Love in the Red Chamber is full of Xiaoxiang

He Nian announced countless decrees, but this time, he dared not read the words on it tremblingly, his face was covered with sweat, and his calves trembled slightly. voice, reading out the edict one by one.Only the sound of New Year's greetings echoed inside and outside the hall, and there was no noise.

When reading "The sixth son of the emperor, Prince Heng, Shi Heng, has a noble character, deeply respectful to me, succeeding the emperor", everyone looked up one after another, and all eyes were on Shi Heng.

Shi Heng kowtowed deeply, and stood up slowly, now everything is ready.

Shiying could hardly believe her ears, that is to say, her father chose Shiheng among their brothers.He still didn't believe it, but this was what his father meant, and he couldn't disobey it, so he buried his head again.

Shiheng came to his mother and asked the imperial concubine to sit up, then turned around and said with a sad face: "I will definitely live up to the late emperor's expectations, and please do your best to help, I..." Shiheng paused, and then He said slowly: "We will still use Qianjia's reign name, and we will set a new one next year. The posthumous title passed by the emperor will be drafted by the Ministry of Rites."

When Shi Lang heard that his father had passed away, he also came from the mansion. Shi Yu, Shi Ying, the young Shi Wei and Shi Qiong, all of them looked at Shi Heng when they heard the voice of the self-proclaimed "Zhen". His face became very strange, with a hint of sarcasm on his face.

Without much fluctuation, Shiheng finally reached the position he dreamed of.The Ministry of Rites also drafted the posthumous title of the first emperor. Shi Heng stabbed the word Mu Zong himself, and asked Shi Ying, the seventh younger brother of Gong Calligraphy, to write it on the spiritual seat.

On the first day of May, the first altar was sacrificed, the ancestral temple was reported, and he was officially enthroned, and the next year was set as the first year of Jianxing.

The next day she was going to go to the palace to cry, so Daiyu decided to live in the palace for a while, but because Yongjia's son-in-law also came to the palace to accompany the princess, Daiyu didn't live in Fengyi Palace, but went to Xiefang Palace to accompany the already dowager concubine. Concubine Shun.

Concubine Shun gave birth to Princess Yongchang, and now Princess Yongchang has gone to work with her son-in-law and has not yet returned.And raised the seventh princess Yaofang, now the seventh princess is married and doesn't live here.So Concubine Shun seemed a little deserted here, Daiyu came to accompany her, she wished for it.

"I'm very happy that Princess Bei can come. I just got the order, saying that I will move out of the Xiefang Palace."

Daiyu thought she was living well, so why would she want to move again, so she asked, "Isn't it good here? The concubine has lived here for decades."

Concubine Shun's eyes were a little confused, and it took a long time to say: "I have to move the place, and now I have ordered a place in the Shou'an Hall. From now on, I will worship the Buddha in the morning and evening, and pray for the late emperor."

Daiyu felt a chill in her heart when she heard this, thinking that this would be the end for these concubines.

Concubine Shun said again: "Yesterday Concubine Shu left and was imprisoned in Dongsi Lane for several years. She was still insane for the past two years, but she has been quieter for more than a year. Fortunately, she followed the late emperor. The former Concubine Sun Gui heard that she was going back to the Third Prince's mansion to retire, so it was not bad."

Listening to Concubine Shun's quiet words, Daiyu felt an infinite sense of desolation. In the palace, there was mutual competition, and she also thought of the time when Empress Dowager Jingxian was there, and she loved Concubine Shun very much.Over the years, although she has not received much favor from the late emperor, her status has never been underestimated, but the difference between the empress dowager and the concubine is far and wide.

Concubine Shun let out a long sigh: "When our family's Pingping was still there, she would come to sit with me every time she entered the palace. In a blink of an eye, she has been gone for more than a year, but she often dreams of her. "

Daiyu said: "Sister Han is really a good person."

Concubine Shun smiled sadly: "So what about a good person, after all, they are blessed in a shallow way. They can't compare to Miss Lin. Although it was a bit rough before, the good days will follow slowly, and I don't know what kind of wealth it will be in the future."

Daiyu said: "Why does the concubine make fun of my concubines?"

Concubine Shun looked at Daiyu with a smile, and Fang said: "I still remember two years ago, Princess Bei asked to marry you and asked about the queen mother. The princess probably didn't know, but the queen mother was very angry. I heard people say At that time, the Empress Dowager offered to give the other two daughters to the Northern Prince, but the Northern Prince did not agree, which angered the Queen Mother even more. They all said that the Northern Prince was as gentle as jade, but they didn't know that he had once contradicted the Queen Mother. But it's for Miss Lin."

Daiyu was stunned when she heard these words. Shui Rong had never mentioned these words to her, and she never knew that when Princess Han was still alive, he had gone to the Queen Mother to ask for her acceptance. It turned out that those rumors in the mansion were not Out of nowhere.Daiyu sat there quietly, staring straight at the golden curtain embroidered with phoenix patterns, while Dowager Shun was still talking to her, her thoughts had already flown away, and she couldn't hear clearly at all. What did Concubine Shun say later?

Concubine Shun saw her tired face and got up and said: "Princess Bei, let's rest earlier."

Daiyu hurriedly got up and answered yes, and Concubine Shun went back to her room.

Concubine Shun's words were still lingering in her ears, Daiyu wondered what would have happened to her if the Empress Dowager had allowed this matter.At that time, she was so proud, and she was not willing to wrong herself, but if the queen mother had a will, what would she do, her fate was never in her own hands.

The late emperor's coffin was parked in the Shouhuang Hall, and monks and Taoist priests were invited to take turns performing rituals.Concubines, princesses, concubines, princesses, court wives, come here in different turns to kneel.

These days, Princess Yongjia has been transitioning from sorrow to grief. She used to have a slightly bigger face, but she has lost a lot of weight in just a few days. There are also faint blue shadows under her eye circles, and her complexion also looks a little sallow.

She was burning paper money in front of her tremblingly, perhaps because she had knelt for too long, her legs were a little numb, she suddenly got up in a hurry, almost lost her footing, and fell back violently.The people in front of her panicked and hurried to pull her, and her aunt was shocked and shouted: "Princess!"

At the moment, he was busy pinching people and pinching tigers, it took Yongjia a long time to wake up slightly, and his complexion was very bad.Hastily handed over the soft sedan chair, supported by my aunt and maids all the way, and went to Fengyi Palace.

Daiyu knelt there, wondering if she should visit Fengyi Palace after a while.Counting the days, there are still a few days before the funeral. She can't stay in Xiefang Palace forever, and Princess Dunhui is sick and needs to see a doctor to take medicine. There are still a lot of family matters, and she will return home tomorrow. Go ahead, it's the same when you enter the palace every day.

Waiting for the group of monks to finish chanting (the Mantra of Rebirth), they bowed again.It was already dark outside, and there was a lot of white wax burning in the curtains, so I didn't feel it.

When the ceremony was completed, Daiyu followed the crowd and got up slowly, her knees were sore and numb, and she felt dizzy, but fortunately Tongyun supported her in time, so she didn't faint.

Daiyu came to the ear room to rest for a while, and Hanyan brought another bowl of red bean soup. Daiyu was not hungry, but she was a little weak, and she barely used half a bowl.

Concubine Shun said to Daiyu: "Princess Bei, let's go back now."

Daiyu leaned back and said, "The concubine has to visit Princess Yongjia. After the visit, I will go back to Xiefang Palace."

Concubine Shun nodded, then helped the nun next to her and left.

Daiyu took Tongyun and Hanyan to Fengyi Palace.

Princess Yongjia's body was not very strong at first, especially after having a child, her illnesses increased a bit.She lay weakly on the couch, and her aunt took a silver spoon to feed the princess sugar water little by little.

Hualan reported, "Princess Beijing Jing is here."

He said to his aunt, "Please invite her in."

Yongjia felt weak and didn't want to leave, until Daiyu came to him, Yongjia just said on the pillow: "It's so late, please trouble Bei sister-in-law to go this way."

Daiyu asked with concern: "What does the princess think?"

Yongjia smiled slightly: "I'm fine, nothing happened, but I'm scaring you."

He said to his aunt and Daiyu: "The imperial doctor just came to see her. He only said that the qi and blood are a little weak, so let's mediate properly. It's true. These days, the princess has to cry several times a day. It takes a long time to kneel. How can she stand it?" Stay here." He went to look at Daiyu again, and asked quickly, "Can the princess still bear it?"

Daiyu smiled wryly and said: "It's just barely holding on. Our princess is also sick. I'm afraid I have to move back to the mansion tomorrow, so I have to run back and forth, otherwise I won't be able to take care of it."

He and his aunt sighed: "It will be fine after these days."

Yongjia said again: "Father hurt me a lot. He didn't show any filial piety when he was still around. He thought he could do his best these few days, but he couldn't do what he wanted." She felt that her eyelids were a little heavy, She didn't close her eyes for the whole night last night, and accompanied Concubine Qi to the spirit. At this moment, she felt sleepy and yawned loudly.

Seeing this, Daiyu knew it was too late to bother her, so she got up and said, "Princess take good care of her, and I will come to see you tomorrow."

When my aunt and aunt heard that Daiyu was leaving, they hurried to see her off.After leaving the gate of Fengyi Palace, Daiyu said: "Don't worry, aunt, there are smoke and clouds around me. Besides, Xiefang Palace is not very far from here."

Hanyan held a horn lantern in his hand, and Daiyu supported Tongyun, and the three of them walked slowly.On the familiar road, Daiyu can roughly distinguish the direction even in the dark.After walking all the way to Ping'an Lane, Daiyu coughed twice, trying to cover her mouth with the handkerchief around her waist, but it was empty when she touched it, thinking that she must have fallen somewhere with the princess.

Han Yan hurriedly said: "I fetched it for the princess, luckily it's not too far away." Then she handed the horn lamp to Tong Yun.

Daiyu said: "Alright, you go, we will wait for you at the intersection ahead."

He ran away in a flash.

There was a draft in Ping'an Alley, and it was getting darker and darker. The two of them were suddenly a little scared. Tong Yun pretended to be bold and said: "Princess, let's wait for Hanyan over there. It's windy here, so be careful to add some coolness."

The two of them walked quickly through Ping'an Lane until they reached the intersection, where they fell silent.

Just standing still, someone behind him suddenly said: "Dare to ask, but Miss Lin?"

Daiyu was puzzled, now that everyone calls her Wangfei, who would call her "Miss Lin"?Surprised, he hurriedly turned around to look.