About an hour later, Hu's eldest son packed up and prepared to go.

The pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses of the Hu family have just become adults and have not yet married, their brother and sister helped the Hu family out, and Concubine Liao also came together, and everyone gathered at the gate of the palace, ready to send the eldest son of the Hu family away together.

In addition to the Jinqi guards sent by Emperor Chu to escort the eldest son of the Hu family, the Hu family also selected a few guards from the palace to accompany the eldest son to set off together.

"Be careful on the road." Hu walked up to the eldest son with the support of the children around him and instructed carefully. "You don't have much experience in traveling far, the people I chose for you are all experienced, ask them more in case of trouble. Although Concubine He Fang over there used a method to save your father's coffin, but now the weather is getting hotter and hotter, don't delay too much effort on the road. Your father is a proud man, so let him walk decently if he can go. ”

"The mother concubine can rest assured, and the son knows it." The eldest son of the Hu family handed over his outfit to the guards. "My son will be back as soon as possible."

"Well, it's not early, you can go out of the city now while it's still dark, and you can catch up for a while." Hu Shi smiled at his eldest son. "Go ahead."

"Mother, Liao, I'm leaving." The eldest son of the Hu family turned around and walked down the steps quickly.

The guards had already led the horse to the bottom of the steps, and the eldest son of the Hu family got on the horse, and then turned to look at the Hu family.

Hu Shi nodded at him slightly, and the eldest son of the Hu family took the lead and walked out.

Hu stood outside the palace, watching the direction in which the eldest son left. When the group was completely out of sight, Hu's eyes slowly moved up to see the white lantern hanging outside the gate of the mansion and the huge inscription written on it.

"Princess, go back." Concubine Liao stepped forward and persuaded softly. "Although His Royal Highness's coffin has not returned, all the funerals in the house still have to be set up as usual, and there are still things that need the princess to work hard in the future, so the princess should rest early today."

"Okay."

After the Hu mother and son left the palace, Emperor Chu only felt pain in his heart.

Seeing that his face was becoming more and more pale, Xiao Yu couldn't help but step forward.

"Father, the second brother has just gone, and there are still a lot of things that need the nod of the father." Xiao Yu squatted down, looked up at Emperor Chu and said. "You must take care of your health, Erchen knows that his father is sad, but for the sake of safety, Erchen still asked Wu Chuan to invite the imperial doctor to come and see his father."

"Okay, you can ask the Imperial Doctor to come over." Emperor Chu saw the worried look in Xiao Yu's eyes and said with relief. "And let Wu Chuan go to Zhaoyang Palace, he is the queen's adopted son after all, and he grew up beside her, and now he has to tell the queen when he is gone. and Qin Zhaoyi, she is his biological mother in the end, and she should also tell her. ”

"Yes, Erchen knows."

Xiao Yu went out to explain to Wu Chuan, Wu Chuan instructed his apprentice to invite the imperial doctor to come to see Emperor Chu, and he went to Zhaoyang Palace to report the news according to Emperor Chu's instructions.

After the imperial physician was brought to Lingyun Hall to see the situation of Emperor Chu, fortunately, Emperor Chu only injured himself when he learned the bad news and was overly sad, and the imperial physician prescribed a prescription to come out, saying that Emperor Chu's health was fine, as long as he drank a few days of decoction.

The imperial doctor went down to boil medicine for Emperor Chu, and the people from the Internal Affairs Office submitted the prepared funeral post, and Emperor Chu leaned on the bed in the apse to close his eyes and recuperate, and instructed Xiao Yu to go and see.

"Father, there's nothing wrong with the post." Xiao Yuzai read the post carefully, there are often regulations for clan relatives to report funerals, and this kind of post is not difficult to write.

"No problem, just order someone to copy it out." Emperor Chu sat at the head of the bed, still closing his eyes, and replied. "I'm a little tired and want to rest for a while, there are still a lot of things to do right now, if there is anything in the palace and Prince Jin's mansion, you can do it for me. You don't have to stay with me. ”

"Father, rest assured, everything has me." Before Xiao Yu left, he stepped forward to help Emperor Chu to lie down slowly, and after covering the quilt on Emperor Chu's body, Xiao Yu turned around and left Lingyun Palace.

After Xiao Yu left the Lingyun Palace, he suddenly stopped on the fork in the road leading to the East Palace and the Yihua Palace.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" The attendant beside him asked with some puzzlement when he saw him stop suddenly.

"You go back to the East Palace and inform the crown princess of this matter, although Prince Jin's coffin has not been picked up yet, but the ladies and children of the East Palace are not suitable for wearing bright clothes, let her pay attention." Xiao Yu instructed the waiter to say. "I have something to do to go to Yihua Palace, so you don't have to follow me."

Xiao Yu rushed to Yihua Palace, and it happened that Concubine De and Ning Guiren were also in Yihua Palace.

"I've seen my mother." Xiao Yu walked up to the three of them and stopped to salute. "I've seen Concubine De and Guiren Ning."

"Say hello to the prince." Concubine Liu Huang and Concubine De didn't have to return the salute, so only Ning Guiren got up and returned the salute. "Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come here at this time?"

At this time, not only Ning Guiren saw what was going on, but Concubine Liu Huang and Concubine De naturally saw the look on Xiao Yu's face clearly.

"The second brother's fief sent a messenger back to the imperial capital today to deliver the message." There was nothing to hide about Xiao Jin's death, Xiao Yu simply said bluntly. "The second brother died of illness a few days ago."

As soon as Xiao Yu spoke, the three of Emperor Liu and Concubine Liu were all taken aback.

"Why so suddenly?" Concubine De wondered. "When he didn't leave the imperial capital, Prince Jin was in good health. His fiefdom is not a land of poor mountains and bad waters, why did he get sick? ”

"Birth, old age, sickness and death are disorderly, who can say it well." Concubine Liu Huang glanced at Xiao Yu and said in a deep voice.

"The father of Zhaoyang Palace sent Wu Chuan to inform." Xiao Yu told Emperor Liu about his plans for this trip. "Qin Zhaoyi is the biological mother of the second brother, and this matter should also be reported to her. Ke Erchen thought that instead of sending an attendant to deliver the message, it was better to invite the concubine to listen to the bamboo palace for a trip. The relationship between the mother concubine and Qin Zhaoyi on weekdays is not bad, and she can also persuade Qin Zhaoyi to mourn and take care of her body. ”

Qin Zhaoyi is Xiao Jin's biological mother, even if Xiao Jin was picked up from her as soon as she landed, even if Qin Zhaoyi became pregnant again and gave birth to Xiao Rui a few years later, she still cared about Xiao Jin. It's just that the queen is afraid that if Xiao Jin has too much contact with her biological mother, she will be emotionally alienated from her adoptive mother, and she has not allowed Qin Zhaoyi to follow Xiao Jin, and Qin Zhaoyi has no choice but to obey the queen's will.

When Xiao Jin left the fiefdom, Qin Zhaoyi was silently listening to Zhugong and was sick for more than half a year. Later, Emperor Chu saw that she had not recovered for a long time, and specially allowed Xiao Rui to enter the palace to serve the sick, so that Qin Zhaoyi could recover from his illness.

If Qin Zhaoyi knew about Xiao Jin's death today, I am afraid it would be another catastrophe.

"Okay, I see what you mean." Emperor Liu's concubine understood, and called Baizhu to come and change out of her brightly colored clothes. "I'll change my clothes and go to the Bamboo Palace."

Xiao Lu is taking Sister Rou to be a guest in Xiao Xuan's Mansion today, and after he and Duan Shaoyou reconciled, Xiao Lu has been living alone with Sister Rou.

Over the years, both Concubine Chen and Emperor Chu have intended to let Xiao Lu remarry, and some people have been selected for Xiao Lu to look at, but Xiao Lu has not taken a fancy to anyone and refused one by one.

Xiao Xuan was pregnant again four years ago, and after being pregnant in October, she gave birth to a girl named Sister Su.

At this time, Xiao Lu and Xiao Xuan sat together drinking tea and chatting, and Sister Rou was holding Sister Su'er's hand to play with her, very careful and gentle.

"My sister is really blessed." Xiao Xuan looked at the two girls for a while, then turned his head to look at Xiao Lu and said enviously. "Sister Rou has grown up now, and she is becoming more and more demure and gentle. It's not like the two in my house, it's okay to be well-behaved, but it's a headache for me to make a fuss. Fortunately, Brother Min was taken to the palace by his father to study, otherwise I would have been tired of facing these two all day. ”

"I see you're angry with me when you say that." Xiao Lu deliberately squinted at Xiao Xuan and said. "You envy Sister Rou'er for being sensible, why don't I envy your family for being harmonious and having complete children."

"It's good that my sister doesn't say this." Xiao Xuan was not fooled, and took her words with a smile and said. "In the past few years, my father and Concubine Chen have hoped that my sister can remarry, and I carefully looked at the candidates selected by my father and Concubine Chen for my sister. It's not perfect, but it's a good match with my sister. Sister, don't look at Sister Rou now, it's not time to talk about marriage, this time is very good, Sister Rou can't stay by my sister's side for long, my sister might as well take a step forward and find someone to accompany her. ”

"Now I'm all focused on Sister Rou'er, and I'm really not interested in thinking about remarrying." Xiao Lu looked at him left and right. "I'm doing well now, why bother looking for someone to accompany me, there are many people in the princess's mansion who talk to me."

"Hey, I know my sister is worried about Sister Rou." Xiao Xuan thought that the last time she entered the palace, Concubine Chen, who had not been out of Yuxiu Palace for more than half a year, knew the news of her entering the palace, and deliberately found her to speak. "But my sister is the daughter of Concubine Chen, and Concubine Chen is also worried about my sister."

In the past few years, Xiao Xuan and Xiao Lu have often interacted, and the relationship between the sisters is much better than in the past.

Concubine Chen said a lot of things and was afraid that Xiao Lu would get bored, so she had to find Xiao Xuan as a lobbyist in another way.

"I knew that you were a lobbyist invited by my mother." Xiao Lu said with a smile. "You don't have to make it difficult, I will talk to my mother next time I enter the palace."

At this time, Green Forest came over in a panic with a post.

"Princess, the palace sent someone to send this." Green Forest handed over the post.

The post was white, and when Xiao Lu and Xiao Xuan saw it, both of them had doubts on their faces.

"This is a mourning post." Xiao Xuan asked. "Who in the palace has an accident?"

"The slave and maid asked the person who came, and it was not the people in the palace who had the accident." Green Forest replied. "It's Prince Jin."

"Huh?" Xiao Xuan and Xiao Lu were very surprised when they heard the news.