Looking at their backs, Leng Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as he was about to turn around, Concubine Li came to him holding Yu'er's hand. Yu'er shook her clothes lightly and knelt on her knees.
"Brother Emperor, I have a favor to ask."
Looking at the three-year-old child in front of him who was just learning to speak, Leng Yu's heart softened.
He stepped forward to help him up, bent over, and asked gently:
"Yu'er, what do you want?"
Yu Er licked her lower lip with her tongue, pursed her chubby little mouth and said:
"I would like to ask my brother the Emperor to allow me to go to the imperial mausoleum and keep vigil for my father for ten years."
A wake? Or ten years?
Yu'er's words made Leng Yu stunned for a moment. He looked up at Concubine Li and saw that her face was calm. He immediately understood that this must have been discussed between Concubine Li and Yu'er in advance. Otherwise, how could he, a three-year-old kid, understand about keeping vigil?
He reminded softly:
"Does Yu'er know what a vigil is?"
Yu'er nodded heavily. "Of course I know. The Leng family's ancestors are all buried in the imperial mausoleum. My father will also be buried there tomorrow. I've only been father and son to my father for three years. I haven't been with him long enough, so I want to go and keep him company for a while longer."
"But the wake will be very boring. You can't eat meat, wear brightly colored clothes, talk loudly, or laugh. All your joys and sorrows must be kept inside. You have to live like this for ten years. Can you do it?"
Yu Er nodded in agreement without thinking.
"I can do it, and I'm determined. Please allow me, brother."
Leng Yu suddenly felt that Yu'er was a child with a stubbornness that was hard to understand.
He looked up at Concubine Li.
"Empress Dowager Li, is this his idea or yours? Do you want to go with us?"
Concubine Li smiled and shook her head.
"It was his idea, and mine too. Yu'er was sad when he learned about the passing of the retired emperor, but he didn't cry or make a fuss. He just told me that he wanted to spend more time with the retired emperor. So I thought of having him go to the imperial mausoleum to keep vigil for the retired emperor. After I told him my idea, he agreed immediately, so we came to ask the emperor for permission."
Leng Yu sighed softly, bowed again, held Yu'er in his arms, came to the coffin of the retired emperor, and asked again:
"Yu'er, my brother the Emperor asks you once again: are you really willing to guard the royal ancestors' spirit tablets and live a boring life for ten years? Can you really do it?"
Yu'er looked at the coffin with bright eyes and nodded without hesitation.
"I know that once you enter the royal mausoleum, you can't come out for three years, but I feel that three years is too short. Although ten years is not much, it can show my determination to keep vigil for my father. I can do it."
Looking at Yu'er's determined eyes, Leng Yu nodded with satisfaction.
"Okay, in that case, I will grant your wish and let your mother accompany you. If you feel bored, remember to send someone to send a message to my brother. In three years, my brother will take you back."
"Thank you, my Royal Brother, for your help. I'll go kowtow to my father, then go back and prepare. I'll follow my father to the imperial mausoleum tomorrow."
Leng Yu put him on the ground. He quickly walked to the coffin and kowtowed three times. Then he came to Concubine Li, took her hand, looked back at Leng Yu, grinned, gave him a big smile, and then turned and left.
Silence returned here. Smelling the scent of incense and watching the ashes of paper money flying all over the sky, Leng Yu suddenly laughed sarcastically.
"Everyone has left. This huge palace is so empty!"
After saying this, he turned around dejectedly, walked to the coffin of the retired emperor, sat cross-legged there, and began to add paper money into the brazier.
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Prince Xi's Mansion.
Leng Xi has woken up. When he knew that it was Luo Lan who saved him, he felt indescribable.
Yu Qiaoqiao made porridge for him, brought it to him, and fed it directly into his mouth without saying a word.
Leng Xi looked at her, "You're back?"
"Um."
"Why did you come back?"
"I heard you were injured for your country, so I came back to see you."
"hehe……"
Leng Xi laughed at himself.
"I wasn't injured for my country. I was atonement for my sins. His family raised my daughter, yet I've been repaying them with hatred. Tell me, am I an unforgivable criminal?"
"I have no idea."
Yu Qiaoqiao didn't want to talk to him much, she just wanted to fulfill her obligations and take good care of him.
Seeing that she didn't want to pay attention to him, Leng Xi simply stopped talking, opened his mouth and ate the porridge she brought to him.
When Luo Lan came, Yu Qiaoqiao had just put down the bowl in her hand. Seeing her come in, she hurried over to greet her.
"Empress, you are here?"
Luo Lan nodded.
"Well, come and change his dressing. I'll go back to the palace later."
"The Emperor will be buried tomorrow, so you must be very busy. Please teach me how to change the medicine later, and I will change it directly for him. Otherwise, it will be inconvenient for you to run back and forth in the palace."
"That's good. I've been really tired these past few days. I need to take a good rest after the emperor is buried."
As she spoke, she came to Leng Xi's side. When she was about to uncover his wound, Leng Xi suddenly covered the quilt with his hands.
"How dare I trouble the Empress to change the dressing myself? You should teach Qiaoqiao and let her do it."
After he said this, Luo Lan also felt a little embarrassed. She nodded.
"Okay then. I'll tell Qiaoqiao how to change the dressing. Take good care of it and don't move around for the next few days."
"I understand, sister-in-law, thank you."
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