One thousand and ninety-three chapters funeral
Bai Su quietly pulled Jiang Xian's sleeve and whispered to her: "Don't worry about the Empress Dowager's heart."
Jiang Xian nodded in confusion.
Even if she wants to take care of it, can she manage it?
Thinking of this, her eyes began to get astringent again.
Fortunately, the Empress Dowager has always been in good spirits. It seems that she has made arrangements to give some of the jewelry in the box one by one. Even the gift of Shen Ge'er and Zhi Ge'er to marry their wives in the future was ready. Jiang Xian, Bai Su and Meng Fangling and others also got some of them. In the end, the Empress Dowager also said to Jiang Xian in front of Bai Su and others: "If I leave one day, let Yin Xia and Meng Fangling live in your mansion and help you manage your internal affairs."
Jiang Xian nodded in tears.
Meng Fangling should not turn her face.
The Empress Dowager showed some fatigue and said, "Okay, you all take a break! I'm tired, so I need to rest for a while."
Jiang Xian and others did not dare to make noise, so they retreated after a few greetings.
Meng Fangling served the Empress Dowager to sleep.
The Empress Dowager said, "You have been tired of taking care of me these days. I have nothing to do here. You can go and have a good night's sleep. Remember to call me for dinner later."
Meng Fangling responded respectfully, softly told the palace maid on duty, and left the bedroom.
Jiang Xian and others were waiting outside, but when they saw her coming out, they immediately surrounded her and whispered: "How is the Empress Dowager?"
"It's pretty good." Meng Fangling said, "I just served to go to bed and asked us to call her during dinner."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Meng Fangling advised Jiang Xian to have a few words: "The princess and the county lord should also take a break! The Empress Dowager is not sure when she will be busy. If someone gets tired, it will be troublesome."
Several people thought she made sense, so they responded one by one and each took a break.
Meng Fangling was still thinking about the Empress Dowager, and after a while, she woke up and couldn't sleep. She quietly went to the Empress Dowager's bedroom. Seeing the palace maid on duty waiting there dutifully, the Empress Dowager's sleeping peacefully, she then left the bedroom with relief and sat in the suite outside the bedroom doing needlework.
The sun gradually turned west, and the light in the room dimmed. Meng Fangling's eyes were astringent. She put down the needlework in her hand and asked the little palace maid who was serving beside her: "What's going on in the East Warehouse?"
"No!" The little palace maid just went to the Empress Dowager's bedroom to find out the news and said, "Sister Yin Xia said that the Empress Dowager has not woken up yet..."
They were not sure whether to wake up the Empress Dowager.
After all, it is a good thing to be able to sleep and sleep well.
Meng Fangling was also unsure of her mind, but she decided to stay outside the Empress Dowager's bedroom.
She put on her shoes and quickly went to Dongnuan Pavilion, but at the door she met Jiang Xian, who also came to visit the Empress Dowager, Bai Su and the Shi family of Wang Zan's family. Several people greeted her, and Jiang Xian asked the palace maid who greeted them: "The Empress Dowager is awake!"
"Not yet!" the palace maid said with a smile, "Sister Yin Xia was guarding the house and did not ask us to go in."
The four nodded and started talking outside the palace.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and it was almost time to hold the lights, and the Empress Dowager had not yet woken up.
Jiang Xian hesitated whether to wake up the Empress Dowager, but Bai Su said, "It's rare that she is sleeping well, so let's wait for a while!"
Shi also agreed.
But for some reason, Jiang Xian felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Maybe she is too sensitive.
Jiang Xian thought.
The Empress Dowager was talking to them in full spirit just now!
She waited nervously for a while. The palace maid and the eunuch had already started to light the lights. She was very uneasy. After thinking about it, she called a little palace maid and said, "Go and tell Yin Xia, let her ask the Empress Dowager to get up. It's time for dinner."
The little palace maid left in response.
After waiting for about a cup of tea, Yin Xia walked out with a pale face and said stiffly: "Princess, go and have a look! The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager..." As she said that, tears fell down.
Jiang Xian said in his mind, and he couldn't hear what Yin Xia said afterwards, nor did he know how he walked in, nor did he know what he did afterwards. When she came to her senses, she saw Wang Zan's mother and the Empress Dowager's mother were burying the Empress Dowager. Bai Su'er pressed her tightly on the embroidery stake at the head of the bed and kept saying in her ear: "The Empress Dowager is also a joyful and happy talk, so don't be sad. She walked happily and explained all the funerals that should be explained clearly. You should be relieved. Don't cry! You see your eyes are swollen. When Brother Shen comes to see you later, you should be scared."
Did she cry?
Jiang Xian reached out and touched his face.
Full of water in hands.
She looked at the water at her fingertips and was stunned.
Is this her tears?
"Don't do this!" Bai Su said, with a deep sadness and reluctance in his tone. "The news of the Empress Dowager's death is to be reported to Jinling. How to determine the posthumous title, how to determine the temple name, where to set up a mourning hall... You have to make your decision on these, otherwise you don't know what kind of regulations the people of the Ministry of Rites will formulate. Now is not the time to cry!"
yes!
Zhao Xi began to build his palace in Jinling. The floods in Jiangnan were just getting better. Zhao Xiao fought another big battle in southern Fujian. The Ministry of Revenue had no money at all, and the funeral of the Empress Dowager would definitely be cut in half.
She has experienced four emperors in her life and supported several kings. Now that she has left, she cannot let her leave in the end.
Jiang Xian thought that the Empress Dowager was unwilling to be buried in the same tomb with Emperor Xiaozong, and a sense of indescribable momentum suddenly emerged in her heart.
She would never let the Empress Dowager go uneasy even if she left.
Jiang Xian took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears on his face. He had recovered from his calmness and ordered the little palace maid: "Give me water to wash my face." Then he asked Bai Su: "Have the news of the Empress Dowager's funeral spread?"
Although Zhao Xi went to Jinling, there was still a palace there. All the six ministries and yamen left a clerk to take charge of some affairs in the capital. The Empress Dowager's funeral was a national funeral, and the Ministry of Rites should bear the funeral, and he immediately sent someone to report it to Zhao Xi.
Bai Su said: "The Principality has passed!"
In other words, Cao Xuan went to the Ministry of Rites himself.
Jiang Xian has always been relieved to do his business.
She breathed a sigh of relief and began to regain her rationality, knowing that Xiao Lian had many etiquettes. Young people like her had neither seen nor experienced them. Instead of going up to help, it would be better to let the Taihuang Concubine and Wang Zan's mother help the Taihuang Queen Mother Xiao Lian.
But when she just watched it like this, she felt it was hard to love in her heart.
She simply left the bedroom and sent the eunuch to the Ministry of Rites to inquire about the situation. However, she stood under the eaves of the East Warm Pavilion of Cining Palace and looked to the north.
In the previous life, the Empress Dowager went there in broad daylight.
The ones who helped the Empress Dowager were the Empress Dowager's concubine and Bai Su.
At that time, Bai Su had experienced many things and had already become more skillful in these etiquette procedures.
She couldn't bear to see the appearance of the Empress Dowager after her death, so she stood under the eaves and looked at the north sky in a daze.
But at that time, what she saw was a solidified, rectangular sky. In this life, she knew that beyond the rectangular sky, there was a wider sky.
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