Great Tang princess

Chapter 156
Hearing her words, Li Xian sniffled, and the crying in his tone still didn't fade away: "Now that my elder brother has passed away, how can we sleep?"

Li Yuechen opened his arms, hugged all the elder brothers together, and comforted him softly: "Now that the elder brother has passed away and grandpa is in a coma again, wouldn't my mother be even more sad if something happened to me again? What I should do now It's just to make Auntie feel at ease!"

These words made Li Xian nodded: "I understand, after the mourning hall is set up, I will go back to rest."

The third brother and the fourth brother also nodded to show that they understood. Invisibly, they had already regarded this sister as the backbone.

Li Yuechen nodded, and after letting go of them, he turned and went outside to see if the things needed to build the mourning hall had been brought.

Walking out of the main hall, I saw a few of my brother's personal eunuchs standing there in grief, and everyone else was busy.

Originally, she didn't intend to talk to them, but her unintentional gesture made her stop.

Although Fang Qing'an, the personal eunuch of the second elder brother Li Xian, also had a sad look on his face, he was obviously distracted.

Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that because he was distracted and didn't notice that Li Yuechen was paying attention to this side, she happened to see the smug look in his eyes.

Li Yuechen didn't pay much attention to him, but turned and went back after taking a deep look at him.

She knew what Fang Qing'an was thinking. Now that her eldest brother had passed away, the possibility of her second brother becoming the crown prince was the greatest.

This is actually what she is worried about. Although she has tried her best to maintain the family relationship, she can't stand the hints of these servants.

If he is smarter, it's okay, and the servants don't dare to go too far.

But if you meet someone with no brains, you may be treated like a monkey by the servants.

But right now Li Yuechen didn't have time to think about these things, he just wanted to guard his brother's spirit and direct the affairs here so that his mother wouldn't have any more problems.

Royal affairs are the affairs of the world. If something goes wrong with her, the government will be in chaos and it will have a great impact on the development of the country.

Now that the family is in chaos enough, Li Yuechen doesn't want the country to follow suit.

After a while, Fulai had already brought mourning clothes, and Li Yuechen and his brothers and sisters all put them on.

Pei Qingwan, who had been crying on the prince's body, also stood up, wiped away her tears, and took the mourning dress and put it on her body.

Her eyes were already red and swollen, and after putting on mourning clothes, she still had a look of sadness that couldn't be concealed.

Li Yuechen took this opportunity to come to her, gently stretched out his hand and hugged her in his arms: "Sister-in-law, I am as sad as you. But you have to adjust your emotions and don't break your body, otherwise I will lose face Consolation to the spirit of the elder brother in the sky."

Looking at this sister-in-law who was gently hugging her to comfort her, Pei Qingwan couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

Normally, Li Hong always told her how good his relationship with this sister was, and that when he was in Chang'an Jianguo, this sister wrote to him an average of two letters every month, which never stopped.

She should be the saddest person in this matter, but she was able to hold back the grief in her heart, directing matters such as building the mourning hall, and comforting her mother and other brothers...

Thinking of this, Pei Qingwan couldn't help hugging her gently: "I know, rest assured, Your Highness, I will pay attention to myself..."

Li Yuechen nodded and patted her on the back lightly.

Pei Qingwan didn't feel uncomfortable at all when she was comforted by a girl who was more than ten years younger than herself.

Because this highness is so mature at this moment, it is difficult to regard her as a little girl subconsciously at this moment.

The eunuchs and maids were busy building the mourning hall, and Li Yuechen gave instructions from time to time.

At the same time, I will actively participate in helping.

Under her orderly command, the mourning hall was quickly built.

When countless lanterns in Shaoyang courtyard were lit up, the coffin had already arrived.

In fact, in order to deal with such sudden events, there are carved and painted wood inside the palace.

If something happens temporarily, it can be assembled immediately and made into a coffin as quickly as possible.

Li Yuechen waved away the eunuchs who wanted to help, then turned to his elder brothers and said, "Let's come!"

Li Xian nodded and brought his two younger brothers over to help.

The two sisters and Pei Qingwan, who still couldn't stop crying, put Li Hong's body into the coffin together.

Then the brothers and sisters helped him make up and comb his hair, trim his beard, and put on the prince's court clothes...

After all this is done, it is approaching midnight.

Li Yuechen heaved a sigh of relief, turned his head and said, "Okay, brother Ji, go to rest first, and I will take turns to watch the spirit in the next few days."

"Okay!" Li Xian sniffled and nodded.

"Remember to eat some food when you go back, don't let yourself be exhausted." Li Yuechen reminded, "Now, I can't wait until there is no problem."

Li Xian nodded: "Don't worry, I understand!"

After a few more instructions, Li Xiancai left with his two younger brothers.

Then Li Yuechen looked at Pei Qingwan, she was not crying as badly as she was at the beginning, but she was still kneeling beside the coffin and weeping silently.

Li Yuechen came to her and knelt down: "Sister-in-law, you should go and rest with my two elder sisters."

"No, I want to keep watch."

"My sister-in-law cried all day today, if she stays up all night, I'm afraid there will be eye problems." Li Yuechen comforted, "I'd better wait until tomorrow after I've rested before coming here."

Pei Qingwan seemed to want to say something, but Li Yuechen had already held her hand and came to the two sisters.

"Tonight, I will trouble the two elder sisters to take care of my sister-in-law."

"En! Don't worry." Princess Xuancheng nodded.

Princess Yiyang was a little worried: "Chen'er, it's not right that you are the only one here?"

Li Yuechen shook his head: "There are still so many servants, no problem."

The two sisters nodded, and took Pei Qingwan to rest first.

After the three of them left, only Fulai and Lu Sheng stood at the door with sad faces, and Xiaohe who didn't know when was also there.

Li Yuechen waved his hand slightly: "Go out, let me be quiet."

Xiao He was a little worried: "Your Highness..."

"Get out!" Li Yuechen repeated.

Although the voice is not loud, but the tone is full of firmness that cannot be rejected.

Xiao He and the others had no choice but to bow and salute, then turned around and went out, closing the door gently.

It wasn't until the mourning hall was empty that Li Yuechen closed his eyes and raised his head to let out a sigh of relief, and walked slowly to the side of the coffin.

Stretching out his hand to touch his elder brother's already icy cheeks, Li Yuechen couldn't bear it anymore, sniffed and burst into tears.

……

Hearing the sudden crying sound from inside, Fulai and Xiaohe were about to rush in subconsciously, but stopped their movements at the same time.

The two looked at each other, and they both saw a touch of distress in each other's eyes.

Fulai sighed: "Your Highness has been holding back today, at this time, I'd better not go in and disturb you."

At this time, a small figure came to Shaoyang courtyard with a lantern.After getting closer, I realized that it was Shangguan Wan'er.

Xiao He came over: "Wan'er? Why are you here?"

"I'm worried about Your Highness..." Shangguan Wan'er replied, but before she finished speaking, she heard crying from inside the mourning hall.

Hearing the sadness contained in this cry, Shangguan Wan'er's jaw twitched twice, and two lines of tears also slid down her cheeks.

She was not familiar with the prince, but she felt uncomfortable when she heard Li Yuechen crying so sadly.

He raised his leg and was about to walk in, but was stopped by Xiao He and hugged him in his arms.

"Wan'er, don't go in!" Xiao He sniffled, instead of letting her tears flow down, she comforted her in a low voice, "Your Highness asked me to wait out, but he didn't want us to see her like this ..."

"But Your Highness... Your Highness, she..."

Shangguan Wan'er wanted to say something, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only cry and stamp her feet on the spot.

"Okay, Wan'er be quiet, don't disturb His Highness!" Xiao He hugged her tightly, "Hurry up and go back to rest, I will stay here tonight, in case His Highness needs you tomorrow if something happens."

Seeing this scene, Fulai sniffled, raised his hand and wiped his tears with his sleeve, gritted his teeth, and beckoned to a little eunuch next to him: "Go and make a pot of hot tea, we'll deliver it to His Highness later. "

"Yes!" The little eunuch agreed and ran away quickly.

……

The crying in the mourning hall lasted for about two quarters of an hour before gradually stopping. Fulai waited at the door for a while, then brought hot tea and some pastries, opened the door and walked in.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Yuechen sitting on the futon next to him, staring at the coffin in a daze, his eyes were still red, and he would twitch his nose from time to time.

Seeing Fulai coming in, she calmed down, cleared her throat and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Your Highness, let's have some hot tea, otherwise the servants will be worried..." Fulai said in a low voice.

Li Yuechen sniffled: "Let's put it down."

To be honest, she doesn't have any appetite now, but she also knows that she is staying up all night, if she doesn't eat something, it's easy to lose her nutrition.

So he forced himself to eat something to replenish his strength.

Seeing that she was emotionally stable, Fulai also breathed a sigh of relief, put down the food, saluted and backed out.

Li Yuechen in the mourning hall forced a few mouthfuls of food, took a sip of hot tea, then wiped away his tears, came to sit cross-legged in front of the coffin.

Originally she was an atheist, but at this moment, from the bottom of her heart, she sincerely hoped that the spirit of her elder brother in heaven could rest in peace.

After taking a long breath, he closed his eyes, and recited aloud: "In the past, in the blue sky of the beginning, the blue sky sang, the great floating land, and the infinite top-grade people who were saved by Yuanshi..."

……

Fulai outside the door was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Yuechen inside began to recite scriptures, and then he stood still waiting for the order.

Li Yuechen was originally a Taoist priest, and now it was normal for him to chant scriptures and pray for his elder brother.

As for Fulai, he began to calculate the time, thinking that he would go in for a cup of hot tea when it was almost time.

It was late at night, but Shaoyang courtyard was brightly lit.

A crescent moon hangs high in the starry sky, and the faint silver yarn and starlight gently caress the earth.

Still reciting scriptures with a childish voice, it almost covered the sound of insects in the darkness.

……

On the other side, inside Yanying Hall.

The orange-red morning sun poured in through the window, causing Li Zhi who was lying on the bed to frown slightly.

Slightly opening his eyes, the first thing he saw was his wife who was lying beside him and fell asleep.

She was still wearing the hakama pleats from yesterday, presumably she was by her side until late at night before falling asleep.

The two court ladies next to him saw him open his eyes and were about to speak, but he raised his hand to stop him.

The two court ladies could only salute silently, then turned to prepare the toiletries.

Li Zhi touched his head, which was still in pain, and sat up slowly.

The friction of the cloth was not loud, but it still made the wife next to him open his eyes in a daze.

Seeing Li Zhi wake up, Wu Zetian opened his eyes wide and sat up abruptly: "How does your Majesty feel? Come here! Go and call Liu Shenwei over!"

"No problem..."

Li Zhi waved his hand gently: "Meiniang, you have been guarding here, thank you for your hard work."

"Your Majesty, don't say these things, let Liu Shenwei come over and have a look..."

"No!" Li Zhi shook his head, "I'm going to see Hong'er!"

Hearing his words, a trace of guilt flashed across Wu Zetian's face: "Your Majesty suddenly fell into a coma yesterday, so Chen'er asked my concubine to come back to take care of His Majesty, over there..."

A trace of grief flashed across Li Zhi's face again, but he knew very well that he had passed out once, and he had to control his emotions.

After taking a deep breath, Li Zhi took her hand: "Let's go and see Hong'er together."

Wu Zetian nodded, and the couple helped each other out of bed, and went to Shaoyang courtyard together.

On the way, I didn't forget to tell my servants to tell Liu Shenwei to go to Shaoyang courtyard in a while.

He came to Shaoyang courtyard by carriage, and just entered the courtyard when he heard the sound of chanting scriptures inside.

Seeing the two people coming in, Fulai and others saluted one after another.

"Why are you all outside the hall?" Li Zhi asked.

"Return to the saint, His Highness won't let me wait in."

Li Zhi looked up at the closed door, and heard the chanting still going on inside, he frowned: "What happened after I passed out yesterday? Tell me in detail!"

Fulai respectfully explained what happened after Wu Zetian left yesterday.

Then he knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Slaves, dare to be bold, please ask the saint to let His Highness go down and rest!"

Li Zhi didn't answer, but walked around him directly, strode over and opened the door.

Then they saw Li Yuechen sitting cross-legged in front of the coffin reciting scriptures word by word.

He didn't even turn his head to the opened door behind him.

Looking at the slightly lonely but extremely upright and resolute back, Li Zhi's eyes turned red instantly, he couldn't help taking a deep breath, and slowly came to squat behind his daughter.

Then he raised his hand, gently placed it on his daughter's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Chen'er, it's done!"

Li Yuechen stopped reciting the scriptures, turned around to look, and squeezed out a smile: "Is Grandpa healed?"

Hearing her hoarse voice due to the night of chanting, Li Zhi nodded, reached out to hold her in his arms, and nodded vigorously: "Okay, Grandpa is fine, I can control myself, Chen'er doesn't have to worry !"

Wu Zetian next to him also knelt down and touched his daughter's cheek, with a look of relief on his face: "My Chen'er has grown up..."

　Regarding the cause of Li Hong's death, there is indeed a saying that "the mother and queen were killed by poison".However, the authors believe that is unlikely.

　　Still the same sentence, let's not talk about whether Tiger Poison is a cannibal, but just talk about the conclusion obtained after piecing together various historical materials, the couple both like this son very much.

　　Wu Zetian never hesitated to praise this son, and Li Zhi is the same. It can be said that the couple are very satisfied with their successors.

　　Moreover, Li Hong was indeed in poor health. In the later period, he was even so serious that he could not do the job of supervising the country...

　　Through various inferences, the author personally believes that the cause of Li Hong's death should be the death of illness!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)