girl riding a horse

Chapter 972
In the harem, Queen Feng Boyang walked in front, and the prince obediently followed beside her. The prince's nanny did not dare to step forward, so she followed in the queue of the queen's attendants.

The nine-year-old prince looked at the queen who had been silent all this time, and asked:
"My mother, my father passed away... Is it true that I won't be able to see you anymore?"

When the queen heard this, she paused her footsteps, her dazed face turned pale again, but soon she started walking slowly, unhurriedly, with her inherent gentle and dignified rhythm, she said softly:
"Is... are you sad? At this time, you should cry loudly, or you will be criticized by the courtiers, saying that you are not filial. "

That tone was like talking to himself.

Prince Di Douyin bowed his head guiltily, and said:

"It was really sad to see my father lying there and not responding to how he called. Now I can't cry. It feels like he just doesn't come to see me. Anyway, I didn't see him often before."

The queen smiled palely, and said plainly:

"Before your father left, he told me that you are almost ready to read and read. When he comes back, he will take you to the court to listen to the government. At that time, you can meet often."

The prince felt that what the queen said was a bit strange, as if the emperor had not come back yet, he looked at her with some doubts, and did not dare to speak to her.

……

……

The emperor's coffin is parked in the Sanying Hall. During this period, all the concubines and children of the harem will guard the coffin in the Sanying Hall, and the queen and prince are no exception.

Outside the Sanying Hall is the place where civil and military officials pay homage to the crying spirit. According to the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites, they come and cry for several hours in turn.

Therefore, inside and outside the Sanying Hall, there were constant cries, accompanied by the sound of monks chanting scriptures and doing things, there was no quiet time, and movements could be heard outside several palace walls.

On this day, it was Xie Yuan's turn to enter the palace to pay respects. He searched for the voice and went all the way to the palace, and saw the queen kneeling on the head of the coffin, her eyes red in a trance.

A little maid next to her kept adding yellow paper into the cauldron, and an official walked around her quietly from behind, holding a memorial in his hand for her to read.

Empress Feng Boyang lowered her eyes, and her eyebrows like distant mountains were tired and slightly sad. After listening, she took out the private seal that she carried with her and covered her head.

The prince knelt beside her, lowered his head and played with his fingers.

Although Xie Yuan knew that such a young child would not feel too much sadness about life and death, especially adults who don't have deep feelings, because they don't have such a deep consciousness, just like when she guarded the souls of the Xie family back then, Not a few tears either.

But seeing the prince so ignorant of sorrow, and not knowing how powerful it is in such a turbulent period, I still feel worried unconsciously.

She sighed, and made a big salute to Emperor Ulei's coffin amidst the ceremonial officer's chants, kowtowed, and put her hands on the ground.

She didn't cry exaggeratedly like other officials, but fell on the ground for a long time without looking up.

When she raised her head again, her eyes were red, she pursed her lips stubbornly, walked to the queen's side, knelt down opposite her, added yellow paper to the sacrificial cauldron, and said:
"Queen... I heard from Your Majesty that you don't want to discipline the Crown Prince, but now that His Majesty is gone, the Crown Prince needs some advice from you, and I'm afraid you will have to worry about it in the future."

Empress Feng Boyang raised her eyes and pulled herself together. She looked at Xie Yuan and didn't speak for a while.

Xie Yuan saw that her gaze seemed to be bitter, but it didn't look like it, so he asked directly in a low voice:
"what happened?"

"It's nothing..." the queen said lightly, averting her eyes.

The queen wondered if her sadness was real, she had been hiding her feelings for so long, maybe she couldn't tell the truth from the fake.

After all, the heart is so bitter that others can't see it. At this time, she is still asking her how to educate the prince in the future. It can be seen that in their eyes, she is really not a big problem.

Unlike those concubines next to her... crying so much that their intestines would break.

"Thank you, General, for your hard work." She said, "Thanks to you and Shen Shizhong, who came back with His Majesty's will, and planned it carefully, otherwise, we don't know what will happen."

Xie Yuan lowered his eyes and said nothing, seemed to choke up for a moment, then endured the pain and said:
"Sorry, we didn't protect him well."

What she said was sincere and full of remorse. Empress Feng Boyang's heart, which was still calm just now, was suddenly poked in pain, and tears fell down in a snap.

But soon, she raised her chin, stubbornly stopped her tears, and returned to her deep-minded and unfathomable appearance.

……

Xie Yuan came out of the hall, followed the eunuch's guidance to his own position, knelt on the futon and lowered his head.

Although everyone around her was crying and she had a fair reason to cry, she still felt embarrassed.

But I couldn't bear the soreness in my heart, so I had to secretly wipe my tears again and again, and lowered my head to my shoulders.

I don't know how long it took, the hem of the clothes picked up the wind, and there were people kneeling on both sides, Xie Yuan stopped crying, and raised his head to make himself less embarrassed.

Only then did she see that Shen Liuzhen was on one side and Shi Yuhengjia was on the other.

The faces of the two were ugly, as if they were enemies, and she was caught in the middle, not knowing what happened.

These few days they are busy with their own business, and they have no time to meet and talk at all. This is a rare opportunity.

Xie Yuan hesitated for a moment, so he could only ask in a low voice:
"Liu Zhen, how is your health, have you taken your medicine on time?"

Shi Yu Hengjia suddenly gritted his teeth and whispered: "...what kind of medicine do you take, why don't you die?"

Shen Liuzhen was also unkind, and answered coldly:

"You hate me so much? Even at the expense of violating His Majesty's will?"

"You still have the face to mention him? If it weren't for you, how could something happen to His Majesty?! I can't wait to take your skin off now!"

Shi Yuhengjia really hated it so much, his eyes were red while talking, his canthus was about to split, and his teeth were about to be bitten off.

When these words came to Shen Liuzhen's sore spot, his face turned pale, he fell silent, and started to cough violently. The painful and difficult cough made Xie Yuan's heart throbbing with pain.

While holding Shen Liuzhen and patting her back, she said:
"My lord, he has suffered enough. In the final analysis, it was the Queen Mother Bao who assassinated His Majesty. It's all my fault. I didn't expect that the Queen Mother Bao would assassinate His Majesty after taking poison and committing suicide. My reaction was a step slower... It's all my fault..."

She blamed herself and choked up again as she spoke.

Shen Liuzhen coughed up blood again, he looked at the blood on his handkerchief, panted and smiled, but his eyes were painful, like a lunatic.

Shi Yu Hengjia deliberately didn't look at them, hated and sad in his heart, and said with tears:
"If His Majesty hadn't left a letter, I would have killed all of you who accompanied me! Especially Shen Liuzhen... I asked all the guards, eunuchs, imperial physicians, and historians who accompanied me, what did you say? I know all the words...Shen Liuzhen, if you die like this, God will really see you!"

(End of this chapter)