HCB Chapter 601: Palace Fights Are All Scheming
Chapter 601: Palace Fights Are All Scheming
The subsequent funeral went smoothly, mainly because Emperor Yongkang cooperated, the Empress Dowager did not show up, and the concubines did not dare to make trouble. Xiao Yun had the final say.
However, it took a total of ten days from the time Qiao Wan died to the time the coffin was sent to the temporary storage place in Huangjue Temple. Even if Xiao Yun didn't do everything himself and give orders, he would be a little tired, not to mention the concubines and ladies who knelt and cried for several days.
Even her step-son had lost a lot of weight. After all, she was his biological mother. Even though he was young, as a filial son he had to keep vigil over the body and return the greetings to the relatives who came to pay their respects. Of course, he was carried by the palace maids.
The same thing happened to Qiao Wan's daughter. She and the fat boy were held by the palace maids and knelt there for several days. Her little face had become thinner.
Xiao Yun didn't have any ill feelings towards this child. As long as she didn't act up in the future, she could be the eldest princess in peace.
Although the funeral was grand and lively, Qiao Wan, the real person involved, did not seem to feel involved at all. She kept following Emperor Yongkang around. I guess that was her obsession.
Xiao Yun also found out how Emperor Yongkang knew that there was something wrong with the acacia seeds. It turned out that he could not accept Qiao Wan's death. He almost held the corpse tightly for the first day, and was only persuaded to let go by the eunuchs and ministers the next day.
When the palace servants were changing Qiao Wan's burial clothes, he saw the bracelet on Qiao Wan's wrist and remembered that it was the gift he had given her.
Thinking that he could carry it with him as a souvenir in the future, he took it off and put it on his hand. As a result, he was seen by a palace maid from the south. The palace maid was quite straightforward and told Emperor Yongkang directly. Only then did he know that this thing was actually poisonous, and his queen might have been killed by it!
In the previous life, this palace maid offended Qiao Wan's trusted maid because of her personality and could not get close to Qiao Wan at all. Later, she was sent to the laundry department, so she had no chance to discover this.
In this life, because of Qiao Wan's death, her maids were angered by Emperor Yongkang and were ordered to be killed to be buried with Qiao Wan. These palace maids took over, and it can only be said that everything has its destiny, and everything has its cause and effect.
After the funeral, the former court and the harem will return to normal. The empress dowager's condition has not improved and is getting worse, so Xiao Yun has to continue to preside over the situation.
The previous dynasty was not in such a good situation, because Prime Minister Qiao fell down due to a "stroke", and the civil officials were somewhat leaderless. The emperor trusted the prime minister before, and many non-urgent government affairs were handled by Prime Minister Qiao. He would review them first, and only those that he could not handle would be submitted to Emperor Yongkang.
Now that he is gone, others dare not move. Emperor Yongkang has suspended court for ten days, and government affairs have already piled up like a mountain.
Fortunately, the generals were fine. They were intimidated by the Duke of Zhenguo, the mighty general, and others. No urgent memorials were sent from the border, otherwise it would have been a real mess.
It seemed that our Emperor Yongkang only discovered at this time that not only his queen had died, but his father-in-law had also fallen ill.
What else can I do? I have to suppress my grief, cheer myself up, and choose a new prime minister.
However, the prime minister had not been chosen yet, and the empress dowager was also no longer able to serve. She only had time to see Emperor Yongkang for the last time, said a lot of irrelevant things, and died while Emperor Yongkang was still confused.
This time, Xiao Yun has just finished practicing and is becoming more proficient in the job, so who else but her can do it?
This time it was simpler than Qiao Wan's. They would be buried directly in the tomb of the late emperor. However, there were some troubles in the previous few days. The ladies who had just gone back to rest had to go back into the palace again.
Xiao Yun took the opportunity to meet her mother and sisters-in-law again. She knew that her stepfather and brothers had already started practicing, and they praised the deployment of troops and formations. She felt relieved.
This time their trip was not in vain. Not only were they given tea with tonic pills in it, but they were also asked to bring back a prescription for hemostasis and anti-inflammation for their fathers and brothers.
These are all herbs that can be found in this world, and they are widely distributed and not expensive. The key is the ratio. As long as you follow this ratio, an ordinary doctor can make it.
The mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and the other two did not think much about it and just thought that it was obtained from the imperial physicians in the palace. Xiao Yun had previously saved the lives of the imperial physicians from Emperor Yongkang, and everyone knew about it.
It is not impossible that a royal physician might return the favor by offering his family secret recipe.
As for why it wasn't handed over to the emperor before? Needless to say, even the imperial physicians didn't hand over everything. At that time, whether doctors or craftsmen, they all valued their own secrets and would never give away secret family recipes casually, even to the emperor.
Sometimes, if there is no son, the family would rather break the inheritance than give it to their daughter or son-in-law. Many good things disappear in this way.
However, there are people who are willing to give it away, just like a prodigal son would sell it for money. It is reasonable to use the prescription to thank the life-saving grace.
After seeing the three people off, Xiao Yun looked at the white shroud that was hung up again, and couldn't help but think of the empress dowager's withered appearance before her death.
She admired the old lady very much. If it were anyone else, no matter whether it was day or night, as soon as they closed their eyes, they would see the people they had killed coming to take their lives. The experience was so real that they would probably not be able to endure it for four or five days at most. But the old lady managed to endure it for nearly twenty days.
However, with two national mournings within half a month, Xiao Yun felt that it was not only the border, but the Second Prince and the Third Prince would also make moves. He also had to be on guard against the "grandson of the emperor" from the previous dynasty.
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What you fear will come true. Emperor Yongkang also had feelings for his own mother. He had just experienced the pain of losing his wife, and now he had to endure the pain of losing his mother. Even the strongest person could not bear it. After the funeral of the empress dowager was over, Emperor Yongkang was successfully overcome by the pain.
Almost at the same time, news of the invasion of the barbarian country was also urgently delivered over 800 miles.
This time is different from the previous life. In the previous life, it was the Duke of Zhenguo who was appointed by Emperor Yongkang to go to the battlefield, but this time, General Weiwu and another general applied to go to the war.
Xiao Yun learned from Jiang Lin that the other general surnamed Liu was the Third Prince's man. Now both princes were ready to take action for the military power.
Of course, Emperor Yongkang would definitely not agree. After all, he was the male protagonist and his halo was still there. He intuitively chose the right path for himself. Despite his sick body, he stubbornly appointed the Duke of Zhenguo as the General of the Northern Expedition and led 100,000 troops to support.
There are 200,000 troops guarding the northern border, plus these 100,000, which makes 300,000. It is definitely more than enough to deal with the Barbarian Kingdom, but there is also the Lie Kingdom. Without Prime Minister Qiao to interfere, we still haven't received any news of the two countries' alliance, and we don't know if there are other loopholes.
So Xiao Yun had to take action himself. He randomly found a spy from the Barbarian Kingdom, put a puppet talisman on him, and pretended to be exposed when receiving a secret letter...