The Lu family ascended to heaven with the help of Zhenzhen's bare chicken dog, and Lu Wensheng was promoted to the deputy envoy of the Zhengsi Pin General Political Envoy Department, and he could move his family to the capital to take office after the year.

Months passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the emperor had been out on tour for nearly four months, and it was almost time to return.

On the way back to Luang, two major events occurred. Let's talk about this one that happened in the palace first.

On the last day of September, the sky was unusually overcast, a precursor to an impending rainstorm.

Xia Yunxi got up early in the morning and saw that the room was as dark as night, and thought that there was something wrong with her right eye. It wasn't until the maid Xinrui walked in with a candlestick that she realized that it was very cloudy outside.

"The master is awake? Somehow today's sky is black and scary. The slave and maid help the master light a few more lights, right? As she spoke, Xinrui lit the candles in the four corners of Xia Yunxi's dormitory, and the room suddenly lit up.

At first, Xia Yunxi still felt a little dazzling, but after getting used to it for a while, her eyes gradually became less uncomfortable. She washed up carefully, and ordered Xinrui to comb a gorgeous Luanfeng Lingyun bun for her.

Xia Yunxi hasn't bothered to dress up since she was injured, and it's rare that she is willing to groom carefully today, and Xinrui is also happy for her: "The master seems to be in a good mood today, do you want to choose a bright dress?" ”

Xinrui, who didn't get an answer from her master, turned her head to look, and it turned out that Xia Yunxi was holding a mirror in a daze. Xinrui's heart chuckled, thinking that this was broken! Where did this mirror come from? She didn't even find out!

Xia Yunxi looked at her ugly self in the mirror, and there were no tears when she wanted to cry, and some were just deep helplessness and despair. She couldn't help but sigh and put down the rouge gouache in her hand.

Xin Rui snatched the mirror and hugged it in her arms, knelt in front of Xia Yunxi and kowtowed again and again to admit her mistake: "The slave should die!" It was the slave who was negligent and accidentally let this thing in! I don't know which bold slave dared to ignore the prince's order and bring the mirror into the master's bedroom! The slave will send him to the prince to be punished! Xinrui secretly hated that this damn mirror had ruined the princess's good mood.

"What are you doing here? Get up! Xia Yunxi helped up Xinrui, who was bruised on her forehead, and comforted: "I'm fine, and you don't need to blame yourself." I asked for this mirror from the prince myself, and the prince allowed it. ”

Xin Rui got up and looked at Xia Yunxi suspiciously. Xia Yunxi nodded at her, her expression did not fluctuate, and Xinrui was relieved.

Actually, Xia Yunxi deceived her. This mirror was not given by the prince, but when she went to sit in the amber room a few days ago, she took the sheep with her. In addition to the princess's bedroom, there are no mirrors in the Lintoe Palace, and even Amber is afraid that Xia Yun will hurt the scene, so she usually puts away the mirrors in her bedroom, leaving only a small bronze mirror for dressing. What Xia Yunxi stole was this small bronze mirror.

"Is the master hungry? Slaves and maids are going to pass the meals, right? Xinrui took out a set of regular clothes from the closet and prepared to serve Yun Xi and put them on.

"Put down your clothes and put them on when you're done eating. You go and prepare, I want to write something first. Xia Yunxi pushed away Xinrui's hand that handed her clothes, and walked to the table next to the bed and sat down. After Xinrui went out, she spread out the paper and picked up the pen.

The tip of the pen is dipped in ink, and it is heavy but I don't know where to put it. The vision of her right eye was soon blurred by the tears that poured up, and she blinked, and a teardrop fell from her eyelashes, smashing on the snow-white rice paper, and blooming a miserable flower.

Xia Yunxi wiped away her tears and threw away the stained white paper. Reopening it, she stared at the empty sheet for a long time, and finally began to write as if she had made up her mind. She wrote quickly, not daring to pause for a moment, she was afraid that if she stopped, she would lose the courage to lift the pen. The last stroke at the checkoff office fell, and Xia Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief as if she had completed some kind of mission.

She threw away the pen and folded the letter neatly into an envelope. She put the letter away close to her body and patted her chest through her bedclothes, as if with this letter, she had an incomparable peace of mind to rely on.

After a while, Xinrui prepared breakfast, and Xia Yunxi used it as usual. Yun Xi, who was in a good mood, also gave Xinrui a bowl of porridge, and Xinrui drank it happily.

It seems that the crown princess is really gradually coming out of the shadow of injury, Xinrui thought. So she deliberately chose a golden butterfly to wear a flower cloud satin skirt, wanting to set off the bright mood of the crown princess who was completely different from the weather outside: "Master, what do you think of this?" Xinrui unfolded her skirt to Xia Yunxi.

Xia Yunxi shook her head and pointed to the auspicious clothes in the cabinet: "I want to wear that." I probably won't have the opportunity to wear it in the future...... "A princess who has ruined her appearance may really not have the opportunity to attend various major occasions of the royal family again, and this auspicious dress naturally does not have to be worn out again."

"Master......" Xinrui bit her lip, not knowing how to persuade her, can't the master still let go? She had no choice but to say no more, and put on the red auspicious clothes for Xia Yunxi.

Suddenly, there was a loud thunderclap, and the sky was silvery white. The master and servant were both taken aback, and couldn't help but look at each other.

"Alright, you go down first. I want to rest alone for a while. You don't have to come in and serve before lunch. Xia Yunxi took the first step to stagger her gaze, waved her hand and ordered Xinrui to retreat. Xinrui always felt strange in her heart, and turned around and walked out of the dormitory step by step. However, Xinrui did not go far, she was guarding the door of the dormitory, and she had to be on guard against the sudden surge of foreboding.

After a few muffled thunders, the sky began to pour rain.

Xinrui sat under the porch with a hand stove, watching the rootless water that formed a rain curtain smash on the ground, raising a hazy wave of smoke; Listening to the raindrops of beans slamming against the high walls of the palace, the staggered sound of hitting gradually made her feel sleepy. Ah, the eyelids are so heavy......

"Xinrui? Xinrui, wake up! Xinrui woke up from her slumber and found that the person who woke her up was actually His Royal Highness the Prince!

"His Royal Highness the Prince! The slave has lost her honor! The prince forgives his sins! Xinrui hurriedly bent down and pleaded guilty. The soup woman in her hand is cold, how long has she been asleep?

"Why are you sleeping here? Is lunch ready? I want to dine with the crown princess. Xinrui realized that the corners of the prince's robe had been soaked by the rain, and his shoulders were also wet, apparently he rushed back in the rain to accompany the princess to dinner. is fortunate to meet such a loving husband, and even Xinrui can't help but feel relieved for her master.

"The slave and maid are going to prepare, the princess may not have gotten up yet, His Royal Highness the prince will go into the house and sit down for a while." Xinrui scratched her hair embarrassedly.

Duan Yingting didn't blame her, but smiled considerately: "Okay, you go and prepare." Lone went and called the princess to get up. ”

Duan Yingting gently pushed open the unlocked door, the bedroom seemed to be quiet, and he saw his wife lying on the bed through the crystal curtain.

Duan Yingting moved lightly to the side of the bed, pinched Xia Yunxi's nose and played a prank: "Little lazy worm, you haven't woken up after sleeping for so long?" Lunch is going to be eaten by one person......" He froze suddenly, because the nose in his hand was pinching his hand and there was no sign of breathing at all! Yingting panicked, he slapped Yun Xi's face vigorously and called her: "Yun Xi!" I regret you don't scare the loneliness, I regret you wake up! However, Xia Yunxi still lay there quietly and serenely, motionless. Doctor! Tell the Imperial Doctor! Yingting shouted hoarsely.

Xinrui, who came back with a meal, was so shocked that she knocked over the things in her hand when she saw the scene in front of her. She rushed to the side of the bed, and her voice trembled and called out to Xia Yunxi, who was held in the arms of the prince: "Master? Master...... Miss...... Miss! As Xia Yunxi's family girl, Xinrui's relationship with her is naturally not ordinary, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a master and servant but a sister.

"Don't scream, she can't hear it...... Yingting knows that even if Hua Tuo is alive, he won't return to the person in his arms.

Where was Xinrui willing to accept the fact that Xia Yun was dead, she shook her head and cried: "Impossible! I don't believe it! Miss She ...... How was it this morning...... She ate an extra bowl of porridge than usual...... She also said that she wanted to wear brighter clothes, because the prince liked it the most! How could such a young lady go without saying a word! I don't believe it! Xinrui fell to her knees and wept.

"Don't cry, get up. Call Yingliangdi and the children for Gu. Duan Yingting tried his best to restrain his sadness, as the head of the family, he couldn't collapse first at this time.

Xinrui stood up, stumbled out, and just walked to the door when she suddenly remembered a strange thing, so she immediately reported it to the prince: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, if you think about it, the master is indeed a little unusual today. When the slave and maid were preparing breakfast, they seemed to be writing something in their room. But as soon as the slave and maid returned, the master had already cleaned up all the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones on the table. Therefore, the slave and maid did not know what the master had written...... and after saying that, she ran to ask for Amber.

Writing something? Could it be...... Note! Duan Yingting put down the corpse of Yun Xi, and searched all over the house for the hidden letter, but all the places were searched and nowhere was found. If, not in the room...... Could that be hidden? Yingting turned her head to look at her wife in a big red dress on the bed, and her mind flashed, she must have put it close to her!

Yingting opened the placket of Yunxi's clothes, and sure enough, she found a neatly folded envelope on her chest. With a trembling hand, he opened the envelope, unfolded the paper, and read the penmanship word by word.

After reading the letter, Yingting couldn't stop crying, he hugged Yun Xi's already cold body, kept kissing her forehead, and muttered: "Yun Xi! Why are you so stupid! Why can't you think about it? Why not believe in Lone? Why! Xia Yunxi described the terrible dream to him in the letter, and she did not want to be a drag on him and Mao Qi. In addition, Xia Yunxi indulged her willfulness for the last time, and in her letter she made a request to Duan Yingting that would surprise everyone in the future. Of course, these will be discussed in more detail later.

Seven days after the funeral, the coffin of the crown princess Xia Yunxi was funeral. The mighty funeral procession stretched from beginning to end almost the entire distance from the Lintoe Palace to the gate of the palace, and this kind of pomp and circumstance was almost comparable to the queen's ceremony!

On the wall of the imperial palace, King Jin and Chu Peitian stood side by side, watching the procession that meandered past the foot of the city wall.

"How did the honor guard of the crown princess's funeral catch up with the queen so quickly? This is not in line with etiquette! Chu Peitian shook his head disapprovingly.

This shows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince loves the Crown Princess. Besides, Master Deng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is not here, and this funeral is handled by Tian Shilang, if there is really anything wrong......" Duan Yingjin glanced at Chu Peitian meaningfully, and sure enough, she saw that his eyes lit up. Tian Fei is the new waiter of the Ministry of Rites who succeeded Wu Xiaochuan, young and vigorous. Not only did he have a mediocre relationship with his boss Deng Qingyuan, but he also offended Chu Peitian. Chu Peitian is narrow-minded, and it is best to use his public office to eradicate the selfishness of dissidents. If any violations are found from this funeral, Tian Fei will definitely be grabbed.

Duan Yingjin is worried that there is nowhere to block the prince, and now is a good time! In fact, on the day he heard of the death of the crown princess, a plan was formed in his mind, and he did not hesitate to act on it. Speaking of which, the successful completion of the plan is really indispensable to the help of Deng Qingyuan. He looked into the distance with burning eyes, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and the era of the crown prince's dominance was almost over......