The news of Murong Zhan's return to the palace quickly spread, and the women in the palace were more active than ever, but who dared to show it, instead showed sadness, mourning that the mountain that had been pressing in front of them was finally dead up.
People in the whole capital who knew what happened in Chengde Mountain Villa were waiting for the news from the palace. When the emperor came back, the empress would be officially mourned.
As long as the news of the empress's death comes out, many things can be prepared.
Some people even want to know who the next queen will be.
"Your Majesty." Eunuch Fu walked behind the screen with his clothes in his hands, and looked at the figure that sank himself in the water. He felt a burst of sadness in his heart. He had already heard about the Chengde Villa.
He knows better than anyone else the empress's position in the emperor's heart. He has been by the emperor's side since he was a child, and he has experienced many things with the emperor. Before the emperor met the empress, he had almost never seen the emperor really smile.
Only in front of the queen, can the emperor really look like a human being, a person with joys, anger, sorrows and joys. Now that there is no queen, what will the emperor...be like.
"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Fu said with difficulty.
After a while, Mo Rongzhan came out of the water. He wiped himself off, took the clothes from Eunuch Fu, put them on, and walked out without saying a word.
In the main hall of Qianqing Palace, many ministers were waiting for him.
"Greetings to the emperor." Mr. Xu glanced at Murong Zhan, knelt down and saluted.
Mo Rongzhan nodded lightly, "Let's all get flat."
These cabinet ministers, including the six ministries and other members of the clan, wanted to come to discuss the funeral of the empress, but now...the palace has not seen any plain white appearance, and it seems that the coffin of the empress has not been transported back to Kyoto. This... what's going on
"I have already sent people to Qi State to propose a marriage. After the marriage is over, I will lead my troops to conquer Xiliang." Murong Zhan said in a low voice, and when he solved Beiming Kingdom, he would definitely destroy Dongqing Kingdom.
This... isn't it? Shouldn't the empress's funeral be resolved first
"Your Majesty, the funeral of the Empress..." the Minister of Rites could not help but speak.
Murong Zhan's expression turned cold, and he said word by word, "The empress is not dead, she just went to sea with Ye Yiqing. From today on, whoever dares to mention a word again, no matter who it is, will be killed."
His words fell on everyone's heart like a heavy bell, and everyone was shocked. The meaning of these words... Is the empress still alive? But the news that came back from Chengde Mountain Villa was not like this.
The emperor refused to admit that the empress was dead... Could it be possible that he still thought that the empress would come back
Probably because they refused to admit the news that the Empress had passed away due to dystocia. Everyone turned their attention to Mr. Xu, and then looked at the others, but no one dared to say anything more. Everyone knew Murong Zhan's feelings for the Empress. The later new favored concubine Shu was not even a single bit as good as the empress.
"The Empress will come back safe and sound with Master Ye going out to the sea to promote our country's virtue." Mr. Xu clasped his hands together and saluted. He had met Lu Yaoyao before. Most of the news is fake.
It is estimated that Ye Yiqing misunderstood the emperor and thought that the emperor had neglected the empress, so he forcibly took his daughter away.
When the others heard Mr. Xu say this, they had no choice but to kneel down.
Mo Rongzhan's thin face was still covered with a layer of ice, "Where's Lu Shiming?"
"Your Majesty, Lord Lu is in poor health and has not entered the palace for several days."
"I heard that Mr. Lu has been to Chengde Mountain Villa before..." someone whispered.
Murong Zhan said coldly, "Everyone back down."
Everyone in the hall bowed their heads and retreated. Murong Zhan glanced at Tang Zhen, "You go to Lu's house."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Tang Zhen replied.
Murong Zhan said in a deep voice, "Tell them that Yaoyao is still alive."
Tang Zhen nodded sadly, "I obey the order."
Does everyone believe that Yaoyao is still alive, so Yaoyao can come back? Did the emperor think so in his heart
Mo Rongzhan was the only one left in the hall, he sat without moving, obviously he still had a lot of things to do, but he felt empty in his heart, as if there was no point in doing anything, and he didn't know where he could go next.
"Your Majesty, it's getting late, do you want to go to bed?" Eunuch Fu asked cautiously.
After a while, he thought that the emperor wanted to sit here all night, when he heard a deep voice, "Go to Yongshou Palace."
Eunuch Fu felt a pain in his heart, "Yes, Your Majesty."
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Xiuhe Palace.
"Your Majesty, I heard... I heard that the Emperor is back." Su Mei combed Hu Yue'er's hair, and talked about the news she inquired outside today.
Hu Yueer's whole body was shocked, did the emperor return to the palace so soon? Is that... The time of her death has arrived.
"Sumei, you don't have to come to Ben Gong to serve me tomorrow, lest you end up badly." Hu Yue'er said in a low voice, she knew that she would die, the emperor would not spare her, she didn't want to hurt other people.
"Your Majesty, don't think about it, this matter has nothing to do with you, the emperor loves you so much, I will understand." Sumei comforted her.
Hu Yue'er smiled wryly and shook her head, Sumei didn't understand, she always thought that the emperor really doted on her, but in fact it wasn't.
"The emperor...has he ordered a mourning for the empress?" Hu Yue'er asked in a low voice.
Sumei said, "It seems that there has been no decree, and the empress's coffin seems to have never returned."
Hu Yue'er was puzzled, what happened
While wondering, Miao Ling walked in from the outside and bowed to Hu Yue'er, "This servant has seen your mother."
Seeing Miao Ling, whom she hadn't seen for a few days, Hu Yue'er was overjoyed, "Miao Ling, where have you been these few days?"
"Returning to your mother, the maidservant has been assigned other errands by Fugong Bus these few days." Miao Ling replied with her head lowered.
Hu Yue'er said, "Then have you finished all your errands? Are you going back to Xiuhe Palace?"
Miao Ling raised her head and looked at Hu Yue'er, "Your Majesty, this servant is here to say goodbye to your Majesty. This servant has reached her palace age and will be able to leave the palace tomorrow morning, so come here to kowtow to your Majesty."
She is really lucky now that Eunuch Fu has called her to go to another place these few days, otherwise... she is afraid that she will never be able to leave Xiuhe Palace for the rest of her life.
When she learned that Hu Yue'er was going to Chengde Villa, she knew that something was wrong. Although no one dared to say what happened to Chengde Villa, they already knew that Hu Yue'er had no hope in this life.
Hearing that Miao Ling was leaving the palace, Hu Yue'er's expression changed, "You're leaving..."
Miao Ling didn't say much to Hu Yue'er, and after bowing and kowtowing, she knelt down and left.
Sumei wanted to talk about her displeasedly, but she heard Fu Gonggong begging to see her outside.