The news of the death of the eldest prince soon spread throughout the city.

The yamen prepared a funeral report and quickly sent it to other state capitals.

The people were busy putting away all the things they had prepared for the New Year.

The year is just around the corner, but this year it will definitely not be able to use these.

In the Yongning Marquis's Mansion, the Ji family methodically handed over to the stewards.

Because of Qin Luan, the Hou Mansion knew that His Royal Highness had been in the past few days, and he paid great attention to the New Year's Day purchase.

This time, a few stewards and grandmothers took people again, inside and out, in case there were any omissions.

Mama Wang took a trip to the East Garden.

Qin Yuan took advantage of Ji's lack of time to detain her, and ran faster than Mama Wang.

When Mama Wang arrived at Qin Luan's house, the second girl Qin was already sitting at the table eating tea.

Mama Wang's eyes and nose looked at her nose and her heart, but she didn't see Qin Yuan making a grimace, and said to Qin Luan: "There are no lanterns in the house this year, and the window flowers and red couplets are not pasted, but fortunately, most of your new clothes are elegant, and after the funeral of His Royal Highness, they will not be so particular." ”

Qin Luan should go down.

Qin Yuan asked: "Did you say how long and when the funeral will take place?" ”

"There is no news yet," Mama Wang said, "It's winter now, and the slave and maid estimate that it will stop for 7749 days if they don't say anything, and when the old marquis comes back, there should be a quasi-letter." ”

After Mama Wang left, Qin Yuan sighed regretfully.

"The queen must be very sad, I looked so uncomfortable when I saw her in the palace yesterday," Qin Yuan paused, and said, "The emperor is weird and fierce." ”

Qin Luan laughed lightly.

Joy, anger and sorrow, the most common emotions that a person has.

In the face of major events, whether it is restraint or venting, the real emotions can be perceived by onlookers.

It's not how sensitive Qin Yuan is to this, but the emperor and the queen, the two have too different emotions.

"It's a pity that I can't cut the window flowers," Qin Yuan looked at his palm, "I cut it well." ”

This is not Qin Yuan's boasting.

In all the handiwork of the "girls", Qin Yuan's female celebrity was miserable, and the fried Qiaoguo almost burned the kitchen, only the window grilles could be handled, and they were cut vividly.

Probably because the scissors used to cut window grilles are also considered "weapons".

Ji Shiyuan also said that Qin Yuan was forbidden to enter the kitchen again, but was stopped by Mrs. Hou, saying, "Ah Yuan just can't be in charge, it should be okay to be a fire maid, Yang Paifeng uses a fire stick."

Ji is angry and funny about this.

Qin Yuan was eating tea while looking at the pen holder on the bookcase.

There is a small paper figure hanging from the pen holder.

I have to say that her eldest sister really has ideas.

Qin Yuan was originally thinking, who cuts the small paper figure with white paper, it is too unlucky, to cut it red, beaming.

Now it seems that the eldest sister is still cut right.

Only small white paper figures can now be hung on pen holders in a grand manner.

Otherwise, she will cut one when she goes back, and she will have a good time?

In the palace, the inventory is also being carried out everywhere.

Queen Cheng was lying on the couch, stunned.

Since receiving the news, her mind was empty, there was no sadness, no pain, probably prepared, she had no other feelings except exhaustion.

I can't even shed tears.

The concubines came to visit one after another, asking her to mourn, Queen Cheng was sent away, and she had no time to think about who was sincere and who was false.

Lying down until noon, Empress Cheng barely cheered up and went to Zhao Yuan's palace.

It has changed its appearance and has been transformed into a place of rest.

Gonggong Min stepped forward and said in a dumb voice: "The emperor's intention is to stop for forty-nine days and wait until February to send it to the imperial mausoleum." ”

"Got it." Queen Cheng said.

There are regulations to follow for funerals, and all places are handled in a step-by-step manner.

After the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the yamen was sealed, and the left and right sides of the thousand-step corridor suddenly quieted down.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, all provinces are busy sweeping the streets.

Qin Yin was not idle, and went to the ancestral hall with a broom.

From the inside to the outside, I carefully swept it and wiped the tablet clean.

Then he stood there and watched quietly for a long time.

This year, there is no New Year's flavor in the capital, but it is also calm.

It was so quiet that Qin Yin was very uncomfortable.

This kind of stillness is by no means unusual.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Mrs. Xu was summoned to the palace.

I went in the afternoon, but I didn't come back until the night, and the Xu family eagerly went to the palace gate to ask, only to get the news that the emperor left the old man in the palace for the night.

This has happened before.

In the early years, when the emperor and Mrs. Xu had a good relationship, he often stayed up all night to ask the prince for advice, but over the years, with the tension between the monarch and the minister, there was no more.

The Xu family waited until the morning of the sixth day of the new year, and was about to inquire again, when the Xu family's mansion was surrounded by the royal forest.

All of a sudden, the provinces were in an uproar.

Yongninghou hurriedly had breakfast, went out to inquire about the situation, and the old adults who knew each other asked each other and looked at each other.

Fan Taibao and others wanted to enter the palace to ask the emperor, but they were stopped at the gate of the palace, and they could only be in a hurry.

In the afternoon, the Marquis of Yongning returned home first and went straight to the East Garden.

Qin Luan asked his grandfather to sit down.

At this moment, the old marquis had no intention of drinking tea, and only asked: "Do you have a way to contact Dingguo Gong quietly?" ”

Qin Luan blinked.

When Lin Fan came to deliver the news overnight, her grandfather knew that she had some correspondence with Lin Fan.

Qin Luan did not deny: "Yes." ”

"You ask him about Mrs. Xu," Qin Yin said, "The emperor has a sudden attack this time, I think something is very wrong, I am afraid that there is something else." ”

Of course, he can go to Lin Fan by himself, and he can also ask Lin Fan through others, but Qin Yin is too clear, he doesn't care who he asks, the emperor doesn't care, once he and Lin Fan get too close, the emperor's heart of taboo and taboo will be suspicious again.

And when others asked from Lin Fan's mouth, Qin Yin also had to put a question mark.

Don't look at Lin Fan's young age, he speaks and does things very accurately, and the news that he has bypassed from the outside, it is difficult to say how many percent are left.

And Mrs. Xu's matter came inexplicably.

It was precisely because he sensed that something was wrong that Qin Yin was so cautious.

"Be careful not to let anyone find out." Qin Yin admonished.

Qin Luan should go down.

A carriage, Qin Luan arrived at Shenghua Pavilion.

When I walked into the lobby, I saw that the layout had changed.

The staircase leading to the second floor was blocked by a partition and was not visible at all.

"I'm looking for Grandpa Guo, I'm in a hurry, ask him if he's free today?" Qin Luan said while going upstairs.

Liu Gong answered, went out from the back house, and quietly delivered the letter to Fang Tian.

In the private room, Qin Luan waited for two quarters of an hour, and there was a sound of hurried footsteps at the staircase.

Qian Er poked her head out to take a look, but it was a strange young man.

The young man took out the waist card from his sleeve, which was from the Dingguo Mansion.

Qian Er led him in.

The young man bowed his hand and saluted Qin Luan: "Little Yanyue, the master knows why the girl is looking for him, he can't get out at this time, let the little one go back and forth first, please wait for another hour." ”