Glory all the way

Chapter 363 Atonement

Chapter 363 Atonement
"What? The queen mother is going to the Emperor's Tomb to make amends, and she will live in the Emperor's Tomb from now on and never come back to the palace again?"

Coming out of the main hall of Yufu Hall, seeing that the lights of the East Side Hall where Du Xuan was located were still on, Suerna came in and told them Yueji's decision.

Du Yuan was also there. He stood up in shock after hearing Suyerna's words.

"That's what the queen mother said. She said that the rumors in the capital will not just die down. As long as she is still there, they will never stop. Therefore, she wants to go to the emperor's tomb to make amends. In this way, she is far away from the people in the capital. The hustle and bustle, her heart can be more peaceful and peaceful, and we will suffer less criticism."

Suerna said in a depressed mood.

"What should be persuaded, you have persuaded, and the queen mother still insists on this?"

Du Xuan frowned and asked.

Suerna nodded.

For a while, the three fell into silence.

"These days, the queen mother must be feeling very uncomfortable. It is only because we are here that she suppresses it in her heart and faces us with a smile every day. In fact, her heart must be more bitter than Huanglian."

Sighing softly, Suerna tentatively said: "Otherwise, we will rely on her and let her live in the imperial mausoleum for a while. There are palace servants on the left and right. Although the environment there is worse than in the palace, but It's not much worse. After a while, the capital calms down a bit, and we'll go and persuade her to come back."

"Yeah, let her be alone for a while. She always wants to vent. With us here, she is a mother and always takes care of our feelings. In the palace, she just wants to cry as much as she wants. No way. Since she proposed it, let's obey her."

Du Yuan heaved a sigh of relief, and said in agreement.

"Since that's the case, let's do it this way. Choose some honest and steady maidservants to serve by your side. If there is anything wrong, report back immediately."

Du Xuan replied in a deep voice.

They each took a rest and had no sleep all night. They waited until there was movement outside, and it was almost the hour before Du Xuan and Bai Yingluo got up to freshen up.

When she arrived at Yufu Hall, Yueji looked very good.

Xu thought that it would be a long time before the next meeting, Yue Ji's face was full of reluctance, she looked at everyone greedily, Yue Ji held her brother Yan in her arms and kissed her for a long time.

At the hour of Chen, the mighty palace chariot drove out from the gate of the palace and went straight to the Taimiao located in the east of the capital.

All civil and military officials had been waiting early, and when Suerna got out of the car, everyone was startled.

Hearing that Suerna went to the Royal Garden to recuperate, and that all affairs of government were handed over to King Zuoyouzhen as the regent, many people secretly speculated whether His Majesty would die soon.

Seeing that her face was rosy now, and she had returned to the dignified and steady empress before, everyone looked at Du Xuan and Du Yuan with more respect.

The auspicious time is approaching, Yueji and Suerna took Du Xuan and Du Yuan to pay respects in front of the tablet of the royal family's ancestors. Du Yuan recited the sacred decree of King Zuoyou before the ancestor's tablet.

After the ceremony is completed, the names and taboos of Du Xuan and Du Yuan will be officially recorded in the Jade Document for future generations to remember.

It was already noon when we arrived at the imperial mausoleum.

Pointing to the white marble tombstone in front of her solemnly, Yue Ji said softly: "Here is my mausoleum, right next to the late emperor's. When you come to pay homage to the late emperor after a hundred years, remember to bring me a bouquet of lilies. "

Wanting to say "Queen Mother, don't say such unlucky words", when the words came to his mouth, Du Xuan felt that they were too deliberate, maybe Yueji didn't have such intentions, so he paused.

But when he looked up at Suerna and Du Yuan, both of them hesitated to speak. Du Xuan knew that he was not the only one who had such a bad feeling.

After worshiping the late emperor Chi Qian, Suerna and his party sent Yueji to the thatched hut at the southwest corner of the emperor's mausoleum.

This is a temporary residence built by the mausoleum guards. Yueji said suddenly that the three of Suyerna were not prepared at all. They tried to comfort them again and again, saying that at least they would build a row of houses that could accommodate people. It would not be too late for Yueji to come again. However, Yue Ji refused again and again, saying that she came to atone for her sins, not to enjoy happiness.

Before leaving, Yue Ji was still wearing the dark purple orthodox palace dress she wore when she got up early and left the palace. She stood in front of the thatched cottage and waved at Suyerna and the others. The tears in Yue Ji's eyes kept flowing. The appearance made Suerna and Bai Yingluo shed tears, and Du Xuan and Du Yuan also felt sour.

From the second day of junior high school, courtiers and wives entered the palace one after another to pay their respects.

Those wives who did not see Yue Ji in the palace came to pay their respects to Bai Yingluo, and for a while, the Jade Fu Palace was noisy and lively every day, and the sky was filled with excitement.

It wasn't until after the seventh day that I gradually calmed down.

At the imperial mausoleum, the people arranged by Suerna would send back a safety letter every day, reporting Yueji's daily actions in detail.

She took off her fine clothes and pearls and hairpins to tidy up. The concubine Yue was not stained with beauty, and her three meals a day were simple tea and light food.

Every day after getting up early and having breakfast, she went to the late emperor's mausoleum to worship for an hour, and then carried a broom to clean the tombs one by one. If she couldn't finish cleaning today, she would continue tomorrow.

In the afternoon, Yue Ji will hold a book of scriptures and chant scriptures in front of the thatched cottage.

From sunrise to sunset.

Repeatedly, never abnormal.

From the [-]th day of the first lunar month, there were only a few words in the daily peace letters that Suyerna received, "Everything is the same as yesterday."

This kind of Yue Ji made Suerna, Du Xuan and Du Yuan feel distressed, but when they knew that Yue Ji not only didn't lose weight, but became a little plump, Du Yuan asked in surprise: "Could it be that this Is it what the ancients said is broad-minded and fat?"

Raising his hand and flicking a chestnut on his forehead, Suerna squinted at him and said: "Since the mother thinks this is better and can get peace of mind, then we should be lucky. Maybe in some days, the mother will I figured it out, and I am willing to move back to live in the palace."

"I hope so."

Du Xuan and Du Yuan replied in unison.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the government returned to normal, but Suerna let Du Yuan continue to be the regent on the grounds that Du Yuan had said straightforwardly that she should rest and recuperate for a few days.

Every day, Du Yuan went to court on time, while Suyerna pestered Bai Yingluo to learn embroidery.

Although the pinholes on the fingers that were always poked were horrible, but seeing that Suerna's interest did not diminish at all, Bai Yingluo taught him with extra care.

When the dragon raised its head on the second day of February, Suyerna was already able to embroider a branch of peach blossom in style.

In the afternoon, after seeing all the courtiers and wives who had entered the palace to pay their respects, Suyerna received a letter from the imperial mausoleum.

After finishing it, the embroidered cloth in Suerna's hand immediately fell to the ground.

"what happened?"

On the side, Bai Yingluo's heart tightened, she looked at Suerna anxiously and asked.

"Du Xuan, Du Yuan..."

Shouting loudly, Suerna came out of the East Side Hall like a gust of wind, and behind her, Bai Yingluo asked Hao Liusu and Liu Ying to take care of Brother Yan, and followed closely behind.

Du Xuan and Du Yuan were in the Hall of Zhaohe, they were playing chess secretly, seeing Suyerna coming in with a pale face, holding a piece of plain paper in his hand, they instinctively thought that something happened on the side of the imperial mausoleum .

"The queen mother asked Bidai to pick up Youzheluo from Prince Accra's mansion yesterday, and stayed in the imperial mausoleum for two hours. In the evening, she sent Youzheluo back."

Suerna handed the letter in his hand to Du Xuan, talking eagerly.

Although there was nothing unusual to hear, the day Yue Ji chose was very strange.

Yue Ji must have known that the palace people around her would send letters to the palace every day, so this month, her life was no different from the day before.

When Du Xuan and the others put down their worries and waited happily for her to let go of the burden in her heart and return to the palace, she sent someone to pick up Youzheluo to meet her.

I also know that on the day when all the officials will meet with the dragon, the three of Suyerna and her brother will be very busy. The letter that would have been delivered in the morning will definitely be delayed for a day and a half, so Yueji will see Youzheluo The day was set for the afternoon of the previous day.

Combined with Yueji's reasonable but slightly abnormal behavior on New Year's Eve, and the words she said to herself in private, Suyerna's tears have already flowed down her cheeks, "I have a hunch that something must have happened at the Imperial Mausoleum. "

The mother and son were connected, and after reading the letter, Du Xuan and Du Yuan's hearts were also torn and ached.

Ignoring the details, the three hurriedly called someone to prepare the carriage, and hurried out of the palace.

In the carriage, Bai Yingluo held Du Xuan's trembling hand, and comforted her softly: "Don't be nervous, don't get confused. As of yesterday, the mother's empress has just completed a month of meditation in the imperial mausoleum, maybe it's her mood. It's better, that's why I want to meet Uzheluo, don't think too much about it."

Having said that, Bai Yingluo's heart was still a little uncertain.

Suerna was already crying in Du Yuan's arms.

As soon as the carriage stopped at the gate of the imperial mausoleum, when everyone got out of the carriage, Suyerna's feet softened.

In the direction of the thatched cottage, a puff of black smoke shot up into the sky, hovering in the air with teeth and claws, and there was a faint smell of burning vegetation in the air.

"Mother..."

"Queen, don't..."

Du Xuan and Du Yuan were in front, followed by Suyerna and Bai Yingluo, and the whole group staggered towards the thatched cottage.

When he got to the front, seeing everything in front of him, Suerna's eyes went dark, and he passed out like that.

The sky was dry, and the originally yellow grass hut had been burned to the ground at this moment, leaving only a thick layer of black ash on the ground, and dots of red fire in the ashes.

Beside the thatched hut, there were kneeling palace people who came out of the palace to serve Yueji that day.

"What about the Queen Mother? People? Is this how you serve the Queen Mother?"

Firmly grabbing the collar of a servant girl beside him, Du Yuan asked sharply with a ferocious face.

"After lunch, the queen mother said that she wanted to take a nap, so she sent us all out. She also said that today is the day when the dragon raises its head and wants to eat corn cakes, so the queen mother ordered a few servants to go to the nearby people's homes to ask for some cornmeal. ..."

The palace maid said, and a palace maid kneeling on the other side of the thatched cottage took the words and said: "After they left, the queen mother suddenly remembered that the last time the emperor's mausoleum was cleaned was three days ago. Leaves and weeds, if the late emperor saw it in the spirit of heaven, he would definitely be angry, so he sent a few servants to sweep the mausoleum."

As a result, only Bi Dai is left by Yue Ji's side.

The eyes of Du Xuan and Du Yuan were full of blood.

"Where's Bi Dai?"

Looking around, but not seeing Bi Dai, Du Xuan clenched his fists and asked in a hateful voice.

The palace maids sobbed softly, and said boldly: "We were sweeping the mausoleum and saw the thatched cottage was on fire. When we came back, we saw Aunt Bi Dai pulling the Queen Mother to run away, but the Queen Mother insisted on not allowing it." , but struggled to escape Aunt Bidai's hand. At that time, the fire was so fierce that the servants could not get in, so they had to carry water to water it. However, the thatched hut was all built of hay, which was useless at all. In the end, at last……"

As for the last thing, Du Xuan and Du Yuan could imagine that Bi Dai must have died in the sea of ​​fire with Yue Ji.

Crackling fists, looking at the ashes in front of them, the eyes of Du Xuan and Du Yuan were stained with blood.

(End of this chapter)

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