After thinking about this, Huang Qiong understood the true meaning of her mother's words that she would regret. Now when I found out that I really regretted it, it was already too late to do anything. Once something is missed, it is really difficult to make up for it. Although he had been stubborn and never said it out loud, with the old man leaving, Huang Qiong really regretted it. This is also the real reason why he broke the so-called ancestral system today and came to Shouling in person for the funeral, and has been accompanying the underground palace gates to seal them one after another.
Because he knew that this was the last time he could get along with the old man who had already arrived in another world. After everyone evacuated the underground palace and the diamond wall sealed it. Then, strips of stone weighing thousands of kilograms were neatly stacked from the entrance of the underground palace to the diamond wall. Molten iron was poured between the stone strips to completely seal the tomb passage. After the tomb passage is completely sealed, craftsmen will completely seal the entrance to the underground palace. Of course, this will take some time and is not something that can be accomplished overnight.
It was not until the last time he inspected the old man's Shouling that Huang Qiong knew about the Daqi mausoleums. Although they looked like the imperial mausoleums of the two dynasties hundreds of years later. But the entrance to the tomb is different from what he has left in his memory, right under the Zhaobi wall. Not only is the entire tomb passage not straight, but the entrance to the tomb passage is dozens of feet away from the underground palace. Moreover, according to a person in charge of the Ministry of Industry responsible for repairing the old man's imperial mausoleum, the positions of the entrances to the tombs in all the tombs are not the same. The ones that are far away, such as King Sejong’s mausoleum, are hundreds of feet long.
Like the old man, all the mausoleums and underground palaces that are 50 to 60 feet tall are not only made of the same color, but also extremely solid stone. Moreover, under the ground outside the underground palace, there is also a two-foot-wide yellow sand filled in the surrounding area. The connection between the entrance of the tomb passage and the diamond wall of the underground palace must be filled with stone bars weighing at least 1,000 kilograms. The middle is connected by melting molten iron. Although the cost is higher, the imperial mausoleum is extremely strong. In addition, the underground palace is as deep as nine feet underground. Ordinary tomb robbers, even if an entire army comes to dig it out, they may not be able to open it.
Huang Qiong has no intention of paying attention to how strong the old man's underground palace is. Because in his opinion, no matter how strong the imperial mausoleum is, it can still escape the tricks of those local masters. His thoughts now are all on his last thoughts for the owner of this tomb. Even after leaving the underground palace, his eyes were always fixed on the entrance of the underground palace. But the hands under the robe were trembling slightly. Because he knew that the last door in the local palace, the door on the diamond wall leading to the outside world, was closed. When the first stone falls.
It still indicates that the owner of this luxurious imperial mausoleum has completely said goodbye to all the good things in the world. He and his father in this world will never see each other again. Apart from the tablets in the Ancestral Temple and the imperial portrait of the old man in the Fengxian Hall in the palace, this emperor who had been emperor for more than twenty years no longer had any relationship with the living. Of course, there is also the Xiaozong temple name he left in the history books. And this extremely luxurious imperial mausoleum will eventually collapse with the collapse of the dynasty.
When the auspicious date for the old man's funeral was decided, the Minister of Industry once requested whether the gate of the underground palace should not be closed temporarily. After Huang Qiong's mother dies and is buried, will the entrance to the underground palace and the tomb passage be completely closed? But the Ministry of Industry Minister who requested the order also knew that Huang Qiong's mother had changed into a Taoist robe after the old man's death. When concubines, ministers, or members of the clan came to express their condolences, they all sat next to the old man, dressed in white Shengxue said nothing. It was as if no one could see except the old man.
Seven days later, on the night when the old man was buried and moved to the main hall of Lingli, his mother left a letter for Jing Niang to give to Huang Qiong. Except for Huang Qiong's second daughter, no one took her with her. Even Jing Niang and Hua Hua were not taken with them, and they left Yongfu Palace quietly. The only thing left in the old man's nanmu palace was a lock of hair that my mother had cut off from her own head on the day of the old man's death. There is also a Xiao carved from bamboo that Huang Qiong has never seen before, and a set of clothes that his mother wears every day.
As for Huang Qiong, she originally wanted to bury the queen's crown dress and the queen's phoenix crown in the underground palace when her mother was canonized as queen, so as to leave a memory for the old man there, but her mother refused. And her mother left so decisively and suddenly, without even giving her a chance to see her. Even though his mother had told him the reason for leaving without saying goodbye in the letter. It was because he was worried that he could not really let go of their father and son, which delayed his departure. Therefore, after careful consideration, I decided not to meet him again.
Even though he had known for a long time that it would be difficult to see his mother again in this life after she died, Huang Qiong was still filled with unspeakable bitterness when this day came. Faced with the request from the Ministry of Industry, he could only send away the minister of the Ministry of Industry on the grounds of being humble and disrespectful. The mother left in such a hurry that she didn't even finish the old man's funeral, and she left quietly without letting Huang Qiong see her for the last time. Even though her mother had told Huang Qiong a long time ago, it still made Huang Qiong a little hard to accept and very sad.
After returning from the old man's mausoleum, no matter how busy the government affairs were or how pressing the situation was for so many years after taking the throne, Huang Qiong, who didn't even have a small cold, fell ill on the second day after returning to the palace. And this sudden serious illness lasted for more than a month. Huang Qiong, who had always been in extremely good health, suffered from this serious illness. The ladies in the palace were frightened, and they took turns guarding Huang Qiong day and night. It wasn't until Huang Qiong recovered slightly that Situ Huanshuang and the others felt relieved.
Huang Qiong is now an emperor and has thousands of things to deal with every day. Naturally, he cannot observe mourning for three years like ordinary people or ordinary officials. Since ancient times, the emperor's observance of filial piety has always been based on the sun replacing the moon. According to etiquette, when an ancestor passes away, the younger generation must observe mourning for twenty-seven months. But the emperor cannot do that, because a country cannot live without a king for a day. If the emperor ignores government affairs for twenty-seven months, the world will be in chaos. The Chinese people have always been flexible, so they invented the idea of replacing the moon with the sun, and the emperor only had to watch for twenty-seven days.
However, even during the period of austerity, the emperor's work cannot stop. It's just that the memorials approved by Yubi personally, with red characters in Zhu, were changed to blue ink. When the twenty-seventh day is up, the new emperor can basically do whatever he needs to do. Of course, logically speaking, it is still not possible to find a woman to sleep with. At least you have to take the old emperor's coffin out of the palace. But who can control what the emperor wants to do? If I encounter an unworthy descendant, I am afraid that as soon as I die, he will start to comfort the beauties in the palace.
If he encounters ridiculous descendants, even his concubine will not let them go. Especially those princes who have been suppressed for too long in front of their own emperor, knowing that the imperial edict after enthroning is announced, they will almost always do ridiculous things. But Huang Qiong didn't do anything wrong, but she stayed honest until the old man completed the burial. During this period, no concubines were called to sleep with him. Even after the old man was buried, he rested for twenty-seven days and moved the spirit to the Shouhuang Palace for a temporary rest, until the auspicious days of the zodiac were selected.
After a hundred days, the white curtains in the palace are allowed to be taken off and palace lanterns can be hung. But Huang Qiong still did not allow the concubines to wear any bright clothes or make up. However, Huang Qiong's illness was beyond the expectations of the ministers. But because he kept it a secret, no one knew that his serious illness was caused by the sadness of his mother leaving. They all thought that he suffered from this extremely rare serious illness because of the old man's death and excessive sadness. Huang Qiong's illness temporarily put aside many things that should have been dealt with.
Not to mention Duke Qingyang, the matter of whether to go to the Western Regions has stopped. Even when the Dali Emperor and his entourage came to Beijing, Huang Qiong did not receive them. It wasn't until one day that Huang Qiong, who was lying in Tingxuexuan's bedroom, lazily wrapped in a quilt, felt better after seeing someone. After her mother moved to Yongfu Palace, Huang Qiong took Ting Xuexuan as her nominal palace. In fact, I don’t live here at all. It was not until this serious illness that I came here to recuperate and relieve my longing for my mother.
On this day, Huang Qiong was leaning on the bed and looking at the book, when the sound of a wonderful play came from outside the door. Huang Qiong thought something was wrong with her. Huang Qiong, who was anxious to see him, said casually after coming in. However, they discovered that the person who came in was none other than the Queen of Dali, Bai Feng, who had been in Beijing with her husband for many days, but had not been able to return as she had been waiting for the national funeral of Da Qi. Seeing Bai Feng following Duan Miao, Huang Qiong immediately stood up happily, walked forward in three or two steps, held the person in his arms and kissed him.
It wasn't until the woman was out of breath from his kiss that she let go of Bai Feng's mouth. He picked the person up again and walked to the bed. After putting the person on it, he peeled the person cleanly. But Bai Feng always wanted to say something, but it was because except for occasionally letting her breathe, her mouth was almost always blocked by Huang Qiong. Duan Miao, who led people in, was already accustomed to Huang Qiong's behavior. She brought Bai Feng into the palace at this time, just to see that Huang Qiong had been feeling depressed since she had just recovered from her serious illness.
Duan Miao knew that Huang Qiong was suppressing something because of something, because he was worried that Huang Qiong would cause something if he suppressed himself too much. He sent someone to pick up Bai Feng, who had been living in the post house since arriving in Beijing. As for his eldest nephew, the people he sent followed Duan Miao's explanation and only said that several empresses in the palace missed the queen. So someone was sent to take him to the palace, and his relatives met him and stayed there for a few days before sending him back. The queen has many relatives in the palace, so there is no need to worry about what will happen to the queen in the palace.
Duan Suping didn't know the inside story, but Bai Feng still knew it. The person who was sent directly said that he was sent by Duan Miao, and she understood the reason why she was brought into the palace. Although she had an affair with Huang Qiong, she is now the queen of Dali Kingdom. Every move represents Dali Kingdom. If something happens with His Majesty, it would be really bad. At first, Bai Feng didn't want to enter the palace, let alone live in the palace for a few days as the eunuch said.
But Duan Suping, who didn't know the inside story, urged Bai Feng to enter the palace. It would be best to keep the wind in the ears of the two aunts for a few days, so that Dali, which still has some unpaid compensation, can be exempted from the final compensation. Under the urging of her husband, Bai Feng, who knew what would happen after entering the palace, could only bite the bullet and enter the palace. However, in order to avoid any accidents with Huang Qiong, Bai Feng also roped in his two sisters. So that when necessary, Huang Qiong would not go too far.
One of these two people is her biological sister. Her brother-in-law died on the battlefield last year during the campaign to suppress the enemy. This time I came to China to experience the local customs and people, and to relax. The other one is her biological sister, a girl from the Bai family specially chosen by Duan Jin for Duan Suping in order to expand the royal family of Dali. This time I brought him to Beijing mainly to take care of Duan Suping's daily life.
