Agent Evil Concubine

Chapter 448 Shocking Bad News (2)
Suddenly, although the sound of the three bells was incomparably loud, but with a heavy aura, it swept across the land of the imperial capital of the Xichen Kingdom, and woke up the people who were still sleeping.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

When the three bells tore through the silence of the morning light, they passed through the criss-crossing streets and townships of the Xichen Emperor's capital, passed through the thin cracks in the doors, and entered the ears of the awakened common people.

One of the common people said, "It's really annoying!"

After muttering something, they plucked out their ears that were hurt by the sound of the bell, and the couple on the bed rolled over and closed their sleepy eyes again, ready to chase back the sweet dream they had before.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

Three more ear-piercing bells pierced through the ears, and the sleepy couple, who had been completely chased away, sat up in their clothes with displeased faces.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

Then three extremely ear-piercing bells struck into the aching ears of the couple.

The clothes that were originally on the body, because of the sudden shock of the couple's bodies, instantly slipped onto the pillows behind the couple.

The couple, whose faces were pale with horror, looked at each other for a long time, swallowed the middle-aged man who was spitting, and then asked his wife in a trembling tone: "Just now, how many times have you knocked...knocked... the clock... ... the bell?"

The middle-aged woman who also swallowed a mouthful of spittle not only trembled in her voice, but her body trembled even more: "Knock...knock...nine...nine...nine times."

The couple are no strangers to the bell that pierces the silence of the morning.

Not only are they no strangers, but the couple have heard it many times in the past. This is the sound of the death knell that will only be rung after the death of a distinguished person in the palace, reminding the common people to express their grief in time.

In Xichen Kingdom, once a concubine dies in the harem, one death knell will be rung, and if a very favored concubine dies, three death knells will be rung.

If someone with a more noble body, such as the queen mother, empress, prince, prince, prince, etc., died, six death knells would be rung.

But just now... it was the nine death knells that rang?
Only when Emperor Xichen passed away in all dynasties, will the highest mourning bell be rung to tell the common people: Emperor Xichen has passed away, and the whole country mourns together!

The middle-aged man, who had been confirmed, seemed to have been hit to the soul by the shocking thunder and bad news, and immediately fell to the cold ground with a "plop" in shock...

An hour later, the bright red sun hung high in the clear blue sky, sprinkling incomparably brilliant golden splendor onto the earth.

But this brilliant golden brilliance just like in the past failed to add a little bit of warmth to the land of the Xichen Imperial Capital and the hearts of the common people in the Xichen Imperial Capital.

The emperor of Xichen Kingdom was covered in whiteness everywhere, as if covered by ice and snow in the twelfth lunar month of winter.

Every household hung up white sails, and the red lanterns hung in front of every household were replaced with white lanterns for offering sacrifices.

The common people of the Xichen Imperial City all wore white cloths around their foreheads, wore white clothes, and put a layer of black gauze on their arms, and filled the criss-crossing streets with overwhelming crying sounds. alley.

The cries of the common people, and the grief contained in it, are not known to be true or not.But in the Xichen Palace, the cries of the concubines were not at all fake.

Xichen Palace, inside the emperor's mourning hall, white veils flutter in the wind, and a coffin carved from white jade is placed in the center.

A group of concubines dressed in plain clothes were kneeling in a group on the cold ground, lying on the white coffin cover where Situ Jie's body was placed, howling in grief.

Each of them was really crying, but each of them was not crying because of Situ Jie's "untimely death".

All the concubines were crying for themselves, crying for their miserable fate of being in the cold palace and never getting out.

The cruel and ruthless Situ Jie, when he became the empress, had already wiped out his brothers as a precautionary measure. Even though Situ Jie had three thousand concubines, the empress was the only one who gave birth to the prince.

So once Situ Jie passed away, the prince born to the empress, although only three years old, would undoubtedly become the sole successor of the next Emperor Xichen.

The empress has always hated them deeply. After the national mourning period, the mother is valued by the son, and the empress who has been crowned the empress dowager will not vent her long-suppressed hatred and eradicate them one after another?

With the little prince who was only three years old, the queen who knelt down in front of Situ Jie's coffin in plain clothes was also lying on the white coffin cover, crying bitterly.

The queen who has been alone in the empty palace for many years, the love for Situ Jie in her heart has long since disappeared with the wind because of Situ Jie's accumulated favor and fascination with the concubine.

Therefore, although the tears that the empress shed now are real, the grief in the tears is completely fake, and she secretly rejoices in her heart that she can ascend to the position of empress dowager early.

As for the little prince who is only three years old, how does he know how to cry to express his grief?The reason why he raised his head and cried loudly at this moment is entirely because the arm pinched by the queen is so painful.

Behind the queen and all the concubines, a group of officials above the fifth rank also lay on the ground, crying with tears on their faces.

The first cry is that Emperor Xichen "died young", and the second cry is that the country cannot live without a king for a day. The death of Emperor Xichen is a fact, and it is also a fact that the little prince who is only three years old will inherit the throne in the near future.

A little emperor who is only three years old has not even had all his teeth. How can he manage the civil and military officials to resist the invasion of the enemy country, and how can he make Xichen Kingdom more prosperous?

As for the officials who are not qualified to enter the mourning hall, they can only kneel on the square outside the mourning hall and kowtow to the gate of the mourning hall.

Evening falls--
Along with Situ Jie's white jade coffin, it was sent all the way to the imperial mausoleum for burial.

The truth of Situ Jie's death was spread throughout the streets and alleys of the Xichen Imperial Capital through countless widely posted funeral edicts, which shocked all the common people in the Xichen Imperial Capital.

It turned out that the reason why their Emperor Xichen died was not because he was suffering from a sudden illness that overwhelmed the imperial doctor and led to his sudden death. He was actually brutally killed by Prince Cangyue Ye Yifeng?

At the same time, hundreds of miles away from the capital of Emperor Xichen, on a majestic and towering green hill——

Amidst the radiant glow of the sun, the green hill covered with a layer of bewitching red tulle, lay down and fell asleep drowsily like a giant army.

Countless tents in the shape of giant umbrellas, with black-carved totems embroidered between the curtains, are bathed in warm and gorgeous sunlight, spreading among the vast green mountains and land.

A steed passed through the long mountainside, stepped onto the top of the high green hill, and galloped towards the center of the mountain like a fly.

(End of this chapter)