Li was having breakfast when he heard the news of the Queen Mother's death.

She was so shocked that she couldn't do it, but she didn't dare to delay, so she directly invited Zhaojia to come over and ask her to take care of the children Tianyou and Tianbao, and then hurriedly boarded the carriage. came back with her, as well as Niuniu and Tianhui.

Along the way, I encountered many carriages of princes and ministers.

They all took refuge in Haidian and returned to Beijing after learning the news of the national funeral.

The Li family did not use the frame of the imperial gift, but also used the carriage made by Mrs. Bo. Along the way, in addition to being given way by others a few times, Cao Fu also avoided the carriages of other provinces twice.

However, when the other party heard that it was the carriage of Mrs. Li of Caofu, he refused to go first.

There was a stalemate on the official road, and the road was about to be blocked. Li really had no choice but to ask his mother-in-law to go over and thank Mrs. Baylor, and then take the first step.

Because I was in a hurry on the road, when I returned to the house, it was only the beginning of the morning (nine o'clock in the morning).

Chu Yu was already dressed up and waiting in the house. Seeing that the mother-in-law came back and dressed up, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went out together and waited outside the palace gate.

Niuniu and Tianhui were instructed to take care of the housework in place of Chu Yu.

By noon, the Ministry of Rites had already invited the Holy Decree to come back, and at seven o'clock in the evening, the Queen Mother was buried, and the queen and the concubines, concubines, and princes were all dressed, and the civil and military officials below the prince, and the princesses and princesses were all gathered to mourn.

Although there are still three or four hours, no one dares to say that they will go home and rest first and then wait.

It was a scorching summer, and he was wearing a big dress, and the young ones were fine, but they sweated a little more. but the old are sinned. If you are swaying, you will be a little unsteady.

In the fate of the people, the age of the Li family is not too long, and Rao is like this, and he is a little unbearable. Fortunately, before going out, Chu Yu prepared two purses and asked Li to cage them in his sleeves. One is a plum and the other is mints, both of which are raw things.

At the beginning of the unitary period, there were courteous officials and officials who led the orders to the outside of Yonghe Palace.

The sorrow was happy, and with the fall of the golden wuxi, the sky gradually darkened, but it gave birth to a little coolness.

In front of the Yonghe Palace, from the steps to the gate of the Yonghe Palace, there were all people standing, but everyone held their breath and did not dare to slack off.

In addition to the muffled music, there was only the mourning of the emperor.

When the funeral ceremony was completed, everyone didn't even have the time to catch their breath, so they "sent" the Empress Dowager's Zigong to Cining Palace.

This time, Yongzheng made four graces.

Set up tea in a cool place, listen to the minister's orders to drink, the old and slow do not dig deeper, and the inspectors do not need to be too strict.

The princesses of the foreign domains, the lords of the county, the Mongolian princes and others do not need to come quickly to pious advice, save people and horses from heat stroke, and still arrive in Beijing before August in accordance with the earlier will.

Bei Ziyun gave Jin the title of county king.

Uncle Yue Se, the emperor wants to be gracious, and now he is benevolent, and he is awarded the title of Captain of the Cavalry, and he is allowed to attack once.

These four decrees were all issued in the name of the Queen Mother's kindness, but they also made many people see the meaning of the point.

"Enfeng's is Yue Se, not Bai Qi's?" Yarjianga drank a cup of sour plum soup and asked with raised eyebrows.

Opposite him, there were several clan princes, everyone lined up in front of the Yonghe Hall for an afternoon, and they couldn't stay up, so they found a guard room to rest for a while.

When he mentioned Bai Qi, some people remembered what was wrong when he said the funeral today. That is the queen mother's brother, Bai Qi, who attacked the first-class duke, did not come.

When it comes to this person, everyone is a little disdainful.

Unlike the illustrious Long Keduo, Bai Qi was born in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and was just a servant of the royal family earlier.

Although the Queen Mother is the biological mother of today, she is from a humble background. She was elected to the palace when she was a young child, she was originally a palace woman, and she was named a nobleman after being fortunate, and she was named a concubine after giving birth to a prince one after another. Before the death of Empress Xiaoyi, she was afraid that her adopted son would be burdened by his biological mother's background, so she implored the former emperor to carry the Empress Dowager from the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner to the Zhenghuang Banner.

Those who are well-informed know that before the Queen Mother was "sick" yesterday, Bai Qi, the "uncle of the country", had entered the palace to greet the Queen Mother.

But everyone knows where to say and what not to say, it's just a haha.

Only Yaerjiang, who had some friction with Bai Qi a while ago, was tired of him in his heart, and was thinking about seeing his liveliness, so he called the little eunuch over and told him to inquire why the uncle didn't come.

One less time, I saw the little eunuch turn around.

It turned out that Bai Qi reported his illness and did not enter the palace to mourn...... When Cao Hao returned to his house, it was already the beginning of the year (eleven o'clock in the evening).

Seeing that the lights had been turned off in the upper room of the Orchid Courtyard, Cao Hao went back to Wutong Garden directly.

Chu Yu wore a tulle homely dress, sat on the edge of the kang, elbowed the pit table, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Hearing the movement, she opened her eyes and saw that it was her husband who came back, yawning while bringing water to Cao Hao, and serving Cao Hao to change clothes.

"If you're tired, why don't you rest early, you still have to stay up?" Seeing this, Cao Hao said with a little reproach.

"After dinner, I have been lying down for a while to relax my spirits." Speaking of this, she paused and said, "It's the old lady's side, I'm afraid it's too late, and I haven't eaten anything for dinner." Before leaving the palace today, the emperor sent down an edict, saying that those who are over sixty-five years old or those who are sick should gather together to mourn once, not three times. Otherwise, report the illness to the old lady, so that the old lady can't stay up. ”

Cao Hao was also worried about this, and listened to Chu Yu's proposal, but agreed with it.

The next time, when the husband and wife mentioned this matter to the Li family, the Li family did not agree: "Although I have not received the grace of the queen mother, I owe the emperor a favor." Even if you look at the emperor, you have to get through it in the past few days. ”

Cao Hao couldn't, so he had to let the Li family.

Fortunately, there was a secret concubine, who was afraid of Li's hard work, so after the morning shift mourned, she asked someone to take Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to her residence. Living in the same hall with her, there are seventeen elder brothers' biological mothers, Qin concubines, and twenty-one elder brothers' biological mothers, Chen.

They are familiar with the Cao family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, everyone gossips about homely, and there are herbal teas, melons and fruits to worship, so it is better to boil.

Compared with the female dependents, the sixteenth elder brother is not happy.

The seventeenth elder brother in charge of the Ministry of Rites was not there, and at the funeral of the queen mother, the sixteenth elder brother was arrested, and assisted the thirteenth elder brother in coordinating the funeral, and he was very busy.

At this time, there was news from the Tai Hospital that the queen mother's younger brother and first-class public confessor were critically ill.

It was the emperor's own uncle, although the sixteenth elder brother had also heard Bai Qi's rumors in the past two days, but he only slandered a few words in his heart, and he didn't dare to delay the news.

I can only go to the front of the emperor and ask for the Holy Judge.

Yongzheng's eyes were red and swollen, and there was no grief when the first emperor was in the sky, but with an indescribable gloomy atmosphere.

The sixteenth elder brother looked at his nose and nose, and his nose looked at his heart, and he didn't dare to think about anything else.

"The Queen Mother passed away, I was very sad, and I couldn't afford to travel. Sixteenth brother, go for me and visit one or two. Yongzheng listened to the sixteenth elder brother's advice, was silent for a while, and said in a dumb voice.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, his heart tightened, but he didn't have the courage to refuse, so he honestly responded and retreated from the palace.

I had to take some ginseng and deer antler herbs from the medicine storehouse, and made several large bags. Originally, he also wanted to bring two imperial doctors over, but after thinking about it carefully, he was afraid of being involved, so he only brought a few guards, carrying large bags of tonics, and went to Uncle Guo's mansion.

When he arrived at Uncle Guo's mansion, because he was ordered to visit, he was led by Bai Qi's second son Man Qun and went to Bai Qi's bedroom.

When he entered the house, the sixteenth elder brother was so smoky by the filthy smell coming from the house.

Bai Qi lay on the kang and was no longer proud. His face was pale, his mouth was open, his tongue drooped at the corners of his mouth, saliva ran down the corners of his mouth, and his chest was wet, looking like some symptoms of a stroke.

However, Brother Sixteen knew that this was not a stroke.

Because of his appearance, the sixteenth elder brother looked a little familiar. If there are palace maids in the palace who violate the ban for rapping, they will be punished by a kind of punishment, that is, picking the tendons under the tongue.

Thinking of this, the sixteenth elder brother felt a chill in his back, hurriedly lowered his head, and took two sips of tea before stabilizing his mind.

He felt extremely fortunate that he didn't bring the imperial doctor over. It's just that the imperial doctor who came to this house before, I'm afraid that my surname can't be saved, but it's a pity, the one who is asking the old man for the pulse has always been stable, and the concubine Niangniang's side also uses this imperial doctor...... Three days of hard work, in a blink of an eye, the Empress Dowager Zi Palace from Cining Palace to Jingshan Shouhuang Palace.

When it is said to be a big funeral, and three are said to be introduced, such an arrangement is really hasty.

There is already a royal history weighing the pros and cons, thinking about whether it is time to talk about this matter, and finally chooses to give up. The temper of the new emperor has been received by many officials, and no one dares to take the initiative to touch the edge, and it is at this time.

On the sect's side, there are also a lot of speculations in private, but they are all self-protecting, and they can't be said.

Only the fourteenth elder brother, who came back to mourn, was not satisfied with the funeral being handled like this, so he made a fuss in front of the spirit, and was caught by several brave guards, and he didn't know what was stuffed in his mouth, and there was no movement...... With the introduction of the Empress Dowager's Zigong, the six ministries and nine qing, and the major yamen, gradually returned to their past appearance.

At this time in previous years, everyone had to invite guests and go to the restaurant by the sea to listen to music. This year, before the national mourning, they are not too ridiculous, so they will endure it.

Cao Hao was impatient to socialize, but he was in tune with his heart, and he returned home every time he left the yamen, refusing to take one more step.

However, this time, it was Li Yu who came to invite him in person, and said: "My nephew can receive the work of the Internal Affairs Office, all because of the recommendation of my cousin." Now the nephew wants to do his filial piety, and he also asks his cousin to appreciate his face. ”

But I haven't seen him for half a month, Li Yu has already blushed from a white-faced scholar, and it seems that this job is also hard.

Although Cao Hao helped Li Yu introduce him to the sixteenth elder brother, this was proposed by the sixteenth elder brother. After making people privately inquire about Li Yu's character, he found a small cost to buy an errand and handed it over to Li Yu to cook, but he hoped that the Li family would have a child who could support the door and take care of the family's women and children, so that Concubine Mi and the Li family would have less heart.

Unexpectedly, Li Yu completed it very well, and the sixteenth elder brother couldn't help but praise it twice.

"I have received the heart, and I will eat the banquet. When you are free, you go to Prince Zhuang's mansion twice, and there will always be your creation. Cao Hao said.

Li Yu saw that he insisted on not going, so he no longer insisted on it, and not long after saying goodbye, a restaurant sent two goose wing seats......

(To be continued)