Vol 2 Chapter 1079: Queen Mother Pei passed away (three shifts)

Time passed silently.
Wengonggong had already cried, guarding Queen Mother Pei with swollen eyes.
"...Huyang said thank me, she said she would always wait for me..."
Empress Dowager Pei smiled and looked extremely kind. The premise is to ignore the weak, haggard and slightly swollen face.
"The palace also saw Emperor Xian. Emperor Xian stretched out his hand and said that he was coming to pick up the palace."
"Niang..."
Wengonggong suppressed the cry.
The brothers Liu Zhao and Liu Yi had already reddened their eyes, and they were silent.
Gu Jiu shook his head at Liu Zhao, time is running out.
Empress Dowager Pei said to Liu Zhao: "Let him go out of the palace for retirement."
He here naturally refers to Wen Gonggong.
Liu Zhao let out a "um", fearing that the Queen Mother would not be relieved, and said: "I agree."
Wengonggong was taken aback for a moment, and then sorrowful, knelt on the ground, "The old slave kowtows to the Queen Mother."
Bang bang bang...
With three solid ringings, his forehead was red and swollen.
He never expected that Empress Dowager Pei was still worried about his safety before she died.
He cried silently, and his tears were like an unclosed faucet, which kept pouring out.
He kept wiping his tears, and the two handkerchiefs soon became soaked.
Only use sleeves instead.
Soon, the sleeves seemed to be fished out of the water.
Empress Dowager Pei smiled, "I have no regrets in this palace, don't cry and lose your face."
Liu Zhao still asked, "Is it worth it? Is it worth it for Huyang?"
Empress Dowager Pei smiled and said: "People have to have some thoughts if they are alive."
"but……"
"My palace is willing!" Empress Dowager Pei interrupted Liu Zhao directly, "My palace is willing to do everything for her."
Liu Zhao said dullly, "Xiangguo Temple decided to cremate hopeless bodies."
"It doesn't matter!" The Queen Mother didn't care.
Liu Zhao said again: "Wangwang left his last words and wanted to set up a burial mound as a layman in Beiman Mountain."
When the Queen Mother heard this, she was startled at first, and then burst into laughter.
"It turns out that he is not really hard-hearted, it turns out that he also has a heart!"
"He is not allowed to set up a burial mound. This is the last request of the palace. The palace will never allow him to complete."
Liu Zhao should make this matter.
There was a dazzling light in the eyes of the Queen Mother Pei. She stretched out her hand in the air and asked excitedly: "Are you here to pick up this palace? This palace is here!"
As soon as the voice fell, the Queen Mother swallowed her last breath, and her hands slowly dropped.
"Queen!"
"Queen Mother!"
Oooooo...
The entire Weiyang Palace was filled with suppressed crying.
After the death of the Queen Mother, the death knell sounded in the palace, and the whole capital heard it.
The civil and military officials, relatives and relatives of the emperor, hung white lanterns at the door of the house and put on plain clothes as soon as they heard the bell.
And be honest with the children in the family during the national funeral.
Don't forget that more than a decade ago, when the Queen Mother Xiao passed away, Emperor Chengzong Wende launched a massacre, killing tens of thousands of people in one breath.
Although there was a reason for the incident, no one can guarantee that Emperor Jingming Liu Zhao would take the opportunity of the death of the queen mother to pick up the butcher knife and clean the court.
All in all, if anyone commits a crime, he can let it go. During the national funeral, someone may have an excuse to overturn a family.
The Shao Mansion moved quickly, Weiyang Palace was still in the incarceration, and the mourning hall of the Liangyi Hall was half set.
Liu Yi cried and passed out, Gu Jiu sent someone to send Liu Yi back to the palace.
Liu Zhaoshou stood in front of the Queen Mother Pei, his eyes stabbing.
Gu Jiu forcibly dragged him away, "After he is engulfed, I will come back and visit again."
Liu Zhao's eyes were red, "Are I unfilial? I dare not say that I am a filial son, nor admit that I am unfilial. Since childhood, one of her favorite words to scold is unfilial son, and I can hear my ears. I care. But when she is gone, I suddenly realized that I am really unfilial. Over the years, I have not done filial piety in front of her."
Gu Jiu persuaded him: "What is filial piety? Obeying everything is foolish filial piety. You are the emperor, grandson, prince, and emperor. You can't obey everything. Otherwise, the Great Zhou would have been full of smoke, maybe this Jiangshan has changed his name and changed his surname. . You don’t have to be exacting. There is no perfect thing in the world. You have to start something."
Liu Zhao looked up at the sky, "I am tired!"
"I will send you back to Xingqing Palace."
Gu Jiu knows very well that Liu Zhao needs a person to be quiet now, rather than talking and persuading him.
So she did not follow to Xingqing Palace.
Liu Zhao locked himself in Xingqing Palace, and no one was allowed to disturb.
One day and one night, without the grain of rice, I was thinking wildly in the dark.
The palace people were worried that something might happen, and frequently went to Chang'an Palace to ask Queen Gu Jiu to come forward and persuade him.
Gu Jiu said, "What your Majesty needs now is not persuasion."
He needs time alone, and needs to think about things on his own.
But if you don’t eat or drink water for a long time, it’s definitely not enough.
Gu Jiu counted the time and came to Xingqing Palace.
With a crisp sound, the hall door opened from the outside.
A ray of sunlight shone on the ground through the cracks in the door, where the light was bright, and the dust flew happily.
Gu Jiu carried a food box and walked into the hall.
Immediately afterwards, the main hall door closed again from the outside.
After a while, she adjusted to the light in the hall.
He was sitting on the steps, with a face of scumbag and haggard, as if he had lost his soul.
She stepped forward and wiped his cheeks with a hot and humid towel.
"Wipe your sweat to make it more comfortable."
The hand that Liu Zhao had originally refused was raised, and finally put it down slowly.
I wiped my cheeks, then wiped my fingers.
Ten fingers, wipe one by one, with extra care.
After that, she opened the food box and took out light meals and a large bowl of vegetarian soup.
She told him, "The mourning hall has been set up, and the courtiers and the imperial wives have entered the palace. The funeral of the mother's mother, the Ministry of Rites and Shaofu worry about everything, everything is in order, you don't have to worry. I specially asked the small kitchen to make a bowl of vegetarian soup, just A few green cabbage leaves, put a little salt, and sprinkle a little green onion. You take a sip, if it tastes good, drink the rest."
She stood in front of him with the soup bowl, and when she saw him still, she asked, "Drink?"
Liu Zhao hesitated for a moment, and reached out to take the soup bowl.
Without drinking water for a long time, a bowl of vegetarian soup at this moment is like a super delicious Jia Yan, which makes people hooked.
Liu Zhao didn't embarrass himself, and he was not hypocritical.
After drinking all the vegetarian soup in one breath, my stomach is almost full.
Gu Jiu sat down beside him, not forcing him to eat.
She held his hand, "Don't blame yourself!"
"How do you know that I am blaming myself."
"For many years, how can I not know."
"Aren't I a jerk? Are you unfilial?"
"Do you think of yourself that way?" Gu Jiu asked back.
Liu Zhao's face was gloomy, "I am not a good person."
Gu Jiu said solemnly: "There are no purely good people, and no purely bad people. Most people in the world are somewhere in between. And you, as an emperor, of course you are not a good person, nor are you a bad person. Good person. If you can't be the emperor, a pure villain can't be the emperor either."
"I am not filial."
Gu Jiu nodded, "According to the worldly standards, you are indeed unfilial, but you are not an unfilial son. You are an emperor, one way of filial piety, and you must make way for the overlord's way."
"I deeply feel that I owe her too much."
"What is owing? You don't owe anyone, you just got into the horns because the queen passed away."
"No, I do owe her something."
Gu Jiu frowned and waited for him to follow, but he didn't wait long.
She added gravity and squeezed his hand, "Birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws, no one can stop it. One day, we will lie in bed and say goodbye to the children."
Liu Zhao held her hand backhand with great strength, "I will walk in front of you."
"You walk in front of me, do you mean you want me to be the queen mother?"
"Don't you want to."
"Being a queen mother sounds very beautiful, but it's so boring. Lonely, lonely..."
Liu Zhao suddenly hugged her, "I can't bear to let you go ahead."
Gu Jiu patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, I must be walking behind you. Under normal circumstances, women live longer than men."
Obviously, the atmosphere is so moving and the feelings are so full. As a result, Gu Jiu seriously analyzes which women and men live longer. A good atmosphere is like a bubble burst, so uncomfortable.
Liu Zhao was dissatisfied and stared at her.
Gu Jiu raised his hand and poked his forehead, "Don't think about it so much. When that day comes, no matter who walks in the front, everyone who is alive must live well."
"I can't bear to leave you alone."
"That's what I said! If I become a queen mother, I definitely can't remarry. If you become a widower, you can open up the harem and make a queen."
"Nonsense! You deliberately me off. If you are so angry, you can remarry. You dream!"
Gu Jiu pursed his lips and smiled, squeezing his earlobes, "Is your mood better?"
"I'm almost mad at you, how can it be better."
Liu Zhao was full of anger and seemed to have recovered his spirit.
Gu Jiu smiled, dealing with Liu Zhao, no comforting words.
The only way is to stimulate him and arouse his fighting spirit.
Liu Zhao yelled a few words and felt hungry.
Regardless of whether the food is cold or not, just pick up the chopsticks and start eating.
"Too vegetarian! The portion is not enough, I can't eat enough. Are you abusing me?"
"During filial piety, of course, you can only be vegetarian. As for the portion size, if you are not full, I will send someone a food box in."
"Hurry up and put some oil."
"know!"
Liu Zhao had a very good appetite, and he ate to seventy full at one go.
He still wants to eat.
Gu Jiu took away the chopsticks and forbid him to eat.
"How can you overeating if you are hungry for a day? You should know how to maintain your health when you are not young."
Liu Zhao secretly complained a few words, nothing more, seven points full is seven points full.
He regained his spirit and began to show up to deal with affairs and funerals.
Up and down the Xingqing Palace and the court, all were relieved.
If there is nothing wrong with the emperor, there must be nothing wrong with the Great Zhou.