Farm Gate Business Tycoon

Chapter 366 Fighting for the handsome position (3)
Condolencers entered the palace in waves, kneeling in front of the prince's coffin to salute.

The ceremonial officer shouted loudly from the side, "King Pingnan, the son of King Pingnan expresses his condolences, one kowtow, two kowtows, three kowtows, and another kowtow, the ceremony is over..."

Suddenly, she heard the ceremonial officer shouting, "The fourth prince expresses his condolences, let me kowtow..."

She suddenly stopped crying, raised her head, and looked viciously at the fourth prince who was kneeling on the worship mat in front of the coffin and was seriously kowtowing, her eyes were like poisonous snakes.

It has been half a year since the fourth prince was injured in the heart. After Lu Zeshen and Wang Pingxian took good care of him, he is now in good condition, but he still dare not use force.

Xu Shi noticed her eyes. When the fourth prince got up, he looked over instinctively. Seeing that she was staring at him with such vicious eyes, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

But he quickly withdrew his gaze, stood up amidst the ceremonial officer's shout of "Libi", took the incense handed by a young eunuch, stepped forward, lit the candle, and then raised his hands, holding the incense Insert three sticks of incense into the censer, turn around and leave.

All the people in the East Palace were busy all day, and they didn't return to their rooms until nightfall.

"Sister, the crown prince is gone, what shall we do in the future?" Concubine Fang cried so much that she passed out several times, she finally woke up at this moment, struggled to come to the room of the crown princess, sat on a chair and asked crying.

The princess was not crying at this time, she just sat on the phoenix chair with red and swollen eyes, staring straight ahead, as if in a daze.

"I know, the prince didn't die suddenly, he must have been killed by someone..." After a long time, she spoke quietly, her hoarse voice sounded like Yama from the underground, with a chill that made people feel shocked.

She suddenly widened her eyes, the eyeballs protruding from the two big eyes, tightly clenched a pair of small fists, and said through gritted teeth: "Although we no longer have a prince, we still have a son, I don't believe it." , I can't avenge the prince!"

Not only does she want to avenge the prince, but she also wants her son to sit on the throne!
She can't be a queen, but being a queen mother is also a good choice!

"Bring those two little sluts!" She ordered sinisterly, and after a while, someone brought two tied-up women from the woodshed.

The two women were only wearing middle clothes, their hair was disheveled, and their mouths were stuffed with rags.

When he came in, he was thrown to the ground, and the rag that was stuffed in his mouth was taken out.

The two women immediately began to cry loudly.

"Crown princess, please spare us, the prince really wasn't killed by us."

"That's right, princess, if we have the guts, we don't dare to kill the prince. The prince will be the emperor in the future. We have been with the prince for so long. No matter how bad we are, we can become a noble person and enjoy all the glory and wealth. We killed the prince. What good does it do us?"

The two women were talking tearfully, kowtowing desperately to the princess.

The Crown Princess glared at them angrily, and said coldly: "You said you didn't kill the Crown Prince, so why does your room smell like requiem incense?"

"I'm wronged, Crown Princess..." A woman with an oval face raised her face and cried out her injustice with tears in her eyes. "Little sister can't sleep well these days. The imperial doctor prescribed Requiem Powder for her. The prince didn't come to my house yesterday, so my younger sister lit the requiem incense to go to sleep. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, the prince suddenly came. , woke me up, and I hurriedly extinguished the requiem incense. Later, the prince called sister Qiao'er over, and we all served the prince to rest together. After waking up, I found that the prince's body was cold."

The crown princess pointed at the two of them, "People are bitter insects, you can't beat them, come here, beat me! Beat until you tell the truth!"

Immediately, several mothers who looked like wolves and tigers came over and pushed the two women to the ground, and someone came over with a board, raised the board and started fighting.

In the room of the crown princess, there was a sudden sound of cries and grievances.

After a while, the two women were beaten until they could only breathe out, not breathe in. They lay on the ground dying and passed out.

The two nuns who were tortured withdrew their hands, and stepped forward to the princess, "Princess, they are useless."

The Crown Princess narrowed her eyes and stared at the two women, feeling unwilling. She instinctively sensed that these two women had a great relationship with the Prince's death, but there was no proof.

Hearing that the mother said that the two of them are useless, the princess said bitterly: "Then drag them to the mass grave, don't die here, bad luck!"

According to the rules, the prince's coffin should be parked in the East Palace for seven days before being sent to the imperial mausoleum.

During these seven days, all the people around the prince must wear filial piety, and all officials must also wear filial piety. They are not allowed to have feasts and feasts within thirteen days, and they are not allowed to marry within a hundred days.

The crown prince's coffin had just been brought into the imperial mausoleum, and the battle report came from the border. The Tartars' 80 troops were divided into three groups, aggressively invading the Suye Dynasty, and the border was in a hurry.

In the palace's deliberation hall, there was a solemn atmosphere, and a group of civil and military officials lined up on both sides of the hall.

The emperor sitting tall on the dragon chair squinted his eyes slightly, his face was expressionless, showing no emotion.

After a long time, a sneering smile appeared on the corner of his lips, "What? Now that the Tartars are aggressively invading the country, don't all the lovers have any ideas?"

Among the ministers stood out one person, the old Xiangguo Bai who was already old, but still dominated the position of Xiangguo and refused to resign his old age and return to his hometown.

He said tremblingly: "The Tartars invaded the country just to grab some food. I am so kind to heaven, why don't we just give them some food and send them away."

Murong Ning came out and said: "Old Prime Minister Bai's words are wrong. Those Tartars are not the people of my Suye Dynasty. Why do we give away the grain that the people have worked so hard to grow? Give the grain to the Tartars. Then what do our own people eat? This is absolutely impossible!"

"Hmph!" Old Bai Xiangguo snorted angrily. "Murongning, if it wasn't for your good granddaughter-in-law who insisted on forcing the emperor to build a wall to protect the country, how could such a thing happen? Your good granddaughter-in-law has the ability, why don't you call her into the palace and give it to the emperor? Come up with a good idea to retreat from the enemy?"

Murong Ning smiled and said: "Old Xiangguo Bai, you are an official who has returned more and more. When there is a war, you don't think about how to meet the enemy. You don't want to send money and food to the Tartars, or you want women and children to come up with ideas. The emperor is supporting us. What else?"

Old Bai Xiangguo said mockingly: "Then according to Lord Murong, what should we do about this matter?"

"Old Bai Xiangguo, if someone breaks into your house, what should you do?" Following the gloomy voice, a person walked in from outside the hall. It turned out to be the Fourth Prince wearing a silver silk embroidered robe and a jade dragon crown.

(End of this chapter)