Two hundred and thirty-ninth chapter back to Chang'an
Across the Weinan Plain, Chang'an City is already in sight.
Liu De wore mourning dais and cried all the way back to Chang'an City.
On Baqiao, Su's relatives who had learned the news all gathered together, wearing mourning clothes like Liu De, to welcome Liu De's return.
As for the rest...
It was just a concubine who died.
If you want the whole city to be pure and all the officials to mourn together, that's still a little short of the mark.
Therefore, except for the children of Su family's relatives and Liu De's courtiers in the past, it does not matter if other people sang and danced.
"Uncle..." Liu De got off the carriage and walked up to Su Ran who came to greet him. No matter how much he despised this uncle, at this time, he still had to do the face-saving work! Liu De faced Su Ran.
He knelt down, bowed deeply, shed tears, and said affectionately: "Unfilial son Liu De came back late, and he cannot see his mother and concubine for the last time..."
At this time, for some reason, a strange picture appeared in Liu De's mind, as if there was a TV in front of him. On the TV, a dignitary wearing a suit with a red face looked up at the stars and said to the camera sadly:
"Sorry everyone, I'm late..."
This feeling was so inconsistent that the muscles on Liu De's face twitched.
Liu De's statement immediately overshadowed the members of the Su family.
Su Ran was thinking in her heart: "No matter what happened before, blood is thicker than water after all, and this relationship can never be erased..."
"Xijun is no longer lucky, but maybe I can rely on Liu De to become a Chehou in the future..."
On the surface, Su Ran hugged Liu De's body in grief and said with tears: "It will be good to come back, it will be good to come back..."
I have to say, Sui Ji is really a tragedy. Even after she died, few of her brothers, sisters, brothers, sisters, and even her son were truly sad. Instead, most of them were trying to gain benefits from her death.
Liu De is no exception.
With the support of his uncles and cousins, Liu De 'reluctantly' and 'extremely reluctantly' stood up and asked: "Have you made any arrangements for the funeral of your mother and concubine?"
Su Ran took the lead in replying: "Reporting to Your Highness, I dare not make my own decisions. All I have to do is obey Your Highness's orders!"
This was what Liu De was waiting for. He was rude and evasive at all, and immediately nodded and said: "Uncle, thank you for your hard work. Let me, an unfilial son, handle the rest!"
"My mother-in-law was gentle and virtuous during her lifetime. She disliked extravagance and waste the most. Her suicide note and me also said that she would not be reburied without any extravagance..." Liu De had a look of reminiscence on his face. His acting skills were at their maximum at this moment, and he told lies without shame.
: "Although I am unfilial, I dare not disobey my mother and concubine's orders!"
Liu De turned around and ordered to Zhang Tang who was waiting outside: "Zhang Qing, I will leave it to Yu Qing to arrange the funeral of my mother and concubine. Don't be too extravagant. Just arrange it according to the ordinary funeral rituals of princes and queens."
, and don’t mobilize the princes and officials to come to mourn..."
As soon as Liu De said these words, the people in the Su family immediately started buzzing with discussions.
Liu De wants to bury his mother poorly!
Buried with the usual etiquette of princes and queens?
So all points will be lost?
Su Ran quickly said: "Your Highness... No way... Once this matter gets spread, people in the world will probably criticize and ridicule..."
Liu De took a look and said in his heart: "I'm afraid you are worried that the thin burial will make the Su family lose face, and that the Su family will not be high-end and classy enough in front of the courtiers and nobles..."
Liu De waved his hand, stopped Su Ran from continuing, and ordered Ju Meng: "Ju Qing, go and prepare. Build a thatched cottage for me in front of the tomb of my mother and concubine, as a place for me to keep my soul and fast. From today on, I will
I will fast for my mother for three months and keep vigil for my mother for half a year!”
As soon as Liu De said these words, the Su family immediately lost all their excuses.
No matter how many funeral objects there are, no matter how high the funeral ceremony is, can it compare with the sincerity of a son? Can it compare with the ambition of a dignified prince, the potential heir apparent of the Han family, to guard his funeral?
"No!" Ju Meng bowed immediately.
Liu De learned this move from Jin Erpang's move.
Back then, after Big Fat knelt down, Er Fat kept mourning for Big Fat for three years. As a result, a solid foundation of rule was established in North Korea.
Even in a modern country like North Korea, this trick worked, and it should have moved many people in this pre-AD period.
As for the location of Su Ji's mausoleum, the specifications of the coffin and the date of burial, these matters are beyond Liu Den's control.
According to the system, the tomb of the deceased concubine was given by the emperor, and the coffin and burial date were decided by the queen mother. Only the funeral and mourning were handled by Liu De and his sons.
At this time, a knight came flying from a distance. When he saw Liu De, he knelt down and worshiped: "Your Highness, the Queen Mother invites you to come to the East Palace to pay her respects!"
Liu De then pushed aside the Su family's relatives and said to the knight: "I understand, I'm going to see the emperor's grandmother now!"
Then, he said to the people of the Su family: "I am going to visit the imperial grandmother. When I come back, I will discuss the remaining matters with you adults..."
Then, he rode a carriage, escorted by Zhidu and accompanied by his ministers, and headed towards Changle Palace in the inner city of Chang'an.
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Half an hour later, Liu De's carriage arrived under the wall of Changle Palace.
Liu De got off the carriage, worked up his emotions for a while, and entered a state of sadness again.
Queen Mother Dou is the head of this family!
Normally you can make trouble no matter what, but if she discovers a small flaw in something as big as this, you will at least be scolded, and you may even be disliked from now on.
For example, in the previous life, everything was possible before Liu Rong, but as soon as Liu Rong died, Empress Dowager Dou took revenge.
There was also Liu Che, who was engaged in the Jianyuan New Deal in full swing and made all kinds of nonsense. Empress Dowager Dou was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai and not moving at all. However, Wang Zang took the lead and asked Liu Che not to ask her for instructions again. Empress Dowager Dou immediately took action to abolish the Jianyuan New Deal.
, drove Liu Che back to Weiyang Palace to become an otaku. If Liu Che was not involved in the prostitution, I am afraid that Liu Che would not even be able to keep the throne!
Therefore, when meeting Empress Dowager Dou, Liu De knew that he had to act even more sad.
Under the leadership of Changle palace guard Dou Fu, Liu De passed through the many courtyards and palaces and came to Yongshou Palace.
To Liu De's surprise, Queen Mother Dou had no intention of testing him or testing Liu De. From the beginning to the end, Queen Mother Dou was comforting him, encouraging him, and telling Liu De not to be too sad.
Empress Dowager Dou did not even consider the possibility that Liu De would play a role in the issue of losing his mother...
This made Liu De feel much more relaxed all of a sudden.
With the cooperation of Queen Mother Dou, the next thing will be much easier to handle.
Therefore, Liu De only had to keep nodding, kowtowing, and being grateful, and passed the hurdle of Empress Dowager Dou, who originally thought it would be very troublesome.
Liu De bid farewell to Empress Dowager Dou. As soon as he left the Yongshou Palace, he bumped into Princess Liu who entered the palace. (To be continued...)
ps: I went to write the detailed rules this afternoon. The detailed rules I wrote last time have long been finished. The last 100,000 words have been written wherever I think of them. I felt that this was not going to work, so I wrote the detailed rules again all afternoon. It will last about ten days.
