The sky is a little gloomy.
On both sides of the road inside and outside the capital were crowds of people watching, and dark coins kept falling from the sky.
"I heard that the Queen Mother was plotting rebellion and committed suicide out of fear of guilt."
"Once the Queen Mother died, the entire Feng family was imprisoned. Something must have been committed."
"The Queen Mother's rebellion must be to pave the way for Prince Zhuang. Why is Prince Zhuang okay?"
"Isn't he just a sick man? He had to be supported when walking. I saw that he died with the Queen Mother before he even reached the imperial mausoleum."
"What great things can happen to a sick child? The Emperor is so kind that he naturally spares his life."
While the people were discussing, they saw Chu Rui spit out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.
A group of eunuchs came to persuade: "Your Highness, it is better to sit in the sedan chair. The Queen Mother does not want you to abuse your body like this..."
Chu Rui stood up with difficulty and said weakly: "I am sending the Queen Mother on her last journey for my father. I cannot fall."
He forced himself to move forward.
The few serving eunuchs couldn't help wiping their tears and trying their best to support his body.
Amidst the low sound of gongs and the sad sound of suonas, the funeral procession slowly approached the imperial mausoleum. The journey that originally took two hours took four hours.
Finally arriving at the imperial mausoleum, Yun Chu pushed and woke up the two sleeping children.
Next, there was a complicated burial ceremony. The Ministry of Ceremonies stood at the top and read the eulogy. The royal family members came forward one by one to kowtow to the coffin of the Queen Mother.
Yun Chu and Chu Yi knelt together. The family of four slowly came forward and knelt on the futon. They did whatever the Ministry of Rites said. After three kneels and nine kowtows, they stood up and knelt beside them to continue waiting.
By the time everyone in the royal family kowtowed, the sky had completely darkened.
With the sound of a bell, the Queen Mother's coffin was carried into the late emperor's mausoleum and buried with the late emperor...
The scene echoed with wailing sounds.
The day's tiring journey was finally over, the imperial mausoleum arranged a vegetarian meal, and everyone was finally able to sit down and take a rest.
Yun Chu and Chang Sheng sat at the female family members' table. This table included the Crown Princess and her three young daughters, Princess Gongxi and her eldest daughter, Yun Chu and Chang Sheng. There were exactly eight people sitting at the same table.
Everyone at the table was very tired. They had set out before dawn and had been kneeling since they arrived at the imperial mausoleum. Even a hard-core person couldn't bear it.
But the children were obviously not tired. The prince's three daughters kept chattering, and Chang Sheng looked in their direction curiously.
"Chang Sheng, I heard that you can talk?" The prince's eldest daughter is ten years old this year and is already a big child. She stood up and came over to hold Chu Changsheng's hand, "Are you willing to play with us?"
Chu Changsheng glanced at Yun Chu, who nodded encouragingly. The little girl then boldly said: "Okay."
"It turns out you can really speak." The prince's second daughter was six years old and spoke a little arrogantly. "I thought you were always a little mute."
Yun Chu said: "Chang Sheng just doesn't like talking, but he can actually talk a lot."
"Let's go and play there." The second daughter of the prince grabbed Chu Changsheng's arm, "I just saw a lot of beautiful stones over there, let's go pick them up."
The Crown Princess smiled and said: "It's rare that Chang Sheng nods. Let's let Chang Sheng play with us. There is no need to worry if there are servants following."
Yun Chu stood up and said, "Chang Sheng is timid, so let me go with you."
She hoped that Chang Sheng would integrate into the clan, but she was also worried that Chang Sheng would be ignored because of his bad words after following her, which would easily break the child's heart.
She knew she had to learn to let go of her children, but not now.
"Princess, Princess Gongxi, please excuse me for a moment."
Yun Chu took Chang Sheng and followed several girls to the other side.
There was a dry river filled with small stones in various colors. The little girls were immediately attracted to it.
"Chang Sheng, do you like this?" The eldest daughter of the prince took great care of Chang Sheng and handed over a green stone, "I'll give this to you."
Yunchu knew that Chang Sheng didn't like green.
She wanted to see how Chang Sheng would refuse.
Chang Sheng nodded: "I like it, thank you sister."
Then he carefully grabbed the green stone into the palm of his hand.
Yun Chu felt a little sour in his heart.
This was probably the first time that an outsider gave Chang Sheng a gift. Even if the little girl didn't like it, she accepted it with great appreciation.
This is a great start.
She smiled and said: "Chang Sheng, let's find some beautiful stones and give them to our sisters, shall we?"
Chu Changsheng nodded with bright eyes.
In the distance, Concubine Yin saw this scene and nodded happily.
She realized once again that Yun Chu was treating her children sincerely and that Chang Sheng was getting better and better, mostly because of Yun Chu.
Concubine Yin stood up, left the table and walked to Yun Chu: "I saw that you haven't eaten a few mouthfuls of food. You have been hungry all day without eating. You go to eat, and I will look after Chang Sheng."
At the beginning of the meal, she saw that Yun Chu had been feeding Chang Sheng. After Chang Sheng was full, she went to play. Yun Chu really didn't take a bite.
Since Yun Chu is sincere to her children, she, the mother-in-law, naturally has to be sincere.
Yun Chu nodded: "Then I'll trouble my mother and concubine."
She knew that before she appeared, Concubine Yin would always bring Chang Sheng with her on such occasions, so there was nothing to worry about.
She returned to her seat and continued her meal.
She had no appetite after a day of exhaustion, but she knew she had to eat because she would have to continue kneeling tomorrow morning, otherwise her body would not be able to hold on.
While eating, she suddenly heard a burst of crying.
Her fingers suddenly paused and she stood up suddenly. It was Chang Sheng who was crying.
She threw down her chopsticks and walked towards the river, but found that the children were no longer there, but went to the flowers on the edge.
In the dusk, the three daughters of the Crown Princess, plus the eldest daughter of King Gongxi, four girls surrounded Chang Sheng.
Chang Sheng cried loudly, and then suddenly rushed towards the prince's second daughter. The prince's second daughter pushed hard, and Chang Sheng fell backwards.
Yun Chu never knew that he could walk so fast, fast enough to catch Chang Sheng.
If she had been slower, the back of Chang Sheng's head would have hit a rock. She couldn't even imagine what the consequences would be.
"How is this going?"
Yun Chu suppressed the anger in his voice and asked in a deep voice.
"It's just children making noises." The Crown Princess and Princess Gongxi arrived belatedly, "How can there be children who don't make noises?"
"Four elders bullying the youngest one, this is not called arguing, it is called bullying." Yunchu said word by word, "I want to know why?"
The crown prince's second daughter suddenly shrank behind the crown princess and hid.
The eldest daughter of the prince said, "It's nothing. They just grabbed this stone. Here, give it to sister Chang Sheng."
Chang Sheng refused to pick up the stone and cried out of breath: "The ruby pendant... she took it away..."
