Although the reputation of the crown prince was not so good when she died, because the crown princess gave birth to a son for the royal family, although her status as a crown princess existed in name only, the impact of her hanging herself was huge for the capital.
In the past one or two years, the royal family seems to be cursed. There are people who have died one after another. Some people say behind their backs that it is because the prince died at a bad time, when it was four grams. Therefore, after his death, the royal family will die several people in a row.
Yan Jinqiu changed into a plain cotton robe and sat with Hua Xiwan waiting for the royal family's will. Although the prince concubine is only the same generation as them, they do not need to wear filial piety, but they are also prince concubines anyway, and there should be no mistakes in the details that should be paid attention to.
It stands to reason that when the princess passed away, they, the royal family, should go to the funeral immediately. But the situation is different now. The way the crown princess died is not very good-looking, and because of the rumors that slandered the crown princess a few days ago. No one in the prudent royal family wanted to get in trouble, so they simply waited for the emperor's will.
Anyway, it was the emperor's daughter-in-law who died. No matter if they were really sad or in a hurry, they didn't need to grab the first one at this time.
The news that the crown princess hanged herself did not spread to the people, otherwise the face of the royal family would be disgraced. So an hour later, the news of the death of the crown princess came out from the people, and no one was surprised.
In the Suzaku Palace, the emperor looked at the plain white mourning hall. After a long time, Shen Li suddenly staggered a step, and a trace of blood leaked from the corner of his mouth.
"Your Majesty!" Ma Gonggong's expression changed greatly, and he immediately stepped forward and carefully supported Emperor Qilong.
"Shut up!" The emperor wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth without a trace, and then put the blood-stained handkerchief in his sleeve and said, "Send my will, and order a woman of the third rank or above in Beijing to guard the spirit of the Crown Princess."
Eunuch Ma released the hand that was holding Emperor Qilong, took a step back and bowed: "Are the princesses and princesses in the capital also..."
"Prince Concubine is the future queen, and her status is incomparable. Now that the princess is fragrant, they should also come to watch the spirit."
Eunuch Ma buried his head even lower: "This slave and maid is going to pass the decree."
The emperor waved his hand, turned and walked out of the Suzaku Palace slowly, the expression on his face became calmer as he walked, until he came to Chengzhang Palace, he looked up at the dragon pillar in front of the palace gate, the majestic dragon body, golden light. The dragon armor, with its incomparably sharp dragon claws, lowered his head and smiled mockingly for a while, concealing the loneliness in his eyes.
At that time, he used all means to win the throne, excluding dissidents, and the scenery was infinite. Now he has become a real loner, and I don't know if he used up the retribution for killing his brother.
In a trance, he seemed to hear the cry of the child, and his heart suddenly jolted, and he turned to the palace maid behind him and said, "Where's the grandson, let Xiao Mazi carry him to Guangyang Hall."
The palace maid was stunned for a moment, then said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, Eunuch Ma has already brought someone out of the palace to declare the decree."
Hearing this, the emperor remembered that he had just let the pony out of the palace.
"Then send someone to carry the imperial grandson over, be careful, don't bump into it." He took a slow breath, no matter what, at least he still had the child under his knees.
"What, the royal father actually asked the princess to guard the spirit?" Princess Duanhe sneered, "It's just a widowed crown prince, how can you have such a big face?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard someone from outside come in and say that Ma Gonggong, the director of Chengzhang Palace, had come to announce the decree.
Princess Duanhe's face suddenly became extremely ugly, but the cold reception she received these days has taught her to judge the situation, so in a few breaths, the resentment and dissatisfaction on her face disappeared without a trace, and she stepped out of the interior. room.
The palace decreed that it was normal for women of the third rank and above to keep the spirit, but it was quite inappropriate for the princess, the princess, and the like to also keep the spirit. Not to mention that the prince has already passed away, even if the prince is still alive, the princess is still eligible to let all the female relatives of the royal family go to watch the spirit, not the queen mother or the queen.
What's more, the rumors before the princess's death were not clear, and the prince was notorious. How noble is such a prince, worthy of the princess to wait and watch the spirit, can she bear it
After the imperial decree came down, some elderly royals were so angry that they were almost out of breath, and even some old concubines could not get up because of "serious illness", so the younger generation in the family went to the palace to pray for the crown princess's spirit.
Emperor Qilong's move aroused private dissatisfaction among the members of the royal family, but Emperor Gu Nian was really unlucky in the past year. His son died, his adoptive mother died, his adoptive mother died and his daughter-in-law died. Put this tone down, anyway, the living don't have to care too much about a dead person.
Prince Xian's mansion naturally received this decree, and after Eunuch Ma left, Hua Xiwan saw that Yan Jinqiu's face was not quite right, and knowing that he was a little dissatisfied with this decree, she said, "Although I don't have much contact with the Crown Princess. , but the Lin family and the Hua family are related by marriage, and I can be regarded as having a good relationship with her, and it is appropriate to add a few more incense sticks for her."
"I understand in my heart," Yan Jinqiu smiled and supported the silver hairpin by her temples, instructing Bai Xia to take good care of Hua Xiwan, and then get on the carriage with Hua Xiwan and enter the palace.
The husband and wife first offered incense in front of the prince and concubine, and then went to Chengzhang Palace to meet the emperor. However, after the eunuch on duty in Guangyang Palace said that the emperor was unwell and could not see them, they did not insist, and they left after saluting outside the palace gate. .
"Who was the person who came just now?" Sitting in the dimly lit room, Emperor Qilong asked expressionlessly when he heard some movement outside.
"Go back to the emperor, just now is the couple of King Xian who came to greet you." Eunuch Ma knew that the emperor was in a bad mood, and even lowered his voice a lot, "They heard that you were unwell, and they left after salutes outside the palace gate. "
"I remember that Princess Xian looks so gorgeous. How are their relationship as husband and wife?" Emperor Qilong squinted at the bow hanging on the wall. When it is too dark, the auspicious cloud pattern can not be seen clearly.
Eunuch Ma didn't expect the emperor to ask this question, so he was stunned for a moment before speaking cautiously: "It is rumored that Princess Xian is beautiful outside, and King Xian loves it very much, and there is no concubine in the mansion. It must be a deep love between husband and wife."
"Husband and wife are deeply in love..." Emperor Qilong's tone was a little sullen, and when he said these four words, there was a hint of sarcasm, which made Eunuch Ma's back sweat.
Why did the emperor suddenly ask about King Xian and Princess Xian
"I also heard about it in the past, I thought it was just an outside rumor, but now I think about it carefully, these rumors may be somewhat true," Emperor Qilong lowered his eyelids slightly, "You said, he or Yan Boyi, who is more suitable to be the prince?"
This was really a bolt from the blue. Eunuch Ma was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and shivered: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty forgive me."
Seeing him so timid, Emperor Qilong showed a bit of satisfaction on his face. He raised his hand to let him get up and said, "Go out, I can rest assured that you are watching from Suzaku Palace."
Eunuch Ma lowered his eyelids and retreated silently.
The atmosphere in the mourning hall was very solemn. After the female relatives offered incense, they sat and rested in the side hall. Because of the sudden death of the Crown Princess, even if there were thousands of doubts in the hearts of the female family members, no one dared to speak out on this occasion.
Now the crown princess is gone, and the moment her son was born, the fire of the sky descended, and thunder struck the imperial mausoleum. Coupled with the rumors that he is not the son of the prince, such an identity is not suitable for inheriting the throne.
The grandson cannot inherit the throne, and the emperor has no heirs, so the future emperor can only be selected in the clan. From the point of view of blood, King Shengjun and King Xian are the most honorable and suitable, but it was rumored a few days ago that King Shengjun had an affair with the Crown Princess, and King Shengjun was also removed from the position of the court due to improper political affairs.
Comparing the two...
Everyone looked at Hua Xiwan and Hou Shi, who were sitting next to each other. The two behaved naturally and seemed to have no estrangement, but they were really calm.
How could Hou Shi not know what the other women around her were thinking? She lowered her head and sneered, and turned her head to look at Hua Xiwan, who looked sad, "Princess Xian seems to have eased a bit."
"It's probably because of the hot weather in the past two days and the lack of appetite," Hua Xiwan said with a worried look on her face, "I had nightmares yesterday. Speaking of which, our Hua family and Lin family are still related by marriage."
When everyone around heard this, they suddenly remembered that Princess Xian's cousin married into the Crown Princess's house a few days ago. After all, it was really an in-law relationship.
However, it is really surprising that Princess Shengjun is so close to Princess Xian so actively. Does even Princess Shengjun think that King Xian is more likely to inherit the throne
So everyone went to see Mrs. Yi'an Hou, who was sitting in the corner. Unfortunately, the old lady of Yi'an Hou was there. Even if someone inquired about her, she did not leak any words, and no one could find the slightest inappropriateness. .
Although the Lu family was impatient to deal with these wives with different thoughts, she also understood in her heart that since her daughter married King Xian, she could not escape the power struggle. hind legs.
If she could choose, she would rather her daughter marry an ordinary family. Even if King Xian could become an emperor in the future, she didn't think it would be a good choice to marry into the royal family.
Thinking of this, Lu shi looked worriedly in the direction of Hua Xiwan, who happened to be looking this way too. After the mother and daughter looked at each other without a trace, she calmly retracted her gaze.
As a mother, you are reluctant to let your daughter suffer. As a child, how can you let your parents and brothers fall into the quagmire because of yourself
But it's because they hate each other.
When Eunuch Ma came to the side hall, all the women who were supposed to be there were there. He quickly scanned the crowd and walked to Hua Xiwan at random to bow and salute: "I see Princess Xian, the servants are here on the orders of Your Majesty to take care of them. Some chores in the Prince Concubine's mourning hall."
Although the Ministry of Rites is in charge of the funeral etiquette of the Crown Princess, it would be considered decent if the emperor sent someone to help in order to show that he valued someone.
Eunuch Ma was the general manager of Chengzhang Palace, the eunuch with the highest status in the entire imperial court. The emperor sent him to take care of it, but he was truly benevolent and righteous.
In the eyes of others, the emperor's move may be benevolent, because the death of the crown princess can be regarded as unclear, and the stigma on her body has not been cleared. But for Hua Xiwan and Hou Shi who knew about it, Emperor Qilong's move seemed a bit like a joke.
I really don't know in what mood Emperor Qilong sent Eunuch Ma here
As a father-in-law or as... a man