Chapter 389 Idiot

Pei Huaijin also felt that mourning clothes should not be worn casually, but this was the only one he had left at the time. As someone who had been in the death row of the Ministry of Justice, he was not afraid of any bad luck.

He picked it up and put it on. The Prince of Yuzhang wanted to strip it off, while scolding the officers and soldiers. Xie Jingyu said, "Just wear it like this. Huaijin is a filial son to the Empress Chen. The Empress Chen will bless him in the afterlife."

Prince Yuzhang took off half of it and then decisively put it on Pei Huaijin.

When Shen Ji asked about it at this moment, Pei Huaijin hurried to take it off, and the emperor said, "Put it on."

Pei Huaijin froze there.

Should he wear it or not?

Can you give me a definite answer?

After the emperor said these two words, he walked towards the coffin of Concubine Chen.

Each step became heavier.

The voice, appearance and smile of the person in his memory are still before his eyes, but he will never see her again in this life.

Even the remaining pile of bones took many twists and turns to be brought back to Beijing.

The emperor set up a mourning hall in Taiyuan Hall for worship. The Minister of Rites and the Right looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Taiyuan Hall was where the late emperor's body was laid to rest. Even the empress might not be qualified to lay her body there. Normally, they should have advised the emperor to find another place, but the journey of the concubine Chen's coffin back to the capital was quite conspicuous, and seeing the emperor's sad expression, they did not dare to offend him.

But they dare not, there are those who dare.

Duke Song objected, "Your Majesty, the coffins of concubines are usually kept in Yonghe Hall."

Duke Song was the emperor's uncle, and the body of his sister, Queen Song, was placed in Taiyuan Hall. This was an honor only the mother of a country could have. If a concubine could enjoy this honor, how could the queen's dignity be shown?

The Left Prime Minister echoed, "It is indeed against etiquette for the Empress Chen to rest her body in the Taiyuan Hall."

Chen Ji said unhappily, "Concubine Chen sacrificed her life to save the Emperor, and she never enjoyed a single day of luxury in the Emperor's harem. She has been dead for fifteen years, but her remains are only allowed to rest in the Taiyuan Palace for a few days. What's so against etiquette?"

The left prime minister said, "One thing should be treated separately and not mixed up."

Xie Jingyu looked at the emperor and said, "Fortunately, the emperor sent me and others to meet them, otherwise the coffin of Concubine Chen would not have been returned. I found a special weapon among the weapons used by those assassins. I brought it back to the palace and ask the emperor to take a look."

Chen Ping presented the knife.

There is a word engraved on the handle of the knife——

Song Dynasty.

Seeing the mark, Duke Song's face turned green, "This is a false accusation!"

The people he sent out didn't need such weapons at all!

Xie Jingyu said, "It was Duke Song who opposed the Emperor's taking back Consort Chen. It was also Duke Song who stopped the Emperor from conferring the title of Consort Chen. Now it's you, Duke Song, who are not allowing her body to rest in Taiyuan Hall. You, Duke Song, are the biggest suspect in all the assassinations we've encountered along the way!"

When Xie Jingyu took out the knife, Duke Song was already busy with his own affairs, so how could he care about where to place the body of Concubine Chen?

Xie Jingyu used a knife to suppress the Duke of Song, the Left Prime Minister and others.

The coffin of Concubine Chen was successfully carried into the Taiyuan Hall.

Shoukang Palace.

The Queen Mother sat on the phoenix chair, her face so gloomy that you could almost pinch water out of it.

The woman’s coffin was finally brought to Beijing!

It's hundreds of miles from Suizhou to Kyoto, and they couldn't even destroy a skeleton. What kind of good-for-nothings did Duke Song have under his wing?!

Can't you even handle such a small thing?!

Since last night, the Queen Mother has been so angry that she can't eat.

A young eunuch walked in quickly, but before he got close, he was stopped by Nanny Gui with a wave of her hand.

There will be no good news if we report to the Queen Mother at this time.

Nanny Gui was afraid that the Queen Mother would get angry and do something bad.

The Queen Mother gritted her teeth and said, "Let him speak!"

The young eunuch stepped forward and said timidly, "The Emperor has set up a mourning hall for Concubine Chen in the Hall of Supreme Harmony..."

Swish.

The Queen Mother's face turned pale and she was so angry that she couldn't breathe.

The Empress Dowager gripped the handle of the Phoenix Chair tightly, "It's fine that the Emperor favors that woman, but he's humiliating the late Emperor by keeping his body in the Hall of Supreme Harmony!"

How could such a shameless woman set up a mourning hall in the place where the late emperor's body was laid to rest?!

"Duke Song, didn't he stop the emperor?!"

The young eunuch said, "Duke Song, the Left Prime Minister, and others tried to stop him, but failed. The Prince of Jingbei took out the assassin's weapon, which had the mark of the Duke Song's Mansion on it..."

"idiot!"

The Queen Mother was so angry that her heart was throbbing.

He couldn't get the job done, but he still left the evidence behind. Was he trying to piss her off to death?!

When she thought about how the Prince of Song personally led people to stop the coffin of Concubine Chen from entering the capital, and all the assassins he brought were killed, and she herself was barely captured alive, but had a rib broken by a kick, and was now lying in bed recuperating, the Queen Mother was extremely disappointed with the Prince of Song and his son.

The eunuch hesitated to speak, and the Queen Mother saw this and said, "Is there anything else you haven't reported?!"

The young eunuch said, "The Emperor has sent the Prince of Jingbei, the Prince of Yuzhang, the Prince of Dingguo, the Prince of Yong, and more than a dozen other young masters from aristocratic families to meet them. The scale of the deployment is said to have exceeded the Empress's regulations..."

The Queen Mother's armored hands were about to dig into the phoenix chair.

Not only did they change their appearance and bring Lin Qingyin's remains back to the capital with great fanfare, but they also held her funeral according to the rules for an empress. Did they really think that she, the empress dowager, no longer existed?!

The Queen Mother regretted that she was blind back then. The Emperor, who thought he was obedient and easy to control, pretended to obey her but actually disobeyed her in every way. She felt that the sinister and deep-minded Prince Qing had been obedient for so many years.

She helped the emperor ascend the throne, and this is how he repays her?!

He loved Lin Qingyin so deeply, it might not be the emperor who poisoned her son on their wedding night!

The Queen Mother was filled with regret, and cold murderous intent flashed in her eyes.

Revenge for the murder of a son——

Irreconcilable!

The mourning hall was quickly set up, the emperor offered incense to Concubine Chen, and all officials paid tribute to her.

Xie Jingyu burned some paper for Concubine Chen. He had been away from Beijing for several days and didn't know what was happening with Prince Jingbei's Mansion. He had to go back and take a look to feel at ease.

After taking off their mourning clothes and handing them to their eunuch, Xie Jingyu and Prince Yuzhang rode out of the palace.

Pei Huaijin didn't leave, so the emperor kept him. "You should wear mourning clothes and kneel here to burn paper."

Pei Huaijin, “…”

A group of ministers sympathized with Pei Huaijin.

It turns out that unlucky people are the most unlucky wherever they go.

Not only did he wear mourning clothes for the Concubine Chen for no apparent reason, but he was the only one who stayed and continued to burn paper after everyone else left. He was really unlucky.

Prince Yuzhang kept looking back and said to Xie Jingyu, "You're leaving just like that, aren't you going to save Pei Huaijin?"

Xie Jingyu said, "I can't save him, so I can only come back to replace him."

Wearing mourning clothes for Concubine Chen was what Pei Huaijin should do. Even if he didn't, the emperor would probably find an excuse to keep him here to burn paper for him.

Shen Wan is pregnant, otherwise she would have to come.

After being married for so long, this was the first time he had been away from Chen Wan for so long. He missed her very much in his heart, and he rode back as fast as he could after leaving the palace.

Prince Yuzhang and his companions chatted and laughed, and agreed to have a drink at Deyue Tower tomorrow and then go back home.

When Prince Yuzhang returned to his palace, he stepped into the palace with his left foot first and was beaten with a feather duster by Prince Teng.

Princess Teng asked, "My son has been away from the capital for so long, why did you hit him?"

Prince Teng's hands were shaking as he held the feather duster. "Do you know what this evil creature did?!"

"The Prince of Jingbei asked him to gather a few people to go and meet the Concubine Chen, but he went ahead and summoned more than a dozen people, all of whom were of high status!"

"That scene made me black out!"

How could he give birth to such a stupid thing?

Prince Teng was extremely angry.

Princess Teng was also angry and said, "This is not a good thing. Why did you call so many people to go?"

The Prince of Yuzhang had nothing to say.

You can't say that he thought it was a good thing and that's why he called so many people together.

“They volunteered!”

It was not just the Prince of Yuzhang who was beaten.

Those young masters from aristocratic families who were used to being beaten were being beaten, and those who were used to being scolded were being scolded.

No one was spared.