14. Incense and jade
Seven days later, the first month of the mourning period of the first emperor of Shu passed, and His Royal Highness the Prince, who had been busy with the funeral for dozens of days, finally took a break from it and focused his busy work on the accession to the throne.
The change of the Son of Heaven has a lot of trivial matters. Yes, Li Wujian didn't bother to pay attention to it, there was a rumor that was not very powerful a while ago, and it suddenly spread throughout the palace these days.
It wasn't until he took a break and was shocked to hear about a bad time that he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
Princess Mingning, who came all the way from Dongzan Kingdom, couldn't bear the rumors that she had killed the first emperor of Shu Kingdom, and in a fit of anger, she actually committed suicide by taking poison!
"How's that guy doing?!" After relieving himself from the shock a little, Li Wuji, who had already gotten up, stared at the little eunuch who came to report.
"If you go back, go back to Your Highness, princess...... She's ...... He is gone. The little eunuch replied tremblingly, not even daring to lift his eyelids.
It is true that the princess of the friendly country has only been sent over for a month, and before the palace is hot, the people are gone-and they died because of the short flow in the palace - how can the master of his own family explain to Dongzanguo!?
Sure enough, after hearing his answer, the man immediately lifted his robe and went to the girl's dormitory with the soles of his feet in the wind. Come to think of it, this future Ninety-Five Venerable also attaches great importance to this matter - although it is too late for people to go.
Li Wuxian came to the palace that he had only visited once, and his head, which had been stunned for a while, was now much clearer.
Strange, really weird. Although I have seen her tears rippling because of missing her hometown, I have also seen her upright and unsatisfactory appearance? Would such a woman really not be able to think about it because of such rumors?
What's even more puzzling is how those rumors of "cannibalism" spread under his nose? Just because he has been busy with government affairs these days and neglected to take precautions?
Thinking of this, Li Wujian twisted his eyebrows.
I have to admit that his care for that girl is really pitiful.
It's just that there are still doubts about things, and he won't be easily blinded by appearances.
I don't know whether it was too calm, too rational or self-deception and self-comfort, the man strode into the unfamiliar room, and heard the woman's suppressed cry in the distance. He frowned, quickened his pace into the back room, and the moment he saw the person on the couch, he really couldn't help but believe a fact.
She's really dead.
A young and fresh life died like this.
If all kinds of doubts, all kinds of speculations—and even all kinds of luck" could still appear in his mind before, then at this moment, all the above qiē have been wiped out because of that bloodless face.
He approached with a slight step, catching a glimpse of a woman kneeling near him and sobbing, and realized that he recognized the dress and the face.
"What's going on?" He asked in a deep voice, only to see the woman suddenly raise her head and stare at him with red eyes.
Scarlet Xue was really angry, angry that this man was in a coy manner, and he clearly ignored Her Royal Highness the princess for several days, and when something happened to someone, he pretended to come to her and ask her "what's the matter".
She couldn't help biting her lip tightly, biting her lip flap white, but she remained silent.
Hongu is asking you!
In a hurry, these six words were almost blurted out, but in the face of the woman's angry expression, Li Wujian slowly extinguished the fire.
This kind of look, he could understand—it was a silent condemnation of him.
Yes, he is always like this, he doesn't know how to make a woman comfortable and happy, and he can't even take care of them with all his heart, so he will face such resentful eyes again and again.
He turned his eyes and looked at the sleeping face that was as heavy as stagnant water, and did not come close to touch the girl's face or her hand, but asked in a calm voice, "Did you leave anything before your princess left?" ”
In just one word, it made Scarlet Snow clench her hands into fists when she heard it. After a short silence, she stood up with a stiff face and took a thin letter.
I didn't expect Xiao Hanyu to leave a letter for him, Li Wujian was stunned unconsciously, and then took the envelope from the woman's hand. He unsealed the letter and took out a piece of fluttering paper, but he felt that it seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.
Then, he saw the few words on the paper: people's words are terrible, it is better to return to their hometown. I also hope that His Royal Highness will not investigate the crime of Hanyu not saying goodbye, treat innocent palace people well, and praise the goodwill of the two countries with me.
Her words are quite beautiful, but they are like a golden branch and jade leaf that has lived in the deep palace for a long time. However, such a young girl, who was not familiar with him, gave up her young life like this, but did not forget to ask him not to be angry with others because of this before she died—and even ruined the friendship between Shu and Zan.
He couldn't figure out what she was thinking.
Why? If you have been wronged, why don't you come to him for help? Could it be that in her eyes, if he doesn't treat her warmly, he won't even be able to distinguish between green and white?
Moreover...... Besides, he didn't already promise her, and when the enthronement ceremony was over, he would definitely find time to accompany her well to help her relieve her homesickness. Why did she rebel against her fate in such an extreme way?
No one took the letter that still had the fragrance of ink, and turned his head away without hesitation.
"Spread the will of the palace, and take the jade concubine...... Scenery funeral. ”
The future emperor personally said this almost holy order, and the people below did not dare to disobey.
Yes, in the final analysis, he has not officially inherited the unification, and gave a side concubine who has not passed through the door the title of imperial concubine in advance, which is inconsistent with palace rules and etiquette.
However, in this situation, no one will and no one will dare to bother with him. Therefore, when the news came out of the palace, some conformist old ministers symbolically jumped a few times, but they were still like grasshoppers after the autumn, and soon disappeared.
It was night, it was the first night of mourning, and Li Wujian sat alone in the side hall of the imperial study, seemingly reviewing the recital as usual. Unexpectedly, when he was placing a folded book, his arm accidentally touched a closed decree. He bent down and picked up the fallen scroll, only to begin to look at it in a daze.
This holy decree was just prepared by the Ministry of Rites yesterday, and the content was probably to canonize the eighteenth princess of Dongzan as the jade concubine at the same time as the new emperor ascended the throne.
However, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and the unborn Divine Decree is still there, but the people it benefits have passed away.
Benefit?
Li Wujian smiled dumbly.
Perhaps, not only is he unwilling to accept such a girl, but Princess Mingning herself is also extremely unhappy about the matter of harmony.
He suddenly began to think that if he was lucky enough to have a man and a woman in the future, he would never send his children thousands of miles away because of conflicts between countries, whether it was to be the poor proton or to be some so-called princess.
However, he probably didn't have the opportunity to make such a decision.