Chapter 455: A Funeral Scene (Part II)
A report quieted down the entire Yuntai Palace, and the sad atmosphere spread quickly, especially some of the ladies of the family who were brought to the funeral, pinching the handkerchiefs and crying like pear blossoms with rain, which looked particularly pitiful.
Han Lingruo looked at those people with resentment in her heart, and secretly scolded the shameless slut! At this moment, she can't wait to shave all the faces of those people, these fox spirits haven't seen the emperor also come to participate, so they want to use this method to seduce the handsome emperor, hum, but how can they cry no matter how touching they are, it's not that they can't attract the slightest attention from the emperor.
Duanmu Lingyu walked in, his eyes swept over Mu Qingya, seeing that she looked safe on the side, his heart settled down, seeing Mo Junhan, his expression was a little inexplicable, and finally sighed slightly, since Xia Jingyan had the intention to let Qingya bring some Mo Junhan, and Qingya was happy in her heart, he didn't care, otherwise, even if Xia Jingyan died, he would let her die uneasy. Come to think of it, Qingya saw her mother's shadow in Xia Jingyan, although Xia Jingyan had many mistakes before her death, but the letter before her death was sincere, and it clearly revealed a mother's heart to protect her son. I think it was because of this that Qingya thought of her mother, so she was moved by compassion.
I hope that Mo Junhan is a smart one, if he is not grateful to Qingya, he will definitely not mind letting him understand what is warm and cruel in the palace, you know, how many princes and princesses will not die in the palace in which year?
Mo Junhan knelt on the ground with his head lowered, his face still had a hot feeling of pain, originally he wanted to use Mu Qingya's slap to make his father punish her and treat her a big crime of disrespect, but when he was changing clothes just now, he looked in the mirror for a long time, but was surprised to find that there was no mark on his face except for pain, and the slap clearly used great force, but it was only pain, not even a red mark, this discovery made him panic, if Mu Qingya wanted to hit him again, Didn't he have even the slightest proof?
At this time, the ceremonial official's singing promise sounded, and Mo Ao took the lead in stepping forward to offer incense to Xia Jingyan. At this time, no matter how disgusted he was in his heart, he had to give Zuxia Jingyan face, after all, there was still the emperor Duanmu Lingyu.
However, there is no need for him to be there all the time at the funeral of an imperial concubine, and after Duanmu Lingyu finished offering incense, he thought about leaving.
Unfortunately, before he reached the door, he was startled by a sudden loud noise.
"Oh my God......"
"This ...... Quick, get up......"
I saw that the table where Xia Jingyan's coffin was originally placed suddenly broke in the middle, the coffin fell to the ground, and the incense case and Ding furnace next to it were knocked down, the incense ashes were scattered, and the candlestick ignited the curtain next to it, and the whole scene was in chaos.
The fifth prince was stunned for a moment, then cried bitterly, and ran forward to put out the fire, not letting the flames burn the coffin, but he didn't want the flames to touch the coffin but burn instantly, and the fire suddenly became difficult to contain.
The palace people naturally couldn't let the fifth prince take risks, so they hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.
Mo Ao's face was embarrassed, although he didn't pay attention to Xia Jingyan's funeral, but after all, she was the imperial concubine of the vicissitudes, and she actually burned the coffin at the funeral.
"Fight the fire, put it out quickly."
The palace people who were originally hesitant to pour water on the coffin to put out the fire heard Mo Ao's order, and hurriedly poured someone who had already brought it on, and after a while, the fire was extinguished.
It's just that everyone's faces became more and more ugly, and the coffin actually shed red marks under the washing of the water, which looked similar to the color of blood.
Mo Ao turned his head to look at Zhao Hai suddenly: "What's going on?" Why are there these things on the coffin of the imperial concubine? ”
Zhao Hai was covered with cold sweat: "Back to the emperor, this is ...... The minions don't know either, so the minions will check ......"
Duanmu Lingyu said coldly: "Emperor Canglan, this matter must be investigated well, the imperial concubine was born in Yuhan, and my father is even more respected in my Yuhan, although it is said that the imperial concubine has been married to Canglan for so many years, but Yuhan will not completely ignore her posthumous affairs, not to mention, now that people are dying in Canglan, it is just unclear that they are not even making such a thing at the funeral, is it unbearable!" ”
"Emperor Yuhan, don't worry, I will definitely investigate this matter. Zhao Hai, go and call the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ”
After a while, Zhou Qing, the head of the Internal Affairs Office who was in charge of handling this matter, ran over tremblingly, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said to Mo Ao: "The slave sees the emperor, please forgive the emperor, the slave deserves death, but this wood is transported into the palace in a unified manner, and the Han family is in charge, and the slave has been carefully selected, but I don't know why it has become like this, and I ask the emperor to forgive the sin." ”
Han Wu, the head of the Han family, hurriedly knelt on the ground when he heard this: "Back to the emperor, the Han family is indeed responsible for the wood of the Internal Affairs Office, but my Han family does not have the slightest negligence, and I ask the emperor to investigate." ”
Mo Ao's brows furrowed tightly, and his expression became more and more uneasy.
Duanmu Lingyu sneered: "You are all careful, conscientious and responsible, so this coffin is a problem that appeared out of thin air?" It's really funny, once they encounter something and they rush to shirk their responsibilities, Emperor Canglan, since they all say that they are innocent, it is better to listen to what evidence they have, if they can't present evidence that can show their innocence, it is a bully. ”
Zhou Qing and Han Wu didn't know how to answer for a while, evidence? All of a sudden, how could they find evidence, but the charge of bullying the king could not be allowed to fall anyway!
Zhou Qing didn't care about the Han family's promotion of him at this time: "Your Majesty, the craftsmen who are looking for the minions to build the coffin are the best, there is no problem in the process, the emperor can let people investigate, however, the minions heard that there is a kind of wood that is extremely cheap, and the appearance is similar to this kind of nanmu, but the quality is much different, whether there is a problem in the source of the wood, the minions don't know." ”
Han Wu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he glanced at Zhou Qing's expression with a few more killing intent, this minion actually wanted to push the matter on the Han family: "Back to the emperor, there is no problem with this batch of wood from procurement to transportation, there is still a batch of the same wood in the slave's family at this time that has not been sent to the palace, the emperor can send someone to check." ”
Mu Qingya's eyes on the side moved slightly, she looked up at Duanmu Lingyu, and smiled in her heart, she didn't expect him to make a fuss from Xia Jingyan's coffin, Han Wu probably couldn't imagine that the drunkard's intention was not to drink, Duanmu Lingyu wanted to check not the small coffin at all, but the mysterious Nanzhao Yu Party behind the Han family!
Han Zhongxuan frowned violently, his eyes seemed to be as gentle and waveless as before, but if he looked closely, he could tell the hidden storm inside.
At this time, he had a strong premonition in his heart, yesterday Han Lingying was frightened, he secretly asked her to take her back to a remote courtyard of the Han family, and he didn't have time to tell Han Wu about it, but he didn't expect that today his grandfather would agree to let the emperor go to Han's house to check what wood, if it was a coincidence, it would be too coincidental.
Mu Qingya noticed the change in his expression, and a slight smile appeared on her lips, but she didn't know if Han Zhongxuan would be able to behave as indifferently as she was now.
Mo Ao frowned, although the Han family is slightly decayed now, but after all, it is an old minister in the vicissitudes of life, and it is not as stiff as making things so stiff.
"Emperor Canglan, since Lord Han has said so, if you don't check it carefully, I'm afraid that Lord Han will think that you don't believe him, speaking of which, this matter involves the imperial concubine, so naturally it is related to Yuhan, and I will not mind if I send two people to follow Emperor Canglan, right?"
Mo Ao snorted coldly in his heart, and sent someone to follow, I'm afraid that he was afraid that he would favor the Han family, but there was nothing to search for, it was just a formality: "Since this is the case, then send someone to check it out, and let Yang Shixiang, the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, go and take a look." ”
Duanmu Lingyu did not stop Mo Ao's decision, he secretly investigated Yang Shixiang, and naturally knew that this person had the slightest connection with the Han family behind him, but this time the matter was not something that a small deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard could suppress, yesterday he sent someone to secretly frighten Han Lingying, and asked Han Zhongxuan to take her back to the Han family, as long as people see Han Lingying today, then the matter will be completed.
Yang Shixiang received the holy decree and immediately rushed to the Han family with people.
Mo Ao naturally asked people to pack up Xia Jingyan's coffin first, and then sat in the side hall and continued to wait.
At this time, everyone could not leave at will without permission, so they could only stand and wait for the result.
Zhao Qinya approached Mu Qingya: "County master, the slave just saw the fifth prince and seemed to have a very bad look. ”
Mu Qingya turned her head: "The imperial concubine passed away, and the fifth prince is the only heir of the imperial concubine, so it is natural for him to look bad, what does Miss Zhao mean by this?" ”
Zhao Qinya's eyes darkened slightly: "It's nothing, it's just that I care about the five princes." ”
Mu Qingya naturally didn't believe that she was just simply concerned, but at this time, she didn't want to continue to entangle with Zhao Qinya: "I heard that Miss Zhao has been copying women's rings recently, but the paper is enough?" If it is not enough, the lord of this county can ask the emperor to send you more. ”
Zhao Qinya's face changed, and she glared at Mu Qingya with indignation, and stepped aside without speaking.
Half an hour later, Yang Shixiang and others, who went to Han's house to investigate, rushed back.
"Back to the emperor, the servants and others investigated the entire Han family and found that there was no problem with the Han family's wood."
Duanmu Lingyu's eyes flickered suddenly, and he didn't even expose Han Lingying, what was going on?