The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 442 Suicide (2)
It was already late at night when we returned to the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion. Mrs. Xu asked someone to keep the door open for them. Zhao Jing hadn't eaten anything all day and was a little panicked with hunger. The maid ordered the kitchen to bring a bowl of purple rice porridge over. .Zhao Jing took two bites, and suddenly remembered that although the little emperor used to be a picky eater, he only liked this purple rice porridge. If he wanted to have a supper in the middle of the night, he must eat a bowl.When she thought of this, she couldn't eat a bite, so she lay down on the table and began to cry.

The maids didn't know what happened, and they didn't dare to persuade her. When they saw that the voice inside had quieted down, Zhao Jing had already fallen asleep at the desk.

When Zhao Jing woke up, she was already lying on the bed.A gleam of white light shone through the east window, she opened her eyes, and saw Xu Si'an already put on official uniform, walking in front of the window.

"Did you come back yesterday?" Zhao Jing's sleepiness disappeared all of a sudden.

"Yesterday, when we discussed until Yinshi, several adults were old and couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep. I heard that you have returned home, so I came back to have a look."

Zhao Jing saw the blue-black stubble on Xu Si'an's chin, and her eyes were a bit gouged. She glanced at the hourglass in the room, frowned and said, "Then you haven't closed your eyes all night?"

"I just took a shower, but I'm not too sleepy. I'm going to the palace again." Xu Si'an walked to Zhao Jing's bed, stretched out his big palm to caress the back of her head, and lowered his head on her forehead. Shang gently kissed and said, "I let Chang Geng stay at the mansion, if you want to go out, let him follow you." Zhao Jing definitely wanted to take a look at the regent's mansion when such a thing happened.

Zhao Jing immediately understood Xu Si'an's meaning, and looked up at him, with countless attachments in her heart, she just hugged his tight waistline, stuck to his chest and abdomen, and gently rubbed against him. The skirt of his clothes said: "Master Hou, I don't believe that the prince will rebel. No matter what happens in the future, if you see him, you must ask him for me why he rebelled and why!"

She cried so much that her whole body trembled, and her tearful eyes made a mess of his clothes.Xu Si'an held her in his arms all the time, and comforted her back with his big palms over and over again. After a long time, only when her crying subsided, he said slowly: "Don't worry, I will definitely ask in person."

Mrs. Xu only found out about the Prince Regent's rebellion after they all left yesterday.When she heard this, she frowned, thinking that her son, who had finally returned to the capital, might go to war again this time.

Zhao Jing went to Songhe Hall early in the morning to pay her respects. The old lady came out of the room yawning. She saw Zhao Jing alone, and asked, "Where is Mr. Hou? Has he left?" Zhao Jing nodded with red eyes, Seeing her like this, Mrs. Xu didn't know what to say, so she sighed a long time and said, "The regent wants to be the emperor, so what did he do? Why bother!"

Zhao Jing was originally heartbroken, but when she heard this, she felt a little dumbfounded. She was a little embarrassed for a while, and finally said to Mrs. Xu: "The prince is rebellious. Is the palace surrounded? Concubine Gong hanged herself."

"Ah..." Mrs. Xu exclaimed, but then calmed down a bit, and only sighed: "Conspiracy is a serious crime that implicates the entire family. If the regent's rebellion, they will have no way out." Although the old lady I don't know much, but I still have a fresh memory of the events of that year. Back then, the old Hou Ye killed his parents and children, in fact, he also wanted to save the lives of other people in the Wu'an Hou Mansion.

Seeing Mrs. Xu like this, Zhao Jing didn't say any more, she just said calmly: "I want to go to the Prince Regent's Mansion to have a look today, the Emperor only ordered the mansion to be surrounded, and everyone inside should be fine, after all, the matter hasn't been clarified yet. The imperial court will not rashly convict."

Although Mrs. Xu didn't know Mrs. Gong very well, she couldn't help but feel sad when she heard the news. She just nodded and said, "Go, help if you can."

The Prince Regent's Mansion usually has many followers and staff, but this time when Zhou Yi went south, he took many people with him.Those who stayed in the mansion were only some wives and concubines in the inner house, and they were naturally panic-stricken after hearing such great news.

Gong's mourning hall has been set up, she used to deal with common affairs in the palace, but now that she has gone, there is not even a person in charge in the palace, and only her staff used to use the usual stewards to do things for her.

Because there were heavy soldiers guarding outside, no one dared to come to express their condolences at this time. If the news reached the ears of the emperor and was involved with the rebels, it would be no joke.But luckily the leading guard knew Chang Geng, so he let Zhao Jing in.

Several little maids beside Gong's were kneeling and weeping in the mourning hall, and there was no silk and bamboo wind music in the yard, they just hung up the white flags, looking deserted and gloomy.

"Just after lunch yesterday, someone from the Gong family came, and I don't know what they said to the side concubine, but at the time of a stick of incense, people from the Ministry of punishment and the soldiers and horses of the five cities came, saying that it was the prince. Rebellion." Chunxiu stared blankly at Gong's coffin in the mourning hall, and said slowly: "The maids went to the room to call Concubine Gong, and saw that she had hanged herself."

(End of this chapter)