Chapter 297: Master and Disciple, Palace Change
On the other side, Shen Ning walked quickly towards the Imperial Hospital.
The incident happened not long ago, and Li Yushi needs to ask for leave to leave the palace. Maybe I can still meet her and see if there is anything I can do to help.
But when Shen Ning rushed to the Imperial Hospital, she learned from a young imperial physician that Li Yushi had already learned about her father's affairs and had hurriedly left the palace.
In Jingjiu Lane in the capital, at the gate of Pei's residence, Li Yushi, dressed in a white dress, with a pale face and bloodshot and swollen eyes, stood quietly outside the courtyard gate.
Inside the courtyard, Pei Yuanzhou was struggling to break free from his mother's dragging.
Fan Ru had just been brought to the capital by her son not long ago, but she didn't expect this kind of thing to happen.
The future relative-in-law gave up his good official position and chose to provoke the prince. Now he has died in a collision and his body has been left exposed in the wilderness.
What is this?
The same thing happened to Li Yushi. The prince has already ordered that the funeral cannot be held. Why did she come to look for Yuanzhou of their family? Yuanzhou will take part in the spring examination next year. If she angers the prince... all the hard work of more than ten years will be wasted.
What's more, you might lose your life!
"Don't go, you can't go!"
Fan Ru was about to cry: "This is a matter of life and death. If you say it lightly, you will ruin your future and maybe even your own life. Don't you think about it carefully?"
Pei Yuanzhou paused for a moment and gritted his teeth: "The Li family has been very kind to us."
If it weren't for his engagement with Li Yushi, he would never have had the chance to marry the third master of the Xu family, nor would he have had the chance to enter the Imperial College in Beijing.
"Ever since my son came to Beijing, Uncle Li has been helping and caring for him in every possible way. His kindness is as great as a mountain. If my son were to avoid his fiancée at this moment, would he still be considered a human being?"
Pei Yuanzhou pulled his mother's hand away and said, "Mom, you're worried about the impact on my career. Don't you think about how your son will survive if such a heartless and heartless act gets out?"
Fan Ru cried, but couldn't figure out the seriousness of the matter. Finally, she hesitated and let go of her hand.
Pei Yuanzhou opened the gate and walked out. Li Yushi took two steps forward and before she could speak, tears started falling: "Yuanzhou..."
"I'm here, I'm here, you come in first, come home first."
Pei Yuanzhou took Li Yushi in his arms and tried to lead her into the courtyard, but Li Yushi shook her head and refused: "I have to go collect my father's remains."
Before he could finish his words, tears started rolling down his cheeks again.
All Li Yushi could see before her eyes were the scenes of her father raising and caring for her... He was talented but not brilliant, and it was entirely through more than 20 years of hard study that he found his way forward.
He said that the family's life would get better and better in the future, and that he would take care of her children and teach her grandson to write... He said that her and Pei Yuanzhou's children would definitely inherit Pei Yuanzhou's intelligence and talent, and would be more promising than his grandfather, the old scholar.
He also said that he had already started saving money to prepare a dowry for her, and when she married Pei Yuanzhou after the imperial examination next year, he would definitely let her marry in style...
The father who had been unsuccessful for half his life lived frugally. He was even reluctant to go out for drinks with his colleagues. Even if he was forced to go out, he was always stingy, which made those people make fun of him a lot.
But he didn't care at all, he just wanted to save money and prepare more dowry for his daughter...
Now, he is lying alone and cold in a mass grave!
Li Yushi knew that the prince would not allow her father to be buried, but why?
What crime did her father commit that his body should be left exposed in the wilderness after his blood was splattered in the Imperial Palace? How could this be justified?
Li Yushi's tears kept rolling down her face, and she could hardly see the person in front of her...but she could hear Pei Yuanzhou's silence.
After being speechless for a moment, Pei Yuanzhou spoke in a hoarse voice with a difficult tone: "Yu Shi, the prince has ordered that he cannot be buried..."
Li Yushi was suddenly shocked and slowly raised her head: "So?"
Pei Yuanzhou pursed his lips, then carefully advised her, "Yushi, I know you're heartbroken, but your uncle is gone now. No matter how heartbroken you are, you must take care of yourself first... The Crown Prince is furious right now. If you go to meet him this time, and if you're convicted, your uncle's spirit in heaven won't be at peace."
Pei Yuanzhou felt that what he said was right, and of course what he thought was right, but at this moment, he did not dare to look into Li Yushi's eyes.
Li Yushi looked at the man in front of her quietly for a long moment, then managed a forced smile and said, "Okay."
She said, "I understand. I won't implicate Master Pei..."
After saying that, she slowly turned around, took a step forward, staggered and almost fell to the ground. Pei Yuanzhou hurriedly supported her, but Li Yushi silently pushed his hand away.
Seeing Li Yushi turn around and leave, Pei Yuanzhou stood there stiffly, his face turning pale and blue.
He knew that his behavior at the moment was a bit ungrateful... He was not afraid of death, but he felt that people should not seek death for unnecessary things.
If he could save Lord Li Chengmu from death by risking his own life, he would be willing to give it a try even if it meant offending the Crown Prince and risking his life... After all, he was deeply indebted to the Li family.
But now, Lord Li is dead, and there is only a corpse in the mass grave.
No matter what, the living are more important than the dead. He can risk his life to save others, but if he has to disregard his own life just to see whether a corpse is buried in peace... he can't do it.
Looking at Li Yushi's staggering back, Pei Yuanzhou gritted his teeth several times, and the next moment, he suddenly walked out.
He felt that this behavior was really stupid, but if he abandoned Li Yushi today, he would not be able to rest in peace for the rest of his life.
Back when the family was penniless in Pingning, it was the Li father and daughter who supported them for a long time. Even when he fell into the water on the way from Xinzhou to Beijing, Li Yushi stayed with him through thick and thin... It was because of his own secret thoughts that he had been delaying the marriage. Even though Li Yushi had noticed it, she never said anything.
Deep down in his heart, he couldn't deny that he didn't really like Li Yushi...but at this moment, he couldn't let her down.
Pei Yuanzhou walked out without saying a word, and the next moment, his legs felt heavy.
Fan Ru hugged her son's legs and said only one thing: "Yuanzhou, if my son disregards the Pei family's incense and your mother's life and death and walks out of this house today...I will hang myself in the yard, and you will handle my funeral and Master Li's funeral together."
After saying that, Fan Ru let go of her son's legs, walked back without saying a word, untied her belt and threw it on the tree in the yard, stepped onto the stone bench, and looked at her son quietly.
Pei Yuanzhou stood there stiffly, closed his eyes and took a deep breath...
Li Yushi had actually roughly guessed it.
After such a long time, she already knew Pei Yuanzhou well enough. He was definitely not a bad person, but...
She actually knew that Pei Yuanzhou had been hesitant and unwilling to marry her because the person in his heart was not her.
But she didn't mind, because she liked him and knew that it was impossible for him to be with the person in his heart.
That person was no longer someone he could touch.
So she was willing to wait, willing to stay with him, waiting for the day when the clouds would clear and the sun would shine.
She also knew that Pei Yuanzhou always weighed the pros and cons when dealing with things...
But at this moment, the chill that surged from the bottom of her heart almost overwhelmed her.
She didn't blame Pei Yuanzhou, and she could understand it. It was just a corpse. There was no reason for her to let him gamble his future and life. Maybe she shouldn't have come to find him... But she didn't know who to find.
They all came from small places and settled in this imperial city. They were as insignificant as mayflies. At this time, she just didn't know who to look for.
At this moment, Li Yushi suddenly remembered a sentence she had heard somewhere before: In this world, when everyone reaches the most critical moment, the only person they can rely on is themselves...
So, it was just her!
But it doesn't matter even if she is alone.
So what if he's the crown prince? So what if he has imperial power?
If she couldn't even collect the remains of the father who raised her and bury him in peace, what would be the meaning of her life in the future?
If you are not afraid of death, you will fear nothing...
Li Yushi bought a cart and pulled it out of the city step by step, all the way to the mass grave at the foot of the mountain in the west.
Dusk fell in the west and fog rose in the mountains. Apart from the occasional humming of strange birds, the only sound was the sound of her struggling to drag the cart forward.
Li Yushi stepped on something and looked down to see broken bones. Her face turned pale.
But she just looked away and continued forward...
She used to be very timid, but at that moment, she felt fearless.
Her father was all alone and waiting for her to take him home...
At this moment, there was suddenly some movement in the distance behind him. Li Yushi paused and turned back. Through the mist in the forest, he vaguely saw someone driving a carriage.
Why would there be a carriage in a place like this? Could it be a ghost passing by?
Li Yushi twitched the corners of her mouth... turned around and continued forward, but after dragging the cart for a few steps, she heard a familiar voice behind her: "Li... Disciple! Disciple Li..."
Li Yushi froze suddenly, and turned around, only to see a carriage approaching through the fog... In the carriage was her master Ye Heng.
"ah……"
The figure of the woman in the white dress and black hair standing in the forest made Ye Heng scream. When he saw that it was Li Yushi, he managed to calm his expression which was about to burst into tears: "Finally caught up with you."
Li Yushi was about to speak when Ye Heng quickly lowered his voice: "Don't call me by my name here. I heard that if wandering ghosts hear your name, they will remember you and go home with you. Don't call me by my name, just call me Master. Remember that."
Li Yushi looked at him in a daze.
Ye Heng was speechless: "Hurry up and get in the car, what are you waiting for? It will be fatal if it gets dark later. I tell you..."
Li Yushi immediately dropped the cart and climbed onto the carriage. Ye Heng drove the carriage forward, and soon it stopped at a place.
Li Yushi saw the corpse thrown on a low slope at a glance.
"father……"
She jumped out of the carriage crying and staggered over there, crawling and rolling.
Ye Heng hurriedly followed and saw Li Yushi hugging the corpse and crying loudly. He stretched out his hand, but he didn't know whether to let it fall or not.
After a while, when Li Yushi had barely calmed down, Ye Heng spoke up to persuade her to leave: "Take uncle back first. I have someone prepare the cemetery, it should be almost done..."
Li Yushi looked back at Ye Heng, feeling so grateful that she didn't know what to say.
The two men stood up and carried the body. Originally, Ye Heng wanted to do it by himself, but he overestimated his strength. Later, the two of them worked together to lift Li Chengmu's body onto the carriage.
It was already dusk. Ye Heng suppressed the horror that was all over his body and hurriedly drove Li Yushi and her father's body away from the mass grave.
Time was in a hurry and Li Yushi was extremely sad. She didn't even think of looking for a grave to bury her father first. However, she didn't expect Ye Heng to be so thoughtful and asked someone to find a place before leaving.
It's just outside the city, on a sparsely populated, barren mountain.
When we arrived at the place, there were already more than a dozen people waiting, all with their faces covered so we couldn't see clearly.
Li Yushi knew that Ye Heng was worried about implicating innocent people.
"The Crown Prince is taking his anger out on Uncle Li. His refusal to allow burial was a fit of rage. I don't think he would go to such lengths over a corpse, but he has to be cautious, which is why he sought this secluded spot..."
Ye Heng explained to Li Yushi, "Although this place is rarely visited, it's not far from the city gate and the scenery is quite beautiful. It's a good place for Uncle Li to rest in peace... As for the tombstone, in order to avoid angering the Crown Prince and causing trouble, we can erect it later. What do you think?"
Li Yushi watched those people put her father into the coffin and buried him. She turned around and bowed solemnly to Ye Heng: "Master, you have been so thoughtful and considerate. I will never forget your kindness."
Ye Heng was a little embarrassed, and he was not very good at comforting people, so he said dryly: "Once a teacher... well, I am your master after all, the master of heaven, earth, emperor, and parents, and I can be considered your relative, so... you don't have to be polite. Now I am alone, if you need anything, you can always come to me."
Li Yushi lowered her eyes and tried hard to hold back her tears.
Ye Heng just remembered something after he said this: "Oh, right, I almost forgot that you are engaged. If it is inconvenient for you to find me to avoid suspicion, then go find your master. She will definitely not ignore you."
They both knew what kind of person Shen Ning was.
Li Yushi smiled bitterly, "If it weren't for Master today, my father would never have been able to rest in peace. I..."
Ye Heng hesitated for a moment, frowned, and asked, "Where is your fiancé?"
Li Yushi twitched the corner of her mouth: "At times like this... ordinary people would never dare to get involved."
The country is in turmoil and the government is in chaos. No one knows what will happen next and everyone is in danger.
Ye Heng frowned, and after a moment, he sighed, "I have the Ye family and my aunt, so I'm naturally not too afraid. But your fiancé is only a scholar now. Apart from his academic achievements... he's basically a commoner. It's natural for him to have some concerns. Don't be too sad."
Li Yushi knew that what Ye Heng said was the truth, but although she understood it ideally, she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable emotionally...
But now she was filled with grief and had no time to think about anything else.
On the other side, in the palace, Shen Ning asked someone to go and see, and only felt relieved after learning that Ye Heng had helped Li Yushi bury Li's father.
Good job, little eyes, you never get scared when faced with difficulties.
It was getting late, and Shen Ning was about to return to Cining Palace... But just as she reached the Imperial Garden, a plain-looking palace maid suddenly came up to her and whispered quickly, "Your Highness, there has been a change in the palace. The Imperial Guards have sealed the palace gates... His Royal Highness Prince Ding has led his troops back to the capital. Please return to Cining Palace as soon as possible, close the palace gates, and protect yourself."
After saying this, the palace maid left quickly.
Shen Ning's expression remained unchanged, but her heart began to beat violently.
Here it comes...
Even though she had a premonition, when the moment really came, she still couldn't help but feel frightened.
The Queen and the Crown Prince were about to launch an uprising. Taking advantage of Emperor Jiaping's coma, they forced the emperor to abdicate and ascend the throne... and everything was settled in a flash.
Xiao Nanchen had obviously anticipated this, and he led his troops back to the capital without anyone noticing...
Who will win? This is the battle!
Shen Ning felt that it was time for her to take action: hide in the Cining Palace and never show her head, no matter how hard she tried!
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