The convoy full of white sails went all the way to the north, and arrived in the capital with a sad atmosphere, where it met another team of men and horses with horses and chariots at the gate of the city.

The flag fluttering at the front was embroidered with the word "Jing" with iron painting and silver hook, silently announcing that this was the procession of King Jing returning to Beijing, and now it stopped at the gate of the city together with Xiao Yunjiao's carriage.

Xiao Huangmen, who was dressed in plain clothes, lowered his head and quickly ran to the team of the eldest princess's "coffin", and respectfully asked to see Shen Yuzhou.

"What do you want to see?" Shen Yuzhou came on a horse and looked at the little yellow door condescendingly.

"Tell the Hou Ye, Jing Wang Ye knows that this is the coffin of the eldest princess, and he wants to come to pay tribute." Xiao Huangmen's voice was very soft but sharp, and he waited quietly for Shen Yuzhou's reply after speaking.

Looking in the direction of the "respect" flag for a while, Shen Yuzhou said, "Yes." ”

Xiao Huangmen respectfully stepped back and replied, and after a while, he heard three or five footsteps getting closer and closer.

Shen Yuzhou turned over and dismounted, stood beside the heavy coffin of Jin Sinan, and watched Xiao Yunjiao, his half-brother, come to him.

King Jing thought that the itinerary for entering Beijing was very tight, the whitebait patterns on the scarlet clothes were dyed with some dusty colors, and the hair crown tied on the top of his head was also a little crooked.

But his steps were still steady and firm, and every step was full of royal bearing and the majesty of the superior.

"Why did the royal sister die?" He stood in front of Shen Yuzhou and asked in a deep voice.

Shen Yuzhou lowered his eyes and said: "Sudden illness, died of incurability." ”

What disease can make a princess suddenly incurable in a matter of days?

No one explains the problem.

The two tacitly did not continue the topic. King Jing moved two steps to the coffin, took the incense stick handed by his servant and lit it, bowed to the coffin and inserted it into the incense burner held by the maidservant on the side.

After doing all this, he turned to Shen Yuzhou and said, "Escorting the princess back to Beijing, Marquis Shen has worked hard." ”

Shen Yuzhou lowered his head slightly, "Where the responsibility is, I dare not say that it is hard." ”

After speaking, without waiting for King Jing to speak again, Shen Yuzhou said again: "Shen has to rush to send the coffin Chun into the palace, so he will take the first step." ”

King Jing nodded, took two steps to the side, and ordered his carriage to get out of the way, apparently preparing to watch Shen Yuzhou and his party move forward.

Shen Yuzhou glanced at it quickly, and saw that King Jing's expression was sad and didn't know whether it was true or not, so he saluted and prepared to leave.

As soon as he turned around, he heard King Jing stop him again.

"Marquis Shen, as usual, the princess's coffin, coffin, and utensils should all be prepared by the Ministry of Rites. But it happened suddenly, and it was very difficult to find these. It's just that since I've returned to Beijing, please let the princess use the rules as soon as possible. ”

He glanced at the ruts on the ground and added, "The amount of things I found temporarily doesn't seem to be very large. ”

Shen Yuzhou didn't glance at the coffin, and said calmly: "That's natural, but it will be after Your Majesty has seen the princess." ”

"Shen said goodbye."

More than a dozen carriages with white sails went north from the city gate to the palace, and the moment Gonggong Kang, who had been waiting with his neck stretched, saw the coffin, the whole person seemed to be drained of energy.

"Princess!"

A cry of grief that could no longer be held back came from the mouth of Gonggong Kang, and Shen Yuzhou hurriedly stepped forward to help this father-in-law, who had entered old age and served two generations of emperors.

"Gonggong Kang's day mourns."

He used one or two points of strength in his hand, and half-helped and half-dragged Gonggong Kang into the palace.

Xiao Xunguang had already impatiently walked out of the Zichen Palace, and met Shen Yuzhou who was walking over at the door, as well as the honor guard behind him.

"Brother Yuzhou, sister...... How could Sister ......" Xiao Xunguang choked up, not daring to look at the black coffin.

Shen Yuzhou grabbed Xiao Xunguang and pulled him towards the Zichen Palace, and the coffin behind him was directly carried into the Zichen Palace.

"You all go down, Your Majesty wants to take a good look at the princess." He sent out all the people in the palace.

His Majesty didn't speak, the palace people looked at each other and didn't dare to move, Xiao Xunguang waved his hand, and they retreated one after another.

"Your Majesty, don't panic." Shen Yuzhou turned around and reached out to push open the heavy coffin lid in Xiao Xunguang's puzzled eyes.

With a thumping sound, a hand reached out from the half-open coffin.

Shen Yuzhou leaned over and pulled out the "corpse" that should have been lying in the coffin with a little force.

Alive.

Xiao Yunjiao.

Xiao Xun stared at her intently, and the joy of being lost and regained suddenly surged in his heart, and he couldn't even say anything under the joy.

"What are you looking at when you're standing there?" Xiao Yunjiao said angrily, "Why don't you come over and help cover the coffin!" ”

Worried about revealing flaws on the road, she secretly lay in the black coffin since she entered the capital, and only dared to open two ventilation holes at the bottom, almost all of which have been moved since last night.

God is pitiful, and it is not easy to pretend to be dead.

She moved her stiff body and walked around to Xiao Xunguang's bookcase.

"Why are there so many unapproved excerpts?" Xiao Yunjiao frowned.

Xiao Xunguang followed her step by step, watching her flip through the pile of untouched songs, her heart trembled, and she whispered: "I knew you a few days ago, Sister A...... 's letter, I don't have the heart to watch the twists. ”

"Bang" closed the fold in his hand, Xiao Yunjiao said in a serious tone: "Guang'er, do you know who you are?" ”

Xiao Xunguang nodded, "I am the emperor of Dongsheng." ”

"You are the one whose livelihood is tied to all the people in the world." Xiao Yunjiao said: "Don't say that I am fake death today, that is, I am really dead, you have to support the world by yourself!" ”

She looked at Xiao Xunguang, who had lost a lot of weight and was a little taller, endured the pity and reluctance in her heart, and said in a hard tone: "For the monarch, even if something big happens, you must make sure that Mount Tai collapses in front of you and your face does not change, not to mention whether there will be any important proposals in these compromises." No matter how uncomfortable you are, you can't waste government affairs. ”

Xiao Xunguang listened with tears in his eyes, and suddenly hugged the gushing Xiao Yunjiao.

"Sister, I've written down everything you said."

He raised his head, "I'll do all of this, don't you want to die, okay?" ”

Xiao Yunjiao looked at his tearful eyes, forced his hard heart to be hard anymore, and raised his hand to touch his hair.

"Your hair is soft, and your heart is soft. Sister believes that you will definitely be a good emperor. ”

Xiao Xunguang choked up, "Sister, you really scared me to death, why did you fake your death?" ”

Xiao Yunjiao pulled him to sit down, "It's not clear in the letter, we found a mine in Jiazhou where weapons were privately minted, and there were also private soldiers who pretended to be mountain bandits. These are important preparations for rebellion, I suspect ...... Someone wants to rebel. ”

Xiao Xunguang was startled, but quickly calmed down, "Do you know who is going to rebel?" ”

Xiao Yunjiao looked at Shen Yuzhou, motioned for him to continue, and when he arrived at a cup of tea, he took two sips to moisten his dry throat.

"We saw the family emblem of the Yue family in the mountains, King Jing also had close contacts with the Yue family, and there were many officials who were his protégés, so it was difficult to confirm who was planning all this." Shen Yuzhou looked at the coffin, "That's why we have to let the princess turn from light to dark, only in this way can those people relax their vigilance." ”

There is something in the wind.

"I see." Xiao Xunguang listened for a while, and a feeling of guilt suddenly surged in his heart.

Sister A and Brother Yuzhou died in Jiazhou, and many guns and arrows were directed at them. And he couldn't do what an emperor should do in the capital, and he couldn't even approve it.

He lowered his head, and when he raised it again, his eyes were already firm, "Sister, hurry up and disguise yourself to get out of the palace, don't worry about me anymore." I'll arrange the rest. ”

After all, there are a lot of eyeliner in the palace, if it weren't for his peace of mind, Xiao Yunjiao wouldn't have to take the risk of running this trip.

Hearing him say this, Xiao Yunjiao felt a little relieved in his heart, and after explaining again, he changed into eunuch clothes and followed Shen Yuzhou out of the palace.

The empty coffin was left in the Zichen Palace, because His Majesty was "very grieved", and despite the opposition of hundreds of officials, he also issued an order to set up the place where the spirit was stopped in the Zichen Palace, and personally burned incense and worshiped all day long, never lying to others.

There is also a cigarette smoke in Shou'an Palace, but this incense is not used to send the deceased to heaven to pray and sacrifice, but to offer a statue of Guanyin carved from white jade.

"Hahahaha......" Concubine Cui put the incense in her hand into the incense burner in front of Guanyin, and laughed insolently for a while.

"Xiao Yunjiao, you also have today."

"Hahaha, you are the eldest princess, what about one person? Now, isn't it still a dead body lying in a coffin? ”

The palace maid serving beside her couldn't stop trembling, wishing that she didn't have those two ears.

"Let's go," Concubine Cui smiled enough, and tilted her head at her subordinates, "Let's go to the Zichen Hall to pay respects to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." ”

This is the first time she has gone out after the grounding is lifted, and she deliberately wore a plain long skirt embroidered with Sanskrit, and only brought two hairpins on her head.

It's just that the bright red lip grease and rouge are still so dazzling, as if they are about to pierce someone's heart.

"Your Majesty's condolences." Concubine Cui comforted Xiao Xunguang with a sad expression that cut to the benefit.

Xiao Xunguang's gaze skipped from her bright red makeup, and stayed on the tips of her dancôme-stained fingers that were revealed when she took the incense.

"The concubine has a heart."

Leaving these five words lightly, Xiao Xunguang asked someone to send off the guests, and added some yellow paper to the copper basin.

Concubine Cui only felt that she had punched the cotton, although Xiao Yunjiao died, but her younger brother did not change his dead nature, it was still so annoying.

But in front of everyone, she couldn't lose her temper with the emperor, so she could only flick her sleeves and leave angrily.

When they returned to Shou'an Palace, the maids beside them were already in a cold sweat, but they trembled, but they did not wait for the concubine's anger.

In the gorgeous palace, a long figure in a round-necked brocade robe was sitting in the position where Concubine Cui was used to sitting. The concubine, who rushed back in a rage, saw the person in her position, and miraculously, all her anger was gone.