morning thoughts

There is Ling Yu's incense table in Yunhua Hall, and four or five young women are kneeling on both sides, weeping and adding paper money to the brazier. In addition, there are only twelve masters chanting sutras and transcending.

Ji Yu got on the incense stick, and the woman kneeling first on the left lifted her sleeves to wipe away the tears from her face and nodded to Ji Yu.

This woman is different from other people. Others are crying heartbreakingly and see no tears, but she just lowered her head and cried silently, her eyes are bloodshot and her face is tired but she can still be polite. Can still take care of others under the circumstances.

The woman behaved as if she were the master of the house, but it is well known that the Second Highness is unruly by nature. Although she was young and flirtatious, she never married a formal wife after all, not even a side concubine. Fang also has no status, which is definitely not on the table.

After Ji Yu came out, he couldn't help asking, "Who is that?"

The palace servants kneeling outside guarding the spirit heard Ji Yu's question, lowered their heads and replied: "My son, that's the person in the room of the second highness. The empress de concubine said that this matter cannot be left alone. For the love of her, she intends to become a side concubine to handle the affairs of the Second Highness."

It is clear to me that although Ling Yu is dead, the people in the mansion have to continue to live. Although these women are Ling Yu's people, they don't even have a name. They have no children and no daughters. Be sold or assigned to another mansion as an errand.

But if she had the title of side concubine, she would live a more stable life relying on the emperor's favor for the rest of her life.

Ji Yu is silent, how can everything go as expected.

Coming out of the hall, Ji Yu went into the side hall and returned to Concubine Shu. Concubine Shu was sitting there and was pressing her head. When she saw Ji Yu coming in, she raised her finger and pointed to the seat beside her and told him to sit down.

Raising his hand to stop the maidservant's movement, he looked at Ji Yu: "Do you have anything to say to Bengong?"

Ji Yu sat there without moving, only him and Concubine Shu were left in the hall, and the maid beside her was still Concubine Shu's confidant, it seemed that Concubine Shu had to ask something today before she could give up.

Ji Yu looked at Concubine Shu unhurriedly: "Auntie, what do you want to know?"

Seeing him like this, Concubine Shu calmed down and sighed: "Don't blame me for being suspicious. There is no room for mistakes in this speech. Your Majesty will suspect that anyone who has anything to do with the Second Highness will be suspected. Besides, you and Ling Chao Sulai is close again..."

Ji Yu nodded and remained silent.

Concubine Shu didn't care how close he was to Ling Chao, or she didn't think about it at all. She was afraid that the emperor's suspicion would implicate the Fifth Highness, so she had to be cautious.

After Ji Yu heard this, he only frowned slightly, and simply talked to Concubine Shu straight to the point. When Concubine Shu heard that the crown prince also intended to get close to Ji Jingyang, her complexion changed slightly.

"According to what you said, what does the prince want to do when he is close to Ji Jingyang? Do you want to support him to be the son of Prince Annan?" Concubine Shu sneered, "There have always been many disputes between the descendants and concubines, but it is not unreasonable to place them there. Whoever wants to subvert it can subvert it."

Concubine Shu has no intention of competing with the crown prince, but the crown prince supports Ji Jingyang and Ling Jun is even hopeless, besides, she has always looked down on the identities of those concubines in the mansion, so she can't help but speak with contempt.

Concubine Shu's eyes sank, she put her hand on Ji Yu's arm, and asked, "You tell me the truth, did you and Ling Chao do this?"

Ji Yudao: "To tell you the truth, my aunt, even if I have such an idea, there is no time to implement it. Besides, it involves a general, and I always have to think twice before I dare to act."

"But no matter who did it, the purpose seems to be the same. Now that even my aunt asks me like this, it's not like I can't clean it inside and out."

Concubine Shu stared at Ji Yu for a while, and saw that he didn't look like a liar, so she felt relieved, "Your Majesty has tested this Palace several times before the Second Highness's incident. Your Majesty doesn't want to see courtiers and The harem princes are linked together."

"The prince has been doing well all these years, and no one can find any faults..."

Ji Yu understands the meaning of Concubine Shu's words, but what she said is out of her mind. The crown prince has not made any mistakes for many years, and it doesn't matter what happened to the Second Highness before, but Concubine Shu just wants to think about the matter of the Second Highness. It is really not wise to drag the prince into the water.

Ji Yu just listened and didn't respond.

Concubine Shu came to her senses, raised her eyes and looked around, with a embarrassed expression.

Three days later, the emperor personally conferred the title of Second Highness Ling Yu as King Rong'an and buried him in the imperial mausoleum.

The funeral procession for His Highness the Second Highness moved from the imperial city to the imperial mausoleum, Concubine De supported herself and chased out from the long alley and forced the procession to stop.

The hairpin on her head fell to the ground and she didn't even bother to pick it up. She completely lost the dignified appearance she used to have. She stumbled across the crowd and grabbed King Rong An's coffin, crying to prevent the coffin from being carried away.

The crowd had no choice but to stare blankly but did not dare to step forward to persuade them.

Concubine Shu and her party had given their all to see off Concubine De in front of the palace gate because of their face. Seeing Concubine De make such a fuss, they no longer had the usual mood to watch jokes, so they couldn't help but sigh.

When he was young, the general stepped forward in mourning clothes and lifted Concubine De up, and persuaded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, let King Rong An go with peace of mind."

"King Rong An? Where can my son be safe? Where is he?"

Concubine De didn't know where the strength came from, she shook off the general and looked at the crowd madly, saying incessantly: "It's all you who killed him, otherwise how could he have touched that thing in a good way! He won't die with peace in his eyes !"

The general's expression changed, "Your Majesty, you are so sad and confused," he shouted at the palace servants beside him, "Why don't you help your Majesty go back to rest?"

Concubine De was insane, she flung herself in front of Concubine Shu, her puffy eyes viciously swept across the faces of the crowd, and stopped on Concubine Shu's face, "It's you! You killed my son?" Then he pointed at Ling Jun asked, "Or you?"

Concubine Shu hugged Ling Jun and hid back in shock, her face turning blue with anger.

No one answered, Concubine De cried and laughed as she grabbed the general's hand and asked tremblingly, "Is that the prince?"

"Your Majesty," the General raised his breath, sighed again, closed his eyes and pressed down on the back of Concubine De's neck...

Ji Yu's heart trembled, and he closed his eyes and recalled the words of Concubine De just now. The emperor announced to the outside world that the Second Highness died of an illness for the sake of the royal face, and that he would be honored as King Rong'an after his death. But obviously Concubine De knew the truth was not in this way.

As the uncle of King Rong An, the general was appointed by the emperor to carry King Rong An's coffin into the imperial mausoleum. When he passed by the gate of Concubine Shu's palace, he paused for a moment but glanced at Ji Yu.

At night, when the general returned to the mansion, he ordered people to prepare some sacrifices.

After the things were ready, the general entered the ancestral hall of the mansion, first knelt down to worship the ancestors, and then slowly burned the paper money. Sparks splashed out of the brazier, fell to the ground and went out without even a light bouncing. The general focused on adding paper money to the brazier, and didn't care about these things.

After an unknown amount of time, he got up from the futon and threw the last half of paper money into the brazier, and walked out without looking back.

With a sizzling sound, the tongue of flame rolled around the paper money and burned it up, and it was turned into ashes and fell into the copper basin in an instant.

-

"I made all kinds of conjectures earlier, but I didn't expect that there was such a reason. I guess the crown prince thought we had no evidence, so he was so relieved." Ling Chao said to Ji Yu with a smile.

"The prince is relieved, but His Majesty may not be relieved." Ji Yu said with a sullen expression in his heart, "If your Majesty really has no selfish intentions, you shouldn't be assigned to Kangnan."

Kangnan County is the most remote place in the Jin Dynasty, and it is also the fiefdom of His Majesty the Fifth Uncle. If you say it well, it is a fief, but if you say it badly, it is exile. The Fifth Uncle has always stayed in the fief, honestly. After so many years, something will happen.

Ling Chao was dressed in light armor and was about to go back to the barracks, so he came to talk to Ji Yu while he was free. He was not annoyed when he heard what Ji Yu said, so he tightened his cuffs and smiled.

"Without Ling Yu, now that the father relies on the prince everywhere, the pain of losing a son can make the father understand how to feel pity, but the prince has picked up this feeling."

"No one wants to go to such a place in Kangnan County. Besides, General Wei is still there. I just go with General Wei."

After Ji Yu looked at him for a while, he also smiled.

"The prince must think that you are very troubled, and he will try his best to send you out, which is in accordance with your mind."

"After a long time of experience, you should go out and give it a try." Ling Chao leisurely moved towards Ji Yu, leaned on him and sighed: "It's just that this walk can be as short as half a month or as long as several months." , I was so flustered."

Ji Yu's face, which was still slumped one moment, stretched out the next moment.

After a moment of silence, he said: "...If I have a chance, I will visit you."

opportunity?

Ling Chao stared at Ji Yu, his heart surged, a sense of sadness welled up in his heart.

"Don't," Ling Chao couldn't help laughing, "The climate in Kangnan is darker than it was in the barracks when I went there. What can you do if you regret it after seeing me?"

As parting was approaching, Ji Yu didn't want to say anything unpleasant, so he agreed with a smile.

Ling Chao lowered his head and pressed Ji Yu's forehead, and said softly: "The prince transferred me out just to break up us. Ling Jun is too young to accomplish anything. Concubine Shu has her own little schemes in her heart, but at least in the current situation Next, she won't count on you and me."

"You have to be careful, my people will send me news regularly, you can write to me, or you can send me a message, and I suspect that Ling Yu's death is not that simple when I keep an eye on Ji Xiu."

Ji Yu nodded, knowing that Ling Chao was about to leave, he subconsciously gave him a hand.

Ling Chao took a deep breath, lowered his head and pressed a kiss on his forehead, and said in a low voice, "Wait for me to come back."

Ji Yu couldn't help but followed up, and didn't turn back until he sent the man outside the gate of the mansion and watched him leave on horseback.