He conspired against her in his previous life, and he flirted with her on their wedding night again

It was nine days later that Shen Wan saw Xie Jingyan again after that night.

During these nine days, Xie Jingyan kept vigil for Concubine Chen in the palace, and the emperor did not attend court.

All matters, big or small, in the court were handled jointly by the Right Prime Minister and Prince Yanping. They would only ask the emperor for a decision if they could not handle the matter but needed to be dealt with urgently.

However, there was no such urgent matter in the past nine days.

It snowed heavily on the day of the concubine's funeral.

The emperor led all the civil and military officials and ladies to escort the concubine to the imperial mausoleum.

The funeral was even more grand than the one when Empress Wei passed away, but Concubine Chen was plotted against and died, so the more grand the funeral was, the more regrettable it was.

The wind was so cold that even the civil and military officials could not bear it, let alone the ladies. They followed the funeral procession on foot from the palace to the imperial mausoleum and almost died of exhaustion along the way.

After finally reaching the imperial mausoleum, I knelt on the ground for a long time until my knees were numb from the cold.

The emperor was reluctant to leave his concubine, so he stayed in the imperial mausoleum for a long time. Only after Xie Jingyan invited him three times did the emperor leave.

Looking at the imperial mausoleum closed, Xie Jingyan's eyes turned red and he swore secretly in his heart.

He would definitely find out who had plotted against his mother back then, and use his head as a sacrifice to her.

All officials respectfully ask the emperor to mourn and return to the palace.

Xie Jingyan hadn't been home for several days, but according to etiquette, he had to escort the emperor back to the palace. After patiently escorting the emperor to the palace gate, Xie Jingyan couldn't help but leave.

But just as he was about to turn around and leave, there was the sound of horse hooves, and the messenger shouted, "Eight hundred miles, urgent!"

The messenger did not expect to meet the emperor at the palace gate, who was wearing a dragon robe with a white coat on the outside.

The yamen runner dismounted from his horse, took the letter from its back, quickly brought it to the emperor, knelt down ten steps away from the emperor, and presented the eight hundred taels of silver to him in an urgent manner.

Anything that requires an express delivery of 800 miles must be a big deal.

And there are far more bad things than good things.

The emperor had a bad feeling in his heart and said, "Present it."

Eunuch Yuan hurried over, took the 800-mile express letter, and made sure it was sealed intact before presenting it to the emperor.

The emperor removed the seal and took out the urgent letter from the mailbox.

When the emperor saw the memorial, his expression changed.

The Right Prime Minister was closer and asked, "Your Majesty, what happened?"

The emperor showed the memorial to the right prime minister.

The right prime minister took two glances and gasped.

The news that was sent urgently over eight hundred miles was the death of the Prince of Xiliang.

The Prince of Xiliang fell off a cliff and went missing. He was found a few days ago. His body was washed away hundreds of miles downstream. The body was eaten by fish so much that his features could not be recognized. The only way to identify him was from the clothes he was wearing. It was confirmed to be the Prince of Xiliang.

The Princess of Xiliang and the envoy have brought the body of the Prince of Xiliang back to Xiliang.

The Prince of Xiliang came to Da Chu to celebrate the Emperor's birthday. On his way back to Xiliang, he was assassinated and killed in the territory of Da Chu. Da Chu failed to escort him well, and Xiliang will definitely demand an explanation from Da Chu.

The memorial passed from the right prime minister to Xie Jingyan. Xie Jingyan read it once, handed it back to the right prime minister, and rode back to Prince Ling's mansion.

Inside the house, Shen Wan leaned on the big pillow and held the child for a while. The child suddenly started crying. Shen Wan couldn't stop coaxing the child. The nurse said, "It must be hungry. I will take the little prince down to feed him."

Shen Wan gave the child to the wet nurse.

The nurse took the child away, and Qiu'er came in and said, "Princess, the prince has returned home."

It's finally back.

Since they got married, they have been together almost every day. If she hadn't been keeping vigil for Concubine Chen this time, she wouldn't have known that she would miss him so much.

Shen Wan sat up straight and waited for Xie Jingyan to come back, but after waiting for a long time, Xie Jingyan did not come in. Didn’t he say he was going back home? Where is he?

Shen Wan kept looking towards the beaded curtain. Yin Shuang came in and said, "It will probably take a while for the prince to come and accompany the princess."

Shen Wan asked, "What is the prince busy with?"

"The prince is bathing."

Shen Wan suppressed her anxious mood.

Yin Shuang said, "I heard from Chen Feng that the Crown Prince of Xiliang has been found..."

Shen Wan didn't think much about it and breathed a sigh of relief, "After being missing for so long, I finally found him."

The princess was relieved too early. Yin Shuang said, "The Crown Prince of Xiliang is dead..."

Shen Wan, "...!!!"

"Dead?!" Shen Wan raised her voice in disbelief.

When Xie Jingyan finished his bath and returned to the room, Shen Wan impatiently got off the bed and asked, "Is the Prince of Xiliang really dead?"

Xie Jingyan didn't expect that he hadn't come back for a few days. When Shen Wan saw him, the first thing she asked was about the Crown Prince of Xiliang. He said, "That's what was written in the urgent letter from eight hundred miles away."

How could he die?

In his previous life, the Prince of Xiliang returned to Xiliang without any setbacks, but in this life he died in Da Chu.

The crown prince of Xiliang died in Dachu, and Xiliang will surely lay siege to the city.

Shen Wan didn't want to see war between Da Chu and Xiliang, and didn't want her father and elder brother to go to the battlefield.

But these things were not her business. She looked at Xie Jingyan and saw that he was tired. She said, "Are you exhausted these days?"

Fortunately, I still know how to care about him.

Xie Jingyan touched Shen Wan's face and said, "I'm not tired, I just miss you a lot."

Shen Wan said angrily, "Then why don't you let me accompany you to guard your mother's body?"

Although the confinement period is forty-two days, Shen Wan felt that she had recovered in the past two days. The lochia had become much less. As a daughter-in-law, she should at least go to see off the Concubine Chen for her funeral. But no matter what she said, Yin Shuang Hai Tang and Nanny Zhou would not let her go out, saying that it was the prince's order. If she stepped out of Mo Yuxuan, they would be beheaded.

Xie Jingyan said, "Mother never cares about these people who pretend to be polite. If I really let you go, Mother will definitely be angry with me if she knows about it in her netherworld."

"When Jin'er grows up, I will take you to the imperial mausoleum to pay homage to mother."

Shen Wan nodded slightly.

Xie Jingyan asked, "Why did you get out of bed?"

Shen Wan said, "Doctor Tao said that I can get out of bed and walk around for a while every day, and I don't have to lie in bed all the time."

Shen Wan pulled Doctor Tao out, and Xie Jingyan said nothing. He hugged Shen Wan, his voice was particularly fragile, "Hold me for a while."

Shen Wan hugged him tightly with heartache, and it was a long time before Xie Jingyan let her go.

She looked at the clepsydra and said, "You are tired, why don't you take a nap first?"

Xie Jingyan was very tired. After all, he hadn't slept for even two hours every day for nine days in a row, but he was not sleepy at all.

In fact, during the four years of guarding the imperial mausoleum, he had already accepted the fact that his mother had passed away. It was just that when he saw Concubine Chen again, she looked so alive but like she was fast asleep. He felt reluctant to bury her in the imperial mausoleum like this. He wished that his mother had not died and was still alive.

The wet nurse brought the child back. The child was full and full of energy. He looked at Xie Jingyan with his round eyes, and looked very cute.

Xie Jingyan hadn't slept well these past few days, and certainly hadn't eaten well either. Shen Wan asked the kitchen to bring dinner early and ate with Xie Jingyan.

After eating and resting for half an hour, he urged Xie Jingyan to go to bed.

Although Concubine Chen was buried today, she had been dead for seven years. Xie Jingyan had already mourned for Concubine Chen during those four years in the imperial mausoleum, so he didn't need to do so again.