Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 888 Death Knell

At midnight, under the pale moonlight, waves of mournful music sounded like weeping and complaining.

The eldest princess and her family entered the mourning hall.

Looking around, everything I saw was white as snow.

Pei Cai was stripped of her title during her lifetime, but after her death she was buried with the ceremony of a noble concubine, and all princes and ladies of noble birth had to come and mourn for her according to the rules.

"clang--"

The heavy brass bell rang, the white banners in front of the coffin fluttered in the sky, the bleak white lanterns swayed, accompanied by the low and repetitive chanting of the monks...all of which revealed a weird atmosphere.

"Snapped"

Suddenly the wind blew and there was a loud noise. The ladies felt a chill on their backs and could not help but look towards the coffin.

White paper, black words, and eulogies hung down like curtains. The night wind seemed to have thousands of hands, turning them over and over, without giving them rest.

Everyone was terrified, and the breath got stuck in their throats, making it impossible to cry.

Only the eldest princess looked calm as she walked into the mourning hall with her head held high. She was silent and solemn, without crying or chanting any eulogy. Instead, she lit three incense sticks and solemnly placed them into the burner.

Zhao Chengyan had no rank and was not allowed to cry inside, so he stayed in a side hall beside the mourning hall.

She secretly clenched her palms and looked at the entrance of the palace, searching for something.

After passing through the crowds of people, I finally locked onto a person.

He was dressed in white linen mourning clothes, without any ornaments, even the crown that symbolized his status, and only tied his hair with a white silk thread.

He knelt in the hall, his white silk and black hair flying around his broad shoulders.

It turns out that even a prince as noble as he is can have his moments of weakness.

Zhao Chengyan's eyes dimmed.

She recalled what the princess had taught her in the carriage just now: "What are you afraid of? Every human being has weaknesses. The Queen Mother has weaknesses, the Emperor has weaknesses, the Crown Prince has weaknesses, and the Prince of Jin has weaknesses even more."

"As for your father...ha," the princess looked at her coldly, "it's said that people resemble their parents. How come you haven't learned Zhao Ziyi's cruelty and ruthlessness at all?"

"Mother!" Xu Yunjiao was dissatisfied, "Yan'er is still young!"

"What do you mean by young?" The eldest princess had contempt on her face. "Zhao Xiwei is less than a year older than her, but she is already very capable! And she can't even protect her own mother!"

"..." Zhao Chengyan's face turned pale in an instant.

Everyone in the mansion was imprisoned, but she was spared because of the protection of the eldest princess.

But when she arrived at the Princess's Mansion, she found that the Princess was no longer as kind to her as before, but did not hide her disgust.

"Mother, Yan'er is also kept in the dark!" Xu Yunjiao was a little angry, "I know you hate Zhao Ziyi, but Yan'er is innocent!"

"What do you mean innocent? She is not Zhao Ziyi's child?" The princess laughed coldly, "How can the daughter of such a heartless man be any good!" "Mother!" Xu Yunjiao couldn't stand this kind of stimulation, she pulled the princess's sleeve and cried, "If you look down on us, why did you take us back? What's wrong with Yan'er? Does she have to be like Zhao Xiwei to be considered good?"

The princess swung her sleeves and said, "Zhao Xiwei? You still look down on Zhao Xiwei? If you ask me, she is not even as good as a toe of Zhao Xiwei! When you had a miscarriage, Zhao Xiwei was still able to desperately ask for help, but where is your own daughter? What is she doing? Ha!"

Xu Yunjiao was angry and resentful, and she pinched Zhao Chengyan: "Yeah! What's the point of me giving birth to you! You can't even beat that wild girl!"

Zhao Chengyan was in so much pain that tears welled up in her eyes, but she didn't dare to say a word, because she knew that the eldest princess looked down on weak and incompetent people the most.

If she cried, she might be met with even more disgust.

The princess frowned and looked at Xu Yunjiao: "Why do you keep talking about fighting? Jiaojiao, I have explained it to you clearly. You and your daughter have a miserable life, and Zhao Xiwei is not much better. With Zhao Ziyi as a bad guy, you are both equally matched and neither of you can win. However, compared to you, Zhao Xiwei at least lost decently and brightly. She burned the evidence that day, how decisive she was! This courage is unbearable! Jiaojiao, "

The princess leaned against the carriage and glanced at the two people opposite her. "To be honest, if this evidence was not related to you, I would have wanted to protect the child."

"Mother! Who are you helping?"

"Of course I'm helping you." The eldest princess said coldly, "But I'm helping you because you're my daughter and I love you the most. If it weren't for this, I definitely wouldn't help you. Sister Wei is a good seedling, what a pity..."

"Mother!" Xu Yunjiao was dissatisfied again, "She is just a wild girl, what's so good about her? Isn't it just that she is lucky and has the favor of the prince? Once she loses favor, she will be thrown into prison in disgrace!"

"You! What a brain you have!" The princess was so disappointed that she poked Xu Yunjiao's forehead fiercely. "If you had listened to me earlier and not gone against Sister Wei, would you have lost a male fetus in vain? It's ok for you to be jealous of Shen Yuqing, but you are jealous of Sister Wei too? You are really amazing. You are on guard against an irrelevant girl every day, but you obey the man next to you. You really piss me off!"

"How should I know?" Xu Yunjiao mentioned the sad things and threw herself on the princess's lap and cried, "...How could I have thought that he was so cruel that he could even kill a child..."

Zhao Chengyan hurried to comfort her, but after a few words, she glanced at the princess and saw that her face was gloomy, so she also started crying: "It's all Yan'er's fault. Yan'er failed to protect her mother..."

"That's enough." The eldest princess was overwhelmed and pushed her away. "Instead of crying about this, why don't you think of a way to kill Zhao Ziyi as soon as possible."

"I..." Zhao Chengyan froze instantly.

"If you can't even do such a small thing, then I can't keep you in my princess mansion." The eldest princess' tone didn't sound like a joke at all. "You also know that Zhao Xiwei has been pardoned by the prince. With her ability, maybe she can rescue Zhao Ziyi in a few days. By then, you two mother and daughter can only wait to become a laughing stock!"

"But..." Zhao Chengyan still couldn't accept it. She hated Zhao Xiwei, but she didn't hate Zhao Ziyi.

If it weren't for Zhao Xiwei, even if Zhao Ziyi was not good enough to his mother, they would not have hated each other to the point of life and death.

If it weren't for Zhao Xiwei, even if Zhao Ziyi didn't pay much attention to her, he wouldn't have gone to the point of being indifferent and having no affection for her at all.

The deep hatred reached its peak at this moment.

  Since the princess asked her to take revenge on Zhao Ziyi, why didn't she take revenge on Zhao Xiwei first?

She lowered her head, feeling that she was particularly vicious at the moment, but also particularly brave - the winner takes all, and as long as she could win, she would be the only one that everyone would look at with admiration!

……

  Zhao Chengyan pulled himself out of his memories, and a surge of courage suddenly arose!

She walked forward, bowed gracefully, and called softly, "Your Highness, Prince Jin, I have something important to report to you."

I couldn't sleep last night, and I have a terrible headache today. I took some ibuprofen and I'm going to write a chapter now...

  ps: It's another chapter that lays out the plot. I hate laying out the plot, but I don't know how to transition quickly without laying out the plot... crying

In addition, there is only one chapter tonight, so don't wait.