The official road of the farmer

The funeral ceremony is divided into small funeral and big funeral.

The small funeral is moved from the palace to the funeral palace, and the big funeral is from the funeral palace to the mausoleum.

The empress dowager's posthumous title was Gongxiao to Chunzhang Cixian, and the phoenix coffin remained in the palace for three days, and a small funeral was held on the 29th of the year.

The funeral ceremony was at the request of the Empress Dowager Cixian, and everything was kept simple, but as the most honorable Empress Dowager in Daxia, no matter how simple it was, it would not be too simple.

The coffin stays in the funeral palace for different lengths of time, and the mausoleum needs to be built first.As for the Empress Dowager Cixian's mausoleum, a place had been reserved for the late emperor's burial, and it only needed to be refurbished and the funeral date arranged.

And the day when Empress Dowager Cixian passed away happened to be New Year's Eve, so the date of the big funeral was set for the New Year's Eve.

Emperor Tai'an's mood has been cloudy since years ago, and several concubines and palace servants had a fit when he was inactive. Both inside and outside the palace were trembling, very peaceful, and feared that bad luck would happen.

Empress Li also fell ill during the period. Fortunately, she was just overworked. Li Yu stayed with the palace for several days and left the palace after she got better.

It wasn't until Empress Dowager Cixian was buried in the imperial mausoleum that the gloomy atmosphere gradually warmed up.

Finally, Ye Junshu, Li Yu and others did not have to enter the palace frequently.

It has been many days so far.

Ye Junshu's family stayed at home. At such a sensitive moment, it was not easy for Ye Junshu to take his family out to relax.

One of the close people left, Li Yu has been in a bad mood. Only time can slowly heal the pain caused by the departure of such close people.

Ye Junshu could only stay by Li Yu's side, and let Ping Anan pester Li Yu to divert his attention.

Let Ah Yu know that they are still there.

In private, Ye Junshu also held Li Yu's hand, and said softly: "Ah Yu, don't worry, I won't walk ahead of you and make you sad alone. I will wait for you to close your eyes first, and then I will close them again. Don't beg Born in the same year, same month, same day, but wish to die in the same year, same month, same day.”

The one who stays is the one who suffers the most, how could Ye Junshu be willing to make Ah Yu suffer?

He will definitely wait until Ah Yu closes his eyes first, then he will close his eyes, and then they will leave together.

When Ye Junshu was at home, he and Li Yu taught Ping An An to read, sometimes reading and writing a word, with a peaceful mind.

This year's Lantern Festival is also not held and cannot be lively, but the Queen Mother's country will be filial piety for one year, and it will resume next year.

Originally, Emperor Tai'an wanted the empress dowager to see the seventh prince Xiahou Xuanjing get married, so he gave the marriage a year ago, and got married on the tenth day of the new year, but he did not expect the empress dowager to fail to arrive at that time.

Emperor Tai'an and Queen Li originally meant that Rexiao got married within a hundred days.

But Xiahou Xuanjing refused, saying that he has no intention of getting married right now.

Emperor Tai'an and Empress Li thought about it. Originally, the marriage was decided in a hurry, and they had already wronged the other party's brother and the seventh prince. Since this is the case, it is better to postpone the discussion and hold a grand wedding at that time.

The Empress Dowager Cixian had just passed away, and Emperor Tai'an and the others were not in the mood for a happy event.

So the marriage was postponed.

And just after sending Empress Dowager Cixian to the imperial mausoleum for burial, Emperor Tai'an fell ill after returning.

The Empress Dowager Cixian is Emperor Tai'an's relative. Although the Empress Dowager is indifferent and quiet, she cares a lot for Emperor Tai'an, and she doesn't do anything.

The mother and son have accompanied each other for more than 50 years, and their feelings are naturally deep. Now the empress dowager's departure has dealt a heavy physical and psychological blow to Emperor Tai'an.

In the first three days and three nights, I could not close my eyes, and then I watched and cried for several days and nights. The cold weather, even my body could not bear it.

What's more, Emperor Tai'an was already at the age of knowing his destiny.

So as soon as the funeral was over, Emperor Tai'an seemed to be drained of energy in an instant, and fell ill in a blink of an eye.

The day when the court should go to court is still in the strike.

This time Ye Junshu was not able to enter the palace to see the situation.All I know is that King Dai and the Seventh Prince are serving the sick.

Judging from what they learned, Emperor Tai'an's condition was not serious, so Ye Junshu was not very worried.

Sure enough, within two days, it was announced that he would go to court.

Ye Junshu was shocked when he saw Emperor Tai'an again.

In his impression, Emperor Tai'an was a hale and hearty old man.

Although it is the age of knowing the destiny, but it looks like it is only in its early 40s if it is well maintained.

Unexpectedly, with this illness, the essence seems to be sucked away, and the whole person is visibly aged by the naked eye.

His temples are graying, his face is wrinkled, and his waist seems not so straight...

The quiet hall also echoed Emperor Tai'an's cough that seemed to break his throat.

The Seventh Prince looked at Emperor Tai'an worriedly. He wanted to go up to give obedience to his father, but he was in court now, so it was inconvenient to go up, so he could only feel anxious.

Dai Wang and other princes showed concern on their faces no matter what they were thinking.

Ye Junshu lowered his head, worried in his heart, didn't he say that Emperor Tai'an's condition is not serious?How does it look like it's serious.

Ye Junshu unconsciously thought about the bad side, and then secretly spat at himself, don't be good or bad.

If Emperor Tai'an had something good or bad, it would be a great disadvantage to them.

What's more, Emperor Tai'an can be regarded as a wise emperor. Now Daxia is developing, and many policies have the support of Emperor Tai'an.

In the case of complete unpreparedness, changing the leader hastily will inevitably lead to turmoil.

And the cooperation between them is very pleasant. Although being with you is like being with a tiger, Ye Junshu has a lot of affection for Emperor Tai'an, and he sincerely obeys this boss and doesn't want him to be bad.

Emperor Tai'an coughed for a while, and motioned for the father-in-law in front of the palace to speak.

The father-in-law at the side, under the signal of Emperor Tai'an, said loudly: "If there is something to play, if there is nothing to do, leave the court!"

With the appearance of Emperor Tai'an, the ministers are not easy to bother with trivial matters. Everyone reported the necessary things swiftly and without fussing, and the harmony was unprecedented.

Soon he retreated, and Ye Junshu left with the ministers.

In public, it is not easy for everyone to discuss the Tai'an Emperor Dragon's body. Some officials who are close to each other made an appointment in private after making eye contact.

Ye Junshu dismissed his colleagues who secretly asked him about the situation with a few words, and after thinking about it for himself, he felt that they were worrying unnecessarily.

The so-called illness comes like a mountain and goes away like a silk thread. Although Emperor Tai'an looks serious, he is still in good condition, but he needs to take good care of him.

But he still needs to be concerned.

The Seventh Prince didn't come out, so he must have gone to Emperor Tai'an.

Ye Junshu left a message to the eunuch next to the Seventh Prince, made an appointment to meet, and then went to work.

When the appointed time was approaching, Ye Junshu passed by, and after a short wait, the Seventh Prince hurried over.

"Brother Zizhou."

"Seven princes."

After saying hello, Ye Junshu went straight to the point and asked, "How is your Majesty doing? Didn't you say that there is nothing serious? Why does it look serious? What did the imperial physician say?"

Xiahou Xuandai frowned and said, "The imperial doctor said that the emperor's dragon body is not serious, but that he was overworked for several days, and the departure of Huang Zumu has dealt a heavy blow to the emperor, and he cannot be relieved for a while."

"I can only rely on my father to see it, and then slowly raise it back." Xiahou Xuanjing sighed, even he lost several catties in just one month, and he couldn't stand it.

Not to mention the father, he suffered more pain than them.

Crying and kneeling in the cold, not closing your eyes for a few days, the cold enters the body, and it's no wonder that you don't get sick when you are in great grief!

He was also very sad when the emperor passed away, but the deceased was already dead, and now he was more worried about his father.

Now the atmosphere in the palace is still very gloomy, Empress Dowager Cixian passed away, Empress Li and Emperor Tai'an fell ill one after another, making people uneasy.

After hearing this, Ye Junshu comforted him, "Your Majesty is blessed with great blessings, and you will be fine soon."

Xiahou Xuandai nodded.

It was an eventful autumn in the palace, and Xiahou Xuandai had no good solution, but could only stay with Emperor Tai'an more, hoping that he would think about it sooner.

Ye Junshu thought, how could Emperor Tai'an be the ruler of tens of thousands of people, even if he was weak for a while, he would soon become strong again.

Unexpectedly, the next day, I heard the news that Emperor Tai'an's condition had worsened.

The early morning stopped again.

It may be that Emperor Tai'an forced himself to go to court yesterday before his body recovered, and Ye Junshu also heard that Emperor Tai'an fainted at the imperial case and was reviewing the memorial at that time.

There was another chaos in the palace. After Emperor Tai'an woke up, he directly asked Dai Wang to handle the memorial temporarily, and the three old elders assisted in handling the government affairs.

Xiahou Xuanjing served the sick beside Emperor Tai'an.

Unknowingly, the gossip spread that Tai'an Emperor was seriously ill and might not have much time to live.

For a while, the courtiers seemed to have other ideas...

Emperor Tai'an didn't seem to be aware of everything outside. He was half lying on the couch with a blanket around his waist, closing his eyes and listening to Xiahou Xuanjing reading to him.

"... During the Five Dynasties, the world was divided. Taizu set out, although he went to Xichuan, Pingling, and received Jiangnan, and Wu, Yue, Jing, and Minna returned to the pilgrimage, but there is still the east of the river...."

What Xiahou Xuanjing read to Emperor Tai'an was "Miscellaneous Notes on the Green Box", which is an anecdotal novel in classical Chinese of the ancient Han nationality, with a total of ten volumes.

What Xiahou Xuanjing read was the content of the second volume.

Xiahou Xuanjing's voice was ups and downs, ups and downs, clear and melodious, listening to it was a kind of enjoyment, at least Emperor Tai'an was fascinated by it, and his expression was rarely peaceful.

After reading a paragraph, the eunuch who came in from the outside bowed and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the King of Dai asks to see you."

Xiahou Xuanjing put the book aside and looked at Emperor Tai'an.

Emperor Tai'an slowly opened his eyes, "Xuan."

"twitter!"

After the eunuch withdrew, not long after, the majestic Xiahou Xuandai stepped in briskly.

"My son sees my father."

Xiahou Xuanjing stood up and stepped aside, cupped his hands with a smile, "Brother Emperor."

Xiahou Xuandai also smiled and said, "Seventh brother."

"What's the matter?"

"It's like this, Father." Xiahou Xuandai took out a memorial and handed it over respectfully.

"Luguan Yushi [-] urgently delivered a memorial, accusing Luguan salt transport envoys of colluding with salt merchants, raising salt prices and shoddying inferior ones, engaging in monopolistic buying and selling, seeking huge profits, and damaging the interests of the court..."

Xiahou Xuandai organized the language to describe the content of the memorial, and then said, "I dare not make decisions without authorization, so I ask my father to make a decision."

Emperor Tai'an opened the memorial to read it again, then slapped the armrest angrily, "How unreasonable!"

"Father calm down!"

"Father calm down!"

Xiahou Xuandai and Xiahou Xuanjing immediately knelt down.

Xiahou Xuanjing said with concern: "Father, the imperial physician has repeatedly told you that you need to nourish intensively and not be overjoyed."

Emperor Tai'an took a slow breath to calm himself down, but he still had an angry look on his face.

Xiahou Xuandai said sincerely, "Father, don't be angry, the truth of the matter cannot be concluded..."

Xiahou Xuanjing's eyes flickered slightly, this Luguan Salt Transport Envoy, if I remember correctly, is an official with a relatively straightforward personality, and he has won the trust of his father.Moreover, within half a year after he took office, he was reported for corruption and bribery. Xiahou Xuanjing didn't really believe it.

But he didn't understand the situation, so he didn't speak rashly, but just listened quietly.

Emperor Tai'an looked at Xiahou Xuandai, "What do you think?"

"My minister believes that the imperial envoy should be ordered to go to Luguan immediately to find out the truth of the matter. If it is true as stated in the memorial, he will be arrested and brought to justice..." Xia Houxuan was beaming with joy, talking eloquently.

Emperor Tai'an didn't nod or shake his head, his expression was indifferent, and finally when he finished speaking, he said, "Just do as you say."

"Yes."

After Xiahou Xuandai agreed, he hesitated, "This imperial envoy..."

Emperor Tai'an said indifferently: "It's up to you to decide."

Xiahou Xuandai blushed instantly with excitement, he suppressed his excitement and replied: "I obey, I will definitely live up to expectations!"

After finishing the business, Xiahou Xuandai began to ask about Emperor Tai'an's physical condition.

Finally, he said to Xiahou Xuanjing in shame, "The seventh brother is still pure filial piety, he is not as good as you, if I can, I also want to be by my father's side..."

Xiahou Xuanjing smiled and said: "What did the big emperor say, why do you and I see each other, the big emperor can share the father's worries about political affairs, and all I can do is to accompany the father to relieve boredom."

"Ha ha……"

The two brothers respected each other for a while before Xiahou Xuandai resigned and left.

Xiahou Xuanjing picked up the book and prepared to continue studying, when Emperor Tai'an closed his eyes and meditated, he suddenly said: "I arranged for your elder brother to act as an agent for the court, but I didn't let you contact, do you feel resentful?"