Pushing the Three Thousand Worlds

Chapter 262 The Princess and the Little Prince
A beautiful woman with still charming charm and graceful temperament, with pear blossoms and rain, dressed in mourning, kneeling beside the spiritual case.

Kneeling beside him was a young man in sackcloth and filial piety who looked to be in his twenties, with a sad expression, a bit of anger and hatred looming on his face, and kept throwing paper money into the brazier in front of him.

One is Lin Qi, the concubine of Prince Huai before his death, and the other is Prince Huai's only son, the young prince Xu Zhi who inherited the throne of Prince Huai not long ago.

A group of women in mourning clothes were kneeling behind the two of them, crying loudly. Among them were the other concubines of King Huai, as well as the wives and concubines of Xiao Huai King Xu Zhi.

Li Qiu and Mu Fei were led into the mourning hall by Steward Zhao. He glanced at Lin Qi and Xu Zhi, and then brought Mu Fei to condolences to King Huai.

Although they are here to get some information about the ghost from the surviving guard.

But it happened that the palace was holding a funeral for Duke Huai, so they couldn't come up without paying attention to etiquette, and went straight to the guards when they came up, at least a cutscene was required.

Mu Fei and Wang Yuan knelt down and bowed three times, while Li Qiu just bowed three times, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.

According to the rules of Hanging Sacrifice, the deceased is the elder, no matter the junior or the same generation, people of low status or equal status must bow down to the deceased. .

With Li Qiu's age, he is undoubtedly the younger generation of Duke Huai. As a member of the royal family, the prince apparently has a higher status than the first-rank officials of the court. It seems logical that he should kneel down to Duke Huai.

But he only thought it was just a formality, and he couldn't kneel down to a dead man he had never met just because of a formality.

And in terms of actual status, Duke Huai, an idle prince, is far inferior to him, a first-rank sky patroller.

As a Martial Saint, he is the foundation of the imperial court to shock the world, and Huai Wang, an idle prince, is not much more than him to the imperial court, and he is not much less.

When the three of Li Qiu were mourning Duke Huai, Housekeeper Zhao leaned into Princess Huai's ear and explained the identities of the three of Li Qiu.

Princess Huai was startled when she heard that Li Qiu was a first-grade sky-scanner. She was not an ignorant woman who knew nothing. She was very clear about what a first-grade sky-scanner represented.

Although Li Qiu looked too young, he didn't show the badge representing the identity of the first-rank sky patroller, but there were two second-rank sky patrollers following him, so the identity should not be false.

She had indeed heard not long ago that a new Martial Saint was added to the Sky Survey Division, who was very young.

Seeing Li Qiu not bowing down to Duke Huai, Princess Huai felt a little uncomfortable.

No matter how high the status is, Li Qiu is still Duke Huai's junior in terms of age, but he only bowed.

But even though she was dissatisfied, she did not dare to show it in front of Li Qiu.

A martial sage, even a powerful prince, can't afford to offend him.

Xu Zhi knew that Li Qiu's status might be unusual, but when he saw Li Qiu bowing three times in front of his father's coffin, he was so annoyed that he almost exploded on the spot.

But with so many people watching, if he makes a big fuss in his father's mourning hall, if it spreads out, it may make people laugh, and it will disturb his father's soul, so that his father will not rest in peace after his death. Still put up with it.

He looked at Li Qiu's figure with stern eyes, and vowed in his heart that if he had the chance, he would teach Li Qiu a good lesson, so that he would remember it for the rest of his life.

No matter how unusual Li Qiu's status is, he is not afraid, because the current emperor is his uncle!

No matter how high the official position of Li Qiu is, he is still an outsider!
Moreover, it was Li Qiu's disrespectful behavior first, and he had just experienced the pain of losing his father, no matter how much he did, he believed that his uncle the emperor would not punish him, but would favor him on the contrary.

After Li Qiu and Mu Fei offered their condolences, they came to Princess Huai's side.

Princess Huai stood up, bowed slightly, and saluted.

"The little concubine has met Lord Li and the two adults."

"I've seen the princess. We are the sky surveyors sent by the imperial court. We hope to meet the guard who protected the prince that night, and get some news from him, so as to better track down the ghost that killed the prince."

Li Qiu nodded.

"Steward Zhao, lead the three adults to the mansion commanded by Wang." Princess Huai immediately waved her hand.

"Yes."

Mu Fei and Wang Yuan bowed to Princess Huai, followed Li Qiu, and walked out of the mourning hall to the south of the palace under the guidance of Steward Zhao.

"Mother, who are these three people?"

After the three of them left, Xu Zhi's eyes flashed with sternness, and he asked Princess Huai.

Princess Huai lowered her head, as if she was worried about whether Li Qiu and the others could find and kill the ghost, she replied casually.

"These three are sky scouts sent by the imperial court to find and kill the ghost who killed your father!"

"Whether your father's revenge can be avenged depends on these three people!"

Xu Zhi frowned when he heard this, his face was cloudy and uncertain, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

In a courtyard to the south of the palace.

Li Qiu and Mu Fei saw the seriously injured guard.

They said they were guards, but they were actually the commander of the palace's guards, otherwise it would have been impossible to protect Duke Huai at that time.

From Wang Tong, who was seriously injured on the bed, Li Qiu learned something about the ghost's clothing, appearance, and the process of what happened at that time.

According to what the Commander Wang said, when he and Duke Huai saw the ghost committing crimes, the ghost hadn't killed too many people and was still sane.

At that time, he reported the identity of Duke Huai, in order to make that Yin ghost feel scruples.

Killing a group of people and killing a group of people and a prince are two different things.

And killing Duke Huai will not gain more yin energy, which can be said to be harmful and not beneficial.

But after the Yin ghost heard it, he didn't have the slightest scruples, sneered disdainfully, and casually slapped him who was standing in front of Duke Huai, severely injured, and fell into the river, then killed Duke Huai brutally with a palm piercing the heart.

It sounds like the Commander Wang announced his identity as Duke Huai to make the Yin Gui fearful, but it angered him instead.

Li Qiu took Mu Fei and the two out of Commander Wang's mansion, intending to go to the Jitian Division in Longzhou City.

In terms of controlling information from all over the world, the Sky Survey Division is far inferior to the Jitian Division, and this matter also needs the assistance of the Jitian Division.

He planned to ask the Jitian Division in Longzhou City to report to the Jitian Division General Director, and then let them order the Jitian Divisions in various places to pay attention to tracking down the ghost's tracks and help.

At the gate of the house, Butler Zhao stood aside and waited.

Li Qiu walked out of the courtyard and said to him.

"It's important to find the ghost who killed the prince, so we won't ask the princess to resign."

It is somewhat impolite to leave the master's house without asking the master to resign in person.

But Li Qiu's status was different, so Steward Zhao didn't dare to say anything, and smiled apologetically.

"Wangfei's little one will go to report, and I will send the three adults away."

"it is good."

"The three adults go this way."

Steward Zhao led the way, and Li Qiu took Mu Fei and the two to the outside of the palace.

But when they turned a corner, they were stopped by someone.

Steward Zhao looked at the people blocking the way with a surprised expression.

"My lord, why are you here?"

(End of this chapter)