Xiao Heng was originally married to Sima Daozi, the king of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, as his stepwife, after her death, she should naturally enter the ancestral hall of the Sima clan in Hanoi, but at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Liu Yu called the emperor, in order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, the Sima clan was wiped out, so far the Sima clan in Hanoi has long been extinct, not to mention the ancestral hall.

Although she has been named someone else's surname, but in the end she was still born in Lanling Xiao, now Lanling Xiao is the master of the world, she and Xiao Daocheng are the same branch, also respected as the eldest princess, Xiao Daocheng treats her very closely, weekday food and clothing, are based on the queen mother's etiquette system, to now even the mourning hall is located in the palace, Xiao Daocheng ordered people to build a mausoleum for the princess Taichang, such a formation, I am afraid that in the future, I am afraid that Xiao Heng's spiritual position will be invited into the Xiao ancestral hall, so even if it violates the ancestral system, no one dares to say a "no" word to the ministers below.

The sky is dark, Xiao Daocheng is still in the mourning hall, he is wearing Xuanbu filial piety clothes, wearing a mourning cloth straw hoop, his wrist is tied with a filial piety ball, and his feet are stepping on straw shoes, he is kneeling in front of Xiao Heng's coffin, the whole person is paralyzed like mud, slightly bowing his head, looking at the paper money burning in the mourning basin in front of him, his heart is really painful, he always thinks that if he didn't do those foolish things, then his grandmother and aunt must be fine, he murmured: "You all blame me...... They all blame me......"

The flames in the mourning pot were about to go out, Xiao Daocheng was stunned and had not yet eased his thoughts, Qu Ping hurriedly walked over and knelt down, added a handful of paper money to the basin, and then whispered: "Your Majesty, it's not early, or you go back to the Shiqian Hall to rest for a while, here, let the slaves and maids guard it." ”

Xiao Daocheng shook his head weakly as if he had lost his soul, the descendants were all kneeling behind, and they were extremely tired at this time, although they wanted to rest, but Xiao Daocheng didn't speak, but they couldn't leave.

Luo Shuyi was sleepy, covered her mouth and yawned, she saw Xiao Ye kneeling opposite and sleepy, she thought about it for a while, and always wanted Xiao Ye to do her filial piety to Xiao Heng in front of Xiao Daocheng, so she also said: "Your Majesty, Qu Changshi is right, it's not early, you should go back and rest, as for the guard, isn't there still a Xuanzhao?" ”

At that time, Xiao Ye was dozing off, and suddenly heard Luo Shuyi's call, and suddenly woke up, he knew that Luo Shuyi wanted him to keep the spirit, and he was unwilling in his heart, he looked at Xiao Wei on the left, Xiao Wei was coughing, very weak, and looked at his brothers and sisters on the right, but he didn't see Xiao Ying, even Xiao Ying was not there! It's good now, the eldest brother is not here, the second brother is weak, the third brother is not there, the fourth brother is still in Jiude County and has not yet returned, even if he doesn't want to be filial at the moment, he can't help it.

He immediately knelt down and crawled to Xiao Daocheng's side, and responded: "Yes, father, you need to take care of the dragon body, you have to go back to rest for a while, and your son will come to guard the spirit." ”

"No need," Xiao Daocheng was still absent-minded, shook his head and said, "You all retreat, all retreat." ”

Xiao Ye was stunned, and hurriedly turned around to look at Luo Shuyi and asked her for instructions, but Luo Shuyi looked out of the door, he understood, so he bowed his head and said, "Yes, the son of the minister is retiring." ”

When Xiao Ye got up, Luo Shuyi and Xie Guifei also stood up one after the other, Luo Shuyi took a step forward and wanted to go out, Xie Guifei glanced at Gong E beside her, and then glanced at Luo Shuyi's funeral cloth hoop dragged on the ground, Gong E informed her of what she meant, stretched her foot forward, and stepped on it, Luo Shuyi was defenseless, naturally a stumbling, fortunately the female Shi Xu Fu next to her hugged her, so as not to be reckless, Xie Guifei sneered when she saw this, Luo Shuyi turned around and glanced at her, but it was inconvenient to deal with her, so she had to give up.

Immediately afterwards, the juniors all retreated, and only Qu Ping was still here with Xiao Daocheng.

The master and servant were silent for a long time, Qu Ping first broke the silence, and sincerely persuaded him: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, you can rest for a while." ”

"Qu Ping, you say, don't I deserve to die?" Xiao Daocheng was immersed in guilt and couldn't extricate himself.

Qu Ping was silent for a while before he said, "The slave is afraid. He also knew that Xiao Daocheng shouldn't be like this, but he didn't persuade him, and now that he has made a big mistake, he can't sit still.

Xiao Daocheng suddenly raised his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "Killing relatives and destroying ancestors, I deserve to die!" I deserve God's damnation! ”

Qu Ping knelt on the side and did not speak, Xiao Daocheng continued: "I not only killed my relatives and ancestors, but I also killed innocents indiscriminately!" I'm damned! I'm damned! ”

He had red eyes, looked at Qu Ping, and said uneasily: "Qu Ping, do you know that in the past three years, I have dreamed of Ah Jiang almost every night, dreaming that she was standing under the Xuanyang Gate covered in blood, standing in front of me, crying and asking me: 'Uncle, what did Ah Jiang do wrong, why did he have to die', it's been three years!" I dream of her almost every night, I haven't slept well since she's gone, and now, ...... ...... again" Xiao Daocheng choked up and couldn't speak, so he buried his head on Qu Ping's shoulder and cried bitterly.

"Your Majesty......" Qu Ping wanted to speak and stopped, hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but say what was in his heart, "Da Sima is infamous as a traitor and has been spurned by thousands of people, if Your Majesty really feels guilty, it is better to ...... It's better to tell the world, correct the name of Da Sima, and return her innocence......"

Xiao Daocheng stopped crying, slowly raised his head, and looked at Qu Ping in a daze, "Correct name?" How to correct the name? Tell the people of the world that I am stupid and confused, and I killed Da Sima in vain? ”

When he said this, he shook his head again and again, as if he was crazy, and said, "No! No! I'm not wrong! I am the Son of Heaven, and everything I do is for the well-being of the community and the people! ”

Qu Ping was stunned, feeling that Xiao Daocheng was stubborn, but he didn't dare to say anything, but seeing that he was confused and delirious, he felt sad, he forced out a smile, nodded, and said, "Yes, yes." ”

Before the words fell, there was a sudden slight shake in the mourning hall, both of them were stunned, Xiao Daocheng turned his head, and saw that the two candles placed in front of the coffin had fallen one, and he hurriedly walked to help him up, "This ...... What's going on? ”

Qu Ping said in panic: "This is, the earthquake ......"

"Earthquake?" Xiao Daocheng was stunned, and suddenly remembered what Gongsun Sui said yesterday morning, he said that within three days, Mount Tai would be earthquake, but he never wanted to believe the earthquake in Mount Tai.

Qu Pinghu said suspiciously: "Your Majesty, this ...... Could this be caused by the Taishan earthquake? ”

"How is this possible!" Xiao Daocheng immediately dismissed, "Mount Tai is in Juping, Juping is far away from Jiankang, why did the aftershocks spread thousands of miles away!" ”

"Your Majesty, if the earth shakes the mountains, it is not impossible for the aftershocks to spread to the four seas, not to mention that it is thousands of miles away, even if it is thousands of miles away, it is difficult to ensure that there is nothing to do," Qu Ping said and looked at Xiao Daocheng's face, and saw that he was still half-convinced, so he continued to push it and said: "Yesterday in the early dynasty, Taishi Ling mentioned the Taishan earthquake, saying that it should be in the East Palace, and the slaves and maids are only afraid...... I'm afraid what he said is true! ”

At this juncture, even though Xiao Daocheng pretended not to believe it on the surface, he was still very frightened in his heart, and he suddenly seemed to remember something, and asked: "Suitable for the spirit, have you seen the prince?" ”

"Prince?"