God is really good at it

In the harem, the queen Feng Boyang walked in front, and the prince followed her obediently. The prince's nanny did not dare to step forward, so she followed the queen's attendant team.

The nine-year-old prince looked at the queen who had been silent and asked:

"My mother, my father has passed away... I really can't see you again?"

When the queen heard this, she paused for a moment, her trance-like face turned pale again, but she quickly walked slowly, with her inherent gentle and dignified rhythm, she said softly:

"Is it... are you sad? At this time, you should cry loudly, otherwise you will be criticized by the court officials and say you are unfilial."

That tone seemed to be talking to oneself.

Prince Di Douyin lowered his head guiltily and said:

"I didn't respond when I saw my father lying there and screaming. I was really sad. Now I can't cry. I feel that he just doesn't come to see me, and I didn't see him often before."

The queen smiled palely and said calmly:

"Before your father left, he told me that you are almost ready to read and study. When he comes back, he will take you to court to listen to politics. By then, you will be able to meet frequently."

The prince felt that the queen was saying something strange, as if the father had not come back yet. He looked at her with some confusion and did not dare to speak.

...

...

The emperor's coffin was parked in Sanying Hall. During this period, the concubines and children in the harem had to guard the Sanying Hall, and the queen and the prince were no exception.

Outside the Sanying Hall, there is a place where all civil and military officials visit and cry. According to the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites, they come to cry for several hours. This will not delay the official business, nor will it miss anyone's etiquette.

Therefore, inside and outside the Sanying Palace, there was constant crying, accompanied by the sound of monks singing and chanting scriptures and performing rituals. There was no time when there was no quietness, and movement could be heard outside the several palace walls.

On this day, it was Xie Yuan's turn to visit the palace. He followed the sound all the way to the hall. He saw the queen kneeling on the head of the coffin, looking in a daze with red eyes.

A little palace maid next to her kept adding yellow paper to the cauldron. An official quietly walked around from behind her, holding a memorial in his hand for her to see.

Queen Feng Boyang lowered her eyes, and her eyebrows were as tired and faint sorrowful as a distant mountain. After hearing this, she took out the private seal she carried with her and covered her head up.

The prince knelt beside her, lowering his head and playing with his fingers.

Although Xie Yuan knew that such a young child would not feel too sad about separation from life and death, especially adults who had little deep feelings, because he did not have such a deep consciousness, just like when she was keeping the souls of the Xie family back then,

There weren't a few tears either.

But when I saw the prince so ignorant of the feeling of sorrow, I didn’t know the reason for it during such a turbulent period, I still felt worried unconsciously.

She sighed, bowed to the coffin of Emperor Wulei while the chanting of the ritual officer, and held the floor with both hands.

She did not cry out like other officials, but instead lay on the ground for a long time without looking up.

When she raised her head again, her eyes turned red, her lips stubbornly pursed, walked to the queen, knelt opposite her, and added yellow paper to the cauldron of the sacrifice, while saying:

"Empress... I heard from Your Majesty that you are unwilling to discipline the prince, but now that Your Majesty is gone, the prince needs you to give me some advice, and I'm afraid you will have to worry more in the future."

Queen Feng Boyang raised her eyes and barely cheered up. She looked at Xie Yuan and didn't say anything for a long time.

Seeing that her eyes seemed to be very bitter, but they didn't look very similar, Xie Yuan asked in a low voice:

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing..." the queen looked away and said lightly.

The queen was a little doubtful whether her sadness was real. She hid her intentions and was doing the show for so long, maybe she couldn't tell whether it was true or not.

After all, she was so miserable that others could not see that she was asking her how to educate the prince in the future. It can be seen that in their eyes, there was nothing serious.

Unlike the concubines next to him... they were so crying that their intestines were about to break.

"Thank you for your hard work, General Xie." She said, "Thanks to you and Shizhong Shen, who came back with His Majesty's order and planned it carefully. Otherwise, we would not know what would happen."

Xie Yuan lowered his eyes and said nothing, as if he choked for a moment, and then endured the pain and said:

"I'm sorry, we didn't protect him."

She spoke sincerely and full of regret. Queen Feng Boyang's heart, which had just calmed down, was suddenly hurt, and tears fell down.

But soon, she raised her chin, stopped her tears stubbornly, and returned to her deep and unfathomable appearance.

...

Xie Yuan left the hall, followed the eunuch's guidance to his position, kneeled on the cushion, lowered his head.

Although everyone around her was crying, she also had reasons to cry openly, but she still felt embarrassed.

But I couldn't help but feel sour in my heart, so I had to wipe my tears secretly and then, lowering my head to my shoulders.

I don’t know how long it took, but the wind blew up and the people on both sides knelt on their sides. Xie Yuan stopped crying and raised his head to make him less embarrassed.

Only then did she see that on one side was Shen Liuzhen and on the other side was Shi Yuhengjia.

The two of them looked ugly, like enemies, and she was stuck in the middle, not knowing what was going on.

These days they are all busy with their own things and have no time to meet and talk. This is a rare opportunity.

Xie Yuan hesitated for a moment and had to ask in a low voice:

"Liu Zhen, how are your health? Have you taken medicine on time?"

But Shi Yuhengjia suddenly gritted his teeth and whispered: "...what medicine should I take? Why don't I die?"

Shen Liuzhen was also not kind and answered coldly:

"You just hate me so much? You even disobey Your Majesty's will?"

"You still have the face to mention him? If it weren't for you, how could something happen to Your Majesty?! I wish I could have peeled you down now!"

Shi Yuhengjia was really hated. While speaking, his eyes turned red, his eyes were about to break, and his teeth were about to bite off.

This sentence talked about Shen Liuzhen's pain. His face turned pale and he stopped talking. Instead, he coughed violently. The painful and difficult cough made Xie Yuan's heart beat and hurt.

She patted Shen Liuzhen on the back and said:

"Duke of England, he is already uncomfortable enough. In the final analysis, it is Empress Dowager Bao who assassinated Your Majesty. It is all my fault. I didn't expect that Empress Dowager Bao would assassinate Your Majesty after taking poison and committing suicide. The reaction was one step slower... it is all my fault..."

She was very guilty and choked up again as she spoke.

Shen Liuzhen coughed out blood again. He looked at the blood on his handkerchief and panted and smiled, but his eyes were painful, like a madman.

Shi Yuhengjia deliberately did not look at them, and he felt hatred and sad, and said in tears:

"If His Majesty had not left a letter, I would have wanted to kill all of you who were with you! Especially Chen Liuzhen... The guards, eunuchs, imperial physicians, and historians, I have asked them all, you said I know everything I have said... Chen Liuzhen, if you die like this, God will be so jealous!"
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