I do fortune-telling in ancient astrology

If Lin Xingwei had a way to change her fate, she would definitely let the old lady live a few more years, but unfortunately she didn't.

She could only burn incense and pray every day, asking God to prolong the life of the old queen, preferably in the first month of the next year, but the old queen returned to the west at the end of June when the heat was in full swing.

All the officials and family members of the aristocratic family have to enter the palace to send the mourning to the old queen in turn, and at the worst, burn some paper money and three sticks of incense to the old queen.The Lin family and His Majesty are related by marriage, the two aunts have to offer incense to the old lady, Madam Hou and Lin Xingwei have to keep watch overnight.

The two cousins ​​also rushed back from Yanshan Academy, Mrs. He hurriedly made up for the three brothers and sisters about the etiquette during the vigil, and taught them the movements of salutation carefully, and Lin Xingwei learned it carefully, it is so important If the occasion is disrespectful, the death of the society is small, but it is a big deal to be punished by the holy majesty.

Do not eat, sleep, or doze off during the wake, and kneel in front of the spirit in a proper manner, and continue to kneel after eating.It is said that when the former emperor passed away, the family members of the ministers and workers died because their legs were numb. This time, the empress dowager's funeral ceremony was easier than that of the first emperor, but she still could not be neglected, so she had to find a suitable time to take a rest.

The mourning clothes were sent to each house by the Habayashi Guard and the Xiaohuang Gate. It was already late at night when they arrived at the Hou Mansion. The time for the Lin family to enter the palace was set for this night, and General Wei of the Shangdu Mansion personally escorted them.

Lin Xingwei was startled, and asked, "Why do you need an escort?" It's not like he hasn't been to the court before.

Madam Hou's expression changed, she tilted her head slightly and reprimanded: "The Queen Mother's funeral ceremony, we will follow orders, and Ran Ran will not be unreasonable!"

Lin Xing retracted his head resentfully.

The valet chuckled, probably because he knew some of Lin Xingwei and Wei Mingji's past, so he explained: "For the safety of the servants and female family members, the palace has always escorted all the servants and family members who went to the emperor's funeral by Habayashi guards. General Wei is in charge of Shangdu Mansion and Habayashi Guard. This time the important task naturally fell on General Wei. It was a coincidence that General Wei divided up all the manpower. So General Wei had no choice but to personally send it off."

Madam Hou smiled awkwardly, "I'm going to trouble General Wei."

The servant put his hands in front of his belly and smiled humorously: "Madam Hou and Princess Youning don't mind, as long as they don't mind, even if they do... they can't do anything, all the arrangements are settled, it's hard to move around and change."

Madam Hou hurriedly cupped her hands: "It's okay, it's okay, everything is the empress dowager's funeral."

After seeing off the servants, Lin Xingwei slept until noon, and took a nap for another hour after lunch. He had to keep a vigil at night and couldn't sleep all night, so if he could sleep now, he would sleep more.

In the afternoon, everything was packed, the troika stopped at the gate of the Hou's Mansion, Lin Huaiyue also rushed here from his office, Lin Tingyu and Lin Chengan also came back from the academy.They don't have to keep watch, but they still have to offer three sticks of incense to the old queen.

When Wei Mingji's men and horses came to meet them, the members of the third room of the Lin family were already waiting in the carriage.The armor of the people who followed Wei Mingji this time was different from before, it was golden, and they didn't wear masks, they were Habayashi guards.Wei Mingji was still the same, wearing a hideous half mask, looking stern and selfless.

The Habayashi guards stood on both sides of the troika and escorted the carriage towards the palace.According to Lin Xingwei's logic, Wei Mingji, as the leader of the Habayashi Guard, should go to the front of the team, but he just followed Lin Xingwei and Madam Hou's carriage.

The breeze lifted the curtains on the car windows, and Wei Mingji's majestic figure fell into the eyes of the mother and daughter.Lin Xingwei originally wanted to chat with his mother, but he always felt that everything he said would be heard, so the mother and daughter looked at each other speechlessly.

The outside of the car suddenly said: "You don't need to carry it when you are tired. You can come out every hour and a half to rest for a while. If you are embarrassed to leave, you can follow someone out of the mourning hall."

Lin Xingwei looked at his mother, and seemed to ask again: Is he talking to me?
Madam Hou opened the car door and looked at Wei Mingji: "We all know the rules of guarding the spirit, so there is no need for General Wei to worry about it."

Her mother spoke too harshly, so Lin Xingwei leaned against the car window and smiled slightly: "We understand, thank you General Wei."

Without squinting, Wei Mingji let out a soft snort, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and walked to the front.

In the past, horse-drawn carriages entering the palace had to stop in front of the palace gate, and then enter on foot. During the funeral, a special place for horse-drawn carriages was set up in the palace, not far from the empress dowager's mourning hall.

After the Lin family entered the palace gate, Wei Mingji led the people away, and then the servant led the car to the parking place, and after getting off the carriage, someone led them to the mourning hall.

The inside and outside of the mourning hall was completely white, and everyone walked forward stooping. A large incense trough in the courtyard outside the mourning hall was filled with incense candles.Those who offer incense and kowtow are here. After kowtowing and offering incense, those who do not need to guard the spirit can leave. Those who need to guard the spirit will be led by the servants to have a meal, and then enter the mourning hall to worship after finishing the meal.

There is constant Taoist music, and Taoist priests are chanting scriptures non-stop.After Lin Tingyu kowtowed, he patted Lin Xingwei lightly, and said in a low voice, "Let's go first, take care of your auntie, and remind her to rest when it's time to rest."

Lin Cheng'an didn't know where he went, and it was the Cao family's turn to watch the spirit tonight, so he probably went to see Cao Ruicen.Lin Xingwei guessed so.

The third uncle and the third aunt couldn't find Lin Cheng'an's person, and they didn't dare to wander around in the palace, so they went back to the carriage and waited.

The second and third uncles had already left, and Lin Xingwei followed Mrs. Hou to the banquet hall for dinner.The food at the funeral is similar to the staff canteen. When someone wants to eat, he takes the plates and chopsticks from the side, and walks in line. There are servants and waiters to help scoop up the food and deliver the steamed buns. After picking up the meal, go in and find a place to sit down .The dinner is quite simple, all vegetarian dishes, not a bit meaty, but fortunately the taste is still delicious.

Looking around, most of Lin Xingwei present did not know each other, and a few came over to greet Madam Hou gently.The mother and daughter were eating in a gentle manner. Song An came over with a few dishes and two steamed buns and put them on Madam Hou and Lin Xingwei's food table, and sat next to Madam Hou naturally.

Although this food table was big enough, it was not appropriate to squeeze three people in. Lin Xingwei tactfully took his own food plate and replaced it with an empty food table next to it, sneaking a few glances at his mother.

I couldn't see the expression on the mother's face, and both of them were eating seriously.Lin Xingwei looked around, as if there were not a few people sharing tables.

Lin Xingwei chewed the vegetables slowly, drank two mouthfuls of soup, suddenly there was a food plate in front of her, someone knelt down beside her, Xingwei looked up instinctively, it was Wen Lin.

"Are you also keeping watch today?" Lin Xingwei asked softly.

Wen Lin straightened his food plate, took out a handkerchief and wiped it on the chopsticks, and said softly: "Not only do I have to keep watch, but I also have to keep watch for two nights. Last night I have kept watch all night, and tonight is the second night. Still coming." He rubbed his eyes wearily before starting to eat.

There are so many people here that it is inconvenient to talk. Madam Hou and Song An went out first after eating. Lin Xingwei waited for Wen Lin slowly. in the ranks.