The Ministry of Rites was also shocked that Shen Zhuo's coffin was left unburied, calling it against the laws of nature and human relations, and contrary to the ancestral etiquette.
The Minister of Rites prepared three memorials in three days and presented them directly to the emperor, so he had to go directly to the palace to make a speech in person.
Xiao Yi's imperial pen Zhu approved three big "readings", and then ordered the Minister of Rites to go to the north to deal with the snow problem, and set off immediately.
"That's unreasonable! How could he do this?! No, get out of my way and I'll go and reason with him."
"Hutou, calm down!"
In the corridor not far from the Imperial Study Room, two people wearing Chu Hong's official robes were pushing each other imagelessly.
One of them was dark, tall and strong, like half an iron tower, with an angry look on his face. This man was Xu Haozhi, the Marquis of Yongyi. The person dragging Xu Haozhi out by his robe was his sworn brother Qu Moran, who was also a first-grade marquis.
In the entire court, the only person who dared to poke Xiao Yi Nilin directly, besides Lin Feifeng, was the hot-tempered Xu Haozhi.
When Xiao Yi was still an inconspicuous prince, Qu Moran and Xu Haozhi met him at a young age. The three of them had similar temperaments, similar ambitions, and were similar in age. It was the time when they were young and energetic, so the three of them imitated the ancients, We were married in Zhuyuan.
Qu Moran is the oldest, Xiao Yi is the second, and Xu Haozhi is the youngest.
Later, during the Battle of Nanxia, Xiao Yi met Lin Feifeng, who disguised himself as a man and went by the pseudonym "Lin Fei". Xiao Yi also liked her very much and cherished each other, so he recognized him as his fourth brother.
From then on, the four of them, whether on the battlefield or in the strange court, advanced and retreated together through wind and rain, and formed a true life-and-death friendship.
"Calm down, let me calm down! He likes the fourth sister and wants to make the fourth sister the queen. I have no objection, but he won't let the second sister-in-law be buried. What's going on?!" Xu Haozhi was very angry.
"I don't care, even if he wants to chop off my head today, I will let my second sister-in-law be buried in peace!"
"Your Majesty has his own reasons for doing this." Qu Moran held Xu Haozhi tightly. Although he looked like a white-faced scholar and scribe, his force value was higher than Xu Haozhi's.
Qu Moran didn't say anything, but Xu Haozhi became even more furious when he mentioned this problem. He glared with copper eyes and said angrily: "Bah! You said the same thing when the second sister-in-law was demoted to the cold palace."
"You said that the second sister-in-law is simple-minded and not good at fighting with others. It is not necessarily a bad thing to be in the cold palace to keep her away from right and wrong. What's the result? The second sister-in-law was burned to death in the cold palace, and even the life of the little stone is uncertain!"
"Yes, the second sister-in-law is not as good as the fourth sister in leading battles and making suggestions, and she is not as popular with you as the fourth sister, but the second sister-in-law is so heartfelt to her brothers, how can she be sorry for everyone?!"
"You and I were injured many times, and it was the second sister-in-law who took care of you. You were falsely accused, and it was the second sister-in-law who asked the Shen family to protect you. I was too poor to eat, so it was the rice and noodles given by the second sister-in-law, who is my wife. That's what my second sister-in-law did for me!"
"Qu, you can cheat your conscience, but I can't!"
Shen Zhuo was floating in the air, watching the two people arguing, and his eyes felt sour. It turns out that not everyone is a white-eyed wolf. Many things were so long ago that she couldn't even remember them, but they were cherished in her heart.
With a "Peng" sound, Qu Moran punched Xu Haozhi in the abdomen.
"If you want to die, go ahead." Qu Moran let go of his hand angrily and stared at Xu Haozhi.
"Just go, will I still be afraid of death?!" Xu Haozhi stared back in the same way. After that, he strode to the imperial study room.
Qu Moran is a master of both civil and military arts, and he is as wise as a demon. He stopped Xu Haozhi because it was probably really dangerous to go there. Shen Zhuo felt anxious and hurriedly floated up to follow Xu Haozhi.
As he approached the main entrance of the imperial study, Shen Zhuo suddenly caught sight of a familiar face from the corner of his eye. Although the other party deliberately lowered his head to hide it, Shen Zhuo could recognize the other party, Xiao Wei, even with just one glance!
Shen Zhuo was shocked, hadn't he left the palace long ago? Why are you here again, still wearing a eunuch uniform? !
Shen Zhuo was so horrified that his soul almost disappeared. She immediately abandoned Xu Haozhi and drifted to Xiao Wei's place. Unexpectedly, Xiao Wei was wearing two crutches, and Shen Zhuo actually lost him.
Just when Shen Zhuo was so anxious that he was flying around the palace like a headless fly, Xu Haozhi asked Xiao Yi to kick him out of the imperial study.
"Get out." Xiao Yi's eyebrows were cold and stern, and his voice contained a hint of violence.
"If you don't let the second sister-in-law be buried, I will carry the coffin myself and bury her in all her glory!" Xu Haozhi glared at Xiao Yi with his neck stiffened.
"How dare you!" Xiao Yi's eyes sharpened, and his murderous intent suddenly appeared.
"What do I...um..."
Before Xu Haozhi finished speaking, Qu Moran asked him to cover his mouth from behind and tap his soft tendon points. Then he was handed over to two forbidden soldiers and dragged away.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will take good care of him." Qu Moran saluted Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi said nothing, only waved his hand, with a hint of exhaustion in his expression.
When Qu Moran turned around to leave, Xiao Yi's light and sad voice came from behind him.
"If you are buried, the person will be gone."
Qu Moran paused, but did not look back. He only slowed down and walked out.
"When you acquiesce to the fire, people will be gone." Qu Moran sighed softly in his heart.
The queen's canonization ceremony is held on the day before the New Year's Day, which is grand and grand.
Hundreds of armored guards and palace ceremonial attendants lined up on both sides of the palace gate. When the auspicious time comes, melodious and majestic bells ring over the entire palace, followed by solemn ritual music playing in the main hall, and hundreds of officials dressed in official uniforms slowly walk into the main hall.
Xiao Yi was sitting on the dragon chair wearing a black and red gold embroidered dragon crown.
Amidst the sounds of ritual music, Lin Feifeng, dressed in a red phoenix robe with gold on a black background and a emerald phoenix crown with red gold dots on her head, walked up the eighty-one steps in front of the palace step by step. The noble and grand costumes could not suppress the bright and beautiful look on Lin Feifeng's face.
As soon as she stepped into the hall, the ceremony officer sang loudly: "Bow~~" Then all the officials in the hall knelt down and bowed to her nine times.
Lin Feifeng passed through the officials and walked towards the man on the supreme throne, her husband, with a smile on her face.
It turns out that this is the final ceremony. Shen Zhuo was floating in the air in the hall with disheveled hair, watching all this with unwillingness, envy, or sadness.
Lin Feifeng stepped onto the imperial stage, Xiao Yi stood up and stretched out his hand to her. Lin Feifeng put her hand on Xiao Yi's palm reservedly.
Shen Zhuo's eyes suddenly focused on Lin Feifeng's wrist, where she wore a white jade bracelet.
The workmanship of the jade bracelet is not fine. The jade is crystal smooth and delicate, which is of the highest quality, but that's all. A jade bracelet of this quality should never have appeared in the hands of the mother of a country, let alone such a grand ceremony for conferring the queen.
Shen Zhuo stared at the white jade bracelet intently, a stinging pain came over his eyes, as if he was about to shed tears of blood, and his heart felt like a big hole was punctured, and the cold wind howled by.
With a "click", something broke in the deepest and most secret place in her heart.
In the weddings of the Tiansheng Dynasty, there was a very important custom that the bride should wear a bracelet given by her mother-in-law at the wedding. The more expensive the bracelet, the more it shows the husband's family's respect and attention to the bride.
Xiao Yi's mother-in-law died early, and he was raised under the knees of Concubine De. When Xiao Yi and Shen Zhuo got married, Concubine De also gave them a pair of top-quality jade bracelets.
But on the wedding day, Shen Zhuo did not wear the pair of jade bracelets, but the inconspicuous white jade bracelets, which were exactly the pair on Lin Feifeng's wrist.
This white jade bracelet is indeed not a famous product, but it took Xiao Yi a month to polish it by himself. Shen Zhuo remembered that Xiao Yi took the jade bracelet and said to her: "If others have it, you should also have it. Although my mother is gone, I can give it to her on her behalf."
Shen Zhuo still remembers how foolish he looked at that time. He held the white jade bracelet and kept giggling all day long, treating it like a treasure. For more than ten years after that, she never left her body. Even when she was in the cold palace, she was dressed in common clothes and had all her hairpins removed, but she kept wearing these bracelets until her death.
She once thought that this was Xiao Yi's unspoken affection for her.
As a result, in the end, the bracelet was not for her, but for his bride. After knowing her for sixteen years and being together for twelve years, had she ever been in his heart?
The ceremony officer began to read out the imperial edict.
Shen Zhuo's already fluttering robes and hair that were flying like ghosts suddenly stopped. The previous thought of pretending to be mysterious and making a scene at the ceremony disappeared in an instant.
What is she doing? When he was alive, he tried his best to get no favor from Xiao Yi, so why bother to humiliate himself after death.
All the efforts she made were due to her wishful thinking and self-righteousness.
For a moment, Shen Zhuo was disheartened. She looked at the two people standing side by side on the high platform from a distance. One was domineering and the other was confident and flamboyant. They were a perfect match.
If she hadn't forced Xiao Yi to marry her, would the Shen family still be there? Could Xiao Yi have stayed with Lin Feifeng earlier?
All the bitter consequences are due to one's own delusional thoughts.
Shen Zhuo closed his eyes. Perhaps, letting her die without a burial place and become a wandering soul in the world without reincarnation is the punishment for her willful behavior.
fair enough.
Shen Zhuo's mood gradually calmed down, and when she opened her eyes again, her eyes were filled with silence and no waves. Pain, unwillingness, anger and resentment were slowly withdrawn from her soul like a gossamer.
Shen Zhuo suddenly felt warmth coming over his limbs, and his body seemed to become lighter and lighter. She looked down and found that her soul was slowly dissipating.
There was a faint sound of solemn and simple bells in the distance, and the blue sky and white clouds outside the hall seemed to be filled with golden light.
At this moment, Shen Zhuo finally understood that after death, he did not mean to rest in peace, but to let go of his obsessions. It turns out that at this moment, I really let go.
Shen Zhuo let the soft warmth wrap around him and slowly rise.
If there is an afterlife, I hope I will never have wishful thinking again and never meet someone like Xiao Yi again.
"The ceremony is completed~~~~" the ceremony officer sang the promise loudly.
"Master, why didn't the soul restrainer capture the wandering soul just now?"
At some point, two Taoist priests appeared outside the main hall, one old and one young, both wearing Ge robes. All the officials and guards inside and outside the palace seemed to turn a blind eye to the two people, as if they were invisible.
"Emperor Shengwu unified the Yagu Continent and created the prosperous age of Yuanjing. He is a man of great merit. He will be the Human Emperor, so God will naturally give him a chance for his obsession."
"Master, aren't you afraid that Emperor Shengwu will go crazy and cause chaos in the realm of reincarnation?"
The old Taoist priest chuckled, stroking his beard.
"Yinling Mountain is good. Master and disciple, you and me, should practice there for a hundred or two hundred years."
