As Chen's father looked at Chen Quan being carried back, tears streamed down his face.
Chen Quan's head was a bloody mess, and there was still a bloodstain on the shelf where Chen Quan's body was placed, but no more blood was flowing out now.
Mr. Chen walked shakily to the shelf, his brows furrowed, and he stopped mid-air with one hand outstretched.
Just now, a young eunuch ran over and said that Chen Quan had crashed into the main hall and died because it involved the Empress.
After hearing this, Mr. Chen was completely astonished.
Her son was just a lowly eunuch in the palace, serving the emperor. In the last two years, the emperor had also valued Chen Quan highly, which was why the family's life had improved somewhat.
But how could Chen Quan possibly have gotten involved with the Empress, and even lose his life in the process?
Before they could figure out what was going on, a commotion broke out outside, and then a group of people carried Chen Quan's body inside.
Mr. Chen felt as if something had tugged at his heartstrings, and he was so sad that his breathing became unsteady.
Logically speaking, since the child has already been sent to serve in the palace, there shouldn't be too much expectation. Besides, the family has two sons, so even if Chen Quan gets into trouble, there's still another one.
However, Chen's father really wanted to find out why Chen Quan died.
Chen's father withdrew his hand, turned to look at the little eunuch beside him, and just as he opened his mouth, the little eunuch said something in an extremely soft voice.
"These are all people from the palace. You shouldn't ask questions you shouldn't ask. The people have already been brought back. There's also silver here. Just take it."
The eunuch's voice was very soft, but Chen's father heard it clearly.
Moreover, Chen's father also sensed something unusual in those words.
The Empress has been deposed, a fact I just learned. Perhaps my son was implicated by the Empress and, feeling he had nowhere to turn, attempted suicide.
Mr. Chen looked up at the sky and sighed helplessly.
"Oh well, it's all fate, it's all fate!"
After uttering these heart-wrenching words, Mr. Chen didn't even lift the white cloth off the shelf; he simply turned away.
When Chen's mother saw this scene, she burst into tears and soon passed out.
"Mother, what's wrong? What's done is done, please don't do anything rash!"
"Quickly, find a doctor! Save this person!"
"Oh no, your mother's not breathing, Second Brother! Come here right now! No, Second Brother, go get someone right now, hurry!"
...
After Chen's mother fainted, the entire Chen family was thrown into chaos.
Seeing the scene before them, the eunuchs exchanged a few words and then turned and left.
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Chen Lao Er stumbled in with a doctor carrying a medicine box. The doctor used silver needles to perform acupuncture on Chen's mother, and she finally woke up.
The first thing Chen's mother said when she woke up was, "Don't let the eldest son get cold outside. Bury him!"
After she finished speaking, the whole family was teary-eyed.
Chen Quan was buried that afternoon.
There's a tradition passed down from the older generation: if a young person dies in a family, and that person still has parents, the body shouldn't be left overnight, otherwise it's considered unlucky.
More precisely, if the body of a young person remains in the body for an extended period, it can affect the lifespan of an elderly person.
Therefore, Chen Quan was buried early.
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