On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Yufu got up to freshen up when the sky was not clear.
The married Lianzhu also rushed back on this day to commemorate Yufu's formal hair bun at the ancestral temple. Her hair combing technique is the best among several personal maids.
Lianzhu, who had been dressed as a woman, stood in front of the mirror and combed her hair, and it was shocking to see that the black and thick blue silk was cut short of her waist.
Thinking that Yaolan said that Yufu was for the safety of the child in her abdomen, she had to cut her long hair off, and she felt endless admiration in her heart.
The female is weak, but the mother is strong. This sentence is not fake at all.
While combing her hair bun, she smiled and said something comforting Yufu, "Although your majesty’s hair is much shorter, but you can’t see it when you wind it up. The servant must dress your majesty well, so that your majesty will be dignified today. change."
Naturally, Yufu believed her craftsmanship and nodded with a smile when she heard the words, "You are now a decent imperial court wife. You don't need to call yourself a slave and maid. You know the rules of the Eternal Palace, don't be too formal."
Lianzhu thought that she had been away from the palace for a long time, and Yufu would naturally be a little stranger to her, but she did not expect that she would still be the same as before, treating them and these maidservants very well.
In Bao's house, she often heard her Majesty's more and more vigorous and resolute words, and even the children in her belly had the heart to say and abandon for the sake of the imperial court. Now she saw it with her own eyes and realized that the rumors were untrue.
Even if it is true, based on her understanding of Yufu, there must be a reason, Yufu is not such a cruel person. However, she never let her servants spread these rumors at home, and her parents-in-law and elders also trusted her more.
Lianzhu glanced at her abdomen and said: "Your Majesty's fetus is a month old. I am afraid that I will not feel sick when I go out. How about changing these heavy headdresses as a servant, don't call your Majesty too tired, how about it?"
Yufu still nodded, and said: "Look at the minus some, but you can't lose the etiquette. Because today I will not only worship the ancestral temple, but also go to the cemetery of the fallen soldiers. The war has just ended, and the eyes of the subjects are all Looking at it, I can't make them think this is a perfunctory show."
Lianzhu also served her in the palace for a long time anyway, and nodded solemnly when she heard the words, "The slave and maid understand."
Yaolan came out from the inside, just in time to hear their conversation, and said: "Your Majesty is pregnant, and you have to travel so many roads to so many places today. Is there anything wrong with it? Not to mention that it is snowing when the weather says snow. It's really worrying."
Yufu glanced towards the bright window, the window panes paved with mother-of-pearl were the most light-transmitting ones, but today they are completely black.
One can imagine how gloomy the sky outside is.
When Lianzhu and Lianbi heard this, they looked out the window, their faces worried.
Yufu turned his gaze back to the bronze mirror and turned his head slightly to take a picture, quite satisfied, "Don't worry, I have a sense of measure. Although the weather is cloudy, it cannot stop the sun. The war is set, and the new year must be sunny. Year. Not to mention... ”
She bowed her head and stroked her high abdomen, "This child has gone through too many tests, and he has persisted. Now everything is settled, can't he even stand this little test?"
This is true.
At first, even Yuehu said that no matter how worried she was, the child would not be able to keep it. Before Yujia personally wanted to give up the child, the child persisted in the end.
Yaolan said happily: "If you say this, you must be a little prince, healthy and lively! After he grows up, he can be a literary and martial artist, and Qingyulan is even more powerful than his majesty and the eldest son!"
After hearing this, Yufu glanced at her, "Could it be that only the little prince can be healthy and lively, capable of literary and military skills?"
Lianbi smiled and said: "Yeah, if a little princess is like your majesty, wouldn't it be great? Our majesty is not as good as a man except for not knowing martial arts?"
Talking and flattering came again.
Seeing that Lianzhu had combed her hair, Yufu stood up with her hand, "Okay, it's almost time, let's go."
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When the imperial driver went outside the cemetery on the outskirts of Beijing, he saw the three characters Mausoleum of Heroes engraved on the tall stone gate.
For the first time, the imperial court has built a mausoleum for ordinary soldiers only by royal family members or prominent families.
The will made by Yufu himself became more and more loved by the people.
Therefore, some soldiers who died in battle who could not find their family members did not want to move their bodies back to their hometowns for re-burial even if their family members found them.
Thinking of the son-in-law in his home who can lie in the cemetery appointed by his majesty, this honor is more valuable than silver.
On both sides of the stone gate stood tall black pillars with two lines of writing, and the civil servant dismounted the sedan chair and the military officer dismounted. This is also the meaning of Yufu, which is meant to show respect for the heroes.
The ministers stepped down from the sedan chair one after another, but they didn't want the sedan chair to stop as well.
Tian Yunpo and Zhang Jiuque stood at the head of the hundred officials, and hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded them, "Your Majesty is inconvenient, so you still don't want to get off the sedan chair. You come to worship and mourn, why bother to get off the sedan chair yourself? , How can the officials be worthy of the spirit of the first emperor in the sky?"
"Yes, you can just get off the sedan chair. Your Majesty is pregnant and it is not suitable to walk around. Please go back to the sedan chair!"
Yufu put one hand on the back of Yaolan's hand, one hand on the waist, and smiled and said to him: "These soldiers all died for my Beili guarding the soil and protecting the country. Since I personally came to worship, I didn't take the sedan chair. The reason for entering. The two adults don't have to persuade you anymore, let me enter the garden with me."
When she finished speaking, she walked along the stone road towards the garden.
Gu Hanmo followed her step by step, and Chaotian Yunpo gave a relieved wink. With his skill, even if Yufu fell, he could hold her up for the first time.
The imperial army quickly spread along both sides of the stone gate, enclosing the entire cemetery, ensuring the safety of Yufu and the ministers.
The moment Yufu raised her foot and stepped into the cemetery, she suddenly saw a piece of pure white falling from her eyes, and then heard Yaolan exclaim softly, "It's snowing, hurry up and support the canopy!"
The canopy prepared for entering the garden is light blue, and against the plain palace costume of Yufu, it is more and more sorrowful.
She continued to walk towards the mausoleum, and she saw a dense cluster of tombstones, neatly lined up in the army, as if they were still alive.
Tall figurines stand on both sides of the sacrificial platform, and their decorations are exactly the same as the armors in the army, all of them are lifelike, as if the heroes are still alive.
Looking at these figurines, Yufu felt very familiar, and couldn't help turning his head to look at Tian Yunpo, "These... were these made by Taishi?"
These figurines reminded her of the puppet Tianyunpo gave her.
Tianyun's face turned reddish, and he stepped forward and said: "The people of the Qin Tianjian said that some soldiers whose bodies have sunk into the sea cannot be found. In order for their dead souls to be peaceful, they need to cast new bodies. The minister sees the work. The ministry has worked so hard, and the people in the minister’s own mansion will take care of this small matter."
Yufu smiled and nodded, "Teacher is still considerate, I hope the heroic and dead souls can attach to it and enjoy the incense of the cemetery."
After that, when he walked to the copper cauldron, Yaolan handed three incense sticks, and Yufu bowed respectfully for three times before putting the incense in the copper cauldron.
The snow gets bigger and bigger.
When Yufu took the paper money and burned it in the tripod, seeing that one of the incense had been extinguished by the snow, he hurriedly said, "Bring the incense again."
"Yes."
Yaolan hurriedly took the incense from the palace man behind, and Gu Hanmo, who was standing behind Yufu, took a step back in order to avoid her.
Just at this time, a strange wind blew, and half of the paper money burned in the copper cauldron flew towards Yu Fu's body. She subconsciously turned sideways to avoid, but the wooden floor next to the altar was already wet and slippery by the snow, her feet were unstable, and the whole person fell to the ground!
At this moment, there were only three people on the altar. Yaolan walked to the back to take the incense. Gu Hanmo was a little far away from her because he avoided her, and the other officials were all under the altar. He felt helpless to see this scene.
In a hurry, Yufu stretched out his hand and waved in the air, trying to grasp something to reduce the strength of his fall. Her fingertips touched the figurines beside the altar, but she didn't catch anything, and then she fell to the ground.
Boom!
With a dull sound, Gu Hanmo had already flew up when he realized that she had fallen, but only grabbed a corner of her clothes and watched her fall to the ground.
"His Majesty!"
"His Majesty!"
People from all directions rushed towards her like a tide, but the voice by Yufu's ears was blurred. At the end of her consciousness disappearing, she saw the face of the soldier figurine. The figurine's face turned into a smiling face, and then turned into the faces of many soldiers she had seen. Those faces were smiling, and the smile was so simple and fearless.
At that moment, Yu Fu also smiled, and then completely lost consciousness...
The heavy snow hasn't stopped all day.
The officials moved from the mausoleum of the heroes to the palace, and one after another reluctantly returned to the palace from the palace, and in the palace of Gu, Gu Hanmo had been kneeling in the courtyard in the snow for an hour.
He was motionless like a stone sculpture, his back was straight, but his head was drooping, and his body was covered with white snowflakes.
Qi Zhou passed by the corridor and saw him kneeling motionless in the snow, both distressed and worried. He seemed to want to say something, he opened his mouth and still did not speak, but returned to the upper room with hot tea.
"Master..."
Gu Huaijiang sat at the top, Gu Jiuge and others were all in the room. No one dared to speak, but looked worriedly at the courtyard from time to time.
As soon as Qi Zhou spoke, Gu Huaijiang knew what he was going to say. He swallowed Qi Zhou's words with a glance.
Gu Jiuge and others had persuaded him a long time ago, but it didn't work. What could Qi Zhou do as a servant
He sighed silently, and replaced everyone with new tea. This was the third tea that was replaced today, and everyone didn't mean to leave.
Naturally, Gu Huaijiang didn't mean to let Gu Hanmo get up.
The sound of carriages and horses came from outside the palace gate, Qi Zhou hurriedly greeted him, and saw Li Ming and Li Tu brothers and sisters hurriedly approaching, seeing a white stone sculpture kneeling in the courtyard, Li Tu's eyes instantly became red.
She rushed to Gu Hanmo's side, "Gu Sange, are you okay? You move, don't scare me!"
Liming took a look in the hall, reluctantly stepped forward to pull Li Tu, whispered something in her ear, Li Tu reluctantly stood up.
The two brothers and sisters entered the hall and saluted Gu Huaijiang.
"I have seen Lord Gu Hou."
Gu Huaijiang is not a nobleman, but his status is noble. Most people in the Beili Dynasty still call him Lord Gu according to his nobility in Dongling.
Gu Huaijiang knew his brother and sister's intentions, and only nodded, "Since we are here, sit down and have a cup of hot tea."
"No, Lord Hou, you don't have to be polite. On the first day of the New Year, my brother and sister came uninvited, which is already very rude."
In front of Gu Huaijiang, Liming was very humble and polite, and didn't dare to make trouble, but Li Tu was not as polite as him. She only missed Gu Hanmo in her heart, and couldn't help it for a moment.
"Uncle Gu, please let Brother Gu get up! It will be frozen when he kneels in the snow in such a heavy snow. Will you let him get up?"
Liming was busy pulling at the corners of her clothes quietly.
He was thinking about how to intercede for Gu Hanmo, and he didn't want Li Tu to stab him. But what qualifications do their brothers and sisters have to make such a request to Gu Huaijiang
In terms of identity, Liming is still Gu Hanmo's subordinate. In terms of relationship, Li Tu is not yet Gu's daughter-in-law, and he has no right to point fingers at Gu's family affairs.
What if Gu Huaijiang hates her for this and prevents Gu Hanmo from marrying her
No, no, I can't let Li Tu go on!
Li Tu didn't even look at Liming, but he shook off his hand resolutely and looked at Gu Huaijiang with red eyes, "Uncle Gu, please don't punish him again, okay? The injury on his body after returning from Taicheng is still not healed. What if such a heavy snow is frozen? Uncle Gu, he is also your son."
Gu Huaijiang glanced at her, his eyes made people unable to distinguish emotions, not knowing whether it was disgust or something else.
The more he couldn't see it, the more sweat Liming felt in his heart.
While Gu Huaijiang did not speak, he hurriedly bowed his hands to apologize, "Master Gu, it was my sister-in-law who failed to speak, please don't care about her. She suffered a brain injury when she was young and left the root of the disease. She was mentally insufficient. She definitely didn't mean to offend you. I also ask you adults to ignore the villains."
After that, he turned to Li Tu and said in his harshest tone to Li Tu: "Tutu, hurry up and apologize to Master Gu. You are a junior, how can you be so rude?"
Li Tu shed tears aggrievedly, then raised his hand and wiped it away with his sleeves. Just when everyone thought she would continue to plead for Gu Hanmo, they saw her lifted the corner of her skirt and knelt down.
She respectfully bowed to Gu Huaijiang, "It's the junior's rudeness, Uncle Gu, don't be angry, the junior apologizes for you."
Gu Huaijiang's expression moved, but he didn't expect Li Tu to be so well-behaved and sensible.
Gu Jiuge and others knew what Li Tu thought about Gu Hanmo, and couldn't help being surprised that she gave up so easily, and stopped persuading Gu Huaijiang to forgive Gu Hanmo.
At this moment, Li Tu stood up from the ground, walked towards the courtyard suddenly, and knelt down right next to Gu Hanmo.
Dawn's eyebrows jumped, he knew how bad Li Tu's physique was. Even if a martial artist like Gu Hanmo kneels in the snow for a day, it may not be a serious problem, but Li Tu may suffer the wind and chill if he kneels for half an hour. .
Since his little baby sister, he hurried forward to persuade him to get up when he saw this, but Li Tu couldn't afford it.
"Brother, I have already apologized to Uncle Gu. I'm just kneeling here with him. I shouldn't offend Uncle Gu, right? You just let me kneel with him, okay? Don't stop me."
Her eyes were red, and her nose was flushed red from the cold. She looked really like a rabbit.
Gu Hanmo, who was kneeling as a stone sculpture, finally moved and turned his head slightly to look at her, "Observe, go back."
"I do not!"
Li Tugu refused, moved his knees and moved closer to him, trying to use his body temperature to give him some heat.
Liming raised his voice helplessly, "Tutu!"
Everyone in the hall watched the three of them entangled in the snow. Gu Jiuge looked at Gu Huaijiang, and tentatively said, "Father, the third brother has been kneeling for so long, can you forgive him? If there is something wrong with him, who will come? Command the Yulin Army to protect Yufu?"
Gu Huaijiang finally said, "Can he protect Yufu now? Knowing that it was slippery on the snow, he followed Yufu next to him, but he still made her fall. What is the use of such an imperial army commander?"
He said, looking at the dawn in the courtyard, "It's not as good as the son of the Li family, who looks more appropriate. It would be better to protect her for his father than to let her fall into the snow while pregnant! "
After speaking of this, he was obviously angry. Gu Jiuge lowered his head, feeling that Gu Huaijiang seemed not only to blame Gu Hanmo, but to blame all of their brothers.
"Father, don't blame the third brother, he doesn't want Yufu to fall."
Su Yunyan helped her stomach to stand up, and now she was the only one in the family who dared to persuade Gu Huaijiang's anger. When Gu Huaijiang saw that she was pregnant, he would naturally not refute her.
He finally got up, snorted and walked out of the room.
Su Yunyan stood on tiptoe to confirm that he had entered, and hurriedly waved his hand to let Gu Yi go out to help Gu Hanmo up, "Hurry up, hurry up and pour the ginger soup down for the third brother!"