novelaction Chapter 328 Announcement
Chapter 328 Announcement
Jiang Xing quickly calmed down and wanted to go to the door to deal with Pei Fan immediately, but Lu Xuan held his shoulders and looked at him, as if he wanted to say something but stopped.
The red in his eyes had not yet faded, and he looked at Lu Xuan with some confusion.
Lu Xuan spread out her palm, and the broken silver needle lay quietly in her palm.
Jiang Xing immediately understood what she meant.
He felt a little reluctant and took a deep look at the empress dowager's face before saying with a nasal voice, "Put it back in."
The silver needle was shot there by someone with ulterior motives. I'm sure someone would check it out at the funeral.
If that person found out that they had noticed, it would not be a good sign.
Lu Xuan took a deep breath, kept half of it, and inserted the outer half back into the empress dowager's temple.
The door of the bedroom was opened.
Pei Fan looked at the people in the hall with red eyes, all of them sobbing with their heads down, and poked his head in with some confusion.
"Your Majesty, outside..."
Before he could finish, Jiang Xing's sad voice sounded.
"Announce to the world, the Queen Mother has passed away."
Pei Fan was so surprised that he forgot to blink. After a while, he knelt down deeply with a "dong" sound, and said, "Your humble servant will report this to the emperor. Please accept my condolences, Your Highness!"
The funeral bells tolled in the palace.
Because four people died at the door, all the palace servants wanted to escape from the Cining Palace.
At this moment, they had all been stopped and returned to the bedroom.
Jiang Xing swept his eyes over the crowd, his eyes were sinister, and it seemed as if just one look from him would take someone's life.
"Who takes care of the Queen Mother's daily life? I just spoke to her for a few words, and she passed away! Each of you must take responsibility!"
The palace servants had already been frightened by the news of the Queen Mother's death, and now seeing Prince Jin so gloomy and cold, they were even more silent, as if a cicada was terrified.
"Your Majesty, no, it's not us who's taking care of her. We were only recently transferred to the Cining Palace. Usually, it's Aunt Yinpei who takes care of the Queen Mother..."
An inconspicuous little palace maid, perhaps worried that the disaster would bring her own life to danger, stood up and tried to defend herself urgently when she saw that no one was speaking.
With someone taking the lead, other palace servants responded one after another.
"Yes, I just came here these two days too!"
"Me too. When I came here, Shaoyao and the others were already there. It's none of my business..."
"The peonies are all dead..."
The Shaoyao they were talking about was the senior palace maid who served the empress dowager before.
Jiang Xing put his hands behind his back and did not answer anyone.
He paced back and forth, his gloomy and low-pitched footsteps sounding like the countdown to the death by the King of Hell.
Only after all the palace servants' frantic excuses died down did he stop and ask, "Where is that Aunt Yinpei you're talking about? Bring her over here. I want to question her myself!"
"My aunt is not feeling well and has been resting in her room these days. I will go and invite her right away!"
The palace maid who had taken the lead earlier was the first to step forward and respond. After getting Jiang Xing's approval, she hurried out.
The bodies of several palace servants who died outside the door had been cleaned up by Pei Fan's men. The remaining people in the room stood in two rows, trembling with fear and suffering.
Jiang Xing glanced at the crowd and spoke grimly, "If Aunt Yinpei comes, and it's true as she says, then you'll all be off the hook. If she doesn't come, or if she denies the incident, then you'll all be buried with the Queen Mother."
His eyes were like a judge's pen. Wherever he looked, people would break out in cold sweat on their backs, and they would all pray that Aunt Yinpei would come.
However, the reality is always contrary to our wishes.
Not long after, the palace maid who had just gone out came back stumbling with a pale face.
"Reporting to the prince, Aunt Yinpei, she, she..."
Looking at the expectant eyes in the hall, she hesitated to speak, looking troubled, and the words were stuck, unable to start or finish.
"Oh, since you didn't bring anyone with you, that means you were lying." Jiang Xing said nonchalantly.
The palace servants in the hall were extremely anxious and winked at the palace maid, asking her to confess the matter as soon as possible.
After meeting everyone's almost threatening gazes, the palace maid finally spoke in a panic, "Aunt Yinpei, she...she passed away due to illness. The steward Zhou who was previously by the Empress Dowager's side also died from overwork while taking care of Aunt Yinpei..."
Jiang Xing raised his eyebrows and said nothing.
When the palace maids in the hall saw him like this, they were so frightened that they felt cold all over.
It’s over.
Jiang Xing mobilized the imperial guards outside the Cining Palace.
Her voice was cold and her eyes seemed to hold ghostly fire. "You are all soldiers loyal to Daliang. These servants of the Cining Palace harbored ulterior motives towards the Empress Dowager, which is why she passed away so suddenly. They were all imprisoned and buried with her."
The light sound sounded like thunder to the prisoners.
Suddenly, there was a lot of crying and wailing.
But after a while, they were all taken away.
Jiang Xing had amazing hearing. Before he had the chance to find out the specific cause of death of Aunt Yinpei, who had taken care of him since he was a child, he heard that a large number of people were coming this way.
His heart suddenly shook.
I forgot about the emperor!
He pulled Lu Xuan over, a flash of panic in his eyes. "We've arrived to see the Queen Mother for the last time. According to etiquette, you must attend the Queen Mother's funeral together with me. However, if you do this, I'm afraid you won't be able to avoid meeting your brother. I used to worry that your brother missed his wife and had improper thoughts about you, but now, I'm worried about another situation!"
Lu Xuan understood what he said.
The death of the Empress Dowager is a serious matter. As the daughter-in-law of the royal family, she has to show up.
But at the moment, they all suspect that the emperor killed Sister Siyu. If that is the case, they are not worried that the emperor will have any improper thoughts about her.
Instead, he was worried about the subtle nature of human beings, and that she would be upset because she had touched upon bad memories, and would want to kill her!
Lu Xuan glanced at the empress dowager's remains, and his gaze finally fell on Jiang Xing's unwilling face.
She pursed her lips and finally expressed her thoughts in a gentle voice.
"Hiding here and there isn't a solution. My mother treated me well, and I wanted to see her off. Plus, with all the events today, each one is inextricably linked, all to prevent us from learning the truth.
Earlier, there were palace servants outside talking about news about the prince, but before we knew what it was, that person was trampled to death by the crowd. It was obvious that the palace servants outside did it under the orders of someone unknown.
Why did those people trample the East Palace people to death? The most likely reason is that the person who said something happened to the Crown Prince is also suspicious! It is very likely that their purpose is the same as before in the East Palace, to divert our attention as much as possible, so as to give them the opportunity to attack the Queen Mother.
Both the person who reported the news and the palace maid who trampled on them were deployed by the other party, so I think there is nothing wrong with you letting all these palace maids be buried with him.
Moreover, based on the information we still need to know, if Jiang Yuanfeng is also in the palace, for your safety, I have to stay. Don't forget, I am in good health now, and he is the one who is injured! "
She pondered for a moment, "But right now, my mother's soul is still in my golden hairpin. If I try to lead her out from the palace, I'm worried that person will notice. So I'm afraid I can only stay with you for one night. Tomorrow, when everything is settled, I'll find an excuse to leave the palace and then lead her soul out to ask her about the reason!"
The determination in Lu Xuan's eyes gave Jiang Xing great strength. Unexpectedly, she was really ready to face everything with him, and even the plan was arranged so perfectly.
Holding her hand tightly, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes, filled with pain, were filled with emotion and affection, like a lake overflowing on a spring day.
"This is our filial piety to our mother. If anything happens to you this time, don't worry, I will not live alone. I will be with you in life or death."
The situation has developed beyond their control, and they can only face the unknown storm!