Xue Baochai left Qin Keqing's palace, looked for a eunuch and asked about Jia Ke's whereabouts, then took his personal maid to the side hall of Kunning Palace.
At the entrance of the palace, Li Deshan and Li Gui were guarding there. When they saw Xue Baochai coming, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"I'm free of charge. Can the emperor be in there?"
"Go back to the imperial concubine, the emperor is in the side hall."
"When you go in, one of you will report to the emperor and say that Xue Baochai wants to see you."
So Li Deshan bowed to Xue Baochai, then turned and went into the side hall to give Jia Ke a hug. After a while, word came from inside that Xue Baochai should come in to see him.
After Xue Baochai entered the side hall, he saw Jia Ke sitting alone in the darkness.
Xue Baochai hurriedly came to Jia Ke, knelt down and saluted him, then stood up, came to Jia Ke's side, and said softly: "Your Majesty, please show your condolences and obey me."
Jia Ke sighed, and then said, "Have you ever visited the Queen?"
"When I returned to the emperor, I went to see the queen. The queen has already finished dressing up."
Jia Ke nodded and said: "My mind is in a state of confusion. The queen will be placed in Qianqing Palace soon. I can't bear to see her, so I will live in Chengqian Palace for the next few days. You go back and prepare."
After Xue Baochai heard this, he showed no expression on the surface, but he was secretly happy in his heart.
After a while, Fan Kang came in and reported that the queen had finished packing and was about to be transported to Qianqing Palace to set up a mourning hall.
Jia Ke was silent for a long time, and then said: "I won't go, you will be in charge of this matter."
Fan Kang glanced at Jia Ke in surprise. You must know that Jia Ke and Qin Keqing have been husband and wife for many years, and they can be considered to be deeply in love together. But now Jia Ke's behavior is a little abnormal.
But he didn't dare to ask about this kind of thing. Since Jia Ke didn't want to go, he naturally quit and took over the matter for Jia Ke.
After a while, Jia Ke heard a burst of chaos outside, and then Kunning Palace fell into silence.
Jia Ke let out a long breath, then stood up, turned around, left the side hall, and came to the outside of Kunning Palace.
Li Deshan had already prepared a soft sedan next to him. Jia Ke didn't say anything and got on the sedan directly. Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin also followed behind in a soft sedan.
On the next day, the entire capital already knew that the queen had passed away, and everything in the palaces of the princes and nobles was in chaos. These families had an imperial edict and all hurriedly put on their court uniforms.
In ordinary people's homes, all red decorations are covered with white paper.
Starting from this day, for twenty-one consecutive days, there was constant joy and sorrow in the Qianqing Palace. Every day, concubines, princes, and princesses came to cry.
And every day is hosted by Xue Baochai and Shi Xiangyun in turn.
After Jia Mu found out about this, she also lamented for a long time.
"This daughter-in-law is the first of my grandson's daughters-in-law. There are a hundred others who can't compare to her. I didn't expect that she was so unlucky. She just had a good life and she got this disease."
Then Jia Mu ordered her personal maid, Yuanyang, to burn a stick of incense on her behalf.
Naturally, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother Zhou did not dare to neglect Jia Mu's statement, and both sent their personal maids to offer incense.
At this time, Qin Keqing was extremely sad, and the Empress Dowager and the two Empress Dowagers actually offered incense.
The strange thing is that since Qin Keqing passed away and Jia Ke saw Qin Keqing for the last time, he never appeared in Qin Keqing's mourning hall again.
Twenty-one days later, the construction of Qin Keqing's temporary residence outside the imperial city has been completed.
Then Fan Kang, the Minister of Rites, personally presided over it. Under the escort of all the concubines, princes, princesses, and civil and military officials, Qin Keqing's coffin left the imperial city and came outside the city.
After a period of complicated etiquette, Qin Keqing's coffin was placed in a newly built palace, and then the palace door was tightly sealed. Only after the construction of Jia Ke's mausoleum was completed, Qin Keqing's coffin could be restored.
Once he came out of this door and entered Jia Ke's tomb.
After all, Qin Keqing's funeral was different from that of the emperor. After 21 days, the civil and military officials in the court felt at ease, and the people began to return to their normal lives. Even Jia Ke began to favor the concubines in the harem again.
The one who had the greatest influence was King Jiazhi of Chu. When Qin Keqing was there, he was the most favored in the palace and the most likely to be crowned prince. Therefore, countless people from top to bottom fawned over him.
But now that Qin Keqing is gone, the child immediately feels the harshness of the world. It's not that the servants in the palace dare to neglect him, but they are just not as dedicated as before.
As for Jiazhi, a child who was still young and whose mother had passed away, he was at a sensitive time. These inadvertent oversights immediately made him feel different, so his character began to become gloomy.
Fortunately, Ruizhu had been divided into concubines Li at this time and had her own separate palace. Ruizhu was also loyal. Although she was now Jia Zhi's nominal concubine, she was still respectful and kind to Jia Zhi as her concubine.
The master comes to serve.
Some time after Qin Keqing's death, turmoil began in the palace.
Shi Xiangyun is certainly honest, but she is not a fool either. She also knows how to find a way for her own future.
So now in Xiangyun, I have to go to Ningshou Palace to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager almost every day.
After the death of Qin Keqing, the Empress Dowager Jia Mu also hoped that Shi Xiangyun could preside over the harem.
Therefore, during this period of time, it can be said that the two of them were very close.
But Xue Baochai took another route. While she used Xue Baoqin to please Jia Ke, she went to the Empress Dowager Zhou every day to salute.
The concubines in the palace also began to divide into two factions. However, because Shi Xiangyun entered the palace and was supported by the Empress Dowager, he had the absolute upper hand.
Among these concubines, only one was optimistic about Xue Baochai, and that was De Fei Lan Xiang.
This concubine Lanxiang was the daughter of an official family that Jia Ke adopted when he was in Xuanfu Town. It can be said that she had some scheming intentions.
She had already seen that Xue Baochai had hidden wisdom. It was simply impossible for Shi Xiangyun to fight with Xue Baochai.
Therefore, Lan Xiang secretly surrendered to Xue Baochai, but Xue Baochai thought that he was still young in the palace and needed help from the people below, so he accepted Lan Xiang generously.
On this day, after Jia Ke finished handling official matters, he went to Jia Mu's place to pay her respects.
This is also necessary for ancient emperors, because in ancient times, filial piety was used to rule the world. Regardless of whether you are the supreme emperor, at least on the surface you must respect your elders.
Therefore, Jia Ke never neglected Jia Mu's etiquette for a day.
After Jia Ke entered Ningshou Palace, he entered Jia Mu's side hall under the service of Yuanyang.
After Jia Ke saluted Jia Mu, Jia Mu pulled him to sit next to him.
"Emperor, the Queen has been here for a while. I see that there is no one in the palace to preside over this time and it has become a bit chaotic. This is not good. Even if you feel sorry for the deceased Queen, you cannot ignore the people in front of you. I see
You'd better choose another worthy person to preside over the harem."
After hearing this, Jia Ke did not refute, just nodded, and then asked: "I wonder who Lafayette has chosen."
Jia Mu was overjoyed when she heard this, but she didn't show it on the surface. She just said lightly: "I'm an old woman, so I can't care about these things. I just remind you what I need to."
"Lafayette is still young, we younger generations still need some advice from you, Lafayette."
"Okay, since you have this intention, I will recommend someone to you."
Jia Ke looked at Jia respectfully, but he already knew who this person was.
As expected by Jia Ke, Jia Mu then said: "I think that girl from Xiangyun is not bad. Over the years, you have seen her character. She is a kind person. If she presides over the harem, will she come?"
It will embarrass the children left behind by the late queen."
Jia Ke was noncommittal after hearing this. Jia Mu was right. Xiang Yun was indeed kind, but just because she was kind, she did not have the ability to manage thousands of people in the harem.
In Jia Ke's heart, the real candidate is Xue Baochai. Jia Ke can see Xue Baochai's scheming, but Jia Ke doesn't have any disgust.
If the queen in charge of the palace didn't have a little bit of scheming, she would be fooled around by others.
Besides, who among the superiors is clean? On the surface, Qin Keqing made good arrangements from top to bottom, but who knows about the maids and eunuchs in the palace who died just because of Qin Keqing's hint.
"Lafayette, I haven't thought about it yet. I'd better postpone this matter for now. I'll consider it after I calm down in a few days."
Who is Jia Mu? As soon as she heard Jia Ke's excuse, she knew that he was dissatisfied with Shi Xiangyun, but now Jia Mu couldn't make the decision for Jia Ke, so she had to remind him.
"Except Xiangyun, if someone else becomes the queen, I'm afraid King Chu will have a hard time." This was Chi Guoguo's hint.
After hearing this, Jia Ke didn't want to stay here anymore in Jiawu. Jia Ke made a complaint to Jia Mu and left Ningshou Palace and returned to Yangxin Palace.
During this period of time, Jia Ke has not entered the Qianqing Palace, and now Jia Ke has regarded the Yangxin Palace as his bedroom.
Jia Ke was a little depressed after returning to the palace, so he ordered some wine and food to be prepared for him there to drown his sorrows. After a while, he drank too much, and then with Li Gui's help, he entered the dormitory of Yangxin Hall.
rest.
Unexpectedly, Jia Ke slept until midnight and vaguely felt that someone was calling him.
Jia Ke slowly opened his eyes, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. It turned out that Jia Ke saw Qin Keqing standing in front of his bed in a full dress.
Jia Ke was shocked at first, but he calmed down immediately. You must know that Jia Ke's skill has reached the level of a human immortal.
Jia Ke also tested his magical powers in the capital back then. The demons and ghosts would fly away as soon as they came near him.
Jia Ke did not immediately use Xuan Gong silently, but looked at Qin Keqing in front of him and asked: "Zitong, is there something else you want to explain to me?"