Author: Loeva

Qin Hanzhen, wearing mourning clothes, walked out of the palace where he was kneeling, feeling dizzy.

It snowed for the first time today. In this very cold weather, she had knelt in the mourning hall of the Crown Princess for more than three hours. After half a day's work, her physical strength was really unbearable, so she had to urinate to catch her breath.

Fortunately, as the princess of Suning County, she still had some respect in the palace. The palace servants cleverly placed a brazier not far from her to prevent her from being too cold, so her body was not stiff.

But after such a long time, even if she was not frozen, she was already stiff on her knees. She could only hold on until now because she was young and in good health. Several elderly female elders of the clan, as early as the first day, one

All of them fainted due to old age and frailty, and were all sent home. There was no need to come to kneel in mourning. Only the younger generation of clan wives and two or three ordinary clan elders who were holy family members were still guarding the mourning hall.

On the ground, some people also fainted one after another, but it was hard to tell whether they were fainting or not.

Qin Hanzhen paused and caught a glimpse of Princess Xiang calling out in a low voice in a veranda she had just passed by. She had a foot stove under her feet and a hand stove in her hand. There were also several daughters-in-law and granddaughter-in-law waiting around her.

The man who greeted me with greetings and offered tea and snacks could not help but curl his lips and walked over without saying a word.

You know, Princess Xiang just fainted from crying in the mourning hall. Before she fainted, she cried and said many words of praise for the Crown Princess, and was heartbroken for the Crown Princess's "untimely death". Qin Hanzhen thought that

Princess Xiang really had a very deep friendship with Crown Princess Tang, but she just didn’t know it. Now I understand.

There must have been a lot of people performing in front of the funeral in the past few days. No wonder that when the Crown Princess was seriously ill with Tang syndrome, few people really wanted to visit the palace, but now it seems that everyone is deeply saddened by her passing. Prince Xiang's Mansion

Because a grandson's daughter-in-law was involved in Chu Zheng's plan, she was not allowed to be a holy family member in the first place, and now she has to live in fear. Even those who are senior to the princess in the clan are basically exempted from the obligation to kneel down.

The princess still had to take the whole family and continue to perform in the palace. However, they were not sincere enough in the performance, which made the palace people see it. It was impossible not to report to the queen mother, and the emperor and the prince came forward. What's more,

What's the meaning?

Qin Han really didn't bother to find out what these people were thinking. She was also cold, so she quickly found a warmer place, drank hot tea, and ate some snacks to cushion her stomach, and waited until she had the strength to continue.

Go back to Qiantou mourning hall to cry.

Qin Hanzhen brought Feng'er and Lianshi into the palace. Lianshi stayed with her and waited for instructions. Feng'er was more familiar with the palace, so he went to look for someone to ask for tea. He came back soon and gave it to Qin Hanzhen.

The hand stove brought into the palace needed new charcoal, and an extra brazier was needed. Hasumi quickly opened a box of snacks brought from the prince's palace, borrowed a white porcelain tea tray to hold it, and placed it next to the brazier for heating. After a while,

Then you can eat it.

Qin Hanzhen was eating snacks and hot tea, keeping himself warm, and listening to Feng'er report some news from the palace that he had just learned.

Because the funeral of the Crown Princess was held during the war, and in a few months it would coincide with the enthronement ceremony of the new king, so after discussing with the Crown Prince, the Emperor decided not to do it. According to the regulations, the Crown Princess was allowed to attend the funeral ceremony.

She can be buried in the imperial mausoleum as the Crown Princess, and the mourning hall is located in Kunning Palace, which symbolizes the Crown Princess's status as the future queen, but there is no formal reward. Kneeling in the palace only requires seven days.

Then she moved out of the palace. Since she was the first wife of the new king, although she was not a queen, her status was different from that of ordinary people. Therefore, the emperor issued a special decree and declared that the country had entered a state of mourning. Marriage was prohibited for three days among the people. For high-ranking officials and families,

Then replace the month with the sun and observe the twenty-seven days of filial piety.

The royal family decided to organize the funeral frugally, so the courtiers had no reason to object. There were all the necessary rules and etiquette, but they just tried to be as simple as possible. The Ministry of Rites saw that the Tang Dynasty Minister had no objections, and even took the initiative to express his approval, so he did not say anything.

The historians will not cause trouble at this time. The matter is settled like this.

Because the Queen Mother was sad that the Crown Princess passed away, she had been in bed for the past few days to recuperate. The Emperor couldn't bear to see the Crown Princess for the last time. Apart from calling the Crown Prince to comfort her from time to time, he would not set foot in the palace where the deceased was laid to rest. As for His Highness, the Crown Prince visited her every day.

Come, but he won’t stay in front of the tomb for too long. The war in Liaodong is still going on, and he has a lot of state affairs to be busy with. Princess Minshun stays in front of the tomb every day, but because of her weak body, she only stayed for two or three days.

Tian Tian couldn't bear it anymore. She still insisted on holding on until her mother's coffin left the palace, but the concubine Wang and the prince jointly persuaded her not to do so.

There is also Chen Liangyuan in the East Palace. Because she is pregnant, she has been ordered by the Queen Mother to be exempted from the obligation to kneel. However, she also wants to express her grief and memory for the Crown Princess, so these days she enshrines the little girl in her room.

She was quietly chanting sutras and praying for the Crown Princess in the Buddhist niche. Yesterday, she was accidentally bumped into by Princess Minshun. The princess sat opposite her and cried silently, and then she also started to set up a Buddhist niche and incense table in her room to pray for her deceased mother.

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These were all gossips in the palace. Qin Hanzhen listened casually and had a clearer understanding of the situation in the harem after the death of the Crown Princess.

In the past few days, everything before the death of the Crown Princess was basically presided over by the Wang Concubine. Sure enough, with the harem without a master, the Queen Mother was old, Princess Minshun was still young, and she was immersed in sorrow. Chen Liangyuan

Being pregnant and having a humble position, Wang Concubine became the one in charge of the overall situation. Fortunately, the prince was going to ascend the throne in a few months, and almost all the Wang family returned to their place of origin. Only Fourth Master Wang and others were left.

It’s not popular in the capital. Otherwise, who knows if the Wang family will make a comeback at this time?

Qin Hanzhen ate until he was 70% full and felt stronger, so he returned to the front mourning hall and continued to cry. Feng'er silently took out a small wooden box that he carried with him, opened the lock on it, and took out a new handkerchief.

Give it to her. Qin Hanzhen changed the old veil, looked at the new one with a slight medicinal smell, and sighed.

A normal person can't bear to cry like this. No matter how many tears he sheds, he will shed all his tears. But if he doesn't cry, he doesn't look pious enough, and he can easily be criticized. Qin Hanzhen can't imitate other people's shameless pulling of the neck and yelling, no.

She had no choice but to use a specially made medicinal handkerchief and use a crooked doorway to stimulate her tear ducts. After just a few days, she was really exhausted. When the funeral of the Crown Princess passed, she would have to rest for a few days.

OK.

Qin Hanzhen returned to the mourning hall. Before entering the door, she saw that the sky outside was not right, the clouds were dark, and she didn't know if it was going to snow. She was still young and could bear it, but she didn't know what was happening to her relatives. Cai Shengnan was pregnant because

She was pregnant, reported the birth, and was able to stay at home and take care of the two children. Xiao Feng served the Niu family and knelt in the palace. Although the emperor wanted to give Niu family grace, he could not do it because of the relationship between the Tu family and the Tang family.

The old ladies cried very piously and sadly, unwilling to go home life or death. It would be too conspicuous to only give grace to the Qin family. Both Qin Bai and Niu felt that they could support them, so they stayed.

But how can Qin Hanzhen rest assured? Although her grandmother Niu has always been in good health, she is already an old person, and the weather is so cold...

Qin Hanzhen quietly sent Feng'er to see how Niu and Xiao Feng were doing. The female relatives kneeling and crying in the mourning hall were not all together. The clan members were in one place, and the married women were in another.

One place. Qin Hanzhen couldn't take care of his relatives nearby. He could only force himself to cry with the medicine handkerchief while thinking about his grandmother's body. Fortunately, it didn't take long before Feng'er asked an acquaintance of the palace to bring them to him.

I received the news that Mr. Niu is fine. Because of the bad weather, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ordered that all the elders of Tu, Tang, and Qin be sent out of the palace. So now there are only Mr. Feng, Mrs. Tang and the Tu family.

Several young daughters-in-law are still in the palace. However, Xiao Feng is not far from the brazier, and the emperor and the prince have already ordered the palace people to take care of her, so there is no serious problem at the moment.

Half an hour later, it started to snow again. The cold wind outside swept into the mourning hall. Several young and frail wives of the clan couldn't bear it and fainted immediately. Among them was the Princess of Miyang County.

Sun Qin Hanzhen was not far from where she was kneeling. She was startled when she saw this. Seeing that no one else could take care of her, she hurriedly came over and called two palace servants to help her into the veranda.

The person who asked the palace asked the imperial doctor, and at the same time ordered someone to notify her maid.

After a while, the imperial doctor arrived and checked Sun's pulse. It was a happy pulse. It turned out that Sun was pregnant. Her maid didn't know it at all, and she didn't know how to serve her. She thought that her princess was in good health and young.

He was so strong that even though he had been kneeling in the palace for several days, he didn't take it seriously. He was so cold and tired, what if something happened to him?

Qin Hanzhen scolded the maid of the Liyang County Prince's Mansion, and asked someone to report it to Wang Concubine. Wang Concubine quickly rushed over, looked at Sun's pale face, and said hurriedly: "Is it convenient to move now?

?If you can move, send the person home quickly. Don't come back in the next few days. The Crown Princess is the most kind-hearted. If the Princess of Miyang County has a bad thing, wouldn't it mean that the Crown Princess is under the spell of Jiuquan?

Can't you feel at ease?" He then said to Qin Hanzhen, "Would you like the princess of Suning County to give her a ride? After sending her off, she will go directly back to the house and come back tomorrow, it will be the same. Everyone is tired these days.

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This was a favor given by Wang Concubine. Qin Hanzhen thanked her for her kindness, but still declined. If Wang Concubine was the queen, the weight of her words would certainly be unusual. Or maybe the Queen Mother spoke at this time, and Qin Hanzhen was happy to leave.

Man. The problem is that Sun Shi, the princess of Liyang County, has a legitimate reason to leave early, but Qin Hanzhen does not. Zhao Mo has been the focus of everyone's attention because he has been favored by the Holy Family and has real power in his hands. How can Qin Hanzhen let him

What if someone seizes the opportunity to attack Zhao Mo? She would rather be honest, do what she has to do, fulfill all her obligations, and not let others find fault.

Concubine Wang originally just wanted to show her kindness to Qin Hanzhen. But she had a gentle temper. Even if Qin Hanzhen did not accept her kindness, she would not be resentful. She just changed her suggestion after sending Sun away.

: "Why don't Princess Suning go to see Princess Minshun? The princess has been ill these past two days and is in a low mood. She has always been close to the princess, so why not go and enlighten her?"

This time Qin Hanzhen did not refuse. Being able to sit and rest in a warm palace room was certainly better than continuing to kneel in the mourning hall and drink the northwest wind.

Qin Hanzhen took two maids and followed the palace servants sent by the royal concubine to guide the way to the East Palace. Before she arrived in front of the East Palace gate, she saw Yunyang Hou wearing a white filial belt around his waist and Ma and Min from a distance.

, Yun and other generals rushed to the East Palace study room in a hurry.

What happened?
Chapter completed!