Hongli followed Xianyue's last words and was not buried with empress rites or a state funeral. The empress' funeral ceremony was actually simpler than that of an ordinary concubine.
As for the burial place, Hongli did not bury Xianyue in Yuling, but built a separate mausoleum and buried her in it. Only a few people know that in this mausoleum, except for the burial of Xianyue,
Outside the coffin of the moon corpse, there is another empty coffin.
This was left by Hongli for himself. Although he had built Yuling Mausoleum before, from the moment Xianyue died in his arms, she decided that a hundred years later, only clothes and crowns would be buried in Yuling Mausoleum, and his real body would not be buried.
Enter Xianyue's mausoleum, live in the same quilt as her, and die in the same cave.
Although as Queen Xiayue, she could be buried with him in the Yuling Mausoleum, after all, Xiayue was the successor and was only buried with him. The real one in the same cave was Fucha Mingyu, the first concubine.
And the only one he wants to be with in life and death is Xianyue, there is no second one, and there is no need for a second one.
Although Ling Ruo personally persuaded Hongli to let go, she was still heartbroken when the death knell rang. Over the years, Xianyue devoted herself to Hongli. Even in the years when Hongli was fascinated by witchcraft, she never changed.
She tried her best to remove Hongli's witchcraft and save his life; she saw all of this; unfortunately, it all came to an end.
Feeling depressed in his heart and the weather was getting colder, Ling Ruo fell ill in bed. Although the imperial doctor took good care of him, there was little improvement. Although he gradually recovered from the illness, his body was not as good as before.
After Xianyue left, Hongli originally wanted to let Zhichun and others go out of the palace to enjoy their old age, but they refused to leave. In the end, he had to leave them to continue working in Kunning Palace. Everything was still the same as before, but...one of the last ones was missing.
The person who should live in this Kunning Palace.
As for Yongyan, on the day Xianyue passed away, he was sent to his elder brother's home. This child had been raised under Xianyue's knees since he was a child. He left so suddenly. He couldn't adapt to it in every way. He cried every night, wouldn't fall asleep, and shouted.
We have to go back to Kunning Palace. Although the nuns tried their best to
Although Song Zihua's medicine was available, Yongyan had to see Xianyue before she could do it.
After drinking the medicine, he had no choice but to report it to Hongli.
Although Yongyan was not born by Xianyue, he and Xianyue were as close as mother and son. To Hongli, he was like the only bloodline left by Xianyue, so he was very nervous. He immediately took him to the Yangxin Hall and personally
Taking care of him, Yongyan also became the first prince to be fortunate enough to live in the Yangxin Palace. Even Yonglian and Yongzhen in the past did not have this luck.
When Yongyan was taken over, his whole body was very hot and he felt groggy. Every time a cold handkerchief was applied to his forehead, it would become warm soon after.
While Xiao Wu was instructing the palace attendants to change their veils, Hongli's voice suddenly sounded from behind him, "How is Yongyan?"
Xiao Wu quickly turned around and saluted, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Brother Fifteen has been unconscious. I tried every means to give him medicine, but he still couldn't feed me any more, so the fever has not subsided."
Then, he respectfully apologized and said, "This slave is incompetent, please punish me."
Hongli sighed and said, "That's all, let me fry another bowl of medicine."
After Xiao Wu gave the order, Hongli came to the bed and sat down. Although Yongyan was in a coma, his chapped lips due to fever kept opening and closing, and there was a faint sound coming out, but it was too soft to be heard.
It was not until Hongli leaned over and put his ear to his lips that he could hear clearly.
"Empress Huang...Empress Huang..." Upon hearing these three words, Hongli's heartache, which he had suppressed with great difficulty through the accumulation of memorials, suddenly surged up again, spreading throughout his limbs and bones, causing pain in his hands.
trembling.
Xiaowu didn't hear Yongyan's words. When he saw Hongli's hands shaking for no reason, he thought he was feeling unwell and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty..."
Hongli interrupted: "I'm fine." After signaling Xiao Wu to step back, he held Yongyan's hot little hand without saying a word. After an unknown amount of time, Yongyan slowly opened his eyes and looked at Hongli.
He said with difficulty: "Huang Ama."
"You're awake." Hongli took the handkerchief, put it on his forehead himself, and said warmly: "I've sent someone to boil the medicine, and it will be delivered soon."
Yongyan said stubbornly: "Unless I see the emperor's mother,... I will not eat it." Because Yongyan was too young and did not understand the meaning of life and death, the death of Xianyue was kept hidden from him.
Hongli endured the sadness in his heart and said, "Your mother-in-law has gone to a place far, far away, and she won't be able to come back for a while."
Yong Yan blinked and said in confusion: "Shouldn't the Queen's wife stay in the palace? Why should she go so far away?"
Hongli thought for a moment and said, "Do you still remember that Huang Ama got sick before?"
Yongyan thought about it and said, "Remember, Xiaoyangzi later said that Brother Twelve was also sick and has not recovered yet."
"Not only your twelfth brother, but also Huang Ama's illness has not completely recovered, so your empress went to pray for me and your twelfth brother, hoping that we can recover as soon as possible."
Yongyan nodded as if he understood something, and then said: "Then...where has the Queen gone? Can I go see her?"
Hongli smiled slightly and said: "Your empress specifically said before leaving that if you can memorize the Four Books and Five Classics, and can cross the Yangtze River with a hundred steps while the horse is galloping, you will be allowed to see her!"
"Really?" Yongyan didn't realize how difficult these two things were for her now, and all her thoughts were focused on the words "allow you to see her."
"Of course!" Hearing this, Yongyan couldn't wait to say: "Tomorrow, I will... no, I will memorize the Four Books and Five Classics now, and then go to practice archery." After saying that, he wanted to get up, but he was ill for several days.
I had a high fever and couldn't even sit up even if I still had the strength.
At this time, the palace servant came in with the medicine that had just been fried. Hongli took it in his hand and blew on the hot medicine while saying: "You, the most important thing now is to take the medicine to get better. Only in this way can you
Use your strength to practice archery."
Upon hearing this, Yongyan quickly said: "I know, I will drink it now." Following these words, a large bowl of bitter soup quickly fell into his stomach.
Hongli tucked him in and said, "Okay, go to bed quickly. Emperor Ama will ask someone to cook some porridge for you to eat when you wake up."
Yongyan fell asleep obediently. In the following days, in order to see Xianyue as soon as possible, he always took medicine on time. Even if the medicine was bitter, he would never frown. He was so sensible and heart-warming.
The medicine prescribed by Song Zihua was very effective. Within two days, Yongyan's fever subsided, and there was no serious problem. As soon as he recovered, Yongyan couldn't wait to have the Four Books and Five Classics fetched, and he carried them word by word.
When he came across a word he didn't know, he would ask the tutor and study hard day and night.
He was very talented and worked hard, and within three months, he was able to memorize the Four Books and Five Classics verbatim, but he was still unable to understand their meanings, after all, he was too young.