Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2607 Nine Volumes 89 So far there is Xiangchen under the lotus

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, only one day later, the emperor settled down with the empress dowager and returned to the palace from the Old Summer Palace.

The emperor went back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to deal with some government affairs first, and ordered the ministers to repair the Jiaolao Terrace and other things.

The second battle to pacify Jinchuan has been won, and Jinchuan officers and soldiers are about to return, and this suburban Laotai needs to be refurbished.

The second battle against Jinchuan lasted five years and cost 7000 million taels of silver. Finally, the triumphant soldiers are about to return.At this moment when the decree was issued to repair the suburban labor platform, the emperor felt the joy that his long-cherished wish had been fulfilled.

With this joy, the emperor crossed the hall and went to the east ear room of the apse to see Wanxi.By the way, tell Wanxi this happy news.

Wanxi was also very happy when she heard that, "It's time for that kid Qilinbao to come back."

He also promised Lawang that when Qilinbao came back, he would talk to him face to face.

The emperor also nodded, patted Wanxi's hand and said, "Among Xiao Jiu's children, the eldest son Fu Ling'an was the first to make meritorious service, and the Lord originally thought that the one who could inherit Xiao Jiu's achievements on the battlefield was that child; But I didn't expect that child to go one step ahead of Xiao Jiu."

"After all, the one who can really inherit Xiaojiu's military merits for the country is Qilinbao, the child. It's not in vain that he is the most similar to Xiaojiu in appearance, and he grew up with Lawang and Zhalan in the palace since he was a child. Etc. When he comes back, when Master Li goes to visit the mausoleum in February, he can also pass by Xiaojiu's tomb garden to comfort Xiaojiu."

Wanxi imagined that scene, and the voice and smile of Master Jiu couldn't help flashing before her eyes again.

Come to think of it, Lord Jiu will definitely smile in relief.
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The emperor accompanied Wanxi to talk about the meeting, but Wanxi urged the emperor to leave.

Because the Ministry of Rituals started to play early, it is the ceremony of praying for grain in the first month, the emperor should officially enter the fasting palace today to fast.

Fasting is an expression of respect to God, and there is no time to delay it.

The emperor also sighed, and raised his hand to caress Wanxi's cheek, "Although Concubine Ying and Concubine Wan are with you, you still have to let go of yourself and let go of your heart."

Wan Xi smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, Lord."

Where does Wanxi have any knots in her heart?All these years in the harem, she has already got everything she deserves; and those things that she didn't get, either she didn't take it to heart at all, or she didn't deserve it according to the Qing Dynasty...

The only knots in her heart that are really depressed are the children.

As a mother, I always hope to see my children with my own eyes.But if the children suffer from this disease or that disaster, she will be burdened with heavy shackles on her heart, how can she still be happy.
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After the emperor left, Wanxi talked to Concubine Wan and Concubine Ying for a while, and took a nap on her side at noon.

Waking up groggy, Wanxi looked up at the window.

Because it was winter, the window panes were already covered with thick ice, even if the sun was shining brightly outside, they couldn't get in as much as possible; what's more, there were cloudy clouds outside at this time, which seemed to herald the arrival of a snowstorm.

At this time, Wanxi couldn't tell whether it was day or night outside when she suddenly woke up.

I only feel the darkness and silence, and my soul is dim.

There must be a wind blowing outside the window, blowing the tile eaves, making a rustling sound, as if someone is crying in the cold wind.

Wanxi felt a headache and called out, "Yuchan, bring me a cup of hot tea."

In such a gloomy and cold weather, the only way to wake yourself up is to drink a cup of hot tea.

Yuchan agreed, but hesitated for a while before coming in.Wanxi glanced at her, but saw that Yuchan's eyes were red.

Wanxi was a little startled.

Did someone really cry?

"What's wrong with you?" Wanxi asked.

Yuchan hurriedly rubbed her eyes to cover up, "It's okay. The small charcoal stove in the porch was temporarily covered with ashes because it didn't use fire. A little anxious, this made the charcoal dust fly up and splashed into the servant's eyes."

"It's okay, the servant has already washed it with clean water, it's just a little sour, and it will be cured in a while."

When Yuchan spoke, her eyes flickered and she tried to avoid Wanxi's eyes.Wanxi knew something was wrong.

Wanxi put down her teacup, no longer in the mood to drink tea, she just stared into Yuchan's eyes and asked, "Where's Sister Chen?"

At this time in the past, when she knew she had woken up from a nap, Concubine Wan would definitely come to see her, talk to her, and see that she had taken the medicine.

But at this time, why didn't sister Chen come over?

Yuchan knew she couldn't hide it, so she knelt down on the ground with a thud, crying uncontrollably, "Return to the master...the slave wants to return one thing, but the slave is begging the master, don't hurt your heart."

Wanxi's heart swayed fiercely, "What's the matter, is it Liansheng? What's wrong with her, did she cough badly again, or did she vomit blood?"

The most serious illness that can make a mother imagine her daughter is just coughing up, or hurting her lungs and vomiting blood.

It's impossible for Wanxi to think that at the end of the day, just after noon, Xiao Qi had already passed away.

After listening to Yuchan's words, Wanxi sat on the kang in a daze, did not cry, but looked up at the dark window lattice.

"Yuchan, look, why is it getting dark so quickly..."
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The Seventh Princess passed away on Weishi, the tenth day of the first lunar month in the 40th year of Qianlong, just after noon at this time; and the emperor had entered the fasting palace to fast at the first noon, and fasting was to express respect to God, so the emperor was heartbroken, but You can't leave the fasting palace halfway.

It was not until the twelfth day of the first month, the last night of fasting, that the emperor had to go from the Forbidden City to the southern suburbs of the fasting palace to fast, and then the emperor could leave the fasting palace.

On this day, the emperor suddenly decreed: "When you meet the Yuan Festival, you will wear python robes for three days. On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month this year, there will be a lunar eclipse. Although the lunar eclipse is not comparable to the solar eclipse, it is not written in the Spring and Autumn Period, but it is related to the ancient times. The righteousness of the image should also be respected."

"It's the day to stop wearing regular clothes, and the python robe will be replaced on the [-]th. All banquets that should be held will also be changed to the [-]th."

The emperor's decree is that, on the Lantern Festival, the princes and courtiers have always worn boa robes to show festivals.However, this year happened to be a lunar eclipse on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, so all officials were not allowed to wear boa robes and floral dresses;

This decree came as a surprise, and it was unprecedented—at least in the Qianlong Dynasty, there had never been an old practice of exempting all festivals for the sake of the lunar eclipse during the Lantern Festival.

Although both solar and lunar eclipses can be regarded as warnings from heaven, because lunar eclipses are more associated with women, lunar eclipses have always been regarded as a sign of loss of morality in the harem or the fall of the throne. Men like ministers are not that nervous about the lunar eclipse.

Therefore, the emperor has never changed the old rules so openly about the lunar eclipse, and even stopped the festival banquet.

The emperor never did this in the early years of his accession to the throne, and only in recent years has he cared more about lunar eclipses.

The first time was the act of "rescue the lunar eclipse"; the next thing is this matter.

Speaking of Guiqi, the last time "rescue the lunar eclipse" was for Wanxi; but this time, the only princess who has fallen in the royal family at this time is the seventh princess...

And even as early as the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs had already issued an order to send Lawangduoerji, the seventh son-in-law of the princes and kings, who was going to participate in the Fengsan Selfless Hall in the Old Summer Palace on the [-]th of the first lunar month, and Lawangduoerji. The two uncles, Prince Chebudenzabu and his uncle, withdrew, and the emperor just wanted his uncle and nephew to perform the funeral ceremony for the princess.
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On the [-]th day of the first lunar month when the festive banquet was postponed by the emperor's decree, the emperor was free and went to the Palace of the Seventh Princess to drink wine in person.

Early in the morning of this day, the officials who were still in the festive atmosphere of the New Year took off their python robes and flowered clothes early, and only wore plain clothes. They gathered in the residence of the Seventh Princess and waited for the arrival of the emperor.

When the emperor arrived, he was crying like rain in front of his daughter's coffin...

Xiao Qixu is the seventh princess, and there are six older sisters in front of her.Except for the three princesses and Jing who are still alive at this time, the other five are no longer alive.

But he had never seen the emperor cry so bitterly in front of any princess coffin.

Even for all the elders, siblings, and heroes who are about to pay the funeral, the emperor has never lost his composure like this.

And at this time, the one who cried bitterly in front of the coffin of the Seventh Princess was no longer the emperor who had always been aloof, but just a father who lost his beloved daughter...

A father in his 60s wants to send his 20-year-old daughter off in person.The Son of Heaven who held life and death in his hands, cried like a child at this moment.

The emperor has always been a conscientious son of heaven. He has been registered for 40 years, and he has been diligent every day.But on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor really hurt his heart, so besides arranging the second menstrual sutra banquet at the beginning of the day, he even put aside all the government affairs for the time being.

Pained only by the loss of my daughter;
Just spend the rest of the time, go back to the palace to be with Wanxi.

As a husband and father, on this day, he would rather choose to let go of his responsibilities as the emperor, and only indulge in the memory of his daughter.

The emperor is like this, even though Wanxi has been heartbroken in pain, she still has to hold on in front of the emperor.

Because she can be sick, she has plenty of time to take care of her, and good sisters like Concubine Wan and Concubine Ying are with her; but the emperor doesn't have it.

For the sake of Xiaoqi, the emperor postponed the Lantern Festival banquet.Then tomorrow morning, the emperor will always go back to the Old Summer Palace, and continue to complete these "rituals" that he has as the emperor.So how could the emperor be heartbroken and fall ill at this juncture?
A country cannot be without a king for a day. If the emperor is sick, the sky of the Qing Dynasty will collapse.

Therefore, Wanxi in turn wants to comfort the emperor.She only tried her best to calmly tell the emperor about Xiaoqi's past from childhood to adulthood, picking out the joyful ones, quietly and slowly.

How could the emperor not understand Wanxi's intentions, and he couldn't ignore Wanxi's body.

He also wanted to try his best to control himself, but—after all, Xiao Qi was his and Jiu'er's first child, the first child that Jiu'er had been expecting since entering the palace for 15 years!

Although she was only a princess, not a prince, this child held a very important position in the emperor's heart. Even if the emperor was a self-controlled person, he couldn't calm down at this moment.

When it hurts the most, he can neither cry out the pain with his mouth, nor make his eyes cry. With his temperament, he can only rely on pen and ink.

Wanxi understood him, so she prepared her pen and ink and accompanied him personally, watching him express his grief with pen and ink.

The emperor personally wrote two sacrificial rites for Xiaoqi.Every sound of tears, every word dies.

The first article said: "Yesterday, from Ye Zhen, I looked at Shen Yan for a period of five days; I just returned to the spring, and I didn't look at it at night, and suddenly covered the night stage. I was only twenty years old when I was hanging in the garden. I went back to Qihu The fall of the silk silk, just beyond the five autumns. Fuqin is melancholy because of the sad moon, and the family carves a feast with tears of rain. With the award of the funeral, I am deeply saddened... Chasing the voice and appearance of the disease, lingering in the eyes; recalling the tenderness of Biling childbirth, all of a sudden."

It is written in the article that the emperor was five days before the death of Xiaoqi, that is, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, just in time for the beginning of spring. God, father and daughter have been separated forever, and heaven and man are separated.

The saddest thing for the emperor was that Xiao Qi was just 20 years old, and she had only been married for five years. Everything was still in her best years, yet she passed away so early...

The emperor used words such as "rainy tears", put down the face of the emperor, and unabashedly wrote the scene where he helped the coffin and cried loudly.The emperor didn't mind letting everyone in the world know that at that moment, his dignity as the son of heaven was not comparable to the grief of being a father.

When the emperor recalled Xiaoqi's voice and smile during his illness, it seemed that he was still in front of his eyes; when he recalled her soft appearance when she was young, it was even more unforgettable in his heart.

In the second sacrificial text, the emperor wrote: "I love the bell and set up a pendant, remembering the graceful and graceful legacy; mourning the knot, lamenting the short scene of Shaohua...It is worth looking at the spring, especially looking forward to warming; referring to the soul By coming in person, I am dying...Hui Wan cuts off the pain of sourness, and Quan Yao Juan recommends the day of cleanliness."

In this second sacrificial oration, the emperor was even more outspoken about his "love for the bell" towards Xiaoqi.Let’s talk about the day of Lichun on the fifth day of the first lunar month. I had just visited my daughter, and I hoped that the recovery of all things would make my daughter’s body gradually recover, but I never expected that I would not be able to wait until this day, only five days later. , The father and daughter will say goodbye forever.

The emperor himself wrote the sacrificial oration and threw away the pen, and he couldn't bear to read it again.

Because the sound of each word is heartbroken every inch.

Wanxi's vision was already blurred by tears, and she didn't even dare to read it completely for the first time.

For so many years, she has experienced so many things with the emperor, how has she ever seen the emperor lose his composure, cry loudly again and again, tears pouring down like rain...

Although the daughter died young, it was pitiful, but she was born in the emperor's family, but she had such a father who loved her deeply, so it was worth everything for the daughter to come to this world.

Because of the unfinished Lantern Festival rituals, the emperor had to return to Yuanmingyuan from the palace that night.Before leaving, the emperor asked Wanxi what wishes she had for Xiaoqi's funeral, and Wanxi only said calmly, "Liansheng is gone and cannot be resurrected, so I will give more of the sympathy that I gave to Liansheng to Lawang. Then The child is also suffering, and Liansheng has just been married for five years..."

Lawang was born in the 19th year of Qianlong, and he has just turned 20 now.

A man of noble birth, who was the prince of a foreign vassal, lost the love of his life at the age of 20.And how can you be willing to watch that child go alone in such a long life in the future?
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