Mrs. Rong has always been taking care of her. If she was just unwell, Wu Meiniang would not have sent someone to find Lu Shi Gua. This situation must be very dangerous. It was when the censor was helpless that Wu Meiniang asked someone to ask Lu Shi Gua.

However, Lu Shigua is just a doctor with outstanding medical skills, not a god. He can help Li Hong to regulate his body, but it is impossible to save the 90-year-old Mrs. Rongguo.

Three days later, Mrs. Rongguo passed away at the age of ninety.

This was considered a very, very long life in ancient times.

Although Mrs. Rongguo did not do anything earth-shaking, she is also a legend.

Because of her belief in Buddhism, she got married in her forties, but she was able to give birth to three daughters. Not to mention that her forties could still make the warrior so passionate about her. These mothers in her forties were all elderly women in the 21st century, which were difficult to give birth to, and were very dangerous. However, she had no problem with giving birth to three directly, and she was relaxed. When she was in her seventies or eighties, she was still running around for Wu Meiniang and was in great health. It can be seen that the genes of the Yang family are a bit perverted and have a longevity gene. Unfortunately, Li Hong was like Li Zhi, which is more tragic.

Liangyi Hall.

"Zhang Shizhong, go and arrange it and order all civil and military officials to go to the wife of Rongguo's house to celebrate the sacrifice, and the court will be suspended for seven days and the market will be suspended for seven days."

Li Zhi ordered with a slightly tired expression.

Zhang Wenguan bowed and said, "I obey the order."

"His Majesty."

Han Yi suddenly said: "This is a seven-day strike, please make sure your Majesty will decide at your discretion!"

Li Zhi looked at him with a look of surprise.

When a person with a higher status in the royal family dies, he will have to stop the court and the market will be stopped. Wu Meiniang has a very high status and a very special status. The status of Mrs. Rongguo is naturally not low. When her mother-in-law dies, she will definitely have to stop the market.

Han Yi said: "Your Majesty, it's not as good as before. The sudden strike for seven days. The merchants and the people are unprepared. This may cause them to lose a lot of money and even arouse resentment from everyone. This is not very good for Mrs. Rongguo. I suggest that you close the Grand Theater and Amusement Park and try not to stop the market."

In the past, there were only two cities in the east and west, and there were not many people visiting, so they couldn't stop loving it. But now, Chang'an has such a large economy and many foreign businessmen. Suddenly, the market was shut down for seven days, and the loss was huge, so it would be better to use the money to build a tomb.

Li Zhi also realized that it was different from the past. It was better to stop farming than to stop the market. He nodded and said, "Just as you said." As he said that, he looked at Zhang Wenguan again.

Zhang Wenguan nodded and said, "Old minister understands."

After leaving Liangyi Hall, Zhang Wenguan whispered to Hao Chujun beside him: "This wife of Rongguo has no son, who will keep mourning?"

A look of surprise flashed in Hao Chujun's eyes, and then he pondered for a little while, saying, "The queen and Mrs. Rongguo have a very good relationship, and the queen originally advocated filial piety for her mother. Will the queen be filial to her wife Rongguo?"

Zhang Wenguan said: "But if the queen is mourning, who will take charge of government affairs?"

Hao Chujun said: "The prince's health seems to be much better now."

The two of them had the right eyes and everything was indifferent.

In general, women who have already married do not need to be mourned for their parents, let alone the other party is the queen. Not to mention government affairs, the queen will be mourned, so who will manage the harem?

They were actually not talking about filial piety, but the prince's problem. The queen came out to preside over government affairs, which was a special situation. The ministers in the court did not say that this was a long-term solution. It was just because the emperor and the prince were not healthy. Wu Meiniang came out to preside over government affairs, and the situation was very special. Before that crisis, when Wu Meiniang was at its peak, she just stood behind to manipulate. At most, she proposed some policies and did not say that she was directly presided over government affairs. It was mainly Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong did it. These were two different things.

However, Wu Meiniang was in charge of government affairs before, and the court was very stable and the country was relatively stable. If Li Zhi didn't speak, the ministers would naturally not be stupid enough to propose to Li Zhi.

However, in the death of Mrs. Rongguo, Wu Meiniang could not come out to take charge of government affairs immediately. Zhang Wenguan and the others felt that this was an opportunity and it was time to return to orthodoxy.

However, the two of them didn't know that Han Yi had been behind them, silently staring at them, with a hint of sorrow between his eyebrows.

Li Zhi's edict was issued soon, and all civil and military officials in the court had to go to worship the sacrifices. The court was suspended for seven days, and brothels and other entertainment venues were closed for seven days.

Ministers of civil and military affairs rushed to the wife of Rongguo's house to mourn.

Han Yi did not rush to join in the fun. During the day, he still discussed projects on steam engine research and development with the ninth-rank academicians at the Sixth Academy of Sages. It was not until after dinner that it was already dark that he went to Mrs. Rongguo's mansion.

A group of old bald donkeys in the courtyard were doing the same. Mrs. Rongguo was a loyal Buddhist, and she still cried in the room. All of them were handsome men and beautiful women. This Mrs. Rongguo was not a man of Dexin and Comprehension, but she was very protective of her shortcomings, especially for the children of the Yang family, Helan family, and Guo family. She tried her best to protect her. The people who kneeled here were all children of these three families. They were deeply cared for by Mrs. Rongguo, which was really sad from the bottom of their hearts.

In fact, in theory, Han Yi should have arrived in the first and second batches. This is still polite, but no one cares about him coming so late. After all, he and Wu Meiniang once fought to the death, and had almost no interaction with Mrs. Rongguo, and were simply ordered to come and worship.

Han Yi did not come with some sincerity, he was coming to see Wu Meiniang.

Of course, Wu Meiniang would not kneel in front of the coffin, she sat in the back hall.

"I have seen the queen."

"Um."

Wu Meiniang just responded softly.

Han Yi raised his head and saw Wu Meiniang wearing zipper clothes, her eyes were red and her face was haggard. He had never seen Wu Meiniang in this state, but it did not make people feel pitiful, but instead gave people a feeling of being arrogant without anger.

"The Queen, please forgive me and follow the changes and protect my body!"

Han Yi said again.

Wu Meiniang then glanced at him, paused, and suddenly ordered her to stay and said, "You can wait outside first."

"Affect the order."

The palace maids on both sides bowed and retreated.

Wu Meiniang reached out and said, "Please sit down."

"Thank you."

Han Yi sat down and asked, "Your Majesty is going back to the palace?"

Wu Meiniang nodded and said, "You came so late, probably not here to worship my mother." There was a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone.

Damn! Do you want to be so straightforward? Han Yi said: "Of course it's."

Before he could finish his words, Wu Meiniang said, "What's the matter? Just tell me, I'm not in the mood to guess the riddle with you today."

Han Yi smiled awkwardly and said, "The Queen still remembers that in the Queen's new policy, there was a rule to keep mourning for her mother."

Wu Meiniang frowned and looked at Han Yi.

Han Yi said: "Shouldn't the queen set an example?"

Wu Meiniang pondered for a moment and said, "Did Zhang Wenguan and the others do anything?"

What a smart woman! Han Yi said: "No matter what they think, the queen should stay here at this time, waiting for Mrs. Rongguo, and leaving all the government affairs left behind. When His Holiness is here to invite the queen, he will ask His Majesty to give up presiding over the government affairs and demand to be filial to his mother."

Wu Meiniang frowned slightly and said, "Why?"

Han Yi said: "Because Your Majesty asked the Empress to come out to preside over the government affairs, he did not really want the Empress to take power. All this is for the Prince. Everything Your Majesty did now is for the Prince. This will never change, which is natural. And I believe Your Majesty also hopes that the Empress will be the same. The Empress, you have a deep relationship with Mrs. Rongguo, Your Majesty is very clear. If the Empress still wants to preside over the government affairs when she loses such a close relative, it proves that your Majesty's desire for power has exceeded your close relatives, which is what Your Majesty fears and is also what your Minister fears. In addition, Zhang Wenguan and others will definitely think that if they ask the Prince to come out to preside over the government affairs, they should also assist the Crown Prince in their hearts, rather than assist the Queen. Empress, you propose to return the power to Your Majesty, or the Prince, at this time, is in line with Your Majesty's thoughts and in accordance with the Minister's ideas."

Wu Meiniang narrowed her beautiful eyes and said, "In other words, do you think that the more I do this, the more relieved Your Majesty will be to me and hand over the government affairs to me?"

Han Yi shook his head and said, "I have no confidence at all. The prince's physical condition has recovered very well now. I don't know what Your Majesty is thinking in his heart, but the queen must understand that this is natural. Your Majesty will eventually hand over the power to the prince. Of course, Your Majesty may also try to keep the queen. After all, the current situation is very satisfied with Your Majesty, and no one can endanger Your Majesty's imperial power."

Wu Meiniang said in confusion: "Then I don't understand!"

Han Yi whispered: "The Khitan is going very smoothly. Something may happen soon. There will be more things at that time. The prince will find it difficult to bear this burden. Even if Your Majesty promises you to be filial to the queen now, Your Majesty will soon re-activate the queen. However, this can reassure Your Majesty and the civil and military officials of the court. The benefits are far greater than disadvantages."

Wu Meiniang was silent for a long time, then suddenly sneered and said, "Thank you for coming here today to tell me about this."

It seems that this incident had a more severe blow to her than I thought. Han Yi pondered for a moment and sighed: "I really don't know what mood to comfort the queen, maybe it's because I didn't have the chance to try the queen's grief at this time."

Wu Meiniang looked at him with a hint of confusion.

Han Yi sighed and said, "My mother died after giving birth to me. I still don't know what my mother looks like. My father unfortunately passed away on the day of my marriage. I was also seriously injured. When I woke up, I didn't have time to feel sad about my father's death. The creditor came to me, and that heavy rain destroyed my farmland. At that time, I was almost in desperate situation. At that time, I even hoped that the lightning would kill me, and that all of them would be over. Therefore, I could not think of the queen like this. Sitting here and quietly recalling the scene of getting along with my father. I must work hard to make money, otherwise I might become a slave and my wife."

Wu Meiniang said: "Is it difficult for you to make money?"

"Not now, but it was definitely so. Before that, I had never even done farm work. I just rely on my father, which was like a waste."

After a pause, Han Yi suddenly asked, "Do you know how I earn money to pay off my debts?"

Wu Meiniang handed two inquiring gazes.

Han Yi said: "Using a dog to cheat the money from Feixue, I paid off the debts. But since then, I have been doing everything, and I have trained my skills at that time, so I have no time to be sad. But I believe this is what my father hopes to see, take this family and be a man who stands tall. I don't think parents would want their children to kneel in front of their graves and cry for three years, because parents actually hope that their children will be good and smooth sailing.

My father is both a father and a mother, and I am all about him. If he looks at me in the world, do you say he hopes that I will be overly sad and forced to commit suicide by the landlord, or that we couple will be slaves for others, or are we like now? It’s not that I make excuses for myself, but that I do think that my hard work to make money, marry and have children at that time was the greatest filial piety to my father.”

Speaking of this, he sighed again and said, "Actually, what I regret most is that before my father died, I did not help him and did not let him live a good life. This is also the biggest regret in my life. How I hope I can protect my mother every day like a queen, do my best to let her live a good life, and not let her suffer any grievances. When I have nothing to do, I can chat with my parents. Before my parents die, I protect my parents and give my parents the greatest comfort. Although it is painful, I think this must be a very good memory. Unfortunately, I cannot make up for this regret. Even though I am the prime minister now, even if my family is rich."

Wu Meiniang was listening quietly all the time, and at the same time recalling the scene of getting along with Mrs. Rongguo. Gradually, her eyes became a little wet and tears flashed. After a while, she looked at Han Yi and said movedly: "Thank you."

Han Yi shrugged and said, "No need to thank me. Actually, I just want to express my envy, jealousy and hatred. In fact, you are right. I didn't come to worship with sincerity, and I don't want to comfort you, because you are so happy. There is also Mrs. Rongguo. I believe she has no regrets in her life. After all, she is lucky to see her daughter become the queen. As a mother, how proud she is, Mrs. Rongguo will definitely smile in her heart. But my father does not have the blessing to see his son become prime minister. It is so cruel to let me comfort such a tragic son and comfort you such a happy daughter."

Wu Meiniang shook her head with a smile, but her eyes were full of gratitude.
Chapter completed!