Chapter 193: The Cause of His Highness's Death is Suspicious
In the East Palace bedroom.
Yun Xiangye entered the room and saw Ye Wanhe crying silently on the bed. She hurried over and said, "Sister."
Seeing Yun Xiangye coming over, Ye Wanhe said, "Xiangye..."
Yun Xiangye saw Ye Wanhe's red and swollen eyes and said, "Sister, you are still in confinement, so you can't cry. It will damage your eyes."
Yun Xiangye wiped Ye Wanhe's tears with a handkerchief and said, "You still have your child, you must hold on well and don't hurt yourself..."
Ye Wanhe nodded towards Yun Xiangye and said, "I understand. Even if I am sad, I have to take good care of myself for Yu'er."
Yun Xiangye whispered, "It's strange to say, how could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly pass away?"
Ye Wanhe said: "I don't know either. His Highness was busy with official duties today, so he said he would rest in the study. But who knew that at midnight, Li Quan saw that the candlelight inside had not been extinguished. He wanted to go in and extinguish the light, but he saw His Highness lying on the desk, already dead..."
Ye Wanhe choked up as she spoke: "My Yu'er hasn't even reached his first month yet, and he's already lost his father..."
As Ye Wanhe spoke, she was filled with grief and tears fell once again. Yun Xiangye wiped Ye Wanhe's tears and said, "Sister, I don't know how to persuade you, but I hope you can take good care of yourself."
Ye Wanhe reached out her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Xiangye, take me there, I want to see His Highness..."
"Sister, why are you doing this? You are still in confinement after childbirth."
Ye Wanhe burst into tears and said, "Let me accompany him one last time, just to accompany him."
Yun Xiangye sighed. She couldn't tell the heartbroken Ye Wanhe that the Crown Prince was not worth her sadness. She could only help Ye Wanhe to go to the main hall, hoping that she would not have any regrets.
Yun Xiangye wrapped Ye Wanhe in a cloak and helped her to the main hall.
At this moment, the monks and Taoists had already arrived. The monks were chanting Buddhist scriptures, and the Taoists were performing a ritual for the passing of the dead.
In the early morning, the East Palace Hall was brightly lit and dazzled.
Ye Wanhe, dressed in white, walked up to Zhao Yun step by step. Her eyes were blurred by tears. She walked forward and slapped Zhao Yun hard on the face.
This slap shocked everyone in the East Palace.
Ye Wanhe was extremely sad and said: "You really deserve to be beaten. How could you abandon me and the child and leave like this..."
"You promised me that you would treat me well for the rest of your life, and now you're gone. What will happen to Yu'er and me? Your Highness...what will happen to Yu'er? He's not even a month old yet. What will you do to us, an orphan and a widow?"
Queen Wei was extremely distressed. Seeing her daughter-in-law so sad, she walked up to Ye Wanhe in tears and said, "You have to hold on. Yu'er has lost his father. You can't make any more mistakes. Your father has asked someone to draft an edict to make Yu'er the crown prince."
Hearing the words "Crown Grandson", Ye Wanhe clenched her hands, forcing herself not to reveal the secret and not to show her happiness.
Thinking of the unforgettable pain of losing her child, Ye Wanhe still held Zhao Yun's hand tightly and placed it on her face and said, "Your Highness, how can you be so cruel? What happened to the lifelong marriage you promised us? You just abandoned me like this, leaving me to endure the pain of separation..."
Ye Wanhe cried so sadly that everyone who saw her was moved.
Xie Shian bowed to His Majesty and said, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince had always been healthy. His sudden death is really strange. I suggest that the coroner should open his stomach and find out the cause of death."
Ye Wanhe said, "No! How can His Highness be disemboweled? I will never agree to this. His Highness valued dignity the most when he was alive. Why should he suffer such torture after his death?"
Queen Wei also cried and said, "Shi'an, you mean well, but how can Yun'er be disemboweled?"
Xie Shian said: "His Highness's death is indeed very strange. Only by opening his stomach can we determine the cause of his death."
Ye Wanhe cried bitterly, "It is pitiful that His Highness died young. He must not be disemboweled after death. I will never allow anyone to hurt His Highness like this..."
Ye Wanhe hugged Zhao Yun's "remains" tightly, and everyone was impressed by Ye Wanhe's deep love.
"Sister, go back to your room and have a good rest. You are still in confinement after giving birth, so it's really not appropriate for you to be too sad." Yun Xiangye went to the side to support Ye Wanhe and comforted her softly.
Ye Wanhe shook her head and said, "No, I want to accompany His Highness for the last time."
Ye Wanhe said this and placed Zhao Yun's hand on the side of her face.
Seeing Ye Wanhe like this, no one dared to step forward to persuade her.
The sudden death of the prince at such a young age shocked the whole government and the public.
After the death of His Majesty's Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Majesty named his little grandson, who was not even a month old, as the Crown Prince. However, this still could not stop many ministers with ulterior motives from wanting to send their own daughters to enter the palace for His Majesty.
Your Majesty demoted several officials who advised him to take a concubine, and dismissed several officials from their posts before the matter was put to rest.
In the Xie family.
Because Fu Qianran was pregnant and because of her previous status, she did not go to the Eastern Palace to attend the funeral. When she saw Xie Shian coming back with a sullen look on his face, she asked, "Has the date for the Crown Prince's funeral been set?"
Xie Shian said: "The funeral will be held in half a month, on November 11th. Alas."
Fu Qianran said: "Although I am in the back house, I have also heard that the officials in the court have been uneasy in the past few days..."
Xie Shian sighed and said, "His Highness has passed away, and the Emperor's grandson is still young. Who wouldn't be tempted by the throne in the future?"
Fu Qianran pursed her lips and said, "It's really unpredictable. Who could have thought that His Highness would be gone just like this?"
Xie Shian said: "Your Highness's death was very strange, but it's a pity that even His Majesty refused to open his stomach and give Your Highness justice."
Fu Qianran said, "I know you mean well, but how many people can bear to be disemboweled? Besides, His Highness didn't bleed from any of his seven orifices, so he couldn't have been poisoned to death. Don't worry too much."
Xie Shian said: "His Highness treated me well when he was alive, but I can't give him justice. I often dream about His Highness these days... I feel really guilty."
Fu Qianran said softly, "If you feel that you have treated His Highness unfairly, then you should assist the little grandson in the future. The grandson is really too young, and there are so many people watching him."
Xie Shian said: "Of course, Gu Yan and I will protect your highness's only bloodline."
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In the early morning in the East Palace Hall, everything was silent except for the monks who were chanting Buddhist scriptures day and night.
In the mourning hall.
Ye Wanhe took the food that Li Quan handed over and said to him, "You all should leave. I want to be alone with His Highness for a while."
Li Quan said beside Ye Wanhe: "Yes, Crown Princess."
After Li Quan ordered the palace servants to leave, Ye Wanhe picked up the rice soup beside her and pinched Zhao Yun's mouth open to force the soup into his mouth.
But I just couldn't get it down.
Ye Wanhe could only drink it herself first, and then feed the rice soup to Zhao Yun by sips.
It would be such a pity if Zhao Yunruo died like this...
He should also have a taste of what it was like to be separated from his parents and never be able to regain his own identity.
From being the high and mighty crown prince, to being transformed into a mute slave in the merchant family he despised the most was the retribution he deserved.
"Royal brother, Royal brother..."
Ye Wanhe heard the noise outside and turned around to see Prince of Xiang, Zhao Rui, coming in. Zhao Rui looked exhausted and it was obvious that he had been traveling for several days without a good rest.
The Prince of Xiang County threw himself in front of the Crown Prince and burst into tears: "Brother, I have only been hiding in Xiang City for a few days, why did you leave? After you leave, who will protect me when my parents want to beat me and teach me a lesson in the future?"
Zhao Rui looked at the rice soup stains on the prince's lips, then looked at the rice soup in Ye Wanhe's hand, and frowned slightly.
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