Wangfu little dumb wife

Chapter 780 National Mourning (1 More)
In the front yard of the Song family, the guests were still pushing and changing glasses.

Yunhuai also came to Song Yuanbao's wedding, and Song Wei sat at the table with him.

The two were talking when the death knell sounded.

When he heard the direction of the bell, Song Wei gradually quieted down, and his face became serious.

Yun Huai also realized it, and after drinking the last half glass of wine in his hand, he said: "It's the death knell, it must be..."

Presumably, everyone can guess without finishing talking, it must be the death of the Supreme Emperor.

Song Wei stood up, and said to the guests: "I'm sorry, everyone, there is a new funeral in the palace, and it is not appropriate to hold a big banquet at the minister's house, so I can only ask you to leave the house as soon as possible."

This is a national funeral, who dares to complain?What's more, Song Wei didn't say anything excessive, so they all expressed their understanding.

After that, it was arranged by the mothers in charge to gradually leave the Song Mansion.

The servant girl is clearing away the cups and plates at the banquet.

Song Wei went straight to the inner courtyard.

Wen Wan and Zhao Xunyin also heard the death knell and stopped the banquet long ago.

Erlang's wife greeted the female guest to leave.

Wen Wan asked Linglong to find two sets of plain clothes, which she and Zhao Xunyin are currently exchanging inside.

When Song Wei came, Zhao Xunyin stood in the courtyard and told Jinbao to let Lu Yanli play with his uncle, saying that they would come whenever they went.

Jinbao didn't know what the ringing of the bell that had never stopped meant, but seeing his mother and grandmother's faces were very serious, he knew that something bad had happened, so he was very obedient, There was no trouble.

"Wanwan, mother-in-law." Song Wei approached several people, shifted his gaze to Jinbao, and said softly, "Take uncle to grandma's place. Parents will go out and be back soon."

Jin Bao nodded, took Lu Yanli's little hand and left.

"I've already had someone prepare a carriage." Song Wei said, "As soon as the death knell rings and all officials enter the court, the gate of the palace should be wide open at this moment, let's go directly."

Zhao Xunyin didn't speak, just nodded.

Song Wei paused, but still said: "Mother-in-law, my condolences will change."

Zhao Xunyin forced a smile, "It's really hard to feel that such a real brother is gone now."

When they arrived outside the gate, Wen Wan helped her mother get into the carriage, and then sat down with Song Wei back and forth.

The carriage galloped all the way towards the imperial city.

When we arrived, a lot of vehicles had already gathered at the entrance of the imperial city, all of them were ministers who hurried over when they heard the death knell, but this was a minority, most of the ministers were still in the palace to attend the wedding banquet of the new emperor, just like the Song family, As soon as the death knell rang, the banquet was immediately withdrawn, and now everyone rushed to the Qianqing Palace.

A colleague saw Song Wei and wanted to come over to say hello.

Song Wei was in such a hurry that he didn't care about it, so he just said a few words and continued to move forward.

Due to the sudden incident, there were not enough sedan chairs prepared in the palace, so many ministers had to walk to Qianqing Palace.

Zhao Xunyin is the eldest princess, with a special status, she was allocated a soft sedan chair.

The soft sedan can only seat one person.

Seeing her hesitation, Wen Wan said: "I can see that mother is anxious, you go first, it's okay for me and Saburo to walk for a while, and it doesn't take too long."

Zhao Xunyin couldn't care less now, "Since that's the case, then you two take your time, and I'll take a step first."

When Zhao Xunyin arrived at Qianqing Palace, there were already a lot of ministers kneeling outside.

She walked around and walked to the door of the emperor's bedroom. Seeing this, Eunuch Cui rushed in to report, and came out after a while and said: "Your Majesty let the Eldest Princess go in."

The crown prince ascended the throne, the current emperor is Zhao Xi, and Zhao Xunyin is his aunt, so he will be called "Elder Princess".

Zhao Xunyin took a breath, put away her previous impatience, and walked in step by step.

Zhao Xi and Dong Han knelt in front of the dragon couch, and on the dragon couch was the Supreme Emperor who had died.

He walked very peacefully, even though he was described as skinny, he didn't see any regrets before he died.

"Brother—"

Zhao Xunyin's eyes were slightly wet, and she knelt down not far from the empress before asking Zhao Xi, "When did you leave?"

Zhao Xi said calmly: "Half an hour ago."

Zhao Xunyin wanted to ask the Supreme Emperor what he had said before he left, but after thinking about it, the Supreme Emperor could not speak long ago, so she simply swallowed the words back and looked at the people on the dragon bed and fell into silence.

When the first queen mother was alive, in order to regain the 30 military power in Lu Xingzhou's hands, she was tied back and married.

Regardless of whether Lu Xingzhou was her favorite or not, the queen mother's behavior was clearly sacrificing her daughter for her son. It would be fine if she was single, but...so for more than ten years, she hated the queen mother and also hated this brother.

Afterwards, too many things happened, and she couldn't remember how the relationship between brother and sister eased. She only knew that at this moment, seeing her brother lying there lifeless, she felt a dull pain in her heart.

Zhao Xi didn't look back, and said in a low voice, "Auntie, please mourn."

Hearing this relief, Zhao Xunyin's mood became more complicated.

The word "sorrow" was supposed to be said by her to the young emperor, but now she let him comfort her instead.

Standing up, Zhao Xunyin walked to Zhao Xi's side, "Your Majesty can feel at ease, Your Majesty must also take care of the dragon's body, this is the end, get up first, go out and explain to the officials, and prepare for the funeral."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to help Zhao Xi.

Zhao Xi didn't resist, and stood up with his aunt's hand.

Zhao Xunyin went to help the queen again.

Dong Han thanked in a low voice.

Zhao Xunyin looked at the two of them carefully, and focused his eyes on Zhao Xi's face. Seeing that he was not crying or jealous, but just silent, he secretly sighed.

Zhao Xi then walked outside the hall and looked at the civil and military ministers kneeling all over the floor, "The Supreme Emperor has passed away. From now on, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and the Supervisor of Rituals will do their best to assist the Ministry of Rites in organizing the national funeral. Martial law, ceremonies and music are prohibited in the public, and marriage and banquets are prohibited. Anyone who violates it will be punished."

Hearing this, all the officials knelt down, and then there was a neat "My Majesty's condolences" sounded.

When Song Wei and Wen Wan arrived, it happened that Zhao Xi was explaining to the Ministry of Rites that he was going to Shangqing Temple to invite people to do the dojo.

The couple saluted him together.

Zhao Xi said indifferently: "The encoffining is about to happen, if you want to see the last time, go in now."

Wen Wan and Song Wei looked at each other, and after saluting again, they walked into the Emperor's bedroom.

Zhao Xi stood beside the white marble railing with his hands behind his back, his clear and handsome face hidden in the deep night.

Not far away are the busy figures of eunuchs and maids of honor.

Zhao Xi vaguely saw the figure of a person coming through the eunuchs and maids, he ran very fast, and arrived close in a short while.

Seeing clearly that it was Song Yuanbao, Zhao Xi said, "You shouldn't have come."

Song Yuanbao looked indifferent, "We are the same."

They were all interrupted by sudden national funerals on the night of the big wedding before the wedding ceremony.

Zhao Xi stopped talking.

Song Yuanbao took two steps back and saluted him, "Your Majesty, can I go in and have a look?"

Although strictly speaking, the Supreme Emperor is not his uncle, but he was once appreciated by the Supreme Emperor, and he was given the title of a happy son. Furthermore, he and Zhao Xi are good friends, with so many layers of relationship, so let's go in and pay homage to the Supreme Emperor. Survival, this request should not be too much, right?
Zhao Xi didn't stop him.

Song Yuanbao turned around and entered the hall.

Seeing him coming, Wen Wan was startled, she didn't dare to speak loudly in front of the emperor's body, she just asked him why he left the bride and ran into the palace alone.

Song Yuanbao approached Wen Wan, and whispered back three words, "I should come."

Then he turned his gaze to the dragon couch.

Eunuch Cui has brought someone to change the clothes of the Supreme Emperor, and he will be encoffined soon.

Seeing Song Yuanbao, Zhao Xunyin also frowned, and signaled Wen Wan with his eyes to take him out.

Although it was a national funeral, it was still a funeral after all, and his original wedding joy would be washed away.

The purpose of Song Yuanbao's coming was to see the face of the Supreme Emperor, and now he has seen it, and when he was ordered to go out with Wen Wan's eyes, he was no longer stubborn.

But when he walked out of the hall, Zhao Xi was no longer there.

There was a big event in the palace tonight, Song Yuanbao didn't dare to run around, so he waited outside.

The precious and magnificent Zigong was delivered quickly, and Empress Dong led everyone out after watching the encoffining.

She didn't see Zhao Xi, she didn't plan to stay longer, she said a few words to Zhao Xunyin, to the effect that she was young and had just entered the palace today, and she didn't understand many rules and etiquette, if there was anything she should do, let everyone The eldest princess made more points.

Zhao Xunyin said: "Accordingly, you and the emperor are dutiful sons and daughters-in-law, and you should kneel down tonight. It just so happens that you are getting married today. This is the first time I have encountered such a situation when I grow up. Maybe the ministers are still discussing, you go back first. After a while, people will ask the emperor, and he will do whatever he says."

Dong Han nodded, and took the maid back to Yikun Palace.

After seeing off Empress Dong respectfully, Zhao Xunyin looked at Song Yuanbao again, "We want to stay tonight, but you can't. Since it's time to watch, go back early, don't let the bride keep the empty room."

Song Yuanbao also knew that he had no choice, so he nodded.

Song Wei pulled him aside and told him, "There are taboos during the national mourning period, you have to pay attention to it yourself."

"I understand." Song Yuanbao nodded.

During the national mourning period, not only rituals and music, marriage and marriage are prohibited, but also sexual intercourse is prohibited. Although this kind of thing is difficult to control every household, once a woman is pregnant, it will be found that she was pregnant during the national mourning period when she registers in the future. If you go up, you will definitely be charged with disrespect.

(End of this chapter)