In the Forbidden City, countless white flags were hung overnight, and these white flags spread from the palace to the outside.
All those who received the news first cried, and after crying, they even got up and ordered the servants to hang up. All the brightly colored ones that are not in conformity with the regulations will be removed, and everyone in the house will get the Su Yu, waiting for the palace to come to the palace to cry.
All the trivial matters were done, but it was difficult for the government to make excuses.
The inner city was under martial law, and all the cloth shops were closed. Although these dignitaries and nobles took the initiative to come to the door, the inventory of such a few cloth shops could not supply so many shops.
If you want to buy white cloth, you can only go to the outer city, but the nine gates are still under martial law, and there is no way to go out.
Every family and every mansion is burning eyebrows, and the emperor died, and those who know it will hang up white at the first time to show condolences. If not, it would be a disrespectful sin for anyone to take part in the previous one.
In desperation, someone asked for the Third Prince's Mansion, and the people in the Third Prince's Mansion reported it to their master.
At this time, Qi Hui was busy. After Emperor Daxing's funeral, the most important thing was that the heir emperor ascended the throne and presided over the overall affairs.
And there are rules in all dynasties. When it is your turn to take the throne, you can't be too eager. It's the right way to refuse a few requests.
Now, a group of civil servants, led by Yang Chonghua, are looking for ministers to persuade them to enter the table.
The second time, it was rejected.
Qi Hui was waiting for the third time when he suddenly reported this, not to mention disappointing him.
Of course, he is not only busy with these, his brothers who have changed have to watch.
When you become an emperor, you can't be like before. You have to be tolerant and generous. Even if your brothers offend you, you have to endure it and show the bearing of a monarch.
There is also the missing Jiacheng Emperor and the missing Chuan Guoyu Xi, all these things are piled up in front of him.
Although Yang Chonghua and other civil servants temporarily defected, Qi Hui gained the throne. But he didn't get it based on his strength. Now the second prince has hatred in his heart, and the palace and inner city are in chaos. Although Yang Chonghua and others came forward to preside over the situation, they pressed the gourd and floated the scoop, and things were everywhere. .
Hearing this, Qi Hui's first reaction was to open nine doors and go to the outer city to buy it. Immediately, it was not appropriate to react, and after thinking about it, let someone report to Elder Yang.
Compared with Qi Hui, Yang Chonghua obviously has more regulations.
Hearing the report, he first frowned subconsciously, feeling that the future emperor couldn't even solve the problem of a white cloth, and then he thought that it would be better if they didn't ask for that.
Even though it was just some white cloth, this matter made Yang Chonghua difficult.
After deliberation and deliberation, he decided to let the heir emperor ascend the throne first.
Therefore, the preparation for the third persuasion to enter the watch was very sloppy. Qi Hui originally planned to appear on the watch again and again. In order to show his integrity, he had to at least again and again in order to appear decent. For this reason, he even had a fight with Yang Chonghua. call.
At this time, he couldn't care less, he was in a hurry, and even a little embarrassed, he sat on the dragon chair and accepted the greetings from the few ministers below.
When the dragon robe was added, my heart finally calmed down.
The new king ordered to open nine doors, to announce the news of the emperor Long Yu returning to heaven, and at the same time to impose martial law on the capital.
As soon as this work was over, Qi Hui didn't have time to take a breath when he heard a report from the eunuch below that Concubine Zhong Gui was going to the Qianqing Palace to pay the Emperor Daxing mourning.
According to regulations, after the funeral of the Emperor Daxing, a small and large funeral should be carried out first.
The small coffin refers to changing clothes for the deceased, while the big coffin refers to moving the corpse into the museum.
Since it is an emperor, the regulations are naturally different, and the dressing and the time of the coffin are all specially paid attention to.
In the past dynasties, there were also concubines and concubines for the emperor of the big line, but very few, most of them were done by eunuchs. Now that Concubine Zhong Gui is making a fuss about this, it is not because she clearly wants to take the opportunity to smash the fact that Emperor Jiacheng is not dead, how can the new king agree.
But the people below couldn't stop it. After all, Concubine Zhong Gui was the highest-ranking concubine of the Daxing Emperor, so Xinjun could only come forward in person.
Concubine Zhong Gui, who was honorable and decent on weekdays, changed from her dignified appearance in the past.
Qi Hui was helpless and could only delay while ordering Zheng Ancheng to speed up. When there is word from the Qianqing Palace, saying that the small funeral has been completed, this is the end.
The next day for the small coffin was a big coffin. In order to avoid extraneous problems, Qi Hui directly brought someone to do it in person.
When Concubine Zhong Gui knew that Emperor Daxing's Zigong had been closed, it was parked in the main hall of Qianqing Palace.
Under such circumstances, when the King of Heaven came, he did not dare to ask to open it to verify his identity.
At this time, the Xue Mansion was also plain white.
Zhao'er changed into plain clothes and stood in the bedroom, listening to Emperor Jiacheng's roar in his ears, but his heart was full of sighs.
No one would have thought that the second prince and others would dare to act like this, and he was notified of his death when his own father was still alive. Especially when he thought it was the second prince ascending the throne, he was replaced by the third prince, which surprised everyone.
"My good sons are really good, and the better ones are my good ministers."
Emperor Jiacheng had already fainted once. Thanks to Zhao'er preparing a doctor in the house, Shizhen rescued Emperor Jiacheng.
The doctors were those imperial doctors who had gone to the Imperial Hospital in Beijing. The best doctors were specially ordered by Zhao'er to be tied up. This is the first time in her life that she has done such a cruel thing, but the situation is beyond her control.
"Your Majesty, take care, if you really get angry with the dragon body, let them be happy." Mo Jia said. It can be seen that he is not a persuasive temperament, and his words are dry.
"Then what should we do now? You didn't say that you were contacting His Majesty's confidant ministers, but what progress has been made?" After finally serving Emperor Jiacheng, he took the soup and comforted him to sleep. The two went to the outside room, and Zhao'er couldn't help it. asked.
At this time, the move was at a loss.
Originally, he was still worrying about how to save his own life, the life of the Xue family, and the lives of the two people in front of him, but suddenly there were variables, and Emperor Jiacheng was killed.
"Why don't I have someone send you out of the inner city first?"
"No!" Mo Jia shook his head.
After a pause, he added: "It seems that the nine gates are wide open, but in fact it is just to lead snakes out of their holes. Now everyone who knows the inside story is looking for His Majesty. The intention of the second prince is still unclear, but if someone from the new emperor finds..."
Mo Jia didn't say the rest, and Zhao'er also understood the meaning.
The new emperor will definitely not let an old emperor who has died survive in the world, otherwise how can his throne be stable
"Then what should we do?" Zhao'er looked at the direction of the inner room, and then looked at Mo Jia.
Mo Jia's mouth pursed tightly, but he didn't speak.
Emperor Jiacheng doesn't believe anyone now, otherwise he wouldn't stand still until now.
That is to say, there is no way for the time being, but to continue to wait.
"You sent a letter to Xue Tingxiang, but got a response?"
Zhao'er shook her head. There was no response from Suzhou, and the person who delivered the letter did not return. She even suspected that the letter was not delivered at all, but was stopped halfway.
Fortunately, she was on guard against this, and didn't say anything in the letter at all, but only hinted that Xue Tingxiang missed him and told him to return to Beijing quickly.
Zhao'er felt a headache, and I really hope that Xue Tingxiang can appear in front of her now.
The decree to summon civil and military officials, princes and nobles, and their families to enter the palace to cry, was quickly released.
Although Xue Tingxiang was not in the mansion, Zhao'er was a second-rank official, so naturally he had to go.
It almost copied the scene of the first queen's funeral, and it was even bigger.
The eyes are full of white, and the ears are full of sad howls. Whether it is real crying or fake crying, even if it is fake crying, you have to cry out loud. You Qi has already entered the late autumn, and the sky in the capital has also cooled down. He knelt on the hard and cold ground, and no one could stand it all day long.
I can't stand it. I can't stand it.
Fortunately, Zhao'er learned to be smarter. Before coming here, he tied a thick cotton pad to his knees, which relieved him a little.
However, from morning to night, after three days, the crying was over on the third day, and Zhao'er was carried on the bus by someone.
Chunlan wanted to rub Zhao'er's legs, but Zhao'er didn't even dare to touch her. Chunlan could only say that when she returned to the house, she would apply hot water to her.
In the car, the master and servant were talking when the car suddenly stopped, and she almost didn't throw Chunlan out. Fortunately, Zhao'er quickly grabbed her and grabbed the window at the same time.
"Zhao Da, be careful when you drive." Chunlan said angrily.
The voice of the driver, Zhao Da, came from outside the car: "It's not good, Madam has hit someone." Then came his annoyed voice: "The car has gone slow enough, are you trying to deceive people or what to do? Rush straight into the car?"
No one spoke, only the sound of a woman crying, calling her mother vaguely.
Seeing this, Zhao'er hurriedly lifted the curtain of the car, and saw two people squatting in front of the car.
All are women.
One is young, it seems that Yun Ying is unmarried, and the other is older, seems to be the other's mother.
At this time, the guard of Xue's house who was following behind the car also came nearby and dismounted to check the situation of the fallen woman. The young woman seemed very excited, crying while covering her face with her sleeves, not forgetting to ask them not to touch her mother.
This kind of situation is a little embarrassing, but the difference between men and women can't be said that people are not looking for trouble.
"Chunlan, go take a look."
Chunlan obeyed and got out of the car, and the crying woman seemed to see Zhao'er, and suddenly rushed over and said, "You hurt my mother. If you don't give me an explanation today, I'll just slap my head to death here."
The woman's behavior was extremely abrupt, and when she rushed over, she held on to Zhao'er's sleeves.
Her actions made everyone stunned. Several guards saw that this pair of old and weak women and children didn't take much precaution. If someone was unfavorable to Zhao'er, they might succeed.
Immediately, he scolded the woman angrily and asked her to step back.
However, after Zhao'er was stunned for a moment, she waved her hand: "She is a weak girl and can do anything against me. Since our car hit someone, we should take them back for treatment."
At this time, a team of janitorial guards came over and asked what happened.
One of the guards stepped forward to explain the ins and outs. The other party looked at the man lying on the ground and the crying woman who stopped in front of the car, and left without saying anything.
After the janitorial guards left, Zhao'er's eyes flashed, and he ordered the fallen woman to be loaded into the car, and the crying woman was taken away, and he hurried into the car and left.
In the car, Zhao'er looked at the young woman strangely.
The woman seemed to be very shy, her head was half down, but from the scattered strands of hair, she could see that her skin was fair and her eyebrows were delicate.
But if you look closely, you can see that she is still a bit different from ordinary women, not only with a thick frame, but also much taller than ordinary women.
Over there, Chunlan was taking care of the woman who was knocked unconscious. Here, Zhao'er said with disgust, "Why are you acting like this ghost!"
The woman raised her head, touched her nose, and looked a little embarrassed: "I have no choice but to do it. The nine gates seem to be open, but they are actually heavily guarded, so I can only pretend to be a woman. It's just the way to go."
"Then, did you receive the letter I sent to you?"
"Trust?" The other party shook his head slightly and said, "The Jin Yiwei I brought with me noticed something different, and the local officials in Suzhou seemed to be delaying, so they let Jin Chan escape and leave Suzhou, leaving only Hu San there to promise. There are barriers along the way. It is extremely strict, especially since Tongzhou has already been under martial law, so the road is very slow, and it took more than ten days to arrive."
This woman was actually played by Xue Tingxiang.
Seeing what he said is very simple, in fact, the various dangers on the road are not detailed one by one. Fortunately, he walked fast on the road and entered the capital before the martial law in the capital.
After finally arriving in the capital, he had no choice but to inquire about the situation in the outer city. Just at this moment, the news of Emperor Jiacheng's death came out, and the whole group was anxious and eager to break into the palace to find out.
But this is destined to be delusional, they are no more than ten people, they have no military strength, and they don't know who they can trust. In addition, the nine doors are closed, so it can only be suppressed for the time being.
Fortunately, the new emperor was in a hurry to ascend the throne, and announced the news of the Emperor Daxing's funeral to the world to prove his righteousness. In order to show the openness and openness of the nine doors, they took the opportunity to sneak in.
This time I came in, but the two of them had to pretend to be women to enter safely.
As for the old woman who was knocked unconscious, it was Wei Yunjie.
Fortunately, Jin Yiwei's disguise technique is still useful, otherwise the two people will have to add twists and turns to the inner city this time.
Chunlan covered her mouth tightly, looking at the old man who was pretending to be a woman in shock.
As for Wei Yunjie, he was a hero for a lifetime, and only pretended to be a woman out of desperation. Naturally, he continued to pretend to be dead.
Zhao'er didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she took out the handkerchief and wiped his face: "Look at what you've done, it's true."
"You are supporting yourself at home, it's hard work."
Zhao'er was about to tell him about Emperor Jiacheng when the car had already arrived at the door of his house, so he could only press down and go in.
When getting off the bus, Zhao'er was led by Chunlan.
Xue Tingxiang looked at her embarrassed appearance with distress, and frowned.
After finally entering the mansion, he picked up Zhao'er and went straight to the main courtyard.
The servants on the side looked surprised, but Chunlan came forward to disperse the crowd, saying that this rough girl ate a lot and had a lot of strength, so she specially called for help.
Xue Tingxiang rushed into the main courtyard with Zhao'er in his arms, and Chunlan helped clean up the mess along the way.
After entering the door of the main room, a few girls from Chunlai stepped up to greet them when they saw a gust of wind blowing in front of them and went to the next room.
Xue Tingxiang put Zhao'er on the heated kang, and was about to call someone to invite a doctor, when suddenly someone lifted the bead curtain and walked out, saying, "Are you back?"
It was Morgan.
After a few years of absence, to meet again, I am afraid that neither of the two men expected such a scene.
One was dressed as a woman, and Mogga didn't recognize it at first glance.
And Xue Tingxiang only saw a man come out of his and Zhao'er's bedroom, and his attitude was calm and casual, as if the bedroom was his place.
"What's wrong with you? Your leg hurts again?" Mo Jia was anxious and stepped over immediately, not paying attention to the woman standing beside him.
"Why is he here?" Xue Tingxiang recognized Mo Jia at a glance.
The two voices sounded at the same time, and Mo Jia looked over in astonishment until he heard that the other party's voice was different from an ordinary woman.
"Who is this? Are you Xue Tingxiang?" I have to say that Mo Jia's eyesight is also very good, and he recognized it after a closer look.
"Why is he here? Could it be that you took advantage of me to go to Suzhou and stole people behind my back? You even brought Xiao Bailian into the house?" Xue Tingyan's face was twisted with anger.
I really can't blame him for thinking too much, it's just that a man can't think about the good.
The bedroom is a very private place, especially the bedroom for two people. Except for the maid who waits closely, even the eldest son Xue Yaohong rarely sets foot in it when he grows up.
"Who am I stealing? Where did you go?" Zhao'er said while baring his teeth.
"Who are you calling Xiaobai Lian? Look at your outfit, the word "Xiao Bai Lian" should be pressed on you."
The two voices sounded at the same time.
Morgan sneered, sneered.
Xue Tingxiang was so angry that he wanted to roll up his sleeves and fight.
It's a pity that Gao looked at his small body, but luckily Zhao'er grabbed him.
"Mo Jia, can you keep your mouth shut!" He shouted in a deep voice, and when he turned to face Xue Tingxiang, his voice softened: "I'll explain to you later."
Zhao'er's face was obviously tired, because her waist and legs were hurting, her brows were frowning, but her voice was extremely soft, with a hint of unconscious coquettishness and weakness.
Xue Tingxiang was the most helpless to take her like this, and seeing that her condition was not very good, he suppressed it and raised his voice to call out.
Chunlan and the others quickly brought hot water and handkerchiefs, as well as medicinal wine and ointment.
Zhao'er glared at Mo Jia, the other party glanced at Xue Tingxiang, touched his nose and went into the inner room.
At this time, Xue Tingxiang had also seen the clue, but he could not bear it. Chunlan helped Zhao'er take off her shoes and socks, and rolled up her trouser legs to reveal the cotton pads tied underneath.
After taking off the cotton pads, the greenish calves and knees were revealed.
"How did this happen?" Xue Tingxiang grinned, as if he was in pain.
"I cried for three days."
At this time, Chunlai took a hot handkerchief and put it on it, because he wanted to remove blood stasis and activate blood, so the handkerchief was extremely hot. Zhao'er's leg was already sore, and when the handkerchief was put on, even her extremely stamina couldn't help it.
Her brows twitched, and she didn't consciously struggle to step back, but it pulled her stiff waist, causing her to fall to the side in pain.
Xue Tingxiang hugged her in his arms.
Entering this familiar embrace, Zhao'er couldn't help but feel a little sore. She felt sorry for herself, but she was exhausted these days, so she had the urge to cry.
"My legs hurt and my back hurts too."
Zhao'er suffers from back pain, which is the root cause of her illness when she fell into the Red Gang and was pregnant with Ning Ning. She is also often sedentary for a long time, and every time her back hurts, Xue Tingxiang rubs it for her.
Kneading it can always relieve a lot.
Xue Tingxiang was used to it, so he subconsciously rubbed her waist and rubbed, and then he forgot to be angry.
Being rubbed by him like this, Zhao'er didn't feel that it was difficult to be rubbed with medicinal wine on his legs, so he leaned in his arms and told him the ins and outs of why Mo Jia appeared here.
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In the inner room, listening to the soft voice of the woman outside, Mo Jia's face changed unpredictably.
It seems like a sigh, but it seems to be unfair, and there seems to be a hint of jealousy.
"Could it be that you dragged on for so many years to come to Beijing to find relatives just for her?"
Mo Jia's complexion immediately changed greatly, and soon returned to the usual inscrutable.
"Your Majesty thinks too much."
"It's fine if I think about it too much. Originally, a woman is not worthy of being treated like this by you. If you take it, you will take it. But Xue Tingxiang is a hero of Dachang, and the wife who takes a man should not be me, or my descendants can do it. "Emperor Jiacheng on the couch glanced at him.
In other words, I can't have a negative Xue Tingyan, and neither can my descendants. But if you have nothing to do with me, that's fine.
The problem is that Xue Tingxiang is a high-ranking official. If it wasn't for the sake of taking advantage of Mo Jia's pride, even if he knew that his father's identity was not low, he would not be tempted to search for his relatives.
Now that Dad has been found, he is involved in this complicated situation, and at the same time, he also tells him that this situation can be given to you, but you can't do anything to steal a man's wife.
In fact, Mo Jia never thought about taking a wife. Seriously, he didn't know why he was obsessed with this woman and pursued it.
During this period of time, he had countless opportunities to kidnap her and flew away, but he always stopped at the moment.
Hearing the vague voices coming from outside, Mo Jia's heart was very sour.
After hearing Zhao'er say that Emperor Jiacheng is now in the inner room, and Mo Jia is Emperor Jiacheng's illegitimate son, Xue Tingxiang almost jumped up from the kang.
After a while, he regained his composure.
He didn't go in immediately, but waited for Chunlai to wipe off the medicinal wine for Zhao'er, and then went to wash up and change his clothes before coming to the inner and outer chambers to ask for a meeting.
It was called inside, and Xue Tingxiang went in.
He had been in for a long time, Zhao'er had fallen asleep on the heated kang, and he did not come out.
When she woke up again, she was moved to the couch in the west room.
This place is because Zhao'er feels that it is often inconvenient, and it is temporarily arranged. Usually, it is here to wash, change, and even rest, and it is temporarily used as a bedroom.
She just sat up from the couch and was about to go to the couch to call someone when someone lifted the bed curtain.
It was Xue Tingxiang.
Zhao'er asked, "How is the negotiation going?"
Xue Tingxiang took off his robe and got on the couch, saying, "Since you know that His Majesty is well, there is no need to rush this matter. Instead of us moving, let's see how they move."
The affairs of the court are too complicated. Seeing that Xue Tingxiang is back, Zhao'er is too lazy to think about it.
Seeing that his face was tired, he served him to lie down. Originally, he planned to accompany him to sleep and get up when he fell asleep, but in the end, he fell asleep himself.
After three days of crying, the next thing has nothing to do with ordinary courtiers.
At least for the time being, it has nothing to do with the Xue Mansion.
From the fourth day onwards, the new emperor quit the court for nine days, and ordered the entire capital to stop drumming, get married, and forbid slaughtering, etc., for twenty-seven days. The ticket book within 100 days is written in blue pen, and the text is moved to blue. There are 30,000 bells in the major temples and temples in the capital.
For a time, the bells in Beijing rang loudly, and I could hear them endlessly.
After finally waiting for the bell to ring, the huge capital was extremely quiet. Even though there were many pedestrians on the street, they didn't hear the laughter or show their faces, all of which were taboos.
At the same time, something happened in the palace, Chuan Guoyu Seal was shattered.