Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2537 Nine Volumes 19

Arrived at the Summer Resort on July [-].The next day is the Hungry Ghost Festival on the [-]th day of the seventh month, and the emperor will definitely set off river lanterns in the summer resort, so there will be some way; besides, it is Yongxuan and Xiaoqi's birthdays, so Wanxi has to concentrate on being busy.

Wanxi didn't know it at this time, but at the end of July [-]th, Nala finally died in the Yonghe Palace.

With more than a year of unwillingness, with the expectation of still being able to be in the middle of the palace, she was even sure that the emperor would not dare to treat her so unruly... Struggling hard and struggling, persisting and persisting, after all, even the heavens will no longer... Be sympathetic and count your fate.
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The capital is hundreds of miles away from the Summer Resort, and Chengde is a mountain city, so it is not easy to ride a horse.This is already the highest level for transmitting battle reports, so that the news can be sent to the Summer Resort in the fastest way.

The news was not sent to the Summer Resort until the afternoon of July [-]th.At this time, the entire Summer Resort is preparing for tonight's Zhongyuan Night. Everyone inside and outside the mountain resort is full of joy, and all kinds of water and land rituals are also ready.

After reading the minister's report, the emperor had no special expression on his face.

Then the emperor issued a decree: "According to the minister who stayed in Beijing to handle affairs, the empress passed away on the fourteenth day of this month. Since the empress was established, she has not lost her virtue. Last spring, I honored the empress dowager for a tour of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. At the time of Qiaqing, the queen's nature suddenly changed, and she couldn't fulfill her filial piety in front of the empress dowager. Compared to Hangzhou, her behavior was more obedient and righteous, and her behavior was crazy. Because she was ordered to return to Beijing first, she was photographed in the palace. It has been recorded in the past Yu, the disease is getting worse, and Suier is dying."

"In fact, the queen's blessings are shallow, and she can't look up to the Holy Mother's love and long-term favor. It is only natural that she should be deposed if she behaves badly. I still have her name, and she is already extraordinarily gracious. But decorated It is inconvenient for the final ceremony to be handled according to the important affairs of Empress Xiaoxian. All funeral ceremonies can only follow the routine of imperial concubines and be handed over to the Minister of Internal Affairs to undertake. Let this be known both at home and abroad."

In the emperor's decree, there is no trace of the husband's nostalgia and nostalgia for his wife, and there is still lingering anger between the lines.

Nala's life was once a queen, but judging from the emperor's decree, it turned out that in this life, she did not leave the emperor's husband with the slightest affection.

Whether she is a queen or just a woman, she has suffered a crushing defeat so far in her life.
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The emperor issued a decree, and the news was officially spread in the front and rear palaces.

Everyone in the harem was stunned after hearing this.

No matter whether he was an enemy or a friend, whether it was joy or pity, he never thought that Nalashi would die so suddenly.

And it just happened to die on such a special day—July [-]th, the Hungry Ghost Festival. The folks say that the gate of hell is open, and the Buddhists say that they give alms to the six sufferings. It seems that it is the most suitable day for people to die.

Wanxi was silent for a moment, and there was actually no big disturbance in her heart at this moment.

If she had received this news when she was young, she would have laughed or cried; but at this time she had already won a complete victory in the 20-year battle with Nala. .So far, Nala's life and death are actually not important anymore.In the past year, Nala's life was no different from his death.

Wanxi just got up and went to the small Buddha Hall of Dongnuange to worship the Buddha statue.

Yuqin walked in, and seeing Wanxi's calm face, she also smiled, "I was also inspired a lot by listening to your calm words on the road. I went to look in the mirror. I thought I would cry and laugh and cry and cry, but there was nothing."

"I'm not reconciled, so I hurried to you. Seeing that you look like this, I can finally let go of the stone in my heart and breathe a sigh of relief."

Wanxi came over and took Yuqin's hand, "It's just what age to do what kind of things. We used to be young, we bickered with her when we were in our 20s, and we learned to plan secretly when we were in our 30s. Until now Already 40 years old, naturally you should learn to let go and forget."

"Our life, after all, is to live for ourselves and for the people we care about. People don't offend me, and I don't offend others. She has been unable to hurt us since last year, so we should naturally remove her from us. I got rid of my heart."

Yuqin breathed a sigh of relief again, "Isn't that right! We owed her so much in the past, but now that the emperor has done this for us, then we can let go of any grievances."

Yuchan walked in, with mysterious eyebrows, "Return to master, Jingli Yongchang sent me a letter."

Wanxi and Yuqin looked at each other, and Yuqin stepped forward to take the envelope and opened it. It turned out to be a "list of all used objects, money and food" listed by the Director of Ceremonies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The construction department made a gold coffin for one point, and received fir wood with a square foot of 59 feet, seven inches, two cents and five cents; nan carpenter 66 workers, each silver one cent five cents and four cents, a total of ten taels of silver six cents and four cents.

Two horoscope walls were built, and the cedar wood was nine feet, seven inches, nine cents and three cents in square;

Two benches are made, and the cedar wood is [-] feet, [-] inches, [-] cents and [-] cents in square feet; the carpenter has six craftsmen, and each silver is one cent and five cents and four cents, and the total silver is nine cents and two cents and four cents.

There are fifty collars for buying floor mats, and each collar is eight cents of silver, a total of four taels of silver.

There are two ropes and five catties and three taels for buying and selling, and each catty of silver is two cents and five cents, and the total silver is one cent and one cent and six cents.

There were 64 hired men for the delivery of the golden coffin, each with four cents of silver, a total of twenty-five cents and six cents of silver.

There are [-] husbands who transport the cover frame and other items, each with six cents of silver, a total of six taels, four and eight cents of silver.

To dismantle and install the top of the wall, buy tiles and ash catties, and share silver for four, two, four, seven cents and three cents.

The office buys three thousand catties of firewood, and every thousand catties of silver is two or eight dollars, a total of eight or four dollars of silver.

The office bought 260 catties of charcoal, seven cents and two cents of silver per hundred catties, and a total of one or two eight cents and seven cents and two cents of silver.

The office bought five hundred catties of coal, and two and eight cents of silver per hundred catties, a total of one or two or four cents of silver.

Hired 360 and 97 barmen for three rounds, and paid the two-day husband a price of silver, a total of [-] taels, five cents, and six cents.

There are fourteen pastry tables, each priced at two taels of silver, a total of 28 taels of silver.

Seven sheep, each priced at eight renminbi of silver, a total of five or six renminbi of silver.

For the above, the general use of silver is two hundred and seventy-nine cents and seven cents.

After seeing this number, both Wanxi and Yuqin were surprised.After all, there was more than 1 taels of silver in Yongqi's funeral budget, and 1000 taels of silver in Hu Borong's funeral; Nala was also the queen of the palace, but only used [-] taels!

Even ordinary people, a little wealthier family, will not have this amount of funerals.
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It's even more shocking to look back at the categories one by one after looking at the total silver.

Yuqin pointed to the list, "The emperor's decree said that her funeral can follow the rules of the imperial concubine, but Wanxi, look, the wood used by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make her coffin is actually fir. And the golden coffin of the imperial concubine , should use nanmu."

"Furthermore, there should have been 96 coffin-carriers for the golden coffin of the imperial concubine, but only 64 people were presented to her by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This is not even enough for the funeral ceremony of the imperial concubine and concubine, but only the regulation of concubines and nobles .”

Wanxi also raised her eyebrows, but she just nodded lightly, "It's not wrong to present such a report from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After all, the emperor took back the four treasures of the queen, imperial concubine, noble concubine, and imperial concubine. Then she has been a treasure since last year. Below the rank of concubine, you can only act according to the regulations of the concubine."

"And this pastry table..." Yuqin shook her head, "The price is only two taels of silver per table."

Wanxi's father, Qingtai, was the internal management leader who undertook the pastry table, so Wanxi is the most clear about the regulations of the pastry table.

"My sister is right. The price of the pastry table is eight taels for each table for the emperor and empress, seven taels and four cents for each table for the imperial concubine and crown prince, and five taels and four for the imperial concubine, concubine, concubine, prince, and prince Fujin." Four cents for the money, and four, two, four and four cents for each table of noblemen."

"Even the table for Chang Zai, Promise, and official women costs three, two, three, three cents a piece. Even the lowest full table is priced at two, two, two and six cents per table. And she only has two, two, three cents. ...If it wasn't for the sake of Zhongyuan Night and the fact that no dead souls could return on an empty stomach, they would have reluctantly given such a number."

Yuqin said again, "There's also this sacrificed sheep, it's not right~"

Wanxi nodded, "If you follow the imperial concubine's rule, even for the first sacrifice, 21 sheep will be used, instead of her only seven."

"Also, the price of each sheep is only eight renminbi, and the price of each sheep that should be sacrificed should be one, two or three renminbi. She only has half of it."

At this point, even Yuqin could only shake her head, "Really, I can't help but feel sorry for her now."

Yuchan listened by the side, and suddenly said, "Masters, there is still one thing I don't understand - the news of the Queen's death. Minister Wang, who is staying in Beijing on business, can use six hundred miles to expedite it, and the next day he can go away." The horse was delivered to the Mountain Resort. However, when did the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs calculate the list?"

"Presumably, the ministers of the king confirmed the news of the queen's death, so they didn't dare to delay at all, and immediately sent someone to deliver the letter...The list of the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs seems to be able to be calculated immediately, right? But the queen was yesterday. He just died, and the Mountain Resort is separated from Beijing by hundreds of miles..."

Yuqin stepped forward and pinched Yuchan's mouth, "I think you are right to be suspicious! It seems that this is not calculated after her death, but calculated by the Minister of Internal Affairs! Maybe since last year Since she was locked up, the emperor has been waiting for her to die, so these standards for her funeral have been drawn up long ago."

"If it weren't for the emperor's private instruction, how could the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs dare to reduce the standard of the funeral ceremony so much? Anyway, in the emperor's decree, it is also called to follow the routine of the imperial concubine; but this internal affairs The ministers of the government submitted that the number of concubines is not enough, or even lower than the promise, and the official girls have gone..."

Wanxi raised her eyes quietly, "Actually, these are all nothing more, after all, she will not bring her with her when she is born, and she will not take her with her when she dies. I think the most pitiful thing about her is: she finally failed to see Yongzheng get married... As a mother, the most worrying thing at the last moment is always her own child, right? But not only is Yong Xin not married yet, he is even in Rehe."

Yongzhen and a group of princes and grandchildren drove to Rehe, and they were in the summer resort at this time.In other words, when Nalashi took his last breath, he couldn't even see his son's last face.

Yuqin sighed after thinking about it, "Fu Jin of Yongzheng is also pitiful. He came to the palace and waited for the big wedding, but the wedding date was far away, but the dowry woman died young, and then he didn't wear the wedding dress, but he had to wear it first. Go to mourning."

As he was talking, Qu Xu came back and forth from the outside, saying that the emperor ordered the twelfth elder brother Yongxi to return to Beijing today to wear filial piety for Nala.

Wanxi nodded, "Then let's get ready. She is still a queen even though her name is still alive, so maybe all the princes and grandsons will have to wear filial piety."

But Qu Xu said, "Master, there is no need to prepare... The servant just heard the decree, and the emperor said that the river lanterns will still be set off tonight, and all the rules of the Ghost Festival will remain the same."
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That night, the bright moon hangs high, and the water and the sky shine brightly.The lotus lanterns on the water are colorful, and there are bursts of laughter on the boat and on the shore.

Wanxi and the emperor were divided into left and right sides, accompanying the empress dowager at the banquet table, not to mention other people, even Wanxi had an illusion: as if the news in the daytime was all imagined and not real.

If the sun is used to describe the emperor, the moon in the sky is the queen.Nala just left yesterday, why is the moon still so bright tonight?

The emperor personally served the empress dowager's meal, and looked at Wanxi a little distracted, so he deliberately walked around the dining table, reached into Wanxi's cuff, and squeezed Wanxi's hand under the cover.

"Who are you going?"

Wanxi quickly regained her composure, and shook her head slightly, "It's the moon in the sky that is so beautiful, I just focus on looking at the moon."

The emperor snorted softly, "Then go look in the mirror."

Wanxi was startled, then suddenly understood what the emperor meant, and her cheeks became hot again.

The emperor moved a plate of watermelon to Wanxi, then pointed at the empress dowager, "Go~"

Wanxi was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly went forward to present the watermelon to the Empress Dowager.
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Tonight's Empress Dowager naturally already knew the news about Nala.

Wanxi looked carefully at the Empress Dowager's expression.

It would be wrong to say that the empress dowager was indifferent, Wanxi stood close, and could see a trace of exhaustion in the old lady's expression from the corners of her brows and eyes; but if it was said that the empress dowager was very moved, that would be even more out of the question.The empress dowager was very interested in watching the lanterns tonight, and she continued to personally reward the kebabs, ordering to put in the lotus lanterns, and drifting away with the flow.

Wanxi had a solid idea in mind, so she picked out all the watermelon seeds with a silver drill, and then presented the watermelon to the empress dowager.

The empress dowager took the watermelon and stared at Wanxi.

Wanxi was careful, neither happy nor sad on her face.

The Empress Dowager still sighed, "Imperial Concubine, after all, you are very lucky."

Wanxi replied indifferently: "In front of the Queen Mother, where is it my turn to talk about the blessing of the daughter-in-law? According to the daughter-in-law, now that we are in the Qing Dynasty, no one is as lucky as the Queen Mother."

The empress dowager took a bite of the watermelon, "Huh? Your watermelon is actually warm?"

Wanxi nodded, "Just now my daughter-in-law put the watermelon on the hot water for a while across the plate. Although it's not cold yet, it's already July [-]th. Chengde is a mountain city. It’s better for Er Niang to eat something warm.”

The Empress Dowager could only sigh again, "Imperial Concubine, you have a heart. Over the years, your love for me has never been broken, I am not ignorant. It's just..."

Wanxi raised her eyes and smiled faintly, "Then the empress will remember the emperor's favor. If it wasn't for the emperor, how would the daughter-in-law have the opportunity to enter the palace, and how would she be lucky enough to serve the empress?"

"If Queen Mother has grace, she can give them to Xiao Shiwu and Xiao Shiqi. They are the princes and grandchildren of Queen Mother. If Mother Huang loves them, she loves her daughter-in-law."

At this time, it became more and more clear that the old lady was getting older and more stubborn.Wanxi used to have the idea of ​​being able to change the empress dowager with her own heart, but until now, she has put this idea away bit by bit.

As long as the old lady can treat the children well, as long as the old lady does not put the prejudice against the Man-Han on the children, it will be fine.As for how the old lady guarded her and deliberately kept her distance, she didn't care that much.

The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.This country is the emperor's country, and she has to help the emperor guard it, and she doesn't want to change it; then let the old lady's temper go, and forget it if she can't move it.

If the obsession is too deep and you have to drive yourself to a dead end, wouldn't you all become that unrepentant Nalashi?
The lesson from the past is in front of her eyes, she doesn't want to live like Nalashi.Some horns are inlaid with gold and jade, and she doesn't drill them.

The next day Qin came jokingly and said: "I've seen it all. Last night, the emperor kept pouting and winking at you. Why, push you so eagerly to please the old lady? What does the emperor want?" What are you doing?"

Wanxi was not fooled, she just avoided the seriousness and said lightly, "Afraid that the empress dowager felt sorry for Nala last night, so she would blame me? Be careful to sail the boat for ten thousand years, just an old child, just stroke her hair."

Yuqin giggled, and came up to hold Wanxi's arm, "My imperial concubine, the empress is dead, and the seat in the middle palace can be vacated! In the Qing Dynasty, the officially conferred imperial concubine is not just a concubine. The second wife is playing around."

Wanxi raised her eyes and looked at Yuqin, "Sister, then I also want to say: the position of imperial concubine is vacant now!"

Yuqin blushed, and shook her head quickly, "Don't tell me, I don't dare to have that kind of heart. Back then, I still cared about status, but after these years, I have already looked down on it. Besides, there is a vacancy for the imperial concubine. There is also Concubine Shu, and according to the rules of gradual progress, Concubine Shu will naturally advance to the throne."

Wanxi hugged Yuqin's shoulders, "Then let's not talk about it. Sister, look, what regrets do we have in the palace now?"

Yuqin shook her head, "To this day, those damned people are all dead, and our hearts have become brighter. Now, all I can think about is how to bring us Yuanzi into adulthood. Then see him marry a wife and have children, then our life will be consummated, and there is nothing else we can ask for."

Wanxi quietly raised her eyes, looking at the sky above the Summer Resort, the clear sky that has already arrived in autumn.

"On the day of the canonization ceremony of the imperial concubine, I went to see her in the Yonghe Palace. She said, I used to look up at them, because I wanted to fight with them and climb up to their position; but from that day on, I But I became the lord of the six palaces, and became the target of this harem and the target of public criticism."

"She said that I will understand her feelings from now on, and I will also guard against the people in the harem like her... She wants to say that I will eventually follow in her footsteps, become as turbulent as her, and become as anxious as her , and then even the end of this life is as tragic as her."

Wanxi paused, stared at Yuqin quietly, shook her head openly and mischievously for a moment and smiled.

"Sister, I won't."

Wanxi raised her eyes to the sky, raised her head calmly, "You don't have to wait, you must be disappointed."
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The lowness of the Nala family's funeral gradually spread from the court to the courtiers, which still caused an uproar.

On July 22, the emperor suddenly issued an order to reprimand Li Yuming, the censor.

"Li Yuming, the censor, said: 'The House of Internal Affairs handles the empress's funeral, and the tomb is full moon, and all the yamen should gather together as usual. I haven't heard rumors about whether they missed it' and other words, which are really frenzied!"

"The matter of the empress last year is well known to all the people in the world. Now that she is dying of illness for a long time, she still retains her name. According to the funeral ceremony of the imperial concubine, it is handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for handling. It is my special favor. The decree is very clear, Li Yuming It's not that I don't know it well, but it is a coincidence to quote the meeting code, saying that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not handled it well. The meaning is just to imitate the example of the imperial concubine, but I still think it is not enough, but I dare not say it clearly. Disturbance, its deceitful intentions, it is impossible to ask!"

"Li Yuming said he was dismissed and locked up. Send it to Yili. And tell the world about it!"

As a censor, Li Yuming was responsible for supervising the court and supervising officials.After Nala's death, the emperor's decree said that the funeral ceremony should follow the rules of the imperial concubine, and in the funeral ceremony of the imperial concubine, ministers, princesses, and wives should gather together every day to mourn and salute.However, there is no such item in the funeral ceremony of Nalashi.

Li Yuming thought it was his responsibility to be a censor, and he had to attend a copy of the Minister of Internal Affairs.He also quoted the classics and used the provisions of the "Daqing Huidian" as the basis for impeachment.

How can the emperor tolerate such officials who are trying to gain fame and call for grievances for the Nala family?As a result, Li Yuming was dismissed from his post and sent to Yili.

This is when the emperor, after punishing Jueluo Ayong'a, once again made it clear that he ordered to punish the officials who cried out for Nala's grievances.

With the emperor's wisdom, he seldom behaved like this with his courtiers for the sake of the harem, but this time the emperor's attitude was so firm that the former court and the harem couldn't help but secretly speculate.

Just like outside the Fuyuan Gate of the Old Summer Palace, the princes and ministers in Beijing all sent people to guard there in order to listen to the emperor's movements; in fact, like the Li Dynasty and other vassal states, officials also stayed in Beijing, doing everything possible to make friends with courtiers , to spy on the emperor's mind.

And because Concubine Shujia is from Korea, the ministers of the Li Dynasty have always had more personal relationships with Concubine Shujia's mother's family and the princes born by Concubine Shujia, so the news they got is closer to the truth.

At this time, not to mention the imperial court and harem of the Qing Dynasty, even the envoys of the Li Dynasty had realized individually: the emperor trampled Nala's family to death, and his intention was to establish another queen.

The emperor was so awe-inspiring to his courtiers that he was warning the ministers that if anyone dared to object, the example was first.

　(This information is informative and precious, and the final conclusion can be made on Nala’s life, so I will list it in detail in a few words~)

　　
　
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