All Hail Cousin Brother

Chapter Five Hundred and Three: Crying and Hanging

It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

A philanthropic hall is nothing, but she also wants to contribute a little to this difficult world.

Zhou Linghuai was slightly taken aback, and then realized: "This is very good."

The little girl's mind is always so simple and pure, without those unrealistic floods of sympathy, but she can focus on the present and truly do good deeds.

Mrs. Yu is also kind-hearted, but not as kind-hearted as her.

The edict for the re-burial was issued the next day——

From now on, King Li of Zhou should be buried in strict accordance with the rules of "king side by side".

On the 21st day of mourning, the memorials do not use Zhu Zhu, but blue pens;

All the documents in the yamen are changed to blue seals;

During the period of mourning, all monasteries and Taoist temples need to ring the bell 21 times for chanting scriptures and expressing condolences every day;

Civil and military officials and common people, avoid rituals, music, slaughter, marriage, etc.;

After being encoffined at the auspicious time, he stayed in Fuyan Palace for eleven days;

Court officials and wives need to wear linen and mourning clothes, and cry for three days;

After the funeral, the etiquette envoys, the ceremonial envoys, the halogen book envoys, the bridge officials, etc., helped Zhou Liwang's coffin to return to Youzhou, performed the funeral ceremony, and post-burial ceremonies.

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The family members in the inner courtyard also took off their fine clothes and jewelry, and put on plain white clothes, with white ribbons around their waists, and there was no meat or wine in the house.

White sails were hung everywhere on Chang'an Avenue, and the common people lined up to go to the yamen to receive the filial cloth.

The yamen sent people to sing and publicize the achievements of King Zhou Li.

After crying for a day, Mrs. Yu got up at the fourth watch, put on a lot of make-up, and wore sackcloth and filial piety, and entered the palace with Yao Shi before dawn.

When passing by Chang'an Street, Mrs. Yu raised the curtain of the car and looked outside.

The long street was completely deserted, and the world was also eclipsed.

White lanterns run along the long street, like a long winding dragon, and the faint lights illuminate the long street brightly and lonely.

Madam Yu felt sad: "Since ancient times, loyalty has been hard to pay, and heroes have always been mercilessly defeated."

When we arrived outside the palace gate, it was just dawn. Many carriages had already parked at the palace gate, and many officials and family members lined up in linen and mourning, waiting for the servants to roll their names and enter the palace.

Seeing the carriage of Yu Mansion, the guards at the gate of the palace didn't stop it. Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Yao's carriage drove all the way into the second palace gate, and then stopped.

The carriage of Zhen Guohou's mansion has just arrived.

Old Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Song met face to face. Both of them had solemn expressions. Without even saying a word, they staggered their eyes and waited for the servants to call their names before entering the inner palace one by one and being taken to Fuyan palace.

At this time, many courtiers in Fuyan Palace had already knelt down. The room was full of mourning and mourning.

The female relatives are all in the side hall.

The inner wives headed by the family members of the clan are arranged at the front, followed by the outer wives headed by Mrs. Yu, Mrs. Song and others.

The thin-skinned ones were holding their veils, sobbing and crying softly.

Those who are thick-skinned are crying with their throats open.

In this case, there is no shame, no disgrace, there are special court ladies and eunuchs watching, and they have to report to the higher authorities every day. The louder they cry, the more they can show their respect for King Zhou Li. condolences.

Old Madam Yu had also seen big scenes before, when she knelt down on the futon, her eyes turned red, she cried and sang about King Zhou Li's achievements and virtues.

In less than half an hour,

Madam Yu couldn't stand it anymore.

At this time, there was a commotion from Xungui's family next to him, and someone shouted: "It's not good, come quickly, Mrs. Song, the Marquis of Zhenguo, passed out from crying..."

Crying and hanging is hard work. Anyone who has experienced it knows that every time someone faints because of crying and hanging, it is not uncommon.

The palace also made preparations early in the morning. Immediately there were eunuchs and maids, and a female medical officer was brought over to check on it. After confirming that there was no serious problem, they could move to the inner room to rest.

Madam Yu was a little worried.

Mrs. Song's health is not very good. Before Song Mingzhao vomited blood and fell into a coma, she had tossed about for a while, and finally found a capable female doctor and nurse. After a while of recuperation, her health has just recovered, and she cried and hanged for three days in a row , even she can't bear it, Mrs. Song will definitely suffer.

After a while, a palace maid came over, "Is the old lady all right?"

Old Madam Yu had been in and out of the Empress Dowager's palace before, and recognized him as a female officer in the Empress Dowager's palace: "Please worry about the Empress Dowager, everything is fine for the old lady."

The maid went on to say: "The Empress Dowager ordered that all the elderly and infirm are free from crying and hanging. They can kneel for an hour, and every two quarters of an hour, they can go to the inner room to rest for a quarter of an hour. The inner room has prepared tea and snacks. For the soup, the female medical officer is also on hand at any time, if you feel unwell, you can go to the female medical center to have a look, and you must not neglect your body."

Madam Yu immediately kowtowed to thank her: "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for your compassion."

The female officer quickly helped Mrs. Yu up.

Old Madam Yu knelt for more than half an hour, and she was indeed a little tired, so she went to the inner room with the female officer.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Mrs. Song leaning on a couch with a haggard face.

Madam Yu hurried over and asked, "Is there anything serious?"

Although she was worried in her heart, she also knew that Mrs. Song was a fine person, and she definitely wouldn't have fainted from crying and hanging. Most likely she felt that her body was exhausted, so she made a play to fool her.

It is well known that Mrs. Song is in poor health.

The female medical officer knew it as soon as she checked it, and it was justifiable.

Mrs. Song's complexion was not very good, and she also sighed: "I'm old, but it's just like this, it's useless at all."

Old Madam Yu took a scented pill from the sachet and handed it to her: "This is the ginseng nourishing pill that Yaoyao prepared for me. I brought some specially for you today. You can use it too."

After the edict was issued yesterday, Yaoyao prepared some emergency incense pills and asked her to take them with her.

It is not allowed to take anything out of the palace, and the sachet is also an accompanying accessory, so it can be brought into the palace.

Mrs. Song took the incense pill, but she didn't use it immediately. Instead, she asked the maid who was taking care of her to call the female medical officer, and handed the incense pill to the women's clinic for examination.

Although Ginseng Yangrong Pills are more precious, they are also commonly used by rich families to take care of their bodies. The composition of this pill is more complicated, and it is a little different from the commonly used prescriptions, but it doesn't hinder it.

The female medical officer scratched some pills lightly, tested the properties of the medicine, and said with a smile: "It's the best ginseng Yangrong pill, Mrs. Song's deficiency of Qi and blood is also the right symptom."

After finishing speaking, he returned the ginseng Yangrong pill to Mrs. Song.

Mrs. Song quickly thanked her.

The maid has prepared warm water and served Mrs. Song to take the medicine.

Ten years of wild ginseng was added to the ginseng Yangrong pill. Ginseng already nourished the vitality. Once the pill entered the stomach, I don't know if it was a psychological effect. Mrs. Song also settled down.

-----Off Topic-----

Regarding ancient funerals, it is mainly divided into three stages, funeral rites, funeral ceremonies, and post-burial ceremonies, which are not much different from the present, but the ancients paid more attention to the sense of ritual.

Crying and hanging is quite pitiful. When ancient emperors died, there were always people who were convicted for disrespecting the former emperor. Haha~ The new emperor took the opportunity to eliminate dissidents. This is one aspect~

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