As soon as Jia Ke saw Qin Keqing waking up, his face showed ecstasy. He immediately ran into Qin Keqing's bed, grabbed Qin Keqing's hand and asked, "How is it? Are you feeling better?"
When Qin Keqing heard Jia Ke's question, a smile appeared on her face, she reached out and touched Jia Ke's face and said softly: "It's difficult for your majesty."
Jia Ke saw that Qin Keqing was helpless when he spoke, and knew that he had finally recovered this time.
While Jia Ke and Qin Keqing were rejoicing, something mysterious suddenly appeared in the sky.
Once that mystery arrives, Qin Keqing's soul power is engraved in her body and becomes a little unstable.
And Jia Ke has felt this mystery many times. As soon as this mystery came, he knew that something big was about to happen.
As expected, as Jia Kedao expected, Qin Keqing's body began to decay immediately after the mysterious arrival.
As soon as Jia Ke saw this situation, he immediately understood.
So Jia Ke immediately knelt down on the ground and raised his hands to the sky, "I don't know which god has come. I bow a hundred times here and ask the god to let the queen go. I promise here that I will repair the temple in the future and worship the god."
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Xuan Miao in the sky only listened to Jia Ke's words for a moment, and then a vague meaning spread to Jia Ke's heart.
Jia Ke seemed to understand for a moment. It turns out that life and death are determined by destiny. Qin Keqing was not lucky and should have been destined to die a long time ago. Who knew that he married Jia Ke by accident? Jia Ke was very lucky.
People, that's why Qin Keqing's life was extended.
But manpower sometimes runs out, and now Jia Ke's luck can no longer save Qin Keqing's life. Just now Jia Ke used the rejuvenation talisman to go against the will of heaven.
When the Heavenly Dao sensed it, it came immediately. In this small world, Jia Ke was naturally the darling of heaven and earth, and Heavenly Dao was naturally very tolerant to him. But it treated everyone else equally. Although Qin Keqing was the queen, she did not
Let people see things in a new light.
If Jia Ke uses the Talisman of Rejuvenation to heal his injuries, Heaven will naturally not intervene, but if this magic power is used on Qin Keqing, Heaven will naturally not allow it.
Because of this, Heaven came in person to send Qin Keqing's soul to the underworld.
After Jia Ke understood the cause and effect, he sighed for a while. He knew that although he had some abilities, he could not compete with this side of heaven. Now that he thought about it, it was true that his magical power was no match for heaven.
Qin Keqing's recovered body has now fallen into a state of death again in the blink of an eye, and Qin Keqing's soul once again flew out of the body, and then fell into a gray halo and disappeared.
Jia Ke was helpless now and could only lie on Qin Keqing's body and cry bitterly.
This was the only time Jia Ke cried bitterly since he came to this world. Who can feel the pain in the flank of losing a loved one?
Jia Ke cried bitterly in the palace, which naturally alarmed the people outside the palace. Others did not dare to go in, but the king of Chu, Jia Zhi, couldn't care so much. He threw away Ruizhu and held his hand, and immediately ran in
palace.
When Jia Ke saw Jia Zhi coming in, he immediately waved to him, and then choked with sobs and said: "Your mother has passed away. Come here to see your mother on her last journey."
After hearing this, Jia Zhi immediately threw herself in front of Qin Keqing's bed, kowtowing and crying bitterly.
At this time, Jia Ke also stood up and called outside the palace, asking these people to come in and deal with Qin Keqing's funeral affairs.
Jia Ke came forward, hugged Jia Zhi and said to him: "Let's get out of the way first and let them dress your mother."
Although Jia Zhi is young, she is very sensible. Although she is still sobbing, she is still waiting outside with Jia Ke.
After a while, Li Deshan came over to report that he had finished dressing the queen.
After hearing this, Jia Ke nodded and took Jia Zhi into the bedroom again and came to Qin Keqing's bed.
At this time, Qin Keqing's face was already smeared with rouge, and his face was rosy, as if he had just fallen asleep.
Jia Ke felt sad when he saw Qin Keqing like this, thinking about the deep love between husband and wife over the years. If it weren't for this royal family, and if Jia Ke was still an ordinary general, then they should still be a harmonious couple now.
After being sad for a while, Jia Ke issued a decree: "King Jia Zhi of Chu is young, and his concubine Li Ruizhu will be his upbringing for the time being."
After Jia Ke finished saying this, he felt endlessly exhausted, and then sent another decree: "I send the decree to Fan Kang, the Minister of Rites, to handle the queen's funeral affairs according to the rules."
After Jia Ke finished giving these instructions, he left the palace and came to the side hall of Kunning Palace, where he was alone and silent.
Not long after, the eunuch from outside came in and reported: "To report to the emperor, Fan Kang, the Minister of Rites, is waiting to meet you outside Kunning Palace."
"Call him in."
After a while, Fan Kang, who could wear a white robe, cautiously came to Jia Ke.
First he knelt down and saluted Jia Ke, and then asked: "I would like to ask your Majesty, how should the funeral of the Queen be held?"
Jia Ke glanced at Ankang, who was kneeling there, and then said: "The queen was my first wife when I was still young. She has worked hard in the harem for many years, so I don't have to worry about anything in the future."
Fan Kang naturally knew very well about Qin Keqing's affairs, so he agreed and said: "The Queen empress has a good manners for the world, and she is upright and can be a role model for women in the world."
Jia Ke nodded, and then said with tears in his eyes: "Today, unfortunately, the queen passed away due to illness. I feel so sad that I cannot personally preside over the queen's funeral. Next, I will have Lao Aiqing."
"I will do my best, but I don't know where the queen will be laid after the funeral."
Fan Kang asked a big question. After Jia Ke ascended the throne, he began to prepare his mausoleum according to ancient etiquette.
But because Jia Ke is still young, he is not very anxious. The Taoist priests he sent out are looking for auspicious places in the mountains near Beijing. They have not yet replied to Jia Ke, let alone Jia Ke.
Ke's mausoleum.
Jia Ke thought for a while and then said: "Now we will build the temporary mausoleum in Xishan. After I have selected the auspicious place for ten thousand years and built the mausoleum, I will send the queen's coffin to the mausoleum."
After hearing this, Fan Kang hurriedly responded.
Jia Ke then gave instructions: "The Queen has passed away and I have no intention of doing official business, so I will stay away from court for nine days."
"After the queen bathed and changed clothes, she lay in mourning in Qianqing Palace."
"Concubines, princes, and princesses wear white cloth as mourning clothes and keep vigil in front of the queen's mausoleum three times a day."
"Stop marrying and having fun for twenty-seven days; all soldiers and civilians in the capital will remove their crowns and tassels and their earrings from women."
"All officials in the world must mourn in the official office for three days."
"The civil servants of the first to third grades, and the military officers of the first to fifth grades, will go to the Qianqing Palace in plain clothes tomorrow morning, and wear mourning clothes for the ceremony. Gold, beads, silver, jade jewelry and powder are not allowed. The mourning wear is linen hijab, linen shirt,
Linen dress, linen shoes.”
After Jia Ke finished his instructions, he asked Fan Kang, "Do you see any omissions?"
Fan Kang thought about it, Jia Ke had covered all the important things with these rich things.
"The Emperor shines brightly for thousands of miles, and his thoughts are very comprehensive. The ministers have nothing to add."
"In that case, you go down and do some work."
When Fan Kang heard that Jia Ke asked him to go down, he did not dare to neglect and bowed out of the side hall.
Just after Jia Ke left, the expression on his face became both sad and a little joyful.
Now Jia Ke's mood is very complicated. He and Qin Keqing are indeed deeply in love as husband and wife, but Qin Keqing has the blood of the previous dynasty, and she is the queen by birth. If Qin Keqing is still here, then Jia Zhi will become a man both emotionally and rationally.
Prince, this is what Jia Ke is taboo about.
Jia Ke never wanted the next emperor to have the blood of the previous dynasty, even if this child was born to Qin Keqing, whom he really liked, he would not tolerate it.
Besides, in Chengqian Palace, after Jia Ke left in a hurry, Xue Baoqin immediately arrived at Xue Baochai's inner hall.
At this time, a eunuch had already reported to Xue Baochai. She had just dressed up when she saw Xue Baoqin hurried in.
As soon as Xue Baoqin saw Xue Baochai, she immediately went up and said, "Sister, the Queen is not well. The Emperor just left me in a hurry."
After hearing this, Xue Baochai was happy at first, and then frowned.
"You heard the truth."
"How dare I lie to my sister? Li Gui came to report to the emperor in person just now."
When Xue Baochai arrived here, his eyes began to twinkle. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After Qin Keqing's death, there must be someone in the palace who makes the decision.
Xue Baochai thought about the people in the harem. In the end, the most likely ones were only himself and Shi Xiangyun, but this Shi Xiangyun was naive and not in charge of things.
The emperor is a wise king who has practiced the law for a long time, so he will naturally see the good and bad in it. It seems that this time he can make a carp jump over the dragon's gate.
"Sister, if that's the case, let's quickly order the eunuchs to prepare mourning clothes. The queen will pass away soon, and we have to go there to pay homage."
After Xue Baochai comforted Xue Baoqin, he quickly ordered the eunuchs and maids in his palace to quickly change out of their colorful clothes and prepare mourning clothes.
Sure enough, Jia Ke's decree came not long after. Queen Qin Keqing had passed away. All the concubines, princes, and princesses were ordered to go to the Queen three times starting from tomorrow morning to mourn.
Xue Baochai immediately ordered someone to put her into mourning clothes, and then took Xue Baochai straight to Kunning Palace.
When Xue Baochai arrived at Kunning Palace, he found that Shi Xiangyun was already there.
Xue Baochai and Shi Xiangyun looked at each other, then nodded silently, and entered Qin Keqing's bedroom together without saying a word.
At this time, Qin Keqing had already been bathed and changed into Jifu.
Xue Baochai and Shi Xiangyun came to Qin Keqing's body, knelt down on the ground, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, and then stood up.
Shi Xiangyun spoke at this time: "Sister Bao, why don't I stay here today to keep vigil, and wait until tomorrow for Sister Bao to preside over it."
Xue Baochai nodded, and then said: "Then I'll trouble Sister Shi today. I'll go and see what's going on with the emperor first. The emperor and the queen are deeply in love, and the queen is suddenly gone. The emperor must be in great pain."
Shi Xiangyun nodded after hearing this, and the two of them separated. Shi Xiangyun's Kunning Palace was responsible for Qin Keqing's funeral affairs, while Xue Baochai went to look for Jia Ke.