The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Chapter 287 There should be a funeral in your house

The death of his eldest daughter, who had been made a concubine, was indeed a funeral in the mansion, and the Duke of Ying felt very bad. He looked up and saw the pot of poisoned wine in the emperor's hand.

"......The Imperial Concubine has passed away, and my family should wear white clothes and observe mourning for her..." Duke Yingguo said cautiously.

The emperor's eyes were filled with tears, and he shook his head in grief: "Although she is an imperial concubine, she is still a married woman... Deng followed Taizu in founding the country and made great contributions. I should also express my condolences for the great loss of the family. It's just a pity that Concubine Xian has been away from home for many years and has been lonely and forlorn. She has never been able to visit her parents. It's better..."

The Duke of Ying started to tremble as he looked at the pot of poisoned wine. Although Concubine Deng was an imperial concubine, her death could not be considered a major funeral in the Duke of Ying's mansion. Major funerals in mansions usually refer to the death of an elder or the pillar of the family, and the whole family must wear mourning clothes...

What else did he say, "I pity the virtuous concubine for being away from home for many years and being lonely and forcible and unable to visit her parents?" Could it be that he meant that he would allow her to visit her parents after her death? !

But what kind of relatives are the dead people visiting for their parents? ?

Of course...it was Ming’s relative.

Realizing that the emperor wanted to kill him, the Duke of Ying felt cold all over. He tried to struggle for himself, but he only heard the emperor's cold voice saying, "When the virtuous concubine was alive, she often told me that the fathers and brothers in the mansion were loyal to the emperor and the country, and they treated her with deep affection and love."

Concubine Deng's crime had not been made public. According to convention, she could be buried with the rites for a noble concubine after her death to show her honor. However, Concubine Song, who had passed away earlier, had been posthumously honored as Noble Concubine Huaijing, while Concubine Deng was not posthumously honored. Instead, her funeral was quietly combined with that of Noble Concubine Huaijing, as if it was just a buy-one-get-one-free bonus at the King of Hell.

It's just that Concubine Deng had never been favored, and there were two funerals happening at the same time in the palace. It was normal to favor one over the other when preparations were not timely. So the ladies from other courts who came to pay their respects and cry didn't think much about it. They just couldn't help but sigh a few times that even a noble lady like the Fourth Lady didn't have a happy life.

As Concubine Deng's biological father, the Duke of Yingguo was already displeased with his daughter who was not obedient and had caused great trouble. When he learned that the Emperor wanted to confer the title of Prince on his grandson and to welcome his fifth daughter into the palace as a concubine, how could he still remember his eldest daughter whose cause of death was in doubt?

Even though he knew that Concubine Deng's funeral was handled in a sloppy manner, he remained indifferent.

However, the emperor, who was in control of everything, found that he could not control everything. After breaking the defense, he began to let himself go: "The virtuous concubine is timid. I am afraid that she will have a hard time on the road to the underworld. So I ask the Duke and the Prince to go and protect her, so as to prevent the dead spirit from being disturbed and harming future generations."

This descendant naturally refers to the second prince.

When the emperor forcefully stuffed the poisoned wine into his hands, Duke Ying regretted that he had handed over his fourth daughter so easily. If he hadn't handed her over, his family would have at least some leverage to control the emperor. But now, it was too late...

She had believed the emperor's lies and had resigned with her son. Even if she wanted to resist, it would not cause any trouble. Instead, it might implicate the second prince, the only hope for the family.

Moreover, the incident happened suddenly. Those court officials who had been dependent on his family might not realize that the emperor was intent on settling accounts until their father and son died... But by that time, how many court officials would be willing to continue working for the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion?

The Duke of England, realizing that he would soon die, was in tears.

The warning from his eldest daughter echoed in his mind. In the past, the Duke of England only thought that Concubine Deng was so uneasy because she was a woman with cowardice, narrow vision and vicious heart. Now, he only had one sip of poisoned wine left in his life. Even if he regretted it very much, he could only hold the fatal wine jug in both hands and kneel down to thank him for the future of the whole family.

The emperor, whose defenses were broken, finally regained some rationality by rubbing the weak Duke of England. Seeing that the Duke of England was so docile, he asked for a full set of linen clothes and linen shoes to be given to the Duke of England to express his condolences.

The Duke of England knelt down again to thank the emperor for his grace, and burst into tears - this time, he and his son had to die no matter how much they didn't want to. Could it be that they really had to wait until the emperor personally brought people to the door and asked all the ministers to cry for them?

I might as well die now to save my descendants from suffering...

In the inner palace.

The queen had changed her clothes and was put into a coffin, which was placed in the main hall of Kunning Palace. Concubine Ning's coffin was also carried here and placed next to it.

Concubine Wang, who was dragged by Xie Yuzhen by the collar, no longer had the energy to cry. With her eyes wide open, she was tied up by Xie Yuzhen and thrown into an empty small storeroom. Xie Yuzhen pressed her towards the main hall and made her kneel on the cold bluestone slabs. "This heartless thing is not worthy to go to the front and bother the queen again. You stay here and watch her. No food or water is allowed to be given to her, and she is not allowed to go to the toilet. Just let her kneel like this until she dies!"

After giving a few instructions to the panic-stricken palace maid, Xie Yuzhen felt that her anger had calmed down a little - although Wang Xianshi did not really kill the queen this time, Xie Yuzhen could not forget the pain she felt when she witnessed the queen's death. She had always been vicious and vengeful, so how could she let Wang Xianshi go?

Wang Xuanshi cried all the way until her voice was completely hoarse. She still couldn't understand how her deeds were easily exposed. Not only herself, but also a big shot like Yuyang Hou was like a fish on the chopping board. He didn't even get a trial, but ended up with the whole family being killed...

This shouldn't be!

He was a big shot in the previous dynasty!

Why isn't Your Majesty afraid at all that the way you deal with him might be too cruel and cause dissatisfaction among the scholars?

Wang Xuanshi couldn't understand it. In her opinion, the status of an official was very valuable, but she never realized that no matter how valuable the "official status" was, the prerequisite was to "sell" herself to the emperor first.

Moreover, the current emperor holds great power, while Marquis Yuyang is even worse than the weak Duke Ying. Duke Ying and his son at least have some military power in the Cavalry Battalion that guards the capital, while Marquis Yuyang is just a pure civil official, with no military power or power. With his cultural level, he is not a great scholar who can make scholars all over the world bow down to him. In fact, because of his noble status, he is subtly excluded by the literati...

How to deal with such a person depends on how the superiors want to change him.

"Why? My Lord, he is a marquis, how could it be..." She murmured hoarsely, "Why on earth would it be like this?"

Xie Yuzhen looked at Wang Xuanshi indifferently, who was puzzled, and said, "As a minister, he is plotting against the queen. He will be punished even if he gets his head cut off."

"But..." Wang Xuanshi couldn't figure it out and couldn't explain it clearly.

She was just a dull chess piece in the hands of others. No one had ever explained to her why she should do that, how to do it, and what would be the consequences for her after doing it.

She was only described the benefits that would be brought by doing so, but out of her greed, she took the initiative to do the evil thing that cost someone's life.

Even after Xie Yuzhen left, he could still hear Wang Xuanshi's hoarse and desperate "Why?" behind him.