176. Chapter 176 When the funeral is in progress
That night, Huangfu Yi sent Tang Ruoxue's body back. When she sent it back, the injuries on her body had been completely healed. Most people could not tell how she died. At first glance, it looked no different from falling asleep, except that her body was a little cold.
Fortunately, Tang Ruoxue often disappeared for a day or two, so the maid in her bedroom didn't say anything when she found out that she was not there.
But the next day they found something was wrong. Tang Ruoxue lay on the bed motionless, and could not wake up no matter how she screamed. Jinghua walked to the edge of the bed and reached her nose with trembling hands. The breathless feeling scared Jinghua so much that she fell to the ground.
"How is it possible? Hurry up, go and pass on the imperial doctor." Jinghua quickly waved his hand and said.
The maids next to them didn't quite understand what was going on, but when they saw Jinghua's fearful look, they immediately understood and ran out. After a while, the imperial doctor came. After taking Tang Ruoxue's pulse, they found that she had been dead for a long time. For a moment, all the maids in Tang Ruoxue's bedroom shed tears of sadness, especially Jinghua, because the empress dowager died, her lofty status disappeared.
"How is it possible? The Queen Mother is in such good health, how can she die suddenly? No, it must be Pluto who killed the Queen Mother, it must be him. I want to go to find the Emperor." Jinghua said nonsense, and was about to run out as she said.
When he arrived at the door of the study, Jinghua made a big fuss there despite the guard's obstruction. After hearing this, Huangfu Jue's eyes turned slightly cold. He threw down the things in his hand and asked the eunuchs and supervisor beside him to go out to see what was going on.
"Bold Jinghua, how can this be a noisy place?" After the eunuch and general manager around Huangfu Jue walked out, he said angrily when he saw Jinghua. Not everyone can come to the study room, let alone she shouted so much.
Jinghua's face turned pale. Because she was too anxious, she forgot what this place was. She quickly lowered her posture and said, "Mr. Qin, I have no choice. The empress dowager has passed away, but her health has always been very good. Someone must have harmed me. Because I was anxious, I lost my composure."
When he heard Jinghua say that the Empress Dowager passed away, General Manager Qin narrowed his eyes and looked at Jinghua unhappily: "The bold Jinghua actually dared to curse the Empress Dowager. This is a serious crime of beheading."
Jinghua shook his head quickly and explained anxiously: "Mr. Qin, what I said is true, the Empress Dowager is really... the imperial doctor is still in the Empress Dowager's bedroom."
Seeing Jinghua's anxious look, General Manager Qin was also a little confused. After thinking about it, he turned around and walked into the study room, and whispered in Huangfu Jue's ear. Huangfu Jue suddenly stood up from the chair, and the memorials on the table were scattered all over the ground because of his momentary excitement.
"How is it possible? Go and take a look." After saying that, he ignored the memorial on the ground and walked out directly. Manager Qin glanced at it and shook his head helplessly, and hurriedly followed him, thinking for a while before coming to clean up.
When she followed Huangfu Jue to the Empress Dowager's bedroom, everyone in the palace was crying, and even the imperial doctor looked sad. Although Tang Ruoxue did a lot of mistakes, she was the Empress Dowager of a country after all.
Huangfu Jue stood beside the bed and looked at Tang Ruoxue with a calm expression on the bed. He didn't know what it felt. After a while, he knelt on the ground. As soon as Huangfu Jue knelt down, everyone knelt down.
"If the order is passed on, the empress dowager passed away and was injured nationwide for three months. If you cannot marry within three months, any activities are prohibited." Huangfu Jue said in a deep voice.
Manager Qin hurriedly said yes, and walked to the door and angry at the people next to him, and then someone went to ring the death knell.
When the people in Rongcheng heard the sound, they were stunned at first, and then they all knelt on the ground. They didn't understand why, only Huangfu Yi looked calm.
"Yue'er, you are in the palace now, I have to go and have a look." Huangfu Yi said after a long silence.
"Don't I have to go?" Yan Ziyue tilted her head and looked at Huangfu Yi. Although she didn't want to go, she should still ask.
Huangfu Yi was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Let's go together, so as not to lose the word."
Yan Ziyue nodded, went back to the room and changed into plain clothes, followed Huangfu Yi into the palace. When he was at the entrance of the palace, he met Huangfu Yu and his wife who were also rushing there.
Seeing Zixuan having a big belly and having to run around, Yan Ziyue frowned: "Zixuan, why are you here too?" Her belly has been around for six or seven months, what should I do if I don't believe something happens?
"I'm fine, don't worry, the empress dowager passed away, but it's a bit unreasonable." Zixuan smiled at Yan Ziyue, and then spoke.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, Xuan'er just came here to see it today, she doesn't have to follow the guards." Before Yan Ziyue could speak, Huangfu Yu said, and after listening to his words, Yan Ziyue felt a little relieved.
"That's good." Yan Ziyue nodded, and then thought that they had to kneel down? She couldn't stand it.
Huangfu Yi, who knew Yan Ziyue, saw Yan Ziyue frowning and naturally knew what she was thinking. He reached out and rubbed her head, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Yue'er, just kneel down, it's no big deal."
"But I don't like it." Yan Ziyue hadn't kneeled down before anyone could, so she didn't kneel down.
Huangfu Yi looked at Yan Ziyue helplessly and finally said, "Then tell the emperor that you should take care of Zixuan, that's all." He didn't want Yan Ziyue to suffer either.
Although Huangfu Yi thought so, he forgot the customs of this country. Only the biological son would keep a spirit in front of the spirit, and he would not need a stepson or a concubine's son, so he was worried in vain.
Sure enough, when the two entered the palace, Huangfu Jue had already changed into mourning clothes and knelt in front of the spirit. Seeing that Huangfu Yu had also changed into clothes and knelt beside Huangfu Jue.
"Yi will come here in the past few days, so I will leave it to you." He and Huangfu Yu were both on guard, and he was the only one idle, so he had to let him go to receive him.
"Don't worry, brother, I will do it." Huangfu Yi nodded, frowned slightly, and a hint of impatient flashed quickly in his eyes. This shows how much he hates to receive those people, but the current situation also forces him to go.
When he returned to the palace, Huangfu Yi took a break and then began to prepare.
"Yue'er may be very busy during this period. Do you know if you take good care of yourself? Let Mo Yu ask the kitchen to make it for you. Don't wait for me to come back at night, and go to bed if you are sleepy." Before going to the palace, Huangfu Yi reminded Yan Ziyue again and again, for fear that she would not know how to cherish her body and not eat and sleep well.
Yan Ziyue flattened her mouth. She wanted to say that she couldn't sleep without Huangfu Yi, but thinking that he really didn't have time recently, she could only nodded gently: "Then you have to take good care of yourself, and you have to say anything you need to help."
"Okay, I'll leave first." After kissing Yan Ziyue's cheek, Huangfu Yi took Chijiu away, and Mo Yu stayed by Yan Ziyue's side to help her handle everything.
In just three days, many strangers came to Rongcheng, as well as many dignitaries. Yan Ziyue met many when she went out.
Sitting in Qingtian Restaurant, Yan Ziyue sat by the window, looking at the crowded street below and sighed slightly. Yi hadn't come back for several days, and she hadn't seen him for several days, and she missed him.
After a while in the restaurant, Yan Ziyue went back slowly. Zixuan was too heavy and Yan Ziyue didn't dare to play with her. She could only stroll around every day, wanting to help, but Huangfu Yi was unwilling to do so, afraid that she would be tired.
As he walked, he suddenly stopped someone in front of him and looked up at the person. Yan Ziyue said angrily: "A good dog won't block the way."
The man's face froze and his mouth twitched: "Miss, I'm just asking for directions."
"Let me find someone else." After saying that, he pushed the person away and left. The man looked at Yan Ziyue's back as he left, and his smile turned ugly. This was the first time he was treated like this. He was still a woman. Should he say that the woman in this place is looking for death or bold? No matter which aspect, this woman aroused his interest.
"Master, we should leave, otherwise we won't be able to catch up." The man next to the man said in a low voice in his ear.
The man nodded, looked at the direction of Yan Ziyue leaving, and a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I will meet sooner or later, and we don't rush to leave at this moment."
When the man finally found the palace with his followers, Huangfu Yi stood there expressionlessly.
"It turns out that it is His Highness, and I have long admired the name of Daqi."
"Chijiu brings the prince of Xichi and treats him well." Huangfu Yi didn't even look at the person in front of him, and his expression did not change at all. Only Chijiu knew how angry his prince was now and how much he wanted to get angry. After all, the prince hadn't seen the princess for many days, so it would be strange if he wasn't angry.
Xiyue Xiao, the prince of Xichi Kingdom, looked at Huangfu Yi with a very ugly face. However, because he was here to attend the funeral this time, he endured nothing and could only follow Chijiu away hatefully.
After Chijiu and the others left, the Blood-clothed Guard next to Yan Ziyue appeared in front of Huangfu Yi and whispered something. After Huangfu Yi heard this, he was covered in storms and handed over the matter to the ministers next to him. Huangfu Yi strode away. Before the ministers could react, Huangfu Yi had disappeared.
When he returned to the palace, Yan Ziyue was lying on the stone table, holding a flower in her hand, and was extremely bored.
"Princess, let's go out for a walk." Qianyu immediately spoke when she saw Yan Ziyue's idle look.
Yan Ziyue tilted her head and glanced at Qianyu, and said unhappily: "It's not meaningful at all. She will meet some people who are not very eye-catching. And I want to go play with Yi, but I don't want to go alone."
Huangfu Yi heard this when he came in. His originally gloomy face suddenly turned into sunny days. He looked at the person lying there and shook his head funny, and waved to the Qianyu who saw him wanting to salute. Huangfu Yi came to Yan Ziyue's side and sat down. Before she noticed, she directly reached out and hugged Yan Ziyue's waist.
"Ah." Yan Ziyue, who was shocked, was about to take action when she saw Huangfu Yi's familiar face, and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Yi, have you scared me, have you finished your work?"
"No, I just heard someone who missed my princess without knowing the death of life, so let's take a look." Huangfu Yi hugged Yan Ziyue tightly. He hadn't seen her for a few days. He missed her very much.
Yan Ziyue curled her lips dissatisfiedly: "I was in a bad mood at first, and I met an idiot who asked for directions and didn't know how to find someone else? I just wanted to find me, a person who wrote me unhappy from top to bottom."
Huangfu Yi was amused by Yan Ziyue's statement, and reached out to pinch her nose: "You, have you taken good care of yourself these days? Why do I think you have lost weight?"
"Where is it?" Yan Ziyue said quickly, but she didn't know that her attitude made Huangfu Yi not only not believe it, but instead became even more suspicious.
"Okay, I can't sleep if you are not there, and I want to eat the food you cook." Yan Ziyue said unhappily when she saw Huangfu Yi open her eyes wide and looked at her without blinking.
Huangfu Yi sighed helplessly. He didn't want to do this, but there was nothing he could do now.
"Okay, it will take four or five days for the emperor and the others, and the envoys from all countries have arrived. When they are all here, I will feel much more relaxed." Huangfu Yi said helplessly. He didn't want to give up his soft wife, who couldn't sleep alone every day. He wanted to come back tonight, but he was afraid that Yan Ziyue would wake him up, so he didn't come back.
"Then I'll go with you, okay?" Yan Ziyue grabbed Huangfu Yi's sleeve and said pitifully.
"Yue'er has only been a few days, okay, can you be obedient?" Huangfu Yi looked at Yan Ziyue and said seriously. He didn't want Yan Ziyue to be tired.
Seeing that Huangfu Yi, who had always loved her, didn't love her anymore this time, Yan Ziyue was immediately unhappy and her mouth was almost hanging a bottle.
"I don't care about it, I'm going to go, even if I'm watching you be busy next to you." Yan Ziyue pulled Huangfu Yi, as if you didn't agree to me and I wouldn't let you go.
Huangfu Yi looked at Yan Ziyue with a headache, and after a while, he spoke: "Okay, but do you want to say that you know when you are tired?"
Yan Ziyue nodded suddenly, pulled Huangfu Yi and ran out, as if she was afraid that he would go back on her regret.
Chapter completed!