The sixth year of Lixin's birthday, with the first bell ringing in the morning, until the dawn of the day, the bell is still ringing, so the people of the city know that the country is in mourning, and some people are busy kneeling to the north, crying that the emperor has died, since the national capital has been banned, the anxiety has gradually subsided, even the civilian cloth knows that where the death knell rings, the successor to the new monarch must have been determined, it is unlikely that there will be another palace coup and innocent, as long as there is no chaos, it is still the days of firewood, rice, salt and oil, waiting for birth, old age, sickness and death, Who belongs to the throne is not the people can interfere, and it seems that there is not much interest in the people, there is no need to be anxious, but seeing that the new year is approaching but can not be celebrated as in previous years, then the noble eunuch house is even more "orderly", two days ago it was expected, the lantern and the colorful flags have been removed, at this time only need to hang the white flags to mourn, waiting for the palace to make the edict mourn.

The law of etiquette originally stipulated, the Son of Heaven as the father of the monarch, if it collapses, the subjects should be cut down for three years, but in fact, the military and political affairs of a country cannot be stagnant for three years and disregarded, so since ancient times, the great mourning of the country, the boycott of the dynasty or for three days or seven days, during this period hundreds of officials and women need to enter the palace to cry, the people of Kyoto also need to gather in the gate to kneel and cry, and the boycott of the court mourning period expires, the officials belong to their posts, and the people do not need to cry and mourn, but before the expiration of the suspension period on the 49th, everyone shall not be disobeyed, the princes of the clan, the relatives of the emperor, and the women who are ordered to cry and mourn in the palace, until the coffin is moved to burial.

And because Zhou Gaozu crushed and cried for seven days when he collapsed, and before the collapse of Taizong, there was an edict "dare not encroach on the ancestors" and was limited to three days, and the emperors of all dynasties have followed Taizong's decision for two hundred years, so although he Yan was "grieved" because of the early death of Empress Dowager Wei, he did not dare to break the stereotype.

Therefore, the national funeral ceremony system was quickly agreed, from the date of the New Year's Day, the three days of the boycott, regardless of the officials and the people, the nobles and the lowly are all mourning, the ritual system is no different from the funeral ceremony of the ancestors of the past dynasties, and the subjects can be removed after 49 days, but the princes of the clan need to serve the mourning for one year, and the trial will be temporarily suspended in the next spring, and the wedding banquet will be prohibited within one year, and the drum music will be prohibited.

However, because the mausoleum of He Yan was not completed, the funeral ceremony had to be carried out, and after the funeral on the 49th, the temple was moved, and the new monarch performed the succession ceremony.

Mrs. Wei has a fate, of course, she has to enter the palace to cry and mourn, and the wife is no better than a hundred officials, and she can't kneel and cry in front of the Hanyuan Palace, but gather in front of the Zichen Gate in the inner court to mourn, but this does not prevent Mrs. Wei from entering the palace as soon as she heard the news that the new monarch who succeeded to the throne was the son of his sister Xiao Wei.

The only person who dared to tell her the news without announcing the edict was Xiao Wei, who pinched the handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes as a sad look, and under the cover of the plain white hemp sleeves, she proudly informed her two sisters of this "good news", and then she was unwilling to surrender her identity and mourn with the wives, and turned back to the group of the princess of the county.

Although Mrs. Wei was in a heavy mood, she naturally did not appear on the surface, but Mrs. Wei Xiang couldn't help but whisper: "It must be the Empress Dowager's edict, the Holy Lord obviously has siblings, how can he let a child of a mere clan inherit the unification?" ”

Mrs. Tai hurriedly stopped: "Hugh has to say in vain, since the tenth sister is conclusive, presumably all the clans have already obeyed the will, and it is a crime to slander again." ”

These three days of crying and mourning need to be endless, the women must temporarily live in the forbidden women's hospital, and stay in turn to be able to rest time, even if Mrs. Wei is the sister of the Queen Mother, she can not take a step to walk a little disobedient, until three days later, she has to be relatively lenient, and she can leave the palace for a full three hours of mourning every day, the Queen Mother has not forgotten to be sympathetic to the two sisters, and the special gift can stay in the forbidden during the funeral, so as to avoid the pain of running every day, in addition to Mrs. Liu's grandson, only the second daughter-in-law Xiao has a fate, and she is also specially instructed by the Queen Mother to stay in the forbidden service, Pi such as Jiuniang and other younger generations, because they are only the daughters of the boudoir, but they are not qualified to enter the palace to cry and mourn, but because of the fact that the eleventh mother is a waiter, it has also become a few exceptions, in addition to accompanying the princess to mourn, but also accepted the order of the queen mother, this day specially came to the grandmother to announce the bad news of the concubine's burning of the palace "martyrdom".

The women's hospital is located outside the Yanying Gate, although it is adjacent to the prince's courtyard, but there is a palace wall in it, which is actually not connected, but in addition to Mrs. Wei's sisters and the Xiao family, there are many princesses and ladies of the clan who live here, and the eleventh mother remembered the sigh of the queen mother——

"This matter should have been explained by me and your aunt, but at this time, I don't want to hide it from Yiyi, I and your eldest mother's boudoir was not harmonious, she is arrogant and stubborn, because those early years of those suspicions did not want to be too close to me, and love your aunt the most, I am afraid that I will suddenly hear the bad news and grief and anger and argue with me, I really have no heart to explain to your aunt at this time, so I have to entrust Yiyi, you must persuade your aunt, don't let her make noise in public, if you are heard and witnessed by others, ask your aunt for disrespect, wouldn't it make me in a dilemma? Other than that...... Since the national seal has been found, I don't want to pursue the crime of hiding the concubine against the will, this is a secret in the forbidden, in order to avoid extraneous branches, it is best not to tell your mother the truth, the concubine committed suicide because of loyalty to the emperor, although the burning of the palace is very inappropriate, but considering that the concubine is grief-stricken to do this radical thing, it will not be questioned if it is not investigated, so that we can posthumously seal the concubine as the queen and bury the emperor with the mausoleum. ”

These remarks all show Wei Haichi's loving heart, not only is he unwilling to pursue the great crime of hiding the seal of the concubine, but even expresses his loyalty and posthumously crowns the queen, although the concubine is dead, such a grace is also the luck of the Liu family!

But all this must be based on the premise of Mrs. Wei's "knowledge and interest", the Queen Mother actually did not mind directly threatening Mrs. Tai to accept the result of the concubine's "martyrdom", she specially instructed Shi Niang to carry it out on her behalf, of course, for another purpose.

At this time, for the crying and funeral intermission, although most of the women have been out of the palace, but there are still a lot of ears and eyes in the women's hospital, Eleven Niang is also worried that Mrs. Tai suddenly heard the bad news too sad and angry, so she cautiously proposed that the grandmother and grandmother go outside the palace wall, as a small garden between the prince's courtyard and the women's hospital "leisure" narration, but because the funeral is being held in the forbidden area, this small garden is also full of eunuch palace people waiting for the supervision to prevent chaos, completely avoiding people's eyes and ears of course not, It is impossible for Yi Shi Niang to tell the reason for the death of the concubine at this time.

After many days, and encountered such a sudden and huge change, Mrs. Tai and Xiao were relieved to see that Eleven Niang was fine, who ever wanted to follow closely and listened to Eleven Niang's oral bad news, Mrs. Tai's knees were weak and simply sat on the couch in the pavilion, Xiao Shi was also so shocked that he covered his mouth and nose, and he didn't know what to say for a while, but tears fell like a burst.

Eleven Niang knelt on the ground, and she was also choked.

Mrs. Tai sat stunned for a moment, her mind was empty, and when her mind gradually cleared, she almost couldn't help but pull up Eleven Niang to ask what was going on, but the corner of her eyes caught those palace people who were not far away or near, although she didn't hear the words of a few people who deliberately lowered it, but secretly snooped her eyes, knowing that this situation was definitely not the time to ask in detail, although her heart was tingling, sad and indignant, but she only clenched her trembling fingers.

Looking at Shi Niang's gaze became sharper and sharper, even with a hint of coldness.

"Yiyi, let me ask you, did your aunt really burn the palace and commit suicide?"

With another affirmative answer, Mrs. Tai brushed her sleeves and got up.

Xiao Shi also hurriedly got up to help, nervous in his heart: "Ah Jia......"

"Since you entered the palace, you have said that your aunt has taken a lot of love and care for you, and you repay her like this!"

Mrs. Tai's cold gaze finally glanced at the figure of Eleven Niang who was crawling and crying, and her head was not supported by Xiao Shi, her steps staggered but resolute, and she returned to the women's hospital.

Eleven Niang still can't afford to crawl for a long time.

She didn't see the palace people not far away retract their peeps and quietly walk in the direction of the Hanxiang Palace, nor did she see the young man who was about to enter the prince's courtyard on the corridor farther away, but because he witnessed this scene by chance, he stopped and stared in plain clothes.

"Mrs. Tai is afraid that she is too sad for the death of the concubine and misunderstands Miss Liu." Jiang Yuan, who was following He Ye closely, sighed and speculated: "The king might as well go and comfort a few words......"

"You're underestimating this girl, too." He Ye's eyebrows were cold, and he resolutely turned around after leaving this sentence.

In a corner pavilion of the Prince's Courtyard, He Ye sat solemnly - his brother died, and he was forbidden to treat the funeral, he naturally could no longer live in the Zichen Hall as before, and even the Prince's Courtyard only allowed him to stay temporarily for a while, and after the funeral, the Queen Mother would inevitably give another palace outside the palace, there were no more relatives here, and He Ye did not remember the forbidden house, and what made him ponder at this time was another incident.

Lu Rui, the grandson of Rong Guogong, as a relative of the emperor and an idle man, of course he also had to enter the palace to cry and mourn, but when the rules were strict for three days, he began to deliberately approach His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and today he even fought for He Ye's "regret losing the throne", and there was obviously a sense of provocation between the words, which made He Ye, who had finally saved his life, very vigilant, and had to think carefully about how to deal with this matter.

How ambitious can Lu Rui, a pleasure-hungry gentleman, have? After his death, it must be because of the grandfather of Rong Guogong, and with the queen mother's will to govern and re-establish the Zongzheng Hall to announce the world, those who are hungry for profit are all ready to move, trying to instigate themselves to come out and fight ruthlessly, not only Rong Guogong alone, He Ye does not want to waste too much energy on vain with such ill-intentioned people, and at the same time, he also has to guard against the bad things that the queen mother is suspicious of, so he is planning whether to kill chickens and monkeys, and further strengthen his image of living Yama, so that the unpredictable people can avoid fear.

"The person who was killed by Lu Rui that year, I seem to remember that there is something to do with Liu Shiyi?"

After a moment of silence, He Ye suddenly asked Jiang Yuan.

"What the king is referring to is Yu Shiro? As far as the old slave knows, Yu Shilang was originally married to the sister of the Eleventh Niang, seeing that the marriage date is approaching, he doesn't want a tragedy to fall from the sky, but Yu Shilang's fiancée is not a line of Jing Zhaoliu, and the family has declined, so he does not hesitate to go far to the protection of his relatives, and it is also Mrs. Tai's mercy, who treats distant relatives as granddaughters, so she finds a good marriage, which is really a pity...... Because Lu Rui secretly plotted against Yu Lang, Xiao Jiulang also wrote poems and ridiculed grievances, as if Lu Rui was forced to marry and wanted to accept Liu Niangzi as a concubine, but he didn't let Lu Rui take advantage of his wishes, Lu Rui resented Xiao Jiulang, and was later secretly instigated by Mao Wei to tie up Xiao Jiulang and use poison, but for some reason, at the last moment, Mao Wei's poisonous plan was discovered, and the two families became enemies. ”

was reminded by Jiang Yuyi, He Ye recalled an old story: "Speaking of Yu Shilang's fiancée, I still have a slight impression, as if Sister Jin'an had a banquet in the year, and I was embarrassed by her, and almost forced the woman to sit at the same table with Yu Shilang...... Sister Guifei died to protect me, her relatives and friends are like my relatives and friends, how can Lu Rui, the thief, get away with it, Jiang Yuan, I know that Ah Lu is your niece, and now she has gradually gained the trust of the Queen Mother, you ......explain to her."

Jiang Yu heard He Ye's whispered advice, but he was panicked: "Your Highness, although Lu Rui is innocent of death, it is understandable that His Highness is angry for Jing Zhaoliu, but the current situation is ...... His Royal Highness doesn't know that Rong Guogong has already surrendered to King Ruyang! Lu Rui's intention to approach His Royal Highness will inevitably be seen by the Queen Mother, if His Royal Highness acts impulsively at this time, the old slave will be afraid...... will make the Queen Mother suspicious, after all, in this way, His Royal Highness is obviously further loyal to the Queen Mother, but in the eyes of the Queen Mother, His Royal Highness should not be so sensitive to the current situation! ”