Bondage

"Holy..."

The eldest princess stepped into the Qianqing gate and walked quickly to Emperor Wen Hui. The surrounding guards and the rickety old man were all shocked.

"The escort is not good, so it should be cut."

Raising her finger to the Imperial Army behind the emperor, the Eldest Princess ordered the stooped old man and the dozen or so imperial soldiers who had been guarding Emperor Wen Hui to be taken down, while she stretched out her hand and sniffed at Emperor Wen Hui.

After a while, she said in a deep voice, "The Holy Majesty has passed away."

Song Fu and Ming Xiang stood behind the eldest princess, but their eyes were always on Song Wan who was curled up not far away, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

"The Holy Majesty died?"

One of them murmured, as if he couldn't understand what the eldest princess said for a while, and seemed unbelievable.

After the imperial army was escorted, several people from the East Palace broke away from the shackles, and quickly rushed to Lu Youyun and Song Wan. They gently put Lu Youyun, who had long been dead, aside, and wept bitterly.The woman's bitter cry reminded all the ministers that there was a moment of silence outside the Qianqing gate, and then there were sparse and intermittent cries.

Not long after, the court judge of the Supreme Hospital, Song Lan'an, Zheng Yunshan and others rushed over. When Song Lan'an saw Emperor Wen Hui lying in front of him, his eyelids almost trembled.

"Third Highness..."

Zheng Yunshan looked at Shen Qianbai who seemed to have sorrow in his eyes and said in a low voice: "The Holy Majesty passed away, and the third prince was asked to supervise the country on his behalf. Now the matter of Suhe cannot be delayed any longer."

All the ministers also echoed the words: "Please ask the third prince to supervise the country on his behalf, and receive Yuxi to issue an edict to send troops to Suhe."

"Your Highness, there is no time to delay, there must be no further delay."

Shen Qianbai suppressed his tears, his thin lips opened and closed under the silver mask but failed to make a sound, so he could only nod his head.

The eldest princess glanced at him, and said in a deep voice: "The matter of Emperor Daxing's funeral will be temporarily managed by the old man, and the matter is urgent. You should take the border war as your priority."

The national funeral is a major event, and the Eldest Princess clearly wanted to keep it simple, and several senior officials looked at each other, not knowing how to make a decision.

With the support of several ministers, Grandfather Shang Rong tremblingly stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is sympathetic to my ministers. He has worked diligently to govern my Dongning rivers and mountains all the year round. Now that he is dead, he will not wish all the people in the world to work hard for this. We wait for you!" As a courtier, you should follow the last will of the sage, and guard our Dongning country."

Song Lan'an and others knelt outside the Qianqing Gate, all agreeing.

The eldest princess waved her hand, pressed the corners of her eyes and said that the voice was accurate, and then asked people to carry away the body of Emperor Wen Hui.

"I also invite His Highness the Third Highness to come to the Tai Chi Hall to discuss business matters."

Zheng Yunshan exited in a hurry, other courtiers were also full of anxiety, and not long after, they embraced the third prince and went to Taiji Hall.

After everyone left, several female family members of the East Palace and Song Fu hurried to Song Wan's side.

"Wan'er?"

Song Wan's face was pale, and he had already fainted and lost consciousness.

Song Fu wanted to pick him up, but was stopped by the eldest princess.She pointed to the servant beside her and said, "Send Song Chenghui back to the East Palace."

The servant picked her up, and everyone saw a pool of blood dripping from her body.

Song Fuzheng wanted to go forward, but was stopped by Mingxiang: "The harem is inconvenient, my husband is going to look for my father...Wan'er, I will take care of it."

"Trouble Madam."

Ming Xiang solemnly nodded with a small face: "Don't worry, my husband, Xiang'er will take good care of my sister."

The eldest princess waited for his husband and wife to finish speaking, and then asked the maid beside her to accompany Ming Xiang to the East Palace.

It was already dark when Song Wan woke up, she only felt severe pain in her abdomen, half of her body seemed to be numb.When he was about to get up, Ming Xiang came over with a bowl of soup that had been warmed for a long time.

Just seeing her weak appearance, Ming Xiang's eyes turned red: "Are you awake?"

Song Wan nodded slightly, and said in a weak tone: "Youyun, she..."

"During the national funeral, Lu Liangyuan's funeral can only be kept simple."

The tip of Song Wan's nose felt sour, and she couldn't help but shed tears.

Ming Xiang waited quietly at the side, and when the choking sound subsided, he said, "You know..."

Song Wan raised his head, his eyes seemed to be pleading, Ming Xiang couldn't bear to ask any more questions.

"Did the third prince ever send troops to reinforce Suhe?"

Ming Xiang nodded: "The troops of the five capitals and 85 guards around the Su River have been dispatched."

When she spoke, there seemed to be hesitation in her eyes.

Song Wan endured the abdominal pain and said, "Are there any other mistakes?"

"The treasury is out of money. I'm afraid it's not easy to prepare the food and grass."

The imperial court was caught off guard by this battle, and Emperor Wen Hui emptied more than half of the silver in the treasury and sent it to Nanqing, and even private money and food were sent to Qin Rao in private.In Dongning's battle, they really don't know how to proceed.

With a slight sigh, Ming Xiang said: "Now my husband is preparing money, food and grass with the ministers of the court. I don't know...how long it will last."

Song Wan squeezed the quilt, her heart tightened.

She was anxious but didn't know what to do.

Even though she used to boast that she was somewhat intelligent, but when faced with such a major event, she had no way to do it.

She has been trapped in the back house all her life, and there is only one world she can see and know.Outside of this world, she knows nothing.She has never seen the landscape stones and trees outside the back house, nor has she seen the common people's food and clothing.

There are many principles of self-cultivation and common sense written in the book, but it does not teach people how to earn money.

"Sister-in-law, can Wan'er ask you something?"

Ming Xiang blinked, with a slight smile in his eyes: "I'll be... a sister-in-law... don't ask for it."

The little girl was a little shy, and the language barrier that hadn't appeared for a long time also appeared because of her embarrassment.

"Although I am a few years younger than you, as a sister-in-law... I should love my sister."

Song Wan, who was weak and pale, couldn't help but smile slightly when he heard this.

"You say, sister-in-law will do it for you no matter what."

"Sister-in-law, can you help Wan'er bring the Lin family of the Marquis of Chengyang into the palace?"

At this moment, Song Wan knew that she was far inferior to Lin Jiayue. In the past, she felt that the other party was uneducated, but she didn't think that Lin Jiayue's vision was much wider than hers.Although that person's actions are hard to see clearly, but the methods in her hands are all very easy to use.

Just like that day she promised to tell the world what Emperor Wen Hui had done the next night, and she did.

The ministers in the court were at a loss for matters such as military pay, food, grass, etc., but she was not necessarily helpless.

"This matter is easy to handle. You should give birth to a healthy body. My sister-in-law will bring her to see you tomorrow."

If others were afraid that it would be difficult to bring people into the palace during the national funeral, Ming Xiang could do it.Now the eldest princess is temporarily living in the harem to assist in the government affairs of the harem, and she is the only one who can speak.

After coaxing Song Wan to rest, Ming Xiang searched for someone to go to the Chengyang Hou Mansion where Xuanlin Jiayue will enter the palace tomorrow.