Chapter 169 National Funeral

According to national law, for a year of mourning in the country, no one is allowed to marry, and other happy events are not allowed to hold banquets, and even the new emperor's accession ceremony has to be dismissed after the funeral. Hongyi obeyed the last wishes of the former emperor and opened Enke in February to restore a little lively atmosphere in the capital. When the new emperor came to the dynasty, the reckoning will be liquidated both in public and secretly, and the people who should be promoted will still be promoted. When it is time to pardon the world, they will still be pardoned by the world. Therefore, Fang Youxin will be reused, and the official worship of the prime minister is also predictable by everyone.

However, the death of Anqinghou is unexpected. Although Anqinghou's heart is biased towards Hongwen, the deceased is large and the new emperor has just succeeded to the throne, so Anqinghoufu is relatively lucky to escape except for the Three Kings. Others who openly supported Hongwen at the beginning took an excuse, saying that they behaved indecisively during the national mourning, fined them for several months, suspended their jobs, or were assigned to other Qingshui government. It was as important as Princess Anjing's family. The slaves were dismissed, and the masters had to guard the mausoleum for the former emperor. Only when Linlan was protected by Song Yu did she have to follow to guard the imperial mausoleum. However, because she had not passed the door and could not live in the Marquis of Anqing, she was taken into the palace by the Empress Dowager He and accompanied by Rouwan.

As soon as the Marquis of Anqing left, the Hou family had no owner. It is reasonable to inherit the direct leader, but Song Yan's father died early, so it should be Song Yu's father, that is, the head of the soldiers and horses in Xicheng. But who doesn't know that the old marquis loves Song Yan the most? Everyone calls him the little marquis, which is obviously to leave his seat. However, because of last year's disturbance, the former emperor personally ordered Song Yan not to attack the title, and the sentence "not stained the beautiful name of the hundred-year-old Hou Mansion" can be regarded as making Song Yan's face sweeping the ground. Song Yu and Yan Kaizhi were close friends, and Yan Kaizhi followed Hongyi with all his heart, so Hongyi naturally brought Song Yu back to his own circle.

Song commanded the attack, and the next Marquis of Anqing is of course Song Yu. Although Song Yu is not the eldest son, he is the eldest son. Song Yu, who had always planned to be a leisurely rich man, suddenly found that he was like a fish in water and could not hold a beauty back, and even the title that he had never dared to imagine fell on him.

Even Song Yu is like this, not to mention the group of imperial relatives of the diligent king of the He family. Although they have not been awarded titles in the palace, they have given a lot of rewards. Even some grand lands have occupied those high-door mansions in Beijing, and no one dares to say no.

The Li family is as low-key as ever. Only Li Sinian was summoned once. Compared with the original second prince party, it can be said that the Li family is calm. Si Yan and Fan Erlang went to participate in Enke at the same time, but the results were indeed very good.

Si Yan was only the second from the penultimate of the three, or because someone in front of him was found to be carrying a small copy, so he came up as a substitute. This achievement made Li Gelao very dissatisfied. After all, there were two brothers, Li Sijin and Li Sinian, who forced De Siyan to voluntarily request to return to Pingshan Academy to continue studying. Liu was reluctant to let his son suffer, but his brothers and fathers were all pleased with his behavior. In the end, they had to let Yan Sui and his two mothers take care of them, which was also regarded as reuniting their young couple. Although Fan Erlang is also the top three, he is upright and got it. In addition, his eldest brother was affected by this disturbance, so Princess Yinghua put his hopes on his second son and second daughter-in-law, which is inevitably not because of the Li family.

Xiaoli was refused, which was not a big problem for Shaohua himself, but Yan Kaizhi had promised her that he would come to propose marriage when she and Zhu. Now that Yingli has declined, there is no need to mention the marriage, and this person has disappeared, which makes Shaohua feel a little aggrieved. Because of Jinhua's absence of news, the atmosphere of the whole Xiyuan became very heavy, and all the women in the backyard were banned from going out, let alone treating guests.

It was not easy to take care of Youhan's blessing to get the news from the crutches, but the news made Shaohua's heart like a falling stone and unhappy.

Chuhe walked over and rubbed Shaohua's heart for fear that she would be out of breath, while listening to Youhan's words nervously.

"Five Lady, my godfather said that this Xingyongbo Mansion has been closed since the end of last year and has not opened until now. There is no one in it. It is said that the uncle and wife have been taken into the palace, but there is no news of General Yan at all. Youhan looked at Shaohua's expression carefully and was as anxious as her.

"Will no one hears it?" There are few domestic slaves in Xingyong's house, and there are less than 20 masters. Although Xingyong's house is not big, the masters and servants are also more relaxed to live in.

Youhan pouted disapprovingly, "My godfather has asked. The people in the house have disappeared since the beginning of the year. No one knows where they are going, as if they have disappeared." Youhan thought for a moment and said, "Some people say that it may have been given by the people of the eldest prince's mansion next door..." Youhan said half a sentence and was immediately white-eyed by Shaohua.

Cchu He immediately scolded, "Isn't the eldest prince's mansion empty for a long time?" Although Hongwen's disappearance was unimaginable, the new emperor did not investigate or care about it. He locked up the real and fake Wang family members who made trouble, and the servants and mansions were rewarded to other He family members. Except for the eldest concubine, all the other concubines were sent to the workshop.

Later, some people said that they had seen Hongwen's concubine in Goulan Courtyard, so they speculated that the master behind Goulan Courtyard was related to Hongyi, but this was all a later story.

Youhan muttered, "Then where did that group of people go?"

Shaohua didn't look impatient, "Isn't there any other useful news?" She doesn't care where the servants of Xingyong's mansion go. The important thing is how such a living person as Yan Kaizhi can have no news, and no one cares about it, as if everyone is used to his disappearance.

During this period, she asked Youhan to inquire a lot. At first, she thought it was because of Dora, so she went to the north of Lingjingchuan, but Xu Ziang has returned to Beijing and even brought the news of Doro, expressing her willingness to marry the princess of Qingguo and forever cultivate the alliance. Now the court is causing trouble because of this, because everyone knows that King Doro is old and has many wives and concubines. The former emperor has few children, and he is the only one who is qualified to marry and marriageable.

But who dares to let the current emperor's compatriot sister go to make peace? Lin Lan's identity is appropriate, but it is obviously not suitable for her to marry an old man who is the future daughter-in-law of Anqing Marquis and the future wife of Anqing Marquis. Some people say that the second prince Doro just went to Beijing to worship and raised his troops back as soon as he returned. Now he proposes that making peace with his relatives must be just a trick for them, which may be brewing the next attack. Now that the former emperor has left, the new emperor should follow the example of the former king's heroes and resolutely beat Doro back and let them destroy the country from now on.

Looking at the courtiers who usually gathered around Hongwen and submissively demanded peaceful coexistence with Dora for mutual benefit and win-win results, now they all encouraged him to send troops, and the new emperor sat on the throne and sneered. In the harem, Rouwan cried even more, knelt in front of the Empress Dowager He and cried, which broke her heart. Naturally, the Empress Dowager He does not want her daughter to marry, but she does not want to go to war. Hongyi has just gone up to the throne and has not yet sat firmly, and the foundation of the court is shallow. Although Hongwen disappeared, his whereabouts were unknown. No one knew whether he was alive or dead, and the Empress Dowager He did not forget that the three princes and the prince Hongfang were staring at him in the court. Moreover, it has been a long time since the death of the former emperor and wantonly provoked the war. Without full certainty, it will only fuel Doro's flames.

Compared with these, Shaohua's mood was even more irritable, because Xu Ziang came back and Yan Kaizhi disappeared.

"Second brother, please stay!"

Li Sinian didn't expect that Shaohua would squat at the gate of Taoyuan to wait for him. He didn't go in to find Zhou Yan, and his face looked serious. He also guessed seven or eight in his heart and motioned his entourage to retreat first.

"What are you waiting for me here?" Li Sinian asked knowingly.

"Does the second brother know about Xingyongbo Mansion?" Shaohua caught Li Sinian's eyelids shaking slightly, and expected that he must know something, "Why is there no one in Xingyongbo Mansion? Is there something going on?

"I didn't go to Xingyong Mansion. How do I know what happened?" Li Sinian continued to pretend to be stupid.

Shaohua became anxious and said, "Aren't you a royal historian? Isn't it usually specially to inquire about the parents of officials in Beijing? How come you don't even know that everyone in his family is missing?

Li Sinian's eyes sank and said in a low voice, "Who told you that the position of imperial history is to inquire about the parents? This is not your little lady's best. You don't know how I know." It seems to be right, but you can't say so. It sounds like they are doing shady things every day.

Shaohua ignored Li Sinian's sarcasm and said anxiously, "Second brother, I'm wrong. You have a lot of adults. Don't care about this with me. I beg you, what the hell is going on?

Seeing Shaohua's face about to cry, Li Sinian finally couldn't bear it, so he said, "Lanzhi was recognized as a righteous daughter by the empress dowager, and soon, she will come to Duoluo to make peace." Li Sinian was curious about how he was secretly summoned by the emperor to discuss this matter. Shaohua intercepted him on his way home.

"What? How come, he and he won't let Lanzhi go to make a kiss. Shaohua was shocked.

"He?" Li Sinian frowned.

"It's Yan Kaizhi! He loves Lanzhi the most. How can he agree to let Lanzhi get married? Shaohua said anxiously.

"If he is here, maybe Lanzhi won't go to kiss." Li Sinian sighed.

But for Shaohua, this emotion was like a bolt from the blue, and five thunderstorms. She stayed for a long time before she recovered her emotions.

"Is he... dead?" Shaohua trembled and cried, and his whole body looked very sad.

Li Sinian realized that he had said something wrong. Looking at her like this, he also knew that the words could not be taken back, so he had to say, "It's not dead, it's just missing. When the emperor and that person were rescued, Yan Kaizhi chased him out. It is said that there was a fierce fight in the palace, and then they all disappeared.

"Lost in the palace?" Shaohua opened his eyes wide.

"It's not clear, but I heard that the palace was in chaos at that time, and no one knew their tracks." Li Sinian sighed, put his hand on Shaohua's shoulder, and patted him gently, "If he is very young, he will definitely come back, but you have to be prepared for the worst."