Chapter 217 Peach Blossom Snow
The warmth of early spring has not arrived yet, and an inch of late spring is coming.
The peach blossoms that are about to bloom fall down one after another, and the new buds have also frozen. Such snow is called peach blossom snow.
There are rumors among the people that peach blossoms will snow this year, and good weather will be until next year, which is a good omen.
But the palace was silent.
The Imperial Garden, which should have been lively, was empty, with only the sparrows on the branches chirping.
Occasionally, palace maids and eunuchs walked by on the palace road, and they looked down and walked in a hurry. No one saw the beautiful spring scenery.
These palace people travel between the big and small palace roads, and their destinations or departures are nothing more than Changshou Palace and the Imperial Hospital.
In contrast to the silence and quiet outdoors, Changshou Palace is overcrowded.
The inner hall is the imperial physician, the queen and the queen and the queen, the queen, the queen, and the queen, and the outer hall is the master of the harem, the queen and the princess of the royal family.
There were the imperial physicians waiting to be summoned, the imperial kitchen palace servants waiting to deliver food, and the imperial pharmacy palace servants who boiled medicine and boiled water.
All palaces were nervous, and the empress dowager was the current emperor.
The inner palace carved phoenix bed is already dying, with less intake and more out.
Queen Wang, who was in charge of the first palace for a time, became a dying person who looked withered.
She held her daughter's hand desperately, making a gurgling sound from her throat, her eyes bulged, and her thin hands kept exerting force.
"Zhi'er...you need to be fine..."
Xie Jingzhi had already cried, and the two children around her also cried loudly.
"Look at your little grandson, they are all wearing clothes you made. Buerguer, come and kowtow to grandmother."
The two little kids who are less than one year old don’t know the world yet, they just feel sad, and they are sad. This is probably the connection between mother and son.
The Queen Mother Wang looked at Wang Xiangjun without saying anything, and turned her eyes to Lin Ximeng.
She seemed to want to say something, but in the end she couldn't say anything, and the sound in her throat became louder and louder, like a bellows.
"Imperial Doctor, Imperial Doctor"
Xie Chenyu hurriedly called Qiu Yuan to come over.
Qiu Yuansen hurried over with the medicine box, took out three-inch long and thin silver needles, and applied needles to the empress dowager's men, tiger's mouth, Yongquan and other places.
The bright silver needle slowly penetrated, and everyone held their breath and waited for a miracle to happen.
Unfortunately, no.
The life of the Empress Dowager of the Dynasty, the legitimate daughter of the Wang family, a well-deserved lady of the family, has come to an end.
"Mother Queen!"
"Mother Queen!"
Xie Jingzhi was crying and her body fell down softly. The two children had been taken away and she was soon sent to the side room for treatment.
The rest of the people knelt in order according to their positions, and everyone cried loudly.
Wang Xiangjun whimpered and lowered her head, but she was surprised in her mind. She always felt that when the empress dowager just died, her final gaze fell on her, as if she was worried, and as if she had something to say.
Wang Xiangjun couldn't help but sarcastic.
If you don’t say anything earlier, you can’t even say it even if you want to say it until you are delayed. This means it’s still not important.
Think about it carefully in the past few years, as a dear aunt, the Empress Dowager has not had much feelings for her.
In addition to the Wang family, she was her precious daughter, and she never said that half of the words of the emperor.
She knew that marrying into the royal family was not in line with her aunt's wishes, but she couldn't help herself even after she got married.
I only have that Lin Ximeng in my mind for a day or two. Looking back at myself, it’s like looking at the air.
The more I think about it, the more I can't cry.
Wang Xiangjun simply wiped away his tears and started howling.
Also happy was Concubine Qing, a woman who had never mentioned it since the death of the late emperor.
She was looking at the shoes beside the Queen Mother's bed, and the vicious pleasure in her eyes was almost pumping out.
'I know you're dying miserably, and you still have many wishes to do it, but Empress Dowager, you're smart and confused for a lifetime'
'Why did you forget that I am also a mother? How could I not know who caused my child?'
Xie Chenqi was made the crown prince shortly after he was born. He was poisoned at the New Year's Eve banquet and almost lost his life and became disabled.
What if it is pushed to the third prince at that time?
Even if you do it perfectly and point all the evidence to the third prince, I still know that it was you who did it.
The third prince was wronged.
Concubine Qing cried so hard that her eyes were swollen. Everyone thought she was crying for the Queen Mother, but in fact she was crying for herself and her son.
Whenever I bow my head, I keep muttering in my heart.
‘I can’t beat you when you are alive. Now that you are dead, I am not afraid at all. My son will definitely grow up safely, and your daughter will…’
Xie Chenyu knelt deeply, his head lowered, and a faint curve appeared on the corners of his lips.
"Mother, Queen Mother, although I don't know how my biological mother died, I know that it will never have nothing to do with you."
"It's enough to treat you over the years, in the future..."
Lin Ximeng was really crying, and tears flowed out, so happy and excited.
As soon as the Empress Dowager dies, many situations will change.
At least the overlord position of the Wang family in the court has become completely the past, and the emperor will never be in a dilemma.
The queen never had a backer anymore, and she lived a little better in the palace.
——
In early February of the second year of Fuxi, the Empress Dowager died. The emperor was very sad and stopped the court for three days. The court was full of grief and the whole country was mourning.
Although the empress dowager is not the emperor's biological mother, she has the grace of raising her.
Xie Chenyu immediately issued an order to serve the Empress Dowager in accordance with the highest standards, the Shanggong Bureau, the Chief Lecture Supervisor, and the Ministry of Rites received the imperial edict at the same time, and even the Ministry of Revenue and the Treasury must be on standby to prevent insufficient money.
The news came out and the people around the world were talking about it.
A small number of people say it is too extravagant.
Most of them still praised it, saying that it was not natural to mourn the empress dowager. There was an emperor in the previous dynasty who knew the filial piety and virtuous heart in the world, and he once claimed that he would support the empress dowager with the wealth of the world.
The queen mother was indeed Shu Shushukaokao and lived to be 86 years old, and was rumored to be a beautiful story in the world.
"Our emperor is already very restrained."
"I heard that the emperor lives a very frugal life in private. My brother-in-law's third aunt's eighth son works as a chef in the imperial kitchen. He said that the emperor only ordered sixteen dishes for a meal. You must know that our late emperor's meal should not be 120 dishes..."
The man was interrupted by the person next to him, and he quickly stuck out his tongue and stopped talking.
In short, in the eyes of the world, Xie Chenyu has become a role model for filial piety.
——
The palace held a solemn and dignified funeral.
The Empress Dowager died and was mourned for one month, and she could only be buried in the burial for 9981 days.
In the month of the great destruction, the emperor and the empress kneel for two hours a day, and other princesses, princesses, must kneel for four hours if they can move.
Court officials are all foreigners, so they don’t have to wear mourning clothes, they just go to the palace to burn incense and pay their respects.
One month.
The queen knelt beside the emperor, and the two of them were standing shoulder to shoulder, but they didn't look at each other directly, and they didn't even say anything.
There are only a few sentences every day.
"The Emperor's Absoluteness"
"No gifts"
"Is lunch available for the emperor?"
"Your Majesty wants to rest?" and so on.
Every time Xie Chenyu just responded lightly, not even asking a question.
Chapter completed!