Chapter 521 Falling Tile

For several days in a row, the woman was eaten dry.

No energy during the day, no rest at night.

However, although Xie Jingyu bullied her badly, he still loved his wife dearly no matter where she was, on the bed, couch, or table.

The Empress Dowager was reluctant to let Princess Qi Yang rest in peace and insisted on finding Princess Yao Guang first. The Emperor understood the Empress Dowager's feelings, but Duke Song, Prince Qing and others turned the capital upside down and still couldn't find Princess Yao Guang. God knows when they will find her.

If he were to disappear like the prince consort, with no news for four years, with no one seeing him alive or his body dead, would Princess Qi Yang be kept from being buried?

The Queen Mother also knew that it was not right to not bury her daughter, but Princess Qi Yang had only one daughter in her life, Princess Yao Guang. Princess Qi Yang once said that her daughter was the apple of her eye. After her death, she would rather let Yao Guang smash the clay pot for her than let anyone else do it.

The Queen Mother just wanted Lady Yaoguang to handle this matter. This was a decision made by her daughter herself.

The emperor also wanted to obey the empress dowager, but the whereabouts of Princess Yaoguang were unknown at the moment, so he could only find her later and let her pay more tribute to Princess Qiyang.

The Emperor said, "I have ordered Prince Cheng to help Princess Qiyang break the tiles and raise her body, and have ordered all civil and military officials and their families to bury Princess Qiyang in the imperial mausoleum."

This is enough honor for Princess Qi Yang.

Otherwise, according to custom, it was the eldest son-in-law's nephew who broke the clay basin. The married daughter of Princess Qi Yang could not be buried in the imperial mausoleum without the emperor's permission and enjoy royal incense in the future.

The Empress Dowager agreed that Princess Qi Yang could only enjoy these honors if she was buried now. She insisted on waiting for Lady Yao Guang to be found. It would be fine if the Empress Dowager could hold on until then, but if she was gone, the Emperor might not give her these honors.

Queen Song and Nanny Gui both persuaded the Queen Mother, and she agreed with tears in her eyes.

The emperor ordered all civil and military officials to bring their families to see Princess Qiyang off. When Xie Jingyu went to see the emperor, he asked for leave on behalf of Chen Wan, saying, "Wan'er has been unwell these past two days. I'm afraid she won't be able to attend Princess Qiyang's funeral..."

What a certain gentleman said is true.

The emperor thought he was reluctant to let Shen Wan go through the pain of attending the funeral. When Concubine Chen was buried, Shen Wan was not present because she was pregnant. The emperor also did not want his daughter to suffer. "There are so many people accompanying Princess Qi Yang, Wan'er is not a big deal. Let her stay in the mansion with peace of mind."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your permission."

Chen Wan had no close relationship with Princess Qi Yang, so exempting her from attending the funeral was exactly what Chen Wan wanted.

Just walking from Princess Qi Yang's residence to the imperial mausoleum was enough to endure, not to mention having to stop and kneel nine times along the way.

On the day of Princess Qi Yang's burial, Chen Wan did not go to the funeral. He did not want to do anything that would give people a chance to talk about him, so he did not go out and just stayed in the house to play with the two children.

The child was giggling when Dong'er ran in from outside, panting, "Princess, a very strange thing happened at the funeral today..."

Shen Wan looked up at Dong'er, and Shanhu had already asked aloud, "What weird thing?"

Dong'er said, "Princess Qiyang has no children, and the Lady of Yaoguang County has disappeared. The Emperor ordered Prince Cheng to break tiles to bury Princess Qiyang. But Prince Cheng broke the tiles twice, and the tiles didn't break..."

Shen Wan felt a little creepy when he heard it.

After all, she was possessed by a jade pendant three years after her death in her previous life. She had personally experienced these things about gods and ghosts and could not help but believe them.

Princess Qi Yang was unwilling to let Xiao Yun exorcise her body.

It was Prince Qing and Queen Song who killed her. Princess Qi Yang might have already known that Xiao Yun was their son. It would be strange if Princess Qi Yang was willing to let Prince Cheng exorcise her body.

Yinchuan asked, "And then?"

Dong'er said, "The Duke of Song asked the eldest son-in-law's nephew to throw it, but it didn't break. The Crown Prince asked Prince Ling to throw it, but guess what happened? The tile that Prince Cheng couldn't break, Prince Ling threw it and it shattered..."

At that time, all civil and military officials were in Princess Qi Yang's mansion, and there were quite a few people in the mourning hall.

King Cheng couldn't break the tile, so the ministers looked at each other in confusion. His nephew couldn't break it either. Xie Jingyu looked at the tile that fell to the ground intact, and directly asked King Ling to break it, which made all the officials unbelievable.

Firstly, as a minister, Xie Jingyu should not order a prince around. The emperor asked Prince Cheng to smash the clay basin for Princess Qi Yang, but he might not agree to let Prince Ling do this. Furthermore, Princess Qi Yang did not allow Prince Cheng and the eldest son-in-law's nephew to smash it for her, obviously wanting to wait for County Master Yaoguang. Could it be that Prince Ling has more face?

Those ministers were all waiting for Prince Ling to be rejected, and Xiao Yun thought so too. As a result, the clay basin that he had failed to break twice was smashed into pieces by Xiao Huaijin.

The mourning hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Xiao Yun's face was pitch black.

Prince Ling himself was also very confused.

real.

If the clay pot wasn't right under their noses, he couldn't help but wonder if Xie Jingyu had replaced it for him...

Xiao Huaijin broke the clay basin, so naturally he came to act as a filial son and buried Princess Qi Yang.

The linen clothes on Xiao Yun were taken off and put on Xiao Huaijin.

Xiao Huaijin, "..."

Wearing mourning clothes is not a good thing, so why would his brother-in-law take on such a task for him?

The servants helped Xiao Huaijin put on mourning clothes, and Xiao Huaijin looked at Xie Jingyu.

Xie Jingyu said, "Princess Qiyang is willing to let you bury her. She will bless you in the afterlife."

Xiao Yun's face was already in a bad state, and now it looked even uglier.

Princess Qi Yang blesses Xiao Huaijin, but that also means she won't bless him.

But no one could refute Xie Jingyu's words. The clay pot that he had failed to break twice was broken by Xiao Huaijin!

If it wasn't for the fact that the person being buried today was Princess Qi Yang, Xiao Yun would have simply walked away.

There are many taboos in funerals, and everyone would rather believe it. When such a weird thing happened, it was spread like wildfire.

When the news reached Shen Wan's ears, it naturally also reached the ears of the Queen Mother, Queen Song, and the Emperor.

The Queen Mother leaned on the large pillow, her tears almost dried up. She was so sick that she couldn't even get out of bed and see her daughter for the last time.

The Queen Mother felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife and she burst into tears.

The father-in-law came in quickly, "Empress Dowager..."

Aunt Gui asked, "What's the matter?"

The eunuch said quickly, "It wasn't King Cheng who acted as a filial son and buried Princess Qiyang. It was, it was..."

I didn't dare to continue.

Everyone in Shoukang Palace knew that the Queen Mother disliked Prince Ling.

Nanny Gui asked, "How could it not be Prince Cheng? The Emperor ordered Prince Cheng to smash the tiles and raise the coffin for Princess Qiyang. Who would dare to stop him?"

"Qi, Princess Qi Yang won't let me..."

Aunt Gui was shocked. "How could it be?"

The eunuch said, "King Cheng threw the pot twice, but it didn't break."

"What then?" asked the Queen Mother anxiously.

The eunuch replied, "Even the eldest son-in-law's nephew couldn't break it. The Prince of Jingbei asked Prince Ling to throw it, and it broke as soon as Prince Ling threw it..."

"The one who buried Princess Qi Yang was——"

"Prince Ling."

Aunt Gui was so shocked that she couldn't recover. "How is this possible?"

"Has the clay pot been tampered with?"

The father-in-law shook his head, "Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, no one can do anything..."

It was Duke Song and the Ministry of Rites who handled Princess Qi Yang's funeral. If there was any change, it would only be Duke Song. The Prince of Jingbei has nothing better to do than to take care of the affairs of a clay pot.

Nanny Gui looked at the Queen Mother, "How could the Princess..."

Others don’t know, but Princess Qi Yang knows that Prince Ling is the son of Princess Jin and the Emperor.

Why would Princess Qiyang not let Prince Cheng raise her body, but instead let Prince Ling do this?

The more Nanny Gui thought about it, the colder she felt down her spine.