Xihuai Villa.
When Lu Zhishan and Mu Nanzhi received the news, they were having breakfast in the backyard of Xihuai Villa. They ate river delicacies in the village yesterday. Mu Nanzhi ate very happily, so Lu Zhishan gave another order this morning. Someone sent fresh river fresh food over, and the two of them ate fish fillet porridge this morning.
"What did you say?" Mu Nanzhi's face turned pale. She was holding a porridge bowl and staring at Du Heng who was kneeling on the ground. "The concubine... and the queen mother..."
Lu Zhishan finally took the bowl from Mu Nanzhi's hand. While he took out a handkerchief to wipe Mu Nanzhi's hands, he asked Edu Heng with a sullen face: "When did the concubine and the queen mother die?"
"Your Majesty, Concubine Liang died in Gyeongbokgung Palace at three o'clock in the morning, and the Empress Dowager died in Shoukang Palace at nine o'clock in the morning. There was only two hours in between," Du Heng said, while looking at Mu Nanzhi, he paused, and then He said, "Last night, the Queen Mother suddenly summoned Concubine Liang. The two talked in secret for half an hour in Shoukang Palace behind closed doors. Concubine Liang passed away as soon as she returned to Gyeongbokgung Palace. The Queen Mother also died immediately after that, and she continued to vomit blood. When the imperial doctor arrived, the Queen Mother was unconscious and collapsed soon after."
Mu Nanzhi asked with a stiff face: "Why did the Queen Mother summon the Consort?"
Du Heng shook his head and said: "I don't know, but I heard that the concubine asked to see the queen mother a few days ago, but the queen mother was sick and refused to see her. Maybe last night, the queen mother regained her consciousness and felt better, so she remembered to summon the concubine."
"There must be something, there must be something..." Mu Nanzhi muttered to himself, his eyes unfocused.
"Go prepare the carriage and enter the palace immediately." Lu Zhishan said.
"Yes, my subordinate had already asked his servants to prepare the carriage when he came here just now," Du Heng said. He paused and then said, "My subordinate will wait in the front yard first. Your Majesty and Princess, please hurry up and get ready to leave."
Lu Zhishan didn't say anything, just nodded, and Du Heng bowed and retreated.
"Nannan..." Lu Zhishan looked at the confused child and didn't know what to say. He sat next to the child, stretched out his hand to hug the child into his arms, and gently stroked the child's back.
"I'm not sad," Mu Nanzhi lay in the man's arms and spoke after a long time. "The concubine has been in poor health in the past two years. I have always been prepared, but I still feel regretful. The last time she entered the palace, she You said... you still have time to teach me how to make tea, but in the future... you won't have the chance... "
"Nanny, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go and see off the concubine." Lu Zhishan patted the child on the back, carried the child into the bedroom, and personally changed the child's clothes. The child was not energetic. He just raised his hands and let Lu Zhishan change her into plain clothes.
After changing their clothes, the two hurried to the front yard. Du Heng had been waiting at the door for a long time. When he saw them coming out, he hurriedly brought the carriage. When the two got on the carriage, Du Heng also got in front of the car and drove hurriedly. Rushed back to the capital.
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After the death of the Queen Mother, Emperor Lu Mingwei left the court for ten days. He sought to write an edict within a hundred days with a blue pen. After fifteen days, he took off his crown and tassel and spent a hundred days in obedience. He personally drafted the posthumous title of Empress Zhuang Shengxian.
Duan Feihong, the Minister of Rites, wrote a funeral ceremony and assisted the queen of the previous dynasty in organizing the funeral. The king, the duke, the officials, the princess, and the concubine came to cry three times a day within twenty-seven days. Officials stopped marrying for many years and stopped playing music on the twenty-seventh day. On the twenty-seventh day, the soldiers and civilians of the capital stopped offering sacrifices, and the rest was like a big funeral.
The characters in the article are all adults~