Although Qin Keqing was angry, he couldn't add fuel to the fire now, so he smiled and patted Aunt Qingzhou's hand and said, "Auntie, don't be sad, our uncle has already thought of this matter."
After Qin Keqing finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to Ruizhu next to him.
Ruizhu immediately delivered the imperial edict in her arms to Qin Keqing's hands.
Qin Keqing held the imperial edict in his hand, and then said to Aunt Zhou: "Auntie, what do you think this is?"
Aunt Zhou reluctantly raised her head and saw that Qin Keqing was holding a bright yellow scroll in her hand.
Although Aunt Zhou had never seen the imperial edict, she knew it was probably an imperial edict after seeing it like this.
"Could it be the imperial edict of the Emperor?"
"Auntie is very clear that this is exactly the imperial decree."
Aunt Zhou's eyes lit up after hearing this, and the other people in the room were not fools either. They didn't understand what Qin Keqing said.
Xia Mai, who was standing nearby, was even more overjoyed and quickly asked Qin Keqing: "Grandma, do we need to prepare the incense table? I heard that these are required for receiving orders."
Qin Keqing smiled and shook his head and said, "That's someone else's house. Our family doesn't need these now."
After Qin Keqing finished speaking, he opened the imperial edict and let Aunt Zhou watch it.
It is said that Aunt Zhou was born into a poor family, and she only recognized a few words after marrying Jia Zheng, but even those who know the imperial edict cannot understand it.
Qin Keqing saw the confusion on Aunt Zhou's face and hurriedly explained to her: "Auntie, this imperial edict says that you have raised a good son and will be a pillar of the imperial court, so I call you the wife of the State of Qin."
Aunt Zhou was also full of surprise after hearing this, and her sad look just now was gone.
Xia Mai, who was standing aside, was also smiling, "Grandma, is our aunt's official as big as my wife's?"
After hearing this, Aunt Zhou quickly scolded her and said: "Don't talk nonsense, how can I compare to Madam."
Qin Keqing listened to the conversation between the two of them and explained with a smile: "Auntie's rank is higher than that of madam, and she is already on an equal footing with our master. However, after all calculations, your status is still one level lower than that of our master. You can only be with us."
Madam is even."
Aunt Zhou smiled happily after hearing this, "How dare I stand side by side with the master? It is my great fortune to be behind the madam."
Within a day or two, the news of Aunt Zhou being named Mrs. Qin spread throughout the Jia family.
Now people are extremely envious. The title of Mrs. Qin is already the most distinguished among women. Apart from those in the palace and the old ladies in the mansion, Aunt Zhou is the most noble.
After Mrs. Wang got the news, she stayed alone in the Buddhist hall all afternoon. When she came out of the Buddhist hall, everything seemed to be fine.
But the maid next to Mrs. Wang could see the gloominess on his face.
As a result, before Mrs. Wang could recover, Jia Zheng began to send out invitations to close friends and relatives, asking for Aunt Zhou to be his equal wife.
When Mrs. Wang heard the news, she was very angry and couldn't bear it anymore. She ran into Jia Zheng's small study alone and had a big quarrel with Jia Zheng.
Because if it were other things, Mrs. Wang could still endure it, but if she had to endure it any longer, she would have no status at all in the Rongguo Mansion.
But no matter how much Mrs. Wang stirs up troubles, the established strategy of the Jia Mansion will not change. A few days later, on a relatively auspicious day, a grand banquet was held in the Rongxi Hall of the Rongguo Mansion, just like the emperor's funeral and their
It doesn't matter at all.
In front of all relatives and old friends, Jia Zheng declared Aunt Zhou as his equal wife and invited Aunt Zhou to come out and meet everyone.
Now everyone understood what it means that mother is more valuable than son. They thought that Aunt Zhou was just a child born in a family, but because she gave birth to a good son, she became very prosperous. Now she was named Mrs. Qin, and even surpassed Mrs. Wang, the wife of Zhengyin.
One head.
In the days that followed, the capital was covered with white cloth to honor Emperor Daxing, and the monks and Taoist priests in various Taoist temples in the capital were in bad luck again.
In less than a year, the two supreme beings passed away, and they began to ring the bell for the Emperor of Qin again. Ringing the bell was not a leisurely matter. They had to ring ten thousand times, and no one could lift the bell after ringing it in one day.
However, these events in the capital did not affect the Jia family. Now, not only did the three mansions on Ningrong Street not display mourning, but red lanterns were even hung on both sides to celebrate their master.
That is to say, Jia Ke's mansion has not yet been repaired and seems a bit deserted, but Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion are laughing all the time, and Jia Zhen from Ningguo Mansion even invited a theater troupe to sing a big play for three days.
Let's not mention these things for the moment. Besides, after Jia Ke handled the funeral of Emperor Daxing, he did not continue to mourn as usual, but directly ordered the people from the Ministry of Rites to send the emperor's body to the mausoleum.
Jia Ke informed Jia Yuanchun about this matter and asked whether the entrance to Emperor Daxing's mausoleum should be sealed. After all, this was related to the burial issue after Jia Yuanchun's death.
There is also the issue of the former empress. After the empress was given death by Jia Yuanchun, she was sent to the mausoleum by the emperor. Now that the emperor passed away, he naturally no longer cares about it. If Jia Yuanchun is willing, he can still move the empress out.
Imperial mausoleum, buried elsewhere.
Jia Yuanchun also thought about this matter for several days, but he could not think of a reason. Finally, after thinking about it, he decided to invite her mother to the palace for discussion before making a decision.
Mrs. Wang has been able to relax in recent days. She is now the Duke's wife. Although Aunt Zhou also made her Mrs. Qin, which made her a little angry, she did not dare to offend Jia Ke, so she could only endure it.
However, in public, Aunt Zhou did not give Mrs. Wang any embarrassment. Mrs. Wang was still the main one, which made Mrs. Wang feel better.
Mrs. Wang did not dare to neglect the message she received from her daughter a few days ago, so after asking for leave from Jia Mu, she entered the palace with her car.
Now Mrs. Wang's entry into the palace is different from before. In the past, Mrs. Wang's entry into the palace had to go through several rounds of approval from the queen mother, and then the queen had to approve it, and finally she could pass the sign and enter the palace according to the time.
But now, as long as Jia Yuanchun says a word, as long as Jia Ke doesn't object, everything will go smoothly.
When Mrs. Wang arrived at Cining Palace, Jia Yuanchun was already waiting at the palace gate. Although according to etiquette, Jia Yuanchun did not need to do this, but Jia Yuanchun still had his mother in his heart, so he waited at the palace gate in advance.
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As soon as Mrs. Wang saw Jia Yuanchun waiting there, she immediately came to Jia Yuanchun's side in three steps and two steps at a time, grabbed her hand and said: "You didn't care about your identity and came out to pick me up, and let others hear you."
gossip."
Since Jia Yuanchun became the empress dowager, she is almost the most noble in the harem, and she is not as repressed as when the emperor was there.
I saw her holding Mrs. Wang's hand, smiling and coquettishly saying: "Why, I haven't seen my mother for how many days, and my daughter comes out to pick her up, who can talk?"
So the mother and daughter entered Cining Palace hand in hand, and then sat down in the sunny living room of Cining Palace.
After the maids brought tea and snacks, Jia Yuanchun asked the serving maids and eunuchs to retreat.
"Mom, my eldest brother came to discuss with me a few days ago whether the emperor's mausoleum should be sealed now. I'm a little undecided, so I asked my mother to give me some advice."
After hearing this, Mrs. Wang's eyes began to roll. If the emperor's mausoleum was sealed, Jia Yuanchun would not be able to live in the same cave as the emperor in the future.
But after the Jia family did such a thing, how could Jia Yuanchun go underground to meet the emperors of this dynasty?
Moreover, if Jia Ke plans to usurp the throne, Jia Yuanchun's position will be even more embarrassing. It is better to seal the mausoleum now. In the future, whether Jia Yuanchun builds another mausoleum, or it will be classified as the ancestral tomb of their Jia family
, there can be a way out.
After Mrs. Wang figured it out, she told Jia Yuanchun what she meant. Jia Yuanchun lowered his head and thought for a moment, thinking about the scene of meeting the emperor underground in the future, and decided that it would be better to build a mausoleum.
So Jia Yuanchun made up his mind not to be buried with the emperor.
"Mother, my daughter is not hiding anything from you. The former queen was given death by her daughter. She was sent to the imperial mausoleum by the emperor. Now is she also moved out of the imperial mausoleum and found another auspicious place to bury her?"
As soon as Mrs. Wang heard this, she patted her daughter, and then said angrily: "What good will it do for you to do this? Isn't this causing resentment? I'll just let it go."
Jia Yuanchun was silent after listening, a little reluctant. After all, he couldn't share the same hole with her husband, but other women could be by his side. Although it was said that Jia Yuanchun and the emperor did not have a deep relationship, it would be a lie to say that he was not jealous.
human.
Mrs. Wang could only sigh helplessly, but with their family's current status, others couldn't even say a few words, so they stopped caring about Jia Yuanchun.
In the next few days, Jia Yuanchun invited Jia Ke to her Cining Palace and told him about the matter.
After Jia Ke heard what Jia Yuanchun said, he thought about it and said, "Sister, have you made up your mind?"
After hearing this, Jia Yuanchun said helplessly: "There is nothing we can do about this."
Jia Ke knew Jia Yuanchun's difficulties, so he made the decision for her, "Since this is the case, there is nothing to say. If people in the world ask you, just say that you can't live without your son and you will be with your son in the future."
Jia Yuanchun also laughed after hearing this explanation, but isn't that the case? He feels sorry for his son, what else can the world say?
So the last item of Emperor Daxing's funeral was decided.
Jia Ke did not hesitate after leaving Jia Yuanchun's place, and immediately ordered the people from the Ministry of Rites to seal the tomb of Emperor Daxing in accordance with the original etiquette.
Before sealing the imperial mausoleum, the former queen's coffin was taken out and buried somewhere in the concubine's mausoleum.
As a result, there was not even a single person accompanying him in the emperor's mausoleum.
At the same time, the temple name of Emperor Daxing was also recorded in the historical records: Emperor Sizong Ru.
And this temple name is very bad, which shows how poor Jia Ke's sense of this emperor is.
On the last day of the ceremony, Jia Kehe and the civil and military ministers personally came to the mausoleum of Emperor Daxing, ordered people to seal the diamond wall, and then lowered the Qianjin Gate. From now on, unless there are special circumstances, the mausoleum will be
It will never be opened again.
Now all the procedures have been completed in a hurry. Although there are a lot of etiquette, it is very simple compared to the previous emperor.
From now on, the world can be said to have entered a new era. From now on, Jia Ke will legitimately rule the world in the name of regent.