Chapter 283: The Whole City is in Funeral
"Mother, I'm so sorry."
"Jingxi's legitimate son is only a few years old, and everything still needs you to take charge of the overall situation!" Seeing that the empress dowager looked unhappy, the eldest princess was afraid that she could not hold on, so she hurriedly brought up Yuzhou.
"Yes, yes, and Yuzhou."
"Poor Yuzhou, he lost his father when he was less than ten years old. What should we do?" The Queen Mother wiped her tears hurriedly.
"Where is the Jade Boat?"
Lu Chaochao poked her head out and said, "I don't know. Maybe she's hiding somewhere and crying."
"Mother, my father passed away early, and you still need to take care of everything. You must not fall down." The emperor held the empress dowager's hand, his eyes red, and he did not dare to let tears fall.
"Go to Jingxi Palace."
The Queen Mother felt severe pain in her heart, but she did not dare to fall down, so she forced herself to get up.
"Your Majesty, this is not right," a court official advised.
The Queen Mother's eyes were red, and she gritted her teeth and shouted angrily: "Is it unreasonable? He is my own son, who dares to say it is unreasonable?"
The court officials had no choice but to retreat with their heads lowered.
"Let's go to Jingxi Palace first. Jingxi and I are from the same mother, so I want to see him off in person."
"And there is Yuzhou. How can a child like him take charge of the overall situation?" The emperor waved his hand, not allowing the officials to dissuade him.
"Where is your conscience?" The emperor scolded them and they had to give up.
The royal family hurried out of the palace, and all the civil and military officials also ran out of the palace in a panic.
"Hurry, hurry, order someone to prepare mourning clothes."
"Go back quickly and inform Madam to come with me to the Jingxi Palace to attend the funeral."
The officials did not dare to hesitate, for fear of falling behind the emperor, and sparks flew from the carriages.
The Queen Mother leaned against the carriage, looking dazed and breathing with great labor.
"Jingxi came to pay his respects to me this morning, and there seemed to be nothing unusual about him at that time. How could he leave suddenly?" The empress dowager felt exhausted. She had sent her husband away, and now she had to send her beloved youngest son away.
It was like cutting flesh from her heart.
"Probably, it's an acute illness."
"Yuzhou is young and can't explain the reason clearly." The emperor sighed softly, his brows filled with deep sadness.
"Yuzhou lost his father when he was only a few years old. What will he do in the future? You, last time, just because he gave Chaochao a drop of wine, you beat Yuzhou so hard that he couldn't get out of bed for three days. Now think about it, do you regret it?"
The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor with resentment.
The emperor felt vaguely guilty.
"In the future, you are not allowed to treat Yuzhou like this. Children who have been without a father since childhood are always more sensitive. Poor Jingxi, poor Yuzhou... and the princess, alas." The Queen Mother raised her hand to wipe away her tears.
"If anyone attacks Yuzhou again, I will not forgive you!"
"I have already lost Jingxi. Yuzhou is Jingxi's only son. No one is allowed to touch him." As soon as the Queen Mother said this, everyone nodded in agreement.
Who could have the heart to blame a child who lost his father at an early age?
"Everything is up to the Queen Mother."
"If your Majesty Queen Mother is reluctant to let him go, then you can keep Yuzhou by your side and let her teach him personally." The Emperor spoke and the Queen Mother nodded slightly.
The eldest princess also felt extremely regretful.
A few days ago, Xie Yuzhou lawlessly fed Chao Chao wine, and she also specifically asked Jingxi to beat him harder.
As a result, Xie Yuzhou had to stay in bed for three days.
Thinking about it now, all I feel is a deep sense of guilt.
Low sobbing sounds were heard in the carriage, and the eldest princess and the queen mother were in tears.
The huge carriage stopped at the Jingxi Palace.
There was no one outside the palace, not even a single person came to pay their respects.
Wang Yuanlu helped the emperor get off the carriage.
The Queen Mother and the eldest princess followed closely behind, and Yu Shu carried Lu Chaochao down.
The Queen Mother wiped her tears and choked up: "After all, the princess is young and inexperienced. Jingxi has passed away. The lanterns in the mansion have not been replaced. The white banners and other things have not been prepared yet..."
"I gave you this coffin." Lu Chaochao pointed to the rosewood coffin in front of the gate.
She spent a huge amount of money and traveled all over the city to buy this.
"Chao Chao is so thoughtful." The Queen Mother touched her little head.
"Hurry up and send someone to knock on the door. I'm afraid the mansion is in chaos and no one is in charge of the situation." The Queen Mother perked up, her face pale.
Wang Yuanlu went to knock on the door himself.
After knocking several times, I heard the doorman yawning and shouting.
"Here I come."
When the doorman opened the door, his legs went limp with fright.
He fell to his knees with a thud.
He actually saw the emperor's procession.
"You have no manners, get out of here!" Wang Yuanlu ordered his men to drag the doorman away, and immediately helped the emperor into the house.
All the civil and military officials had already changed their clothes and followed behind him with their heads lowered and solemn expressions.
The crowd walked into the palace in a mighty procession.
It was quiet in Prince Jingxi's mansion. The Queen Mother frowned as she entered.
"It's really nonsense that nothing has been arranged at all!" The Queen Mother felt sad that no one was taking care of her son after his death. She felt wronged and heartbroken.
"Hurry up and carry the coffin in and place Jingxi first." The Queen Mother wiped her tears.
The servants in the palace were all confused.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, the Queen, the two princesses..." The chief steward of the Jingxi Palace knelt on the ground with a confused look on his face.
"Wait, what are you doing carrying a coffin?"
Why is everyone crying? Why are the civil and military officials wearing mourning clothes? ! !
"Where is Jingxi placed? Has he been accommodated?" the Queen Mother asked crying.
"Release?!" The steward's pupils trembled. What kind of statement is this? The prince and princess had just had lunch and were taking a nap now.
The emperor's eyelids suddenly twitched.
He had a bad feeling.
"Take me to see Jingxi!" The emperor said in a deep voice without having time to explain.
The chief steward wanted to go back and report, but seeing that everyone looked serious, he had to take the person to the backyard.
The emperor kicked the door open.
Xie Jingxi was so scared that he sat up suddenly.
"You bastard, you are courting death. How could you make such a big noise? You almost scared me to death..." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw his beloved brother, the empress dowager, the eldest princess and others...
A swarm of people rushed into his bedroom.
He glanced vaguely behind him and saw a large crowd of people, all the civil and military officials had arrived!
"What...what happened? Did I violate the Heavenly Law by taking a nap?!" Xie Jingxi jumped off the bed in fear and knelt on the ground.
The princess hid in her bed, too embarrassed to show her face.
The Queen Mother's choking voice was stuck in her throat, and she looked at her lively son in shock.
The eldest princess's eyes were swollen like walnuts, and she could only look at her resentful brother with her eyes slightly closed.
Wang Yuanlu swallowed hard.
Damn, this is a huge misunderstanding.
"Why are you here?" The eldest princess' voice was hoarse and she looked at him with gritted teeth.
"I'm not here, where should I be?" Xie Jingxi was confused. I'm just taking a nap, what's going on? !
"You shouldn't be here. You should be in the coffin." Lu Chaochao pointed to the black rosewood coffin outside the door.
"Bah, bah, bah, what bad luck. Nonsense, I'm still alive and well, why should I go into a coffin!" Xie Jingxi spat with an unlucky look on his face.
The emperor gnashed his teeth in anger.
"Xie Yuzhou is spreading rumors everywhere that you are dead!!"
"Everyone in the capital city should come to the gate to pay their respects to you!" The emperor said something sinister, and Xie Jingxi was so frightened that he saw black.
Bang bang bang.
The door of Prince Jingxi's mansion was knocked loudly.
"Open the door, the master is back!" Xie Yuzhou squinted his eyes comfortably.
I avoided the exam and the beating, how wonderful it is...
I am so smart!
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