The eldest son of the red mansion

As soon as Xue Baoqin saw Xue Baochai, she immediately went up and said, "Sister, the empress is not well, the emperor has just left me in a hurry."

After hearing this, Xue Baochai was overjoyed at first, and then frowned.

"You've heard the truth."

"How dare I lie to my sister, just now Li Gui personally came to report to the emperor."

When Xue Baochai arrived here, his eyes began to flicker. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After Qin Keqing's death, there must be someone in the palace who decides.

Xue Baochai thought about the people in the harem, and in the end the most likely only ones were himself and Shi Xiangyun, but this Shi Xiangyun was innocent and innocent, and he was not in charge of things.

Your Majesty is an enlightened ruler of the ages, so he will naturally see the good and the bad. It seems that this time he can jump the dragon's gate with a carp.

"Sister, in this case, let's hurry up and order the eunuch to prepare mourning clothes. After a while, the queen will pass away, and we have to pay homage."

After Xue Baochai comforted Xue Baoqin, she quickly ordered the eunuchs and maids in her palace to change out of their gorgeous clothes and prepare for mourning.

Sure enough, within a short while, Jia Ke's order came. Empress Qin Keqing had passed away, and ordered all concubines, princes, and princesses to cry for the empress three times starting tomorrow morning.

Xue Baochai immediately ordered someone to change 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 glanced 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 and bowed three times and kowtowed nine times before standing up.

Shi Xiangyun spoke at this time: "Sister Bao, why don't I have the coffin guard here today, and Sister Bao will preside over it tomorrow."

Xue Baochai nodded, and then said: "Then I will trouble Sister Shi today. I will go to see how the emperor is doing. The emperor and the empress are deeply in love. The empress is suddenly gone. The emperor must be in great pain."

Shi Xiangyun nodded after hearing this, so the two separated, Shi Xiangyun Kunning Palace was in charge of Qin Keqing's funeral, and Xue Baochai went to find Jia Ke.

Chapter 729

Xue Baochai left Qin Keqing's bedroom, found an eunuch and found out where Jia Ke was, and brought her personal maid to the side hall of Kunning Palace.

At the gate of the hall, Li Deshan and Li Gui were guarding there. When they saw Xue Baochai coming, they hurried forward to salute.

"Waiting for courtesy, is the emperor in there?"

"Go back to the imperial concubine, the emperor is in the side hall."

"One of you go in and report to the emperor, just say that Xue Baochai is asking to see you."

So Li Deshan bowed to Xue Baochai, then turned around and went into the side hall to hug Jia Ke. After a while, word came from inside that Xue Baochai was asked to go in for an audience.

After Xue Baochai entered the side hall, he saw Jia Ke sitting alone in the dark.

Xue Baochai hurriedly came to Jia Ke, knelt down to salute him, then stood up, came to Jia Ke's side, and said softly: "Your Majesty, please be patient."

Jia Ke sighed, and then said, "Have you ever paid homage to the queen?"

"If you go back to the emperor, you have visited the queen, and the queen has finished grooming."

Jia Ke nodded and said: "My mind is confused. The queen will be placed in Qianqing Palace soon. I can't bear to see you. I will live in Chengqian Palace these few days. You go back and prepare."

After hearing this, Xue Baochai didn't express anything on the surface, but she was secretly happy in her heart.

After a while, Fan Kang came in to report that the empress had finished tidying up and was about to be transported to Qianqing Palace to set up a mourning hall.

Jia Ke was silent for a while, and then said, "I won't go, you will preside over this matter."

Fan Kang looked 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 regarded as a married couple when they are together. Now Jia Ke is a little abnormal.

But he dared to ask such a thing, since Jia Ke didn't want to go, he naturally withdrew to preside over this 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 and left the side hall, to the outside of Kunning Palace.

Li Deshan had already prepared a soft sedan beside him, Jia Ke got into the sedan without saying a word, Xue Baochai took Xue Baoqin, and followed behind in a soft sedan.

On the second day, the entire capital knew that the empress had passed away, and the houses of the princes and nobles were in chaos. These families had an order, so they all hurriedly put on court clothes.

In the homes of ordinary people, all the red decorations are also pasted with white paper.

From this day onwards, for 21 consecutive days, the Qianqing Palace continued to mourn and joy, and concubines, princes, and princesses came to cry every day.

Every day is hosted by Xue Baochai and Shi Xiangyun in turn.

When Mother Jia found out about this, she also lamented for a long time.

"This daughter-in-law is the first among my granddaughter-in-laws, and there are a hundred others who can't compare to her. I didn't expect that she is a lucky one. She just had a good life, and then she got this disease."

Then Jia Mu ordered her close maid, Yuanyang, to go and offer a stick of incense on her behalf.

With Mother Jia's statement, Queen Mother Wang and Queen Mother Zhou naturally did not dare to be negligent, and they both sent their personal maids to offer incense.

This time, Qin Keqing's sorrow was extremely sad, and there were actually the empress dowager and two empress dowagers offering incense.

What's strange is that since Qin Keqing's death, after Jia Ke saw Qin Keqing for the last time, she never appeared in Qin Keqing's mourning hall again.

Twenty-one days later, outside the imperial city, Qin Keqing's temporary shelter was completed.

Then Fan Kang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, presided over it personally. Under the escort of all the concubines, princes and princesses, 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 gate of the palace was tightly sealed. Only when Jia Ke's mausoleum was completed could Qin Keqing's coffin be reopened. Go out from this door once and enter Jia Ke's mausoleum.

After all, Qin Keqing's funeral was different from that of the emperor. After 21 days, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty calmed down, and the people began to return to normal life. Even Jia Ke began to favor the concubines in the harem again.

To say that the one who has the most influence is King Jiazhi of Chu. When Qin Keqing was here, he was the most favored in the palace and the most hopeful to be crowned prince, so countless people fawned on him from top to bottom.

But now that Qin Keqing was gone, the child immediately felt the coldness of the world. It's not that these servants in the palace dare to neglect him, it's just that they are not as dedicated as before.

As for Jia Zhi, the child was still young, and his mother passed away. It was a sensitive time, and these inadvertent negligence immediately made him feel different, so his heart began to darken.

Fortunately, at this time, Ruizhu has been divided into Concubine Li and has her own separate palace, and Ruizhu is also a loyal concubine. The master is here to serve.

A period of time after Qin Keqing's death, there was a turmoil in the palace.

Shi Xiangyun is very simple and honest, but she is not a fool, she also knows how to run around for her own future.

So now it is Xiangyun, who has to go to Ningshou Palace almost every day to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager.

After Qin Keqing's death, Empress Dowager Jia's mother also hoped that Shi Xiangyun could preside over the harem.