Chapter 567: Cui Family Faked Death and Left Shangjing
August is destined to be an extraordinary season.
Shangjing may seem peaceful on the surface, but there are actually undercurrents.
The ninth day of the eighth month is the first day of the Autumn Examination.
The eighth day of the eighth month is the eighty-fifth birthday of the old lady of Dunguo Prefecture, Princess Mingyi.
At the age of eighty-five, he is already a centenarian.
Dunguo Mansion invited almost all the prominent families in Shangjing.
Because of the Cui family’s status, almost all the invited guests were present.
When the birthday banquet was halfway through, the emperor also arrived in person to congratulate Princess Mingyi on her birthday.
Princess Mingyi was so moved that she burst into tears.
She knelt before the emperor and chattered on and on about how she had recently dreamed of her husband coming to pick her up. She was already eighty-five years old and her health had been getting worse recently. She had a premonition that her life was coming to an end, and it would be a supreme honor to have the emperor attend her birthday celebration before she was buried.
The emperor's men have been monitoring Dunguo Mansion.
He was well aware that Princess Mingyi's health had been deteriorating over the past six months. She often fell into a coma and talked nonsense, which was a sign that her end was near.
The emperor spoke a few lenient words.
Princess Mingyi knew her limits and stopped at the right time. She only asked the emperor at the end to allow her coffin to be returned to her hometown Luoqing County to be buried with her husband after her death.
The emperor naturally agreed.
Princess Mingyi’s birthday banquet ended in a lively atmosphere.
That night, news came that Princess Mingyi was in a coma.
The emperor sent more than a dozen trusted imperial doctors to treat the disease.
The imperial doctors quickly returned to the palace to report that Princess Mingyi's death would come in the next two days.
The emperor had doubts in his mind.
When he went to visit Princess Mingyi in person and saw her faint breath and her old skin as white as wax, the emperor knew that Princess Mingyi was really going to die.
As expected.
On the evening of the ninth day of the eighth month, the first day of the Autumn Examination, Princess Mingyi of Dunguo Prefecture passed away at the age of eighty-five.
The entire Dunguo Prefecture was covered in white.
The coffin stayed for three days according to the rules.
The three brothers Cui Yi went to the palace and requested to send the coffin of Princess Mingyi back to her hometown.
Cui Yi, who was already old, was crying breathlessly and handed the emperor the list of people who had to return to their hometown to observe mourning.
There aren't many names on the list.
The three brothers Cui Yi and their family members and servants totaled thirty-two people.
The emperor took one look and agreed.
Just as Princess Mingyi and Yu Lingye had guessed, the emperor was not worried at all about what would happen if they left Shangjing.
All under heaven belongs to the king.
As long as they don't leave the Dayu Dynasty, the Cui family will never be out of his control.
Without his order, the Cui family could not leave the Dayu border.
After Cui Yi successfully obtained the imperial edict, he set off before dawn the next day.
The accompanying personnel all volunteered to return to their hometown to mourn for the old lady.
There are also those who don't want to go back.
For example, Cui Gu's eldest daughter-in-law did not want to leave Shangjing and stayed there on the pretext of illness.
For example, the wife Cui Gan married before he became a Taoist priest, became a widow for half his life because Cui Gan changed his career to become a Taoist priest. She always hated Princess Mingyi and Cui Gan, but she refused to leave.
For those wives and daughters-in-law who did not want to leave, they secretly left a letter of divorce.
When the incident happened, they had the divorce letter to sever their relationship with the Cui family.
As for their grandson and unmarried granddaughter who didn't want to leave, they had no choice but to ask Xie Yingmian and Yu Lingye to take good care of them.
Throughout the entire process, Cui Yi did not dissuade anyone and did not reveal any information.
He always followed his mother's teachings. In order for the plan to proceed smoothly and to preserve the Cui family's fire, everything was voluntary and everything depended on fate.
After Cui Yi left the city, he looked deeply at the city wall.
Xie Yingmian and Yu Lingye were seeing them off.
Cui Yi waved his hands while crying with tears and snot running down his face.
The three brothers Cui Gan, Cui Gu and Cui Yi all knelt down and kowtowed three times towards the direction of the Shangjing Palace.
Everyone thought that the three brothers of the Cui family were thanking the emperor.
Only they themselves know,
The ones they were kneeling to were Xie Yingmian and Yu Lingye.
They thanked King Ling and his wife for saving their lives.
The Cui family's carriage went farther and farther away until it disappeared in the vast dust.
The early morning sun had not yet emerged from the clouds, revealing only a little soft red light, which spread from the eaves of the Drum Tower in the distance and then spread over along the flowing clouds.
White clouds come and go.
The clouds glowed with red gold, with a light crimson in the middle. Fine and fragmented light shone through, dispersing the lingering morning mist.
Xie Yingmian looked through the battlements of the city wall, looked at the Cui family members who had disappeared, and sighed deeply.
Princess Mingyi took the drug that made her appear dead and successfully faked her death.
The fake death drug came from her hand and has certain side effects.
She is not worried if young people take it.
However, Princess Mingyi is already eighty-five years old, and it is unknown whether she can wake up safely.
Yu Lingye held Xie Yingmian's hand and said, "Don't worry, Doctor Cui is here."
Xie Yingmian nodded: "Let's go back."
She went to push Yu Lingye's wheelchair.
To the outside world, Yu Lingye still looked like he had not recovered yet.
Yu Lingye noticed that Xie Yingmian was not in high spirits, so he suggested, "This place is very close to Baishi Street. There are many breakfast stalls on Baishi Street, and the food is delicious. Do you want to try some?"
Speaking of shopping and eating, Xie Yingmian perked up a little: "Since I'm here, of course I have to try something."
As soon as you enter Baishi Street, all kinds of fragrance hit you.
Xie Yingmian lifted the car curtain and looked at the small stalls selling buns, meat patties, and steamed buns not far away, her eyes lighting up.
"Aye, let's eat buns... eh?"
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