On the last day of the suspension, the first snow of the year fell.
Xueluo was dense and urgent, and when the sky was about to dawn, the pavilions and pavilions were already wrapped in silver clothes.
The earth was covered with a thick layer of white, and the palace people carried shofar lamps and made a creaking sound when they walked.
The emperor left the court and became dressed, and all the concubines and concubines in the harem wore robes, and the order was erected to mourn, and the longevity coffin was moved to the house outside the city.
This funeral in Shou'an Palace can be described as grand and decent.
In the past few days, the Empress Dowager Chu suddenly suffered a headache due to excessive grief. After noon, everyone in the harem and Princess Changning went to the Cining Palace to say hello.
When the concubines came to the front hall of Cining Palace, Eunuch Zhang said with a smile, "Wait a moment, ladies and gentlemen, the Queen Mother has just woken up, so Rong Mincai will report."
The temperature dropped sharply, and the wind together made it bone-chilling cold.
Blowing the element on the body crackled.
After a while, Eunuch Zhang came over and said with a smile, "My goddesses and servants, come here."
As soon as he entered the hall, he smelled a medicinal fragrance.
The Empress Dowager Chu leaned on the armrest of the red sandalwood inlaid jade and peach fruit-patterned throne, and first shouted, "I will give you the seat." Then she reached out to Princess Changning and said, "Changning, you are coming to Ai's house, come here."
Xiao Lianyu walked over slowly, sat down, gathered up her clothes, and said softly, "Is the Queen Mother's body feeling better?"
After that, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief, lowered her head and coughed twice.
She looked haggard, and her jet-black hair fell on her cheeks, which made her look particularly pitiful.
Empress Dowager Chu looked at her lovingly and said: "Aijia's disease is an old problem, it's not a big deal, it's you, how old are you, how can you break your body? Now that Cheng Rong is gone, your heart I'm afraid that I will be hurt again, how can this be okay?" Cheng Rong was Taifei Sun's name taboo.
Xiao Lianyu said softly, "Changning is fine, Empress Dowager remembers it."
"How can it be okay?" Empress Dowager Chu took Changning's hand and said to Duke Zhang, "Go and ask Ning Yuanzheng to come over and ask the princess for a pulse of peace."
As soon as these words came out, although everyone's expressions did not change, they all knew in their hearts that this was because the Queen Mother couldn't hold back their suspicions.
She suspected that Princess Changning was not sick at all.
Ning Sheng came over in a hurry, with beads of sweat hanging on his forehead.
The imperial doctor in the harem has always been the most difficult thing to do.
It is difficult for Mingzhe to protect himself, and it is even more difficult to take care of the power of various palaces.
Otherwise, the hospital of the Taiyuan Hospital would not have changed nineteen in just two dynasties.
Whether Ning Sheng put the handkerchief on the wrist of Princess Changning, after a while, he said, "Back to the Queen Mother, this pulse..."
Empress Dowager Chu said: "You just say it."
When he got the words, Ning Sheng said the truth: "As the saying goes, prolonged illness will inevitably lead to weakness, and prolonged illness will inevitably lead to blood stasis. Your Highness's body is indeed hurting the vitality."
The Empress Dowager Chu frowned and said, "Then... is there any way?"
Ning Sheng denied: "If you are urgent, you will treat the symptoms, and if you are slow, you will treat the root. According to Wei Chen, you still have to adjust slowly, not in a hurry."
Xiao Lianyu lowered her eyes and said, "It's all because of Changning's weakness, which made the Queen Mother worry."
Empress Dowager Chu sighed: "It's right to worry about you, the friendship between Aijia and Chengrong is different from others. We have been companions in this deep palace for decades. Now that she is gone, Aijia has someone who can talk to her. It's gone."
Hearing this, Xiao Lianyu felt tight in her heart and quickly said, "What did the queen mother say? There are so many people in this palace waiting to honor you."
The conversation was instantly transferred to the concubines in the harem.
Those with a low rank did not dare to speak, while those with a higher rank peeped at each other.
In the end, Concubine Liu took the lead and said, "Yes, if the queen mother doesn't think that the concubine is stupid, the concubine is willing to come to the Cining Palace to speak with you every day."
The rest replied, "Yes, yes."
"Okay, okay." Empress Dowager Chu smiled, then turned to Princess Changning and said, "Changning, they are all willing to come to accompany Ai's family, what about you, you are the princess of Da Zhou, it is possible that you will live in your whole life. Lishan?"
Lishan.
Concubine Xue drank tea with her hands and looked up at the Princess Changning.
Think again three years ago.
Three years ago, the Su family had conclusive evidence of collaborating with the enemy and treason. As soon as the imperial decree to seize the family and seize the title fell, her elder brother Xue Xiangyang personally led people into the Dali Temple and took off Su Huaian's black gauze hat.
According to the law of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Su Huaian should be sentenced to a lingering trip to show the hearts of the common people.
The original words left by His Majesty before the expedition were: Until the whereabouts of Su Jingbei people are found out, Su Huaian will be left alone for the time being.
Treason is a crime that even broken bones feel pity for.
Although Su Huai'an was hanged, he was interrogated in prison for several months and experienced more than a dozen tortures. Not to mention running, it was difficult to even walk.
No one could have predicted that on August 15th three years ago, the prison would suddenly burst into flames.
In the interval between the fires, Su Huaian disappeared out of thin air.
After losing the court and the felon, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment were anxious. After blocking the city gate, they turned the princess's house upside down on the grounds of searching for spies from the enemy.
But still no sign of Su Huaian was found.
After this, Princess Changning was greatly stimulated and claimed to be unwell, so she had to move to Lishan Bieyuan for a period of time.
Xue Xiangyang was not at ease, so he personally escorted Princess Changning to Mount Li.
He did not return to the capital until His Majesty's class teacher returned to the court.
The news Xue Xiangyang gave her was that Su Huaian could not be in Lishan.
Xue Lanyi still can't figure it out, at that juncture, except for the eldest princess who is very affectionate, who else would dare to answer Su Huaian
Is it a meticulous work by the state of Qi again
But if she was careful, why did Princess Changning live in the Lishan Garden for three years
For three full years, she was not willing to go down the mountain until the concubine died of illness.
Is it really because of love, to cultivate the body
Xiao Lianyu coughed a few more times and said, "Changning knows that he is self-willed. If it wasn't for the protection of the Queen Mother and Her Majesty, I would have been stabbed in the spine long ago."
The queen mother looked at her angrily.
Xiao Lianyu shook the Empress Dowager's arm and said, "The Empress Dowager will allow Changning for a while longer."
The Empress Dowager Chu said, "Before Cheng Rong left, the one who was most worried was you. You don't want to think about many things yourself, and Aijia has to think about it for you. By next spring, you can't put it off any longer, understand?"
Xiao Lianyu said softly, "I listen to the Queen Mother."
After coming out of Cining Palace, Xiao Lianyu and Qin Wei came to the side hall of Shou'an Palace together.
Although the concubine had left, the eldest son of the emperor was still living in the side hall, and the emperor had not yet asked anyone to raise Xiao Yun.
Qin Yan walked into the warm pavilion, and saw Xiao Yun lying on the desk, languid, and did not speak.
Only after seeing Qin Yan, did he cheer up three or two points.
Qin Wei asked him, "Can you eat today?"
Xiao Yun shook his head.
Qin Jie squeezed the palm of his hand, "Then let me feed you, okay?"
Xiao Yun hesitated for a while, then nodded.
After a while, Mother Yuan walked in with a food box.
Inside was a bowl of warm rice cereal.
Yuan mama said: "Although the eldest prince is smart, he is only over three years old. Suddenly he can't see the concubine. He is anxious. The servant is afraid that he will get angry, so he only brings rice paste."
Qin Xie nodded and said, "I see, thank you mammy."
Qin Jie stirred it up with a spoon, scooped it up evenly, put it to his mouth, and said, "Come on, open your mouth."
The little prince, who had a cold face just now, immediately opened his mouth obediently.
Qin Xie fed him a mouthful, and he swallowed it.
Swallow it and open it again.
So good as if he wasn't alone.
Grandma Yuan laughed aside and said slowly, "He still listens to what you said right now, just now the slave servant was serving the eldest prince for dinner, but he wouldn't eat anything he said, this rice cereal is already hot for the third bowl. ."
Xiao Yun seemed to be dissatisfied with Yuan Ma's words in front of Qin Xie, her black eyes like grapes washed with water, showing a sad expression.
Mother Yuan said immediately: "Okay, okay, slaves won't say anything."
Qin Xue stared at the scraps at the corner of Xiao Yun's mouth, wiped it for him, and said seriously, "If I don't come, you have to eat well, you can't go hungry, you have to listen to your mother, you know?"
Xiao Yun said: "Can't... stay here?"
Speaking of this, Qin Yu's eyes couldn't help but dim.
Her current status is only a fourth-grade Jieyu, without the support of her mother's family, and it doesn't matter if she is favored by an emperor.
When the man came to her room, he only cared about sleeping. She couldn't guess what he was thinking.
She couldn't ask yet.
As long as Xiao Yun didn't come by her side, she couldn't let go of her heart.
Qin Yan took a deep breath and said to the little prince, "If Yun'er misses me, you can tell my mother that as long as I can come, I will definitely come, eh?"
Princess Changning looked at Qin Xie in a trance.
After the mother and concubine left, the entire harem was panicking over the whereabouts of the emperor's eldest son.
This Qin Jieyu was the first to get the moon near the water tower, and Yuner was so dependent on her, as long as she was willing to spend more "thoughts", she could take the lead.
Three or two-year-olds are the easiest to fool, and it is not impossible for him to take the initiative to ask for someone from the emperor.
However, this Qin Jieyu did not.
If it wasn't for the fact that the person in front of her was only sixteen years old, she would have really thought that her imperial sister-in-law had returned.
Thinking of this, she recalled the panic in her eyes that couldn't be hidden in the eyes of the emperor yesterday.
Can't help but sigh, in this palace, everyone really has a secret.
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Qin Xue, as usual, left Shou'an Palace in Shen Shi.
The main hall of Jingyang Palace.
The bright moon hangs high, and through the milky white window paper, it shines like a veil in all directions.
Qin Jie was thinking about the conversation between the Empress Dowager and Changning today, when she heard a familiar footstep, coming from far to near.
She immediately stood up to greet her, and Fu Li greeted him.
The black brocade robe was in front of her, and after waiting for a long time, he didn't speak.
He walked to the table, sat down with his robes up, and then he flattened out in a deep voice.
Qin Jie got up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xiao Yu said: "Come here and pour me a cup of tea."
Xiao Yu stared at her every movement, from the moment he got up to the moment he poured the tea, Qin Wei was very keenly aware of what was wrong with him today.
Therefore, an action should be taken with extreme caution.
Meals, teas, and walking postures are all learned by her and April, and there will be no mistakes.
The man's face didn't change, but his hand gripping the wrench was getting tighter and tighter.
Qin Jie thought he was going to rest.
But before she could wait for him to change clothes, the man put out the candle first.
It was suddenly dark all around, and Qin Xue paused.
But I heard him say, "Come here and change my clothes."