The late emperor's 100th day is approaching, and as the late emperor's concubines, everyone must go to deliver the late emperor's coffin to the underground palace.
Over the past few days, after discussions and discussions between several parties, the charter was finally drawn up. The auspicious time calculated by the Qintian Supervisor was at the beginning of February 28th, and they had to set off for Jingzhuang where Ling was suspended on the afternoon of the 27th.
Li Wei led the concubines, princesses, princesses, princesses and other wives to worship at the Longevity Palace.
After the sacrifice, everyone got into their cars and left the palace, heading towards Jingzhuang.
In front of Li Weisu's carriage were Lan Hui and Qingxiang, and she brought Shujia with her.
"I heard your nanny said that you are learning to write from the Sixth Princess recently?"
"Well, Sixth Sister said she would like to teach me."
"How many words can you write?"
"After I returned to my mother, I could write '人' and '一'. My sixth sister said that she would teach me the Three Character Classic in a while..."
Shujia's voice is soft and pretty, very cute.
At that time, it was time for children of this age to go to kindergarten. The princes started school early and had to enter school at the age of three, but the education of the princes lagged far behind. All I read were those enlightenment books, and I couldn't receive a deeper education. Girls should study more.
Li Wei asked Shujia to sit on her lap and said to her: "After you have been busy for a while, in a few days, I will let you study together with your sisters. I will ask special teachers to teach you, and your brothers will Do you think it’s okay for me to go to school like my younger brother?”
After hearing this, Shujia stared at Li Wei with a pair of big watery eyes, as if she didn't believe what Li Wei said.
Li smiled and rubbed Shujia's face and said softly: "Am I still trying to coax you? I really want you to read more. Do you like reading?"
Shujia thought carefully before nodding and saying, "I like it. My sisters said reading is fun."
The princesses can read more or less, at least they must be able to read the Four Books for Women, but it is basically impossible to achieve advanced knowledge. As for Shujia, they have an aunt who is a talented girl, who knows the music, is good at painting, and can also compose poetry. , and was born a beauty. She married the legitimate son of a Zhenguo general. After the marriage, the couple was harmonious. Later, a war broke out. The Zhenguo general and his son led the army to fight. In the end, both father and son died in the battlefield. The princess became a widow just a year after her marriage. , and later adopted a child from his relatives.
There were only five princesses living in the palace now, and there wouldn't be enough people to start a class. She was wondering if she should find some companions for the princesses to join.
Li Wei was thinking about this along the way. After walking on the road for nearly three hours, we finally arrived at Jingzhuang. By this time it was completely dark. The car stopped, and the palace maid helped her out.
A lot of people had gathered outside, but they were acting in an orderly manner and did not appear noisy or messy.
The concubines and princesses went to the side hall to rest first, and several princesses also came to flatter them.
It didn't even take time for a cup of tea, but the steward in the main hall came to deliver the message.
"Queen Mother, everything is in order. You can go and worship."
Li Wei heard about it and said, "That's good." She stood up, and Lan Hui and Qingxiang hurriedly came forward to help her. All the concubines and wives also got up.
Li Wei walked in front and went to the main hall to worship. When they were in the corridor, they met Zhao Qian. Zhao Qian lowered his head and bowed respectfully to Li Wei. Li Wei nodded and passed by Zhao Qian.
When they arrived at the main hall, a group of monks from the royal temple were chanting sutras to save the late emperor. The late emperor's coffin was parked in the middle of the hall, hidden among layers of white curtains.
Li Wei stepped forward to burn incense, drink libations, and then knelt down to worship. She glanced at the coffin through the gap in the curtain. The person lying inside was her husband, a husband who was kind to her but had no love. She was just a solitary little flower blooming in his garden. Now all her honors were given to her by that man, but she couldn't feel any happiness at all. This status finally became a burden.
Accompanied by the sound of the Buddha's name, Li Wei remembered the day she entered the palace in February of the 11th year of Xikang. As soon as she entered the palace, she was placed in Zhaoyang Hall. As soon as she entered the palace, she was given the title of concubine. She didn't see her husband until late that night. Early the next morning, I went to pay my respects to the queen. At that time, the eldest sister's health was in good and bad condition, but when I met her the next day, she still showed her dignity in front of a group of people.
On the seventh day after entering the palace, the emperor finally visited Zhaoyang Hall. When she went to bed for the first time, she was very nervous, fearing that something would go wrong and offend the emperor and implicate her family.
He seemed to have had a few drinks before coming that night, and she could clearly smell the smell of alcohol on his clothes.
Looking back now, the emperor didn't say much that day. He was reading in the bedroom while she went to bathe and change clothes. When she came back from bathing, he had already fallen asleep leaning against the bed board and the book fell at his feet.
Later, the two of them lay on the same bed. The palace maid removed the candle and the surrounding became pitch black. It was clear that her aunt had taught her what to do when the emperor wanted to summon her to bed, but when it happened she was still extremely nervous and scared. But later the emperor never did anything extraordinary. Instead, he talked to her about his sister's illness and the young prince. From the emperor's tone, she could understand that being the king of a country also had all kinds of helplessness.
Eventually, the emperor fell asleep. Accompanied by his snoring, Li Wei couldn't fall asleep and spent the whole night with his eyes open in the dark.
This was her wedding night, with no sweet words and no charming and touching scenes.
After that night, the emperor never entered Zhaoyang Palace again until the end of the year. After the eldest sister passed away, the emperor said that he would serve his eldest sister for one year. He was even advised by ministers, but he persisted and did not recruit any concubines for a year. It wasn't until the anniversary passed that I gradually recovered. At that time, the cabinet suggested that he establish another middle palace, but he did not agree. Her status had been upgraded from concubine to good concubine. On the night when he was canonized as a concubine, he came to Zhaoyang Palace for the second time.
The two of them were still talking under their quilts, and the one who talked the most was her eldest cousin. It wasn't until one day later that he told himself that his voice was somewhat similar to his eldest sister's.
In the years that followed, she served only as the voice of the eldest sister. He was afraid that he would be lonely, so he brought his concubine's daughter to be raised by her, and asked Fu Guang to recognize her as his adoptive mother. Later, she was given the treatment of a noble concubine, and until the autumn of the 17th year of Xikang, she had become an imperial concubine, but she did not become his queen in the end.
In the years after his eldest sister left, the emperor kept thinking of her, writing poems for her and painting her portrait. She witnessed the deep love of a generation of emperors and empresses. In the end, their love was so deep that they did not live long. Within a few years, the emperor also became ill. Until the emperor died, he was still talking about his eldest sister's nickname when he was at home.
Li Wei looked at the coffin again, your affection had nothing to do with me, but why did you want to involve me in it
(End of chapter)