There is rain in Jinling, and the winter rain is continuous.

The huge harem in the imperial city was empty and looked extremely deserted.

The retired emperor left, saying that he wanted to relax. The Yu Dynasty was so big and the scenery was so beautiful, he wanted to go around and see the world.

The emperor left, saying he was going on a tour of the country to investigate the situation, adapt to local conditions, and seek ways to govern the country.

Empress Dowager Shang thought her daughter-in-law Yan Qingyi would be lonely, so she went to the Queen's palace, but she didn't expect the palace maid inside to say that the Queen had returned home to visit her relatives today.

This is human nature, and besides, the Yan Mansion is in Jinling, so it would be better for her to go back and live there.

So, Empress Dowager Shang went to the Princess's Mansion again, but heard from the palace maids there that she had gone to the Sitong Money House.

Could it be that Yu Shurong hasn’t sold all the stocks she has?

Empress Dowager Shang had not managed any financial affairs since Yu Wendao ascended the throne. She did not know that the three stocks of Sitong Bank had plummeted in recent days.

She suddenly found that she had nowhere to go in this palace, so she returned to Dieyi Palace and came to the back garden. She thought that the chrysanthemums were not blooming beautifully today because of the lack of snow and the heavy rain, so she decided to take another look.

Unexpectedly, before she reached Banyanxuan, she heard the sound of a piano.

She stood still, letting the drizzle of winter rain fall on her white mink fur coat.

She frowned and listened very carefully, and then a song started to sing - it was the song "Burial of Flowers"!

"Flowers fade and fly all over the sky, their beauty fades and their fragrance vanishes, who will pity them?

The soft silk thread is tied to the spring pavilion, and the fallen catkins lightly touch the embroidered curtain.

The girls in the boudoir cherish the end of spring, feeling full of sorrow and having no way to release it.

Holding the flower hoe, she left the boudoir...

…

Once spring is over, the beauty will grow old, and the flowers will fall and the people will die without knowing it! "

She stood in the rain and listened to the long song "Song of Burying Flowers".

She naturally knew the poem, and now, she also knew who sang it!

Shang Ruoshui walked up to Banyanxuan, following the lingering sound of the piano. She pushed open the door, walked in, and saw two people, one playing the piano and the other drinking.

"You're not dead?!"

Huqin's hand touched the strings, and the sound stopped abruptly.

"I almost died, but I still have so many attachments in this world. I survived. Please take a seat!"

“This is my place.”

"I know, it wasn't me who asked you to sit, it was him!"

Huqin pointed at Ji Yungui who was drinking. Ji Yungui stood up, turned around, and bowed to Shang Ruoshui: "Greetings, Queen Mother Shang!"

Shang Ruoshui narrowed her eyes. "Didn't you go to track down Xu Yunqing? Didn't you follow Fu Xiaoguan? Why are you back?"

"Your Majesty, I have been entrusted by the young lady to come and ask you to go to Wuchao."

Shang Ruoshui was suddenly shocked. In Ji Yungui's mouth, the young lady was referring to only one person - Xu Yunqing!

"Is she really not dead?"

"Your Highness, the young lady almost died that year, but she had many attachments in the mortal world and survived. But now I am worried that the young lady will really die."

This was a bit confusing, but Shang Ruoshui understood it clearly. "Whether she lives or dies, what does it have to do with me?"

"It's really unrelated, but I have to go save the young lady, but the young lady also ordered me to save the queen... After thinking it over, I have no choice but to save the queen first and then save the young lady."

"Why do I need you to save me?"

"...Because your son and your husband both know about your affair with Emperor Wu."

Shang Ruoshui took three steps back, his face suddenly pale, "You're lying!"

Ji Yungui bowed and said, "My time is precious. There's no point in lying about such a small matter. My lady meant that you would be in great danger here. But the Emperor is extremely concerned about you. If you are not safe, the Emperor will not have the heart to do what he should do. So... please ask Your Majesty to go to the Wu Dynasty."

"What if I don't go?"

"There's not much point in staying here."

Shang Ruoshui suddenly smiled. "Ji Yungui, Xianyun Shanren, do you really think you're so wise? Your Jingzhe Plan and Chunlei Plan are full of loopholes. Aren't you afraid you're playing with fire?"

Ji Yungui also grinned: "There is no such thing as an impenetrable wall in the world. You have to make some holes for people to drill into. Once they drill into those holes, the wall can be patched up and made impenetrable."

Shang Ruoshui's heart sank, "Where is Xu Yunqing?"

"In Fan State, at the White Horse Monastery."

"What about the fat guy?"

"It's also in Fan State, but in the Fan State's palace."

"Where's Su Changsheng?"

"..." Ji Yungui's eyes passed over Shang Ruoshui's shoulder and he touched his nose. "Master, the abbot is behind you."

Shang Ruoshui turned around suddenly, and Su Changsheng grinned: "I'm sorry, this is a request from my junior brother. He said... let's leave it at that."

Su Changsheng stretched out a finger and placed it on Shang Ruoshui's neck. Shang Ruoshui immediately fell unconscious, and silence fell upon the place.

The wind was quite strong, and many of the chrysanthemums in the yard, which were not blooming beautifully, fell down.

No one cleaned the place for a long time afterwards.

…

…

The fat man sat in an empty palace in the Fan Kingdom's palace. He felt lonely, worried, and angry.

He wanted to go to the White Horse Zen Temple, but Xu Yunqing asked him to stay in this shabby place.

He didn't believe that his brother Wu Changfeng was really dead. He survived the avalanche, so how could he have died in that temple?

It must have been done by that hypocritical old monk!

Aren’t they just trying to enter Guanyun City?

I simply don't know how to write the word death!

Just when the fat man was bored but couldn't do anything, he suddenly heard footsteps and singing outside the palace.

When the fat man heard it, he immediately laughed. Isn’t this the song of Burying Flowers written by Fu Xiaoguan in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions"?

He stuck his head out of the window and saw a woman in a fur coat carrying a small hoe, singing the song while digging in the flower bed in the yard.

It was a field of chrysanthemums, growing very well, at least more beautiful than the chrysanthemums in Shang Ruoshui's yard, but the varieties were a little scarce.

She is burying flowers, what a psychopath!

The fat man was not very interested in this kind of thing. In his opinion, this was just the moaning and groaning of a girl who was just beginning to fall in love.

If the flower is not buried, it will turn into mud after a few spring rains.

Just when the fat man was about to retract his head, he saw a guard running towards him.

"I pay my respects to Her Royal Highness the Eleventh Princess!"

Fan Lihua stood up and looked up. "What's the matter?"

"Today, the Thirteenth Prince... His Royal Highness Prince Ning returned. He asked me to tell Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Fan Lihua frowned and said after a moment, "I understand. Go ahead."

Wei Ji bowed and withdrew. Fan Lihua, wielding her hoe, muttered to herself, "Thirteenth Brother is back? I haven't heard that the Emperor summoned him. What does it mean when he asked Wei Ji to tell me this?"

Fan Lihua shook her head, not understanding what was going on. The fat guy was so anxious, what a silly girl!

Fan Lihua hummed a song and continued to bury the flowers. Suddenly, she straightened up again and said, "No, I have to go and take a look."

She ran away with the hoe on her shoulder. The fat man finally felt relieved and turned to the corner and said, "Gao Xian, take a letter to this humble official."

A man popped out from the corner, with a Saker Falcon standing on his shoulder!

He is Eunuch Gao, the former Eunuch of the Wu Dynasty!

"I obey your command!"

"You keep watch for me later. I'm going to see Queen Hui!"