318, death news
Although the Chang'an Princess told the county magistrate to search for a few more days before writing to the court, the county magistrate also knew exactly where the fireworks alley was. How could a good woman escape after entering? So she only waited for a few days and wrote a letter to report on Xu Shu's death. After that, she gave up searching for Xu Shu. Anyway, the people who were found from that place were abandoned. The only thing she was tired of seeking death was to add trouble to him. Moreover, the Chang'an Princess had already gone far away and could not turn back and pursue him. After writing the letter, she completely let go of this matter.
When the emperor said that the death of Xu Shu had passed away was presented to the emperor, the queen was about to give birth, but she was still with the emperor every day. The emperor looked at the memorial and looked up at the queen and felt a little reluctant. The emperor knew that the queen seemed to like the girl from the Xu family very much, but the girl was no longer there at this moment. If the queen knew, she would be sad. What should I do if I had a fetal aura? So he silently put the memorial aside, not intending to tell the queen.
However, the queen noticed the emperor's eyes just now and walked to the emperor with her belly straight. The two eunuchs behind her hurriedly carried the chairs behind her and sat down and asked, "Does your majesty have anything to say to me?"
The emperor shook his head, "It's nothing, I'm just afraid that the queen will feel bored!"
The queen smiled and said, "It is my blessing to be with Your Majesty. How could I feel bored?"
The emperor smiled and pinched the note, but still didn't plan to tell the queen. The queen looked at the note and knew that the content in the note must be strange. Seeing the mark of Pingliang City printed on the note, she said, "I heard a few days ago that the princess had arrived in Pingliang City. Including the time I had been delayed on the road, the princess should have come out of seclusion now, right?"
The emperor nodded, "It's time to leave the customs. It will be here in about two months!" Seeing that the queen was still staring at the note, the emperor had to sigh, "Forget it, I won't hide it from you, but don't be too sad when you hear it!"
The queen said strangely, "Why did Your Majesty say this? What exactly made Your Majesty so embarrassed?"
"The note that Pingliang had just sent me, saying that Miss Xu Jiu died of illness!" The emperor spread out the note and pushed it in front of the queen.
The queen was shocked and hurriedly took the note to see it. As expected, she saw the words of death, and her face darkened. "When I was in Chuxiu Palace that day, I felt that she was not in good shape. She was in poor health. She had been running all the way, but she couldn't hold on..."
"I know that the queen loves Miss Xu Jiu very much. I am afraid that the queen will be sad when she finds out, so I want to hide it. But I also know that when I hear the news from my mother, the queen should blame me. It's just that the queen should take the dragon heir as a thought, take care of her and do not be too sad!" The emperor gently stroked the queen's round belly, with strong enthusiasm and expectation in his eyes.
The queen smiled gently, "Although I feel sad, I think about it, death may not be a relief for her. She cannot see her. She lives harder than others. God treats her unkindly. She told her to be born in such a family. She has been told that she has suffered a lot of trouble in her life. She is just hoping that she will be safer in the next life!" Although she said this, she lost her life and regained her favor. How could she not feel sad when she learned about Xu Shu's death at this moment?
The queen was quite dissatisfied with the Xu family in her words, and the emperor couldn't help but say, "If it weren't for the regulations submitted by the Ministry of Rites, I'd never noticed it. Later I realized that the Deng family wanted to compete with the Xu family for the family's marriage! If it weren't for the sake of the mother's face, the Deng family would have to do anything lightly!" The emperor's ascension to the throne was entirely due to the Deng family's strong support. Even though the Deng family repeatedly intervened in the court's resolutions, because of the Deng family's contributions and the Empress Dowager, the emperor could only tolerate the Deng family's various behaviors repeatedly.
Seeing that the emperor was vaguely angry, the queen comforted him, "Don't calm down. Even if the Deng family made many plans, they did not succeed in the end. It's just a pity that Miss Xu Jiu died in a foreign land at such a young age, and she didn't even keep a whole body!" The memorial said that the journey was long and the coffin was inconvenient to transport. Xu Shu's body had been cremated, and the ashes had already entered Beijing with the memorial.
"Deng Family!" The emperor snorted and said nothing. He had to endure the Deng family for half his life, but the Empress Dowager was still there, so he had to endure it anymore. So when Xu Shu saw her off, when the queen suggested that Xu Shu's sister Xu Ting perform the engagement on behalf of Xu Shu to marry into the Qi family, the emperor did not hesitate and he could not see that the Deng family was proud!
"Let Miss Xu Jiu be buried in peace earlier!" The queen sighed, but her discomfort didn't improve.
The emperor nodded, "Let the Xu family take Miss Xu Jiu's ashes back and bury them!" Seeing the queen's expression of sorrow, he advised, "Queen, please take a little more!"
The queen forced a smile, "I can't help but think that if Miss Xu Jiu didn't pass so hard when she entered the palace instead of her sister, she might not have died!"
The Xu family forced Xu Shu to replace Xu Ting, but the others knew that this was the case but did not say it out loud. They indulged this incident, which eventually led to Xu Shu's death.
But he agreed to the matter of Xu Shu replacing Xu Ting. The emperor cannot say that the Empress Dowager is wrong, but what the Empress said is the truth. The emperor also couldn't bear to blame the Empress at this time. He could only say, "I will issue an order to reward the Xu family well, so I will not waste Miss Xu Jiu's righteousness!" The emperor naturally did not know that Xu Shu was forced by the Xu family, and only thought that Xu Shu felt sorry for her sister and took the initiative to sacrifice herself.
When the emperor heard that he wanted to give the Xu family a lot, the queen was unhappy. "The emperor said this, and Miss Xu Jiu's family would be extremely sad. If the emperor gave him a heavy reward, wouldn't it be even more sad to remember Miss Xu Jiu's death as he looked at the reward? "
"What should we do as the queen said?" In this case, it is a custom for the court to give generous rewards and comfort the family. However, the emperor also felt that it was a bit reasonable when he heard the queen's words. Now the emperor obeyed the queen's words, and he was even more happy to listen to the queen's opinions.
Chapter completed!