Jinghua hurried to the main hall with a face on her face. She said to the young eunuch in a panic: "Go and inform the emperor that something happened."
The little eunuch looked embarrassed: "Princess, the emperor is being harassed by civil and military officials. Today's ceremony to sacrifice to heaven has caused dissatisfaction among many people. If you have anything to do, please wait."
Seeing the little eunuch obstructing her, Jinghua knelt on the ground and burst into tears. She shouted into the hall: "Your Majesty, something has happened. Something has happened to Fengqi Palace. Something has happened to the Queen."
Her voice was loud and quickly attracted the attention of Chu Xuanzhi. Some of the civil and military officials present showed disdain when they heard this.
"It's the Queen who has played another trick to fool people."
"Hmph, we must cause Lingyi to be in chaos."
Chu Xuanzhi listened to countless people muttering, and only a few of them spoke for Jiang Yunxu, but they were outnumbered, and their voices were quickly drowned out.
"Your Majesty, the Queen has committed suicide out of fear of crime!" Jinghua cried.
As soon as these words were shouted out, everyone was stunned. Chu Xuanzhi's face changed drastically and he stood up with a groan. He crossed the crowd and walked outside very quickly. He came to Jinghua and watched the other party burst into tears.
, frowning: "What on earth is going on?"
Jinghua just cried and couldn't say a complete sentence.
Helpless, Chu Xuanzhi had no choice but to stride towards Fengqi Palace. The officials behind him looked at each other and followed suit.
Soon Fengqi Palace was crowded with people.
Chu Xuanzhi crossed the threshold a few steps and came to the corridor. He rushed in quickly and soon saw Jiang Yunxu lying on the couch. There was a gold hairpin stuck to his heart, and his phoenix robe was stained red with blood.
, as if large pieces of maple leaves are piled up on the body.
The closer I got, the stronger the smell became. The person on the couch had no blood on his face and was sleeping peacefully.
"Master!" Hongqiao cried loudly from the side.
When Chu Xuanzhi looked at the person on the couch, his heart almost stopped for a moment. When he got closer, he put his fingertips on the person's hand and breathed heavily.
But it was only for a moment that Chu Xuanzhi's heartbeat returned to its original state, and the tight strings in his heart relaxed.
The person on the couch is not Xuer.
"Quickly, call for the imperial doctor." Chu Xuanzhi raised his voice and ordered.
Soon the imperial doctor stumbled over, stretched out his trembling hand to feel for the pulse, and after a moment quickly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the Queen has passed away."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Xuanzhi raised his foot and kicked the imperial doctor's shoulder hard: "Nonsense, the queen obviously still has a pulse."
"Your Majesty, the humble servant deserves to die."
Dozens of imperial doctors knelt down in unison.
When the civil and military officials behind him saw this scene, they all kept silent, saying that it all happened too suddenly.
Jinghua took a deep breath and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I express my condolences. The Queen is doing this to preserve your reputation. Today, at the ceremony, everyone criticized her. The Queen felt guilty, so she took her own life. I hope that the Emperor can calm down the public anger as soon as possible."
On this day, Chu Xuanzhi lost his temper.
He also punished many people casually.
Hong Qiao kowtowed to Chu Xuanzhi: "Your Majesty, my master had last words before his death. He was not allowed to bury him in the imperial mausoleum. He was worried that he would be robbed and insulted. She just wanted to leave cleanly and decently, and give an explanation to the people of Linyi.
, I beg the emperor to put the master on top of the sacrificial altar and burn it."
Everyone felt numb when they heard this. The queen was not only cruel to others, but also cruel to herself.
Once burned, it will be difficult to reincarnate after death.
Chu Xuanzhi kept his face tense and said nothing.
The expressions on Chu Xuanzhi's face were touched by those present. They were sensible and did not continue to persuade him. They all lowered their heads and pretended to be deaf and dumb. They tried to force the emperor to do anything, but they were just asking for trouble.
But Jinghua was an exception. She stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, since this is the Queen's last wish, why not fulfill it as soon as possible."
Chu Xuanzhi raised his head and glanced at Jinghua, and suddenly asked: "I heard that you were the last person the Queen met. What did you say to the Queen?"
Jinghua was suddenly startled, and quickly waved his hand: "I just came to see the queen, and wanted to persuade her not to take it seriously, that's all."
Chu Xuanzhi obviously didn't believe it after hearing this.
Until someone invited the Song family, Chu Xuangzhi still restrained himself a lot in front of the Song family. The Song family's eyes turned red and she said, "Your Majesty, don't let the Queen's sacrifice be in vain."
It was precisely because of these words that Chu Xuanzhi relaxed and had people prepare the best coffin and carry it to the sacrificial altar.
Along the way, there was blowing and beating, and white prayer flags were raised again. The people were stunned. It was not until a young eunuch came out holding a tablet with the title of Queen Jiang written on it that everyone was in a daze, but it turned out that the Queen was dead.
In front of everyone, Chu Xuanzhi threw the torch in with a tense face. After a while, the fire burned, and it took a few hours.