farmer's husband

Chapter 676 Returning to Beijing for the Funeral
Chun Zhi suddenly felt a bang above her head, as if countless thunder had rolled over, shaking her mind to a blank.

"How? How?"

She shook her head and said softly to herself: "Didn't she be fine when I wrote last time? The last time Boy Yan saw her, she could laugh and talk. How long has it been? I want to go back and serve by her side, but why didn't she wait for me and just left? Impossible, she won't abandon me!"

"Auntie, please mourn!"

Liang Wang shouted loudly. "The Empress Dowager is getting old, and dying at this age is also a joy and mourning. She finally doesn't have to suffer from illness and can sleep peacefully. This is a happy event for her. You should be happy for her!"

"Are you happy? Yes, you should be happy. She has been ill for so long, and now she is relieved." Chun Zhi nodded, "But, she hasn't seen me for the last time, why did she just leave Woolen cloth?"

She still can't accept this fact.

Seeing her deeply shocked appearance, King Liang's eyes darkened.

"It's useless to talk about it now. The most urgent thing is that we pack up quickly and go back to Beijing for the funeral!"

"Yes, no matter what, go to the capital first, that's the most important thing!" Chun Zhi nodded quickly, "My things are all packed, I can leave now. How about you?"

"Concubine Ai is packing up her things, it should be almost done after a while." King Liang nodded.

Chun Zhi nodded quickly. "In that case, let's go!"

When the news came from the capital, even if it was done at a fast pace and without stopping for a moment, it must have happened five or six days ago.They rushed back again, and it would take another month or two on the way, and they really couldn't afford to delay.

Harue originally planned to leave by car.But now that she heard the news, she didn't even sit in a car, and chose to ride a horse directly.

The journey was almost non-stop, changing horses at the post station, and they arrived in the capital half a month later.

When people arrived in the capital, they went straight to the palace without delay.

At this time, the capital city was already covered with white banners everywhere.Entering the palace, a burst of sorrowful atmosphere immediately rushed over, causing Harue's mood to sink.

The court ladies and eunuchs presented the sackcloth, Chun Zhi and Liang Wang and Princess Liang both changed into them, and then followed the guidance of others to the Compassionate Ning Palace.

In the Palace of Compassion and Ning, there were many people kneeling densely, all of them dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, kneeling in front of the Queen Mother's coffin and weeping unceasingly.

Originally, along the way, Chun Zhi still had some thoughts in his heart—maybe they were lying to him?Maybe it's all just a joke!Maybe when she arrives at the palace, she will see the smiling face of the Queen Mother again, and hear her old man proudly say, 'You were deceived by me! 'Woolen cloth?

However, the heavy white cloth in front of her eyes and the crying sound filling her ears severely shattered her last hope.

The queen mother died.Her old man really left, and he left without waiting to see her for the last time.

"mother……"

Chun Zhi hurriedly let out a low cry, and she rushed forward and knelt heavily in front of the Queen Mother's coffin.

The days of running around made her body overwhelmed. Now she is dizzy and dizzy, and she is severely stimulated by the things in front of her, and her spirit is getting worse.However, even though she was already so sad in her heart, she found that she couldn't cry.

Not only could she not shed tears, but she didn't even feel sore in her eye sockets.

She just knelt there blankly, looking at the pitch-black coffin in front of her, in a daze, not knowing how to react.

When the emperor and empress heard the news, they were helped over.

The emperor was wearing heavy filial piety, holding a dragon's head crutch in his hand, and came to Chun Zhi with a hunchback figure.For nearly a month, he knelt and cried in front of the Empress Dowager's coffin, and was distracted from dealing with state affairs. He exhausted a lot of energy, and now he was so thin that his eye sockets were sunken.

The queen was even more vicissitudes.However, her vicissitudes should have little to do with presiding over the empress dowager's funeral.Because it was only two months ago that Chunzhi heard that the queen's father, Zhang Taifu, who was well-known in the court, had passed away.

Zhang Taifu is the pillar of the Zhang family and a well-known emperor teacher.It was originally because of Zhang Taifu that she was chosen as the queen.But now, as soon as Taifu Zhang left, none of his five sons could inherit his mantle.This time, almost half of the backers behind the queen fell down.This makes her how can not vicissitudes of life?Her son has not yet sat on the throne safely!

However, those are all outside affairs of Chun Zhi, she only skipped this matter in her mind the moment she saw the queen, and immediately put it behind her.

"I've met the emperor." Chun Zhi hurriedly stood up and saluted the emperor.

The emperor waved. "The imperial sister came all the way from Liangzhou and arrived so soon. You must have suffered a lot along the way, right? There is no need to be formal now. Sit down quickly!"

Chunzhi shook his head. "I sat all the way, now I don't need to sit. Now, I just want to stay here with my mother."

"That's fine." The emperor nodded, "Before my mother died, she even said a few words about you. It's a pity that her condition deteriorated violently, and it took only two days... Hey! I didn't have time to inform you, otherwise I would definitely Let you come back to see her one last time."

A gleam of coldness quickly flashed under Chun Zhi's downcast eyelids.

Obviously the queen mother has been ill for so long, even though her condition worsened in the last few days, why didn't he think of sending her a message for such a long time before that, asking her to rush back to serve the decoction in front of the queen mother?
He didn't want her back at all!
Now that the queen mother has left, he is still pretending to be in front of her. This appearance really disgusts her.

It's just that Chun Zhi didn't want to get angry in front of the Queen Mother's coffin—of course, she didn't dare to get angry at the emperor at all, so she could only whisper: "All of this was predestined by God, and I don't care about anyone." No complaints. But now, I just want to be with my mother, and I don't want to think about anything else."

"Forget it, then you can stay with her old lady! Seeing you coming, the queen mother will definitely be very happy." The emperor nodded quickly, and then walked slowly with a cane.

Chunzhi also lowered his head and continued to kneel before the Queen Mother's coffin to burn paper for the Queen Mother.

The queen mother passed away, and the emperor specially invited nine eminent monks from the Dabaoen Temple to do the water and land dojo for the queen mother.This water and land dojo will have 49 games in seven to seven, which lasted 81 days in nine to nine.

It is already November, and the Chinese New Year will be one month away.However, because of the death of the empress dowager, there was no festive atmosphere in the capital.

Banquets are prohibited all over the world, and the sound of silk and bamboo is not allowed to be heard in the capital.However, on New Year's Eve, people outside can still set off a string of firecrackers.

The Water and Land Dojo started half a month before the Empress Dowager passed away and before Chun Zhi and the others rushed over, and then continued until the end of the year, and ended in February.

For more than two months, Chun Zhi decided not to go anywhere. She stayed by the Queen Mother's coffin, closed her eyes and squinted for a while when she was tired, and talked to the Queen Mother when she woke up. It's time to talk to her about mother-daughter love again.

And on the third day after Chun Zhi arrived, in the middle of the night, the mourning hall was still overcrowded, people in sackcloth and filial piety were still sobbing softly, Chun Zhi still didn't shed a tear, she just burned papers for the Queen Mother numbly.

Suddenly there was a low whimpering sound next to my ear, it didn't sound like a human, but it sounded like... a cat or a dog?

Chun Zhi hurriedly turned around to look, and saw Yu Zhang, the queen mother's most beloved dog, walking towards her waddlingly!
Behind Yuzhang was his cat son.

Seeing this scene, Harue was startled.

It wasn't that she was frightened by their sudden appearance, but she found that Yuzhang was already skinny!

Before being by the queen mother's side, Yuzhang could be said to have been doted upon.All kinds of food, as long as it likes, it can eat whatever it wants. He is tired of eating chicken, duck, fish and so on, so he doesn't even look at it afterwards.Seeing this, the queen mother felt very distressed, and hurriedly asked someone to cook other food for it.As long as it can eat and is willing to eat, then it can eat whatever it wants!

So over the years, this dog has been bred to be chubby.

But now, all the fat on this dog's body is gone, leaving only a body so thin that the skeleton can be clearly seen.Now, it dragged this body to Chun Zhi.

It's also because the body is too weak, it can't even bark now, it can only whine softly at Chun Zhi.

When seeing this dog, Chun Zhi immediately recalled the scene when she saw the Queen Mother for the first time.She finally had a sore eye socket, and tears gushed out.

(End of this chapter)