The Peerless Concubine of the King's Favorite

Chapter 440 The Immortal Couple, a Shocking Legend (End) (5)
"It's all my fault, it's my fault..." Sang Youqing repeated the words in her mouth dully, as if everything outside had nothing to do with her.

Zhao Sheng put his arms around her and comforted her softly: "This is none of your business, you never knew that Chu Qing would be so decisive."

hum hum—

The sound of crying spread, and the people in the palace suddenly lost all their masters, and could only kneel on the ground, wiping away their tears.

A sad atmosphere spread in the apse. Zhao Chenggan supported Sang Youqing and sighed again and again. Suddenly, his eyes fell on the handwritten paper in front of Jiujiu.

"What is that?" Zhao Shengqian asked suddenly.

Jiujiu was stunned for a moment, met Zhao Shengqian's eyes, and then realized that he picked up the paper from the ground with both hands, stood up, and handed it to the latter.

Zhao Shengqian took it and saw that it was actually a suicide note written by Chu Qing in advance.

Above, she distributed her Jiuming business name to several loyal subordinates, and half of the property obtained from disrupting the North Korean economy this time was distributed to the families of the martyrs who died on the battlefield, and the remaining half was filled into Southern Chu State Treasury.

Zhao Shengqian looked at the suicide note that arranged all the funeral affairs properly, sighed, slowly lowered his hands, and said in a low and sad way: "It is Chu's great fortune to have the concubine Shang, the god of war. Returning to the heaven to serve, my grief is unspeakable, and my heart aches like twists. Only Zhao Shenghao, the king of Xiaoyao, can be named as the king of the town, enjoy the treatment of an emperor, build temples throughout the country to worship, and be awarded the title of military god; The first-rank concubine enjoys the treatment of a queen, and enjoys the incense of the people of the whole country with the king of the town. The two are buried together in the imperial mausoleum, where they are worshiped and enshrined by the heirs and grandchildren of the great Chu emperor. The younger brother of the concubine is named Xiaoyaohou, hereditary. For Mrs. Anle and Mrs. Huarong, they enjoy the royal salary. The former Xiaoyao King’s land was divided into the Chu family. The Xiaoyao King’s Mansion granted the Town King’s Mansion, and the Chu State is here, and the Zhen King’s Mansion is here.”

"My Emperor Shengming..."

Such a super honor, but no one dared to refute it.

In just one day, the people of the Jianning capital city were once again shocked. All the shops under the Jiuming Company were hung with white cloths, and all the workers and managers were also dressed in sackcloth and mourning to see their masters off.

In every city across the country, the ancestral halls of the King of the Town are being built, and the images of Zhao Shenghao and Chu Qing are also distributed to various places. The best stonemasons from all over the place carefully carve and polish the stone statues that can stand forever and enjoy the folk incense forever.

The news spread from Southern Chu to North Korea, crossed countless cities, and finally fell into the palace in Hanze City.

Gao Zhiyou, who was busy cleaning up the mess that Chu Qing had created, never imagined how much shock this news would bring to him when it appeared before his eyes.

Chu Qing is dead!

Gao Zhiyou forgot how he returned to the bedroom, he only remembered that he had ordered no one or anything to disturb him, he wanted to have a good quiet time.

Late at night, in the North Korean imperial palace, the majestic and majestic palace is like a beast entrenched in the dark night.

After Gao Yuefei handled some important official duties on behalf of her elder brother, she came outside Gao Zhiyou's palace alone.

Inside the hall, you can still vaguely hear the roaring sound like a wild beast, with depressive pain and struggle.

Gao Yuefei didn't bother Brother Huang, but stood under the pillar outside the hall, raised her head slightly, and looked at the bright moon hanging in the sky.The cold moonlight sprinkled on her body, and the jade floor under her feet reflected her vague shadow.

She stared at the moonlight, her heroic eyebrows lost their previous brilliance, the bottom of her beautiful eyes was hazy, and a tear dripped down her eye socket.

Whispering to the moon: "I have done what I promised you, I hope you can really find the freedom you want... a good journey."

At this moment, when the whole world is accusing her of the crime of stabbing people in the back, who knows that she and the imperial brother in the palace are actually just emotional losers?
It's just that, for him, she is willing to bear the infamy of this life and bury this secret forever in her heart.

After autumn, the sun is fierce and the earth is scorching hot.

The weather prevented the corpse from being parked for too long.

As a last resort, Emperor Chu Zhao Shengqian had no choice but to order that after the coffins of the king and his wife had been parked for seven days, they would be buried in the royal cemetery at an auspicious time.

Before leaving the palace, Zhao Shengqian came alone outside Chunyuan Palace where Zhao Cong lived.

He shunned the servants and maids, walked to Zhao Cong's door alone, looked at the closed door, heard the sound of wooden fish chanting sutras, and said slowly: "Father, today we are going to see brother Hao and his wife off." Are you still refusing to come out for the last leg?"

The wooden fish paused for a moment, but there was still no response from the room.

After a while, the sound of the wooden fish sounded again, but it was not as smooth as before, and became a little hurried.

Zhao Shengqian lowered the corners of his eyes, and slowly stepped back, leaving Chunyuan Palace.

The coffins of Zhao Shenghao and Chu Qing were placed, and under the witness of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, the lid of the coffin was closed and the coffin nails were nailed on.

Starting from the palace...

The funeral procession was very huge, including the Royal Palace Guards, Imperial Palace Guards, generals of the Gyeonggi Camp, managers of the Jiuming Company, Chu Qing's subordinates, hundreds of civil and military officials, and thousands of people.

Zhao Shenghao and Chu Qing had no heirs, and there was no next generation in the royal family, so Zhao Shengqian selected a hundred boys and girls from the princes and nobles, and dressed them in linen and filial piety as filial sons in mourning.

On this day, the shops in Jianning Capital City were closed and all businesses were suspended.

On this day, horns continued and drums sounded.

On this day, thousands of people empty the alleys and kneel down the street to see them off.

On this day, the road to the funeral was covered with white ghost coins, just like the first snow in autumn.

People walked slowly, slowly sent the coffin out of Jianning City, and headed for the royal cemetery dozens of miles away.

On the way, no one left early and put down all their affairs.Today, there is nothing bigger than this.

The wide official road gradually became narrower, and the team stretching for more than ten miles meandered up like a long snake and entered the mountains.

The royal family of Southern Chu used mountains as their mausoleums.

The kings of all dynasties searched for suitable mountain peaks, hollowed out the mountain walls, and used them as mausoleums where they would sleep peacefully after death.

Zhao Shenghao's mausoleum began to be built when he succeeded King Xiaoyao, and it has been repaired for more than ten years.However, the emperor's words of "enjoy the qualifications of the emperor" caused countless craftsmen to expand the scale of the tomb in just a few days.

The funerary objects and burial system are all in accordance with the emperor's level.

The sloping tomb passage, the thick broken dragon stone, and behind it, there is a dark tomb passage, which symbolizes the separation of yin and yang from now on.

According to the rules, except for those who deliver the coffin, the living can only be outside the mausoleum.

The person responsible for sending Zhao Shenghao and his wife to the coffin for the joint burial was naturally the closest guard in front of him. 16 people, carrying the huge coffin, slowly entered the tomb passage, and illuminated the direction of the tomb passage with the torches in their hands.

(End of this chapter)