into the bosom

Chapter 436
Perhaps, this could not be the arrangement of fate, that she was going to send him off in person?

Xu Jiao's eyes were clear and waveless, looking at Mo Chuohe, he was as firm as a rock.

Mo Chuohe looked at her deeply, and finally nodded slightly, "You go first, I will find a way to enter the palace."

Xu Jiao was slightly startled, his brows were furrowed, and the corners of his mouth were open to say something, but he was interrupted by his deep voice, "Same as before, I know you have a reason to enter the palace, so I won't stop you. But I know that the palace is dangerous, and I don't feel at ease if I'm not by your side, so I must follow, and only by staying by your side can I feel at ease, and you don't want to stop me."

Looking at each other, Xu Jiao couldn't say anything to refute. After a long time, he sighed and said, "Okay, then I will wait for you in the palace, and you should be careful in everything." Don't put yourself in danger just to enter the palace as soon as possible. .

Mo Chuohe naturally understood what she meant, nodded her head lightly and said, "Don't worry, I still want to go back to the grassland together after the matter here is over, the wish you owed me has not been fulfilled, I can't bear it Die. You too, we all have to live well."

"En." Xu Jiao had tears in his eyes, and nodded vigorously towards him, "We have overcome so many life and death trials hand in hand, so this time is naturally the same."

"Be careful in everything." Mo Chuihe's eyes were deep, and he looked at her for a long time, and said softly, his voice was inexplicably hoarse.

Xu Jiao looked back at him, nodded, and gave a soft "hmm".

Xu Jiao simply packed up a few changes of clothes, took Lingxue and Wentao, and hurried out of Zhongyonghou's mansion with Gan Neishi.As soon as they got into the carriage, the waiter Gan ordered the handlebars to go faster, and faster, the horse galloped under the whip, the carriage almost flew up, people bumped up and down in the middle, Xu Jiao and the others were dead Leaning against the wall of the carriage, grasping the window lattice or other fixed objects in the carriage, he could barely stabilize his figure.

Along the way, there was no chance to talk to Gannai at all.

Perhaps it was because of this that it heightened the tense atmosphere. Xu Jiao vaguely understood that no matter what the reason for calling her into the palace was, the Empress Dowager was critically ill. Her heart sank because of this guess. Shen.

When the carriage stopped at the gate of the palace, she hurried in with her skirt in hand.There was a soft sedan waiting inside the door, and Lingxue stretched out her hand to support her, just as she sat down, at this moment, a bell rang suddenly.

Xu Jiao was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly raised his eyes to look at Gan Neishi who was also dazed. At this moment, the second bell sounded in his ears again, and Gan Nei Shi woke up in a jerk, and hurriedly shouted in surprise, "Still stunned!" What are you doing, why don't you go quickly?"

Almost as soon as the curtain of the car was lowered, the soft sedan was lifted up by someone. Under the urging of Gan Neishi and the sound of the bell, it was the first time since Xu Jiao entered the palace that the soft sedan was lifted so fast, so fast. She could feel obvious bumps.He could only hold the edge of the soft sedan with his fingers, and barely stabilized his body.But the bells rang again and again, but they could still evoke the endless sadness in my heart.

Uncontrollably counting the bells silently, as if it had been calculated, the soft sedan had just stopped, Xu Jiao held the hand of the snow, and hurriedly got out of the soft sedan, before stepping into the gate of Anfu Palace, the bell rang The sound stopped.

Xu Jiao's steps stopped, and then, he tightly closed his eyes. 27 beats, the sound of great compassion.really……

After a long while, she opened her eyes and said softly, "Let's go!" When she took a step, her eyes were already calm and determined, the deceased was gone, and the most important thing now was the eldest princess.She will protect her mother, this is her promise to the Queen Mother, and she will keep it.

Inside the palace gate, there were many palace people kneeling in Wu Yaya, Xu Jiao kept walking, passed through them, and went straight to the main hall.

As soon as they arrived under the eaves, they saw Rachel standing there with red eyes and whispering instructions to the palace servants. Seeing Xu Jiao, they all bowed their knees and saluted, calling them "Princess Princess".

Xu Jiao hurriedly raised her hand to let them excuse her, looked up at the silent main hall behind them, and said in a hoarse voice, "Where is my mother?" She still remembered that when Mrs. Zhao passed away suddenly, her heartache was uncontrollable, and she put herself in the same place as others. I just want to see the eldest princess soon and be by her side.

"Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess are still inside to accompany the Empress Dowager, the princess should go in quickly and accompany Your Highness well, she feels bad." Rachel said hoarsely.

Xu Jiao nodded, and quickly led the people in, while Rachel turned around and went to work.

In the main hall, many palace people were cleaning and arranging, Xu Jiao went all the way to the inner hall.

The atmosphere in the hall was oppressive, just as Xu Jiao entered, he heard the sound of crying, but when he listened carefully, his eyebrows frowned, nothing happened, because the person who was crying was not the eldest princess or someone else, but Emperor Xian.

Xu Jiao's footsteps were slightly stagnant, and then he continued to lean closer, and when he got closer, Emperor Xian's cry came to his ears more clearly, "...Mother, why did you leave like this? Leaving me like this and leaving first, what can I do?" It's all like this, tossing and turning... Xu Jiao's heart fluttered when he heard it, and he really cried miserably, but he didn't know that it was really the sudden loss of his mother. , I feel uncomfortable, or I just do it for others to see.

After all, filial piety and unfilial piety cannot be seen by crying twice, nor do you look at the days when the Queen Mother was ill, how many times he came to serve by his side, and how many times he made the Queen Mother angry.

Accompanied by all kinds of thoughts in his heart, Xu Jiao spun his heels, turned the curtain, and saw the phoenix couch not far away.There was only one person kneeling upright in front of the couch, Xu Jiao looked at the back and his nose was sore, it was the eldest princess.

Emperor Xian was sitting on a chair beside him, weeping bitterly, today was a rare day, the Queen and the Crown Prince were also there, standing beside Emperor Xian on one left and one on the right, they could vaguely hear their soft voices of consolation.

His eyes swept across the phoenix couch, the back of the dowager was covered with a white scarf, and she was still lying there upright... Xu Jiao's eyes flashed, and he walked around the hall calmly. Among these few people, there is no Princess Huiming and Li Jiasilang Li Xin.

On the other side, Queen Wang saw Xu Jiao sharply, and whispered something in Emperor Xian's ear, and Emperor Xian raised his eyes and shouted slowly, "The moon is coming, but it's a pity that it's a step late, your grandmother is already here." I can't wait, let's go first..." As he spoke, he choked up again.

This sound attracted the crown prince to look over. Xu Jiao took two steps forward. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the Eldest Princess froze slightly. He hurriedly bowed down and said, "I have seen Your Majesty, Empress Empress, Your Highness the Crown Prince, and Mother. .”

"Don't be too polite, get up quickly!" Emperor Xian waved his hands, turned his head to look in the direction of the phoenix couch, and said quietly, "It's true that I have seen your grandmother."

"Yes." Xu Jiao answered in a hoarse voice, turned around and knelt down with a "plop", and said softly to the queen mother who was on the phoenix couch, "Grandmother, it's too late to welcome the moon, it's all unfilial to welcome the moon, don't you It's strange to welcome the moon!" When he said that, the circles of his eyes were already red.Although the queen mother may not really love her, she often looks at the eldest princess, but she treats the eldest princess really well. What's more, the queen mother who has honored her all her life, the life before her death is really not easy. , which is also embarrassing.

When Xu Jiao kowtowed his head, he felt a little dazed, his life was a hundred years in a hurry, what exactly was he looking for?

After kowtowing, she didn't get up, she took two steps on her knees, arrived beside the eldest princess, and called out softly, "Mother?"

The eldest princess didn't respond, she didn't cry like Emperor Xian did, not even a single tear was seen on her face, but there seemed to be no emotion in her eyes, she looked at the queen mother on the phoenix couch almost empty Xu Jiao's nose was sore with that appearance, and the tears finally rolled down from his eyes.

She tugged on the sleeve of the eldest princess and didn't say anything else, just raised her hand to hold her arm, leaned against her side, and knelt down with her.

After a while, there was a noise from the outer hall, and a group of palace people were led by Gan Neishi to enter, and they went forward to salute, Gan Nei Shi said, "Your Majesty, the empress dowager has gone, according to the regulations, it is time to bury her." Alright, look at this" Waiter Gan Nei said as he glanced at the group of people following behind him, before he finished speaking, the meaning was already clear. "And Your Majesty, the adults you summoned into the palace are already waiting in the imperial study."

There are rules and regulations for the funeral ceremony of the Empress Dowager, and the Ministry of Rites can handle it according to the regulations, but some things need to be instructed by the emperor himself.

Emperor Xian nodded, expressing his understanding, but looked hesitantly at the direction of the phoenix couch, pondered for a while, and then said, "Sister Huang, the empress has gone, you still have to express your condolences, so that the empress can feel at ease. I still have some things to deal with Yingyue, please comfort your mother, it hurts you so much, you still need to take care of your body."

Xu Jiao agreed, so Emperor Xian took the people away.But Gan's servant and a group of people who came to bury the Queen Mother were left behind.The eldest princess did not stop her, she must have wanted to bury the empress dowager herself like Xu Jiao did at the beginning, but this was in the palace and it was not in line with the royal rules, so she had to avoid it for the time being.

Xu Jiao helped her to stand up, she stood up with difficulty, but her figure staggered, and she almost fell to the ground.Xu Jiao hurriedly supported her tightly, and looked at her worriedly, "Mother?" She looked at the pale face of the eldest princess, and the corners of her mouth fluttered several times, but she just hesitated to speak, and some words could not be said after all. .

The pain of bereavement that the eldest princess is experiencing now, she has experienced it herself. Even though the queen mother has been lingering and sick for a long time, the eldest princess is actually prepared in her heart, but no matter how prepared she is, the pain of losing her mother is still the pain of losing her mother. Because of being accurate, the pain in my heart will be relieved a little bit.So she knew very well that the eldest princess might not be able to listen to her words at this time.

Therefore, Xu Jiao didn't say any more, but chose to accompany silently.

It wasn't until the coffin was finished under the auspices of the funeral officer that the eldest princess turned her head and looked out of the window and said, "It's already this hour, Ajiao is probably in a hurry to enter the palace without lunch? I'm hungry. ?”

Xu Jiao looked at her, wanted to shake her head at first, but thought of something in the next moment, and nodded lightly, "Yes, I'm a little hungry, can mother accompany me to eat something?"

The eldest princess looked at her, and suddenly pursed her lips and smiled softly, "Okay, I'm a little hungry too, so Ajiao will accompany me to eat something. You can go to the side hall with me to rest for a while, and I'm afraid there will be more food later." We have to be busy with a lot of things, and we have to nourish our energy."

These words were completely beyond Xu Jiao's expectation. She stared blankly at the eldest princess, and when the latter turned her head to look over, she came to her senses and replied in a low voice, "Yes." Anyway Well, it's a good thing that the eldest princess can figure it out like this. Maybe the eldest princess has gone through more things than she does. Think about it, too. The first emperor, son-in-law, and Princess Wuyang...every time the eldest princess sends away relatives, I think When Mrs. Zhao passed away, Xu Jiao was quietly relieved by what the eldest princess said to her.

Xu Jiao helped the eldest princess back to the side hall where she lived temporarily, but Xu Jiao saw a very familiar figure, "Aunt Qiao?" The eldest princess has lived in the palace for many years. But she did not enter the palace with her, but stayed outside the palace to take care of all the affairs of the eldest princess's mansion. Xu Jiao did not expect that Aunt Qiao would also enter the palace this time.

"Ah-Qiao entered the palace a few days ago, so it's good for her to be here now, so that she can take care of her more. During these days in the palace, you will serve A-Jiao by her side and take care of her more," said the Eldest Princess. But the latter sentence was addressed to Aunt Qiao.

Xu Jiao was stunned, and without waiting for a rebuttal, Aunt Qiao knelt down and answered without any objection, "Yes."

Only then did the princess look at Xu Jiao, as if she knew what she was thinking, she took her hand and patted it lightly, "Good boy! Let Ah Qiao follow you, there are many things in the palace these days, Ah Although Qiao has followed me out of the palace for many years, she is an old man in the palace after all, and with her here, no matter what, she can take care of you a bit more, and I can feel a lot more at ease in my heart."

Xu Jiao's eyes flickered twice, and in a short while, his thoughts changed, and after a long while, he replied softly, "Then I will listen to my mother."

The eldest princess nodded, and finally showed a tired look on her face, "Let's eat something."

There was already some food on the table of the Eight Immortals in the house, and the eldest princess and Xu Jiao both picked up some light food to eat, but the eldest princess had a bad appetite after all, so she ate a small piece of spring onion roll and half a bowl of yam barley porridge. No more.

Aunt Qiao led the people to remove all the leftovers from the bowls and cups. At this time, it was already the time when the golden crow was falling outside the house, and the setting sun poured down half of the sky, dyeing it into a gorgeous glow, and the color was reflected in the house through the window paper. , is also the orange color that faints out of the room.

Xu Jiao sat next to the eldest princess, took her hand, and said quietly, "Didn't mother tell me earlier? Grandmother is actually suffering a lot. This is fine now, isn't it? Grandmother also I am relieved, I will ask someone to prepare some paper and pens for me in a while, I want to copy a few volumes of scriptures for my grandmother, and hope that the Buddha, for the sake of my piety, can bless my grandmother to reach bliss early."

The eldest princess shook her head slightly, held Xu Jiao's hand in the palm of her backhand, and rubbed it lightly, "There is no need for scriptures or anything, I know that you have such filial piety, the queen mother knows it, and the Buddha will naturally know it too." After saying this, the eldest princess fell silent again, and after a while, she said in a hoarse voice, "Ajiao, tell me, the empress mother should see her father and Wuyang right now, right?"

(End of this chapter)