All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Chapter 167 The Whereabouts of Little Aunt
The first day of October is the Cold Clothes Festival in Dazhou.

The meaning of worshiping ancestors is similar to that of Qingming Festival and Zhongyuan Festival. The folk custom is to cut cold clothes from paper, and sacrifice to the graves and burn them to the dead.

Normally, on the day of Cold Clothes Festival, the emperor would only send officials to the imperial mausoleum to worship. After the winter solstice, he would go to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices to the ancestors.

But this time, since the queen mother proposed to go to the imperial mausoleum to worship on the first day of October, the emperor was thinking about choosing a concubine for Chu Yan, so he also decided to go to the imperial mausoleum to pay homage.

Once the emperor's tour is involved, the entire itinerary and rituals will become extremely complicated and grand.

The Taichang Temple was responsible for preparing the sacrifices, because Shen Lingxi was a celebrity in front of the Queen Mother, and when Wu Anbo's ancestor returned to his soul on the first seven days, the fraudulent corpses were calling for Shen's paper tie.

The Minister of Taichang Temple came to the door in person, and handed over all the paper clothing sacrifices needed for the Fanling Festival to Shen's paper shop.

Therefore, Shen Lingxi gathered all the craftsmen of paper making in Wangxian Village and Fu'an Shantang, and worked hard for half a month before all the paper making was ready.

On September 28, after the emperor led his concubine to sacrifice to the ancestor temple, he set off in a mighty way.

Except for the Royal Guard of Honor and the inner guards, there were hundreds of princes and officials accompanying him, plus concubines and the family members of officials appointed by the Empress, the entire Royal Palace could not be seen at a glance.

Shen Lingxi was "borrowed" by the emperor from the Empress Dowager's Shoukang Palace to Chu Yan's side because she wanted to "remove evil spirits" for Chu Yan.

Along the way, Chu Yan didn't know whether it was on purpose or not, he rode on horseback instead of riding in a cart.

Shen Lingxi was happy to be alone and enjoyed his spacious and comfortable carriage.

This time, Yun Huang accompanied him as a frontier envoy.

With Chu Yan's acquiescence, he rode out of Shen Lingxi's carriage from time to time, got in the car and chatted with her to relieve boredom.

Shen Lingxi has the emperor's life in her body, so she naturally wears Taoist robes all the time, and is dressed as Kun Dao.

In addition, in the guard of honor of the emperor's grandson, in the eyes of outsiders, no one cares about the male-female defense between Yun Huang and her.

The car curtain was half open, Shen Lingxi and Yun Huan were talking in a low voice.

His gaze always unconsciously glanced at the front of the convoy. He was wearing a black riding suit and his tall and straight back on horseback, wondering what he meant these days.

Yun Wang saw her absent-minded appearance, and a pensive look flashed across her pitch-black pupils.

"I heard that on this trip, the emperor is going to choose a concubine for the emperor's grandson, do you know?" He asked in a low voice.

"Not only do I know..." Shen Lingxi withdrew her gaze from Chu Yan, "The emperor also gave me the portrait, and asked me to figure out which woman's face is more suitable to be his concubine."

Yun Wang choked, and looked at her probingly: "You...don't have any ideas?"

"What idea?" Shen Lingxi looked puzzled.

But then, when she thought of Chu Yan mentioning "marriage" to her, she said vaguely: "He seems to have something unspeakable, and he is very against the emperor's marriage, so...he asked me if I would like to 'marry' with him."

"What...he proposed marriage to you?" Yun Jue's eyes were filled with surprise, "Sister, did you promise him?"

"I never had any plans to get married."

Shen Lingxi was a little distressed. Seeing that there was no one around, she covered her lips and said in a low voice: "But I don't want to offend him. If he really needs to marry someone to solve his predicament, for the sake of his kindness to us, I would rather I don't mind helping him. After all... I still want to find out where he hides little aunt."

"Help him?" Yun Wang didn't understand, "What do you mean?"

Shen Lingxi told him about her conjecture that day.

Yun Wang looked at her speechlessly.

Based on his understanding of the emperor's grandson, since he proposed "marriage" to his sister, it should not be a whim.

Because Chu Yan had buried his elder sister's body, he always had a good impression of this person.

But for things like feelings, you need your love and my willingness, and the two of you have the same mind.

The one who has the ability to let his elder sister misunderstand like this is an "unspeakable secret" will mention "marriage", so naturally he will not point out too many things.

What's more, Yun Wang knew Shen Lingxi's character best.

Knowing that if she has no intentions towards Chu Yan, even mountains of gold and silver will not be able to touch her in the slightest.

What I said about "one million taels of business" at the moment is just to find an excuse for myself, subconsciously unwilling to delve into the meaning of the other party.

It seems that there is not only one willing between the two.

"So, you don't mind marrying him, do you?" he asked.

Shen Lingxi said hesitantly: "If it's just a formality, I probably don't mind."

"Then what if... he really likes you, does he really want to marry you?" Yun Wang asked again tentatively.

Shen Lingxi was stunned, and subconsciously denied, "How could he please me? Don't talk nonsense. Besides... I have died once, although I am alive in this body now, I don't know if I will leave again one day ..."

At the beginning, her soul was stored on the embroidered picture, but it was strangely sucked into this body overnight.

It's hard to say if this kind of thing will happen again.

"So I don't want to get married. If he really likes me, then I must not delay him, and I must keep him at a respectful distance. It is even more impossible to agree to get married, lest the other party waste time on me."

A sudden look flashed across Yun Lu's eyes.

The untimely death and bizarre resurrection in the previous life must have left an indelible shadow in my sister's heart.

To overcome these and open your heart to accept a person who has only known each other for more than three months, it will not happen overnight.

Presumably, His Royal Highness, the emperor's grandson, although he didn't know the truth, he should have noticed it.

It can't be far away, and it can't be close, so I specially asked someone to ask him if he would like to come to the palace with him.

Thinking of this, Yun Huan's eyes flickered slightly, he pondered for a while, and said in a low voice: "I sent someone to investigate before, and the emperor's grandson would go out of the city alone two or three times a year, all coming from the direction of the imperial mausoleum, so..."

"You mean..." Shen Lingxi was full of surprises, "Is it possible that little aunt was hidden in the imperial tomb by him?"

Yun Huang nodded: "This trip from the capital to the imperial mausoleum needs to pass through two palaces. It may be in the imperial mausoleum, or it may be in these two palaces."

Shen Lingxi couldn't hide her excitement.

Ever since she found out that her little aunt was still alive, she had been looking for an opportunity to find out about her whereabouts with Chu Yan.

But afraid that he would see the clue, he didn't dare to speak for a long time.

If it is true what Yun Wang said, the little aunt is hiding in these three places.

With her ability to communicate with ghosts and gods, she can ask the dead to find her without disturbing anyone.

"I'll figure out a way." Shen Lingxi was full of ambition, "As long as she is in this palace, I will definitely be able to find her."

Yun Huang smiled and said: "Your Highness has agreed, I will accompany him in the guard of honor, and when I go to the palace, I can live closer to you, and I will protect you when the time comes."

With his help, Shen Lingxi has more confidence.

but……

"Chu Yan is very guarded, why would he allow you to stay overnight in his palace?" Shen Lingxi asked suspiciously.

"Speaking of which, thanks to you, he is also my...brother-in-law."

Yun Wangqing coughed, looked at her and said, "After all, he secretly married your spiritual position, and now he still wants to marry you, whether it's for the sake of the previous little princess or you, the 'current', As your younger brother, he has to protect me."

Hearing him mention the spiritual position, Shen Lingxi was embarrassed.

Although the other party's marriage to her spiritual position was just a stopgap measure, every time she thought about it, Shen Lingxi felt a little uncomfortable.

When Yun Wang saw her face, he had a rare look of shame, and his eyes became more clear.

He stopped and said nothing more.

After explaining to her a few things about the palace, he got out of the carriage, rode to the front of the team, and went to Chu Yan's side.

After Shen Lingxi left, she put down the curtain of the car and was so focused on making a plan to find her little aunt that she didn't have the time to care about Yun Huang and Chu Yan's movements.

Until dusk, the carriage arrived at Yongtai Palace in Pei County, and stopped wobbly.

Chunjun called softly through the curtain of the car: "Miss Shen, the palace is here, please get out of the car."

Shen Lingxi responded in a low voice, straightened her blue robes, and then walked out of the carriage.

However, as soon as she lifted the curtain of the car, she was startled by the battle in front of her.

(End of this chapter)