Royal daughter-in-law

Chapter 568 The Emperor’s Lament (3)
There was a gentle smile on the corner of Helian's lips: "Let's go, it's getting late, it's cold outside at night, I'm afraid it will affect the emperor's body, so go early and return early."

Emperor Ning Xi was bewildered at this moment, like a child listening to his mother, nodding frequently.

He Lian asked Qing Chan to say hello to Yao Fushou, and asked Lan Ting to follow behind with a lantern, and took advantage of the half-bright and half-dark sky with the emperor to go to Fengzao Palace in a chariot.

Fengzao Palace, indeed, there were not many people there.

A eunuch guarding the gate was startled when he saw your concubine coming with the emperor, and couldn't speak clearly.

Since the coffin stopped, there was not a single condolence person. The queen died of illness while taking her sin. Who would dare to wade into this muddy water?In addition, most of the people in the palace are red-topped and white, and the master is gone, and he died disgracefully, so why do they come to worship.

Only after listening to your concubine's orders, the eunuch came to his senses and led the emperor in.

Emperor Ning Xi walked all the way in, seeing that the empress's residence is now dilapidated, the palace is so huge that the servants can count on five fingers, he couldn't help but tremble.

The mourning hall is located in the main hall of Fengzao Palace.

The mourning flags in front of the gate fluttered in the night wind, and the shadows of white lanterns flickered.

In the hall, two tallow white candles burned almost to the bottom, and the candle oil melted all over the floor. A nanmu coffin was placed in the middle. The outer coffin had not been covered, and the coffin lid was also open.

Emperor Ning Xi stopped, and only heard Helian's "Your Majesty" before he came back to his senses.

Today is the last day I can see her, and after tomorrow, there will be a real separation between yin and yang.

Emperor Ning Xi moved his Adam's apple, broke away from Helian's support, walked over, and looked inside by the candlelight in the mourning hall.

Jiang's body has been cleaned up, the shroud is in order, and the facial features have been slightly trimmed. It is lifelike, as serious and dignified as before.

Emperor Ning Xi almost felt that the touch of his hand would wake her up, but when it touched the skin of her cheek, it felt cold, inelastic, and constricted. It was the skin of a dead person, so her eyes turned red, and her body almost couldn't hold it up.

The person who was by my side when I was young is really gone.

He hadn't calculated how important Jiang was in his life, and he didn't even feel much about seeing her for many days. Anyway, she would always guard in Fengzao Palace, but at this moment, it seemed that his soul had left his body. .

As soon as he looked away, he frowned, held back the tears, stretched his hand beside Jiang's body, and said in a trembling voice, "This... what is this?"

Helianshi was suspicious, and walked over a few steps, only to see a small stack of yellow satin and gold silk beside the queen's body, which seemed to be pressed under the body, revealing a little edge, looking carefully, it turned out to be like clothes, and carefully Take it out, spread it out, it really is clothes.

A small suit, tiger-head hat, tiger-head shoes, and open pants, turned out to be—baby clothes!

Look at the size, it is newborn baby clothes.

At the door, a nurse of Fengzao Palace guarding the spirit never expected that the emperor would come. Seeing the two people seeming to have found something in the coffin, they crawled in and kowtowed: "The emperor forgives the sin, the emperor forgives the sin!"

Helian's face changed: "You put this in? How can you just put something in the queen's coffin!"

Emperor Ning Xi didn't get angry, he just took the baby's clothes and squeezed them between his fingers, as if he had guessed something.

The mother cried: "A few days before the queen died of illness in the Hall of Thought and Punishment, she asked someone to bring a message to the slaves, saying... that if she goes, the clothes she kept in the cabinet must be put in her coffin , to be buried with her! The old slave was taken aback at the time, and he just said it casually as the empress, but a few days later, the empress really went! The old slave has served in Fengzao Palace all his life, and the empress has such a little will. Obey it, and secretly stuffed it in—”

Helen frowned: "What is this?"

Emperor Ning Xi tightened his hands, pinching the baby's clothes and wrinkled them. He felt his heart beating violently. He heard the nanny choked up and responded: "...the clothes that the empress prepared for the little prince when she was pregnant. Later, the empress had a miscarriage. But the set of clothes has been kept..." As he spoke, he wiped away his tears, "...the servant is afraid that she will think about others when she sees things, and she will be sad when she sees them. She once advised the empress to throw them away, but the empress said, maybe it will be useful in the future. ? But...but it's useless... Now that the empress is gone, she doesn't forget to take this set of baby clothes with her, she must still be unable to let go of the idea of ​​having children for the emperor..."

Helian's eyes were a little moved, and he sighed: "Get up, go out." Then, he glanced at Emperor Ning Xi, gently took the baby clothes in his hand, and put them back next to Jiang's body.

Emperor Ning Xi let her take it in a daze, and after a while he smiled miserably: "So she cared... I always thought she didn't care, and I didn't take the miscarriage into my heart for a long time. It turns out that she has been thinking about it all these years. I have always wanted to add another child to me...but..."

But these years, he didn't even come to Fengzao Palace, so how could he let her have children.

His heart was filled with grief, and all the pain of cutting flesh with blunt knives came out in an instant, and suddenly intensified, he lowered his head, looked at the person in the coffin again, stabbed in the chest, "wow", bent down, and spit out a small mouthful of blood.

"Your Majesty—" Helianshi was startled, and held him by the arm, "I will accompany you back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation—"

"No," Emperor Ning Xi slowly pushed her away, sat down, leaned against the coffin, took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, "It's all here, I want to sit a little longer and be with her."

Seeing that the emperor insisted, He Lian didn't dare to force it. Seeing that although he vomited blood, he seemed to be used to it, so he had to stand aside and call someone if the situation was wrong.

He Lianshi stood on the side, her eyes were quiet and soft, and she fell on the emperor.

The man's face was dull and dull, full of deep self-blame.

I thought he would feel more at ease when he came to send the queen off for the last time, but unexpectedly, the trip tonight had the opposite effect, making him fall into more regret and guilt, unable to extricate himself.

I don't know how long it took, the night outside the door deepened, and the candles were about to burn out, Emperor Ning Xi stood up unsteadily, as if all three souls and six souls had disappeared, and left the mourning hall holding Helian's arm.

After leaving Fengzao Palace and before getting on the chariot, Emperor Ning Xi cheered up a little. He glanced at Helian, with a strong nasal voice and a gentle tone: "Thank you for your hard work tonight."

He Lian's eyes drooped: "It is my duty and a blessing to be able to relieve the emperor's worries, how can I call it hard work."

Emperor Ning Xi sighed: "You have always been submissive and cautious, and you have never done anything against the rules. You came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation tonight without a pass. It must not be just to enlighten me. Yu Yan, if you have anything to say, just say it." Bar."

After a short hesitation, the Helian family knelt down: "I beg the emperor not to let the king of Qin take the regent, and take back the imperial decree! There are Prime Minister Yu and King Jingyang in the court, which is more than enough. Otherwise, there will be more than one adult prince. You can choose other princes! The eldest prince and the second prince have also made achievements over the years, and they are also worthy of the post of regent."

(End of this chapter)