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Chapter 120 Gift (Pink Ticket 30+)

The empress is dead?

Dong Yuan was slightly stunned, and asked Qiangwei, "Who did you hear that from?"

"Madam told me." Qiangwei said, "The palace has issued a decree to announce the funeral. The Empress Empress will be buried at the first quarter of the day today. She will stay in Xiefang Palace at the north gate of the court. The maids inside and outside will enter the palace at the beginning of the morning tomorrow and mourn for seven days. Madam said, let's prepare a few extra cold clothes for grandma..."

It's true.

Concubine Sheng had just given birth to the fourth prince, and before the full term, the empress collapsed.

Dong Yuan sat quietly on the kang, his voice was not regretful or sorrowful, but a bit relieved: "The son is coming back soon..."

Did he succeed?
If the major events in the Northwest are still undecided, the royal family will not dare to touch the empress.Now the military power in the northwest is about to fall, and the emperor will catch the Xiao family by surprise.

Maybe news came back from the northwest, but the Marquis of Shengchang forbade his family members to interfere in the government affairs, cut off the news about Sheng Xiuyi, and kept Dong Yuan and Mrs. Sheng from knowing, lest they worry carelessly.

Now it's finally done, and Dong Yuan's heart has also fallen to the ground.

Dong Yuan still remembered the woman he met when he entered the palace in the last lunar month. She was wearing the queen's court dress, sitting beside the empress dowager with a solemn expression, and she was holding the airs of being a mother.

Now it's a ray of soul wandering to the end of the world.

Dong Yuan got up, asked Qiangwei to serve her and changed into a plain moon-white collared long jacket.

On the thirteenth day of the winter month in the fifth year of Yuanchang, the Empress Xiao's family collapsed, she stopped court for five days, took onyx, laying down seven days a day, gathered inside and outside to take cloth, and cried day and night for seven days.One hundred days of Neyline.After 27 days of release, take plain clothes within [-] months.After a few feasts, crown and pick tassels.The emperor's mausoleum was buried, and the posthumous title was Empress Herui.

Dong Yuan ate lunch, rested for a while, and asked the maids to tell the aunts that today's greetings will be avoided.

"Go and tell the steward of the outer court that I want a soft sedan chair." Dong Yuan said to Xunfang, the eldest maid, "the rough messengers who carry the sedan chair want two, and I will tell my wife personally when I turn back."

Xunfang knew that Dong Yuan was going to pay Mrs. Sheng well.

The road is slippery when it is snowing, Mrs. Sheng does not allow Dong Yuan to go there, for fear that she will get pregnant, so now it is okay to go there in a sedan chair.

Xunfang hurriedly said yes, she went out wearing wooden clogs, and hurried away with a little maid.

The steward of the outer court heard that the grandma wanted a soft sedan chair and the rough envoy who carried it, so without further ado, he found a soft soft sedan chair and sent two tall and strong women over.

Accompanied by Qiangwei and Xunfang, Dong Yuan took a sedan chair to Mrs. Sheng's Yuanyang Pavilion.

When Mrs. Sheng saw her coming, she quickly ordered the servant girl to take off her cloak, and ordered hot tea.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sat down, and Mrs. Sheng blamed her for being disobedient, and came here with a big belly in the snow.

Qiangwei, who was waiting at the side, hurriedly told Mrs. Sheng about the soft sedan chair.

Only then did Mrs. Sheng laugh: "That's right. I also wanted to get you a sedan chair to come in, but I was afraid that you would be overwhelmed and think that I was mean as a mother-in-law, thinking that I would force my daughter-in-law to set the rules..."

Dong Yuan hurriedly smiled and said: "If I don't know what to do, Mother will love me for nothing."

The smile in the corner of Mrs. Sheng's eyes is even stronger.

Seeing that Mrs. Sheng didn't blame her, Dong Yuan said: "Mother, I'm not more expensive than others, and I brought the sedan chair into the inner house because I wanted to prevent you from worrying about me walking on snowy roads. I can also come to accompany you from time to time. But everyone There is no such rule in the room. After I have passed this period, I will still send it back. The two rough envoys, please leave the monthly order from my room. When the weather is better, I will still ask them to return to their respective errands. Their current Errand, choose two wives from our courtyard to take over..."

While Dong Yuan was talking, Mrs. Sheng and Mother Kang both burst out laughing.

After she finished speaking, Mrs. Sheng took her hand: "You child, can't the family afford your sedan chair? With your limelight, my mother will also be a good person, and I will send a gift to your second younger brother and sister Yi." Lift. It’s really not cheap to come here on a snowy day.”

Then he said to Kang's mother, "Tell the little girl to tell Lin Jiufu later, let's make this rule in our house in the future. In rainy and snowy days, we will send women in to carry the sedan chair."

Dong Yuan hurriedly thanked Mrs. Sheng, but then said embarrassingly: "I made the decision without authorization, which added another expense to the mansion..."

"It's not worth anything." Madam Sheng smiled kindly, "You also want to come to pay your respects to your mother, but you are afraid that your mother will worry about your walking carelessly. For this kind of filial piety, what is this little expense?"

Dong Yuan thanked again.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking, and the topic naturally turned to tomorrow's mourning.

"Look at the snow, it won't stop tomorrow." Mrs. Sheng's brows were a bit sad, "You are almost seven months old, mother is really afraid of you..."

Afraid that Dong Yuan's fetal gas would be affected by the cold, but he felt that it was like a curse to mention such unlucky words, and he swallowed the words again.

"I'll wear more. Mom, I've always been in good health, so don't worry." Dong Yuan comforted Mrs. Sheng, and then asked her, "Daddy is going to mourn tomorrow, too?"

Mrs. Sheng said: "It's not..."

The two of them were talking about Xuetian, and Mrs. Sheng didn't mention Empress Xiao's death at all, only explaining the mourning tomorrow.

When the Empress collapsed, Concubine Sheng, who gave birth to two sons, would have the opportunity to be the mother of the world. Mrs. Sheng did not dislike it.

You can't say it out, or even reveal a little bit, otherwise it will implicate Concubine Sheng and the Sheng family.

Naturally, Dong Yuan would not try to seduce her.

Just as he was talking, the little maid from the outer courtyard came to say that Mrs. Zhenxianhou's eldest son came to pay her respects to Mrs. Sheng.

Mrs. Sheng groaned, looked back and smiled and said to Dong Yuan: "It's snowing so much, why is your aunt here?" Then she told Mama Kang, "Hurry up and bring someone to pick her up."

Mother Kang said yes, and took Citron and a little maid to pick up Dong Yuan's eldest aunt Rong.

During the time of two cups of tea, there was laughter in the yard.

The maids hurriedly helped Dong Yuan and Mrs. Sheng get off the kang, and went to the outer room to welcome Mrs. Rong, the wife of Zhenxianhou's son.

Mother Kang raised the felt curtain with her own hands, and Rong came in with a smile on her face. When she saw Mrs. Sheng and Dong Yuan who came out, she had no time to take off her cloak, and bowed her knees to salute Mrs. Sheng: "My wife, I greet you."

Mrs. Sheng was about the same age as the Rong family. Although her rank was higher than hers, she was in-laws of her sons and daughters. She didn't dare to take advantage of her at all, so she returned the honor to the Rong family: "It's freezing cold, why are you here?"

Dong Yuan also bowed his knees to salute Shizi's wife.

The maids in Yuanyang Pavilion hurriedly helped Rong take off her cloak and wooden clogs. Mrs. Sheng took her into the East Room and ordered the maids to bring hot tea.

Mrs. Sheng sat on the kang facing the wife of the eldest son Rong, and Dong Yuan sat at the bottom. Rong smiled lightly and said, "Aren't you going to mourn for Empress He Rui tomorrow? There is such a thick snow on the ground, our ancestors are afraid that you will freeze Knee, told me to bring you something..."

As she said that, she called the maid Hua Ren who came with her to bring the things up.

The servant girl Hua Ren, who was wearing a light green satin jacket, handed a dark green bundle into the hands of Shizi's wife Rong Shi.

Rong spread out his burden, two pairs of gray-brown fur knee pads.Mrs. Rong only said to deliver something to Mrs. Sheng, but she sent two sets. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that the old ancestor Xue was afraid that Dong Yuan would be frozen, so he specially asked Mrs. Rong to send them.

He couldn't bypass Mrs. Sheng, so he simply took two sets.

Looking at the glistening fur, one can tell that the thing is very expensive.

Mrs. Sheng was very grateful: "The old ancestor is too polite, how can we afford it? I don't have any good things to honor the old ancestor on weekdays, and I even accept things from the old ancestor. Besides, I am sorry for your trouble in the heavy snow. It's even more unbearable."

Mrs. Rong laughed and said, "My wife is being polite. Don't blame our house for being troubled." Then he showed Mrs. Sheng a knee pad, "If it was an ordinary thing, I wouldn't rush all the way. This It is made of sea mink fur, impermeable to water, better than the fur in the mountains.”

Only then did Mrs. Sheng reveal surprise, and touched it with her hand, and it was indeed very slippery, unlike the fur in the mountains.

The Rong family explained again: "The third master of our family was studying in Nanwan country. For some reason, he became the master of the country and taught him some poems in the Central Plains. Knowing that Shengjing is cold in winter, the third master came from The Nanwan Palace took this and sent it to Shengjing a few days ago."

Mrs. Sheng did not dare to accept it this time, she declined and said: "My ancestor is older, this should be given to my ancestor, how can I accept it?"

After thinking about it, he felt that it was inappropriate. They sent this, obviously not for Mrs. Sheng, but for Dong Yuan.

Mrs. Sheng was thinking about how to correct this, and left a pair for Dong Yuan. The wife of the son, Mrs. Rong, laughed and said: "Look, I came here on this snowy day, and you asked me to take it back? The old ancestor didn't scold me. I'm not doing well? Don't worry, a total of three copies have been sent here, and the ancestors will keep them."

The third mate is about Zhen Xianhou and the old lady, and the other one is probably for someone important in the Xue family.

If it was on weekdays, Mrs. Sheng would have accepted it.Although things are very precious, the Sheng family can still afford them.

But it coincides with the national funeral, this thing is very useful.

Xue Dongyuan was pregnant with his first child, and the Xue family was afraid that Dongyuan would freeze to the root of his illness, and they were afraid that they would only give it to Dongyuan and not Mrs. Sheng. Mrs. Sheng had objections to his daughter-in-law and the Xue family.

How could Mrs. Sheng not understand this logic?
She took it, and said to Rong: "Go back and kowtow to the ancestors for me." Then she took out one pair, and the other was still wrapped in the bundle that Rong brought, pushed it in front of Rong, and said with a smile, "I don't need it. Ah Yuan is pregnant with Liujia, so I saved a pair for her. You can take this pair back to the old Hou Ye for me. Hou Ye and I are juniors, and the old Hou Ye is the elder, so it is natural to go first." Honor the old man."

Rong pushed and pushed, but Mrs. Sheng insisted, so Rong had to accept.

Mrs. Sheng gave Dong Yuan the pair that was left behind in front of Rong's face: "You keep it, and you will wear it tomorrow. Mother is worrying that you will be cold tomorrow, so you can rest assured now."

Dong Yuan declined: "My daughter-in-law doesn't dare to accept it. How can my daughter-in-law wear this thing and make my parents suffer from the cold?"

Mrs. Sheng smiled: "There are fur knee pads from the mountains at home. Although they are not as impermeable as this one, they are still warm. You can accept them with peace of mind. If you give birth to a big fat grandson in the future, it will be a great filial piety to your parents."

If he continued to decline, it seemed very hypocritical, Dong Yuan blushed slightly, feeling accepted, and asked Qiangwei to keep it.

Rong Shi watched from the side and nodded slightly.

(End of this chapter)