When the funeral letter from King Xian's Mansion was delivered to the palace, it was about to fall into the bolt, Gu Mingzhu listened to the palace maid's reply, and frowned for a while without letting go.

She only sent someone to visit the Xian Wangfu the day before, and replied that although the Xian princess was seriously ill, she was quite stable, and the medical officer said that if she could recuperate well, she should be able to survive the summer.

But only a day later, Princess Xian suddenly fell ill and died.

Gu Mingzhu couldn't say what she felt in her heart, but it was difficult to hide the surprise in her heart.

It's just that Gina was already very sick, maybe it really deteriorated suddenly, which is also possible. Gu Mingzhu didn't want to say more, but just asked who came in to report the funeral letter.

The palace maid is the grandmother of the Xian Wangfu, and the side concubine Zhou is still in the palace, saying that she is helping to take care of the princess's funeral, and she can't come to the palace to report the news in person.

This really doesn't look like what Zhou Chuchu would do.

Gu Mingzhu's face returned to a flat face and went to the East Pavilion of the Taiji Palace.

The East Pavilion of the Taiji Hall has always been the place where the kings of the past dynasties convened the ministers of the palace to deal with the government affairs, at this time the saint has been in a coma for several days, and the East Pavilion has become the place where the Queen Mother governs.

The Queen Mother sat on the small couch in the East Pavilion, dressed in a homely lotus-colored lotus-colored swasak and a pomegranate skirt with half an arm, with a plain bun on her head, wearing only a pair of lilac earrings, holding a piece of music in her hand and frowning, looking just an ordinary woman, but her appearance and the seemingly innate majesty could not be ignored, and the atmosphere in the hall seemed to have become solemn because of her frowning.

It wasn't until Gu Mingzhu came in that the Queen Mother's face looked better, and when she saw her gently walking over and sitting on the couch on the side, and helping to clean up the music on the table, she couldn't help but soften her eyes, clapped her hands and called the palace maid in: "Go and bring the yam cake that you kept." ”

As she spoke, she smiled: "Look at your usual actions, you are old and serious, but you love to eat these, but you are still a child like Anping when he was a child." ”

She said yes, but every time she still let the kitchen make it for Gu Mingzhu to stay, it was more like spoiling a child.

Gu Mingzhu also laughed lightly, but there was a little melancholy in her smile, perhaps because in these many cycles of life and death, she never found anything she could rely on for warmth, and the experience was more bitter, so she preferred sweets, as if she could find a little joy from those sweetness.

She looked at the Queen Mother and said softly: "The Xianwang Mansion has sent a funeral letter, and the princess has ......."

The Queen Mother was slightly stunned, as if she couldn't remember it for a while, and after a while, she slowly put down the piece in her hand: "Didn't the medical officer say that these times are much better, why ......?"

After all, his tone was low, his expression was dark, and after a long time, he sighed deeply: "You go and take a look, let Anping and Mingyu accompany you over, after all, it is Erlang's daughter-in-law, I have come all the way to Chang'an, I don't know how to explain to King Gaochang." ”

Gu Mingzhu responded in a low voice, accompanied the Queen Mother to say a few words, and comforted her a few words before quietly withdrawing.

All the way to King Xian's Mansion, Princess Anping was very quiet, sitting silently in the carriage and not speaking, as if she was like two people in the past.

When King Chen Liuwang rebelled, Princess Anping had been invited by Princess Xiang to Luoyang to enjoy the peony flower party, but she escaped the turmoil, but when she returned to Chang'an, she saw the ending with her own eyes, King Chen Liuwang was captured, the saint was injured and unconscious, King Xian was imprisoned, the queen was critically ill, Princess Xian died of illness again, everything was like a nightmare, and her original simple character was also greatly impacted.

Gu Mingzhu looked at her, sighed secretly in her heart, reached out to hold her hand, and said in a low voice: "If you can't stand it, it's better to go back to the palace first, you don't have to go over." ”

Princess Anping showed a pale smile, and it flashed away: "I'm fine, she is my second sister-in-law after all, the queen mother can't pass, I should pass." ”

Her words were not as lively and innocent as before, and after all, she was still much more mature, which made Gu Mingzhu feel distressed unspeakably.

When she arrived at the door of King Xian's Mansion, Gu Mingyu had already arrived, got out of the carriage and came to see Gu Mingzhu and Princess Anping greet her, and greeted her as usual, but Gu Mingzhu saw the haggard behind her smile at a glance, even if she was wearing powder makeup, she couldn't hide the gloom.

Gu Mingzhu couldn't help frowning, but in front of Princess Anping, she didn't want to ask much, so she had to pull Gu Mingyu: "Let's go, let's go in." ”

The front of King Xian's mansion was already full of vegetarian food, the door of the mansion was wide open, and Zhou Chuchu had already greeted him with his maidservants.

Zhou Chuchu, who was red and swollen, didn't apply the fat powder, looked very sad, and asked them to say goodbye in a hoarse voice, and before he could ask, he already said with tears in his eyes: "The princess felt bad the night before, and invited the medical officer to come and see her, but she didn't see any improvement, and she ......didn't think about it."

She couldn't cry herself: "It's too sudden, His Royal Highness is not in the house, I am also young and have never had an affair, I don't know what to do, I can only discuss it with the grandmothers, and I sent the news to the palace, I also want to ask the Queen Mother and you to have an idea, how to do it." ”

Gu Mingyu looked at Gu Mingzhu, this is indeed a difficult matter, now King Xian is imprisoned in the Baifu Palace, although everyone knows the reason, but the Queen Mother did not issue an edict after all, he is still a prince, Princess Xian's funeral must be in accordance with the etiquette of the princess, but in this way, I am afraid that something will come out again.

Gu Mingzhu said lightly: "The Queen Mother has already ordered, the princess's funeral is still the same, but Chang'an is in a mess, and it is better to be simple." ”

After saying this, Zhou Chuchu's face couldn't help but change, and his body stiffened for a long time before he smiled: "I respectfully follow the wishes of the mother, and please ask His Royal Highness, the princess and the county lord to enter the mansion." ”

Although the Xianwang Mansion has not been copied by Jin Wuwei, it is finally down, these days Li Yu has been imprisoned in the palace again, and the people in the mansion have long been panicked, and even the funeral of Princess Xian Gina is a little restrained.

Gu Mingzhu and Mingyu Anping went to incense Gina, looking at a Nanmu coffin placed in the spirit shed, their faces were a little sighing, remembering Gina's bright and lively appearance when she came to Chang'an from Gaochang, proud to the warmth of people, as if it was just yesterday, but I didn't expect that at this time she was already fragrant and no longer alive.

She was obviously still in her prime, and it should have been the best time, but she just let go.

Gu Mingzhu even thought of Gina's sudden illness and a very strange illness, and felt more and more suspicious, she discussed with Mingyu and explained the funeral arrangements to Zhou Chuchu, and then slowly opened her mouth again: "His Royal Highness King Xian wants to stay in the palace to serve the saint, I am afraid that it will be difficult to return to the house for a while, and the princess is sick again, and I am afraid that the affairs in the palace will still be handed over to the side concubine." ”

Zhou Chuchu seemed to be frightened, and bowed down with tears: "Ask Her Royal Highness the princess and the princess for permission, the princess treats me like a mountain, and now I am gone, and I have no relatives and no reason in Chang'an, I am willing to go to Zhuangzi to worship the Buddha and pray for the princess." ”

She was actually willing to leave the palace and go to Zhuangzi to give the virtuous princess a Buddhist cultivation?