Immediately afterwards, the three Taoist masters walked out of the imperial carriage, and then the Taoist master Taihuang of the Ministry of Justice announced the decree from the council table. The first half of the decree was about mourning for Prince Yunhao, and the second half was about the arrangements for Prince Yunhao's coffin and funeral ceremonies.
After reading the decree, the Grand Emperor Daozun said to Yi Zhen and the other two, "Immediately send the coffin of Prince Yunhao to the Imperial Palace of the Jingshan Dao in the Zongfanyuan for burial and veneration."
Yi Zhen and the other two bowed and said, "We will obey the order."
When Yi Zhen and the other two returned to the carriage, as the junior officials of the garrison office made way, the fifteen junior officials of the Jingshan Dao Kingdom, as well as the ministers and state officials, came forward crying to greet them. They were dressed in plain clothes, first kowtowed and worshipped in front of the coffin of Prince Yun Hao, then walked to both sides of the coffin, and reached out to help them onto the tall and magnificent coffin.
The special envoy of the Jingshan Dao Kingdom, Shangqing Fangyue, was the last to go to the coffin of Prince Yunhao and kowtowed in respect. Then he stood in front of the coffin indifferently and walked away holding the coffin.
"绋" means a large rope, a white silk ribbon with a seal on it, used to pull the coffin. "Zhi绋" means holding the large rope in front of the coffin, pulling it.
Then white petals began to fall on both sides of the street, and bursts of mournful music resounded throughout Zhuque Street. In this solemn environment, the three Taoist masters walked in the front, followed closely by the senior ministers and the three commanders of the left army. The people of the Jingshan Taoist Kingdom and the coffin of Prince Yunhao were in the middle, and the junior ministers followed the coffin and slowly moved forward with the team.
Half an hour later, the slowly moving procession passed through four streets and finally delivered the coffin of Prince Yunhao to the palace belonging to the Jingshan Dao State of the Zongfanyuan, where the body was placed in the main hall.
The entire ceremony was presided over by the five governors of the Honglutai and the special envoy of Jingshan Dao Kingdom to Yujing, Fangyue Shangqing. As the special envoy of Jingshan Dao Kingdom, Fangyue Shangqing could naturally represent Jingshan Dao Kingdom to receive the condolences of all the nobles in Yujing City who came to pay their respects.
But Shangqing Fangyue was obviously not thinking about this matter. An hour later, seeing that all the nobles in Yujing City who were supposed to come had arrived, a servant who came from nowhere quietly came to the hall where Prince Yunhao's body was kept and said something to Shangqing Fangyue. Shangqing Fangyue blushed at first, then nodded.
Soon, Shangqing Fangyue greeted the fifteen Shaoqings of Jingshan Dao Kingdom, and then he stood up and left.
Fang Jian's face darkened when he saw this scene, and he sighed in his heart. Fang Yue was the Shangqing of Jingshan Dao Kingdom, and was also one of the top nobles in the Dadao Court. From her behavior, it can be seen how low these nobles in the Dadao Court have fallen.
Fang Jian walked forward and came to the coffin of Prince Yunhao. Like the people who came to pay their respects before him, he held the coffin with both hands, bent over and stamped his feet, beat his chest and cried three times, then put down the white coffin, bowed three times to the coffin, accepted the thanks from the young ministers and ministers of Jingshan Dao State, and then bowed to the coffin and retreated.
After returning to the crowd, Fang Jian's expression immediately became cold. The three Dao Zuns stood at the top of the hall, the senior ministers stood on both sides of the hall, and the junior ministers stood in front of the hall, bowing solemnly.
After an unknown amount of time, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from the solemn and silent hall, and then a national scholar from the Jingshan Dao Kingdom rushed to the front and said something angrily to the young officials who were kneeling on both sides of the coffin of Prince Yunhao. The young officials were shocked at first, then stunned, and then they raised their heads and looked around, and finally stood up in anger.
A moment later, dozens of Jingshan Dao officials also stood up angrily. They summoned their magic weapons. One of the Jingshan Dao officials, his eyes bloodshot, said angrily, "The Crown Prince has suffered, and the country is mourning. As a high minister, she dared to do such a wicked thing right here where the Crown Prince's coffin is resting! Gentlemen, let this pest live! She will only harm the country! Even if this thief is a high minister, we can kill him today!"
After saying that, fifteen Shaoqings, holding magic weapons, rushed out of the hall with dozens of ministers in a menacing manner, and rushed straight to the government courtyard behind the hall in the shocked eyes of everyone.
"What's going on?"
"What happened?"
Everyone in the hall was confused and talking about it, but Fang Jian said loudly and nonchalantly: "Something must have happened in the backyard. I'll go take a look."
After saying that, Fang Jian also walked out of the hall and headed towards the backyard. The three Dao Masters looked at each other in astonishment, then turned into a beam of mysterious light and flew out of the hall towards the backyard.
When the senior ministers who came to the hall to pay their respects saw that the three Taoist masters had all gone, they followed them. Before leaving, they ordered the junior ministers in the hall to stay there to look after the coffin. This immediately made the junior ministers who were also very curious in their hearts very angry, but they did not dare to disobey. They could only suppress their curiosity and stay in the hall to look after the coffin.
At the same time, in the backyard of Fangyue Shangqing's bedroom, fifteen junior ministers and dozens of ministers of Jingshan Dao Kingdom rushed out of the bedroom in extreme anger and momentum. Sure enough, they heard a blood-pumping sound coming from the bedroom.
The voices were those of a man and a woman. The man's voice was unfamiliar, but the woman's voice was exactly that of Fang Yue Shangqing.
Then, the charming voice of Fang Yue Shang Qing was heard from the bedroom: "Wait, there seems to be some movement outside."
Then came the panting man's voice: "Don't be afraid, I have used the power of 50,000 dust to set up a barrier in this bedroom. People outside can't find it."
"Well, that's good." Fang Yue Shangqing responded softly.
At this time, the man said again: "The corpse of your Jingshan Daoguo's prince is lying in the main hall in front, but I am here playing with their Shangqing, hahahaha!"
"You are bad..."
At this moment, the three Dao Masters and many senior ministers who arrived from behind also heard this conversation. For a moment, the courtyard outside the bedroom was silent, and you could hear a pin drop. Everyone was shocked and looked at each other.
The fifteen junior ministers and ministers of the Jingshan Dao Kingdom outside the palace could no longer bear to listen. Furious, they stepped forward and kicked open the palace door, roaring, "Bitch! Are you worthy of being a minister of this country?"
"ah!!!"
Suddenly, screams filled with horror, panic, and shame were heard from the bedroom. As the door was kicked open, an unbearable scene that was too painful to look at appeared in front of everyone.
Shangqing Fangyue had her hair disheveled and her body was completely exposed to the air. She quickly stood up from Yao Shu's body, and with a flash of fairy light on her body, she used her magic power to conjure up a set of robes and put them on.
Yao Shu was also horrified. He endured the excruciating pain from the wounds on his shoulder scapula and climbed to his feet. Then he said in a confused and horrified tone, "Where's my barrier?!"
Hearing this, Fang Jian outside smiled coldly.
At this moment, the people of Jingshan Dao Kingdom had already rushed forward and launched an attack on Fangyue Shangqing and Yao Shu who were sitting on the jade couch. Facing the siege of dozens of Hunyuan Wuda Daluo Jinxian, Fangyue Shangqing and Yao Shu had no power to fight back at all. They were soon seriously injured and captured by the Shaoqing and Qingshi of Jingshan Dao Kingdom.
After being caught, Shangqing Fangyue was thrown to the ground. She spat out a stream of blood from her mouth, and then looked up and saw many Shangqings of the Dao Court and three Dao Zuns around her. She collapsed to the ground and her face turned as pale as death in an instant.
"Yao Shu!!!"
When the people of Jingshan Dao Kingdom saw that the man was actually Yao Shu, they were so angry that their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
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