C36 (1/2)

After a long while, that door finally opened again. Ruan Qinghe walked out of the hall step by step while carrying Ping Yang's corpse, and muttered: ”Ping Er, I'll bring you home.”

A wave of sorrow filled Ruan Qinghe's entire body, causing no one to dare step forward.

The mournful sound of the bell echoed in the joyous day for a long time.

For three days straight, the Jubilee Palace looked lifeless and lifeless. Even though the Yang mama was guarding the door to the empress dowager's room, he still couldn't stop worrying.

”Yang mama, did something happen to the empress dowager?”

The atmosphere in the Jubilee Palace today was even more gloomy than usual, Huai Jin noticed that something was amiss and immediately asked Yang mama.

Yang mama looked inside the room and sighed. ”Today is the day of Grand Princess's funeral, but the empress dowager …”

”Is it Ping Er?”

The empress dowager's voice suddenly sounded from inside, but it was clearly a bit low.

”Yes.”

Just as Yang mama finished speaking, the closed door opened.

The empress dowager stood at the door, dressed in her usual attire, a trace of grief on her face.

”Ping Er... Accompany me to send Ping Yang off on her final journey. ”

When Huai Jin accompanied the empress dowager to Grand Princess Mansion, white silk had already been hung everywhere in the mansion.

When the empress dowager stepped into the Grand Princess Mansion, even before her soul was released, she could not stop her tears from streaming down. Without caring about his image, he supported Huai Jin and rushed towards the mourning hall.

”Please take care of my Phoenix Body, Esteemed Empress Dowager.” Someone in the crowd advised.

Huai Jin pulled the empress dowager up and comforted her with a few sentences. The empress dowager wiped the tears off her face, then stood up and looked at the arrangement of the mourning hall, her expression somewhat calm.

”What about Prince Consort?”

Huai Jin also looked around, she had not seen Ruan Qinghe when the empress dowager and herself arrived at the mourning hall.

”In reply to the empress dowager, Prince Consort felt too much grief and fainted. He's currently resting in the backyard.” someone replied from the side.

The empress dowager gave a cold snort and said angrily, ”Even if you're unconscious, bring it over to Wailing Home!”

The servant accepted the orders and rushed back to the backyard to invite Ruan Qinghe. After a while, Ruan Qinghe walked out from the backyard, looking miserable, his hair in a mess, as though he had just been woken up by someone.

The empress dowager looked at him and her face twitched, but when she thought about Ping Yang's mourning hall, she did not react. Ruan Qinghe walked forward, tidied his clothes, bowed, and arranged for the funeral.

Since there were still some time before the funeral, Huai Jin helped the empress dowager rest in a small courtyard in Grand Princess Mansion. Just as Huai Jin was thinking about how to make the Esteemed Empress Dowager leave him in the Grand Princess Mansion, he heard a commotion outside. After a while, someone came in.

With Zhu Yu's death, everyone was shocked, and all of them lamented her loyalty. The empress dowager also sighed, thinking that Zhu Yu's death would make her friends with Ping Yang's master and servant better, and that she should take a look herself. Hence, she got up and went to the mourning hall.