Chapter 299 Absurd

Three days later, Tu Mi was shocked to learn of Emperor Chu Ming's death and hurried back to Haiyue Cottage.

Zhu Huaizhen was originally lying on a beauty couch surrounded by black lacquer and gold-painted scrolls of poetry and paintings, holding a round fan with a mahogany handle embroidered with pomegranates, cats and butterflies, and moving it intermittently, his posture as lazy as ever, while listening to "Peach Blossom Fan".

Orioles chirp at dawn in the jade trees of Jinling, flowers bloom early in the Qinhuai waterside pavilions. Who knew the ice would melt so easily? I watched him build his red mansion, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his mansion collapse. Here, amidst the mossy, blue tiles, I once slept in a dreamlike state; I've witnessed fifty years of rise and fall. No one in Wuyi Lane is surnamed Wang, ghosts cry at Mochou Lake, and owls roost on Phoenix Terrace. Dreams of the ruined mountains are the most real, the old land hard to lose. I don't believe this map is changing manuscripts. I'll compose a lament for Jiangnan, and sing it until I grow old.

When he suddenly saw Tu Mi, he pushed away the cup of rich and colorful tea that Lou Li brought him, which was made of sesame, salt, bamboo shoots, chestnuts, loofah seeds, walnut kernels, and spring immortality tea, and sat up straight.

"Tu Mi, but the way Zhao De died was wrong?" Zhu Huaizhen asked slowly.

In Zhu Huaizhen's eyes, Emperor Ming of Chu, Zhao De, was already a dead man.

"Your Highness, Zhao De was strangled to death by a group of palace maids while they were taking a nap. These palace maids had never been touched by the Northern Zhou, Northern Jin, and Southern Yan, and were specially protected by Zhao De. However, the sisters of these palace maids were all presented to the Northern Zhou, Northern Jin, and Southern Yan by the old eunuchs under Zhao De, and few of them were left alive." Tu Mi whispered.

Although this way of dying is absurd, it is not satisfying enough.

"Tu Mi, what kind of incense does Zhao De like?" Zhu Huaizhen pondered for a moment.

"Gentleman's fragrance." Tu Mi sneered.

The main ingredients of gentleman incense are agarwood, jasmine flowers, and fresh cypress leaves. The production process is relatively simple. First, the agarwood is ground into extremely small particles. Next, dried jasmine flowers and fresh cypress leaves are stacked into a round cake, with the cypress leaves on top and the jasmine flowers on the bottom. The cake is then tightly pressed together. The agarwood particles are then pressed into the jasmine flowers, creating a thin, portable incense cake.

But, is Zhao De worthy of the gentleman's fragrance?

"Okay, Tu Mi, go to the storehouse and find some flashy things, scented with gentleman's fragrance, and think of a way to stuff them into Zhao De's imperial tomb, and then announce to the outside world that Zhao De has rich burial objects and is as rich as a country." Zhu Huaizhen sighed.

It was too easy for Zhao De to die at the hands of the people of Nanchu.

Zhu Huaizhen had always planned for Zhao De to die at the hands of Northern Zhou, Northern Jin, and Southern Yan.

As a result, things are unpredictable.

Therefore, Zhu Huaizhen wanted Zhao De to be trampled upon by Northern Zhou, Northern Jin, and Southern Yan after his death, which could be regarded as revenge for the people of Southern Chu.

So, Tu Mi got things done properly.

For example, there are jade heart pendants with dragon and cloud patterns, Khotan white jade bowls inlaid with gold and gemstones, yellow jade bottles with three yangs opening the door to good fortune with double lids, jade pots with sheep-head handles, jade cups with lotus seats and high handles with gourds, blue-white jade gui with animal face patterns and double animal ears, cups with openwork patterns of flowers and egrets, white jade pen holders with cranes and deer, jade ornaments of sea falcons pecking geese, jade yi cups with animal face patterns, etc. Although they look good in water content, they are all new jades and not worth much.

Those who led the troops to fight did not understand the ins and outs of the matter. They thought that since it was Zhao De's burial object, it must be precious, so they happily presented it to him. However, they were scolded and then they realized the truth.

At that time, Zhao De's body would definitely be dragged out and whipped.

"By the way, stuff some beads into Zhao De's body, such as lapis lazuli beads, agate beads, chalcedony beads, olive beads, beeswax beads, dragonfly beads, crystal beads, conch beads, Tianhe beads, and silk beads." Zhu Huaizhen coughed repeatedly.

Alas, the feng shui of Nanchu is not good, it is better to leave as soon as possible.