On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 245 To win love or not

In the ancient funeral system, there were five levels of filial piety for relatives, namely, Zhansei, Qixi, Dagong, Xiaogong, and Qianma, which are called the five observances.

Among them, beheading is the most severe, requiring three years of filial piety, including children as parents, unmarried daughters as parents, and grandchildren as grandparents.

The so-called "grandson-bearing" means that if the father dies early, the grandchildren will bear the heavy responsibility of the funeral.

At that time, the great-grandmother of Duke Yan, Shangzhu State, Minister of War, and a close friend of the King of Jin passed away. This was undoubtedly a big news.

According to the etiquette, Cui Che needs to wear the robe of beheading for the Feng family and observe mourning for three years.

But things are not impossible to adapt to. There is another term in this world called conquering.

That is, officials should remove their mourning clothes and take up official posts in response to the imperial edict.

Not only the officialdom, but the idle people in Daxing City are also waiting to see whether Cui Che will really endure three years of loneliness in mourning for his unrelated aunt.

During these three years, no marriage is allowed, no banquets are allowed, no singing and dancing are allowed, and no games and jokes are allowed.

On the day Feng passed away, Cui Che submitted his resignation to the court, and Yang Jian agreed as usual, giving him time to conduct the funeral for his grandmother.

To take the medicine of cutting off the body, one must fast for the first three days.

At night, Yang Lihua avoided others and brought food to Cui Che, but he flatly refused.

Seeing that her husband insisted on observing etiquette, Yang Lihua could not persuade her, so she had to give up and let him go without food for three days.

Therefore, when a group of officials came to Yanguo Mansion to express their condolences in the face of Cui Che and Yang Lihua, Cui Che was already so hungry that stars appeared in his eyes.

Feng Deyi came to the mourning hall with Yang Su. Looking at Cui Che's haggard appearance, he comforted:

"My aunt has lived a long life. Zicheng should not be overly sad and must take care of himself."

As he said this, he couldn't help but shed tears.

Cui Che didn't know whether Feng Deyi was sincere or fake, but he didn't care much. Even he was doing it for outsiders to see.

Before the funeral, almost all the officials who could be named in Daxing City came to the Yan State Mansion. Even the prince Yang Yong, who had a conflict with Cui Che, also sent people to visit the house to express condolences.

No matter how bad the relationship is in private, at least on the surface, Cui Che is still Yang Yong's brother-in-law.

Yang Jian and his wife asked their youngest son Yang Liang to express their condolences on their behalf.

Yang Liang is the youngest of the ten children of Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo, two years younger than Yang Awu.

As the saying goes, parents value their eldest son and dote on their youngest. The first half of the sentence is questionable in front of Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo, but the second half is very appropriate.

King Yang Guang of Jin was sent to Jinyang at the age of thirteen; King Yang Jun of Qin was sent to Luoyang at the age of twelve; King Yang Xiu of Shu guarded Shu at the age of nine.

Only the fifth son Yang Liang, who is now eighteen years old, is still being raised by Yang Jian and his wife and is reluctant to let him go to other places.

Cui Che didn't have much contact with Yang Liang. He originally thought that he would just do a routine job, lay a stick of incense, say some comforting words and then leave.

Unexpectedly, the funeral was held for several days, and Han Wang Yang Liang came to the Yan State Mansion so many times.

Although Cui Che was dizzy from hunger, he was not stupid. He certainly knew what Yang Liang had in mind.

Everyone knows that the prince has fallen out of favor, but Yang Liang is raised by Yang Jian and his wife and is loved very much. Being favored the most, he will naturally have other thoughts:

I am the most favored, so why can't the position of Crown Prince be mine?

Of course, Yang Liang would not choose to woo Cui Che at this time, and Cui Che did not need to decline politely.

After three days of hunger strike, Cui Che was finally able to eat two meals of porridge a day, and could only eat an amount of rice.

One liter is 24 overflow.

But he finally had food to eat so he wouldn't starve to death.

As for the simple meals, it must be after a hundred days of mourning. In other words, for the next hundred days, we will only survive on two meals of gruel every day. Otherwise, why would the history books frequently mention that someone was in mourning and his body was broken?

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Most of them come from hunger.

After the funeral of Mrs. Feng, Cui Che would certainly not bury her in Guanxi. She would have to be transported back to Hebei and buried with Cui Jishu.

The night before departure, Cui Che was summoned to the palace city by Yang Jian.

On the way to the side hall, Cui Che met Yang Awu again.

Yang Awu looked at Cui Che's haggard face and felt heartbroken. He wanted to say a few words of comfort, but Cui Che just bowed his hand to her, then passed Yang Awu and walked to the side hall with weak steps.

In the side hall, Yang Jian asked:

"My consort is going to Hebei. When do you plan to return to the court?"

Cui Che bowed and said:

"I shall wear the robe of beheading and observe mourning for three years."

Eleven years ago, nine-year-old Yang Awu lost her husband. Wang Yi couldn't bear her suffering and asked to win Yang Awu's uniform. However, Yang Jian became resentful and died unjustly.

However, today Yang Jian took the initiative to ask Cui Che to win:

"The prince-in-law's filial piety is commendable, but how can he neglect state affairs due to personal affairs? Why not just after a hundred days of suffering, I will issue an order to remove him from submission."

In the past ten years or so, Cui Che would always obey Yang Jian's orders, but this time he said firmly:

"Your Majesty loves and cares for me, and I deeply appreciate it. However, I suffered a misfortune from Min a long time ago. I lost my father at the age of three, and then my mother. I was lonely since I was a child. Without the kindness of my grandmother, I would not be where I am today.

"Now the world is at peace, the people are happy and prosperous, your majesty's banner points to it, and all nations have surrendered. This is a prosperous scene that has not been seen in five hundred years.

“If the wise men in the court gather together, if they have many ministers and one minister, they will not be troubled by many; if they have few ministers and one minister, they will not be worried about being widowed.

"However, my grandmother only has one grandson, Wei Chen. Please ask Your Majesty to grant her permission."

Yang Jian sighed, even though Cui Che rejected his kindness, he didn't feel a trace of anger in his heart.

In ancient times, anything related to filial piety was naturally politically correct.

Dugu Jialuo, who was sitting next to Yang Jian, sighed:

"The consort is a filial child. Your Majesty, please grant his request. If he dies in another concubine's body, I'm afraid the East Palace will have a drink in secret to celebrate."

Cui Che was amazed by this. Dugu Jialuo really took advantage of the opportunity to attack Yang Yong. How could Yang Yong leave a good impression in front of Yang Jian?

But what Cui Che didn't know was that Yang Jian felt the same way about Dugu Jialuo's words.

In the early years, he also witnessed an emperor who wanted to depose the prince many times, but failed to do so due to various reasons.

They are Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty Yuwen Yong and Prince Yuwen Yun.

As we all know, at the funeral of Yu Wenyong, Yu Wenyun pointed at his father’s body and cursed:

'You died too late.'

On the same day, he forced his father's concubines to have sex in the harem.

When Yang Jian thought about the bad father-son relationship between himself and Yang Yong, as well as Yang Yong's arrogant and extravagant temperament, he felt that he would inevitably follow in the footsteps of Yu Wenyong.

Even though he is not free now, he still thinks that one day Dugu Jialuo will let go and bring in a few beauties to liven up his life.

With Dugu Jialuo's persuasion, Yang Jian did not force Cui Che to fight for love for a hundred days.

Thinking of his unfilial son in the East Palace, Yang Jian felt even more fond of Cui Che, who had lost weight due to his grandmother's death.

In everything, I fear comparison the most.

The update is over, let’s take a rest now.

Thanks to the book friends for their love for Parabola, Rong Ruo 2000, Qing Ge’s Heartbroken Strings are Ending, Book Friends 20210211120905435, Yu Jie’s Pure Love Warrior, Bodhidharma’s Quicksand, Uncle Xiong, the concierge of Luojia Mountain, The Story of the Lion’s Meteor, and Tu Daoge’s reward.

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