior texture is rare in the palace, and it is difficult to see it in the tributes of the Western Regions, which is really difficult to refuse...
"The adult's things are too valuable, and Jing Tan doesn't dare to accept them." For the sake of face, she still pushed it down, but she dared to say that she would not be embarrassed to take back the gift she had given her.
Jia Ming handed the box to Ah Heng and said with a smile: "It's just a little gadget in my hometown, the princess must not bother the villain, if this bracelet can be enjoyed by the princess, it can be regarded as making the best use of things." ”
Jing Tan bowed his head slightly and motioned for him to accept it, and looked around, but fortunately, everyone was busy, and no one noticed them here. ”