A big gamble: the dandy princess

Chapter 520
Rong Jing and Yun Qianyue got into the carriage, the curtain fell, and the carriage headed for the palace.

The snow on the street had already been cleared away, a heater was placed in the carriage, and the thick curtains blocked the cold wind blowing, giving the feeling of warmth.Yun Qianyue leaned lazily and bonelessly on Rong Jing's body, yawning lightly.

Rong Jing looked down at her, "Didn't sleep enough?"

"En!" Yun Qianyue responded.

"I didn't sleep all night, you slept very deeply, it's so unfair, you haven't slept enough yet?" Rong Jing looked at her.

Yun Qianyue raised her eyes, and she saw that there were two faint blue eye circles under Rongjing's eyes. She asked curiously, "Why didn't you sleep?"

Rong Jing glanced at her, closed his eyes without answering.

Yun Qianyue blinked and suddenly realized, "Oh, I understand!"

"What do you understand?" Rong Jing's voice was low.

Yun Qianyue grinned at the corner of her mouth and said with a smile, "Our Mr. Rong has grown up!"

Rong Jing's ears were stained with a blush, and he suddenly lowered his head and kissed Yun Qianyue's lips fiercely.

Before Yun Qianyue could retract her smile, she was kissed by him, and the tip of her tongue wrapped around her mouth, sweeping away the sweetness in her mouth.What she wanted to say, his voice was swallowed by him, and she reached out and punched him.

Rong Jing hugged her tightly and deepened the kiss, which was extremely frenzied.Yun Qianyue closed her eyes and responded softly.

After a while, Rong Jing let her go, rubbing her gentle face with Ruyu's hand, and said softly: "I am indeed an adult, and you are also an adult. If it wasn't for the wrong timing, yesterday would be..." Halfway through, Shut up, the meaning is self-evident.

Yun Qianyue was out of breath and looked at Rongjing with blurred eyes, unable to speak for a while.Rong Jing stretched out his hand to cover her eyes, closed them himself, and calmed down his breathing.

The wind outside was a bit cold, and the curtains of the carriage rustled, and the breathing of the two lingered and intertwined in the carriage.

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped at the gate of the palace.

Seeing Yun Qianyue lying motionless on his lap, Rong Jing stretched out his hand to push her.Yun Qianyue opened her eyes, sat up lazily, and got out of the car slowly.Rong Jing gave her a funny look, and then slowly got out of the car.

Countless carriages had already parked at the gate of the palace. In the past, the carriages were brightly decorated with flowers and flowers, but today they were all wrapped in plain silk, with black or white cloth strips tied to the front of the carriages.

Yun Qianyue took a rough look, looked away, took Rong Jing's hand, walked into the palace gate, and went straight to Shengyang Hall.

Today's imperial palace is the same as the day of the old emperor's funeral, completely covered in pigment.Some rockery stone carvings and tree branches are still covered with snow, and white silk is tied to the corner pavilions.

A dark group of people had already gathered in front of the coffin shed outside the Holy Sun Hall, courtiers headed by Ye Tianyi, harem concubines headed by the Empress Dowager, royal children headed by the Sixth Princess and Seventh Princess, and Lingtai headed by Abbot Ciyun The monks in the temple, a group of priests headed by Qin Tianjian Zhang Daochang, and a group of court ladies and eunuchs headed by Brunei.Everyone seems to be ready, waiting for Rong Jing and Yun Qianyue to arrive.

Rong Jing and Yun Qianyue just showed up, and everyone's eyes were on them.The two were still dressed as in the old days, walking together, the scenery was magnificent and picturesque, and everyone who saw it couldn't help but hold their breath.

"It's becoming more and more grandiose, and you don't take the late emperor's photos seriously. Seventh brother, you just let them go down like this? What's the face of our royal family? Haven't you heard what the outside world is saying about you?" Six princesses With jealousy in his eyes, he turned his head to look at Ye Tianyi.

Ye Tianyi turned his head and glanced at the sixth princess lightly, expressionless.After a while, he ordered Brunei, "Go to Prince De's mansion to see why Little Prince Ran hasn't come yet?"

The sixth princess wanted to say something, but when she caught Ye Tianyi's gaze, she immediately fell silent.

Brunei hurried away.

Yun Qianyue and Rong Jing approached, their eyes skipped over the faces of familiar and unfamiliar people one by one, and finally settled on the Queen Mother.Seeing her in a bright red dress, she was particularly eye-catching among the concubines dressed in plain colors.I haven't seen her for a few days, and she seems to be much thinner and haggard again. Except for the protruding belly in front of her, her clothes are loose and she is almost out of shape. The essence is drained, leaving only the bark.She suddenly felt cold.

Seeing Yun Qianyue's eyes, the Queen Mother waved to her gently, "Yue'er, come to Auntie."

Yun Qianyue restrained her mind, lowered her eyebrows and walked over.

When she came close, the queen mother reached out to hold her hand, and said angrily: "You child, you ran out in the snow, do you know how many people are worried about you? You must never do such a stupid thing again in the future."

"As long as no one forces me, of course I won't do it." Yun Qianyue felt that the Queen Mother's hands were cold, so she turned around and said, "Why don't you wear more, aunt, hold a hand stove!"

"With you warming your hands by my side, my aunt won't feel cold." The queen mother smiled lovingly.

"No matter how warm my hands are, they are not as warm as a hand stove." Yun Qianyue glanced behind the queen mother, and told Madam Guan, "Mommy, go get my aunt a hand stove."

"Miss Qianyue, although it was cold in the funeral of the first emperor, the dead were the most important. The empress dowager originally wanted to give a big ceremony, but now she is thinking of the emperor in her belly, so the kneeling ceremony can be avoided, but this hand stove is blasphemy to the Holy Lord. There is no such rule." Daoist Zhang said immediately.

"Master Zhang, the rules are made by people. If the emperor in the empress dowager's womb is frozen, who will bear the responsibility? Can you afford it?" Yun Qianyue looked at Daoist Zhang.

Elder Zhang Dao turned pale, choked on his words, and looked at Ye Tianyi.

"The queen mother's situation is special. The father loves his son, so he can understand the mother's hard work." Ye Tianyi glanced at Daoist Zhang, and told Madam Guan, "Go and get the stove for the queen mother!"

"Yes!" Nanny Guan went immediately.

Yun Qianyue stopped talking, and the queen mother patted her hand and stopped talking.No one made a sound, and the place fell silent.

Not long after, Madam Guan brought the hand stove, and the Empress Dowager held it in her hand.

After a while, Daoist Zhang said again, "Prince Regent, the auspicious time is coming, and the young prince Ran has not come yet, should we send someone to remind him? We can't wait for him to delay the late emperor's funeral."

"Prince Regent, why don't you go and urge the dog?" Prince De couldn't stand anymore. Both Rong Jing and Yun Qianyue had come, but Ye Qingran hadn't come yet.

"Wait a little longer, he won't stop coming." Ye Tianyi shook his head.

The regent and Daoist Zhang could only stop talking and looked anxiously at the gate of the palace.

After waiting for a while, Ye Qingran finally appeared in everyone's sight.He still dressed as before, but everyone still felt that today's Little Prince Ran was different from the past.No longer ostentatious, no longer free and easy, walking steadily, step by step, the shadow of the past is gone, but a kind of coldness after sharpening a sword emanates from the heart.

Yun Qianyue looked at Ye Qingran, and suddenly felt desolation from the bottom of her heart. This desolation was just like yesterday when he stood in her courtyard, making her feel cold all over.She withdrew her gaze and lowered her eyelids, pretending she didn't see him coming.

Not long after, Ye Qingran came outside the Temple of the Holy Sun, and the time pointed by the hourglass was exactly the auspicious time.

"Let's get started!" Ye Tianyi instructed Qin Tianjian.

Zhang Daozhang nodded, quickly took out a piece of square cloth from his sleeve, and unfolded the cloth. With a shake of his hand, the square cloth was thrown out of his hand and fixed in mid-air.He shouted, "Emperor Daxing's funeral, let's go to the funeral!"

"Long live the first emperor, long live, long live!" All civil and military officials, harem concubines, and monks from Lingtai Temple all knelt down in unison.Except for the Queen and Yun Qianyue, the only ones who didn't kneel were Rong Jing.

"Jing Shizi, why don't you kneel?" Ye Tianyi knelt on the ground, looking at Rongjing.

Rong Jing looked at the coffin of the old emperor, and said calmly: "The former emperor once ordered Rong Jing not to kneel. He will not kneel in life, and he will not kneel in death."

Ye Tianyi looked at Yun Qianyue.

Yun Qianyue didn't see his eyes. Although she didn't have the old emperor's permission to misbehave, it was an unwritten rule that she never kneeled. Even when she was pretending for ten years, she arrogantly refused to kneel.Now she hated his posthumous photo to death, it would be good not to pull him out of the coffin, let alone kneel down.

Ye Tianyi withdrew his gaze and stopped talking.No one speaks.

Zhang Daochang glanced at Rong Jing, Yun Qianyue, and Ye Tianyi, and began to recite the words on the square cloth.

Yun Qianyue looked at the piece of square cloth hanging in the sky, thinking that this Taoist leader is quite capable, but this is nothing more than the energy he used, and the written records on it are nothing more than the old emperor's life. meritorious service.When the emperors of all dynasties passed away, they all liked to praise their meritorious deeds instead of saying their faults.The old emperor is no exception.

After reading a full of praises and virtues, Zhang Daochang's work was over, he took back the square cloth and looked at Lord Yun.

Prince Yun is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, so the emperor's funeral ceremony is naturally handed over to the Ministry of Rites.He stood up, and also took out a square cloth from his sleeve. He had no martial arts, so he naturally spread it in his hand, and shouted: "Emperor Daxing has a funeral, send him to the funeral!" Praise ceremony!"

Abbot Ciyun sat cross-legged with all the monks, chanting scriptures.Everyone listened quietly, and the entire palace was filled with chanting.

Half an hour later, the chanting ended.Prince Yun shouted again, "Emperor Daxing has a funeral, let's go to the funeral! From the second ceremony, the new emperor will lead all civil and military officials to express their condolences!"

The queen mother walked towards the old emperor's coffin with the hand stove in her arms, and Brunei immediately presented the paper money.She gently put it into the brazier in front of the coffin, and when the paper money met the charcoal fire, it rushed over.

Lord Yun shouted again, "The Prince Regent offers condolences!"

Ye Tianyi stepped forward, and Brunei presented the paper money again.He kowtowed three times and put the paper money into the brazier.

Lord Yun shouted again, "Senior Jing expresses his condolences!"

Rong Jing stepped forward, Brunei presented the paper money again, he gently raised his hand, and put the paper money into the brazier.When the paper money met the fire, there was a bang, and the flames jumped up. After a while, it turned into ashes and fell outside the brazier. He glanced at it lightly, and retreated.

"Prince de Condolences!"

"Prince Filial Piety offers condolences!"

"Little prince Ran expresses his condolences!"

"Little prince Leng expresses his condolences!"

"..."

Civil and military officials were called by name, and they came forward to pay their respects one by one.

After hundreds of people paid their respects, it was the prince and princess Yun Qianyue and others who paid their respects, and then the concubines of the harem.Just as Prince Yun was about to call his concubine's rank, the Queen Mother said coldly, "Wait!"

Everyone looked at the queen mother, but Prince Yun stopped talking.

The queen mother asked the concubines in the harem, "Where is the Ming concubine?"

The concubines in the harem looked at each other and shook their heads together.

Yun Qianyue knew that her aunt was talking about Concubine Ming, and thought that once the emperor died, some people's identities would change. The empress would become Queen Mother, and Concubine Ming would naturally become a concubine.

The Queen Mother asked Brunei, "Eunuch Wen, do you know?"

Brunei shook his head, "Going back to the empress dowager, the slaves don't know. After the emperor's funeral that day, the Ming concubine was seriously injured and returned to the palace to recuperate. I haven't seen the Ming concubine again."

"She was the most favored by the emperor during her lifetime, and her favor has not faded for more than 20 years. Now that the late emperor has passed away, and the funeral is going on, how can there be no her? If she is not here, the late emperor misses her, and the chariot may not be able to leave. "The Queen Mother said in a deep voice: "Prince Regent, what do you think?"

"The queen mother is right!" Ye Tianyi nodded, and said to Brunei, "You go to the palace of the empress dowager Ming to invite her!"

"Yes!" Brunei immediately responded.

"Skip over Concubine Ming for now, let's continue!" Ye Tianyi ordered.

The Empress Dowager had no objection, so Prince Yun continued to recite the ranks of concubines, and stepped forward to pay their respects one by one according to the ranks.

(End of this chapter)