Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan, Mrs. Ma, and Li Qinghan were waiting quietly, waiting for the emperor to die...
Li Qinghan was not angry this time. Instead, he pouted his lips through tears and smiled, with a little womanly look on his face.
Ma Xiaoquan swallowed hard, finally couldn't help it, and leaned forward to kiss Li Qinghan's pretty face.
"Yeah" Li Qinghan screamed and broke away.
Ma Xiaoquan also noticed something was wrong, and quickly changed the topic with a haha: "Sister-in-law...sister-in-law, let's go to the main hall, grandma and uncle should be preparing..."
Li Qinghan lowered his head and hummed softly.
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Arriving at the main hall, Mrs. Ma and the housekeeper Ma Tong were preparing for the funeral in an orderly manner. The emperor had already sent someone here before. At this moment, Mrs. Ma and Ma Tong were discussing the final funeral procedures.
According to the custom, whenever the emperor dies, all the officials who have high rank and receive imperial salary in the capital must uniformly wear sackcloth and wear filial piety to observe filial piety for the emperor. Of course, this filial piety is different from that of ordinary people who attend funerals and observe filial piety.
Mrs. Ma ordered her servants to give Ma Xiaoquan and Li Qinghan mourning clothes. The two of them didn't say anything and just put them on.
...
The sky is getting brighter, but there is an indescribable sense of depression in the entire city of Beijing.
Perhaps this was due to the sudden death of Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo, or perhaps... Beijing was originally like this.
"Dangdang" a series of deep and heavy bells sounded from the palace, announcing the death of Emperor Taichang.
The residents in the capital walked out of their homes, faced the palace, knelt on the ground one after another, and performed three kowtows and nine bows.
At the door of Ma's house, Mrs. Ma, Ma Tong, Li Qinghan and others also had serious faces and knelt down respectfully, while Ma Xiaoquan "hardly" supported the ground with his hands and pretended to kneel.
"Damn it, why does it take so long? I can't hold it anymore..."
Finally, the funeral procession from the palace arrived. They saw everyone in the Ma family kneeling respectfully, except for the fake Ma Xiaoquan. However, without paying attention, the leader helped Mrs. Ma up and choked with sobs: "Mrs. Ma, your Majesty.
..."
As Mrs. Yipinzhaoming, as someone who has experienced the death of the emperor, Mrs. Ma knows very well that the guy in front of her who is leading the funeral is pretending to cry, but... everyone is pretending to cry, we
You have to follow up. Mrs. Ma screamed twice, tears bursting out of her eyes instantly.
"The old woman received the love from Emperor Wanli and the care from Emperor Taichang... Suddenly... from Emperor Taichang... I can't stand it, old lady, I can't stand it...
" Mrs. Ma said, seeming to be shaky.
Li Qinghan hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Mrs. Ma's hand.
The person in the lead glanced at Li Qinghan and was shocked by Li Qinghan's beautiful appearance. Fortunately, the person in the lead was not a lecher. He just nodded and then turned his eyes from Li Qinghan's face.
The body moved away.
"Mrs. Ma, you are old. I think you should go back and rest first. The emperor must know your thoughts in the Paradise..."
Mrs. Ma nodded, and with Li Qinghan's support, she walked back to Ma's house.
Ma Xiaoquan followed Mrs. Ma and secretly glanced back at the leader of the funeral.
Unfortunately, the leader also happened to glare at Ma Xiaoquan. When Ma Xiaoquan turned around, their eyes met.
"Hmm? You are the fourth young master of the Ma family, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan secretly complained in his heart, so he had to stop and respond "respectfully": "Hello, sir, I am the fourth young master of the Ma family."
The man frowned and said, "Follow me!"
"Ah? Me?" Ma Xiaoquan pointed at himself in surprise.
"Yes, I'm talking about you! Come here!"
Ma Xiaoquan looked at the man alertly. He was not afraid of this man, but he didn't know why he suddenly called him.
Seeing the nervousness on Ma Xiaoquan's face, the man smiled and said, "You don't have to worry, I'm just looking for you as entrusted by His Highness the Crown Prince."
When he heard that it was His Royal Highness, Ma Xiaoquan breathed a sigh of relief.
Stepping forward, the man handed Ma Xiaoquan a customs clearance document and said: "This is a customs clearance document signed by the emperor himself before he died. I'm afraid you, a commoner, may cause obstacles when entering the palace. Take this and you can see it." The prince..."
Ma Xiaoquan took the customs clearance document and asked: "Sir, where is the prince now?"
"Qianqing Palace!"
"Qianqing Palace? Not good!" Ma Xiaoquan suddenly reacted, put away the customs clearance documents and ran away.
"Stop, what's going on?"
Ma Xiaoquan stopped, turned around and said, "Sir, something might happen to the prince!"
"What?"
Ma Xiaoquan secretly laughed in his heart, but on the surface he said: "Li Xuanshi may kill His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"What? It doesn't make sense. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the next emperor. Li Xuanshi is like this. Just wait, I will go with you."
Ma Xiaoquan stopped him and said: "My lord, there is no need to panic. I am just guessing that even if Li Xuanshi is very brave, he may not dare to harm His Highness the Crown Prince so soon."
"Oh, that's alright. You go first with the customs clearance documents. I'll go on my way after finishing what I'm doing."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and immediately ran towards the palace.
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The mourner was right. With Ma Xiaoquan's current status as a commoner, it was indeed impossible for him to enter the palace. However... when Ma Xiaoquan showed the customs clearance document, this situation was completely reversed.
Amid the surprised eyes, Ma Xiaoquan rushed to the Qianqing Palace as if he was in a deserted place.
At the entrance of the palace, a large number of eunuchs such as Jinyiwei eunuchs, Huangmen, Huo Zhe, Mingchen and others almost blocked the door. Ma Xiaoquan knew that even if he took out the customs clearance document at this time, it would probably not have much effect.
Just as he was hesitating about how to get in, Ma Xiaoquan suddenly felt as if he was being stared at. He raised his head and saw that only a few steps away from Ma Xiaoquan, there was Wang Tiqian.
"Damn it, it's really a narrow road between enemies," Ma Xiaoquan muttered in a low voice.
Wang Tiqian had seen Ma Xiaoquan a long time ago. Although he was surprised how Ma Xiaoquan got in, since he had come in now, there must be a way.
Wang Tiqian is narrow-minded and must retaliate. A few days ago, Ma Xiaoquan humiliated him at Ma's house. He has been thinking about how to find an opportunity to retaliate these days. Ma Xiaoquan happened to appear in Qianqing Palace. Wang Tiqian had to deal with everything he said this time. I couldn't vent my anger last time.