Chapter 786 Your Husband Just Died

Qi Xianguan felt a gust of wind blowing over his head.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw the eaves and shadows of trees flying by.

A group of people and horses were patrolling in front of him with torches. Qi Xianguan was about to lift his heart, but his sight was suddenly covered by a robe. He felt that he was lifted up and carried on his shoulders.

A gust of wind passed by, and the feeling of weightlessness came. Qi Xianguan, whose sight was blocked, was frightened and almost screamed.

The person under him seemed to have predicted his reaction and simply covered his face.

The wind rustled in his ears, and the sound of horses running and human voices could be heard vaguely.

After a series of ups and downs, the person under him obviously stopped.

"We're here."

Qin Yao put the person on his shoulders down, and took another step forward, and it was the back door of the Qi family.

Qi Xianguan lifted the robe covering his face, and after a while, he saw the scene clearly, and was surprised as if it was a dream.

"So fast?" Qi Xianguan whispered in shock.

Qin Yao smiled and went forward to knock on the back door for him. When she heard footsteps coming from inside, she dodged and hid in the shadow.

In Qi Xianguan's eyes, it was a living person in front of him, but he suddenly disappeared.

The back door was carefully opened, and the steward stuck his head out. He didn't expect to see his young master. He was surprised for a moment and hurriedly opened the door to welcome him in.

Qin Yao didn't leave until the door was closed and he was sure that Qi Xianguan had returned home safely.

One night passed.

At the hour of Mao, the funeral bell sounded from the bell tower.

The emperor passed away!

Early in the morning, people were awakened by the gong sound of the Jingzhao government runners.

The runners informed the whole city that the emperor had passed away, and the ceremonial officer would read the succession edict in front of the Ziwei Palace at noon today, and the people had to go to listen to the edict.

At noon, all the civil and military officials and the people in the city came to the Ziwei Palace in plain clothes to listen to the edict.

The prince inherited the throne and changed the country's name to Yuanchu.

Because the new emperor was too sad and his old illness was triggered by his physical discomfort, he could not preside over the overall situation. Before the new emperor recovered, all military and political affairs should be consulted by the empress dowager and then decided.

The ceremonial officer said something like the death of the great emperor, and the whole world was in sorrow.

Finally, he read out the announcement, and the national mourning officially began.

From the day of the great emperor's death, all civil and military officials and all the people were not allowed to have fun within 100 days, slaughter within 49 days, and marry within one month.

The court officials mourned for 27 days.

During the 27 days, all government affairs were stopped, and they mourned for the country.

The people mourned for 10 days.

Within 10 days, they wore hemp and mourning clothes, stopped all entertainment activities, set up the tablet of the great emperor at home, set up an altar, offered incense and burned paper every day, and cried and mourned.

During the national mourning period, all officials and people should wear plain clothes until the national mourning ended.

The huge city of Kyoto suddenly became quiet.

Qin Yao's family, who had never experienced a national mourning, first cried for two days at home following the cries of their neighbors.

Then they wore mourning clothes at home and guarded a wooden sign with the words "Grand Emperor" written on it, kneeling down to worship, burn incense and paper.

Then they started a month-long vegetarian life.

There was no other reason, because no one was slaughtering, and meat was not available.

Liu Fei and Yin Le's shops were closed, and the counter shops were also closed.

All the shops in the city were closed.

Only the small shops in the market were left, and they were open for half a day every day after the ten-day mourning period.

Fortunately, Qin Yao's rice jar was always full, and there was enough food stored.

Otherwise, during the mourning period, families who were not well prepared would have to go hungry.

It was not until the officials finished the twenty-seven-day mourning that the people in the city had the opportunity to quietly leave the city.

Go to the farmers' homes in the suburbs to buy some meat.

And they had to be sneaky and not be discovered.

Otherwise, the enemy would accuse him of having fun and the whole family would be thrown into prison.

In this furtive and sneaky atmosphere, April came quietly.

A new decree was issued. The Queen Mother sympathized with the difficulty of studying for candidates from all over the country, and postponed the spring examination to the first day of May.

After the imperial decree was announced, the candidates who were already extremely disappointed and ready to give up returning home were overjoyed, crying with joy, and deeply moved.

They wrote poems and lyrics to praise the Queen Mother as a literary music and a purple star in the world.

Liu Ji was naturally one of these flatterers.

He had to write three articles every day and read them loudly in front of the Purple Palace.

Occasionally, he would drag the reluctant Qi Xianguan and Ma Yang to go to the palace gate with him to embarrass himself.

Because his literary talent was really not up to par compared to other flatterers.

Qin Yao was in good spirits about this.

Anyway, as long as I was not there, it was not my face that was embarrassed.

The 27-day mourning period has passed, and the school has reopened.

There are many more shops open on the street.

However, most people walking on the street look serious and dare not laugh and joke freely.

The whole atmosphere is still quite tense.

However, the imperial decree to postpone the Spring Examination has been issued in the past few days, and the candidates are overjoyed, and the atmosphere has improved slightly.

After being trapped at home for two months, the atmosphere has improved now. Qin Yao finally got out of the street under the pretext of picking up her daughter from school.

The national mourning has not completely passed, and the real end will have to wait until the spirit of the emperor is buried.

All the people are still wearing plain clothes.

In order not to stand out, Qin Yao also wore a thin gray linen shirt and tied a high ponytail with a light-colored hair tie on her head.

After not eating much meat for two months, coupled with the plain dress, Qin Yao looked thinner.

This is in line with the atmosphere of national mourning.

It was almost time to end school, and there were many people waiting at the entrance of the women's garden.

I don’t know who leaked the news that the Women’s Court has the support of the Empress Dowager, and there are many more female students this year.

Most of them are girls from official families.

There are also some girls from the common people, but not many.

With more daughters of officials, there are many more carriages parked at the entrance of the Women’s Court than before.

Qin Yao felt the convenience of being close to home. She could get there in a few steps, and she didn’t have to worry about the carriage not being able to turn around in this narrow street.

“Qin Yao.”

Suddenly, a hand stretched out from Qin Yao’s side, trying to pat her shoulder.

Qin Yao quickly turned sideways and dodged.

The sharp cold eyes looked over, colder than the winter wind.

Lin Wei, who was dressed in a white linen plain suit, awkwardly withdrew his hand and swallowed his saliva.

What a scary look!

“Why is it you?” Qin Yao’s eyes softened a little, but she was still alert in her heart.

Lin Wei pointed to the Xu family carriage parked opposite, and Qin Yao understood.

Pointing at the gate of the women's garden, she asked the guards to help watch and not miss Si Niang, and turned around and strode towards the carriage opposite.

Nanny Yu opened the door and invited Qin Yao to get in.

Qin Yao glanced suspiciously at the curtained carriage, only Xu Wenqing was there.

She got into the carriage and saw Xu Wenqing, who was ruddy and energetic.

Looking at her own thinner body, Qin Yao really wanted to roll her eyes.

"Power really nourishes people. I can still look good after being a vegetarian for two months."

Xu Wenqing smiled and motioned her to sit down.

"You look thinner. Why didn't you sneak out of the city to buy meat? Your family is not so poor that you can't even afford meat. Do you want me to help you?"

Maybe he was in a very good mood. Xu Wenqing didn't even bother to pretend in front of Qin Yao, and smiled.

Qin Yao waved her hand to indicate that she did not need financial support, and reminded her: "Your husband just died."

Xu Wenqing leaned against the carriage with a relaxed look, her eyes full of tenderness, "Well, he finally died."

Qin Yao: "." (End of this chapter)