When Mrs. Meng heard that the black cat was raised by a counterfeit, she became even more unhappy. She picked up the snacks on the plate and threw them at Xuanfeng.
Xuanfeng raised his paw, slapped the snack away, then glanced at Mrs. Meng with disdain, turned around and jumped off the window sill, disappearing in an instant.
"Madam, please rest here for a while. If you have anything, you can always tell the maid at the door."
"Okay."
Mrs. Meng didn't want to kneel there and cry. , cried but couldn't cry, so she could only wipe her tears with a handkerchief soaked in ginger juice. It was so spicy that her eyes hurt.
When Grandma Sun returned to Fengqi Palace, she saw Lianyi holding Xuanfeng in her arms. She paused in her steps, sorted out her words, then stepped forward and saluted:
"Mother, Mrs. Meng has already arrived. "It's settled."
"Well, my mother has to go to the palace before the emperor is buried. Weeping is also a hard job. Please take more care of the elderly Mrs. Gaoming. If she is really in poor health. Okay, I won’t have to go to the palace to cry.”
“Yes, my dear,”
Ms. Sun said respectfully.
Lianyi immediately said:
"I'm a little tired, let's sleep for a while."
Nanny Sun and Lanzhi helped Lianyi lie down, and then quietly exited the inner room.
“Master, that Mrs. Meng has a lot of resentment towards you.”
“She just thinks that I took advantage of her dead daughter and became a master, and she is not convinced. ”
Lianyi could understand Mrs. Meng's thoughts, but he would not accept her attitude towards him. After all, it was the Meng family who found someone to marry as a substitute to avoid trouble. Because time was too tight, they chose the daughter of the Xia family who took the initiative to stand up. .
If Lianyi, the substitute girl, died in the harem strife, she would probably shed a few tears, but Lianyi was doing so well, using the influence of the Meng family to stabilize her position as queen, and also Because she gave birth to three children in a row, she became the only one in the harem.
The better Lianyi's life got, the more intolerable she became. It wasn't until she learned that Lianyi was about to die that she felt relieved.
Unfortunately, Lianyi is not really going to die.
"Duoduo, Mrs. Meng has just arrived in the imperial city after a long journey, and she has been in the palace to cry for the emperor for days. Her body will definitely not be able to bear it."
"What the master said is that the women in the inner courtyard of this deep house are all very weak, not to mention that Mrs. Meng is not young."
Duoduo shook the flower plate and replied cleverly.
Three days later, Mrs. Meng fell ill. In the end, Hongji spared her from crying in the palace because the other party was his grandmother.
Just to avoid having to cry in the palace, Mrs. Meng's body was completely sick due to the loss, and she was unable to recover.
This kind of thing is not unique to Mrs. Meng. Every time the emperor dies, he will take away several veterans. This is something that everyone knows tacitly.
The main reason is that these veterans and family members are old, and with the emperor and courtiers, the series of processes before being buried in the imperial mausoleum are too torturous, and they will naturally fall down if they can't bear it.
General Meng frowned and stood by his old wife's bedside, looking at her face that had lost weight in just a few days. He was also worried because of the nonsense she said from time to time because of the fever.
"Father, my daughter-in-law is here to take care of her mother. You go and have a rest first. The emperor will be buried tomorrow and you have to enter the palace early in the morning."
The second daughter-in-law said respectfully.
“Fengying, thank you for your hard work.”
Marquis Anding could only nod helplessly.
On the second day, Marquis Anding entered the palace early in the morning, and followed the funeral procession to take Emperor Qingxiang to the imperial mausoleum in the suburbs, and then sealed the tomb under the watchful eyes of the eldest prince.
Emperor Qingxiang has finally laid to rest, and the next step is Hongji’s enthronement. The Ministry of Rites has already prepared all the necessary matters for his enthronement, and Hongji’s royal robe has also been made in a hurry. The auxiliary ministers also made concessions, asking the prince to ascend the throne as soon as possible.
The prince Jiang Hongji refused three times and finally agreed to ascend the throne as emperor.
Lianyi also received news from Duoduo:
"Master, the third prince has indeed arrived in the suburbs and has been dormant. He is waiting for the day Hongji comes to power and will lead his men to attack the palace."
"How many people does he have?"
"He brought more than five hundred people, mainly because there are nails he planted earlier in the imperial city, and there are also some of his people in the palace."
"I understand, let Hongji handle it! This is the first test for him to ascend the throne.”
“Master, what are you not going to do?”
"Now is the time for my son to show his strength, so I won't interfere. Interfering too much will be counterproductive."
Lianyi said calmly.
In the middle of the night, a group of imperial guards surrounded Fengqi Palace. The leader of the guards respectfully said to Lianyi:
"The Queen Mother, I humbly guard Fengqi Palace under the orders of the emperor. After the emperor's enthronement ceremony, the Imperial Guards withdrew. "I know this. Just do your part."
Lianyi covered her lips with a handkerchief and coughed twice before replying.
“Yes!”
After the leader of the guards left, Lianyi ordered Grandma Sun:
“Go and invite Yunshan and Hongye to come over. Qi Gong, just say that I miss them."
"Yes, my queen."
When Yunshan and Hongye arrived at Fengqi Palace, they saw that their mother was coughing. Although her face was powdered, she still looked haggard.
"Mother, why did you start to cough? Didn't your condition improve in the past two days?"
Yunshan immediately stepped forward, sat on the edge of the bed, holding Ripples in her hands hand said.
Hongye frowned and asked Lanzhi:
"Aunt Lanzhi, why did the queen mother's condition get worse?"
"It's all because I didn't take good care of my wife."
Lanzhi immediately knelt down and said.
"Hongye, please don't embarrass Lanzhi. She takes good care of her. It's because the queen mother was greedy and stood at the window for a while longer."
After Ripple finished speaking, she waved her hand for Lanzhi to retreat. Got off.
"Mother, my eldest brother mobilized the imperial guards to guard outside Fengqi Palace, but something happened?"
"Your third uncle is back."
Lianyi put away the weakness on his face at this time and said calmly.
"Third uncle?"
"The third prince who killed his father, his father's younger brother?"
The two people said immediately.
"Yes."
"The Queen Mother called us to Fengqi Palace to protect us better."
Hong Ye said firmly.
"Well, don't cause trouble to your elder brother. This is the first battle he has to fight."
"The son (daughter) knows it."
After the two agreed, they stayed with Ripple quietly.
In fact, the queen mother Lianyi was going to attend Hongji's enthronement ceremony that day, but because there were rumors outside that she was dying, she was waiting for her son to fulfill his wish after he ascended the throne, and then follow the late emperor. This just gave Ripple a reason not to attend.
Anyway, the strong smell of the soup in Fengqi Palace has not dissipated. The maids and eunuchs in the palace can’t wait to walk on tiptoes. In addition, the second princess and the third prince have gone to wait for the sick, and the courtiers are worried about this. Didn’t mention it again.
After the salute of the enthronement ceremony sounded, Duoduo began to broadcast it live. Halfway through the ceremony, Duoduo suddenly said:
"Master, someone is attacking the west gate, Yulin Wei has already dealt with them. ”
"It's for Hongji."
"It should be!"
"Where is the third prince?"
"He is not among them."
< br>“Tell me if you find him.”
"Huh?"
"What's wrong?"
"The third prince is actually in your palace!"
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