Rebirth of the special forces: the only favorite concubine in cold love

Chapter 553 The Death of the Second Concubine
As expected, the person sent to look for Mo Junlan did not hear from him for a long time. After getting this result, Mo Tingye had no choice but to order someone to suppress the news that King Lan had left the palace, and declared to the outside world that His Highness King Lan was overly saddened by the death of the late emperor. Trauma, old disease relapsed, temporary residence in Chonghua Palace to recuperate, no outsiders allowed to disturb.

On the second day after King Lan left the palace, Concubine Yu suddenly ordered someone to send a message to Nangong Qianmo, asking her to come to the palace, saying that she had something important to tell.

"At the beginning, the reason why I agreed to His Royal Highness Prince Lan's entry into the palace as a concubine was firstly because he had saved my life, and secondly because he promised me to let me leave the palace after the matter was completed. Now that he is no longer in the palace, I So I had no choice but to be cheeky and ask Princess Xuan to help me."

Seeing Nangong Qianmo coming as promised, Concubine Yu did not hide it, because she knew that talking to this Princess Xuan, no matter how many circles she went around, it would be useless, she might as well get straight to the point, maybe she could win a good impression.

After hearing this, Nangong Qianmo couldn't help raising his eyebrows slightly: "Counting today, you and I are only close to each other, how do you know that I will definitely help you?"

Concubine Yu smiled, blinked at her, and said in a low voice, "What if I said that His Royal Highness Lan Wang asked me to come to you?"

"You know he's leaving?" Nangong Qianmo narrowed her eyes, looking at her with a half-smile.

Seeing that she took it seriously, Concubine Yu waved her hand quickly: "Hey, hey, let's say it first, I don't know about his leaving the palace privately. If I knew, I would still be trapped in this palace now. I have been with you a long time ago." He ran away together!" The tone was rather resentful, and she was arranged to leave after the good things that were agreed at the beginning, but now it's a good thing, he ran away without a trace, and he had to rely on himself at critical times!

Regarding her explanation, Nangong Qianmo did not doubt it, because her tone at the moment clearly indicated that she wanted to kill Mo Junlan...

"Then you can always guess where he went, right?"

Concubine Yu rolled her eyes to the sky: "I just have a cooperative relationship with him, and he won't tell me everything, okay?"

Fortunately, Nangong Qianmo didn't expect to get any clues from her at first, so he was not disappointed. He took out an exquisite blue and white porcelain bottle from his sleeve and threw it to her, and said lightly: "The emperor loved you before his death. Adding to this, it is not a big deal for Concubine Yu to follow the late emperor in mourning."

Inside the porcelain bottle is a medicine that can make a person suspended animation. After taking it for half an hour, the whole person will be in a state of suspended animation, and will wake up after 24 hours.

Concubine Yu looked at the porcelain vase in her hand and nodded thoughtfully, then said to her sincerely: "Thank you!" Even though Mo Junlan's boy is loyal enough, Princess Xuan is really reliable!

There is no custom of burying concubines in Dongfeng. All concubines in the harem, who have children, can go out of the palace to serve with their children, and those who have no heirs will be sent to the Taimiao to guard the spirit of the late emperor.According to the rules, Concubine Yu was supposed to be sent to the Ancestral Temple, but news came from Jingchen Palace that night, saying that Concubine Yu was overly sad and went with the late emperor.

After King Xuan learned of this, he ordered the Ministry of Rites to draft the title of Concubine Yu and bury her in the Mausoleum of Concubine Yu.

Speaking of the Ministry of Rites, I have to mention that Cui Yu, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites, was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown due to the dispute over the heir apparent. His student He Ming took over as the minister of the Ministry of Rites. A group of people were dismissed and investigated. As for the current minister of the Ministry of Rites, he was just promoted from the bottom, Liu Shiqing, the second place in the 19th year of Yongan.

Speaking of which, this Liu Shangshu was the same year as Cheng Zhinan, but unfortunately, he was rigid and upright, ignorant of flexibility, and had no background, so he was exiled to a remote village to be the magistrate. Later, because he accidentally offended his boss, he was framed. He moved to Yuezhou City and worked as a clerk in a Qingshui yamen.

If it is said that Cheng Zhinan's official career has been rising and rising, then this Liu Shiqing has been demoted and demoted again and again, falling to the bottom. This state lasted until Nan Jing was destroyed. Soliciting a large number of talents, Liu Shiqing seized the opportunity to show his fists.

Having said that, according to the traditional ancestral system of Dongfeng, on the day of burial, royal family members, civil and military officials, and harem concubines must kowtow to bid farewell before the late emperor's spirit in turn, and then they can take up the coffin and go to the emperor's mausoleum for burial.

Right now the empress is being thrown into the cold palace, and the virtuous concubine is sick again. The highest ranking in the harem is Concubine Yuan Gui. Naturally, she leads a group of concubines to kowtow and salute in front of the coffin. Coming here, everyone was unavoidably flustered for a while, wildly guessing the reason why Concubine Yuan Gui didn't show up for so long.

"Why don't you go to the front hall?" Nangong Qianmo asked with a frown as he strode in.

"Princess Huixuan, Concubine Yuan Gui hasn't come yet, so..." Concubine Shu stepped forward to explain.

Nangong Qianmo frowned, and told the palace servants beside him: "Go to Jingchen Palace and see if there is any delay."

At this moment, a few palace people from Concubine Yuan Gui's palace ran in in a panic, crying: "Wangfei, my mother... she, she has gone! Only, only this is left—" said Then he presented a note to Nangong Qianmo.

She took the note and looked at it, her heart sank suddenly. There were four words written on it: Life and death go hand in hand!

After being silent for a moment, he called Liu Yun and said: "You go to the front hall immediately, and hand this note to the prince, please make a quick decision."

Then he said to Concubine Shu: "It's getting late, please ask Concubine Shu to take everyone to the front hall first."

Since the defeat of Prince Rui and the loss of the Empress faction, Concubine Shu has restrained herself a lot, so at this moment she simply agreed: "Princess, don't worry."

Nangong Qianmo nodded slightly, "Qiandai, follow me to Concubine Yuan Gui's palace."

Hurrying to Concubine Yuan Gui's bedroom, behind the bead curtain, a woman in yellow clothes was neatly dressed, lying on the Babu bed with her clothes on, her eyes were lightly closed, her expression was calm.The moment she saw her, Nangong Qianmo sighed imperceptibly, thinking that Concubine Yuan Gui must have committed suicide by swallowing gold...

At this time, the maid who often served in front of Concubine Yuan Gui choked up and said: "This dress was worn by the empress when she first entered the palace, and the late emperor praised it. Since then, the empress has ordered us to keep it. Haven't worn it in years..."

Looking at Concubine Yuan Gui's remains, Nangong Qianmo said silently in her heart: Don't worry, I will definitely do what I promised you.

In the front hall, Mo Tingye listened to Liu Yun's report, pondered for a moment, and summoned the newly appointed Minister of Rites, Liu Shiqing, to order: "Pass down the decree, make Concubine Yuan Gui the Queen of Duan Jing, and be buried in the imperial mausoleum with the late emperor! "

"His Royal Highness, the queen is still in the palace, is it not appropriate for Concubine Yuan Gui to be buried in the emperor's mausoleum?" Liu Shiqing frowned and asked tentatively.

　Sorry, there is a mistake, Concubine Xian is the adoptive mother of King Yu, and Concubine Shu is from the Queen's faction...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)