After Shao Song

Chapter 87 Extra: Empress Dowager Meng’s soul returns to the underworld
Meng Ruji felt that she was about to die. Since entering Xia Hou, her internal organs had been fried or deep-fried. She stayed up for a few days, waiting for the official nephew to come back and give her natal nephew Enyin. With two minor officials, she had no regrets.

That day was the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, and she had run out of oil and the lamp was dry. All the ladies and servants in the palace knelt down on the ground, and the two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Wei, were also sitting on the side. But do you have any other instructions?"

When a person is about to die, her mourning platform is particularly clear. She shook her head and said: "I was established by the Empress Dowager Renxuan all my life. I was neglected and abandoned by the Zhe Temple. I was imprisoned for more than twenty years. It was only after the official ascended the throne that more than ten years passed. Good day, if I have anything to say to you, I can only express gratitude, there are no demands!"

Even though the Zhao Guan family had developed a hard-hearted heart during the ten years of war between the Song and Jin Dynasties, they were slightly moved when they heard this. Empress Dowager Meng had never experienced the humiliation of Jingkang, but this life was definitely a tragedy.She was simply a victim of the legal battle between Empress Dowager Renxuan and Song Zhezong, as well as the partisanship between the New Deal and the old party. She was neglected by her husband all her life, her only daughter died in infancy, and she was imprisoned in the Yaohua Palace for most of her life. If it were not for the shame of Jingkang, the Song Dynasty royal family would really have no power. After she died, she was invited to take charge of the overall situation.

Perhaps compared to the women in the Central Plains of Lianghe who were kidnapped, ruined or even killed, she would finally have a stable old age, but Zhao Jiu still sincerely wished her to live in peace and prosperity and not to enter the emperor's house again.

Empress Dowager Meng began to lose her consciousness and suddenly grabbed Zhao Guanjia with her skinny hands and said: "Guanjia, if you want to be a good emperor, you will probably do such a big thing in your lifetime."

Before he finished speaking, he was already exhausted. Zhao Jiu was stunned for a moment. Looking at his aunt's loosened hand, he felt uncomfortable in his heart and said, "Let's take care of the funeral arrangements for the eldest lady."

In July of the 12th year of Jianyan's reign, Empress Dowager Meng Ruji of Yuanyou died of illness in Ciyuan Hall of Yanfu Palace at the age of 66.The posthumous title was Empress Zhaoci Shengxian, and all funeral ceremonies were in accordance with the old customs of Empress Dowager Renxuan, with only a slightly less extravagant ceremony. However, the emperor mourned her as a filial son and stayed away from court for the 27th.

After death, the soul leaves the body and can stay in the world for seven days. Meng Ruji was very pleased to see Zhao Jiu like this, and said to the ghost messenger who came to pick her up: "Old, my daughter died young, and I have nothing to worry about. Please take me there." Netherworld.”

Gui Cha somewhat admired her calm demeanor and said: "There is a Destiny King's City in the underworld, which is divided into different areas. In the Great Unification Town, you and the emperors of the Song Dynasty are all here. The queen can go if she wishes, but if she has ever dropped the curtain Empresses and queens who are in charge of political affairs or who intervene in major historical trends will also have to live there for a period of time. Although the name of the current emperor is just a title, Yan Jun still has to find out his merits and demerits, so you also have to go to the Song Dynasty Village inside. "

Meng Ruji was a little reluctant to meet Zhao Xu and Liu Qingjing, that little bitch, but decades of confinement had already made her understand what it means to bow one's head under the eaves, and she didn't object. Passing the junction of Yin and Yang, looking at Youming River, Naihe Bridge, Wangxiang Terrace, Xiangsheng Pond, all the way to several remote and luxurious places, I was very surprised. What was even more surprising was that when the ghost messenger led her to land, not only Song Chaozhen A group of people poured out, and some people from a few towns not far away said: "Hey, who is this? No one has come for a long time?"

A burly man with a dark face shouted: "Daughters and daughters-in-law of other people's families, what are you looking at? Come on, my child, I am Zhao Kuangyin, the great ancestor of the Song Dynasty. Who are you? Come up and talk."

Meng Ruji's Three Views collapsed. First of all, the portraits of the memorial tablets of the ancestors are all in the Taimiao. In the Song and Yi Dynasties, only Ms. Liu E dared to go in wearing a dragon robe, and she had never seen the portraits.The second thing is that your clothes and shoes make you look like a soldier. Although I know that Emperor Taizu was very brave, he is dressed too casually, right?
She subconsciously looked at the ghost servants around her, but she didn't expect that they were already gone. Fortunately, an acquaintance came out at this time, "Grandma, what are you doing?"

That's right, the thickest thigh of the old party in the Song Dynasty, Queen Mother Renxuan, the wife of Emperor Yingzong, was wearing a commoner and carrying a load of water. She was walking home tremblingly when she saw Meng Ruji, although she was still not out of the cabinet. Even though she was young, Gao Taotao recognized her because of her queen's coat, and said in surprise: "Ruji baby, you are finally here, woo hoo, come on, come on."

After saying that, he put down the water, pulled her to a stop of a strong black man, and saluted: "Your Majesty Taizu has learned clearly that since Jingkang, you have been very harsh on me, but even if I do everything wrong, Empress Meng of Zhezong is still my wife." She established the good boy Zhao Gou who makes us proud now!"

Meng Ruji corrected him: "Grandma, my nephew from the official family is deeply ashamed of Taoist Lord Zhao Ji and has changed his name to Zhao Jiu. My concubine and other elders do not dare to call him by his old name."

Gao Taotao frowned and said instinctively: "Even if you have the ability, you can't be so rebellious, and you don't want the name given by your parents." Sure enough, he had the same idea as Sima Guang.

But Zhao Kuangyin shouted: "Fart, with Zhao Ji's kind of virtue, I just feel that it's too late for Jiu'er to be disobedient. He has already been an official and has no shame in Jingkang. Zhao Shu, take this hapless woman like you home." , pick up twice as much water tomorrow."

Meng Ruji worked hard to digest everything, and first met with Taizu, and then said: "Taizu, do you dare to ask if there are no servants to serve our ancestors here?"

There was a burst of laughter from next door, and a tall man said: "Silly boy, Lord Yan has set up some kind of royal city, just to see that we can achieve great things in the world and found the foundation of the country. I am afraid that we will not be willing to give in to the underworld. The devil has imprisoned us and the prime ministers, and it is so naive and ridiculous for you to expect someone to serve you. I'm afraid there will be many hard times in the future."

Zhao Kuangyin said angrily: "Meng Zhixiang, I know how to educate my children and grandchildren, what does it have to do with you? A person from a separatist regime is in charge of the affairs of our unified dynasty."

Meng Ruji also hurriedly said: "Taizu, please don't be angry with others. I have been deposed for many years and have become independent. In these years, the official family has not been luxurious. There are only seven or eight people in our palace. It is more than enough to take care of ourselves." Someone else said bitterly. : "Okay, your bad bamboos will produce good shoots. Without this official family, you are just a separatist regime. You are not tired of it after all these years."

Zhao Kuangyin was very proud and said: "Li Min, my descendants not only defended the foundation and resolved the crisis, but also made China stronger than it has been in 300 years. Why can't I be proud? You have the ability and let Li Yu compete with me." I’m afraid he doesn’t even have the courage to commit suicide.”

Li Min, the great ancestor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was Li Yu's grandfather.

Meng Ruchi saw that there were many more people around, and felt a little timid, and said: "Taizu, when I first came here, I should go visit all the ancestors. Could you please show me the way down?"

Zhao Kuangyin said indifferently: "No need, yesterday I remembered the battle of Gaoliang River, the battle of Xining and his mother's shame of Jingkang. My bastard brother can go to the ground, and now he is probably sharpening his knife and waiting for those two bastards, Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan! But your husband Zhao Xu is not bad, but I scolded him, you can go see him." Unlike me, eighteen kinds of weapons have been prepared long ago, just wait for the two bastards to come down, and give them a hard time, otherwise I will be sorry for my angry bedridden three months.

Meng Ruji. Who wants to see that couple?
Zhao Kuangyin was the founding king of the country, and he was very observant. When he saw this, he said: "My wife He Zhen is also here. She is also your ancestor. You might as well go and visit first, and then tell us about Zhao Jiu's child. Here The news is too late!”

Meng Ruji breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I will obey your orders."

After entering Taizu's current residence, I found a very bright second-level courtyard. A delicate and gentle woman was taking advantage of the light in the underworld to do needlework. After hearing the voice, she said: "Yuan Long, you came back?"

Then he looked at Meng Ruji who was walking closely not far away, smiled, and then said softly: "You have found the Song family sister, okay, sister, come in quickly, this is your home."

Zhao Kuangyin was speechless. He understood that his wife had misunderstood, "What are you thinking? This is the queen who was deposed by Zhao Xu because of her bad eyesight. She is the Empress Dowager Meng who was appointed as the emperor. She came here especially to pay homage to you."

Meng Ruji almost blushed. The person who became a queen must have studied history very well. She understood that this was Empress Xiaohui who thought she was Empress Xiaozhang of Song Dynasty.But after all, he had experienced a lot, so he paid his respects as if nothing had happened. He followed the courtesy of a junior and said to Queen He: "I know Queen Xiaohui, your family published a poem in the early years to congratulate Zhu, and now people can sing his poem." There’s poetry!”

He Zhen originally wanted to ask, but when she saw her impatient husband, she smiled slightly and said, "Since you are married to him, you should put the Zhao family first, so why don't you talk about Zhao Jiu's child first?"

Meng Ruji asked: "There are too many facts about Jiu'er. I don't know which one you two want to hear?"

Zhao Kuangyin said: "I heard that he was assassinated some time ago. There are people in the underworld who say that he is in danger of life and death. Please tell me about it first." For this reason, we collected ten carts of gold and silver jewelry and sent them to Diyang Mountain to pray for blessings and cures. What a disaster!Of course, the main ones were the burial objects of Song Shenzong and Empress Dowager Xiang.

　This article will interrupt the narrative by letting the ancestors appear for a moment.Empress Dowager Meng has performed well in history and is a very responsible woman. In this dimension, her evaluation will be higher. Her name was given by me.Life is like mail.

　　My setting is that the ancient emperors are all together, forming a royal city, but there are unified towns, separatist towns and Shaomin towns, but for the sake of sensitivity, I won’t mention them a little bit.

　　In addition, the grievances between Empress Dowager Renxuan and Zhezong are too troublesome and I don’t have enough words.

　　Meng Zhixiang was the founding ancestor of Later Shu. His son Meng Chang was destroyed by Zhao Kuangyin and his wife Huarui was robbed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)