Concubine Shu smiled softly and said: "You just know how to play. This won't work. You have to study hard and practice martial arts. Don't be like your imperial brother who only knows how to make progress after suffering a big loss!"

The tenth prince nodded his little head as if he understood, and said in a sweet voice: "Well, I know how to do it. I listen to my mother and concubine the most."

"Little thing, you are the best at saying sweet words to make your mother happy!" Concubine Shu smiled with satisfaction on her face.

The tenth prince put his short arms around Concubine Shu's neck and kissed her, making Concubine Shu giggle.

My two wives, you and I are walking toward the inner hall.

As soon as they entered the palace and served the breakfast prepared for the tenth prince, they saw the palace eunuch poking his head at the door with a serious look on his face.

Concubine Shu knew that something had happened and she could not wait for the tenth prince to report, so she asked the wet nurse to watch the tenth prince and left the hall herself.

Asked the eunuch: "What's the matter?"

The eunuch lowered his voice and said, "Concubine Xin died of fetal hemorrhage."

Concubine Shu's brows jumped. The queen and the prince were dead, the Li family was raided and executed, and there was indeed no need for Li Lanxin and the child in her belly to exist.

It's just a pity that the child has already formed.

Seeing that the eunuch still refused to leave, Concubine Shu asked doubtfully: "Is there anything else?"

The eunuch whispered again: "I heard that the child who was born was missing."

Concubine Shu frowned, "What's going on? Who took it away? What does that person want with the newly formed fetus?"

The eunuch shook his head, "I don't know, so it's strange to say this."

Concubine Shu asked: "Where is the body of Concubine Xin?"

The eunuch said: "A mat was rolled out and said to be thrown into a mass grave outside the city."

Concubine Shu nodded, "There have been a lot of things going on in the palace recently. The Emperor will definitely clean up the Queen's people and ask everyone to be careful."

"Yes!" the eunuch responded and quietly stepped back.

…

At this time, Shangguan Ruoli and Dongming Ziyu left the city in a carriage.

Dongming Ziyu didn't sleep all night last night and fell asleep leaning on the pillow of the carriage.

Because he was going to visit the grave, Shangguan Ruoli didn't follow him and looked at the scenery outside through the gap in the car curtain.

The blue sky, the yellow leaves on the ground, the autumn colors in waves, the cold smoke and green on the waves.

It's really a beautiful scenery, especially the sky, which is as clean as if it had been washed by spiritual spring water.

Perhaps it was because of visiting the grave that this autumn scenery was tinged with a layer of desolation and sadness.

A gust of autumn wind blew, and Shangguan Ruoli smelled a strange smell.

It's corpse odor!

Only then did Shangguan Ruoli realize that this place was very remote, with no houses in front or behind. A flock of crows often flew over the sky, making the air feel a bit colder.

"Why do I smell the stench of corpses?" Shangguan Ruoli asked softly to Rejoice and the others outside.

Dongming Ziyu said calmly: "This is close to a mass grave. Aunt Su secretly collected the queen and buried her in a thin coffin nearby. I bought the land and did not find another cemetery to move the grave to disturb her.

Undead.”

Shangguan Ruoli nodded, "That's it."

Through a sparse grove, I could vaguely see a mass grave in the distance.

There was a moving figure above, probably the person who dumped the body or a family member who was being restrained.

Shangguan Ruoli felt that there was an image of a person with martial arts skills, so he took out a telescope from the hidden compartment of the carriage, adjusted the focus, and looked towards the mass grave.

I saw a man in black holding a female body on his shoulders and placing it on a flatbed truck.

The woman's hair was loose and she was wearing very luxurious clothes. Her body was not completely stiff yet, so she probably hadn't been dead for long.

Shangguan Ruoli imagined that this was a concubine from a wealthy family who had an affair with a guard. She was beaten to death and thrown into a mass grave. The guards came to collect the body.

I couldn't help but laugh. If I was in trouble, I could make ends meet by writing a storybook.

Just as he was about to put down the telescope, his expression became serious, he sat up straight and adjusted the telescope to look at the woman's face.

Shangguan Ruoli was surprised, "It's actually Li Lanxin!"

The man covered Li Lanxin with a piece of cloth, pulled up the cart and drove away.

Shangguan Ruoli put away the telescope and saw that Dongming Ziyu was still asleep. He was not very surprised and asked: "Did you know that Li Lanxin died? Why is it not surprising at all?"

Dongming Ziyu didn't even raise his eyelids, and said calmly: "The Li family is dead, do you still want her to take revenge in the palace?"

Shangguan Ruoli said: "But she is still pregnant with the emperor's child. I heard that it is still a son. It is okay to let the concubines raise him after he is born. There are many concubines in the palace who have no children. It is useless to trust a child.

Everyone is happy.”

Dongming Ziyu said: "There are also many concubines who don't want the prince to be born."

Shangguan Ruoli shrugged, "The harem is really a bloody place."

Dongming Ziyu acquiesced and continued to fall asleep.

Not long after passing the mass graves, we arrived at the Queen's cemetery. The cemetery was better than Shangguan Ruoli imagined.

After renovation, it is surrounded by a large courtyard, like a large temple with three courtyards.

The porter Lao Yuan saw King Xuan's carriage coming and greeted him inside. Soon a dozen men in gray robes came out and stood at the door to greet him.

Those men were missing arms and legs, and some even had one eye.

Dongming Ziyu said: "These people were my king's personal soldiers. They were injured in one way or another and were unable to support themselves. I put them here to guard the tomb of my mother."

Although Queen Hao was buried hastily and no tomb robbers came to visit, Dongming Ziyu's status was so prominent that there was no guarantee that no one would make a fuss about Queen Hao.

Before the luxurious carriage had stopped, more than a dozen gravekeepers knelt down and saluted: "Welcome to you, Your Majesty!"

Mo Xiang stopped the horse, Mo Wen and Rejoice jumped out of the carriage and put down the horse stools.

Without thinking about opening the curtain of the carriage, Dongming Ziyu got out of the carriage first, followed by Shangguan Ruoli.

Dongming Ziyu got off the carriage, turned around and stretched out his hand.

Shangguan Ruoli put his hand in his and stepped on the small stool to get out of the carriage.

Dongming Ziyu introduced: "This is Princess Xuan."

A dozen tomb guards kowtowed again and said, "I pay my respects to Princess Xuan!"

Shangguan Ruoli said calmly: "Get flat."

The gravekeeper stood up and got out of the way of the door.

Dongming Ziyu led Shangguan Ruoli across the heavy threshold and entered the cemetery.

The cemetery is very solemn and majestic, with green pines and cypresses, dense trees, archways, side halls, and a main hall. The queen's tomb is behind the main hall.

In this case, worshippers will naturally not go to the grave to burn paper.

There are spiritual tablets and incense tables enshrined in the main hall. You can worship here.

Dongming Ziyu took out the imperial edict with his own hands and enshrined it in front of the spiritual throne, "Mother, your grievances have been cleared, you can rest in peace!"

Shangguan Ruoli's heart felt sour. She felt sorry for her man and held Dongming Ziyu's hand tightly.

Dongming Ziyu took advantage of the situation and pulled Shangguan Ruoli to the spiritual throne and said, "Mother, this is your daughter-in-law. Take a look. Do you like her?"

A gust of autumn wind from the mountains blew from outside, and the curtains in the hall shook, making Shangguan Ruoli shiver.
Chapter completed!