Chapter 336 Wait and See
Song Zhao did not participate in the Queen Mother's funeral at all.
She had been staying in the cold palace, silently praying for the empress dowager.
If you have a heart, you don't care about those vain things.
Today is the seventh day after the empress dowager's death. Song Zhao has also received some paper money in the cold palace, which he can burn to express his grief.
At that time, she and Yunshan had just built a fire in the copper basin and burned a few pieces of paper money in their hands.
The door to the cold palace was opened.
Song Zhao raised his eyebrows and glanced, and saw that the person coming was Qingzhu, who was beside the empress dowager, so he hurriedly asked Yunshan to go and greet him.
Qingzhu stepped forward and bowed to Song Zhaofu, saying, "Song Master, I'm sorry."
Song Zhao nodded slowly, "Aunt has served the Queen Mother for many years, and we have a deep bond as master and servant, and we share the same grief. I am in the cold palace, my identity is unknown, and it is not appropriate for me to attend the Queen Mother's funeral to avoid causing trouble, but I have always been thinking of her in my heart."
As they were talking, Yunshan had already returned from their humble room and handed a scroll of Buddhist scriptures to Qingzhu.
Song Zhao said, "This is the Buddhist scripture I copied by hand. I was planning to burn it with the paper money later. Now that my aunt is here, please take it to the Queen Mother's coffin and burn it for me."
Qingzhu accepted the Buddhist scripture with great respect and said, "Master Song, please remember the Queen Mother. Before she died, the Queen Mother also had something. I ask this old servant to personally hand it over to Master Song."
She took out a delicate little box from her sleeve, handed it to Yunshan, and bowed deeply to Song Zhao:
"I am going to the imperial mausoleum, and I will spend the rest of my life guarding the Empress Dowager's spirit. I also hope that Master Song can be released from the cold palace as soon as possible."
Song Zhaoxiang saw Qingzhu off from the cold palace, and only opened the small box when he returned.
But what she saw inside was the Tianji secret order that she had tried every means to steal from the Empress Dowager's palace in the past!
Song Zhao held the secret order tightly in his hand.
It was originally a small piece of sign, but now it felt as heavy as a thousand pounds in her hand.
When Tianji does things, it always recognizes tokens instead of people.
Song Zhao got this item, and he had the power to secretly move around outside the palace.
The road ahead will be much easier.
"Queen Mother..."
Song Zhao shed tears and threw paper money into the fire one by one.
Yunshan comforted her with a few words and said:
"Miss, the Imperial Concubine sent Qin Tai to deliver a letter, saying that it will be done in the next two days. But... are you sure you want to do this?"
Song Zhao said indifferently: "I have come this far, there is no way to turn back."
She wiped away her tears and exhaled deeply.
"If I play dumb and say nothing about Cheng Yu, it will give Concubine Hui a handle on me. In this case, I will have to turn against the emperor completely. First, he will suspect Concubine Hui of having selfish intentions as a chess piece. Second, how can a mother who has lost her child accept the love of someone who killed her flesh and blood? If I forgive him easily, then with his suspicion, even if I leave the cold palace, my life will not be much better than it is now."
Yunshan nodded and said, "I understand that these things between the young lady and the emperor will cause discord sooner or later. Unless the young lady can forget all the past events, the emperor can completely put aside his suspicion of the young lady. However, Concubine Hui is quite trusted by the emperor. Now that the young lady has left the cold palace, it may not be easy to overthrow her."
"Didn't Concubine Hui say that she was a good chess piece that the emperor had cultivated for many years?"
Song Zhao stroked her cheek. She was beautiful and self-aware.
"But if the emperor gets a chess piece like me who is beautiful, obedient, and as innocent as a blank sheet of paper, do you think the emperor will still let the old woman Huifei stay by his side? Then the chess piece will become a discarded piece, and will only make people laugh."
After saying that, he raised his eyebrows slightly towards Yunshan, "Do you know what the fate of abandoned pawns is?"
Yunshan nodded vigorously and said bitterly: "For useless people, it is not too much to be skinned and torn to pieces, and to sacrifice their blood to the heavens!"
Song Zhao nodded calmly, and suddenly threw the remaining paper money in his hand into the fire, letting the flames burn more fiercely.
She stared at the blazing fire, the dancing flames reflected in her pupils, and smiled coldly.
"Then let's wait and see."
[Three short updates, leaving the cold palace tomorrow! ]
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