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Prince Sheng's Mansion.
Jiang Hongyuan sat in the chair, tapping the armrest lightly with his fingers, his gaze fixed on the person kneeling on the ground outside the door—Lu Hun.
"Get up."
"Thank you, Your Highness, for not punishing me."
"It's none of your business. Go there..." Jiang Hongyuan's voice suddenly stopped.
"Where...are we going?" Lu Hun asked cautiously.
Jiang Hongyuan looked up at him.
Lu Hun felt a sudden pang of fear and instinctively lowered his head, not daring to look Jiang Hongyuan in the eye. Although Prince Sheng was still Prince Sheng, after last night's assassination attempt, he seemed to have changed completely.
Last night, with strong winds and heavy rain, he couldn't sleep, so he got up and took a walk in the corridor. Listening to the wind and rain, he couldn't calm his mind; in fact, he became even more agitated.
Suddenly, the song of a nightingale rang out.
He was greatly alarmed; where could a nightingale's song come from on such a stormy night? He hurriedly looked in the direction of the sound, but saw nothing.
Could he have misheard?
After waiting a while longer and seeing that the palace remained calm, he returned to his room.
But she was woken up before dawn. (Chinese website)
In Jiang Hongyuan's courtyard, all the guards and servants were dead, and Jiang Hongyuan was also gone!
He recalled the strange warbling of the nightingale he had heard the previous night, and his face turned extremely pale.
He was filled with remorse; he had clearly sensed it, yet he had taken no action.
Although protecting Jiang Hongyuan was not his responsibility, he was nothing without Jiang Hongyuan.
Just as he was about to send someone into the palace to report the situation to Emperor Wende, Jiang Hongyuan returned!
The autopsy report for Gudu is out.
Shi Xuan suffered a cerebral infarction caused by a congenital cerebral vascular malformation, and died five months ago.
Mu Run looked at the report, which meant that Shi Xuan had already replaced him five months ago.
Shi Xuan had quite a few beggar friends; almost all the beggars in the capital came to see him off on his final journey.
So a very unusual funeral procession of beggars appeared on the street.
Besides the ragged beggars, there were also some well-dressed people.
With eyes full of sorrow, families came to see Shi Xuan off on his final journey.
Mu Run stood behind the coffin, dressed in mourning clothes. Although she had attended many funerals, this was the first time she had personally attended one, especially as the widow.
She wondered what Fu Yunchen would think when he found out. Thinking of the person she could only see in her dreams now, two tears slowly streamed down Mu Run's face.
Her expression, when observed by onlookers, evoked feelings of regret and sympathy.
As the funeral procession walked along the main street toward the outskirts of the city, Mu Run suddenly remembered that he had asked Shi Xuan to go there to buy some snacks when they passed the street where the Star Gazing Tower was located.
It was because of this opportunity that Shi Xuan disappeared.
Mu Run said to Xiao Cheng, who was supporting her, "Go to the Star Gazing Tower and buy two catties of Five-Flavor Pastry."
"Okay, I'll go right now." Xiao Cheng went to the Star Gazing Tower.
Not long after, Xiao Cheng returned, carrying two bags of five-flavor pastries. "Sister-in-law, the manager of the Star Gazing Tower didn't accept any money. He said he had met Brother Shi once before, and this was just a small token of his appreciation."
"Okay." Mu Run nodded. "Let's keep going."
"Okay." Xiao Cheng carried the snacks and followed Mu Run.
On the third floor of the observatory, in one of the rooms, the window was half open, and a tall, slender figure stood by the window, watching the funeral procession.
Lu Hun knocked on the door and entered, saying to the person standing by the window, "Your Highness, Consort Yu has summoned you to the palace."
Did they say what it was about?
"He didn't say."
"After tomorrow's court assembly."
"yes."
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