Taking the initiative to remarry! The crazy prince is obsessed with me

Queen Qin stopped three steps away from the crowd.

Soon someone reacted, bent his knees, knelt on the ground, and performed the three-kneeling and nine-kowtow ceremony to Queen Qin.

Queen Qin stood straight, waiting for everyone to kowtow to the last one, then raised her hand and said, "Stand up. I haven't been back to the palace for many years, but I haven't forgotten the rules."

"Thank you, Her Majesty, for your grace." Everyone then stood up.

Amid the chanting of the ceremonial officer, Queen Qin led everyone to observe a moment of silence in front of the two coffins, which were neither too big nor too small. Then she stood up and said with red eyes, "The dead are gone, and the living should take care of themselves."

After that, he instructed the maid standing by the side: "Now the weather is hot, go find the eunuch Shi who is beside the emperor and tell him a few things. First, the ice buckets in the palace must not be cut off, it will damage the noble concubine and Prince Duan's health; second, prepare more refreshing green bean soup, and you can take a break for a quarter of an hour every hour; third, keeping vigil is the most tiring, so give each person a thicker cushion; finally, the elderly ladies and old ladies may not be able to bear it, so they will be exempted from the vigil, which is a blessing for the heavenly family. Have you remembered it?"

The maid nodded: "Yes, I have noted it down."

Queen Qin sighed and said, "Go quickly."

When I return to the palace today, so many people will be looking at me...I need to give them a slap to establish my authority, and also give them some sweet treats to win their hearts.

As expected, as soon as she finished giving the order, the gazes of the people in the hall became less inquiring and more respectful and unwilling to look directly at her.

Queen Qin stayed in the Yuhua Pavilion for one night. At dawn the next day, she rushed to the Renzhi Hall of the former dynasty without stopping. As the emperor's biological mother, she maintained the same level of grief as the emperor and sent Crown Prince Duansu Yaohui on his final journey.

......

Because the funeral ceremony of Crown Prince Duansu Yaohui was so grand, the funeral ceremonies of Concubine Qi and Prince Duan seemed much simpler.

Emperor You'an lost his favorite son and was immersed in deep sorrow. He even stopped holding morning court for a month. He ordered that all government affairs be handled and moved to the Eastern Palace for discussion by the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Song.

He wanted to give Crown Prince Duansu Yaohui a proper funeral and would not resume court until after the fifth seventh day.

Although the civil and military officials had some complaints, no one dared to bring bad luck upon themselves.

However, he also took the opportunity to see the situation clearly. Even though the prince "violated ancestral teachings" by marrying the daughter of Shen, the emperor never intended to depose him and even let him manage the government on his behalf... Doesn't that mean even the emperor doesn't care about ancestral teachings!

The emperor doesn't care, so why should they, as ministers, make themselves unhappy?

Besides, with the Crown Princess's reputation as a virtuous woman, who among those self-proclaimed impartial censors would dare to report her?

Just by opening that bookstore, she has won the hearts of students all over the world. Now she is a role model for the country and the people. Anyone who reports her is going against the people and students of the world. Not only will his good reputation be ruined, but he may also be labeled a traitor!

Forget it, forget it, I won’t be the first one to stick my head out!

And when Queen Qin found out that Emperor You'an was sad only because of the eldest prince and not Concubine Qi, she began to think highly of him... It is really not easy to cure the problem of being blinded by lust.

But because of this, she felt more at ease with Emperor You'an. At least Emperor You'an would not easily take over the position of Crown Prince again.

The only person in the palace who was worthy of her fear was Queen Mother Jiang.

"The weather is nice. I'm going to go see the Queen Mother. She always stays in the house worshipping Buddha. It's time for her to come out and bask in the sun."

When Queen Qin went there, she found that Shen Xiyue was also there.

She was lighting sandalwood for Queen Mother Jiang very devoutly.

The empress dowager sat cross-legged on a cushion, twisting the Buddhist beads one by one in her hand, chanting Buddhist scriptures, and ignoring everything outside.

When Queen Qin smelled the scent of sandalwood, it was exactly the same as the one she had smelled in the palace, which made her feel calm.

When Shen Xiyue looked up and saw that it was Queen Qin, she hurriedly said, "My mother is polite."

Queen Qin raised her hand and helped her up: "Xiyue is a filial daughter. She came early to accompany the Queen Mother in chanting scriptures."

But Queen Mother Jiang still ignored Queen Qin and Shen Xiyue.

"Mother, you are too kind."

Shen Xiyue smiled slightly, without looking at Queen Mother Jiang, and only said to Queen Qin: "I saw that the weather was good today, so I wanted to accompany the Queen Mother for a walk, but I didn't expect to disturb the Queen Mother while she was worshipping Buddha. I can only light a stick of sandalwood to apologize for the Queen Mother."

As he said this, he urged Queen Qin to leave without saying anything: "Mother, let's go. The Queen Mother is chanting sutras right now."

Queen Qin: "......"

Ok?

Xiyue is the most sensible person... There is something wrong with such rash words and actions.

But she would not ruin Xiyue's plan in front of Queen Mother Jiang.

He followed Xiyue outside, thinking that he would go to a place where there was no one around and ask for clarification.

The weather outside was just right, and Xiyue chose a path lined with shade from trees. The breeze was neither too hot nor too cold, making it particularly comfortable.

The nose was filled with an unusually fresh scent of grass and woods. The moist vapor rising from the water not far away swept away the lingering sandalwood and stale smell from the Empress Dowager's Palace.

Queen Qin felt that her mind was much clearer. Just as she was about to ask a question, Shen Xiyue spoke before her. She blinked and said frankly, "Mother, please forgive me for my impoliteness just now. It was really because of the pungent smell of sandalwood that I was afraid of bumping into your body."

"Huh? Sandalwood is irritating?" When Queen Qin heard this, she immediately understood that there was something wrong with the sandalwood that Xiyue was burning.

Then I thought again, the most popular fragrance shop in Beijing is Xiyue's shop! Xiyue is the best at mixing perfume...

Queen Qin took Xiyue's hand and patted it: "Mother knows."

They are all smart people. Some things don't need to be said too clearly. Having a daughter-in-law like this really makes her worry-free.

Sure enough, two days later, the servants in the Cining Palace hurriedly invited the imperial physician, who said that the Empress Dowager had been very sleepy for the past two days, and even became confused after waking up. She smashed all the Buddha statues in the small Buddhist temple, and said that these monsters and ghosts were not to be believed at all... You have to know that the Empress Dowager had been a Buddhist in the palace for many years!

But after the imperial physician's diagnosis, he only said that the empress dowager was already old, and the palace was overly sad about the funeral, so the empress dowager was too heartbroken. However, this disease was incurable, and the emperor could only serve her well from now on.

After all, Queen Mother Jiang was over sixty years old, with one foot halfway into the coffin. No one questioned the imperial physician's words, but just sighed.

After Emperor You'an learned about this, he suppressed his grief and went to the Cining Palace in person. However, he did not expect that Empress Dowager Jiang stared at him blankly for a long time and could not recognize who he was.

Emperor You'an had no choice but to cry again and personally instructed Queen Qin not only to take good care of her throat, but also to take good care of the Queen Mother on his behalf.