C154 (1/2)

The fierce wind dispersed, and the people who were locked in place began to move once more. The empress supported each other, originally wanting to avoid the sandstorm, but at this moment, all was gone. The sky was clear, as if nothing had happened.

”Your Majesty, Empress!” someone shouted.

Siyan and Xiang Run turned over upon hearing the noise, and were shocked to see Xiaowan spitting blood on the ground. Siyan only felt her heart being dug out as she ran over and threw herself beside Xiaowan: ”Xiaowan, Xiaowan …”

”Siyan.” The emperor rushed over, hugged the empress, and ordered the palace to inspect the body lying on the ground.

The guard went forward to inspect, regretfully saying, ”Reporting to Your Majesty and Empress, Mu Xiaowan is already dead. I think it was because she was blown down by the wind and fell to her death. ”

”Impossible, impossible …” Siyan did not believe him and held onto the emperor's clothes. ”Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Xuan, Imperial Physician Xuan is here to save her. Your Majesty …”

Xiang Run indicated for the palace maid to go to Imperial Physician Xuan so he released her hand. Siyan then returned to Xiaowan's side and gently held her head in her arms.

The imperial physician quickly arrived and did everything he could to the Xiaowan. In the end, he was unable to turn back the situation, so he prostrated himself in front of the empress and advised, ”Empress, please grieve.”

”Save her, Imperial Physician, save her.” Siyan was agitated and begged them with all her might, ”Imperial Physician, save Xiaowan …”

The emperor stepped forward and snapped his wife's neck. With just the right amount of strength, Siyan collapsed into his embrace and lost consciousness.

He carried the empress in his arms and looked at the dead Xiaowan. Then, he ordered the palace maid, ”After you have helped her well, summon Ling out of the palace and bring his sister-in-law back.”

When Ershan received the news, he was told to go into the palace to pick up the Xiaowan, and the person who sent the message was probably afraid that he would be too agitated. At that time, he did not say it clearly, but when he went into the palace and saw the people who were already separated by Yin and Yang, he suddenly struck him.

”Lord Ling.” ”Hurry up and bring his back, so that Madam Ling's soul can return to his home and reunite with Manager Ling.”

Ershan was dazed for a moment before asking: ”How did she die?”

The palace maid then told him all the strange things, saying that the Xiaowan had flown up to the roof of the Announcement Hall, that she had used a big axe to smash the stone statue of the Divine Beast, that the wind was raging, and that everyone was blinded by the wind, that she had been blown away by the wind and had fallen from the roof.

This was a scene seen by countless people. The Emperor had also said that there was no need to hide it from him, and he had even ordered someone to inform Ling Yu that he would send two hundred kilometers worth of messages to Baisha County for him.

Inside the Ling Xiao Inn, when the Aunt Zhang opened the door and saw that Constable Li had brought along an official, how could she have known that something had happened to him? Hearing the words ”I'm sorry” and hearing the words ”Xiaowan is dead”, her vision went dark and she collapsed onto the ground.

After receiving the news, Susu cried herself to death. The whole family packed their things, bringing their child that was barely a few months old, and headed towards the capital.

They had forgotten to inform Master Mu. Only after going through Li Prefecture did they remember. They had no choice but to ask Constable Li for a visit.

When they heard that their daughter had died in the palace, Master Mu sat at the door and did not come back to his senses for a long time. When Madam Xu and his daughter returned from the town and saw the man sitting motionlessly in front of the door, he yelled from afar, ”You're going to freeze to death just like that.”

When she got closer, she noticed that her husband was crying. She hurriedly asked, ”What happened? or Wen Bao... ”

She got up and shouted: ”Wen Bao, Kong'er, where are you?”

”The Xiaowan is gone.” The Master Mu said.

”What's gone?” Madam Xu asked impatiently, but her heart skipped a beat, ”You're saying, Xiaowan... ”Dead?”

Master Mu covered his face and cried: ”My daughter is gone, my night … ”I'm sorry dad.”

When Aunt Wang came to ask her what had happened, she couldn't help but panic when she heard that the Xiaowan was gone. She hurriedly urged the Madam Xu: ”Hurry up and do something, don't make her ghosts go against you.”

”What, what can I do?” The Madam Xu was extremely frightened. She was really afraid that the ghost of the Xiaowan would come to her to seek revenge for her abuse.

”Prepare some candles, paper and money. Then, give Brother Mu some money to hire a carriage. He's my father after all, how can I not bring him back?” Aunt Wang thought quickly, ”No matter what, you finally did your job decently. If there's really something you have to say, you have something to say.”

Madam Xu quickly did as Aunt Wang told him and paid 10 taels of silver to the man to hire a carriage to the capital. She also said that she would burn some paper money at home to ask the monk to recite scriptures and so on.

No one would have thought that the first time they came to the capital, they would come to Ershan's official residence for this reason. They travelled day and night, and on the day they entered the capital, a heavy snowstorm fell, and the heaven and earth became a vast expanse of white.

Susu had yet to enter the door, but she had already fainted from tears, and Aunt Zhang went to look for Little Pei the moment she entered the door.

She had once seen Little Pei use his tears to cure Xiaowan's burnt leg. She felt that maybe the child could save his mother, but Lian Yi had told her that Little Pei had always been unconscious, and that the doctor had also visited the child before.

Uncle Biao and the white-haired Aunt Zhang had sent the black-haired man away. They had long treated Xiaowan as their daughter, and Aunt Zhang said while crying, ”If I had known earlier, I would have separated with you. Why didn't you come?

Master Mu arrived two days late and knelt beside his daughter's coffin, also crying sorrowfully. He said that if he didn't want to go to his daughter's side, he wanted his child to suffer, but no matter what he said now, it was useless.

Deep in the palace, the emperor went back to visit the empress in Culture Hall. After the Xiaowan was taken away, he thought that his wife would pester him to do whatever he wanted. However, after she woke up, she didn't cry nor make a fuss.

”Ling Yun came out to take a leave of absence. Tomorrow, he will send Xiaowan back to the Baisha County.” Xiang Run stood at the side of the beauty bed and said to Siyan, ”Can I accompany you to send her off?”

Siyan shook her head silently.

The emperor thought for a moment before asking, ”Yan'Er, are you blaming me?”