Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1047 "Mother Killing"
Mrs. Li heard the news that the Queen Mother had passed away while she was having breakfast.

She was too shocked, but she didn't dare to delay, so she directly invited Mrs. Zhao Jia over, asking her to take care of the children Tianyou and Tianbao, and then hurriedly boarded the carriage.Niuniu and Tianhui came back with her.

Along the way, I encountered many carriages belonging to princes and ministers.

They all stayed here in Haidian to escape the summer heat, and returned to Beijing after hearing the news of the national funeral.

Mrs. Li did not use the carriage frame given by the emperor, but also the carriage made by Mrs. Uncle.Along the way, in addition to being given way several times by others, the Cao Mansion also gave way to carriages from other mansions twice.

However, the other party refused to go first when they heard that it was Mrs. Li's carriage in the Cao Mansion.

A stalemate for a cup of tea on the official road is about to block the road.Mrs. Li really had no choice but to ask her mother-in-law to thank Mrs. Baylor before taking the first step.

Because of the rush on the road, when I returned to the mansion, it was only Sichu (nine o'clock in the morning).

Chu Yu has already dressed up in high grades and is waiting in the mansion.When the mother-in-law comes back, she waits and dresses up, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law go out together to wait for orders outside the palace gate.

Niuniu and Tianhui were ordered to temporarily take care of housework instead of Chuyu.

By noon, the Ministry of Rites had already invited the imperial decree to come back. At Xushi ([-]:[-] p.m.), the Empress Dowager’s funeral was held. , all gathered to mourn.

Although there were still three or four hours left, no one dared to go home and take a rest before waiting.

It was a hot summer, and I was wearing a big dress. The young man was fine, but he was sweating a little more.Those who are old are suffering.Shaky, a little unsteady.

According to the orders, Mrs. Li's age is not considered to be very old, even if it is so, she is a little bit overwhelmed.Fortunately, before going out, Chu Yu prepared two purses, and asked Mrs. Li to keep them in her sleeves.One contains plums, and the other contains mints, both of which are things that promote body fluids.

At the beginning of the unitary year, there were courteous officials leading all the orders outside the Yonghe Palace.

The mourning and joy were over, and as the golden crow fell to the west, the sky gradually darkened, which gave birth to a bit of coolness.

In front of the Palace of Yonghe, from the steps to the entrance of the Palace of Yonghe, there were many people standing, but everyone held their breath and concentrated, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

In addition to the low ritual music, there is only the emperor's mourning.

When the big burial ceremony was completed in Xushi, everyone didn't even have the time to catch their breath, so they "respectfully sent" Empress Dowager Daxing's Zigong to the Cining Palace.

On this day, Yongzheng made four decrees of grace.

Set up tea in a cool place, listen to the orders of the ministers to drink, the elderly and slow-moving people don't go into details, and the inspectors don't have to be too strict.

Princesses of foreign vassals, princesses, princes of Mongolia, etc. do not need to come quickly to pay respects, in order to avoid heatstroke in the people and horses, as usual, just arrive in Beijing before August to meet His Majesty according to the earlier order.

Bei Ziyunxuan wrote Jin and made him the king of the county.

Uncle Yuese, the emperor's concubine wanted to show her kindness, and now she looks up to her body and kindness, and is awarded the title of riding captain, and she is allowed to attack once.

These four decrees were all promulgated in the name of the empress dowager's love, but it also made many people see something else.

"It's Yuese that was enfeoffed, not the one from Baiqi?" Yaerjiang A asked with raised eyebrows after drinking a cup of sour plum soup.

Opposite him, sat a few clan princes. They all lined up in front of the Yonghe Hall for the afternoon shift, and they couldn't stand it any longer. They found a duty room at the guard's office to rest for a while.

When he mentioned Bai Qi, some people remembered what was wrong with today's funeral.That is the brother of the queen mother, Bai Qi, who has favored the first-class prince, did not come.

When it comes to this person, everyone looks down upon him.

Unlike Long Kedo, who had a prominent family background, Bai Qi was born in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and was just a servant of the royal family in the early days.

Although the empress dowager is the birth mother, she came from a humble background.She was chosen to enter the palace. She was originally a palace lady, and she was granted the title of nobleman after she was lucky.It was also during Empress Xiaoyi's lifetime that she was afraid that her adopted son would be burdened by her biological mother's birth, so she begged the late emperor to carry the empress dowager's branch from the Zhenghuang Banner of Manchuria into the Zhenghuang Banner.

Those who are well-informed know that before the Empress Dowager "recovered from her illness" yesterday, Bai Qi, the "uncle of the country", went to the palace to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager.

But everyone knows, what can be said and what can't be said, it's just a haha.

Only Yaerjiang, who had had some conflicts with Bai Qi a while ago, was tired of him, and was thinking of watching his excitement, so he called the little eunuch over and told him to find out why the uncle of the country didn't come .

After a while, the little eunuch turned around.

It turned out that Bai Qi reported his illness and did not enter the palace for the funeral...

When Cao Yong returned to the house, it was already Zichu ([-] o'clock in the evening).

Seeing that the lights in the upper room of Lanyuan had been turned off, Cao Yong went directly back to Wutongyuan.

Chu Yu wore a tulle homely dress, sat on the edge of the kang, leaned on the pit table with her elbows, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Hearing the movement, she opened her eyes and saw that it was her husband who came back, yawning while serving water, helping Cao Yong to change his clothes.

"Since you're tired, why don't you take a rest earlier, and you still have to suffer tomorrow?" Cao Yong said with a little reproach upon seeing this.

"After dinner, I've been lying down for a while to recover my energy." When she said this, she paused and said, "On the other hand, the old lady didn't eat anything for dinner because of the summer heat. I'm going out of the palace today. A while ago, the emperor issued an oral order, saying that those who are over 65 years old or those who are sick, gather together once a day to mourn, even if it does not need to be three times. Otherwise, report the illness to the old lady, so that the old lady will not suffer. live."

Cao Yong was also worried about this. He listened to Chu Yu's proposal, but he wholeheartedly agreed.

The next day, when the husband and wife mentioned this matter to Mrs. Li, Mrs. Li refused to agree: "Although I have not received the Queen Mother's favor, I owe the emperor's favor. Even for the emperor's face, I have to get through these few days."

Cao Yong had no choice but to let Li Shi.

Fortunately, Concubine Mi, afraid of Li's hard work, sent people to pick up Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to her residence after mourning in the morning shift.Living with her in the same hall are the seventeenth elder brother's birth mother, Qin Taipin, and the twenty-first elder brother's birth mother, Chen Shi.

They are all acquainted with Cao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, everyone gossips about family affairs, and there are herbal teas and fruits for worship, so life is easier.

Compared with the female relatives, the sixteenth elder brother's life is not easy.

Elder Seventeen, who was in charge of the Ministry of Rituals, was not there. Elder Sixteen was arrested at the Empress Dowager's funeral, helping Elder Thirteen to make arrangements for the funeral, and he was very busy.

At this time, there was news from the imperial hospital that the empress dowager's younger brother, the first-class Gong Baiqi, was critically ill.

That was the emperor's own uncle. Although Elder Sixteen had heard about Bai Qi's gossip in the past two days, he only slandered him in his heart and did not dare to delay the news.

I can only report to the imperial court and implore the Holy Judgment.

Yongzheng's eyes were red and swollen, he did not have the sorrow of the first emperor Bintian, but instead had an inexplicable gloomy air.

The sixteenth elder brother watched his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, and dared not think about other things.

"The empress dowager has passed away, I am very sad, and I am really unable to go out. Sixteenth brother, go for me once, and visit one or two." Yongzheng listened to the sixteenth elder brother's report, fell silent for a while, and then said in a hoarse voice.

Elder Sixteen heard this, his heart tightened, but he didn't have the courage to refuse, he obediently agreed, and retreated from the imperial front.

I had to buy some ginseng and deer antler medicinal materials from the medicine storehouse, and made several large bags.Originally, he wanted to bring two imperial physicians there, but after thinking about it carefully, he was afraid of getting involved, so he only brought a few guards, carrying large and small bags of tonics, to the uncle's mansion.

When he arrived at the uncle's mansion, because he came to visit by order, he was led by Bai Qi's second son, Man Qun, to Bai Qi's dormitory.

After entering the house, Elder Sixteen was overwhelmed by the foul smell coming from the house.

Bai Qi lay on the kang, no longer as proud as before.His face was pale, his mouth was open, his tongue drooped at the corner of his mouth, saliva flowed down the corner of his mouth, his chest was wet, and he looked a little like the symptoms of a stroke.

However, Brother Sixteen knew that this was not a stroke.

Because of his appearance, Elder Sixteen looked familiar.In the palace, if a maid in the palace breaks the ban because of rapping, she will be punished by picking the tendons under her tongue.

Thinking of this, Elder Sixteen felt chills running down his back, hurriedly lowered his head, took two sips of tea, and calmed down.

He felt very lucky that he didn't bring the imperial doctor here.It's just that the imperial physician who came to this mansion before may not be able to save his life. It's a pity that the one who asked for the pulse of the old man has always been safe, and the imperial concubine also used this imperial physician...

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the Empress Dowager's Zigong was transferred from the Cining Palace to the Shouhuang Palace in Jingshan.

The big burial on the same day, and the funeral in three days, such an arrangement is really hasty.

Some censors were already weighing the pros and cons, wondering if it was time to write about this matter, but finally chose to give up.The temper of the new emperor has already been accepted by many officials, and no one dares to take the initiative to touch the edge, and it is at this time again.

On the clan's side, there are also many speculations in private, but they are all wise and safe, so there is no need to say more.

Only the fourteenth elder brother who came back to attend the funeral was dissatisfied with the way the funeral was arranged, so he made a fuss in front of the funeral and was caught by a few brave guards.

Following the introduction of the Empress Dowager Zigong, the six divisions and nine ministers, and the major yamen gradually returned to their former appearance.

At this time in previous years, it is rare for everyone to invite guests to listen to music in a restaurant by Haizi.This year, the national funeral is not over, so they don't want to be too absurd, so they just suffer.

Cao Yong was impatient to socialize, it was just what he wanted, and he went back to the house every day when he left the Yamen, and he refused to go one step further.

However, on this day, it was Li Yu who came to invite him in person, saying: "My nephew was able to receive a job from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, all thanks to my cousin's recommendation. Now my nephew wants to be filial, so I ask my cousin to show me respect."

But I haven't seen him for half a month, Li Yu has already blushed from a white-faced scholar, and it seems that this job is also hard.

Although Cao Yong introduced Li Yu and introduced him to Elder Sixteen, it was Elder Sixteen who proposed it on his own initiative.After people inquired about Li Yu's character in private, he found a small-cost shopping job and gave it to Li Yu to take care of it. He just hoped that a son of the Li family could support the family and take good care of the family, women and children. Let Concubine Mi and Li Shi worry less.

Unexpectedly, Li Yu did so well that Elder Sixteen couldn't help but praise him twice.

"I'll take my heart, just eat the banquet. When you are free in the future, you will go to Prince Zhuang's mansion twice more, and there will always be your luck." Cao Yong said.

Li Yu saw that he was determined not to go, so he stopped pressing. Not long after he left, a restaurant sent two wild goose wings...

(End of this chapter)