Zhuo Qihua

Ten years later

Inside Xiangfu Palace, it was pitch black.The queen's guard of honor once again stopped outside Xiangfu Palace.Pushing open the door and entering, the queen entered Xiangfu Palace alone without bringing anyone with her.Walking to the door of the study familiarly, the queen who held a dim palace lantern in her hand knocked on the door: "Your Majesty, it's a servant."

After waiting for a while, a hoarse voice came from inside the door: "Come in."

The queen pushed open the door with one hand, walked in with the lamp in hand, and closed the door.

The cold wind was blowing outside, and the study was very warm because of the floor heating.The queen put the palace lantern on the lamp stand, walked around the desk lightly to the chair, squatted down halfway, and held the cold hand of the emperor on the armrest.

"Your Majesty... the night is getting late."

Emperor Kang Jing said in a hoarse voice: "In a few days, it will be the anniversary of the death of Father Huang Heshun and mother father, I can't sleep."

He Huan's nose was sore, and he said, "Wan Zhen will arrive in Beijing tomorrow, and he will feel distressed to see your Majesty like this. Tomorrow morning, King Qi, King Jin, and King Chu will all enter the palace. Your Majesty needs to get up early." .”

Emperor Kang Jing: "Sit with me for a while longer."

"Yes."

The queen stood up, took a stool, and sat down next to Emperor Kang Jing.

Neither of them spoke anymore, they sat in silence for almost half an hour, and Emperor Kang Jing said, "Go back."

The queen stood up, and Emperor Kang Jing held the queen's hand, walked to the lamp stand, picked up the palace lantern, and the two pushed the door out.Since the death of Emperor Taishang and Empress Dowager Shun three years ago, Emperor Kang Jing would come to Xiangfu Palace from time to time.

The death day of the Holy Empress is approaching, and all entertainment activities in Xixiang City will be suspended for one month.From the inner city to the streets of the imperial city, white lanterns have been hung up, and the original red lanterns have been removed from the palace.The Supreme Emperor passed away in his sleep, and his will ordered the Empress Dowager Shun to be buried.Zhang Xian, who read out the last edict, cried and hadn't finished reading the order. Beside the Supreme Emperor, the Empress Dowager Shun was already out of breath.

For a whole year, many people inside and outside the palace could not recover from this bad news.Emperor Kang Jing first experienced the death of his grandmother, and then experienced the simultaneous death of his father and Shun's mother. If it weren't for what Shun's mother and father left him, Emperor Kang Jing might not be able to bear such a blow.The achievements of the Taishanghuang in his life are enough to bear the honor of "sage".And the Empress Dowager Shun behind the Supreme Emperor is even more worthy of the title of "Holy".

The Supreme Emperor passed away, respecting the imperial edict of the Supreme Emperor, and buried in the same coffin with the Empress Dowager Shun, next to the Supreme Emperor, no other concubines were buried.A hundred years later, Empress Dowager Jia will be buried in the Empress Dowager Mausoleum on the west side of the imperial mausoleum, or where Emperor Kangjing decides to bury her.When the Supreme Emperor was alive, he could not let the Empress Dowager Shun be his only one. After his death, he used this to make up for this regret.

The Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager Shun passed away suddenly, and the other kings who received the news were devastated.The coffins of the Supreme Emperor and Empress Dowager Shun stayed in Daxing Palace for two months before they were sent to the Imperial Mausoleum.The eleven princes of the Supreme Emperor, Wang Geer Ning Wang, Prince, Wu Wang Shizi, Xian Wang Shizi, Lin Yi and Qin Zhongyi helped the spirit.The entire Xixiang City is full of sad white and black eyes.For six months, there will be no singing and dancing in the capital.

Emperor Taishang and Empress Dowager Shun rested in the depths of the imperial mausoleum. , Qin Zhongyi... Many people guarded the imperial mausoleum for three months.King Ning stopped him, and Zhang Xian, Feng Xi, Chang Jing and Xiao Hui did not go with their master on the day the Supreme Emperor and Empress Dowager Shun passed away.But even so, the day before the official funeral of the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager Shun, Zhang Xian still chased after the late emperor.He said that the master was used to him serving by his side, so he went underground to continue serving the two masters, and the others could just rest assured.

That night, many people could not sleep.In the Mausoleum of the Holy Emperor in Siping County, the leeward wind roared in November, mixed with snowflakes.Perhaps knowing that the death of the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress is approaching, the sky has been gloomy and gloomy for the past few days, and there will be no snow.Although there are snowflakes falling tonight, they are not big, but the whole sky is terribly gloomy.

There are troops stationed in the imperial mausoleum to protect the safety of the imperial mausoleum, so as to prevent Xiaoxiao from disturbing the peace of the emperor and queen in the imperial mausoleum.Every emperor of the dynasty will start to deal with his own affairs after ascending the throne, and the Supreme Emperor is no exception.But at first, the mausoleum arranged by the Supreme Emperor for himself was in Qingyuan (county), where Emperor Mingzong and Emperor Shenzong were buried. After the death of the Empress Dowager, she was also buried there, together with Emperor Shenzong.It is also the place where the emperors of Mata were buried.It's just that after the first emperor ascended the throne, there was a rebellion among the three kings, the treasury was empty, and domestic conflicts were deep, so the construction of the emperor's mausoleum was interrupted for a while.In the 12th year of Yong'an, the Supreme Emperor decreed that the location of his imperial mausoleum was changed from Qingyuan to Siping.

The existence of Siping County is the mausoleum of the Supreme Emperor.The emperor's mausoleum looks like a city from the ground. There are tens of thousands of design drawings before and after the construction of the entire mausoleum, but less than [-] people participated in the construction.The main designers involved in the design do not know each other's identity.But there is one thing that many people know in their hearts. Shi Yu, the former minister of the Ministry of Industry and the dean of the Academy of Sciences, participated in the design of the imperial mausoleum.

The entire imperial mausoleum covers an area of ​​tens of thousands of hectares.There are walls, turrets, and patrols with guns on the ground.Cannons were also erected on the turret.Around the imperial mausoleum, there are training and rest areas for the imperial mausoleum guards, as well as an area for guarding the mausoleum.

At this time, in the mausoleum area, many rooms were lit with candles.A month ago, people came over one after another with their luggage.The cold wind is howling outside, but the heating inside the house emits enough heat.In today's Mata country, larger towns already have central heating facilities.Although the imperial mausoleum is in Siping County, central heating has been achieved around the imperial mausoleum.Every year, many people and a large number of people spontaneously come to the emperor's mausoleum to mourn the emperor and empress, and the county seat of Siping County becomes very prosperous.

Lin Xieshan was one of the first to come.There is also a room dedicated to him in the mausoleum area.The room was very warm, and Lin Xieshan was wearing unlined clothing.With all white hair and beard, his body is quite tough.Lin Xieshan was nearly ten years older than the Supreme Emperor, Lin Xieshan never thought that the Supreme Emperor and Zuo would leave before him.This year he came here not long after the Double Ninth Festival.Here, farther away from the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, Lin Xieshan would not be so empty in his heart.

Someone knocked on the door, and Lin Xieshan's attendants went out to answer it.Shi Yu, who also had white hair and a slightly curved back, walked in with the help of his attendants.Lin Xieshan: "It's so late, what are you doing here without taking a break?"

Shi Yu sat down on the sofa and said, "I can't sleep. I think you must have not slept."

Lin Xieshan raised his hand, and the attendants in the house went out, and Shi Yu's attendants also followed.Lin Xieshan came out with a cup, poured a cup of water for Shi Yu himself, put it in front of him, and said, "I would like to ask Your Majesty to allow me to dig a pit next to the emperor's mausoleum to bury my bones after I die. The emperor's lifelong courtier, if he goes underground, I'm afraid I won't be used to it if he goes somewhere else."

Shi Yu: "You are the old Duke, how can you be so hasty in your affairs after death. When the day of your death comes, the whole family of the Duke's mansion will come to pay respects to you, I am afraid that they will not disturb the peace of the late emperor and successively."

Lin Xieshan: "That's farther away, as long as I can see the emperor's mausoleum from my grave."

Shi Yu changed the topic: "I think so too, but I'm afraid His Majesty will not agree."

Lin Xieshan: "Your Majesty refuses, so I will kneel in front of Fengtian Hall."

Shi Yu laughed and scolded: "You are old and disrespectful. When did the dignified Sui Guogong become an old man in the market?"

Lin Xieshan smiled lightly and said: "You and I should have walked ahead of the late emperor. If we don't show face, the late emperor will not be able to see it."

The smile on Shi Yu's face faded, and the corners of his eyes suddenly turned red.He wiped the corners of his eyes, and his voice became hoarse: "I can't figure it out. You and I should walk ahead of the late emperor, why..." What he couldn't figure out was even more, how the late emperor could cruelly let the emperor Sacrifice.How can you be willing to part with His Royal Highness Ning Wang and Yu Wang, so he followed the former emperor.

Lin Xieshan: "Mata country can have what it is today, the late emperor was wise and powerful. If it hadn't been for the abdication of the late emperor, the late emperor would have worked harder. On the day Ping Ning Bo passed away, the late emperor once said to me that life, old age, sickness and death are the most important things for everyone. Unable to get rid of the fate. At that time, he said that if he is gone, he hoped that the people around him would not be sad. I also said at the time that he would live a long life. Now that I think about it... I will do it well at that time It is determined that I will go with the late emperor. Or, this is the agreement between the late emperor and the first emperor."

Shi Yu couldn't understand: "Why did the first emperor make such an agreement with 俍俍? Didn't the first emperor love 俍俍? If he loved him, how could he be willing to let 俍俍 follow him away. In the will, it is clearly written that "One person" was buried!"

Every time he thinks of this, Shi Yu's heart feels like a knife is twisted, and he can't let go.

However, Lin Xieshan could not talk about his conjecture, and only said: "The relationship between the late emperor and 俍俍 is beyond my imagination. I hope now that the late emperor can give me a dream, telling me that he and 俍俍What's going on now, it's good for the two of you to be 'over there'."

Shi Yu's eyes were red again.

The sound of the train whistle in the early morning broke the tranquility of the station again.The royal train stopped slowly, and Ning Wang Nanrong Baoning, who returned to Xizhou after the death of his father and mother, brought his partner, son, younger brother, and a few special people back to pay homage to his father and mother.The carriage in the palace has been waiting for a long time.Ning Wang Nanrong Baoning and Nan Rongke are in a car.After the death of the first emperor, Nan Rong Ximata, who was canonized as Yu Wang by Emperor Kang Jing, and his cousin Nan Rong Che drove in a car.King Yu and Nan Rongche were both dressed in Xizhou tribe costumes, wrapped in a thick wolf fur.

In the carriage, you can clearly see white lanterns or black poles hanging on the street. Nanrong Ximata (Tianbao) and Nan Rongche are also very depressed, especially Nan Rongche.After watching for a while, there were tears in his eyes.

Tianbao: "Brother, you didn't sleep all night last night, and if you cry any more, your eyes will be hurt. You are myopic in the first place, and if you become shortsighted, you will wear glasses."

Nan Rongche wiped away his tears with a handkerchief, and said, "I'm sad."

Tianbao patted him: "I know you are sad, and so am I. But you really can't cry anymore, your vision is blurred now."

Nan Rongche endured his sadness and nodded to show that he understood.

The carriage drove directly into the palace and stopped outside Fengtian Hall.Emperor Kang Jing personally came out to meet his younger brother who had finally returned.King Qi, King Jin, and King Chu are all here.

Since the passing of the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager Shun, King Qi, King Jin and King Chu have stayed in the capital to accompany the heartbroken Taishi De, Concubine Xi and Taishi Ming.Empress Dowager Shun was buried, Ming Taishi couldn't get sick, King Ning stayed with him for more than a month, and Ming Taishi turned the crisis into safety.Persisting until the Empress Dowager Shun went to the funeral and entered the imperial mausoleum, Ming Taishi moved to the Buddhist hall left by the Empress Dowager Tai.At the beginning of the year, Taishi Ming fell ill again. Emperor Kang Jing and the queen came forward and invited Taishi Ming out of the Buddhist hall. The king of Chu took his mother and father to live in the palace of the king of Chu.

After the death of Emperor Taishang and Empress Dowager Shun, Taishi De also moved to Prince Qi's Mansion, and Concubine Xi moved to Prince Jin's Mansion. Only Empress Dowager Jia remained in the palace.Wuling King Nanrong Chenji was recalled by Emperor Kangjing, granted the title of King Wu, and stayed in Beijing to assist him.King Wu had already set off for the imperial mausoleum first.The day before the death of the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress, Emperor Kang Jing will take the elders and descendants to the imperial mausoleum.

King Ning got out of the car, and Emperor Kang Jing walked over first.King Ning quickened his pace, and knelt down in front of his eldest brother: "Brother Wan Zhen kowtows to Brother Wang."

"Get up."

Pulling up his younger brother, Emperor Kang Jing hugged him: "I lost weight."

King Ning hugged Brother Wang back: "Brother has also lost weight."

Emperor Kang Jing let go of his younger brother, King Qi stepped forward, and King Ning hugged King Qi: "Second brother."

King Qi: "You've come back."

King Ning: "The storm at sea has been going on for a long time, and I was afraid that I would not be able to catch up with it along the way. Fortunately, I did catch up."

King Ning hugged his elder brothers, and Emperor Kang Jing hugged his nephew: "Tianbao is getting bigger and bigger."

Nan Rong Ximata wanted to salute, but was stopped by Emperor Kang Jing.Nan Rongche knelt down and saluted: "My son kowtows to my father."

Emperor Kang Jing: "Get up."

"Thank you, Father."

Nan Rongche stood up, saluted several emperor uncles one by one, and then stood quietly behind Ximata.

King Ning came back, sat in Fengtian Hall for a while, talked with the emperor brothers, and immediately took his son to see the Queen Mother Jia.Empress Dowager Jia is not in good spirits, and she is also an elderly person.But seeing King Ning, Empress Jia was very happy.Ever since the Supreme Emperor and Zhuo Ji left, Empress Dowager Jia felt that the palace was much deserted.

Not long after King Ning entered the palace, Taishi De, Taishi Ming and Empress Dowager Xi also entered the palace.Looking at their parents with smiles on their faces, Emperor Kang Jing, King Qi, King Jin, and King Chu all felt sour.As soon as Father Huang and Shun's parents left, they also took away the smile of the old man in the palace.On the night when King Ning returned to the palace, Taishi Zhao and Taishi Chun, who had emigrated overseas with his son, also came back with his sons.On the anniversary of the death of the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress, all the princes are bound to come back to worship.

Seeing King Ning, Taishi Zhao and Taishi Chun also had many smiles on their faces.Among all the people, only King Ning came out of the grief of the death of the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress the fastest.

The few old people who entered the palace stayed in the palace at night.It's been three years since we got together like this, and the old man's heart can't be calm for a long time.

In the early morning of the next day, not long after dawn, the shoulder pad stopped at the gate of Xiangfu Palace, and the Ming Taishi helped the palace man's hand to get off the shoulder pad.Someone came over again, Taishi Ming turned around and smiled.

Empress Dowager Jia and Taishi De got off the carriage one after the other. They were both gray-haired elder brothers. Standing in front of the gate of Xiangfu Palace, it seemed as if they had returned to yesterday.

Ming Taishi raised his head, looked again at the "Xiangfu Palace" plaque inscribed by the former emperor on the door, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "I can't sleep, I want to come and have a look at Shunxiu." Speaking of this, Ming Taishi laughed to himself "It's wrong again, it's the Empress Dowager, look at the Empress Dowager Shun."

Empress Dowager Jia: "Don't talk about you, even I often say it's 'shun'. After decades, I'm used to it. He himself has never been used to others calling him the queen mother."

Empress Dowager Jia, Taishi Ming and Taishi De all laughed.

The palace people knocked on the gate of Xiangfu Palace, and the three old people walked into Xiangfu Palace.The owner of Xiangfu Palace has already left, but Xiao Se is nowhere to be seen in the palace. One can tell at a glance that it is taken care of and tidied up every day.Another person came to Xiangfu Palace, the three of them turned their heads, and it was Concubine Xi who also woke up early.