Wangfu little dumb wife

Chapter 787 Su Qing returns to Beijing (3 more)
The heavy stone gate of the imperial mausoleum was not yet closed, and the one who came to report the funeral was Aunt Jingzhe, who was beside Empress Qi, and she knelt in front of Emperor Xuanjing in front of all the officials, her tears fell to the ground one by one.

Emperor Xuan Jing looked at her with downcast eyes, his face was dull and clueless, he just replied "I know", and then began to order the various yamen to prepare for Empress Qi's funeral.

Seeing the young emperor's reaction, all the officials looked at each other in blank dismay, with mixed feelings in their hearts. Whether it was the death of the first emperor or the death of the current successor, His Majesty was so indifferent as if he was watching a play, as if that was not his biological father at all. mother.

To be so cold-blooded, really, really...

Aunt Jing Zhe also felt the indifference in the young emperor's tone, and her back froze. The former First Prince and His Royal Highness were most concerned about their biological mother.In the past, he was taught by Young Master Song to make dumplings on New Year's Eve and personally delivered them to the master to taste.

At that time, no matter what the emperor's attitude was, His Highness was devoted to the master.

But now, upon hearing the news of his master's death, His Majesty didn't respond at all. Why?When did it become like this?

Could it be that that position can really make people disown their relatives?

Aunt Jingzhe sighed silently when she thought of the master's order before her death that she would take Xiudong and Nianchun to serve the imperial court in the future.

"Get up." After Zhao Xi finished explaining to the officials of the various ministries, he turned to look at Jing Zhe, "I have to trouble my aunt to worry about the mother's funeral."

He only ordered this sentence before leading the people to leave the imperial tomb.

After Jing Zhe got up, looking at the direction in which the young emperor left, he sighed again.

Eunuch Cui walked over, with indescribable relief in his tone, "Your Majesty has finally grown up."

Aunt Jing Zhe turned her head to look at him with complicated eyes, "The so-called growing up is to make him so cold-blooded?"

Eunuch Cui snorted, "Emperors who value love and righteousness since ancient times were either plotted against by subordinates or invaded by enemy countries. How many of them ended well? Our new emperor, he can be an unfilial son, but he must be a wise king. This is enough."

Jing Zhe didn't understand these things, so she just asked: "Everyone is gone, why isn't your father-in-law gone?"

Eunuch Cui sat down on the stone pier next to him, "Our family has served the late emperor for decades, but now that we are gone, our family is reluctant to part with the late emperor, so we stay in the imperial mausoleum to accompany his old man."

"Aren't you going to serve His Majesty?" Aunt Jing Zhe asked.

"That kid Sanbao is smart." Eunuch Cui sighed, "It's enough to have him around."

As she said that, the topic changed, "It's you, the empress always praises you for being prudent when she is alive. When the empress is done with her affairs, go back to the palace. Your majesty needs a aunt Jingzhe by her side."

……

It is the first time in the history of Chu that the emperor and empress passed away one after another.

Having just finished handling the late emperor's funeral affairs, the various government offices that thought they could breathe a sigh of relief began to get busy again.

Empress Qi's posthumous title was given to her by the first emperor, Ming De, Empress Ming De, the intention was that she would follow the first emperor to know the general principles.

Empress Mingde's body was not sent back to the capital, and the funeral affairs were handled directly in the palace. Compared with the late emperor, Empress Mingde's funeral had less procedures, and all the yamen had just finished handling the late emperor's funeral affairs. It's much easier to get up.

Before the coffin was built, the Minister of Rites had come to ask Zhao Xi for instructions, and asked him if he wanted to see Empress Mingde for the last time, but Zhao Xi directly refused.

At that time, Dong Han was sitting next to Zhao Xi, and when he heard this, he gave him a wink to back off, but he didn't say a word.

She understood very well that no amount of consolation would be of use at this time, what His Majesty wanted most was to be alone.

The two sat quietly for a while, and Zhao Xi suddenly looked at Dong Han, "The emperor's aunt and the others couldn't rest well when the first emperor was attending the funeral, and now they are going to have the empress's funeral. Give them a short rest."

Dong Han stood up, made a farewell ceremony, and said, "Your Majesty himself must take care of the dragon's body."

Although since the death of the first emperor, His Majesty will eat every meal that should be eaten, and rest when he has time to rest, but such things as the death of parents must be a lot of pressure in his heart.

Dong Han couldn't empathize, but every time she saw His Majesty sitting quietly, she always felt a pain in her heart.

After Empress Dong left, Eunuch Sanbao came in with a bowed body, and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial city is here to report that the one in the cold palace is dead."

Zhao Xi half leaned on the glazed couch, "Kill yourself?"

Eunuch Sanbao said: "I heard from the palace people that I contracted a cold a few years ago, and I haven't been seen by the imperial doctor, so I lived to death."

Zhao Xi understood, "It's true, even if she wants to seek death, she should also think about the living."

In the palace, it is a felony for a concubine to kill herself. Shuren Liang also has a son, Zhao Nuo, who is raised under Concubine Qing's lap. Once she seeks death, Zhao Nuo will not live long.

When Zhao Nuo was mentioned, Zhao Xi thought about the follow-up matters by the way. After Empress Mingde was buried with the late emperor in the imperial mausoleum, the first thing Zhao Xi did when he returned to the palace was to arrange for the late emperor's concubines.

According to the past practice, all the concubines who had given birth were moved to the West Palace, and as for the prince, they were granted the title of king and left the palace to open the mansion.

However, the second prince, Zhao Nuo, and the third prince, Zhao Huan, were still young, so Zhao Xi set a precedent. First, he honored Concubine Qing as Concubine Qing, then named Zhao Nuo as Prince Ding, and Zhao Huan as Prince Jing, and finally decreed that Let Concubine Qing move out of the palace to take care of the two young princes in Prince Jing's mansion.

Concubine Qing was trapped in the palace for many years, and finally she was able to go out to see the sun. The day she received the decree, she was moved to tears.

The above arrangements are for the concubines who have given birth, and those who have not given birth will be sent to the royal temple for repair.

What's interesting is that when Father-in-law Sanbao took someone to check on the concubine, he found that the two nobles were pregnant, both of them were the same for more than two months.

If the calculation is strictly based on the time of the late emperor's death, neither of them was conceived during the national mourning period.

However, the late emperor has been ill in bed since the hunting last autumn. How the two of them conceived their bodies, or whose species they were pregnant with, is a question worth pondering.

The two nobles knelt on the ground and kept crying, insisting that they were pregnant with the late emperor's heir.

Father-in-law Sanbao went to check Tongshi, and there was no record of the two of them serving in bed.

The two were in a hurry, so they had no choice but to tell the truth, saying that they were thinking about the late emperor and they were worried that they would be sent to the royal temple, so they went in quietly one night when the Qianqing palace was loosely guarded, and said that this matter Eunuch Cui can testify.

Eunuch Sanbao had no choice but to go to the imperial mausoleum to ask his godfather, Eunuch Cui.

After hearing this, Eunuch Cui sighed and said, "That's true."

He wanted to stop it at the time, but those two women were very capable in this regard, and the late emperor was aroused, so how could he suppress it.

But in front of his godson, Eunuch Cui could only say this, "The first emperor probably regretted that he didn't have a few more children in his lifetime, so he let them go."

Eunuch Sanbao was sweating when he heard that, the late emperor was like that and he could conceive two nobles at the same time.

After he returned to the palace, he truthfully reported the matter to Zhao Xi.

When he learned that the two women were carrying the seed of the late emperor, Zhao Xi's face turned cold, and he directly ordered Tang to give birth to the fetus, and then found an excuse to execute him.

Leaving aside the audacity of those two men who secretly sneaked into the emperor's bedroom to seduce and seduce the late emperor when he was seriously ill, it was a serious crime, let's say that these two heirs, once they were born, would be a disgrace to the late emperor, and even more a disgrace to the royal family. How could Zhao Xi tolerate it? they?
Originally, I thought that the mother would be so expensive because of the son, but who would have thought that in the end, they would fall under my own cleverness, and the two of them died quietly.

The news that the two of them were pregnant, but all the insiders were dealt with, and no news came out. The other concubines only knew that two nobles had died for no reason. They guessed that the new emperor had issued a secret order to let people be buried. They were worried about this matter. The son fell on his head, so he didn't dare to delay any longer, packed up his things and left the imperial city to go to the temple.

But in just a few days, the moving palace, the leaving palace, the palace where the concubines used to live were empty, and most of the imperial city was empty.

Zhao Xi also moved from the East Palace to the Qianqing Palace, and officially began to go to court as the emperor.

On the first day of court, Zhao Xi only said two things.

First, because of the mourning of the Great Chu State, Beiyan has asked for a truce for three months.

Second, the emperor and queen passed away one after another, which was a double national mourning, so the mourning period was extended to 54 days.

That is, the 27th day of the first emperor and the 27th day of Empress Mingde.

Song Yuanbao had already entered the Imperial Academy. When he got the news, he spit out a sip of tea and looked at his colleague opposite who had been sprayed with tea, "What? 54th? My dear boy."

He has been soaking in cold water for more than half a month!
The colleague lifted up his sleeves and wiped it calmly, and asked him, "Why did Brother Xiao Song react so strongly?"

Song Yuanbao laughed dryly, "It's okay, I'm always surprised, just get used to it."

……

A few days after Zhao Xi resumed his court, Su Qing came back from northern Xinjiang.

(End of this chapter)