Chapter 444: Broken Jar
It is said that suicide for love is just an ancient rumor, but when Su Wan and Jiang Yu witnessed it with their own eyes, they were still shocked.
In Jiang Yu's opinion, when it comes to the royal family's burial alive, you are not asked whether you are willing or not. You must obey. This is why those concubines always use all means to win favor.
Leaving offspring is only a way to consolidate status, but for the royal family, it is also a means of preserving life.
Upon hearing the news, Su Wan and Jiang Yu held their hands even tighter.
The two of them said almost in unison:
"We will all live to be a hundred years old!"
Then, they both laughed at the same time.
When the crown prince passed away, the entire capital was plunged into a sad atmosphere. Even the common people spontaneously discarded their colorful clothes and wore plain clothes, just to mourn the crown prince who was so kind to the people.
The people in the Su Mansion and the Duke's Mansion all wore plain robes and only wore plain silk flowers or elegant jewelry such as white jade on their heads.
In fact, this is all the honor and favor that the emperor gives to the prince.
Moreover, this is only for the crown prince. If an emperor dies, adhering to the principle that a country cannot be without a monarch for a day, the mourning period is only about a month, because the ascension of a new emperor to the throne is a great joyous event.
Just before Zhou Liangdi took poison, she met Murong Rui.
She was wearing a plain white dress, her eyes were red and swollen, and her body was almost shaky.
The prince was seriously ill recently, and she had hardly eaten or drunk anything. She cried every day, and when she heard the facts that made her conscience uneasy, she almost couldn't control herself.
Broken, sad, and hopeless.
She wanted to see Murong Rui again before she died, also for the sake of her family. She didn't want her family to continue to be in his control before she died.
Murong Rui was not surprised at all that she came to see him. Seeing the once decent and elegant beauty now turned into such a haggard appearance, he did not feel sorry at all, nor did he regret that it was because of him that she had reached such an irreversible situation.
"I came here today to tell you that I will follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but before that, you must let my family go. You have already achieved your goal and killed your own brother, the Emperor. Are you still not satisfied?"
Murong Rui looked down at her, with some distance between them.
Murong Rui drank a lot of wine, his hair was disheveled and he reeked of alcohol, without any of the demeanor of a nobleman.
"Haha, you and the emperor were really in love, weren't you? You're amazing. You hurt him while saying you loved him. Now that he's dead, who are you trying to show off to by acting so despicable?" Murong Rui looked at her and smiled sarcastically.
Zhou Liangdi couldn't help but clench her hands into fists. If she could, she would definitely kill this beast.
But she couldn't, because this beast was someone that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to protect even if it meant his death.
She was shaking with anger:
"Who is the most despicable one? I think you are the most disgusting one. Didn't you force me to do all this? I tell you, Murong Rui, release my family and I will quietly follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Otherwise, I will expose your crimes to the public."
This was the first time Murong Rui was threatened, and it was by a woman.
He sneered:
"What right do you think you have to say these things to me, standing here? I can crush you to death as easily as an ant. I'll kill you and then make it look like you committed suicide. Everyone's attention is now focused on my brother's funeral. Who do you think cares whether a mere concubine like you lives or dies?"
Murong Rui was very arrogant, and he had the nerve to call him "Royal Brother" all the time, which made Zhou Liangdi feel physically uncomfortable.
Nausea and vomiting.
He probably forgot how he threatened her in the past. Every time she wanted to tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about this, he would threaten her with his family.
Once, he even cut off one of his mother's fingers, on which was still wearing an ancestral jade ring. The red mole on the finger was her mother's, how could she not know?
It was also from that time that she knew that Murong Rui would not be lenient towards her family.
It is difficult to have both in this world. If you want to protect your loved one, you have to give up your family. Conversely, if you want to protect your family, you have to give up your loved one.
She had tried her best to resist, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still went...
"Do you think I'm unprepared? Murong Rui, not everyone in the world is as kind as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I've written a secret letter and entrusted it to a safe person for safekeeping. If I can't return to the Eastern Palace today, that letter will immediately appear in His Majesty's hands. Then, your crime of murdering His Royal Highness will be proven, and my death will be irrefutable proof. How will you cope with the future? How will the Empress cope with the future? At worst, we can just throw in the towel. Who's afraid of who?"
Zhou Liangdi came here with the determination to die. She was serious. If he didn't let her family go, she would definitely make this secret known to the public.
No one knew what they talked about afterwards. All we knew was that news came that afternoon that Zhou Liangdi had committed suicide.
As for the person who holds the secret, no one knows who it is.
Zhou Liangdi committed suicide for love, which won the emperor's admiration. She was buried according to the etiquette of a concubine and buried in the secondary tomb chamber of the prince's mausoleum to accompany the prince in his eternal sleep.
The place next to the prince's mausoleum is reserved only for the princess a hundred years later.
After that, the prince's funeral lasted for seven days. Su Wan and Jiang Yu followed the Duke and came to the Eastern Palace as the first mourners to pay their respects.
After kneeling for two hours, Su Wan's legs were numb.
After listening to Jiang Yu's story about the prince and hearing how he requested the emperor not to bury his concubines with him on his deathbed, she admired the prince very much.
Burying people alive with the dead is really disgusting. I still remember chatting with Murong Huai before. He said that if he could become the emperor, the first thing he would do is to abolish this disgusting system of burying people alive with the dead.
Jiang Yu said last night that if the Crown Prince is in good health, there will be no need for other princes to take care of him, and he will be the crown prince that everyone wants.
Su Wan could understand the weight of this sentence, so even though the process of kneeling was extremely tiring, she never complained of being tired.
I just hope that the prince can live a long life in his next life.
When Su Wan stood up, her knees went numb and she almost fell down. Fortunately, Jiang Yu helped her up.
Those who came to pay their respects were all sincere, with only a few having ulterior motives.
I heard that Prince Xian Murong Rui was also very sad because of the death of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He couldn't accept it for a while, and he drank too much, causing gastric bleeding. He is still recuperating in Prince Xian's Mansion. After waking up, he even refused to eat.
Everyone sighed at the deep brotherly love between the Crown Prince and the virtuous king.
The emperor, considering that he had been in poor health in recent days, told him not to appear before the coffin and to come to send off the coffin when he felt better.
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