Xu Yunxuan, Baizhi and Danggui were about to set off for Yanjing early in the morning.
Shen Yuyao was busy counting the supplies they needed to take away.
The twenty accompanying secret guards were loading boxes of silver onto the carriage.
Xia Yu was also helping with counting and recording in the yard.
However, such a large amount of silver and money made Xia Yu, a prince, secretly amazed.
The morning sun had just shone into the farmhouse, and with the sound of a crisp pigeon whistle, Shen Yuyao saw Danggui walking towards her with a small bamboo tube in her hand.
"Your Majesty, there is urgent news from the city."
Xia Yu took the bamboo tube and took out the secret letter inside to check.
After reading it, Xia Yu's face darkened, "Princess, the Crown Princess has passed away!"
Although Shen Yuyao knew that Chang Meirong would pass away today, she was still quite shocked when she actually received the news.
The booklet in her hand also fell to the ground with a "pop".
At this moment, Shen Yuyao felt sore all over, her heart was beating wildly, and she was trying to sink to the ground.
Her originally straight body couldn't help but sway.
Seeing this, Xia Yu hurried forward to support Shen Yuyao. "Now, strangely, the court did not declare a national mourning. Father only issued an edict stating that the Crown Princess Chang has passed away and will be buried in the imperial mausoleum in seven days. She will be posthumously named Crown Princess Jingyi."
According to the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty, when the Crown Princess dies, the emperor should observe national mourning.
Now that the Crown Princess has passed away, the incident happened suddenly and the body was kept for only seven days. The scale of the funeral can be imagined.
In the imperial palace, the coffin of an ordinary concubine would not be kept for only seven days, let alone the Crown Princess, whose rank was second only to the Empress.
It seems that some people in the East Palace are too impatient!
Shen Yuyao gritted her teeth, straightened her back, and said calmly, "I want to enter the palace!"
Xia Yu's eyes were filled with confusion. "The Eastern Palace must be very busy right now. The Crown Prince might not be in the mood to meet you."
"this......"
The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess have a deep relationship, and Shen Yuyao knows more about it than anyone else.
Moreover, the Eastern Palace would inevitably become a place of controversy at this time, and it was really not suitable for Shen Yuyao to go there at this time.
But Shen Yuyao had to go!
Although Chang Meirong has passed away, her children, Shen Yuyao, still want to do their best to help.
Shen Yuyao is about to travel to Yanjing again.
So, she had to find that person.
Shen Yuyao firmly believed in her own vision and believed that the person she was going to find would definitely be able to help Chang Meirong's youngest son.
Xia Yu smiled and said, "Since you have decided to go, Princess, I will accompany you to the palace."
"Of course, we can only sneak in at night." He looked at Shen Yuyao's puzzled eyes and quickly added.
Yes, Shen Yuyao had originally decided to sneak into the East Palace at night.
The person she was going to find was Anaj!
Shen Yuyao had to go at night because what she wanted to say to Anaj was only known to the two of them.
Although the Eastern Palace must be busy now, but Anaj is a concubine who was chosen to marry for good luck, so no one should pay too much attention to her.
Therefore, Shen Yuyao's night trip should not be too risky.
But Xia Yu is different.
"Is this move by Your Highness too risky?" Shen Yuyao was a little worried.
Xia Yu has a special identity and it is an important moment. If he is discovered by the palace, Xia Yu will return to Beijing secretly without an imperial edict, and even sneak into the palace.
Such behavior is tantamount to treason!
Not only will it harm the entire Ning Wang Mansion, but it will also implicate the Eastern Palace.
"I also want to go into the palace and see what kind of demons and monsters are there."
"Don't worry, Princess. I will not follow you to the East Palace."
"Your Majesty, then you are going to enter the palace..."
As soon as Shen Yuyao asked the question, she felt it was a bit abrupt.
Although he didn't understand why Xia Yu would take such a big risk to sneak into the palace at this time.
But based on her understanding of Xia Yu, Xia Yu would definitely not explain to her.
What she didn't know was that Xia Yu had lived a second life, and he always wanted to get to the bottom of the questions that had accumulated in his mind.
After all, in his previous life, Xia Yu didn’t even know that Prince Jin had ever returned to the capital without an imperial edict!
Those questions are really nagging.
"My king, my king wants to go to Fengxian Palace."
Xia Yu did not hide anything. He looked straight at Shen Yuyao and told her the destination of his trip.
As for why he wanted to go, Xia Yu thought he would tell Shen Yuyao slowly later.
Shen Yuyao did not continue to ask. Her mind was already filled with the matter of the Eastern Palace, and she had no time to think about anything else.
......
That night, in the Daxia Palace.
The low clouds are like a huge curtain of sky, pressing tightly against the ground, making people feel inexplicably depressed and irritable.
There are no stars or moon, but the East Palace is bustling with people.
After Shen Yuyao and Xia Yu locked the palace gate, they sneaked into the palace together.
They had been hiding in the bushes outside the palace guards' room.
It was not until nightfall, when the palace guards changed shifts, that the two separated.
Shen Yuyao came to the East Palace. She glanced at Chang Meirong's bedroom from afar and dared not look again.
The place was brightly lit at this moment, and monks were performing rituals, chanting scriptures without stopping for a moment.
She walked around the side hall and went straight to an inconspicuous courtyard in the corner of the East Palace.
Shen Yuyao looked at the pillar in the side courtyard and saw traces of a big red wedding character being torn off.
As she guessed, the prince gave Anajji the most remote and simple Youlan Residence in the East Palace.
The prince had no choice but to accept the emperor's marriage, but in his heart, he must have held all his resentment against Anaj.
When Shen Yuyao entered Youlan Residence, she couldn't help feeling desolate.
This place is overgrown with weeds, and it looks like no one has lived here for a long time.
Even some of the pillars with the red wedding characters torn off were covered with cobwebs.
There was not a single eunuch or palace maid in the yard. Only the silhouette of a woman reflected on the window of the main house made Shen Yuyao feel a hint of human presence.
Without a doubt, the shadow must be Anaj.
Shen Yuyao hurried forward and called out from outside the window, "Anaji, it's me, Shen Yuyao!"
The figure swayed, and with a "creak!", the door opened.
It was indeed Anaj.
"Master Shen!" Anaj's voice was devoid of any emotion. "Come in."
Seeing Shen Yuyao in a black nightgown, Anaj hurriedly blew out the red candle on the table.
The two of them sat in complete darkness.
"Master Shen, everything is exactly as you said. It is absolutely correct."
"Anaji, I don't know how to explain this to you, but I promised that I would never lie to you again."
"Sir Shen, you must have something important to come here tonight."
"Just tell me what you can do. I will do my best."
The two people in the darkness could not see each other's faces.
Shen Yuyao stood up and bowed deeply to Anaj: "Your Majesty, I hope you will take good care of the Crown Princess's four children in the future."
"The eldest son is a reclusive person, so I think the Empress will take him in to take care of him. As for the second son, the Empress must keep him in a low profile and absolutely not let him become useless."
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