Rebirth of the famous family

Chapter 523 The Crown Princess Appears (2)
And what Jinse said was really interesting, he didn't mind asking for some interest for his second elder brother and second sister-in-law, and he did his best to recognize his sweetheart for his father.

Wanyan Zongze patted Jinse's back as he thought about it, and said, "Go to sleep, I'll take Wen'er into the mansion tomorrow, and Wen'er's child fell in love with you, and now he just lost his mother, so I have to trouble you to get up early to take care of him."

Jinse smiled and nodded, but said again: "Dongpinghou has endured for many years, and he has never heard of him getting drunk outside. If there is no touch today, he will not go out of the house late at night to drink and hate alone."

Just now there was a faint bell ringing outside, it was the bell that would only ring when there was a good news ahead, so Jinse also knew that An Yuan Hou had won the battle ahead, how could the An Yuan Hou meritorious emperor not Thinking of his sister, maybe it was the emperor's visit tonight that stimulated Dongpinghou.

After Jinse's guess, Yan Zongze also guessed it. He also specifically asked the hidden guard who was watching Dongping Hou's mansion, but the dark guard said that he had not seen anyone visiting Dongping Hou's mansion at night except Dongping Houli's mansion. He had already asked people to find out. Dongping Hou Mansion, after hearing what Jinse said, he lowered his eyes and saw that Jinse wanted to see black and white, and his eyes, which were very agile, were slightly red and swollen due to crying and lack of sleep. , pushed open the bottle stopper, poured some transparent ointment in the palm of his hand, and covered Jinse's eyes with his hands without waiting for Jinse's reaction, before saying, "I know."

While speaking, he gently pushed his palms, and gently massaged her astringent eyes. There was a cool feeling coming from his palms, which miraculously soothed and relieved the pain and sweetness in the eyes. I don’t want so much to happen today. Jinse's heart warmed up, she curled up her lips, encircled Wanyan Zongze's fine waist, and fell asleep peacefully and contentedly.

Two days later, the East Palace was completely white. The jade steps were covered with white cloth and hung with white flags. Burning fires made of various paper or silk satin were lined up in every corner. Monks, nuns, nuns and lamas, Dressed as a forensic doctor, holding a magical instrument, he knelt in front of the mourning hall and played and chanted sutras continuously. Waves of weeping and mourning spread out, and the atmosphere was extremely sad.

In the middle of the mourning hall, there was a dark coffin, and the princess was lying quietly on the bright yellow brocade quilt in full attire, with a peaceful expression, as if she had just fallen asleep.Rows of royal family wives, daughters-in-law, and imperial wives from various prefectures came forward three by three to offer condolences.

The crown princess passed away three days ago, but today is the auspicious day selected by Qin Tianjian for encoffining. Jinse stood aside with Wan Yan Tingwen in her arms, seeing the grand concubine's encoffining ceremony, her thoughts moved for a while.The emperor intends to suppress the empress, and the East Palace is no longer a secret matter. It is said that the emperor should continue to suppress the princess's funeral in accordance with his usual style. If the funeral of the princess is out of specification, those who continue to wait and see How can the ministers not stop thinking about it, and quickly show their loyalty to the emperor according to the holy will?
What's more, there have been locust plagues in several places this year. The emperor had an excuse to simplify everything in the Ministry of Rites and save court expenses for disaster relief, but he didn't do so. The Ministry of Rituals must be grand, and he also ordered that all the edicts above the seventh rank in the capital should be present to mourn the crown princess.

Not only that, but the coffin used by the crown princess is made of high-quality golden nanmu, which is an honor that can only be enjoyed by the empress. He even ordered the Ministry of Rites to prepare a bar performance in the East Palace.

The so-called bar performance is to ask the bearers to carry a piece of poisonous dragon wood with the same weight as the coffin according to the requirements of the formal funeral before the funeral, put a bowl of water on it, and practice continuously until the water can't be spilled when walking. This kind of honor has always been exclusively enjoyed by emperors. If someone dares to perform tricks after death, they will punish the nine clans for the crime of treason, but the emperor bestowed this honor on the crown princess. Today, and today's performance in the East Palace is only one day, but it is enough to shock the ministers and wives who came to pay respects and condolences.

Jinse just heard a few ladies chewing their ears, saying that the emperor was kind to the government and the prince. He also said that the princess died unexpectedly. human performance.

Naturally, Jinse would not naively think that the emperor's conscience had discovered what he did, and he was afraid that the princess's wronged soul would find him, so she deliberately made up for it.So what is the reason for the change in the emperor's attitude, and what is he planning?

Jinse thought about it, her gaze passed through the crowd and landed on the tightly wrapped Mrs. Dongping Hou who was supported by two maids. She is only ten days old after giving birth, but it is the time of confinement. Although the emperor There is a decree that everyone above the seventh rank is ordered to come to express their condolences, but those who are seriously ill and cannot get out of bed, even if they don't come to the court, they will not punish others unkindly.It's just that things like illness, mild illness and serious illness, sometimes it's unclear whether you can get out of bed to attend the funeral. In order to avoid being caught by political opponents because of this matter, you must be charged with contempt for the imperial decree and disrespect to the royal family. The wives of the imperial court came without any absence.

In Yan State, there is a custom that pregnant women cannot attend funerals before giving birth, but there is no custom that women cannot attend funerals during confinement. On the contrary, if their parents pass away during confinement, they must attend the funeral to show filial piety.Even so, the Crown Princess is not Madam Dongping Hou's parents after all, and everyone knows that she gave birth at an advanced age and is still in confinement, so it's okay if she doesn't come to express condolences today, but she did.

As early as two days ago, when the emperor made the decree, Jinse expected that Mrs. Dongpinghou would come to express her innocence to the emperor today, and she had already made some arrangements. At this moment, her eyes fell on Mrs. Dongpinghou, and there was a trace of extreme pain in her eyes. The color of coldness broke through the water and cracked the ice in an instant.

Regardless of whether the death of the Crown Princess was caused by the Emperor or Madam Dongping Hou, since this woman dares to come here today to protest against the remains of the Crown Princess, she should not easily leave the East Palace!
"Mrs. Ning'anhou, Mrs. Taipinghou, and Mrs. Dongpinghou came forward to pay homage to the crown princess."

After the ceremonial official presiding over the condolences finished singing, Madam Dongping Hou pushed away the two maidservants who were supporting her with a sad face, and bowed into the mourning hall together with the other two ladies. Jinse rushed to the side to serve Gao Xiang The servant girl exchanged a wink calmly.

"Kneel! Kowtow..."

As the little official sang again, Mrs. Dongpinghou fell to her knees in tears, and bowed to the coffin mournfully and respectfully. Seeing that there was no sign of anything unusual on her face, the corners of Jinse's lips were slightly pursed, as cold as ice.

"Get up!" the little official shouted, Mrs. Dongpinghou was about to get up, but at this moment an amazing accident happened.

Mrs. Dongping Hou felt a numbness hit her leg out of thin air, and then she screamed uncontrollably, her half-raised body suddenly lost balance and hit the coffin of the princess in front of her, she instinctively raised her hand to go Supporting the coffin, she had just stabilized her body and breathed a sigh of relief, when a scene that terrified her and almost had a sudden cardiac arrest happened.

The princess who was lying quietly in the coffin suddenly sat up at this moment, her face stopped within an inch of Mrs. Dongpinghou's face, and the corners of her lips suddenly curled into a cold arc .Mrs. Dongpinghou could even feel a sinister wind blowing on her cheeks. It was death, yin, and it was the princess who wanted her life!
She already had ghosts in her heart, but now seeing the Crown Princess cheating on the dead body in public, hallucinations appeared in the panic, as if she saw the Crown Princess suddenly opened her eyes and stared at her coldly, and it seemed that the Crown Princess would soon get out of the coffin Jumped out and grabbed her and killed her.

Mrs. Dongping Hou screamed out in fright, and shouted: "I didn't kill you, it wasn't me, it wasn't me! Go away, don't look for me, get out of here!"

As she spoke, she raised her hand and suddenly pushed the princess, and the princess fell back heavily, while Mrs. Dongpinghou was screaming and waving her hands crazily and fell to the ground, her face full of panic and fear. With a pale face, he crawled outside the mourning hall.

It was at this moment that everyone came to their senses, some were screaming, some were sitting on the ground with limp legs, but the reactions of everyone were not as weird and intense as Mrs. Dongping Hou, and Jin Se had already brought Wanyan Tingwen to rush towards him. The coffin shook the crown princess and said, "Second Sister-in-law! Second Sister-in-law, wake up, wake up, are you going to tell us that you have been wronged and who is the murderer? Second Sister-in-law, we all know you If you are wronged, you will never let the person who harmed you go! The Crown Princess has appeared! Everyone, look, the Crown Princess has appeared!"

(End of this chapter)