Perhaps, only Murong Rui himself knew why he did not dare to come to the prince's funeral, because he himself could not face it and felt guilty.
At night, Murong Rui cried loudly alone in her room. Was it because of guilt or regret?
When he learned that the emperor's brother had asked his father not to investigate the food poisoning issue before his death, he knew that he was deliberately protecting him.
But later, he directly rejected his bid for the title of crown prince, which made him dizzy with anger.
It was hard to recover from the overflowing water. Some of the paths he had taken were wrong and there was no way to turn back. He had no face to face his brother's soul in heaven, so he could only hide like a coward.
Before murdering him, Murong Rui just wanted to make his health worse so that he would not be able to be the prince, because it was impossible for a dynasty to want a sick prince to become the emperor in the future.
In this way, the father and mother would place all their hopes on him, the second son.
But he was wrong. After so many years, no matter how bad his health was, as long as he survived, his father never thought of abolishing his son, and he and his mother still did not place any hope on him.
Now, the emperor's brother is dead, and the father still hasn't seen him, and he actually wants to appoint a son of a bitch as the heir apparent.
After much deliberation, he still couldn't figure it out.
…
Seven days later, the prince's body was lowered to the imperial mausoleum, and order gradually returned to Kyoto.
However, everyone was still wearing plain clothes, and no one dared to take the emperor's decree seriously.
The prince has just passed away, and it will not be possible to establish a new crown prince for a while, at least until after the national mourning.
The princes now have to fight with all their strength again, but only Murong Rui knows that the final winner of this battle for the inheritance has already been decided. If no action is taken, everything will be meaningless.
Therefore, he found his mother and told the queen everything he overheard that day.
When the queen heard the news, she slumped down in her seat, her eyes dull.
He kept saying, "It's impossible."
Finally, she frantically grabbed a pillow and threw it on the floor. She swept the tea on the table and the porcelain pieces shattered on the floor.
"Bitch, I will never let you have your way, don't even think about it!"
She was unwilling to be suppressed by the imperial concubine all her life. Now that her son was gone, that bitch's son actually wanted to be in that position.
She would never tolerate being suppressed by her for the rest of her life. If Murong Huai became emperor in the future, what would happen to her? And what happened to her son?
Her son was the emperor's true seedling, so why should Murong be pregnant with him?
Once you endure it, you don’t need to endure it anymore.
Isn't the emperor's preference for her enough? While she, the queen, was still alive, she carried an imperial concubine. This was such a shame and humiliation that she broke her teeth and swallowed her blood.
Murong Rui took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire and encouraged:
"Mother, we can't sit still and wait any longer. If we wait any longer, this Jin Dynasty will belong to him, Murong Huai. He won't have a good life like us in the future. We must find a way. The biggest stumbling block now is Murong Huai. We must not Let him be the prince."
There was a hint of sinisterness in the queen's eyes. She looked at Murong Rui and sneered:
"Don't worry Rui'er, your mother is the queen and you are the legitimate prince. Your brother does not have this blessing, but this blessing cannot be enjoyed by outsiders. This blessing can only be yours..."
…
The weather has entered October. Every year in this month, Kyoto starts to get cooler first, and everyone puts on autumn clothes.
It rained last night, and Su Wan stayed in the quilt and refused to get up.
Seeing that the sun was about to rise, Jiang Yu always remembered Su Mu's teachings and made sure that Su Wan had three meals a day.
He took her out of the quilt and put clothes on her directly.
As soon as Liu Ying and the others came in, they saw that Su Wan was already dressed, but the clothes were a bit sloppy. The belt was tied loosely and not straightened out. It was full of pleats and the bow was tied backwards, which particularly ruined the beauty.
Mainly, Jiang Yu, the owner of this masterpiece, seemed quite satisfied.
The clothes in this daughter's house are complicated. They have to tie here and there, and he doesn't know how to tie a nice bow, so what should I do?
After a while of tossing, Su Wan woke up and looked helplessly at her scrawled style. This technique was even worse than when she first learned to wear it.
Finally, Liu Ying and the others regained their sense of beauty after tidying up.
Although it was just a simple white dress, it still gave off a different feeling of coolness on Su Wan.
Jiang Yu knew that his dressing skills were disliked, so he wanted to develop the skills of combing his hair.
Maybe he was very strong, so his hair was inevitably tangled when he woke up, so without him noticing, Su Wan hissed and covered her hair.
"Be gentle."
Jiang Yu was at a loss for a moment:
"Does it hurt? I'll be gentler."
Su Wan glared at him, while Liu Yun and Liu Ying looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
However, this kind of thing happened again and again, and Su Wan was hurt by him one after another.
"Jiang Yu, if you have nothing to do day by day, you should go talk to the emperor and find something for you to do."
Su Wan really couldn't stand him. Day by day, he was getting restless, so he caught her alone to relieve his boredom.
Jiang Yu scratched his head helplessly, feeling a little aggrieved. Sure enough, he was not suitable for such delicate work.
If you ask him to dress a woman and comb her hair, isn't that forcing Zhang Fei to embroider?
Forget it, let’s leave professional matters to professionals!
Jiang Yu is indeed a little idle now, but he will be busy soon.
The queen has already started taking action secretly, and Murong Huai will need his help when the time comes.
However, life in the Duke's Mansion was indeed boring. Su Wan could only wander around the huge Duke's Mansion every day.
Grandfather has returned to Zhongzhou. As soon as she left, Ning Wei and her son became active and began to walk around.
On this day, we even invited guests over.
This guest is none other than Zhong Li'er, the legitimate daughter of the Hou Mansion.
Su Wan did not expect that she would appear at the Duke's Mansion during the national mourning period. At this time, everyone stayed at home and did not go anywhere. No gatherings were allowed.
But Zhong Lier actually went against the trend and committed a crime, wearing a light blue costume and came to the Duke's Mansion as a guest.
Wearing beads of the same color on her head, her outfit is not too flashy, but compared to everyone else's plain clothes, it still stands out.
Jiang Yu took Su Wan to greet the Duke, and happened to bump into them face to face.
Zhong Li'er was so surprised when she saw Jiang Yu that she couldn't move her eyes away from Jiang Yu.
This look made Su Wan very unhappy, and his expression naturally didn't look much better.
"I've met Prince Jiang!" Zhong Li'er saluted politely.
Polite, but not much.
Jiang Yu didn't give her a straight look.
