0p0 Chapter 347 Funeral
Chapter 347 Funeral
Ever since he learned that the water stains on the ground of Kunning Palace might be Lu Xuan's sweat, Jiang Yuanfeng subconsciously reacted. The time when he stopped by the black orchid stand and felt the strongest sensation was probably when Lu Xuan used the invisibility talisman to escape from Kunning Palace.
Not caring what the emperor and empress thought, he immediately rushed back to Xianyifang at night.
An extremely bad premonition came from the bottom of his heart. He covered his chest with his hands, and his pupils were filled with bloodthirsty cruelty.
After these three days, I don’t know what the old empress dowager’s soul still remembers after the attack of the Soul-Chasing Box, and whether she has revealed any truth.
No matter what, he had to prepare for the worst!
Lu Xuan now has Huai Ling, who helped him with surveillance. Without this spiritual creature, he can only deploy more people to monitor everywhere.
These few days, I have to hide and wait and see for a while, while healing my injuries.
As long as everything in the palace is peaceful in the next few days, he can conclude that Jiang Xing and Lu Xuan do not know the truth about the secret of the East Palace.
If anything unusual happens in the next few days, we must take advantage of the prince as a bargaining chip and strike first!
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The wind is blowing and the white flags are waving.
Every household closed their doors in mourning, and funeral music meandered all the way from the Renzhi Hall to the imperial mausoleum.
Lu Xuan originally thought that Jiang Yuanfeng would definitely cause more trouble in the empress dowager's funeral, and it might even be possible that the funeral would be kept for a few more days.
However, I didn't expect that since that night in Kunning Palace, nothing went wrong, and the funeral was held as scheduled today.
After the mourning ceremony, all officials knelt down and bowed.
Eight strong eunuchs slowly lifted the coffin. With a "dong" sound, the coffin with carved dragons and painted phoenixes was placed in the tomb, and a slight cloud of dust rose from the bottom of the coffin.
Inside the mausoleum, the emperor led all the ministers in bowing their heads in farewell, indicating that the empress dowager should sleep in the imperial mausoleum from now on.
Today, Jiang Xing wore a black brocade robe, a white jade belt around his waist, and a white jade crown on his head. He looked elegant and graceful, with a tall and graceful figure. However, his eyes were like fifteen years of autumn rain in Longchuan, no light could penetrate, only sorrow.
Lu Xuan followed beside him and wanted to say a few words to comfort him, but when the words came to his lips, they seemed pale and powerless.
This is the mother he hasn't seen for fifteen years, and she is also the person who has given the most to him in the world.
The complicated and lengthy funeral lasted for two hours.
As soon as the ceremony was over, the emperor left with the empress, the third prince and the crown prince.
Jiang Xing stayed in the cemetery, watching the craftsmen repair and close his mother's tomb, until the sun set and the moon rose, without saying a word.
Lu Xuan couldn't bear to see him sitting alone, so he stayed with him for the whole day.
"Yunce, my mother has accumulated virtue and done good deeds in her life. In her next life, she will definitely be reborn into a wealthy family. Don't worry, she has entered the cycle of reincarnation and will be fine..."
Looking at the setting sun that was half blocked by the mountains, Jiang Xing moved his slightly cracked lips after a long time, "Is there an afterlife?"
He let out a thin smile, "In this life, she is the queen and queen mother, and she still worries so much. I hope it won't be so good in the next life."
He let out a long breath. "I saw her spirit yesterday, but I didn't realize that was the last time I saw her. I didn't even tell her what was in my heart, leaving her worried about me at the last moment..."
Looking at the noble and solemn mausoleum, his frown could not be relaxed.
Unable to bear him staying like this, Lu Xuan put his hand on his arm and helped him up. "It's getting dark, shall we go back?"
Go back and have a good sleep, you will feel better slowly.
There are always many things in life that make us sigh and lament. All we can do is reduce the controllable regrets.
Rubbing his numb legs, Jiang Xing took a last look at the Queen Mother's tomb, took a deep breath, and followed Lu Xuan into the palace carriage with a disappointed look.
Looking forward, his gaze fell on the void, "Don't go back to the palace, go directly to the palace."
"Enter the palace?" Lu Xuan raised her eyebrows and looked at him with a worried look in her eyes, "You haven't eaten yet today..."
Jiang Xing waved his hand, "It's just one day, no problem."
He inserted his fingers between her slits and interlocked theirs.
"Now, Ah Xuan is the only relative I have left. I originally planned to go back to the palace tomorrow, but now that my mother is gone, I'm worried that it won't be that convenient to go back. It will be difficult to find out the situation in the Eastern Palace.
Therefore, the best way is to rest in Jingyang Palace for one night, and before my brother and Jiang Yuanfeng react, we can go check out the situation in the East Palace!"
Lu Xuan originally wanted to go back to the palace to see how Nanny Yu’s funeral was going, but what Jiang Xing said did make sense, so she didn’t say anything else.
As they entered the palace, what was surprising was that no one actually tried to stop them.
Both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
As Jiang Xing said, due to the funeral of the empress dowager, the palace had a lot of things to deal with for the various departments and offices, and many of them required the emperor's decisions.
Lu Xuan and Jiang Xing stayed in Jingyang Palace for one night, and everything was surprisingly peaceful.
It seems that the news that the two of them stayed overnight in the palace was indeed not noticed by the emperor and others.
Jiang Xing said with a grin, "How is it, was my guess correct?"
Seeing that he had woken up from a nap and had regained his former spirit, Lu Xuan felt a little better despite being slightly worried.
"Then according to my husband, when will we go to the Eastern Palace and the defenses be the most relaxed?"
Just after finishing breakfast, Jiang Xing picked up a handkerchief, wiped his mouth, and smiled meaningfully.
"I will never let up at any time..."
Choking on his words, Lu Xuan glared at him: "Then why did you say last night that now is the best time to enter the palace?"
"Compared to other places in the palace, the East Palace is naturally not as lax. But compared to the East Palace before, it is indeed much better."
The two of them set foot in the East Palace again in the name of visiting the prince.
As they expected, the two were stopped as soon as they arrived at Wenhua Gate.
Even the guard at the door was Pei Fan.
"Commander Pei! He wasn't in the Hall of Supreme Harmony this morning, but he actually came to the Eastern Palace. What's going on in the Eastern Palace today?"
Jiang Xing looked at Pei Fan who was guarding the door with a harmless smile.
Pei Fan's heart was still beating wildly. He and his men had been very busy these past few days dealing with the empress dowager's funeral.
I finally got a good night's sleep last night, but who would have thought that as soon as I entered the palace, I received the news that Prince Jin and Princess Jin had stayed in Jingyang Palace yesterday. I was so scared that I rushed over immediately.
Thank God, I was lucky enough to get there before these two, otherwise if I had let them break in like last time, it would have almost caused a disaster.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. The Eastern Palace is safe!"
Pei Fan bowed respectfully, "It's just that the Eastern Palace experienced a massacre and a major reshuffle a few days ago, which gave His Royal Highness the Crown Prince quite a shock. Later, when the prince and princess came a second time, the imperial physician diagnosed that His Royal Highness had been poisoned. The emperor then ordered that the Eastern Palace must be heavily guarded, otherwise I would be in danger of losing my life."
"Poisoned?" Lu Xuan felt uneasy.
Pei Fan bowed and said, "Yes, Princess. Although the culprit for His Highness's poisoning hasn't been found yet, and I think it has nothing to do with the prince and princess, I dare not disobey the emperor's orders. I hope you two will understand!"
Jiang Xing smiled wickedly, "Are you planning to poison the Crown Prince and put the blame directly on me and the Princess? Besides, during the Queen Mother's mourning period, I saw the Crown Prince several times..."
Suddenly, Jiang Xing couldn't continue speaking.
Only a few of them knew that they had detoxified the prince.
Therefore, in the eyes of the emperor and others, the prince was still in a state of poisoning.
It was clearly the Queen, the Third Prince and others who poisoned the Crown Prince, but now they say that they found out that he was poisoned after they went there.
Firstly, this was like the thief crying "stop thief", trying to shift all the blame to the two of them. Secondly, he wanted to test them to see if the poison in the prince was really cured!
Seeing Jiang Xing suddenly stop talking, Pei Fan continued, "I wonder if the prince has listened carefully to the prince's words? He is frail and his thoughts are slow. The emperor said that for the sake of the succession of the country, he must not be frightened anymore and must rest and recuperate.
I believe you two must have heard and witnessed it the last time you went in... The Emperor's move is also for the Crown Prince's speedy recovery and to prevent further assassination attempts..."
Jiang Xing glanced up and down at Pei Fan, his voice cold, "Did the Emperor find someone to detoxify His Highness?"
"Of course, there are imperial doctors who are specifically responsible for taking care of His Highness..."
Jiang Xing was a little confused about what was true and what was false.
It was not known whether these words were an excuse to prevent him from visiting, or whether the emperor had really found a royal physician for the prince, and just took advantage of the fact that he and A Xuan had been there to deliberately bring up the fact that the prince was poisoned, so as to blackmail him with this charge.
If the body that Ah Xuan had detoxified for Yan'er was discovered by the imperial physician, it would surely be another disaster.
This time, Jiang Xing and Lu Xuan turned around tacitly and did not go into Wenhua Gate.
When they were out of sight of Pei Fan's men, Jiang Xing spoke, "Qing Yuan and Qing Dai are trapped inside. They are surrounded by spies, so there is almost no way for them to get out any information. They can only protect Yan'er from inside."
Glancing at the high walls of the East Palace, Lu Xuan frowned, "I do have a way to go in and take a look, but the invisibility talisman can only hold you and me at most. If there are more people, the time will be even shorter, and there will be no way to open the passage..."
Suddenly, Lu Xuan's eyes lit up, "There's a way!"