Chapter 159 The Imperial Concubine Dies
After the head of the An family knew that they had left, he smiled and shook his head, "What children." He was quite happy that they got along so well.
Ouyang Hao is the man his daughter likes, and An Zhongliang is his eldest disciple. It makes him feel relieved that they can get along so well.
"Have someone start counting Xiaoxiao's dowry, and go to the other courtyard to ask Madam if she has anything else to add."
The steward looked at the person in front of him, then lowered his head and said, "Yes."
That night, almost all the disciples of the An family got drunk. The next day, none of them were able to get up for morning lessons and were all scolded by the head of the An family.
All the disciples lowered their heads and did double the morning lessons.
Ouyang Hao felt very embarrassed when he found out, but An Xiaoxiao held him back and prevented him from going over.
The two came to the next door. The house that Ouyang Hao was building here was almost completed, except for the interior decoration.
An Xiaoxiao brought him over and started planning the house.
"What do you think?" After An Xiaoxiao said a lot, she looked at the confused Ouyang Hao and became unhappy.
"What are you thinking about?"
Ouyang Hao came to his senses immediately after being yelled at, "As long as you feel it's okay." He touched his head foolishly.
"Hmph, I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." An Xiaoxiao turned around and walked forward.
Seeing this, Ouyang Hao hurriedly followed and tried to please his wife.
In the blink of an eye, it was May and the marriage of Ouyang Hao and An Xiaoxiao was put on the agenda.
"Xiaoxiao, let's write a letter to Prince Li and the others. We need to ask them to attend our wedding." After Ouyang Hao's house was repaired, he moved in.
"Sure, I want to write to Shan Ning and the others. I only have a few good friends like them, and I can't leave them behind."
As soon as the topic of writing a letter came up, An Xiaoxiao immediately pushed the person away and started writing.
Their wedding date was set at the end of the year, which was her father's strong request.
She had no choice but to obey.
Fortunately, Ouyang Hao had no objection, and he didn't really marry into the family and settle down. The two families were separated by a wall. If it was broken through, the two families could become one.
The two men's letters were rushed to the imperial city in July.
And a big event happened in the imperial city.
That means Concubine Yuwen died.
Died of illness.
"Don't go to the palace tomorrow." Looking at his tired wife, Wen Li felt very distressed.
"It would be bad if I don't go. After all, she is the imperial concubine." She is not the biological mother, but she is also an elder.
Since I'm married to him, I can't make things difficult for him.
"It's okay, I'll ask for sick leave from father." He couldn't bear to see her suffer any longer. "Fine, then. I won't go. I'll get some sleep first. I'm so tired. Call me when you come into the palace." They had to keep vigil at night, and there were only two princes in the palace.
But we can’t let King Chen guard it all.
"Um."
After hearing his promise, Xia Yutong closed her eyes and fell asleep.
This sleep allowed her to sleep until dawn.
When she opened her eyes, she was stunned for a moment.
"Why is it still so bright?" she asked confusedly.
Xia Xue heard the movement in the inner room and walked in from outside: "Is the princess awake?"
"Wake up, Xia Xue, what time is it?" she asked as she got up from the bed.
"It's morning already, and it's still early for noon. Princess, do you want to get up and eat?" Xia Xue said worriedly because she didn't have dinner last night.
"What?" Xia Yutong was shocked. "How come I slept until the next day?"
"Maybe the princess is too tired. It's good for her to have a good sleep to make up for the sleep she lost these days." Seeing that the princess had lost some weight, Xia Xue felt very distressed.
"Forget it, I'm very hungry. Let's have breakfast first." Xia Yutong didn't ask any more questions. Wen Li wouldn't let her embarrass herself anyway.
After breakfast, Xia Yutong asked about what happened last night.
Xia Xue told her what Wen Li said when he entered the palace: "The prince said you are too tired these days. Since you are asleep, there is no need to wake you up. However, when you wake up in the middle of the night, you will be asked to eat something."
"Okay, I get it. My parents didn't come, right?" Five days ago, after the imperial concubine passed away, Father Xia and others hadn't come to the palace since then.
"The master and his men didn't come, but they sent a letter saying that they were planning to return to South City. They have been preparing to return to South City recently." Xia Xue told her master what she knew.
"Why did they think of going back to South City? Didn't they say they would stay for a few more days?" It has only been a short time since they arrived.
"No, I have to go back." We can't let them go back at this time.
"Princess, you can't go out at this time." Xia Xiang walked in from outside.
He immediately stopped his master and said, "If outsiders knew that you left the house and did not go to the palace to help the concubine with the coffin, the prince would have a hard time explaining himself."
You know, Dayan ruled the world with filial piety.
Xia Yutong is not an innocent person. "Hey, what's going on? How about this? Go and call Xiaoxuan over. I have something to tell him."
This is really not a good time to leave the imperial city.
Although the noble concubine was not the empress, she was a noble concubine after all. After her death, she became the imperial noble concubine, half the mother of the country. People all over the world had to mourn for her, and there couldn't be any big commotion at this time.
"Master, I know what you're worried about." Xia Xiang stepped forward. "The master and his men didn't say they were leaving now. They won't leave the imperial city until after the imperial concubine's funeral."
After hearing Xia Xiang's words, Xia Yutong finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay then, we will close our house to visitors for the next few days." It's time to quiet down.
Wen Li didn't come out for several days after entering the palace.
Something big also happened in the palace.
That is, the fact that the imperial concubine was poisoned was exposed by someone.
The instigator was none other than His Majesty the Emperor.
"Rebellious son, what else do you have to say?" The emperor looked at the people kneeling below. After listening to the palace maid's report, he immediately asked the imperial physician to investigate.
No matter how well Prince Chen did, there were still omissions, not to mention that the emperor wanted to punish him.
It wasn't that the emperor couldn't help but attack Prince Chen, but Prince Chen actually used his mother's funeral to attack the emperor.
He thought the poison in his hand was omnipotent, so he directly had someone put the poison in the emperor's food.
Because it is a chronic poison, even those who try it will not experience immediate effects.
However, the emperor had always had people keeping an eye on Prince Chen's men, so as soon as he came up with an idea, the emperor knew about it.
So, someone immediately asked someone to reveal King Chen.
He still wants to see his grandson being born, how can he die now?
Besides, the lives of his fellow Yan people are precious, and he cannot let them bring harm to them.
"Father, this is a false accusation. How could I possibly poison my mother? She is my biological mother." Prince Chen cried.
Thinking about the favor his father showed him on a daily basis, Prince Chen felt that even if his father really knew something, he would not do anything to him.
"But how do you explain all this?" The emperor threw all the evidence in his hand in front of him.
Pointing at him, he said, "Look for yourself and see if these people are the ones around you."
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