Zhou Qiongyue didn't want to know what was in the mind of this feudal emperor, but the next day she ordered Yuan Chaokang to transfer the eye-catching property in her dowry to a secret place.
Since she said she doesn't like to manage the business anymore, the business under her name can't make much money.
Zhou Qiongyue's family lives the same as before, and every day Zhou Qiongyue still happily listens to the people below talking about the gossip of the Yuan'an noble families.
Occasionally, she would also make an appointment with Princess Yongchun. Only then did Zhou Qiongyue feel that this kind of life was a real retirement life.
The more comfortable life is, the faster time flies. In the blink of an eye, several months have passed, and nothing major has happened in Yuan'an. Everything is moving forward according to the trajectory of time.
Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang were both twelve years old, so Zhou Qiongyue had less control over them and only cared about some of their daily life matters.
As for other matters concerning Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang, he has been in charge of them since Yuan Bohua returned home injured.
That day, Zhou Qiongyue and her family of four had just finished dinner when they heard the death knell coming from the direction of the palace.
The few people who were laughing happily immediately held their breath and counted the number of death knells in their hearts.
After the funeral bell rang, Zhou Qiongyue and Yuan Bohua stood up uncontrollably. 27. This was a big funeral. I wonder who had gotten into trouble.
Zhou Qiongyue was worried about her aunt the Empress Dowager, while Yuan Bohua was worried about the Emperor. After all, if something happened to the Emperor at this time, the Tianyuan Kingdom might be in chaos.
The great war had just ended, and the Tianyuan Kingdom could not afford another major civil strife or an unreliable emperor in a short period of time.
Yuan Bohua immediately called out, "Fang Fu, Fang Fu..."
Fang Fu also heard the death knell outside. When he heard the prince calling him, he immediately came back in, "Prince..."
Yuan Bohua interrupted Fang Fu and quickly ordered, "Go out and find out what happened. Move quickly."
Fang Fu knew that the matter was urgent, so he left without even saying hello.
Zhou Qiongyue also quickly instructed Gulan to personally take people to remove the inappropriate items in the house. Zhou Qiongyue also kept her two children with her, fearing that she would be unable to take care of them if something happened.
Fang Fu was quick and found out the news in about half an hour.
"Your Highness and Princess, the Emperor has passed away." After Fang Fu finished reporting the news, he knelt aside, waiting for the prince's instructions.
When Zhou Qiongyue and Yuan Bohua heard Fang Fu's words, they both felt relieved.
"Do you know the reason?" Yuan Bohua breathed a sigh of relief but was also a little surprised.
Yuan Bohua also met the retired emperor when he returned to the palace some time ago, and he did not seem to be seriously ill at that time.
“According to the information I received, the Emperor, on a whim, went hunting in the mountains with several princes, fell off his horse and was trampled by it.
It is said that when the imperial physician arrived, the emperor had already passed away."
In fact, Fang Fu was quite skeptical about this statement. After all, even if the emperor accidentally fell off his horse, the guards around him should not be pushovers. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be that serious.
Zhou Qiongyue and Yuan Bohua looked at each other and both felt that there was a conspiracy. They asked their subordinates and the people in the mansion to behave themselves for the time being and not be affected by this conspiracy.
Yuan Chaokang, who had been an emperor, was even more shocked. A retired emperor with outstanding military achievements was actually trampled to death by a horse. No one would believe it if he told others about it.
When the retired emperor goes out, he should be accompanied by guards and secret guards. How could such a thing happen? If there is no trick, he should not be able to eat the delicious food made from ancient jade for two days, no, three days.
Zhou Qiongyue immediately told the two children to go back to the yard to change clothes, and repeatedly reminded them to always have someone with them.
Yuan Bohua also hurried into the inner room to change his clothes, carefully explained some precautions to Zhou Qiongyue, and then hurriedly took his people to the palace.
Before leaving, Yuan Bohua also ordered the palace guards to guard the palace well and not let any birds in unless he returned.
It wasn't just Yuan Bohua who entered the palace tonight. Imperial clan members, nobles, ministers, and all those of high status were there.
The emperor did not forbid them from coming in, and let them all in. They were still summoned to the Wenwu Hall during the court session.
When the ministers came in, they saw a coffin placed in the Civil and Military Hall, and they all bowed to the coffin tacitly.
As for the four princes kneeling in front of the coffin, they all looked very miserable, and some had wounds and blood on their bodies.
But all the adult princes were present, including Prince Zhuang, Prince Gong, Prince Yan and Prince Li, which made everyone very puzzled.
Prince Rong also knelt angrily on the other side of the princes, looking at them with murderous eyes.
The emperor was filled with rage. After everyone knelt, he angrily looked at his illegitimate brothers and said, "Tell me, what exactly is going on? The clan members, nobles, civil and military officials are all here now. You don't have to worry about me wrongly accusing you."
The princes looked at each other, and finally the eldest brother, Prince Zhuang, took the lead and knelt forward.
Prince Zhuang cried, "Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on. Yesterday, someone close to my father personally brought him his oral instructions, asking me and others to gather at the Royal Courtyard today."
We thought that today was a day off, so we went.
In the afternoon, several of us accompanied Father to drink some wine, and then Father suggested going hunting, and we followed him.
Prince Zhuang also felt extremely wronged, even though they had often flattered their father in the past two years.
But they only wanted to reap some benefits, and had no intention of killing the emperor. Moreover, killing the emperor would not benefit them in any way.
After Prince Zhuang finished speaking, the emperor neither said he believed nor disbelieved it. He turned to look at the other brothers and said, "Third, fourth, and sixth brother, what do you three think?"
Prince Gong, Prince Yan, and Prince Li also quickly expressed their opinions, "It is just as my eldest brother said!"
The Emperor continued to ask, "What about the guards around Father? What about the secret guards? And I understand that Father doesn't call me "Zhenzhen," but why doesn't he call me Prince Rong?"
Prince Zhuang quickly explained that if the four of them were charged with the crime of killing their father, their lives would be over:
"When the emperor took the four of us brothers out of the royal villa, he instructed that the servants were not allowed to follow too closely, saying that they would only be strolling around the foot of the mountain and would not go inside the mountain.
As for why Father didn't call me Fifth Brother, I don't know either."
If the retired emperor were still alive, Prince Zhuang would also like to ask his father why he only called them? Why not the emperor and Prince Rong? Now that something happened, what would happen to the four brothers?
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