Wangfu little dumb wife

Chapter 373
In order to see her daughter for the last time, the Empress Dowager has been hanging her life on decoction for the past few days, and there is a pungent herbal smell in Shou'an Palace.

When the family of three arrived, Fanghua heard the cry of a woman from the inner hall from afar.

It was inconvenient for Lu Xingzhou to enter the inner hall, so he stayed outside and was greeted by Eunuch Jiang, the eunuch in charge of Shouan Palace.

Even if he is not a son-in-law, this is still the empress dowager's son-in-law, and the servants of Shou'an Palace dare not disrespect him.

Fanghua took her son's little hand and went straight to the inner hall.

When I entered, I saw several concubines kneeling in front of the phoenix couch.

Empress Su, Concubine Qi and Concubine Duan stood aside, all looked at the person on the bed with concern, and when they saw Fanghua, they all smiled politely because it was difficult to greet each other because they were common people.

Fanghua's gaze was fixed on the disfigured face of her biological mother, her nose was sour uncontrollably.

She still remembered that before she left Beijing, the Empress Dowager's face was radiant and energetic, even if she could not live forever, she would live a long life.

Who would have expected that in just two short years, she seemed to have exhausted her hard work, her hair was all white, her whole body was lifeless, her eye sockets were deeply sunken, her cheekbones were protruding, and her eyelids were drooping, making it difficult to look at people.

"Mother!" Fanghua stepped forward and knelt down in front of the phoenix couch with a plop. He held the queen mother's exposed hand with both hands, and he could clearly feel the abrupt blood vessels on the back of her hand.

Hearing the sound, the queen mother thought it was hallucination, opened her eyes with effort, and saw that it was indeed Fanghua who was kneeling in front of the couch. She was full of excitement, and held her daughter's hand instead, but she couldn't speak a long sentence when she opened her mouth. emotions, and finally merged into that trembling sound, "Fanghua——".

"Mother, it's my daughter who is late."

"The Ai family finally expects you back."

Fanghua nose pantothenic acid.

Some things, you have to wait until the moment of death to think about it. If you can do it again, the good, the bad, the impulsive, the missed, and the things you didn’t want to recall before, all pop up in your mind in an instant.

She knelt before her mother's sick bed, weeping.

As a real sister-in-law, Empress Su couldn't stand by and watch at this time.

She came over and said softly, "Fanghua, don't be too sad."

Fanghua didn't look up, and after wiping away her tears, she said in a calm voice, "Can the empress take the others to retreat first? I have a few words that I want to say to my mother alone."

Empress Su nodded and did not persuade her any more, she quickly left Shouan Palace with Concubine Qi, Concubine Duan and several other concubines.

When everyone was almost gone, Fanghua pulled his son forward, with a smile on his lips, "Mother, this is Lu Xingzhou and I's first son, Yan Li."

After finishing speaking, he said to the little guy again: "Li'er, call me grandma."

Lu Yanli was frightened by the Empress Dowager's emaciated appearance at first, and took half a step back. Seeing his mother's eyes, he didn't dare to move again, and after swallowing his saliva, he softly called out, "Grandmother~"

The queen mother automatically ignored the details of his retreating because of fear of herself, and raised her hand to touch his head with effort.

Mother and daughter bonded, Fanghua saw through what the biological mother wanted to say but couldn't say, smiled and said to his son: "Grandmother told you to listen to your mother's words in the future, Lier, please promise to grandma that you will be a child in the future." Good boy."

Lu Yanli looked at the Queen Mother without blinking, and said three words, "Good boy~"

Incompletely, the old man understood, with a gratified smile on his face.

Later, Fanghua asked Eunuch Jiang to bring Lu Xingzhou in.

Looking at the dying queen mother, Lu Xingzhou secretly sighed in his heart, stepped forward and knelt down side by side with Fanghua.

When the queen mother saw him, her original calm disappeared, and her mood fluctuated a little.

Fanghua was afraid that she would not be able to lift her breath, so she got up quickly to support her body, and stretched out her hand to gently hold her breath.

The Empress Dowager felt better leaning against Fanghua's arms, and gradually she was able to speak, telling Lu Xingzhou, "After Ai's family leaves, be loyal and loyal to the emperor."

Although he was a little puzzled, Lu Xingzhou kept nodding, "Okay."

The queen mother was satisfied, and then raised her arm, and put Fanghua's hand in his palm, the meaning of entrustment could not be more obvious.

Lu Xingzhou didn't want the old man to talk too much and waste his energy, so he said bluntly, "Mother-in-law, don't worry, my son-in-law will take good care of the rest of my life."

The queen mother nodded, "I want... I want to grow old together."

Lu Xingzhou and Fanghua looked at each other, and they both nodded in agreement.

After explaining everything that should be explained, the queen mother did not leave any regrets, saying that she was tired and let the couple go out first.

Fanghua heard what the queen mother meant, and felt a faint pain in her heart. When she walked to the door, she couldn't help it, and turned around again.

When she saw the person on the couch sleeping with her eyes closed, she pursed her lips tightly and knelt down heavily.

……

In the summer of the 134th year of the Chu calendar, Empress Dowager Renyi passed away on her birthday at the age of 60.

The death knell rings, and the whole country mourns.

Inside and outside the capital is a piece of plain.

Fanghua knelt in front of the coffin in filial piety, her eyes bloodshot.

It's past the hour of crying, Concubine Duan sees that she still refuses to leave, so she slowly steps forward to persuade her to mourn.

It's okay if others don't persuade her, but once she persuades her, Fanghua's tears will come.

Seeing her biological mother die with her own eyes, it was the first time she was so afraid of birth, old age, sickness and death.

Concubine Duan said: "When the Empress Dowager was alive, she had already fulfilled all her wishes. She died peacefully and passed away peacefully. It can barely be regarded as half a happy funeral. You have to be careful about such things."

With that said, he stretched out his hand to help Fanghua get up.

Fanghua walked out of the mourning hall, and saw Lu Xingzhou and the little guy standing on the veranda not far away.

Concubine Duan said with a smile, "The living are important, aren't they?"

Fanghua pursed her lips and said nothing, but the eyes that looked at her husband and son gradually became moist.

Concubine Duan left without intending to disturb the warm moment of the family of three.

Lu Xingzhou came forward with his son.

The little guy who didn't know any worries at all called out "Mother" sweetly.

Lu Xingzhou didn't speak, just took out his handkerchief, and gently wiped the corners of her eyes.

The silent relief at this moment is more likely to move people.

Fanghua's blocked mood was quickly relieved, and she asked the man, "Have you eaten with Lier?"

"Just used it." Lu Xingzhou nodded.

"how about you?"

Lu Xingzhou said, "Wait for you."

Youth is a filial son, and it is still customary. It should not eat or drink all day long, and kneel and guard the mourning hall at night.

However, Emperor Guangxi had long ago ordered that the old customs be eliminated, and food was allowed during the mourning period, but it was not allowed to be contaminated with meat.

Fanghua nodded, took his son's other little hand, and the family of three headed towards the dining hall.

Knowing that she was suffering, Lu Xingzhou did not mention the Queen Mother at the dinner table.

After the meal, Fanghua went to see Emperor Guangxi alone and asked him about the situation in the days before the Queen Mother's death.

She always felt that the Queen Mother shouldn't be aging so fast.

Emperor Guangxi was in a fit of anger, he blamed all the crimes on the old Lord Lu, when he heard Fanghua's question, he was furious, "It's all caused by your father-in-law!"

Fanghua was baffled, "Old Hou Ye has not been in the palace for 40 years, how could he cause trouble?"

Emperor Guangxi withdrew the eunuchs from the palace, suppressed his anger and said: "The queen mother left a calligraphy of Mr. Liu in her hand, and for some reason, Lu Feng found out about it and asked to come to the palace.

I heard people say that the queen mother sent out all the servants of Shouan Palace on the day he entered the palace. During that half hour, no one knew what they talked about, and no one knew how Lu Lao Hou persuaded the queen mother Yes, all in all, it was he who took the painting in the end.

From that day on, the queen mother seemed to be a different person. Not only did she not hate him, but she also asked me to reward the Lu family before she died, saying that the Lu family is full of loyalty and loyalty, enough to be named a first-class duke, and let me make the Marquis of Wu'an the Duke of Loyalty. It is said that if the country is in trouble in the future, the Lu family will definitely come forward.

If the queen mother hadn't been seriously ill, how could she have said such nonsense? "

Fanghua frowned, "Didn't brother ask carefully?"

"As for the situation at that time, how can I ask in detail?" Emperor Guangxi firmly believed that it was Lu Laohou who was obstructing it.

Fanghua felt that something was wrong, "The imperial doctor has said that my mother is not sick, and she died of old age."

Therefore, those words are not necessarily nonsense, they are most likely implying something.

Emperor Guangxi snorted coldly, "Could it be that without the Lu family, my dragon chair will not be able to sit still?"

"That's not what I meant." Fanghua shook her head. "It's an old saying that people speak well when they are about to die. I think there must be a reason and intention for my mother to say such abnormal words before she died."

After a pause, she looked at Emperor Guangxi again, "My mother lived in hatred for most of her life, and she almost made up her mind to never end with that person, but she walked away so peacefully, which only shows that she did not leave any regrets during her lifetime.

In other words, the mother probably reconciled with Master Lu.

As for the way of their 'reconciliation', whether Old Master Lu personally apologized to her, or if the misunderstanding between them was finally resolved, I'm afraid they can only ask the person concerned. "

(End of this chapter)