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Chapter 74 The Crown Princess Dies

Those royal family members or young masters who got along well with Chu Xiaoyan basically could not escape. Some died, while others were exiled.

In the previous life, due to Chu Anlan's death and Ye Chenxi's departure from Beijing, Prince Dun's Mansion and the Princess' Mansion avoided being involved in this disaster.

I'm afraid I won't be so lucky in this life.

In this life, Chu Anlan, Ye Chenxi and Chu Xiaoyan have more contact and their relationship is closer.

It’s hard to say how the situation will develop.

In the night wind, Ye Wanqing sighed softly.

Chu Anlan came closer to her with a lamp in hand: "Wanqing, are you feeling unwell? Why are you sighing all of a sudden?"

Ye Wanqing shook her head and said, "Sir, please get up early tomorrow and accompany me to the Buddhist temple to listen to the sutras?"

Listen to the sutra?

When Chu Anlan heard this, the smile on his face froze.

……

the next day.

Chu Anlan slept until dawn.

This time when he came to Rongguang Temple, he did not have time to return to Prince Dun's Mansion, so he only brought Mo Yan with him.

He lay in bed and asked, "What time is it?"

Mo Yan pushed open the door and said, "My Lord, it is already the end of the Si hour."

The end of Si hour?
Chu Anlan flipped over and got up, barefoot and went out of bed: "Didn't I tell you last night to wake me up at 1:00 a.m.? The monks have finished chanting at this time. If you sleep a little longer, you won't be able to eat the vegetarian meal. Just go drink the hot pot water!"

Mo Yan quickly explained, "The princess sent someone to tell you to get enough sleep before getting up, so I didn't wake you up."

"Wan Qing let me sleep?" Chu Anlan was overjoyed.

Mo Yan said with a straight face: "I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not."

"Don't talk about it if you don't want to." Chu Anlan walked barefoot to the wooden shelf, took off his undershirt and outer robe and put them on carefully.

Mo Yan choked.

I watched as the spoiled prince washed his face and combed his hair carefully, tying it into a high ponytail.

By the time Chu Anlan had packed up and stepped out of the courtyard, dinner was already served in the dining hall.

Ye Wanqing did not eat in the dining hall, nor did she listen to the sutras in the Dharma Hall.

Ye Chenxi said casually: "The sister went to the Xiongbao Hall. She lit a long-burning lamp for someone there and said she wanted to go and take a look."

Everlasting light?
Chu Anlan put away his smile and asked, "Is this for the person named Lu Qingcheng?"

"Shh..." Ye Chenxi whispered, "I'm just guessing, don't be angry, and don't let others know about this."

Chu Anlan stopped eating and said sullenly, "I'll go take a look."

Having said that, he walked out without paying any attention to Ye Chenxi.

Ye Chenxi wanted to catch up, but saw Ye Chenting coming over with food and asked, "I think An Lan doesn't look well, why don't you go over and take a look?"

Ye Chenxi looked at the food his second brother brought, his eyes shining: "I'm hungry and have no strength. I want to eat pork elbow."

Ye Chenting sighed helplessly: "Be careful with your words."

……

Ye Wanqing went to the Xiongbao Hall.

As soon as she stepped out of the palace gate, she saw from afar a young man in red clothes walking towards her in the wind under the winter sun, like a pomegranate fire.

When I approached, he seemed to have some resentment in him.

Ye Wanqing stood on the steps and looked at him: "Good morning, Prince."

She was wearing a smoky blue plain dress today, her long hair was tied into a soft bun and pinned with a pair of pearl hairpins, she looked gentle and beautiful.

Chu Anlan coughed pretentiously and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Ye Wanqing calmly responded: "Come and burn incense."

really.

He immediately walked past Ye Wanqing and went inside: "I'm going to burn incense too."

Ye Wanqing's lips curled slightly: "Your Highness, you are not here to burn incense, but to confirm something, right?"

Chu Anlan suddenly stopped.

Ye Wanqing looked at his back and said, "In this magnificent hall, there is a long-burning lamp with the name 'Lu Qingcheng' written on it. If you want to know anything else, just ask me directly." Her voice suddenly became extremely cold.

Chu Anlan turned around and walked back to Ye Wanqing: "A long time ago, Lu Jilian told me something."

Ye Wanqing pursed her lips and said nothing.

Chu Anlan continued: "He said that 'Qing' is the generation name of his future daughter."

"So what?" Ye Wanqing was very calm.

Chu Anlan looked into her eyes seriously: "During the days when you were seriously ill, you didn't dream about marrying Lu Jilian, did you? This Lu Qingcheng, isn't she the daughter you gave birth to in your dream?"

Ye Wanqing felt as if struck by lightning, and a thorough chill poured down from the top of her head.

She looked at Chu Anlan's clear and serious eyes almost in shock.

After a long while, she finally found her voice and shook her head with difficulty: "No..."

Not a dream.

"Haha!" Chu Anlan couldn't help himself any longer. He put his hands on his hips and laughed so hard that he fell backwards. "I was just talking nonsense to tease you! Why are you so scared? With your reaction, I almost thought what I made up was true!"

Ye Wanqing was speechless.

As the two were looking at each other, footsteps suddenly sounded in the distance.

Ye Chenting brought Ye Chenxi and hurried to the Xiongbao Hall.

Ye Chenting said solemnly, "Wanqing, Anlan, I received a pigeon message from Jindu, saying that the Crown Princess passed away last night. We need to rush back to Jindu immediately."

Even though she had known that the Crown Princess would pass away, Ye Wanqing still felt a little sad when she heard the news.

She is not close to the Crown Princess.

But before she came of age, she often lived in the Empress Dowager's palace, and the Crown Princess had to pay her respects every few days, and they met many times.

A living person is gone just like that.

For the royal family, the death of a crown princess is like a drop of water falling into a lake, which creates a few shallow ripples but then no more waves.

When this Crown Princess is gone, there will be another one.

There are countless people who are staring at her position, hoping for her death.

The Crown Princess who died young and had no children could not be buried in the emperor's mausoleum, and could only be buried in the Imperial Concubine Cemetery with a tablet engraved with her surname.

No one will remember that she once had a very nice name - Menglian.

Ye Wanqing wondered, in her previous life, after she died, what were the words written on her tombstone and tablet?

No.

She doesn't even have a tombstone of her own.

She married Lu Jilian, and as Lu Jilian's wife, she would share the same coffin, tomb and tombstone with Lu Jilian after her death.

She died before Lu Jilian, so when Lu Jilian was still alive, she could briefly occupy the tombstone, coffin and tomb alone.

There would probably be only one line engraved on her tombstone: The tomb of the late mother Lu Ye.

Since the day she got married, she had lost her own name. When she was alive, she was Mrs. Lu, and after her death, she was Lu Ye.

There are thousands and thousands of women like her.

This is the sorrow of being born a woman.

……

On the way back to Beijing, Ye Wanqing was in a bad mood.

The carriage sped along the official road, and the bleak scenery on both sides of the road was quickly disappearing into the distance.

No matter how hard we hurried, it was still dark when we arrived in Jindu.

There was a light snow in the evening.

At this time, it was all white.

The capital of Jin, which was bustling the day before, suddenly became silent due to the death of the Crown Princess.

The red couplets and red lanterns that were newly hung a few days ago were all covered with white cloth, without a trace of red or color showing.

The festive atmosphere of the New Year disappeared overnight.

Inside the carriage.

Ye Chenxi's eyes were red. "The Crown Princess has passed away, my cousin must be very sad, right? When they got married, the capital was all red. It's only been a few years, and it's all white..."

(End of this chapter)