Dong Xun couldn't help but smiled lowly, coughed lightly, and hurried over: "Didn't you already know the whereabouts of the princess? Just go to Yangzhou directly. Why are you so shameless? Hey, I He said, "Let's find a place to rest. If we have to drive day and night again, I will be exhausted and exhausted."
Jin Qicai's slightly depressed voice came from the front: "Dong Xun, if you want to rest, just stay. I'll go find the princess first!"
This Dong Xun is a troublemaker. Even if he is asked to search for him for another month, he still can’t find anyone.
If he hadn't been allowed to follow, maybe he would have found Ye Xingtong and returned to the capital together to recover.
Dong Xun raised the corners of his lips slightly, stopped his horse, turned around and headed in another direction.
Jin Qicai, you didn't expect that this young master also knows a shortcut to Yangzhou.
I just won’t tell you.
Just go ahead and play with it slowly, I won't play with you anymore.
There was a solemn and heavy atmosphere inside and outside the capital.
The queen suddenly passed away, and the whole country mourned for three days.
The palace was filled with lifelessness, and no one dared to say a word.
The chamberlains and maids in the palace each performed their respective duties, and no one dared to say a word.
After Jun Yifan came back, he immediately entered the palace, only to learn that the queen had already been laid to rest.
After ten days of preparation, she was buried in the imperial mausoleum and was posthumously named the Virtuous Queen, with the posthumous title Duan.
"Queen Mother..." Before Jun Yifan entered the palace, he trembled and threw himself over, half-kneeling in front of the coffin and crying.
The coffin was made of fine golden nanmu wood, with flying phoenixes carved on it, which was lifelike and noble.
On both sides, there are plain colorful shrines with three arches and four vertical frames, with a cloud-head plain cover and a variety of commemorative supplies placed on the coffin table.
"My lord, please take care of yourself!" Xiao Mo knelt beside Jun Yifan with tears in his eyes.
There were many concubines kneeling around, wearing white mourning clothes, kneeling on the ground and sobbing choked.
Ye Xingtong hesitated for a moment, with a serious look on his face, and followed Jun Yifan forward, kneeling in front of the coffin as if he were the deceased.
"The Emperor has arrived! The noble concubine has arrived!"
The sharp voices of the chamberlains outside came. The noble and majestic Emperor Wu, who was wearing a yellow dragon robe embroidered with gold thread, and a young and beautiful-looking woman in palace clothes with extraordinary temperament and a delicate face came over.
"Your Majesty, you are finally back!" The moment Emperor Wu saw Jun Yifan, he was shocked and seemed happy.
"Father, how did the Queen get there?" Jun Yifan knelt down and straightened up, staring at the approaching Emperor Wu motionlessly.
Emperor Wu's eyes were deep and he sighed lowly: "It's your mother who is unlucky. In the days before your mother is buried, you should spend her last days with your mother!"
"Is she the Concubine Xian?" Jun Yifan glanced at the woman with exquisite makeup and a pretty face.
He remembered that this woman had always been very low-key in the palace. She looked weak, gentle and harmless, and never actively fought for favor.
He didn't have a deep impression of her. It could be said that he had almost never noticed such a noble concubine.
Today I came here with my father...
Jun Yifan clenched his hands.
"Yes, a few days ago, Concubine Xian was hurt by crying for your mother, so she had to come with me, which also made her suffer." When Emperor Wu talked about Concubine Xian, there was a trace of fear in his eyes that almost seemed like someone else's. Visible drowning.
"Your Highness, the queen sister suddenly fell ill, and I am also very sad, but what has happened, your Highness should take care of yourself." Concubine Xian's tears flowed out like broken beads, and she covered her sleeves to wipe her tears. , I really feel pity for him.
Her body trembled, and her slender and willow-like body was about to fall backwards. Emperor Wu supported her body in time, glanced at her lovingly, and said lovingly: "Okay, concubine, please go down first, wait. Come to express your condolences when you are well."
"Yes, I will take my leave first." Concubine Xian felt blessed and slowly left with the support of two palace maids.
Jun Yifan sneered in his heart as he watched the two of them showing off their affection in front of him and the concubines without any scruples.
Knowing that I couldn't ask anything, I had no choice but to give up and closed my eyes slightly. There was a hint of prayer in my hoarse voice: "Father, can you allow me to speak to my mother alone?"
Emperor Wu naturally agreed, gave the order, and went out with the others.
In the empty hall, only Jun Yifan and Ye Xingtong were left.
There was a wind blowing, blowing the curtains in the hall, and there seemed to be a faint whimpering sound in the ears. The incense in the incense burner flickered on and off, which was extremely strange.
Jun Yifan pulled Ye Xingtong and knelt down again in the middle of the coffin, crying loudly: "Empress, my son is back, my son is back, my son is back with your future daughter-in-law, don't you always let your son get married? I promise? I promise you, I promise you..."
"Ye Xingtong pays homage to the Queen of Li Kingdom!" Ye Xingtong bowed to the ground.
Afterwards, rituals and major condolence activities were held. Ten days later, the Queen of Li Kingdom was buried in the imperial mausoleum. The scene was grand, a grand ritual was held, and everyone mourned.
Ye Xingtong and Wu Ye also spent a lot of time in the palace.
Jun Yifan didn't know whether it was because he had many things to do or because he was too sad, so he didn't come to see her within ten days.
Ye Xingtong picked up a book out of boredom, moved an embroidered pillar and sat under a big tree at the door of the room, reading leisurely.
But she was thinking about another thing. She and Jun Yifan had come to visit his mother, which could be regarded as fulfilling his mother's wish!
She still had things to deal with, but Jun Yifan was nowhere to be seen. Someone was blocking her when she wanted to go out, so she couldn't see anyone.
Living here all the time is not an option!
No, if Jun Yifan still doesn't come, she has to find a way to get out.
When his eyesight dimmed, Ye Xingtong put down the book, propped his head and looked at the person coming.
Under the faint golden light, that peerless face looked even more peerless and dustless, as misty as mist, as warm as water, and as cold as snow.
"You're here." Ye Xingtong said, as if greeting an old friend he hadn't seen for many years.
He picked up the teapot on the table beside him and poured Wu Ye a cup. The tea was fragrant, fragrant, and steaming.
"How long do you plan to stay?" Wu Ye asked calmly, with a hint of impatience.
"Isn't it nice here? You can eat if you want, drink if you want, whatever you want is available, why are you in a hurry!" Ye Xingtong picked up the tea cup and took a sip, with a leisurely look on his face, leaning against the tree lazily. Get on the road.
Wu Ye raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at the tea with the lingering fragrance, and turned his head to look at the scenery outside: "It's uncomfortable here."
Ye Xingtong raised his eyebrows, with a half-smile on his face, and said suddenly: "I understand, but if we just leave like this, it would be too disrespectful to Jun Yifan. He must be in a very bad mood now that he has lost his mother. , he must be very busy with all kinds of things now. Just wait for two more days. Anyway, there are delicious food, drinks, clothes, and people waiting here. There is no need to worry about anything. If you are really boring, just Ask the chambermaids and maids for some books to read, and when I see him, I will tell him about this matter as soon as possible, what do you think?"
"You decide for yourself!" Wu Ye stood up and walked away without looking back.
Just leave like that
Ye Xingtong shook his head noncommittally, covered his face with the book, and continued to rest with his eyes closed.
"Read to me!"
"yes."
A maid who was waiting next to her took another book from the desk and read it word by word to Ye Xingtong.
There seemed to be a faint sound of Qin'er coming from the distance.
The lazy sunshine, the hypnotic tunes, the exceptionally peaceful environment...
There are no more fights, no more monsters, no more unsettling and weird things here.
Ye Xingtong dozed off unknowingly, and the book covering her face fell off.
"Girl, girl..." the maid called softly. Seeing that Ye Xingtong was not awake, she stopped reading and put the book aside. She went back to the house and took out a blanket to cover Ye Xingtong.
When he looked up and saw Jun Yifan, who was standing next to Ye Xingtong with a gloomy look and a somewhat slovenly beard, he hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "I pay my respects to the prince!"
Jun Yifan waved his hand and said in a hoarse voice: "Excuse me, how long has she been sleeping?"
"I just fell asleep. The slave went back to the house and took the stall and was about to cover it for the girl." The slave girl replied tremblingly.
He stood up and was about to go forward and cover Ye Xingtong with a blanket when he saw Jun Yifan holding Ye Xingtong in his arms, rubbing his chin against her cheek, and turned around and walked into the dormitory.
The maid opened her eyes wide and was stunned for a moment. She rubbed her eyes and almost thought she had seen it wrong.
The prince has never paid much attention to women. Except for the concubines and concubines in the palace, he has never been close to other women.
Even the two people in the mansion, the prince has not seen much.
Unexpectedly, this girl actually asked the prince to carry her into the house.
What an honor and happiness this is!
I see that good things for the prince are coming soon.
Jun Yifan carried Ye Xingtong into the house, carefully placed her on the bed, and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.
The handsome face was a little thinner, and his expression also had a hint of blackness.
It looked like he didn't sleep well and stayed up all day and night.
He sighed slightly, his eyes like a deep pool seemed to flash with slight ripples, and there was a prelude to the waves in the calmness.
Holding her slender, white jade-like hand in the slightly rough palm, feeling the last bit of warmth, she sighed: "Xingtong, my mother is gone, I have lost everything and no longer exist. Everything is right for me." It doesn’t matter to me. All I have left now is you. Don’t leave me again. If even you want to leave me, then I really have nothing. Don’t leave me again. As long as you If you are willing to stay, I will definitely treat you well, take care of you, and care about you, okay?"
Ye Xingtong's eyelashes trembled, and he was about to wake up. Jun Yifan saw this and placed himself on Ye Xingtong's chest, and Ye Xingtong fell asleep completely.
It's just that she felt extremely insecure in her sleep, her brows furrowed.
(End of chapter)