Chapter 459 The Empress Dowager's Death

Aunt Cuiyu's dishes were fried, and people really came.

Now it was Prince An who came, and he didn't even say hello when he came, he just sat down beside Danqing county master.

"Didn't the lord go to the palace?" Danqing asked with a smile.

"I'm back, the old lady is not feeling well, and she will leave soon." Prince An said.

"Second brother, when you come to my old mother-in-law's house, it's like going back to your own home. Are you ashamed?" Murong Jie asked.

Prince An glanced at him lightly, "Go eat your food, the wind is strong, and you won't be afraid to flash your tongue when you talk nonsense."

Zi'an looked at his mother, and saw that the smile on her face increased, so she couldn't help but also smiled. It seemed that she also wanted Prince An to be by her side tonight.

The New Year's Eve dinner was over while talking and laughing. Prince An seemed to have never eaten in the palace at all.

After eating, he said that he would ask Danqing county master to paint for him, and dragged her into the yard.

The charcoal fire is flourishing, the house is warm, and the guests are arriving one after another.

When it was around Haishi, I saw Hu Huanxi, Xiao Tuo and his wife, Zhuang Zhuang, Rou Yao, etc. all came.

Everyone hasn't gotten together very much recently, let alone how lively it is tonight.

Zi'an likes this kind of days full of guests, laughing and talking about the romantic days together, which makes people feel that the years are quiet and infinitely beautiful.

A few days after the next year, it was similar to Zian's New Year's in modern times, and each family went to pay New Year's greetings or something.

However, Murong Jie didn't want to go to pay New Year's greetings, and he didn't like others to come to pay New Year's greetings. For him, Chinese New Year is a once-a-year vacation, which is very precious.

Although it's not long since the last vacation, and it took several days when they got married, who doesn't yearn for a peaceful day.

Amid all the fights, this year has passed.

On the eighth day of the new year, Murong Jie didn't want to get up in the morning, and he was kicked out of bed by the quilt. As a last resort, he had to go to work with two panda eyes, er, go to court.

The opening of the court after the vacation, almost every year can not avoid the same problem, that is, there are so many things.

Murong Jie didn't come back until late at night, and collapsed on the bed as soon as he entered the door, "I'm exhausted to death."

Zian came up with hot tea and said with a smile, "Are you tired? Come on, drink some hot tea first to drive away the cold air."

Murong Jie sat up and took the tea, took two sips, breathed out, "It's cold today, it looks like it's going to snow, don't run around after it snows, you're not in good health."

"Well, there's nowhere to go. Liang Wang is much better now, and he will be fine with his rehabilitation slowly." Zi'an said.

"Well, how is the emperor's condition?" Murong Jie asked.

"Not very good." Zi'an shook his head, "I haven't been too energetic for a few days after the next year, and I have some edema, and the swelling doesn't go away after taking medicine. Now I can only rely on acupuncture."

"Is there anything else to tell you about the old mother-in-law?"

"I didn't say anything."

"If he asks again, you have to be careful when answering. I don't know what he has in mind. Also, you should also ask about homework with the third prince. I asked about it years ago, and the teacher said he was naughty and disobedient. , or you can talk to Concubine Mei."

"Well, okay." Zi'an responded.

Years later, bad news came one after another. Zian was already immersed in the peaceful atmosphere of the Chinese New Year, when suddenly a bunch of things happened, and her head became dizzy.

The first bad thing was the news that Beimo had violated the border. A 3,000-man army from Beimo entered a small town in the surrounding area, burning, killing and looting, killing and injuring more than a hundred people.

This is Bei Mo's usual method. Before dealing with Daliang, he secretly sent people to break through the border. However, Bei Mo is very cunning, he will run away with one shot, and will not continue to commit further crimes. It was the work of robbers.

Murong Jie was so furious that he summoned the ministers overnight to discuss. I dare not let the emperor know about this matter, for fear that if he gets angry in a hurry, it will affect his condition.

The second bad news is that the Empress Dowager's health suddenly deteriorated, and Zi'an couldn't find out the cause of the disease no matter how hard he checked, he lost weight every day, couldn't eat, and his face was pale.

The third bad news is that the taxes paid to the imperial court by the end of the year in Nanguo were robbed, and the news was not sent back to Beijing until after the Chinese New Year.

Every year, the tax is sent by the imperial court to transport it to various places, but this time, all the people sent by the imperial court died, and the tax was robbed. This is the annual tax of the Southern Kingdom.

"Check it out!" Murong Jie gave several orders in succession, and the anger became very high.

Just after I sent people down, I got news from Jixian County that the food reserves in Jixian County had been robbed.

The food stockpiled in Ji County was supplied to the border soldiers, and it was supposed to be transported over the next year, but unexpectedly, it was robbed before it was transported.

Moreover, the warehouse where the cotton clothes were placed was also set on fire.

Although the government of Ji County will start raising food immediately, it will take time, which means that the soldiers on the border will be in danger of food shortage.

Now the weather is cold, and there is a shortage of cotton-padded clothes. These cotton-padded clothes were rush-made years ago and were sent along with the grain and grass. Now, they are all gone. How can so many cotton-padded clothes be made in a short time?

If the North Desert invaded again, the war would be on the verge of breaking out. Without military rations, would the soldiers drink the northwest wind?

Murong Jie ordered the prefectures and counties near Ji County to help raise food, and bought the common people's grain at a high price, which meant another big expense.

Murong Jie was very busy, and Zian did not stop. Both the empress dowager and the emperor were in serious condition, she had no time to go out of the palace at all, and had to stay at the empress dowager's side at night.

The empress dowager couldn't find out the cause of the disease, so she kept losing weight.

Zian faintly felt that Da Zhou was about to fall into a new round of crisis.

Murong Jie also naturally sensed it, so even if King Nanhuai wanted to stay in Beijing to get married, he would not allow it, and ordered him to leave for the southern country immediately.

But one day before King Nanhuai was about to leave, the empress dowager suddenly vomited blood, spit out a pile of black blood, Zi'an happened to be in Xiwei Palace at that time, and when he arrived, the empress dowager was already dying.

After Zi'an gave the needle, the Empress Dowager managed to wake up, but she couldn't do it anymore. She took Zi'an's hand and said to Zi'an with all her strength, "Young Concubine Linggui!"

These words, hate to the bone.

Zian's heart skipped a beat, and she looked at the black blood on the ground. There seemed to be some insects wriggling in the black blood. She knew that the empress dowager had been poisoned by Gu poison. No wonder the cause could not be found out.

But when was the empress dowager poisoned? Sun Fang'er had never been in the palace except a few months ago and said she wanted to heal the emperor. How did she poison her?

Zi'an was so angry that they itched their teeth. During the Chinese New Year, they relaxed their vigilance, but the enemy did not. The enemy has been waiting for them to relax.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the Empress Dowager passed away!

Just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the empress dowager had an accident, which was a big blow to the royal family, as well as to the emperor.

When the empress dowager passed away, there was no one around except Zi'an, Eunuch Sun and the maids who served her personally. It can be said that there was no child to die.

When the noble concubine heard the news, she stumbled into the palace and lay on the empress dowager's body, crying heartbreakingly.

The funeral was handled by Concubine Mei and Yifei, and all the palaces were in mourning.