After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

I covered my head and suddenly blurted out: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot go to the Imperial Mausoleum, otherwise he will die in the Imperial Mausoleum."

As soon as I finished speaking, Zheng Xian's face changed. His hand that was picking up the food paused, and the chicken on the chopsticks slid back into the plate with a "thump" sound. Then he suddenly looked at me with a terribly gloomy expression.

Zheng Yan was also shocked when he heard this. He walked up to me in disbelief, grabbed my shoulders, and asked loudly, "Aman, what are you talking about?"

My hands were injured and I had difficulty holding chopsticks. When Zheng Yan grabbed them, I felt a sharp pain. I suddenly woke up and sighed, "It hurts!"

When Zheng Yan heard this, he quickly let go of her hand and asked nervously, "Ah Man, what are you talking about?"

I looked at Zheng Yan blankly and asked, "What did I say?"

Zheng Yan wanted to ask something else, but Zheng Xian glared at him and said, "Well, it's getting late. You still have to guard the Queen's mausoleum tonight. Go back early."

Zheng Yan looked at me, then at Zheng Xian, and had to suppress his uneasiness. He bowed to Zheng Xian, said, "I'm leaving." Then he turned around and walked away.

Zheng Xian put down his bowl and chopsticks and said to me, "The Crown Prince will be keeping vigil for the Queen at the Imperial Mausoleum for seven days. I am a little worried. If you are by his side, I will feel much more at ease. On the day of the funeral, you will go with the Crown Prince."

It is extremely dangerous to leave the city now. No one knows where Grand Tutor Gui and his soldiers are hiding. There are also spies from Xihe and Nanxiang in the dark. If something happens to the prince, it will be an extremely serious blow to Dayu.

Zheng Xian wanted to use my great fortune to protect the prince, and I had no reason to refuse. Because everything I had was given to me by Zheng Xian, and I knew that I should be grateful to those who gave me what I had.

But when Yingchun heard that I was asked to follow the prince to the imperial mausoleum, she couldn't help but shed tears. No one knew my physical condition better than her.

Ever since I got injured, I cough until I vomit blood every night, and I feel excruciating pain every time I walk a few steps.

But His Majesty's words were the imperial decree, and no one dared to refute it, so Yingchun could only shed tears silently.

I tugged at Yingchun's clothes and whispered, "Don't embarrass yourself in front of His Majesty."

Yingchun turned around and wiped away her tears silently.

I said, "Your Majesty, rest assured. On the day of the Queen's funeral, I will accompany the Crown Prince to Xishan. I will definitely bring the Crown Prince back safely."

Zheng Xian nodded, seeming satisfied with my understanding, and said: "The capital is in chaos now, your father and Yuan Zheng (Du Changfeng) are both on duty in the capital, and cannot escort the prince. The prince is really at risk if he leaves the city this time, but the queen is the prince's biological mother, and he must attend the funeral and observe mourning, so I have no choice but to let you go with me, you won't blame me, right?"

Can I just tell you, a person who says one thing and thinks another, to get as far away from me as possible?

Absolutely not!

And to show my loyalty, I patted my chest and said, "How can I blame Your Majesty? Your Majesty loves his son so much. For the sake of justice, how can Ah Man be so selfish?"

Zheng Xian was amused by me and said, "What a mess. It's getting late. Ah Man, you should go back and rest early."

These words were like the sound of nature. I felt liberated instantly and quickly stood up, bowed and took my leave.

After I left, Wei Yi whispered behind Zheng Xian: "Your Majesty, Ah Man is so weak that it is probably not suitable for him to leave the city."

Wei Yi had said it very vaguely. What he actually wanted to say was that Ah Man looked so horrible that he would be chopped to pieces as soon as he left the city.

Zheng Xian wiped each finger with a hot towel, and finally said slowly: "Did you pay attention to what Ah Man said just now?"

I said too much just now, and Wei Yi thought for a long time but still didn't know what Zheng Xian wanted to say.

Zheng Xian looked at Wei Yi's stupid look and said unhappily, "Ah Man said that if the prince goes to the imperial mausoleum, he will die in the mausoleum."

"Ah?!" Wei Yi finally remembered that I did say this.

Wei Yi was so panicked that his voice trembled as he said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, can you send a substitute to escort the Queen's body to the Imperial Mausoleum?"

Zheng Xian glanced at Wei and said, "What do you think?"

Wei Yi knew it was impossible, of course. The Queen's funeral was a big event, with countless eyes watching in the world. If he sent a substitute and was discovered, even if the prince became king in the future, people would point at his spine and call him unfilial.

What the ancients feared most was being accused of being unfilial. Even if you were the emperor, if you were unfilial, the people would still scold you.

Wei Yi had no choice but to shut his mouth and dared not say anything else.

On the 16th and 17th, I was the one with the most free time in the entire palace. Even when Concubine He was injured, she had to take the Ninth Prince to keep vigil for the Queen. I either ate and slept, or slept and ate.

Soon it was the 18th day, and Zheng Yan came early in the morning. He handed me a wooden box and said to me sincerely, "Happy birthday."

When I opened it, I found it was a necklace of round pearls of similar size, some larger than longan seeds!

This pearl necklace looks very valuable.

I looked at the necklace for a long time before I said, "I don't wear these things."

Zheng Yan smiled and said, "This was given to me by my royal grandmother. She said it was a family heirloom of our Zheng family."

"Zheng family heirloom?" I frowned, handed the necklace to Zheng Yan, and said, "I can't accept such a valuable thing."

Zheng Yan pushed it back and said, "I am giving it to you because I think you are my brother. When you get married in the future, you can give this necklace to your wife and pass it down as a family heirloom."

Will I marry in the future? Will I pass it down as an heirloom to our family?

I was stunned when I heard this. This idiot Zheng Yan was quite thoughtful.

I could only say, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Zheng Yan saw that I didn't seem very happy after accepting the necklace, so he asked cautiously, "Aman, do you dislike this gift?"

Before I could say anything, Zheng Yan immediately said, "Since Ah Man doesn't like it, I will carefully select one for you after I return to the palace."

I still owe Zheng Xian more than three million taels of silver, and in order to control me, Zheng Xian reminds me from time to time to pay back the money. I am under a lot of pressure. I really want to say that if you can ask your father to forgive my debt, it will be better than giving you any gift.

But I didn't dare say this out loud, for fear that if Zheng Xian knew about it, he would find another false accusation against me.

I had no choice but to thank Zheng Yan again.

Since the trip to the imperial mausoleum would take seven days, and it was located deep in the mountains and much colder than outside, we had to pack an entire carriage just for clothes.

I had sent someone to tell Yiping and Jinping that I was going to the imperial mausoleum. Yiping worked hard for a whole day and on the seventeenth, he prepared a lot of food for me and filled half a carriage with it and sent it to the palace.

This time when we went out, it took three horse-drawn carriages to carry all the people and belongings.