Chapter 303: The Mourning Hall

"Go back to the Rui Palace!"

She was born as Princess Rui, and she died as Princess Rui, no matter what situation Shen Ke has fallen into, he will do this funeral for her!

Father-in-law Chang had already received Shu Ruhai's order that he had to do everything he wanted except to prevent Ning Zhiyuan from harming himself or going crazy, so he called ten guards and asked them to carry the coffin out of the palace.

The coffin has not been covered, and the disgusting rancid smell makes passers-by retreat, Ning Zhiyuan did not sit in a sedan chair or ride a horse, but let the people all sit in the coffin in surprise.

The sun had begun to show its head, and the swollen and purple face looked terrifying, but the only person who could see this face had been staring at this horrible face, she was dead, and she was about to be buried, and even if it was a deformed face, he had little time to see.

In the Rui Wang's Mansion, Qinglan, who had already received the news, had already waited at the gate of the mansion with people, Du Yiyi was given to death with a guilty body, according to this, he was not qualified to be in the Rui Wang's Mansion to swing the mourning hall, unless there was a special approval from the emperor, no one dared to act rashly before the emperor's special approval.

Qinglan has known Ning Zhiyuan since she was young for more than ten years now, she has seen his viciousness and ruthlessness for the first time she saw this man actually weep and grief, in the coffin, he sat at her feet, although the corpse exuded a burst of putrid stench, he was unheard of, the peach blossom eyes that were once thought to be frivolous by more than one person no longer have the brilliance of the past, the haggard face is emaciated, although this face is still perfect, but it is already like two people, what can destroy a person's body is disease, What can break a person's will is heart death, and Ning Zhiyuan has died after being seriously ill.

"Lord Wang~" Qinglan Fu saluted, the guards put down the coffin, Ning Zhiyuan sat motionless inside, his eyes staring at the people in the coffin, and a bitter smile on the corner of his mouth.

The scene of staring at a stinky corpse and laughing was very weird, and many people who followed to watch the excitement muttered and talked about it, and talked more about last year's incident.

Some people say that Shen Ke fled and did not know his life and death, Du Yiyi was imprisoned and died for Shen Ke, and King Rui married his wife for only a year and lost his wife and suffered a blow and mental frustration.

There was contemptuous sneering and ridicule in the crowd, and they would not show the slightest tolerance to a woman whose reputation had long been ruined.

Ning Zhiyuan walked out of the coffin, didn't look at Qinglan and walked in front of the team with the attitude of a surviving person, not long after the team entered the Rui Wang's Mansion, the Rui Wang's Mansion hung up a white flag, and a few people quickly went out of the city to Lingyin Temple to invite the monks.

Du Yiyi didn't know that less than five hundred meters away from her, the people she thought were dead were setting up a mourning hall for her, at this time she had just woken up, her body collapsed and her right arm was burned like a waste, they were moved to another courtyard, so that the people and horses of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division that she expected did not come, and the chance was getting slimmer and slimmer.

The only good thing about the burn is that Ning Chaoge finally lost interest in her, except for going here every day to see their situation, what Du Yiyi was worried about didn't happen anymore, Xiong Daishan didn't come again, she only knew from the mouth of the newly replaced maids that the previous maids were dead.

Although the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division was suppressed, but during the period when Jinyiwei was withdrawn, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division also had a rare raise of eyebrows, Ding Yanxiang has always been not afraid of the powerful, and he had a grudge with the queen because of the marriage of his second daughter, and after a long investigation of the young man who was recommended by King Rui, he made a marriage contract for the two.

Brother Yang jumped from a lowly soldier to the commander-in-law of Ding Du, and his status in the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division naturally soared, but just like the low mood of the three armies recently, it was difficult to be happy when he was finally able to start a family and have a promising future.

In the evening of that day, he was called to the study by his future father-in-law, and in the study sat a trembling and burly man in cloth.

"I called you here to discuss with you, this is the Qin Janissary guarding the northwest gate of the Imperial City, and he came to report King Chao for entangled forces to control the palace and try to rebel!"

Ding Yanxiang said and turned his head to the man sitting behind him: "This is Brother Yang, a deputy general under my command!" ”

Brother Yang glanced at this person, and didn't care about this person's panicked look, but asked Ding Yanxiang, "Does the general think this matter is true?" If it weren't for such suspicions, Ding Yanxiang would never have called him over.

The burly man sitting behind Ding Yanxiang stood up and told Brother Yang about his experience impassionedly: "At noon today, when the shift was changed, some of our brothers were gone, and it took a long time to find the body, and some of our brothers were also detained by the Criminal Department on suspicion of murder, I asked for leave to go home yesterday to get out of suspicion, but in the afternoon, a team of people broke into my house and arrested my parents, I saw that they were too strong to show up and follow all the way, and finally found that they had entered the Governor's Mansion, as far as the villain knows, Now the Governor's Mansion and the Imperial Palace and even the capital are under the control of King Chao, and the original guards were suddenly purged is really suspicious, the villain knows that General Ding has always been upright, and at this moment the villain can only come to General Ding for help! ”

"Testify that King Chao wants evidence! Do you have proof? Brother Yang glanced at his father-in-law, seeing that he didn't mean to reprimand, now King Chao is indeed big, but after all, King Chao is the most popular candidate for the crown prince, and this kind of evidence does not have much credibility.

"There is no evidence for the villain, General Dante, as the commander of the five cities guarding the stability of the capital, should know something about the guards of the imperial city, how can my group of brothers kill each other if they are as harmonious as relatives? How could anyone dare to kill the guards outside the imperial city? Unless someone wants to take advantage of this to eliminate our people and fight for him a chance, now in the imperial city, in addition to our northwest gate, there are only the southeast gate, the south west gate, and the northeast gate are our guards, as far as I know, there is also such a situation in the southeast gate! ”

Brother Yang glanced at Ding Yanxiang inaccurately, and only when he saw that he was silent did he reply: "If there is no evidence, even if what you say is something, we can't help you, now is an extraordinary period, and you also know that because Shen will ...... Because of Shen Ke's incident, the emperor is very dissatisfied with our three armies, at this time, if our Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division come forward to testify against King Chao, do you know how serious the consequences will be? ”

The current situation of the Five Cities Terracotta Division can no longer afford the consequences of sowing discord like this! Brother Yang'er's voice gradually increased, the burly man's eyes gradually dimmed, King Chao's power was powerful, not only in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but also the Ministry of Punishment was also out of nostrils, how could these lowly guards shake this big tree?

"As far as I know, you have a good relationship with King Rui?" Ding Yanxiang, who was silent, suddenly opened his mouth.

Brother Yang was startled, his eyes were flustered, his promotion was not unrelated to Ning Zhiyuan, but on weekdays, he rarely had contact with Ning Zhiyuan under people's noses, so such a relationship should not be paid attention to, and now it involves such a topic.

"The only thing that can make the emperor change his mind is the cabinet and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you go to talk to King Rui."

"General~" Brother Yang has a detailed understanding of this father-in-law, he said such a thing, it must be an affirmation of his relationship with King Rui, as far as Ding Yanxiang's current relationship with the queen is concerned, if he does not rely on King Rui, he will inevitably end up with a good result in the future, regardless of whether the guard's testimony is true or false, when King Rui is isolated and King Chao covers the sky with one hand, it is time for some people to make the final choice.

Ding Yanxiang joined the army in the year of the crown, relying on his own talent and his uncle's status in the army, it has been nearly 30 years now, how can he care about the glory and wealth after experiencing the pain of losing his daughter, how can he care about the glory and wealth, the soldier is sassy and bloody, the stronger he is, the stronger he is, he chose Brother Yang instead of Zhang Jing, the son of his uncle, and he has already stated his position.

Brother Yang didn't delay any longer, and after leaving the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, he rushed to the Ruiwang Mansion and saw the white flags flying at the gate of the mansion.

Princess Rui was executed according to her crime, Ning Zhiyuan opened the door so wide to make a big funeral hall for her, which was a violation of the law and caused people to criticize, what Yang Ge'er didn't expect was that when Ning Zhiyuan lost the strong support of Shen Ke, many courtiers in the court actually came to the Rui Palace.

Except for a few people from the Cabinet Metropolitan Inspectorate, all of them were present and did not leave for the whole day.

At this sensitive time, Ding Yanxiang risked his life to stand firm, and these courtiers, who were inseparable from Ning Zhiyuan, also strengthened their position.

Yan Xinglu as a new cabinet scholar, his father is the emperor's humerus, in this group of people has a special status, Zhao Qidong's son has a close relationship with Ning Zhiyuan, and has been detained since the Shen Ke incident, Sun Pei resigned twice, returned to the court twice, as the most stubborn minister in the court, he stood on Shen Ke's side this time.

Ning Zhiyuan has already taken off his royal robe and put on plain clothes, the seats and flowers in the lobby have been removed, there is only one coffin in the empty hall, the mourning hall has been set up, the incense and candles have been lit, no one is crying, no one is wailing, some are just solemn and quiet.

Ning Zhiyuan stood on the throne of the surviving person, respectfully and sincerely bowed to the guests who came to pay respects, his face was pale, and his eyes were cold.

Compared with the celebration, the appeasement of the dead can go straight to the heart, and after the minister's mourning, he will say a word of condolences to Ning Zhiyuan, and Ning Zhiyuan just bowed down and saluted.

That's it.

Qin Huai received the guests outside the mourning hall, and when he saw Brother Yang actually appearing alone, he immediately pulled him to the corner.

After that, Brother Yang stayed in the Rui Wang's Mansion until the evening.

In the evening, Ning Zhiyuan, who had been standing for a day, ordered the door of the mansion to be closed, and the remaining ministers were called to the study by him.