Chapter 262 Reliance

In the end, the emperor handed the matter over to the Ministry of Personnel for assessment and recommendation, and will discuss it another day.

Although Xie Qinan was the Minister of Personnel, he had the Minister of Personnel above him. The Minister of Personnel was loyal to the emperor and would not be partial, so the emperor trusted him very much.

After the court was dismissed, Cao Qian and his group went directly to Cao's mansion to discuss the matter.

"Minister Duan is a stubborn person, and it will definitely not work if we start with him."

"Then we can only start with Minister Xie."

"But Minister Xie is the brother of Concubine Xie, I'm afraid it will be difficult to persuade him."

The grievances between the Cao and Xie families were known to everyone in the court.

Several people looked at Cao Qian and sighed in embarrassment.

Cao Qian said in a deep voice: "We can't, but Your Highness can."

"Besides, Minister Duan is fair, and there is a high possibility that he will directly recommend Li Xu."

Li Xu is the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. He has served under Sun Hechuan for many years and has performed his duties conscientiously and impeccably.

"What Lord Cao said makes sense."

Of course, for the sake of safety, we still have to make preparations for both situations.

The sun still shines brightly on the earth, the dazzling white silk sways in the wind, and the white lanterns under the corridor sway gently.

The servants

of the Sun Mansion are busy coming and going, with miserable faces. Today was originally the day for Sun Yijun to return home, and no one expected that it would become the day of Sun Hechuan's death.

Red silk is replaced by white silk, and the happy day becomes the day of mourning.

Prince Rong personally picked out a top-quality nanmu coffin and placed it in the mourning hall of the Sun Mansion.

Sun Hechuan, wearing funeral clothes, lay quietly inside.

After waking up and wearing mourning clothes, Sun's mother lay on the coffin, looking at the person in the coffin and crying.

Sun Yijun and Yu Yuan knelt in front of the coffin in mourning clothes and threw paper money into the brazier one by one.

"Yijun, be careful." Suddenly, Yu Yuan grabbed Sun Yijun's hand.

Sun Yijun was absent-minded and was almost burned by the flames several times.

Yu Yuan stayed with her and stared at her, not daring to blink.

Yu Zheng, Yu Lan and others who came to pay tribute were worried when they saw her like this, but they could do nothing.

Yu Lan was worried about Sun Yijun, so he did not leave after the memorial service and stayed with her.

But Sun Yijun looked dull, ignored anyone who spoke to her, and refused to eat or drink.

Until the evening, Sun Yijun had not eaten or drunk anything for a day and a night, and passed out while kneeling in front of the coffin.

"Yijun!" Yu Lan exclaimed.

Yu Yuan, who was standing by, hurriedly carried Sun Yijun back to the room and asked the court doctor to examine her.

After taking her pulse, the court doctor said, "The Crown Prince's wife is too sad, her mind is too exhausted, and she has not eaten or rested for a long time, so she is physically exhausted. She must eat and drink immediately after waking up, otherwise if she continues like this, even the gods will be helpless."

"I know." Yu Yuan responded in a deep voice.

"I have never seen Yijun like this before, it is too worrying." Yu Lan held Sun Yijun's hand, looking at her pale face, feeling distressed and uncomfortable.

Yu Yuan rubbed his brows and said, "It's getting late. My sister, please go back first. I will take good care of her."

"Okay, I'll come again tomorrow." Yu Lan knew that it was useless for her to stay, and it would disturb their rest.

After Yu Lan left, Yu Yuan ordered the servants to prepare porridge and asked the maid to make ginseng tea.

Sun Yijun was still in a coma and couldn't drink, so Yu Yuan drank the ginseng tea and fed her.

After feeding her a cup of ginseng tea, Sun Yijun's lips were no longer dry and white.

Yu Yuan took off his shoes, lay down on the bed, hugged her and closed his eyes.

From yesterday to now, Yu Yuan has been with Sun Yijun and has never closed his eyes.

He didn't know when Sun Yijun would wake up, but he knew that he had to take care of himself before he could take care of Sun Yijun.

The candles in the room were still burning. At midnight, Sun Yijun woke up from a nightmare.

"Dad!"

Sun Yijun cried out in grief, tears streaming down her face as soon as she opened her eyes.

Yu Yuan woke up as well, hugged her and comforted her gently.

"I want to go and accompany Dad." Sun Yijun threw off the quilt and

got out of bed to go to the mourning hall. But she was so weak that she fell to the ground as soon as she got out of bed, and she couldn't stand up even with the edge of the bed.

"Yijun." Yu Yuan carried her back to bed and called out to the outside of the room.

The maid pushed the door open and brought porridge.

Yu Yuan took it and fed Sun Yijun.

Looking down at the porridge that was brought to her mouth, Sun Yijun frowned and said weakly: "I can't eat."

Yu Yuan said softly: "Yijun, your father-in-law is gone, but the funeral needs to be taken care of, and your mother-in-law also needs your support. If you don't eat, your body will not be able to bear it."

He knew that she couldn't eat, but she had to eat even if she couldn't.

Thinking of her parents, Sun Yijun shed tears silently again.

But she opened her mouth and swallowed the porridge that Yu Yuan fed her.

The rich and delicious meat porridge had no taste in Sun Yijun's mouth, and she just chewed and swallowed woodenly.

Yu Yuan knew that she was upset, and he didn't force her. After feeding her a bowl of porridge, he ate a bowl himself.

"I'm full, can I go to accompany my father?" Sun Yijun asked with red and swollen eyes.

Yu Yuan patiently coaxed her, "Yijun, sleep a little longer, I will accompany you at dawn. Friends and relatives will come to pay their respects during the day, and your mother-in-law cannot handle it alone." Yu

Yuan's words made sense. Sun Yijun lay down obediently and closed her eyes again.

The next day, Sun Yijun woke up at dawn.

After a simple wash, Yu Yuan accompanied her to the mourning hall.

The relatives of the Sun family who were guarding the spirit at night immediately stood up and made way when they saw Sun Yijun and Yu Yuan coming.

Perhaps Yu Yuan's words worked. In the next two days, Sun Yijun was very strong and did not cry anymore. She also ate and slept obediently.

After three days of staying in the coffin, the coffin was carried for burial.

Sun Yijun looked at the coffin being carried away, and the tears that she had been holding back for two days burst out.

When she cried, her mother couldn't hold back either.

By the time Sun Hechuan was buried, both mother and daughter had cried almost dry of tears.

Returning to the Sun Mansion in despair, looking at the white all around, the mother and daughter were so distressed that they could hardly breathe.

But no matter how sad they were, they could not see Sun Hechuan again.

After taking care of the funeral, Prince Rong and his wife returned to Prince Rong's Mansion, while Yu Yuan continued to accompany Sun Yijun and his mother.

The sky turned gloomy at some point, and a storm was about to come.

Yu Zheng had been going out early and coming back late these days, and was so busy that he had no time to have meals with Jiang Shu.

Jiang Shu wanted to see Sun Yijun, but she was pregnant and could not go to pay tribute, so she could only visit her after Sun Yijun returned to Prince Rong's Mansion.

At noon, raindrops began to fall.

Yu Zheng did not come back for dinner again.

Zhou Mansion.

Yu Zheng discussed matters in the study with Zhou Boxu, Zhou Taifu, and several others.

"Cao Qian has been acting frequently recently, and his ambitions are obvious. We must not allow his people to take office as the Dali Temple, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

The Dali Temple is in charge of criminal case review. If Cao Qian's people are allowed to take office as the Dali Temple, then in the future, Cao Qian can find a crime at will for anyone he doesn't like, or even make up a false crime to arrest and put him in jail.

Regardless of the final result of the review, just imprisoning someone for a year or two is enough for Cao Qian to succeed.

"But he has a hidden chess piece buried in the Dali Temple, and we don't even know who it is."

Yu Zheng heard this and said in a deep voice: "Whoever is most likely to succeed, that's it."

This word awakened the dreamer.

Zhou Taifu and others looked at each other, and they were enlightened.

After a short silence, someone said in surprise: "If it is really Li Xu, it is reasonable for him to succeed. How can we stop him? We can't compete with him at all."

"Then don't compete, just change someone else." Yu Zheng looked at Zhou Boxu and said: "I will leave this matter to you."

Zhou Boxu nodded in response, got up and left.