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After a long while, that door finally opened again. Ruan Qinghe walked out of the hall step by step while carrying Ping Yang's corpse, and muttered: "Ping Er, I'll bring you home."

A wave of sorrow filled Ruan Qinghe's entire body, causing no one to dare step forward.

The mournful sound of the bell echoed in the joyous day for a long time.

For three days straight, the Jubilee Palace looked lifeless and lifeless. Even though the Yang mama was guarding the door to the empress dowager's room, he still couldn't stop worrying.

"Yang mama, did something happen to the empress dowager?"

The atmosphere in the Jubilee Palace today was even more gloomy than usual, Huai Jin noticed that something was amiss and immediately asked Yang mama.

Yang mama looked inside the room and sighed. "Today is the day of Grand Princess's funeral, but the empress dowager …"

"Is it Ping Er?"

The empress dowager's voice suddenly sounded from inside, but it was clearly a bit low.

"Yes."

Just as Yang mama finished speaking, the closed door opened.

The empress dowager stood at the door, dressed in her usual attire, a trace of grief on her face.

"Ping Er... Accompany me to send Ping Yang off on her final journey. "

When Huai Jin accompanied the empress dowager to Grand Princess Mansion, white silk had already been hung everywhere in the mansion.

When the empress dowager stepped into the Grand Princess Mansion, even before her soul was released, she could not stop her tears from streaming down. Without caring about his image, he supported Huai Jin and rushed towards the mourning hall.

"Please take care of my Phoenix Body, Esteemed Empress Dowager." Someone in the crowd advised.

Huai Jin pulled the empress dowager up and comforted her with a few sentences. The empress dowager wiped the tears off her face, then stood up and looked at the arrangement of the mourning hall, her expression somewhat calm.

"What about Prince Consort?"

Huai Jin also looked around, she had not seen Ruan Qinghe when the empress dowager and herself arrived at the mourning hall.

"In reply to the empress dowager, Prince Consort felt too much grief and fainted. He's currently resting in the backyard." someone replied from the side.

The empress dowager gave a cold snort and said angrily, "Even if you're unconscious, bring it over to Wailing Home!"

The servant accepted the orders and rushed back to the backyard to invite Ruan Qinghe. After a while, Ruan Qinghe walked out from the backyard, looking miserable, his hair in a mess, as though he had just been woken up by someone.

The empress dowager looked at him and her face twitched, but when she thought about Ping Yang's mourning hall, she did not react. Ruan Qinghe walked forward, tidied his clothes, bowed, and arranged for the funeral.

Since there were still some time before the funeral, Huai Jin helped the empress dowager rest in a small courtyard in Grand Princess Mansion. Just as Huai Jin was thinking about how to make the Esteemed Empress Dowager leave him in the Grand Princess Mansion, he heard a commotion outside. After a while, someone came in.

With Zhu Yu's death, everyone was shocked, and all of them lamented her loyalty. The empress dowager also sighed, thinking that Zhu Yu's death would make her friends with Ping Yang's master and servant better, and that she should take a look herself. Hence, she got up and went to the mourning hall.

In the mourning hall, the blood had been washed clean and only a covered corpse was left there.

"Change her clothes and accompany Ping Yang in death."

The servants accepted the order to carry Zhu Yu's corpse away, but when they were almost out of the mourning hall, one of the subordinates unsteadily slid down, and just as he was about to land, the man's foot suddenly hooked, hooking the pole up, and then steadily held it in his hand.

With this movement, although the corpse was not shaken, a kernels appeared and floated down to the ground. A lotus leaf was embroidered on the corner of a light green silk kernels.

"Wait!" Her Majesty suddenly called out and stopped her.

The people carrying the corpse stopped and looked over in confusion.

The empress dowager's eyes were fixed on the kernels, her face pale. Seeing that, the Yang mama picked up the kernels and stuffed it under Zhu Yu's body, letting her men carry the corpse down.

Huai Jin lowered her eyes and quietly observed the empress dowager's expression. In that moment, she clearly saw shock and fear in the empress dowager's eyes.

Not long after Zhu Yu's incident, everything was tidied up and the funeral procession was already prepared. The sixty-four men dressed in green who came to wake up were instantly filled with grief and joy. The empress dowager was also saddened for a moment, but stayed behind to not send the funeral procession, only letting Huai Jin to follow the procession.

The funeral procession came out from the east gate of Grand Princess Mansion. There were hundreds of large and small carriages that were about three to four miles long, lined up with colorful tents on the side of the road. There were road sacrifices from various prefectures, and even ordinary citizens came to join in on the fun.

Just as they left the Princess Mansion for two miles, there were people in front who had opened up a path, saying that the Xibo Marquis was in front as an offering. Ruan Qinghe then made the procession to stop and personally go forward to receive the funeral.

Seeing that the convoy had stopped, Huai Jin asked about the situation.

Ran Mei went in front to ask around, "It's the Xibo Marquis's road sacrifice."

Huai Jin was a little surprised. She got off the palanquin and looked outside, and sure enough, she saw a white-clothed Pu Xin standing in front of the convoy, followed by a few servants carrying a few couplets. From the looks of the handwriting, it seemed to be written by Pu Xin himself.

The silk flowers on the couplet were also shot out with white silk. The silk flowers were connected to the white clothes in front of them, but they didn't give off a lifeless feeling. Instead, the white clothes made people feel more elegant and graceful.

As if he had felt Huai Jin's gaze, Pu Xin turned towards him. His face raised into a smile, and he gave a hollow bow. Huai Jin returned a smile in return, and as she stood up and entered the palanquin, she heard another voice suddenly sound out in front of him.

"When a phoenix turns into a carefree and unfettered body, it will become a funeral palace. When it feels pain, it will remember the old and how poor it is!"

Turning his head around, he saw Yuwen Fei slowly walking over while still holding onto his fan. She was also dressed in white, but compared to Pu Xin, her wide robes and sleeves fluttered, as though she was an immortal that had descended to the mortal world.

When he walked to the front of the line, Yuwen Fei stopped and bowed respectfully. The expression on his face was completely different from his usual unbridled expression. His expression was solemn and solemn. Ruan Qinghe also returned the greeting, but it was as if his words just now stabbed at a sore spot, and he was speechless for a moment.

Huai Jin retracted her steps and looked towards the direction of the three. She then heard Pu Xin persuading him from afar: "The sage is already dead, Brother Qing He, please be at ease."

Ruan Qinghe nodded, Yuwen Fei also patted his shoulder, their actions were intimate.

"Is the Seventh Prince familiar with Prince Consort?" Huai Jin asked Ran Mei who was at the side.

Ran Mei nodded her head, "Prince Consort Ma's literary talent was naturally extraordinary when he was at the top of the high school rankings back then. It was only because of the historical rule that the Prince Consort could not become an official in the imperial court, thus he did not have a position. But it is also because of this that Prince Consort has devoted himself to studying these essays. He has some fame within the circle of scholars in the capital, and thus interacted with the Seventh Prince. "

Huai Jin looked at the two of them and immediately understood what was going on. Just as she was about to get on the carriage, she saw Yuwen Fei winking at him as if he was giving him a flirtatious look. Immediately, she felt goosebumps all over her body.