Chapter 955: Drinking with others
In terms of seniority, the second princess is the queen's second aunt and the elder. There is no reason why the aunt should kneel down and cry when her nephew's wife dies.
But in terms of status, the queen is two steps higher than the princess. It is right for the princess to kneel and cry for her. However, when the queen was alive, she did not win the respect of everyone. Instead, she made many mistakes again and again, and did a lot of hateful things. She was not close to the second princess as she was gnashing her teeth. The second princess did not want to kneel to her, let alone cry to her.
The second princess dragged Zhuo to the Queen Mother's palace and took care of several princes and princesses with the Queen Mother, but they suffered a lot from Princess Qinghui Xia Zihan and others.
They knelt for half an hour, but Princess Qinghui couldn't kneel anymore. Her body kept twisting and her knees moved again and again.
She gently tugged on the corner of Xia Zihan's clothes and said, "Chu Yu, let's go to the back room and sit for a while. My knees are almost broken."
Princess Qinghui is the treasure of the second prince and the second princess, and the queen mother dotes on her. When has she ever suffered such a sin? Except for the death of the late emperor, when she knelt down, this was the second time she had knelt down at someone's funeral.
Kneeling for half an hour was her limit.
Princess Qinghui dragged Xia Zihan to her feet. When she passed by Dou Da, she also grabbed Dou Da. The three of them quietly slipped into a side room at the back of the palace.
There was no one in the room. After the three of them entered the house, Princess Qinghui fastened the door latch with her backhand.
Seeing the Arhat bed under the window sill in the house, Princess Qinghui cheered, jumped up on the Arhat bed, hugged a pair of knees and cried in pain, "Fortunately, I have the cotton mat Chu Yu gave me, otherwise, I will not be able to bear this pair of My knees will definitely be broken.”
"Shh, keep your voice down." Xia Zihan nervously covered her mouth. Someone would pass by this door at any time. If anyone knew that they were slacking here, they would be charged with disrespecting the queen.
Princess Qinghui disagreed, "What are you afraid of? You are tired of kneeling and you are not allowed to take a rest?"
"Please, that's the queen's coffin. Who did you see coming down to rest?" Dou Da rolled his eyes at her.
There were no cotton pads on Dou Da's knees. After kneeling for more than half an hour, her knees had already become numb. When she rolled up her trousers, she saw that her knees were red and swollen, almost turning purple.
Xia Zihan took out a small bottle of medicinal solution from her purse, opened the lid, walked over and said, "This is an ointment for reducing swelling and blood stasis. I'll put it on you first."
Xia Zihan gently applied a layer of cool ointment on her knee, and the pain immediately subsided by three points. Dou Da thanked her comfortably.
Xia Zihan gave the remaining ointment to Dou Da, and then took off the cotton pad on his knees to put it on Dou Da, "I have to go out and kneel in a while, my knees are fine, and I have internal strength to protect them, no It’s okay to wear cotton pads, but if you don’t wear cotton pads on your knees, you will be useless.”
I've only been there for a little while, and I still have more than three hours to kneel down.
Dou Da had obtained her ointment and had already confessed his love to her. Why did he have the nerve to ask for her cotton pad again? She declined a few words, but Xia Zihan still insisted on tying it for her.
Princess Qinghui said, "Chuyu is here for you, just keep it. She has great internal strength. She will be fine even if she kneels for three days and three nights, let alone one day."
Only then did Dou Da accept it.
The three of them rested in the side room for half an hour. Seeing that it was almost noon, Princess Qinghui reluctantly led the two of them back to the mourning hall quietly.
After arriving at the mourning hall, Xia Zihan found that more than a dozen concubines who had not come before were kneeling at the front of the mourning hall, and the emperor was wearing a dragon robe, sitting not far from the queen's coffin, a few meters away from the second prince Chu Xuanyu. An old minister is talking.
When the three of them slipped in quietly, the emperor who was facing the door clearly saw them. When Xia Zihan raised her eyes, she saw him looking at her with a smile in his eyes.
I was lazy and even got caught by the emperor.
She blushed, lowered her head quickly, went in bravely, and knelt behind a group of concubines.
Not long after she knelt down, she heard the emperor say, "The wives are old and should be tired after kneeling for so long. Let us all get up and have a rest, and continue after lunch." "I obey the order. ”
The harem manager responded.
After the emperor and a group of ministers left, the manager of the harem asked everyone to get up and go to the inner hall to rest.
Xia Zihan and Princess Qinghui Dou Da were about to go to the side room when a young father-in-law came over, bent over and said, "Princess Chuyu, the emperor has invited you."
What does the emperor want from her?
Xia Zihan looked stunned, and she said to Dou Da, the princess of Qinghui County, "You guys go over first, and I'll come back as soon as I go."
After that, he followed the little father-in-law.
Along the way, Xia Zihan's mind was filled with speculation about what the emperor wanted her to do. Wasn't the emperor going to call her over and scold her just because she was lazy?
No way, the emperor is not so stingy, is he?
Not necessarily, no matter how bad the relationship between the couple is, they are still a couple. Maybe the emperor will be angry when he sees her disrespecting the queen, so he will vent his anger for the queen?
Along the way, Xia Zihan made various uneasy speculations.
Until he entered the palace where the emperor lived and saw a table of delicious food and wine, Xia Zihan felt as if his brain was in knots.
"What are you doing here? Why don't you come over and sit down and have a drink with me." After the emperor dismissed all the palace attendants, he waved Xia Zihan over.
So...
"The emperor summoned his wife here just to eat and drink with you?" After Xia Zihan came to his senses, his face was filled with black lines and the corners of his mouth twitched again and again.
The queen had just passed away, so he didn't shed a single tear. His face was full of joy, and he wanted to take her to drink with her, for fear that others wouldn't know that he was very happy that the queen was dead.
"Of course." The emperor answered matter-of-factly, "My wife has just passed away. I am very sad, but I can't find anyone to talk to. As you know, I only have Aqi as my best friend, but Aqi is not in the capital. Otherwise, I I’m looking for him. If he’s not here, of course I’m looking for you.”
Where are you sad?
Looking at your eyebrows, they are almost blooming.
Xia Zihan wanted to yell at him, but he was the emperor, and what he said was an imperial edict. She didn't dare not listen.
Xia Zihan curled her lips and walked to sit opposite the emperor.
He picked up the jug and poured a glass for the emperor, then put the jug down and said, "I have a small capacity for drinking, so I won't drink anymore."
"How can that be done? If you don't drink, how can I drink away the sadness in my heart if you don't drink?" The emperor picked up the jug, stood up, and was about to pour wine for Xia Zihan himself.
Xia Zihan was startled and stood up quickly to grab the wine bottle, "Your Majesty, if you can't help it, I'll pour it myself."
"I'll come, you sit down." The emperor glared, and Xia Zihan was so frightened that he retracted his hand and sat back on the chair obediently.
The emperor poured a full glass of wine and placed it in front of Xia Zihan, then sat back with satisfaction.
(End of chapter)