Month to midday.

After Chu Ning forced Manager Zhao to bite his tongue and commit suicide, he returned to the palace to sleep.

In a few hours, the coffin of the first emperor will be buried in the emperor's mausoleum.

She will support the coffin of the first emperor as the prince.

If the people of the capital see the woman holding the coffin, I don't know what kind of waves it will set off?

Chu Ning closed his eyes and thought groggily, unable to sleep for a long time.

"Meow, meow, meow."

A thin cat meow sounded outside the window, and she rolled over, completely sleepless.

The meow of the cat is getting closer.

She only heard the sound of soft footsteps outside the window, as if walking towards the source of the cat's meow.

Soon, the footsteps stopped.

A very low young man's voice sounded, "Meow, come here." ”

The cat's meow suddenly started again, meowing, meowing.

"Shh The man outside the window was in a hurry, and hurriedly gestured to the cat to silence him.

He ran to the kitchen and grabbed a handful of small dried fish, and came lightly to the eaves of the porch, pinched the small dried fish, and meowed quietly.

When the wild cat saw the dried fish, it meowed and ran merrily towards him.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief, and fed the small dried fish in his hand to the wild cats one by one.

The wild cats in the palace live extremely nourishingly, and the palace people often take the leftovers to feed the cats when they have nothing to do.

The cat was easily coaxed by Han Tang, and he was not afraid of him at all, so he squatted next to him and meowed after eating the dried fish.

Han Tang sighed helplessly, "Shhh ”

The small dried fish in his hand are used to plug the little guy's mouth.

The cat seemed to have become a sperm, knowing that Han Tang was afraid of it calling, so he rubbed Han Tang's hand and meowed a few more times.

Han Tang had no choice but to scratch its chin with his fingers.

He squatted under the eaves, holding his head on his lap with one hand and scratching the cat's chin with the other.

The cat closed its eyes, raised its jaw, and let out a series of purring sounds.

Han Tang continued to scratch it for a while, and said with a wry smile: "You, you can't scream at night in the future." ”

He thought for a moment and added, "Come and find me, but you are not allowed to sleep with His Highness." ”

"What do cats say?"

Chu Ning's voice sounded behind him, with a hint of laughter in his voice.

Han Tang yawned sleepily, didn't think about it, and replied, "What else can I say?" Meow. ”

Chu Ning couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Han Xiaogongzi is really a wonderful person."

Being laughed at by her, Han Tang woke up suddenly, and when he turned around, he saw Chu Ning standing under the porch with a smile.

She was dressed only in a middle coat and a tunic, and her long black hair was scattered over her shoulders.

The cool night breeze blew gently, and her long hair swayed softly in the wind.

In the moonlight, the face was a little hazy, but it also softened a lot.

Han Tang was stunned, his right hand was still scratching the cat's chin, but his cheeks suddenly burned.

How did he have the illusion that he had been caught red-handed?

Chu Ning smiled slightly, and said jokingly: "This palace will choose the day to ascend the throne, and I will crown you as the 'Imperial Guard with Cats', how about it?" ”

Han Tang hurriedly withdrew his hand, stood up, lowered his head and whispered, "Can you bring a knife?" ”

Chu Ning felt funny in his heart, is it easy for cats and dogs to play together?

The cat also got up and shook its fur, meowed and jumped up the tree, and soon jumped over the palace wall and ran.

"Little Master Han," Chu Ning's eyebrows and eyes curled like the moon, "Your cat has run away." ”

"Cai, Cai, not my cat."

Chu Ning ignored him, raised his lips and smiled: "This time I don't even have to bring a cat." ”

"Anyway, as long as it's still His Highness...... Just the imperial guards. ”

At the last few words, his face was so red that he was dripping blood, and he turned his head to the side and glanced vigorously.

Chu Ning looked at the direction in which the wild cat fled and muttered, "It's strange, why did the wild cat in this palace run away when they saw this palace?" ”

"It's just sticky to you." As she spoke, her tone raised, "However, this palace heard that the wild cats in the palace are all changed by concubines." ”

Han Tang pretended that there was something interesting on the eaves, and stared there without blinking.

Chu Ning looked up with a smile and quipped, "Could it be that Han Xiaogongzi also made an appointment with the cat concubine Liang Shang?" ”

The one who met him under the moon was obviously her.

"That's it, I'll go back and rest." Chu Ning saw that he was in a hurry to be teased by himself, so he turned around and wanted to go back.

Han Tang suddenly stopped her, "Your Highness." ”

Chu Ning's footsteps paused, and he looked at him with a smile, "Huh? ”

"Tomorrow, I'll protect you."

Chu Ning smiled slightly, "Okay." ”

Out of nowhere, a few more cat meows sounded, soft and charming, scratching the tip of the heart as if nothing.

Han Tang looked at her, he wanted to speak and stopped, and when Chu Ning was about to leave, he finally couldn't help but speak.

"Your Highness!"

Your long hair is untied, and it looks better than usual.

He clearly pretended to say this sentence in his heart, but the exit became, "Rest early." ”

Chu Ning nodded, with a smile on the corner of his lips, "Hmm." ”

Sleepless nights.

The funeral of the first emperor was extremely grand, and the funeral procession meandered through it, almost from the palace gate to the city gate.

Chu Ning, dressed in filial piety clothes, walked at the front of the team.

According to the old practice of the Later Zhao royal family, the coffin was carried by eight noble children, and Chu Ning walked in front of the right side with the coffin.

Han Tang, as her personal guard, walked behind her with his head bowed.

The sky was sprinkled with paper money, like a flock of defeated dead butterflies.

The funeral procession of nearly 10,000 people came like a silent snake.

All shops in the capital are closed, and every house is closed.

But there were still curious people, who had the courage to push open a crack in the window and quietly look out.

After the founding empress Chu Mingsi ascended the throne, she explicitly forbade the rulers to build mausoleums and required all emperors to be buried in the imperial mausoleum on the outskirts of Beijing.

The atmosphere of thin burial began in the dynasty of the Holy Grandfather, and the descendants of later generations gradually returned to the style of thick burial.

But the imperial tomb is still the imperial tomb on the outskirts of Beijing.

Chu Ning will personally escort the coffin of the first emperor today, and walk all the way from the palace to the emperor's mausoleum.

The large procession marched slowly, and it took half a day to reach the city.

Empress Yao had never walked so far, and her footsteps were a little vain.

Qiu Mo secretly held her elbow and said in a low voice, "Niangniang, be careful of your step." ”

She didn't say a word, her beautiful eyes always staring at the coffin in front of her.

She had one last look at him before nailing the coffin.

The first emperor was afraid of the dark, and when he used to rest in her bedroom, he always ordered people to keep the lights all night and not to blow them out.

Empress Yao suddenly muttered, "Qiu Mo, do you say it's very dark underground?" ”

was asked by her, Qiu Mo was stunned for a while.

She didn't want to get an answer from Qiu Mo, and continued to walk forward with her beautiful head held high and a dignified posture.

At this moment, a man in cloth suddenly rushed out in front.

The capital has long been under martial law, and no one expected that someone would break into the coffin.

The man threw himself on his knees in the middle of the road, outstretched his arms to stop him.

Because of his collision, all the people who were walking in front stopped and looked at this man in amazement.

Han Tang hurriedly ordered the guards behind him to step forward and said in a low voice, "Take down this person quickly." ”

But the man took out of his bosom and put the dagger to his throat.

"If someone takes half a step forward, the contemptible person will immediately splash blood in front of the coffin."

Seeing blood in front of the coffin is ominous.

And if he was allowed to kill himself in front of the coffin of the first emperor, the reputation of disloyalty and filial piety would naturally be buckled on Chu Ning's head.

His eyes were blood-red, his forehead was bruised, and his eye sockets seemed to be about to crack.

The dagger was pointed at his own throat, but the gaze like a knife was fiercely nailed to Chu Ning's body.

Chu Ning raised his left hand and motioned to the guards not to step forward for the time being.

Everyone turned to look at Chu Ning, and the surroundings were so quiet that they could hear a needle dropping.

The sky was overcast, the thunder was roaring, and the paper money in the sky seemed to be sprinkled endlessly.

Chu Ning looked directly at the man in front of him and said in a low voice, "Stand down, forgive your innocence." ”

The man's eyes flickered faintly, he leaned back, knelt on the ground, and cried, "Hou Zhao is dying!" ”

King Xin strode forward, pointed at him and shouted, "Drag it down!" ”

But before the guards could come up to arrest him, he cried out heartbreakingly: "The female stream has misled the country! ”

In the next moment, the dagger was horizontal, and blood was splattered on the spot.

His body collapsed on his back, blood gushing out of his ruptured throat.

A shallow pool of blood soon accumulated on the ground, and several paper coins fell in a pool of blood.

The thunder on the horizon was louder.

The people behind all stopped, and the onlookers in the street buildings exclaimed in low voices.

I don't know whose voice came from afar, "Ji Ji Si Chen! Female streamers mislead the country! ”

Soon, more people fell to their knees, and the same words were constantly being shouted.

Female streamers mislead the country!

Hou Zhao is dying!

King Xin is busy trying people to stop those people from talking nonsense, but how can he stop the mouths of the people?

Black coffin, white tent, bright red pool of blood.

Chu Ning's eyes were filled with extremely strong and light colors.

The paper money fell in a stream, silently in front of her eyes.

If it weren't for the late summer and early autumn, she would have almost thought it was an endless snowfall.

"How can a female streamer ascend the throne and become the emperor?"

"There is only one founding empress in Hou Zhao!"

"Yes, the woman is ignorant, and she has lost her life for the righteous in vain!"

……

It's noisy.

Chu Ning looked back and saw thousands of people wearing filial piety clothes kneeling on the long street of the capital.

It's white, and you can't see your head at a glance.

In the funeral procession, some people stood and some knelt, loosely scattered.

Suddenly, another bolt of lightning broke out in the sky.

Someone immediately exclaimed, "Heaven has punished you!" ”

A small sobbing sound came from nowhere, and the sobbing quickly turned into a howl.

Empress Yao had a splitting headache, grabbed Qiu Mo's hand, and urged: "Quick, help the palace to the front." ”

Why did these people prevent the first emperor from entering the earth for peace?

She wants to crush the bones of the person who killed herself, and let his nine clans be buried with the first emperor!

Empress Yao's mind was in turmoil, and she was about to move forward to repel the crowd.

Yao Xingyuan hurriedly stood up, stopped his sister and said, "Niangniang, don't go any further." ”

King Xin looked at Chu Ning, and didn't know what to do, so he had to mutter, "Ning'er, give the order to go back to the palace?" ”

Chu Ning stared at the corpse, shook his head and said, "Stand down." ”

King Xin wanted to persuade again, she suddenly looked at Han Tang and said in a low voice: "Pass the order, the righteous will be martyred, and they will be buried thickly." ”

Han Tang suddenly came to his senses and raised his voice: "This person is loyal to the first emperor, and today he is martyred for righteousness, and His Royal Highness is grateful for his loyalty and righteousness." ”

The people behind suddenly realized and passed Han Tang's words to the back.

The man was killing himself in front, and although his voice was loud, it could not reach the back of the group.

The people only knew that someone had died in front of the coffin, but they did not know why he died.

Now, Chu Ning said that he was a loyal and righteous man, who was martyred spontaneously, and ordered someone to collect his body and bury him.

The people who were kneeling in place and scolding the women for misleading the country were caught off guard by this change.

The palace people hurriedly stepped forward to collect the person's body, and were about to wash the ground with clean water, but were stopped by Chu Ning.

Chu Ning said: "This is the blood of martyrs, left behind, and warned the world." ”

After the bodies were taken away, the commotion just now seemed to have subsided.

Chu Ning ordered the coffin to be lifted, and was about to help the coffin over the blood puddle, but Chu Sleeve suddenly rushed to the front of the team like crazy.

She broke free from the palace maid's obstruction, threw herself on top of the coffin, and cried bitterly: "Father! Chu Ning's wolf ambition hurt his father! ”

The appearance of Chu Sleeve was like a spark, and the riot that had just subsided was on fire again.

This time, even the people living on both sides of the street pushed open their windows and craned their necks to look this way.

Chu Sleeve cried so much that it rained, held the coffin in his arms, turned his head and glared at Chu Ning, and said angrily: "It's all you!" ”

In the crowd, the envoys of the Jingshuo Khanate dressed up as the people of Houzhao and watched this farce with great interest.

She didn't give Chu Ning any chance to speak at all, and cried: "You are unkind, you don't think about brotherhood, and you are not worthy of supporting the coffin for your father!" ”

"My father punished you for copying scriptures for several years, but your femme fatale has not changed, and you have indulged in evil and slaved the fetus in my womb!"

"The sky is above, how can such a femme fatale woman be worthy of being my queen Zhao King?"

When the guards came up to pull her, she clutched the coffin tightly with both hands, and the force was so strong that ten blood marks were left on the coffin.

When people in the know saw this scene, they immediately told the people around them: "That's the second princess who married Cai Hou." ”

The onlookers thought that they had glimpsed the secrets of the royal family, and when they saw Chu Sleeve crying pitifully, they inevitably thought that what she said was true.

The chaos just now is getting worse and worse.

The envoys of the Jingshuo Khanate were amused, and several of them waited to see how this farce would end.

King Xin said angrily: "Chu sleeve! Hugh is nonsense! ”

She cried even harder, sat down in the street like a shrew, and cried: "The family is unfortunate, the country is unfortunate!" ”

Chu Ning heard it, and the people behind him faintly mentioned the eldest prince.

The discussion came one after another, and everyone stopped, and Rao Shixin ordered the guards to dissuade him without any effect.

Chu Yue came out of the crowd, hugged Chu Sleeve, knelt down towards Chu Ning and cried: "Since the second emperor sister had a miscarriage, she has not been able to lose her heart and go crazy. ”

Her voice was like a warbler's cry, and there was a bit of weakness in her cry.

The people around immediately shut up again, only to hear Chu Yue crying: "The second imperial sister is delirious all day long, and I ask the third sister to spare her life." ”

"It's a madman!"

"It's really crazy to be so deadly."

As soon as the wind turned, the great prince deliberately mentioned by people with ulterior motives was quickly forgotten by everyone.

Chu Sleeve was so angry that he pushed Chu Yue away and said angrily: "Chu Ning! If you harm my husband and son, I will drag you to hell with me!" ”

As she spoke, she didn't care about it, staggered to her feet, and saw that she was about to pounce on Chu Ning.

But the sword light in front of her was great, and Han Tang's long sword was already pointing at her throat.

Chu Sleeve's body stiffened, staring at the tip of Han Tang's sword in disbelief, "You're going to kill me?" ”

Han Tang looked at her coldly and said, "If you want to imitate the righteous man who killed himself, the long sword below can be borrowed from you." ”

Chu Sleeve's trouble has lost the face of the royal family.

At this moment, she was stopped in front of Chu Ning by Han Tang's sword, and she was in a dilemma.

Not far away, all the civil and military officials looked this way.

Chu Sleeve subconsciously turned his head and looked for Shi Yihuai's figure in the crowd, trying to grasp the life-saving straw.

But Chu Ning put aside Han Tang's sword and ordered: "If Mrs. Caihou wants to be martyred, please touch the coffin yourself, and this palace will bury Mrs. Cai." ”

She took a bite of Mrs. Caihou and cleared up the relationship between Chu Sleeve and the royal family.

King Xin suddenly understood, and arranged for the guards to deliberately discuss, and Cai Hou colluded with the four princes to rebel and was executed.

The lady Cai Hou in front of her is eager to avenge her husband, and the farce directed and acted by herself is naturally uncountable.

Chu Ning ordered the palace maid to help Chu Yue retreat, stared at Chu Sleeve, and said coldly: "Mrs. Caihou, please." ”

Chu Sleeve's legs were weak, and the strength that he had been messing around with before was suddenly discharged.

She sat slumped in front of the coffin, Chu Ning looked at her condescendingly, and said in a low voice, "Don't retreat yet?" ”

Chu Sleeve's face changed, and he let out an "ouch" sound, pretending to faint on the ground.

Empress Yao immediately ordered the eunuch to step forward and drag her to the back of the line.

"Shame on you." Empress Yao scolded viciously.

Qiu Mo hurriedly ordered someone to take Chu Sleeve away, and secretly found someone to keep an eye on all the concubines.

After this incident, the funeral procession suddenly fell silent.

The trip has been delayed a lot, and everyone is panicking at this time.

Chu Ning knew that although the situation had been temporarily stabilized, as long as there was a little more ......

In an instant, the rain poured down.

The paper money flying in the air was wet by the rain and fell to the ground in a sticky ball.

No one said that Chu Ning was bad.

But countless people blame her in their hearts, blame her for Si Chen, and blame her for misleading the country.

Many people blamed Chu Ning for this rain.

The procession moved slowly through the torrential rain.

Shin-king's legs were like lead, and every step was extremely difficult.

He looked up at the front, Chu Ning's back was straight, although he was walking in the wind and rain, his steps were calm and majestic.

Someone killed himself before, and he guessed who the mastermind behind the scenes was.

But this rain ......

The storm was blowing, Chu Ning's hair bun was wet, and the rain on his face was gurgling down his hair and cheeks.

The heavy filial piety clothes were already soaked in the rain.

With every step she took, she felt the resistance of her clothes and the wind and rain.

But she still led the team, step by step, and continued to move forward.

Han Tang followed behind her, watching her slender figure melt into the rain curtain.

Her long black hair, snow-white filial piety clothes, and heavy colors were so oppressive that he felt suffocated.

He wanted to take off his robe and put it on for her.

This thought lingered in his heart, but he knew that he could not trespass in the slightest.

Although it was only ten steps away from her, it would be wrong to take even half a step more.

When Han Tang hesitated, a silver-white glimmer flashed in front of him.

He hurriedly looked over, only to see that Liu Tingchuan's silver hair was stained with raindrops, reflecting the silver light of the stars.

As soon as Liu Tingchuan appeared, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"This is Tianlin!" He shouted, "God bless Hou Zhao! ”

His voice was not loud, but his words were immediately heard.

"Did you hear it, even the young national teacher said it, this is an auspicious omen."

"That's it, I can't trust others, can't I still trust the young national teacher?"

"But the rain is terrifying, is that really what the young national master said?"

While everyone was whispering, Liu Tingchuan climbed the high platform next to him, bathed in the rain, and shouted: "God bless Hou Zhao! ”

As soon as his voice fell, wave after wave of voices immediately followed.

"God bless Hou Zhao, God bless Hou Zhao!"

More and more people are talking, and the trend of decline just now no longer exists.

Liu Tingchuan walked down, walked to Chu Ning's side with an umbrella, and bowed to her: "Your Highness, the minister will hold an umbrella for you." ”

After speaking, his wrist was raised, and the umbrella surface slowly stretched over the heads of the two.

On the surface of the black umbrella, there are lifelike golden lotuses.

As soon as the umbrella is opened, the golden lotus shines brightly.

The next moment, the palace people he had already arranged for him stepped forward quickly and brought umbrellas to the concubines and ministers.

Countless identical umbrellas are opened one after another.

The people who stretched out their heads upstairs to look only saw a golden lotus growing step by step.

The previous dullness caused by the sudden rainstorm was swept away.

The rain fell on the golden lotus, which was praised by everyone.

The children of the Pure View all wore Taoist robes and threw the lotus petals picked from the palace today.

As the boys walked, they shouted, "Auspicious clouds turn into lotus, God bless Hou Zhao." ”

Many people ignored the taboos and rushed to the side of the road and knelt down.

They bowed and worshipped, raised their hands above the top, wanting to receive the lotus petals, and shouted in unison: "God bless Hou Zhao!" ”

Chu Ning's heart was sour, and accompanied by Liu Tingchuan, he walked forward slowly and firmly.

"Your Highness is sad? The people would rather believe me, the so-called national teacher, than you or the Houzhao court. ”

His voice was extremely low, and it was slightly blown by the wind and sent into Chu Ning's ears.

"Yes." Chu Ning replied crisply.

Liu Tingchuan's eyes swept away, and his gaze fell on her cheek, only to look forward again for a moment.

Chu Ning also lowered his voice very low and said, "The people don't believe in the royal family, just because the royal family can't be trusted. They don't believe me, because I don't believe enough. ”

Liu Tingchuan said lightly: "The people believe in me and worship me, they don't seek this life, they only seek the next life, just because this world is unpredictable." ”

"Hongu knows."

She walked slowly down the long street, imprinting every face praying for blessings in the rain in her heart.

In the past, what Hou Zhao couldn't give to the people, she will give it in the future.

She wants everyone to know that it is not God who blesses Hou Zhao, but the people themselves who protect Hou Zhao Antai.

Chu Ning's heart was bitter, but fortunately, his face was full of rain, and he couldn't see the slight moistness in the corners of his eyes.

Liu Tingchuan held an umbrella for her all the way, walked side by side with her, and said indifferently: "This is not His Highness's fault, why should His Highness be sad?" ”

"It's not the fault of this palace, but it will also be the responsibility of this palace in the future."

"This matter is beyond the power of His Highness," Liu Tingchuan sighed, "Your Highness might as well do something that you can do immediately." ”

Chu Ning's eyes rolled, looked at Liu Tingchuan, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

He also looked back at Chu Ning, and there were clear and shallow ripples in his light eyes.

"Wipe the tears from the corners of your eyes."

Chu Ning's expression froze, and he hurriedly raised his hand to wipe the water stains on his face.

Liu Tingchuan sighed lightly: "Your Highness, do you know what a great good deed you have just done?" ”

"Huh?"

"Otherwise, I don't dare to guarantee that I will wipe your tears in public."

Chu Ning hurriedly turned his face away, but heard his voice sound low, "Ning Ning, I couldn't see you crying before." ”

There seemed to be a storm crashing on the shore in my mind, surging and rolling up countless memories of this person.

Chu Ning suddenly realized that the original owner loved him.