Chapter 408 – Mourning News and Mourning Glory

After returning to the Jiangzhu Pavilion, Song Yi asked with a smile about today’s succession in the ancestral hall, and Jian Xubai said, “It’s just going through the motions – a few elders in the middle of the process said that the second house doesn’t have many heirs, and that even though there are only two commoners’ sons in the big house, the grandchildren already have several grandchildren, so it would be better to pass on the heir from the big house to the third house, or maybe other families in the clan also have many heirs. I’m not sure if you’re going to be able to do that, but I’m sure you’re going to be able to. Grandfather said that mother … said that the second aunt had already agreed, and the several elders also stopped talking.”

Even Song Yixiao, the State Lady, could cause a crowd outside the ancestral hall, and Her Highness, the Grand Princess, was even higher up, so even if the Jian clan had a little heart, how could they dare to disobey?

Jian Xu Bai added, “What are you talking about outside the ancestral hall today that’s so lively?”

“The elders of the clan came up to talk, I thought it would be bad to ignore them, and there was a great aunt introducing them, so I exchanged pleasantries with them and let Qing Yue greet them.” Song Yixiao chagrined, “I didn’t want to disturb the ancestral hall.”

“Originally this kind of thing, not to mention a few times in advance to play the ritual, how to talk to the shrine of the up and down clear each person’s position.” Jian Xubai but sighed, “father just said right, the Jane family actually shallow, which has what rules are not rules, you do not have to put on the heart, anyway, father do not care, tube other people think it?”

As he was speaking, the maid outside came in and reported, saying, “The old master said that this evening’s dinner would allow the eunuch to go to the back hall to use it.”

Jian Xu Bai looked at his wife and said, “I’m the only one going over?”

“Old master said that there are some things to discuss with the male heirs of the family.” The maid politely said, “And the women have been waiting outside the ancestral hall for a long time this morning and are tired.”

Song Yi smiled but didn’t care, “In that case, I’ll take Qing Yue and Thuo Er to use for dinner.”

Now that the succession has been completed, Jane Ping Yu and Jane Li Kuang should almost be on the road – at this juncture, it is inevitable that the grandfather will have to leave a will, there is no doubt that there are words to be instructed under the children and grandchildren, she is a grandson’s daughter-in-law, with a two-year-old daughter, to go to the same as today outside the ancestral temple, but to do the accompaniment.

Might as well just stay in the Jiangzhu Pavilion!

The time has come to the evening, Jian Xubai went to the back hall, Song Yixiao took the two children after dinner, see they are still in good spirits, then asked people to bring the tangram board, the hall in the long case empty, accompanied them to put together the tangram board to play.

Spell will, by chance to look up, but see the corridor wind lamps shine out of the night twilight, a flurry of silver, like the wind blowing willow wadding, full of court flying.

It’s snowing.

“Why aren’t you asleep?” Song Yixiao beckoned the two children to the glazed window and led them to look at the snow for a while, when she suddenly saw two subordinates carrying lamps and guiding Jian Xu Bai in.

He took off his cloak under the porch, the cloak with reddish-red background and gold threads has accumulated a layer of snow on the cloak, and the wet place showed a shocking dark red, which looked like blood color under the lamp. Wet place presents shocking dark red, in the lamp look like blood, set off his face more and more like jade like fat.

At the moment, while crossing the threshold, he said of his wife and two children, “It’s so late, and they’re actually in good spirits?”

“The original only want to see the snow will send them back to the room to settle, do not want to see a look to see now.” Song Yi smile said this time, originally has been a little sleepy Jane Qing Yue, see his father again come to the vigor, tired to his body to reach out to embrace, “Father!”

Jian Xu Bai picked up his daughter and turned her upside down, smiling, “Father sends you back to your room to rest, okay?”

Saying that, he leaned over and picked up Lu Zhuoer as well – Song Yixiao busily called for two blankets to be brought in and wrapped them around the two children, “It’s snowing outside, so be careful of freezing!”

Jian Xu Bai sent the two girls off to be settled, and when he returned, he spoke with his wife about the dinner that was set out in the back hall tonight, “There’s really nothing else going on, it’s just that we’ve been given a separate home.”

Song Yixiao sniffing more and more certain, Jane Ping Yu early to know the ins and outs, this is in the arrangement of the aftermath.

Only what she never expected was that she only got up early the next morning and received the news, “The old master has gone!”

Jane Ping Yu the day before from the ancestral hall out of the spirit is still vibrant and rosy-colored, see live another dozen years are not a problem, this day is not yet bright on the gas – Jane’s family up and down is naturally shocked.

But people here don’t know about the imperial capital’s wind and clouds, so they are surprised, but they don’t have any suspicion, thinking, “Maybe the old master has long been dead, and the good looks these days are just a flashback. He will hold out until his children and grandchildren return, his great-grandson and his great-granddaughter have all met, and the third house has an heir, so his wish is fulfilled, but he won’t be able to hold out any longer.”

After all, Jane Ping Yu was once a great minister, but also the father-in-law of the eldest princess, he died, according to common sense should have mourning honor, since to report to the court.

This funeral news spread to the imperial capital, the imperial capital this side do not know the family heard also think no wonder Jane Ping Yu suddenly want to put Jian Xubai passed on to the third house, together with his self-awareness of the time is running out, want to in their own combined eyes to the third heirless problem solved.

This washed away the rumors that speculated about the things that had to be said between the Grand Princess of Jin and Jian Li Miao.

However, Jian Ping Yu has been in office for a long time, and has not had much to do with the dynasty over the years.

So heard that he died, most people listen to also forget, at most backup funeral orders sent to the Grand Princess of Jin Palace or Duke of Yan Palace – only a special connection, will send people to Liaozhou condolences.

But Wei Xi had a headache, he specifically found Gu Shao to ask for advice, “Today at the court meeting someone openly mentioned the matter of Jane Lezhi’s death, saying that the Ministry of Ceremony should discuss his mourning and honor. His Majesty gave this errand to me, yet … I don’t know what to do, I can only ask Gu Shao to point out one or two things!”

Originally, like Jane Ping Yu such old ministers died, what treatment should be given, the Ministry of Rites from the former Yong copied a set of processes, go through the scene is also, not at all use Wei Xi this Ministry of Rites Secretary to worry about.

The problem is, when the Cuihua Mountain smallpox matter was first investigated, it was Wei Xi who investigated Jane Ping Yu and Jane Li Kuang’s head.

This was Emperor Duanhua’s son’s murderer!

Whether Wei Xi believed in this truth or not, anyway, Emperor Duanhua was convinced so far!

Then now there was still the need to give Jian Ping Yu mourning glory – how could Wei Xi not be worried that if he did it according to the rules on the front foot, he would be angered by Emperor Duanhua on the back foot?

“This matter is indeed a trouble.” Gu Shao initially put the smallpox charge on the head of Jian Ping Yu father and son, mainly to deal with their own “political crisis”, so he personally is not opposed to give Jian Ping Yu mourning honor, anyway, this old rival is also dead, if not to take into account the mood of the Emperor of the Duanhua, Gu Shao is also ready to propose to give him a good seal to show his magnanimity.

But now Wei Xi begged the door, which is both the father of the Empress, the Crown Prince’s maternal grandfather, in the smallpox matter also helped him a great deal, he can not not care, so a moment of thought, said, “This way, although Jane Ping Yu is an old courtier, but also the Dowager Empress Dowager’s in-laws, Wei adults may as well ask the honorable lady to go to the palace, to the Empress to ask the Queen to ask for the Dowager Empress Dowager’s meaning?”

The Empress Dowager is Emperor Duanhua’s grandmother, as long as she is willing to state her position, how the Emperor Duanhua will have to carefully consider, then no matter what the outcome, there is no blame Wei Xi is not?

Wei Xi came to a realization, thanked Gu Shao, and busily went back to the house to discuss with Tian.

Tian went into the palace to relay this matter to Empress Wei, who naturally would not excuse herself and directly led her mother to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager sniffed noncommittally and said, “Since it’s the eunuch of Jin who’s out of it, she should be summoned here!”

Empress Wei could see that the Dowager Empress intended to discuss this matter with the Grand Princess of Jin alone, so she excused herself.

Half a day later, the Grand Princess of Jin was summoned to the palace, and the Empress Dowager closed the door to talk for half a day, but also went to the Empress Dowager Su two times to pass the message, and finally invited the Emperor Duanhua to the scene.

The result of the royal family’s deliberation was this: since Jian Ping Yu was most thinking of his children and grandchildren in the last moments of his life, he himself would not be given mourning honors, but rather commuted to his children and grandchildren – in view of the fact that Jian Ping Yu had already died, there was no need for him to climb out of his coffin to thank for his kindness.

And the boon commuted to the children and grandchildren of Jane Ping Yu, all four children have a share:

The first eldest daughter, Jian Li Zhi, is now the wife of the Squire, enjoined to be a fourth-ranking lady, and because of her father’s bereavement, she was added to the third-ranking Lady of Hengyang County;

The eldest son of the concubine Jane Li worry no official, granting the fifth grade on the Zhongsan Daifu, his wife Gao sealed the fifth grade Shuo Ren.

It’s pretty normal up to here.

To the first son of Jian Li Kuang here let up and down the people stunned.

Because of the compensation given to the second house of the Jane family …

All of it went to the Grand Princess of Jin!

The Grand Princess not only did not go back before, and now that she has heard that her father-in-law has died, she does not have the slightest intention of going back to Liaozhou to offer her condolences to her father-in-law, not to mention mourning for her father-in-law – the explanation to the outside world is still the same old one, “The old Duke of China has been through three dynasties and is of the same generation as the mother of this palace. Past events, the more bad mood, the Palace really can not rest assured! So Liaozhou side, please harnessed by the side of a team of horse harnessed by the side of a team of horse and the son of the Palace Yiyu for filial piety, the Palace or stay in the Imperial capital to serve the Queen Mother!”

Then since you have to go to the palace often to serve the Empress Dowager, naturally it is not good to wear mourning!

Although the woman out of the cabinet is the husband’s family, but no one dares to say that Jane Ping Yu is more important than the Empress Dowager, so everyone can only have praised the Grand Princess of Pure Filial Piety, not forgetting the Empress Dowager’s nurturing grace.

But how to say that the Grand Princess of Jin is also indebted to Jane Ping Yu this father-in-law – the result of this father-in-law’s grief and honor to the second house has become a reward for her …

Well-informed people heard that the Empress Dowager, when they discussed, had sent people to contact Empress Su, all feel that they can see the truth: the Grand Princess of Jin does not like Jane Li Kuang, so Jane Ping Yu’s mourning honor is not given to Jane Li Kuang, it makes sense; and then the Grand Princess of Jin’s third son, Jane Yiyu, is the eldest Princess of Changxing tossed to the miserable request for peace and separation, then even if the Emperor of the Duanhua and the eldest Princess of Changxing is not the mother of the normal do brother! Who would like to negative their own sister’s brother-in-law ah?

It was no wonder that the second father and son of the Jane family had gotten nothing out of it!

In contrast, the Jane family’s third house is blind can see, the Empress Dowager to personally raised the grandchildren pulled the wrong frame: directly to the Jane Qingyue sealed a Chaoping County Lord!

This result was embellished by the Ministry of Ceremony into a holy decree, after using the seal sent to Liaozhou, the face of the whole family of Jane can be imagined!

But the second house of the blow is not over: two days after receiving the decree, Jane Li Kuang fell into a lake on a snowy night and drowned in the courtyard where he lived!