In the mourning hall of Cuiwei Palace, all the ladies were kneeling, wiping their eyes with a handkerchief stained with ginger juice from time to time. Without any effort, tears rolled down their faces, and their eyes were red, looking extremely sad and sad.
Concubine Tian Shu had lived in the palace for most of her life, and Mrs. Gaoming, who was kneeling in the mourning hall, had almost never seen Concubine Tian Shu. Without this method, how could she cry?
Da Feng is also among them.
Shen Mao's official position was not high, and she, the wife of Qianhu, was barely qualified to enter the palace and kneel in mourning. For the past two days, she had been kneeling in the corner. She was about to be squeezed out of the mourning hall.
Just bear with it and endure it for another four days. Mrs. Feng secretly comforted herself in her heart, wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, and hot tears flowed out.
All the mourners were pretending to cry. No one noticed for a moment, but a chamberlain in plain clothes quietly entered the mourning hall.
This chamberlain looked to be in his twenties, with a delicate appearance, the corners of his eyes slightly raised, and he looked like he was arrogant and not easy to mess with.
Mrs. Feng raised her head and saw this chamberlain. She couldn't help being startled and blurted out: "Eunuch Feng!"
Yes, this chamberlain is none other than Eunuch Feng, who has not been seen for several years.
I think back then, Eunuch Feng had a close personal relationship with Shen You, and he went to the Shen Mansion several times with Shen You. Shen You had a withdrawn and gloomy temperament, and had few friends. Because of this, Mrs. Feng had a very deep impression of Eunuch Feng. I hadn’t seen him for several years, but I recognized him at first glance.
A smile flashed quickly in Eunuch Feng's eyes, he walked to Mrs. Feng's side and whispered: "We have something to say to Madam, please come with us."
Mrs. Feng nodded slightly, got up and followed Eunuch Feng out of the mourning hall.
This scene attracted some curious eyes, and they quickly took it back. The husband of the eldest Feng family had a low official position, but he gave birth to a good son and raised a good nephew. Both brothers Shen You and Shen Jia worked as servants in the palace. Over the past few years, the holy family has become strong. This chamberlain may have been specially sent by the nobles in the palace to lead the great Feng family to rest!
Eunuch Feng indeed introduced Mrs. Feng into a side room.
After closing the door, Eunuch Feng bowed his hands and said, "Our family has met Madam."
Mrs. Feng was quite flattered and said hurriedly: "How can this happen? Eunuch Feng please come up as soon as possible."
But Eunuch Feng said: "Our family has a very good personal relationship with General Shen Youchen, and we used to call him aunt. Our family has not seen my aunt for several years, so it is appropriate to give her a courtesy as a junior. Aunt, please don't talk to our family. "
Mrs. Feng felt warm in her heart when she heard this, and couldn't help laughing: "We haven't seen each other for several years, but Eunuch Feng is still so good at talking."
Eunuch Feng was the best at hitting snakes with a stick. He immediately smiled and said, "Auntie, just do what you did before. Just call me San'er."
Da Feng was not a shy person, so she quickly changed her title: "Then I will shamelessly call you San'er. Where have you been in the past few years? Have you been working in the palace?"
Eunuch Feng sighed: "That's not true. Shen You and the others went to the frontier army that day, and our family also went out of the palace to run errands under the emperor's order. We didn't return to the palace until a few days ago."
Naturally, Mrs. Feng couldn't ask where Eunuch Feng had gone and what errands he had done. He opened his mouth to comfort him: "It's good to go back to the palace. Speaking of which, Sanlang and Silang have been away from Beijing for five or six years. I have always been thinking about them. It's just that the border is far away. , the journey is difficult and I can’t go even if I want to.”
In these days, it is not easy to travel far away. It takes more than a month to go back and forth from the capital to the border town. Mrs. Xu went to the border town with Cui Yuanhan. Mrs. Feng is a stay-at-home woman with no husband or son to accompany her. It was impossible to travel far away. However, Shen Mao was in the military camp every day, and the second son was also on duty in the palace. He had no time to accompany the eldest Feng family on their travels.
Eunuch Feng said softly: "There is nothing we can do about this. Fortunately, the two brothers Shen You are at home in the border army and have made many military exploits. My aunt should feel relieved and at ease."
However, Da Feng sighed again: "To tell you the truth, every time the border troops fight, I am terrified for them. I don't ask them to perform any great military exploits, I only hope they are safe."
There are always casualties in wars. Five of the emperor's personal guards who accompanied Shen You to the frontier army have been lost.
Every time he thought about these things, Mr. Feng felt frightened.
When Eunuch Feng saw this, he smiled and comforted him: "Auntie, don't worry. These brothers are all blessed people. With God's blessing, they will be safe and sound."
This was what Mr. Feng loved to hear the most. He immediately relaxed his brows and laughed cheerfully: "I accept your good advice."
"Is Auntie feeling well?"
"It's very good. My appetite is better than that of young people. I'm much fatter now than before..."
Eunuch Feng didn't say anything important, he just chatted with the Feng family for a long time.
Sitting here and talking is much better than kneeling in the mourning hall. Mr. Feng was very interested and kept talking. After about half an hour, he stopped and said: "I have been out for so long, it's time to go back."
Eunuch Feng's eyes flashed with reluctance, and he said goodbye.
When Mrs. Feng went out, she did not forget to tell her: "Whenever I have time to leave the palace, I will come to Shen's residence."
Eunuch Feng agreed with a smile and sent Mrs. Feng back to the mourning hall.
Mrs. Feng watched Eunuch Feng go away, feeling a little sad in her heart.
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Concubine Tian Shu lay in mourning for seven days, and the coffin was sent to the imperial mausoleum for burial. Prince Zhao and his son personally supported the coffin.
After the funeral, King Zhao, who had lost a lot of weight and looked dejected, went into the palace again to meet the saints and asked himself to be a vassal: "My mother and concubine are gone, I no longer have any worries in my heart. I just want to go to the vassal land to become a vassal and live a peaceful and comfortable life." Date. I sincerely ask the Emperor for permission."
After saying this, King Zhao knelt down and kowtowed three times.
Emperor Qing'an seemed a little moved and sighed: "I only have one brother by my side, you. Are you going to leave me now?"
The King of Qin died in the imperial mausoleum, and the King of Han was seriously injured and imprisoned. He also closed his eyes and passed away three years ago. Isn’t it true that the only direct brother of the emperor is the King of Zhao?
In fact, this was also the reason why Emperor Qing'an repeatedly "retained" King Zhao.
This time, as soon as Emperor Qing'an opened his mouth, King Zhao burst into tears: "Brother, I beg you, brother, please let me go! Let me live."
If I had known today, I would have regretted it earlier!
In order to vent his frustration for his son and to cause trouble for Emperor Qing'an, he revealed Shen You's life experience and forced the emperor to send Shen You away from the capital. The moment of relief was replaced by several years of pain and suffering. He was trapped in the capital for life. , I wanted to establish a vassal state, but I couldn't. I wanted to take my mother out of the palace but couldn't. I was always tormented by hard work, which was very difficult.
I feel so regretful!
On normal days, with King Zhao's fortitude and forbearance, he could barely bear it. The death of Concubine Tian Shu completely exceeded the limit of King Zhao's endurance, and he even said things like trying to find a way out.
The princes, Eunuch Shao, and the emperor's personal guards who were in the Hall of Supreme Harmony were all shocked. They all lowered their heads in a hurry.
