The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 729
Xue Baochai left Qin Keqing's bedroom, found an eunuch and found out where Jia Ke was, and brought her personal maid to the side hall of Kunning Palace.

At the gate of the hall, Li Deshan and Li Gui were guarding there. When they saw Xue Baochai coming, they hurried forward to salute.

"Waiting for courtesy, is the emperor in there?"

"Go back to the imperial concubine, the emperor is in the side hall."

"One of you go in and report to the emperor, just say that Xue Baochai is asking to see you."

So Li Deshan bowed to Xue Baochai, then turned around and went into the side hall to hug Jia Ke. After a while, word came from inside that Xue Baochai was asked to go in for an audience.

After Xue Baochai entered the side hall, he saw Jia Ke sitting alone in the dark.

Xue Baochai hurriedly came to Jia Ke, knelt down to salute him, then stood up, came to Jia Ke's side, and said softly: "Your Majesty, please be kind."

Jia Ke sighed, and then said, "Have you ever paid homage to the queen?"

"If you go back to the emperor, you have visited the queen, and the queen has finished grooming."

Jia Ke nodded and said: "My mind is confused. The queen will be placed in Qianqing Palace soon. I can't bear to see you. I will live in Chengqian Palace these few days. You go back and prepare."

After hearing this, Xue Baochai didn't express anything on the surface, but she was secretly happy in her heart.

After a while, Fan Kang came in to report that the empress had finished tidying up and was about to be transported to Qianqing Palace to set up a mourning hall.

Jia Ke was silent for a while, and then said, "I won't go, you will preside over this matter."

Fan Kang looked at Jia Ke in surprise. You must know that Jia Ke and Qin Keqing have been husband and wife for many years, and they can be regarded as a married couple when they are together. Now Jia Ke is a little abnormal.

But he dared to ask such a thing, since Jia Ke didn't want to go, he naturally withdrew to preside over this matter for Jia Ke.

After a while, Jia Ke heard a burst of chaos outside, and then Kunning Palace fell into silence.

Jia Ke let out a long breath, then stood up, turned around and left the side hall, to the outside of Kunning Palace.

Li Deshan had already prepared a soft sedan beside him, Jia Ke got into the sedan without saying a word, Xue Baochai took Xue Baoqin, and followed behind in a soft sedan.

On the second day, the entire capital knew that the empress had passed away, and the houses of the princes and nobles were in chaos. These families had an order, so they all hurriedly put on court clothes.

In the homes of ordinary people, all the red decorations are also pasted with white paper.

From this day onwards, for 21 consecutive days, the Qianqing Palace continued to mourn and joy, and concubines, princes, and princesses came to cry every day.

Every day is hosted by Xue Baochai and Shi Xiangyun in turn.

When Mother Jia found out about this, she also lamented for a long time.

"This daughter-in-law is the first among my granddaughter-in-laws, and there are a hundred others who can't compare to her. I didn't expect that she is a lucky one. She just had a good life, and then she got this disease."

Then Jia Mu ordered her close maid, Yuanyang, to go and offer a stick of incense on her behalf.

With Mother Jia's statement, Queen Mother Wang and Queen Mother Zhou naturally did not dare to be negligent, and they both sent their personal maids to offer incense.

This time, Qin Keqing's sorrow was extremely sad, and there were actually the empress dowager and two empress dowagers offering incense.

What's strange is that since Qin Keqing's death, after Jia Ke saw Qin Keqing for the last time, she never appeared in Qin Keqing's mourning hall again.

Twenty-one days later, outside the imperial city, Qin Keqing's temporary shelter was completed.

Then Fan Kang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, presided over it personally. Under the escort of all the concubines, princes and princesses, civil and military officials, Qin Keqing's coffin left the imperial city and came outside the city.

After a period of complicated etiquette, Qin Keqing's coffin was placed in a newly built palace, and then the gate of the palace was tightly sealed. Only when Jia Ke's mausoleum was completed could Qin Keqing's coffin be reopened. Go out from this door once and enter Jia Ke's mausoleum.

After all, Qin Keqing's funeral was different from that of the emperor. After 21 days, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty calmed down, and the people began to return to normal life. Even Jia Ke began to favor the concubines in the harem again.

To say that the one who has the most influence is King Jiazhi of Chu. When Qin Keqing was here, he was the most favored in the palace and the most hopeful to be crowned prince, so countless people fawned on him from top to bottom.

But now that Qin Keqing was gone, the child immediately felt the coldness of the world. It's not that these servants in the palace dare to neglect him, it's just that they are not as dedicated as before.

As for Jia Zhi, the child was still young, and his mother passed away. It was a sensitive time, and these inadvertent negligence immediately made him feel different, so his heart began to darken.

Fortunately, at this time, Ruizhu has been divided into Concubine Li and has her own separate palace, and Ruizhu is also a loyal concubine. The master is here to serve.

A period of time after Qin Keqing's death, there was a turmoil in the palace.

Shi Xiangyun is very simple and honest, but she is not a fool, she also knows how to run around for her own future.

So now it is Xiangyun, who has to go to Ningshou Palace almost every day to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager.

After Qin Keqing's death, Empress Dowager Jia's mother also hoped that Shi Xiangyun could preside over the harem.

Therefore, during this period of time, the grandparents and grandchildren can be said to be very close.

But Xue Baochai took another path. On the one hand, she used Xue Baoqin to curry favor with Jia Ke, but on the other hand, she went to the Empress Dowager Zhou to salute every day.

And the concubines in the palace began to divide into two factions, but because Shi Xiangyun entered the palace and was supported by the empress dowager, he had the absolute upper hand.

And among these concubines, there is only one person who is optimistic about Xue Baochai, and that is Defei Lanxiang.

This Defei Lanxiang was the daughter of an official family that Jia Ke adopted when she was in Xuanfu Town.It can be said that there is some scheming.

She has already seen Xue Baochai's hidden wisdom, and it is simply impossible for Shi Xiangyun to fight Xue Baochai.

Therefore, Lan Xiang secretly surrendered like Xue Baochai, and Xue Baochai thought that he was still a shallow servant in the palace and needed help from the people below, so he accepted Lan Xiang generously.

On this day, after Jia Ke finished her business, she went to visit Jia Mu to greet her.

This is also necessary for ancient emperors, because in ancient times, filial piety was used to rule the world, regardless of whether you are the ninety-five supreme, at least on the surface you have to respect your elders.

Therefore, Jia Ke did not ignore Jia Mu's etiquette for a single day.

After Jia Ke entered Ningshou Palace, under the service of Yuanyang, she entered Jiamu's side hall.

After Jia Ke saluted Jia Mu, she was pulled to sit beside her by Jia Mu.

"Emperor, the empress has been gone for a while. I see that there is no one presiding over the palace during this time, and it has become a bit chaotic. This is not okay. Even if you feel sorry for the dead empress, you can't ignore the people in front of you. I think You'd better choose another virtuous person to preside over the harem."

After hearing this, Jia Ke didn't refute, just nodded, and then asked, "I don't know who Lafayette can choose."

Mother Jia was overjoyed when she heard this, but she didn't show it on the surface, she just said lightly: "I'm an old woman, but I can't control these things, just remind me when I need to."

"Lafayette is still young, and we younger generations still need some advice from you, Lafayette."

"Okay, since you have this thought, I will recommend someone to you."

Jia Ke looked at Jia respectfully, but he already knew who this person was.

As expected by Jia Ke, Jia Mu said next, "I think that girl Xiangyun is not bad. Over the years, you have seen her character. She is a kind person. If she presides over the harem, she will come and go." It will embarrass the children left behind by the former queen."

After hearing this, Jia Ke was noncommittal?What Mother Jia said was right, Xiangyun was indeed kind, but because of her kindness, she didn't have the ability to manage thousands of people in the harem.

In Jia Ke's heart, the real candidate is Xue Baochai. Jia Ke sees Xue Baochai's scheming, but Jia Ke doesn't have any disgust.

If the queen in charge of the palace didn't have any scheming, then she would be played around by others.

Besides, which of the superiors is clean, Qin Keqing is thoughtful on the surface, but who knows those palace ladies and eunuchs who died because of Qin Keqing's hint in the palace.

"Lafayette, I haven't thought about it yet. I'd like to postpone this matter for now. I'll think about it after a few days when I calm down."

Who is Jia Mu?As soon as Jia Ke evaded it, he knew that he was dissatisfied with Shi Xiangyun, but now Jia's mother can't make the decision for Jia Ke, so she had to remind him.

"Except for Xiangyun, if someone else becomes this queen, the King of Chu will have a hard time." This was Chi Guoguo's hint.

Jia Ke didn't feel like staying here any longer after listening to Jia Wu. Jia Ke sued Jia Mu for a crime, then left Ningshou Palace and returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

During this period of time, Jia Ke has never entered the Qianqing Palace, and now Jia Ke has regarded the Hall of Mental Cultivation as his bedroom.

After Jia Ke returned to the bedroom, she was a little bored, so she ordered someone to prepare some food and drinks for her to drink away her worries. After a while, she drank too much, and then, with Li Gui's support, entered the bedroom of the Hall of Mental Cultivation rest.

Unexpectedly, Jia Ke slept until midnight, feeling in a daze that someone was calling him.

Jia Ke slowly opened his eyes, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. It turned out that Jia Ke saw Qin Keqing standing in front of his bed dressed all his life.

Jia Ke was startled at first, but immediately calmed down. One must know that Jia Ke's skill had already reached the level of a celestial being.

Jia Ke had also tested his supernatural powers in the capital back then, and those monsters and ghosts would be frightened when they got close to him.

Jia Ke didn't practice the profound art silently immediately, but looked at Qin Keqing in front of her and asked, "Zitong, do you have something else to explain to me?"

(End of this chapter)