Qing Wan pulled the maid's clothes on her body and said, "Isn't this too obvious? I should have changed into the clothes of an entourage just now."
Ji Lanjin looked at her amusedly and said, "Don't bother me. Except for Qin Zun, I have never taken anyone else with me. No matter how you dress, they will still be suspicious."
Qing Wan frowned and said worriedly: "Doesn't that mean that you will be recognized easily?"
Ji Lanjin bent down slightly, took her hand and said: "It doesn't matter even if you are recognized. Not many people know the news that you were announced to the palace before, and the emperor has passed away, no one can confine him anymore."
With you. Especially in front of all the civil and military officials, it is even more impossible for him to embarrass you. Besides, as long as I am here, you don’t have to worry. No matter how bad I am, I will not let anyone take you away from me.
What's more, the first person he needs to deal with now is not you and me."
"That's right." Qing Wan also felt that what the other party said was reasonable. When she thought of something, she couldn't help but sneer and said: "The fifth prince and the 200,000 troops stationed outside the city are enough to give him a headache for a while."
The entire palace was immersed in an atmosphere of deep sadness, especially in the front hall where the emperor's coffin was parked. From time to time, wailing sobs could be heard.
From the princes and concubines to the maids and eunuchs, everyone inside had expressions of pain and grief on their faces.
I just don’t know how much of these people’s tears are sincere and how much of them are fake.
When Ji Lanjin and Qing Wan appeared in the front hall, the fifth prince was already dressed in plain clothes and knelt in front of the emperor's coffin. After kneeling down, he didn't say anything, just banged his head several times, and his forehead was immediately bruised.
, the queen watched with heartache. However, she did not step forward to stop her, and only asked the eunuch behind her to pass the incense to the other party. After the fifth prince finished offering the incense, he hugged the queen and said with tears in his eyes: "My son and I are unfilial.
I couldn’t come back in time to see my father for the last time.”
The speed at which the tears fell and the intensity of her crying made even Qing Wan, a woman, feel ashamed.
The queen was also in tears. She wiped her tears with a handkerchief reservedly, patted the other party's back and said comfortingly: "Don't be sad. It's human nature for you to go out to fight and not be able to come back in time. Your father, the emperor, is
He is a wise king and will definitely not blame you for this."
The mother and son comforted each other, and then heard the fifth prince say: "My father was in good health when I set off, so why did he suddenly pass away?"
On the side, the fourth prince said calmly: "Fifth brother, this is a really good question. Don't you know that my father fell ill after hearing the news that you secretly led troops back to the court?"
When the fifth prince heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Fourth brother, what do you mean? My brother has been away for several months, and even at the end of the year, he has not been able to come back to reunite with his father, the queen, and his mother. He misses him very much in his heart, and also thinks that he will be the queen's son soon."
It’s my birthday, so I want to go back to the capital to see what’s wrong? Could it be that Fourth Brother thinks that I should stay in Yuncheng for the rest of my life?”
The fourth prince responded calmly: "You led troops outside and returned to the capital privately without your father's permission. This is rebellion and disrespect. It is equivalent to treating your father and the imperial power as nothing. This is extremely disrespectful and disrespectful."
It is an act of filial piety. What's more, as the commander-in-chief, you are responsible for border defense and the country, but you are so indifferent and make the decision to bring all the troops back to the capital, regardless of the safety of the country and the lives of the people. Such disrespectful, unfilial and willful behavior, father
How can the emperor not be angry? That day in the court, it was obvious to all the ministers and officials that the emperor was so angry that he collapsed due to the news that you had returned to the capital privately. After that, his condition worsened and he even fell ill. "