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Chapter 559 Funeral ([-])

The palace has been peaceful for a long time, and the news of Eunuch Feng's return broke the peace like a stone falling into the lake.

Prince Zhu Yun received the news that day, and Empress Yuan in the Jiaofang Palace also found out about it the next day.

At night, Emperor Qing'an, who was in a fairly good mood, returned to Jiaofang Hall.Empress Yuan greeted her with a smile, and opened her mouth to ask, "I heard that Feng San'er is back?"

Emperor Qing'an hummed: "Feng San'er has been on errands outside. Now that Yang Jinghe is seriously ill, she deliberately returns to the palace to take care of her at the sick bed, and do her best as a righteous son."

Empress Yuan praised: "This Feng San'er is kind and righteous."

Isn't it?

For Eunuch Yang, she left her husband and children behind and traveled thousands of miles back to Beijing.To put it bluntly, when the emperor was on his deathbed, I'm afraid Feng Shaojun would never come back to take a look.

Thinking of this, Emperor Qing'an felt a little uncomfortable.However, it was enough not to show it in front of Empress Yuan, so she responded casually: "I went to see Yang Jinghe today, and when Feng San'er came back, he cheered up a lot and looked better. Maybe there will be more Live for a few days. So, I let Feng San'er stay and take care of him by his side."

Empress Yuan naturally knew the importance Yang Jinghe had in Emperor Qing'an's heart.Although he is just a rootless servant, he is the closest and most trusted person of Emperor Qing'an.In terms of feelings, it is far beyond comparison.

"It is true that Feng San'er should stay." Empress Yuan sighed: "When a person is about to die, it will be easier to have someone who knows the cold and hot by his side. When Eunuch Yang closes his eyes, Feng San'er can still For Eunuch Yang to be buried. It also counts as the friendship between their righteous father and son."

Emperor Qing'an nodded slightly.

The emperor and empress chatted a few words and went to have dinner together.

Since the frontier war a few years ago, the harem has been reduced in various places, and it has continued to this day.There are eight dishes for dinner in Jiaofangdian.Compared with the regulation of dozens of dishes in the past, it can be called simple and thin.

However, both husband and wife are used to it.Empress Yuan occasionally muttered a few words: "Only the two of us, with so many dishes, how can we finish them all. In the future, we will simply reduce two dishes."

Emperor Qing'an laughed: "Don't cut it any further. In the past few years, the weather in Daqi has been good, the treasury is still full, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not short of money. There is no need for you, the empress, to cut down on food and clothing."

Empress Yuan pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes were still clear: "You and I spend less money to show off to the civil servants, generals, and clan relatives. It can also change the bad trend of flashy and extravagant comparisons in the capital."

In fact, over the past few years, the atmosphere of officials having banquets at every turn has gradually changed.What is good at the top must be done at the bottom.The emperor doesn't like to drink and banquet, and occasionally holds a palace banquet, and there is no singing and dancing of silk and bamboo.Naturally, the courtiers are not good at feasting and having fun.

The same goes for the female relatives.The empresses in the palace don't like gorgeous clothes, and the daily clothes are mainly comfortable.This trend quickly spread.

Because of this, Empress Yuan's reputation of being "straightforward" in the past has long been replaced by "virtuous".

For the people, it is indeed a blessing to have such an emperor and queen.

After dinner, the husband and wife bathe and change their own clothes.On the bed, Emperor Qing'an put his arms around Empress Yuan's shoulders, and Empress Yuan snuggled up to her husband, suddenly smiled and said: "In a blink of an eye, we have been married for thirty years."

Yes!How time flies!

When we met for the first time in the past, we fell in love at first sight, as if vividly remembered.In a blink of an eye, they have been married for 30 years, their son has grown up, and the four grandchildren have also grown up.

Emperor Qing'an chuckled, bowed his head and kissed his wife's cheek: "It's only been 30 years. In my eyes, you will always be the same as before."

Back then, he made a promise in public that he would not be stained with sex in this life, only her alone.

After ascending the throne and becoming the emperor, she was the only queen in his harem, and she had never chosen a concubine or accepted a beauty.

He is a majestic emperor outside, but when he enters the Jiaofang Palace, he is her husband-in-law.The two are like an ordinary loving couple.

For a woman to have such a lover, her life is not in vain.

Empress Yuan smiled sweetly, and the fine lines at the corners of her eyes were extraordinarily warm and beautiful.

At this moment, a hasty knock on the door broke the tranquility in the dormitory.

Empress Yuan was taken aback: "It's so late, could something have happened?"

Emperor Qing'an frowned, got up and went to the door, and asked through the thick door, "What happened?"

Hongyu's flustered voice sounded outside the door: "Go back to your majesty, Cuiwei Palace sent a funeral letter just now. Concubine Tian Shu has gone."

Emperor Qing'an frowned, and said in a deep voice: "I know. Pass on my word of mouth and send someone to send mourning letters to Prince Zhao's mansion immediately, ordering Wang Zhao and his wife to bring their children and grandchildren into the palace immediately."

Empress Yuan also got off the bed quickly: "I'll go to Cuiwei Palace."

Emperor Qing'an said: "I will go with you."

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It has been nine years since the first emperor passed away, and the concubines who were living in the harem for the elderly were suffering in the long, monotonous and lonely days day after day.Concubine Tian Shu is the oldest, with the highest status. She has been recuperating on the bed intermittently, and has not shown herself in front of people for several years.

King Zhao would visit Cuiwei Palace once or twice a month.

Since last year, Concubine Tian Shu's illness has become more serious, and even the funeral was prepared at that time.I never thought that Concubine Tian Shu's vitality was tenacious, and she survived again, living for more than half a year.Then suddenly tonight I closed my eyes.

Both Emperor Qing'an and Empress Yuan were mentally prepared. After the initial shock, they quickly calmed down, got dressed quickly, and went to Cuiwei Palace together.

The prince and concubine of the East Palace also came quickly, arriving at Cuiwei Palace almost at the same time as the empress.

Death in the harem is always a funeral.However, whether it is Emperor Qing'an or Prince Zhu Yun, the relationship with Concubine Tian Shu is limited, and he can't pretend to be sad.Empress Yuan and Crown Princess Yuan Min, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, each shed a few tears.

The gray-haired Concubine Tian Shu was lying quietly on the bed, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep, her face was quite peaceful.

Empress Yuan never cared about mundane and trivial matters, Yuan Min wiped the corners of her eyes, and spontaneously arranged for the funeral.White banners were hung in Cuiwei Palace, and the palace servants changed into plain clothes.

Soon, everyone in the palace was alarmed, and all the palace servants changed into mourning clothes one after another.

Concubine Tian Shu was usually silent, but there was a lot of movement after her death.She is the highest ranking concubine in the harem, and is the birth mother of King Zhao.The emperor and empress also have to respect him as an elder, and have to wear plain clothes for Concubine Tian Shu for a period of time.

An hour later, the disgraced King Zhao and Princess Zhao entered the palace with red eyes.The son of King Zhao and his concubine also entered the palace together.

Zhao Wang, who was in his 40s, knelt down beside the bed with a plop, and looked at the dead green and cold face of Concubine Tian Shu, feeling sad and weeping uncontrollably.

(End of this chapter)