Sanhezi heard someone else shout, "Something's wrong!" and turned to look. Then Sanshu also looked over.
After the two of them looked over, they realized it was Daji, whom Zou Heng had sent to guard the city gate.
After Daji ran into the palace, he couldn't find Zou Heng, but he saw Sanhezi. He ran towards Sanhezi while shouting, "Something terrible has happened!"
When Daji reached Sanhezi's side, Sanhezi stopped him from shouting "Something's wrong!"
Sanhezi looked at Daikichi who had run up to her and asked with great dissatisfaction, "What's wrong?"
"Are you trying to get punished by making a scene in the palace?"
Ignoring the punishment, Daji blurted out, "I heard His Majesty has passed away, and the city..."
Before Daikichi could finish speaking, Sanhezi interrupted him, "Daikichi, what are you saying? Do you know that cursing His Majesty will result in being executed by slow slicing?"
"I think you're asking for trouble."
"Third Eunuch, you don't know, the people in the capital are all saying that His Majesty has been..."
"Explain yourself clearly. What did you mean by 'being'?"
"They say His Majesty was eaten by a tiger."
Sanhezi was enraged by Daikichi's words, "How dare you!!!"
Despite Sanwako's anger, Daikichi continued to speak.
"Third Eunuch, nowadays, people in the capital have begun to wear mourning clothes and plain clothes, and every household has hung white lanterns with the word 'mourning' written on them."
Sanhezi angrily struck Daji directly with his whisk, saying, "I think you really have a death wish!"
"no...."
Daikichi was about to say something when Sanju, who was standing next to Sanwako, interrupted him.
"Godfather, this... what Daji said has also happened in the palace."
"What did you say?"
After hearing this, Sanhezi turned around and looked at Sanshu with a cold gaze.
San Shu mustered his courage and spoke up, "Godfather, Xiao Shunzi from the Hall of Mental Cultivation just came to me and said..."
"What did you say? Say it all in one breath, don't dawdle."
"Xiao Shunzi said that the ladies in each palace were all dressed in white, with white pearl flowers in their hair, and hemp ropes tied around their waists, kneeling at the palace gates."
"Among them, the Second Prince, the Third Prince, and the Fifth Prince were also dressed in white robes with hemp ropes tied around their waists, kneeling at the entrance of the Hall of Mental Cultivation."
Upon hearing the number three, and combining it with Da Ji's words, Sanhezi realized that someone had actually said that his emperor had passed away.
Since ancient times, only when an emperor died would all his concubines and princes wear white robes and kneel before his bedchamber, tied with hemp ropes. Even ordinary people would hang white lanterns with the character for "mourning" in their homes, and everyone would wear plain clothes and tie hemp ropes.
After thinking about it, Sanhezi immediately turned around and ran towards the Imperial Study.
Still standing there in a daze, Daji looked at Sanshu and asked, "Grandpa Sanshu, this...?"
San Shu said to Da Ji, "His Majesty was reviewing memorials in the Imperial Study, how could he have been eaten by a tiger?"
"Besides, even tigers are afraid of our Emperor, so how could they possibly eat him?"
"The claim that His Majesty was eaten by a tiger is a complete fabrication."
After finishing his sentence, San Shu ran towards the Imperial Study.
After San Shu left, the ministers entering the palace saw Da Ji standing in the same spot. "Isn't that the guard who was by Commander Zou's side?"
"I think it's called something like 'Great Fortune'?"
"Let's ask him where His Majesty is."
The minister who had spoken walked up to Daji and asked, "Which palace is Your Majesty in now?"
Still bewildered, Daikichi stammered, "The Imperial Study"
Having obtained what they wanted to know, the ministers headed towards the Imperial Study.
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Purple Bamboo Pavilion
Qin Jingyi brought Xiao Xi'er back to the Purple Bamboo Pavilion and found no palace servants. At first, he didn't think much of it and took Xiao Xi'er to his own palace first.
Upon arrival, he began to introduce his palace to Xiaoxi.
"This is a bamboo grove, which my mother planted herself a couple of years ago."
"Pig Forest? Why isn't it pink?"
Qin Jingyu's mind was filled with big question marks.
"It looks like a cute pink pig!" (meaning you can eat a pink pig!)
This time, Qin Jingyao understood what Xiao Xi'er meant.
"Xiao Si, the pink, edible thing you're talking about is a pig. Pigs are animals."
"This is a plant, tall and green with leaves; it's bamboo."
Little Xi nodded her head blankly, then pointed to the bamboo and asked Qin Jingyi with curiosity.
"Can't we eat this?"
Qin Jingyi looked at the bamboo in front of him, and was about to say that it couldn't be eaten when he thought of something and changed his mind.
"No...but edible."
"Really?" Xiao Xi'er looked at Qin Jingyi with wide eyes and delight.
Seeing Xiao Xi'er's greedy expression, Qin Jingyi smiled and said, "Of course it's true."
Qin Jingyi had just finished speaking when he saw Xiao Xi'er preparing to go down and pull up the bamboo, so he quickly pulled her back.
"It's not ready to eat yet; we need to wait two or three months. In another two or three months, a food called 'bamboo shoots' will grow here."
"Then the bamboo shoots are fine, right?"
"Yes, Xiao Si is really smart."
Little Xi'er, pleased with the compliment, grinned, showing her tiny baby teeth.
"Hey, you have to call me when the time comes, okay? You can't eat it secretly by yourself!"
"I'll definitely invite Xiao Si over to eat together then."
"Mmm, my husband is so good~"
Just as Xiao Xi'er was about to pull Qin Jingyan down and give him a "kiss," the sound of a small stool came from behind.
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