Kangxi Harem Ⅰ: Green Years

Chapter 29 ([-]) The First Assistant Immortal Passes Away Phoenix Heart Grieves
[The first emperor asked Gu to remember the past, and the first assistant said goodbye with shame;]

[Sorrowful sounds spread to the deep palace, and the tears flowed uncontrollably, Feng felt heartbroken. 】

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of June, and Gai Ronger was reading a book in the house early this morning.I saw Xiaoqing rushing into the room in a panic, calling out: "Master...Master..."

"Xiaoqing, what happened, why are you so flustered?" Gai Ronger asked.

"Master, servant... just heard..." Xiaoqing ran in a panic, and couldn't speak smoothly even out of breath.

Seeing Xiaoqing's out of breath, Rong'er smiled and said, "Speak slowly."

Xiaoqing stabilized, and continued: "My servant just heard that Sony's old Zhongtang...has just passed away, and this servant just saw that a father-in-law went to the queen to communicate."

Gai Ronger's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly said: "Let's go, Xiaoqing, let's go to the Queen's place."

Gai Ronger led Xiaoqing to the Queen's East Nuan Pavilion, where her father-in-law was guarding the door, and Gai Ronger asked her to pass the Queen's request to see her.After a while, the father-in-law came back and ordered, and the queen let her in.

Gai Rong'er entered the East Nuan Pavilion, the queen was sitting alone on the heating kang, weeping, and four court ladies, Chunxiu and Wang Jingzhi, comforted her.

"Sister, Rong'er just heard that Sony's old Zhongtang has passed away, and my sister needs to mourn." Gai Rong'er stepped forward to comfort him.

"Rong'er, grandpa taught me since I was a child and loves me very much. Now that his old man has passed away, I can't stay by my side. I'm really, really sad to see him for the last time." The queen wiped away her tears , and continued: "In the past two years, Grandpa's body has been worse than before. Two days ago, Er Niang entered the palace and said that Grandpa's body was getting worse every day. I was going to ask the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to allow me to go back. Visiting, but before I could say it, grandpa went, and I was really sad, so sad." As she spoke, the queen was already in tears.

Rong'er looked distressed, and went over to take out a handkerchief to wipe away tears for the empress, and softly comforted him: "Sister, in this palace, you, as an empress, are benevolent, filial, virtuous, and take good care of the harem. If there is one, Lao Zhongtang will be very pleased."

The queen didn't speak, but tears kept pouring out like broken beads. Seeing this scene, Rong'er slowly hugged the queen in his arms. The queen is used to restraint and let her vent a bit.Ever since Gai Rong'er lived in Kunning Palace, she has a very good relationship with the empress, like sisters, seeing the empress like this now makes her feel extremely uncomfortable.

Just at this time, the father-in-law outside the door came in again to report that Zhang promised to come to see the queen.The queen shook her head and did not speak, Gai Ronger then ordered: "Eunuch Lao told Xiaozhu Zhang that the queen is extremely sad and it is not suitable to see her now, please go back first, the queen has accepted all her kindness, and then send someone to the other Xiaozhu Let the Lord also say something, lest they make a wasteful trip."

Seeing that the queen didn't make a sound, the father-in-law responded and went out to answer.

"Aunt Chunxing, does the emperor know?" Rong'er suddenly remembered and asked.

"My lord Huirong, the emperor just sent someone to inform the queen, saying that the emperor wanted to see the emperor when he heard that Lao Zhongtang was dying. Today, the holy driver went to Suofu to see Lao Zhongtang for the last time. Not long after that, Lao Zhongtang He passed away, and now the emperor is instructing Lao Zhongtang about his funeral, and he will come to visit the queen later." Chun Xing replied from the side.

Gai Ronger nodded, and said: "Sister, when the emperor comes, please ask the emperor to allow you to go home to mourn the funeral, as a show of filial piety." Gai Ronger said softly to the queen in his arms, the queen nodded, Continue to let the tears flow down your cheeks.Rong'er didn't say a word other than letting the queen vent her sadness quietly. She knew that it would be meaningless to say any more words now. This kind of grief of losing a loved one cannot be comforted by words.

After an unknown amount of time, the father-in-law outside the palace shouted loudly: "The emperor is here."

Hearing that the emperor was coming, the queen quickly got up from Rong'er's arms, and wiped away the tears on her face.Xuan Ye came in and was a little surprised to see Gai Ronger here.

Rong'er saw that it was not right for him to be here, so he got up after saluting and said: "Your Majesty, the Empress is very sad, please comfort the Emperor, Rong'er will leave first." Then he turned to the Empress and said: "Empress, Rong'er first Let's go, you have to mourn, lest you hurt yourself." After speaking, Gai Rong'er left the house.

Xuan Ye's 14-year-old Wanshou Festival had just passed, and the four major ministers had joined together to invite the emperor to take charge. He was also discussing the best time to ascend the throne with Ming Zhu, Xiong Cilu, Suo'etu and other ministers of the Neihong Academy whom he trusted.Unexpectedly, Suo Etu suddenly came to report today that his father Suo Ni was dying, and he hoped to see the emperor. Suoi had not been in court for a long time due to illness. Hearing the news, Xuan Ye hurried to Suofu. Suoi's eyes were full of tears and he counted the things he had not done. Fulfilling the responsibility of the former king, he did not get rid of treachery, did not return the power of auxiliary ministers to the emperor, and was willing to ask the emperor to take charge of the government immediately. Xuanye was very moved when he heard this, and asked the imperial doctor to take good care of him. The news came that Sonny had passed away, and he felt very sad, so he informed the queen quickly, and told the Ministry of Internal Affairs to help the Suo family to deal with the matter. Afterwards, he came to Kunning Palace to comfort the queen. Although he didn't love Hesheli, But he understands that Hesheli is a queen who is virtuous and virtuous, and he still has deep guilt for her. Now that Sony has passed away, he must be very sad, but he didn't expect to see Gai Rong'er.

Xuanye hadn't seen Gai Rong'er for a few days, since Concubine Zhao and Huigui entered the palace, he really didn't know how to deal with himself. When he was about to take charge of the government, he also concentrated on political affairs, thinking that he should focus on court affairs first. He also heard from the Empress Dowager that recently Rong'er got along with other people much better than before, and he was somewhat relieved. I saw her by accident today, seeing that she didn't seem to have any nostalgia for him, so I left in a hurry, still a little disappointed in my heart.

Of course, Xuanye knew the purpose of his trip. Seeing that the queen was crying, and desperately wiping away the uncontrollable tears with a handkerchief, he couldn't help feeling sour, walked over, and gently She hugged the queen lightly and said: "Queen, don't wipe it off, just cry in my arms." The queen nestled in Xuan Ye's arms and let the tears flow. This was the first time she no longer restrained herself in front of Xuan Ye. For the first time, I completely released myself in front of Xuan Ye.

Gai Rong'er returned to her small room, her heart was full of sorrow and grief, she hadn't seen the emperor for a long time, she really missed her, but when she met her today, it was when the queen lost her loved ones, no matter how much emotion she had, she was overwhelmed by grief Covering up, Gai Rong'er felt pain in her heart, both for the queen and for herself.

In July of the 6th year of Kangxi, Xuan Ye served his whole life as the elder of the three dynasties, Sony.

(End of this chapter)