In the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month, there was just a heavy snowfall in Chang'an City, covered in silver. Although the dignitaries and nobles had the heart to hold furs around the fireplace to appreciate the snow, and recite poems and essays, it was difficult for those families who were poor and unable to afford firewood and charcoal to survive. In the past, the people who were worried about the cold weather in the palace were at most unknown eunuchs and palace ladies, but now there was a lingering and sickbed concubine Wu Hui.

Although the guards outside Jinhuazhai relaxed for a while, they immediately became tighter in a few days, so that all her information channels were cut off, and she had never seen her children for even a month.

As soon as Concubine Wu Hui entered the palace, she gathered thousands of favors for her whole life. Although she had experienced several tortures in giving birth to children, she successfully defeated Queen Wang and finally dominated the harem. How could she have experienced such cold reception? For the first time in her life, she had experienced how the out-of-favored concubines were alone in the empty room and quiet in the past, but at least they could step out of their palace gates and walk around, but she could only see the sky above her head. She survived tenaciously day after day, hoping that good news of the Eastern Palace's decree would be heard outside, but even such meager hopes became extravagant hopes.

There was no news or hope for her, and her body immediately collapsed rapidly.

During this cold season, only two braziers were burned in the huge bedroom. Concubine Wu Hui felt that her heart was colder than the weather. Although she was so thin that she was still trying to let Yaoguang help her stand up and staggered to the door of Jinhuazhai.

Even though Yaoguang wrapped her tightly with a fox fur, the cold wind that rushed towards her made her shiver several times, and her eyes immediately fell on the unfamiliar guards. At this moment, the out-of-favor Queen Wang, Concubine Zhao Li, Huangfu Deyi... the faces she thought she had forgotten suddenly turned around and appeared in front of her, making her even more upset.

"Get out, get out of here, you are all my defeated men, it's not your turn to laugh at me."

Wu Huifei waved her sleeves nervously, trying to extinguish these illusions, but as if she was mocking her. After the figure dissipated, it reunited not far away, and they all laughed. For these days, they were her lingering nightmares, and those guards outside who seemed like wooden men would not reveal a word. The only thing they would discuss privately was the growing rumors that Zhao Lifei's ghost was causing trouble. This also made it even more difficult for her to sleep. Even the calming fragrance that was used on Li Longji and used to help sleep was useless.

"Concubine Hui, Concubine Hui" Yaoguang hurriedly grabbed Concubine Wu Hui's arm, and she felt both hatred and afraid. As Concubine Hui's most confidant maid for so many years, she certainly knew that if Concubine Wu Hui had anything to do, she would not have any good endings. So she had to persuade, "Concubine Hui thinks about King Shou, King Sheng, and three princesses..."

Under Yaoguang's crying persuasion, Concubine Wu Hui's crazy attitude finally faded, but the person slid silently. Seeing that the prison guards outside the hall seemed to care about the master and servant, and no one even looked back, she felt that she had no place to express her anger, but more of them were regrets. She regretted that she thought too simply, such as fighting against the snipe and clam, the fisherman gained profits, and the three ruthless brothers Li Ying were not Li Longji's opponents at all, and she could not think of it as the fisherman. If she only wanted to deceive the three people into the palace and then cried in front of the imperial court, maybe the throne of the East Palace would have already been bought.

But what's the use of regret now? Li Longji has never lenient towards the enemy, whether her father, aunt, or wife, or son. Why is she the person next to her delusional? But she has a son, and Li Linfu once promised to support her son, why does it seem like there is no progress at all?

Being trapped by the imprisonment for many months and the double torture of physical and mentality, Wu Huifei suddenly felt dizzy and fainted and fell to the ground. Seeing this scene, Yaoguang was shocked. After calling Huifei for a while, she didn't care about how many nails she had hit in front of these guards. She carried her skirt and ran down the high steps. She grabbed a prison guard and cried and begged, "Please, please, please, please, please invite a imperial doctor for Huifei. Huifei has fainted several times in the past three days..."

However, what made her despair was that the guard just pulled her back with disgust and threw her to the ground, but ignored her repeated begging. The others seemed to be nothing like this and did not look at her at all. Faced with such a desperate situation, Yaoguang could only struggle to get up and stagger back to the door of Jinhuazhai. Seeing that Wu Huifei was still lying silently, she had to do her best to stumble back to the bedroom.

This Jinhuazhai was once the most lively place in the entire Xingqing Palace. It had the most well-behaved eunuchs and palace ladies, the most gorgeous utensils and decorations, and there were singing and dancing at all times. But now, there is nothing here. Even the eunuchs and palace ladies serving here have disappeared silently, as if they had never existed. Now only she and Wu Huifei are left. She has never even seen the figures of King Sheng of Shou and other princesses, and I don’t know if they were blocked from Xingqing Palace or had also encountered unexpected problems.

This time, it was hard to wake up Wu Huifei, who had tried and done so, and Yaoguang felt that his heart gradually sank into the abyss. She only felt that Wu Huifei's forehead was getting hotter and hotter, and her breath became more and more disordered. However, no matter how she tried her best, she could not find any feasible solution. Until finally, she sat in front of the bed and the scene when Wu Huifei was enthroned as Huifei appeared in her mind.

At that time, both Wu Huifei and her believed that it was very close to the day when they finally entered the palace mother Yi Tianxia, ​​but everything was their delusion. It was just a short distance away, and that step turned out to be a trench that could never be crossed.

When the news of Wu Huifei's death was reported to Li Longji one by one, the red pen in the hands of the Emperor of Tang suddenly fell. He did not use other excuses to cover it up, and his face suddenly became extremely dull. After a while, he ordered Gao Lishi who was accompanying him: "Lishi, go and handle it with Taichang Temple in person. According to the Queen's Etiquette, I sent her the words that I could not satisfy her before her death, and now that she is dead, I can still give her a glorious funeral."

Queen's Rite Send

The other eunuchs and palace servants in the palace who stood with breath were all terrified. Since they were beside the emperor, they could detect some information even if they couldn't hear it. Concubine Wu Hui was resting in Jinhuazhai due to fear and hysteria. This was the news that they claimed to the outside world, but they could vaguely guess what the facts were. But it was the emperor who left Concubine Wu Hui in Jinhuazhai and fled himself, but now he decided to use the queen's ritual to hold a funeral for him. What does this mean?

Gao Lishi followed Li Longji for 30 years, but he seemed to have expected this. He responded respectfully and then asked again: "Do you dare to ask your Majesty, is the posthumous title determined by Dr. Taichang or is it personally drafted by Your Majesty?"

"If I hand it over to those doctors Taichang, I don't know what kind of farce will be. That's it... the posthumous title, Empress Zhenshun"

Concubine Wu Hui died and was posthumously named Empress Zhenshun

Such news spread all over the streets overnight. Even the three princesses, Shou King Sheng, and Shangxian, Xianyi and Taihua, who had been blocked outside the palace and had not seen their mother for several months, were all stunned. They also suspected that their mother was rejected by her father because of the deposed Li Ying and the three of them. However, when Concubine Wu Hui died, she was finally the queen. This undoubtedly broke all previous speculations. If Concubine Wu Hui really fell out of favor, Li Longji could just hold a funeral casually. Why bother to posthumously and handle it?

You should know that the Queen of the First King has long been deposed as a commoner. This is the only concubine in the harem today who was honored by the queen, even after death

Therefore, Princess Xianyi's son-in-law Yang Huishu was generous and immediately came to Shouwang's house to see Li Mao. Seeing that the brother-in-law had a look of good looks, he said bluntly: "Although the king is sad, he still needs to cheer up and not let the late Queen Zhenshun's efforts be wasted. You must know that since the queen is honored, the king will be the legitimate son of the East Palace Xuxuan in the future. He should always be the legitimate first and then the eldest, and the king is the natural candidate. Moreover, I heard that Princess Shou has entered the palace several times recently. As a daughter-in-law, she is the first person to be trusted by His Majesty. Why should the prince worry about?"

As a prince, Li Mao, Prince Shou, naturally, would not have been moved by the supreme throne, but now that his mother has been mourning, his brother-in-law will inevitably feel a little hesitant when he talks about this. After Yang Hui repeatedly persuaded him to go to Yuzhen Temple to pick up Princess Shou in person, he barely said, "Since that's the case, I'll go there. No matter what, if my mother has passed away, she should come back to mourn."

In Yuzhen Temple, Princess Yuzhen and Princess Gu'an were also personally packing Yunu and preparing to send her back to the Shouwang house. Even though she was reluctant to let her go back, Wu Huifei was her mother-in-law after all. As a daughter-in-law, Yunu had all kinds of obligations to fulfill. So, when the news came from outside that Prince Shou personally welcomed the princess home, Princess Yuzhen couldn't help but snorted coldly: "So he is not stupid yet."

Not stupid? I heard that the emperor had frequently summoned Princess Shou, so he should have made some moves. He has been delayed until today. Concubine Wu Hui was smart and confused for a while, so she gave birth to such a son who could not stand on the wall.

Princess Gu'an laughed secretly, but with Princess Yuzhen, personally sent Yu Nu out of the door, reminded Li Mao to say a little more, and then looked at the train and horses far away. When the person left and returned to the room, Princess Yuzhen couldn't help but ask Princess Gu'an with concern: "As far as Awu did such a thing, brother Ah Wu could not tolerate her. It has been obvious that he had imprisoned her in the palace for several months. So why did he posthumously grant him the queen? Is it really intentional to kill his mother and establish a son, and thus prohibit the possibility of some harem Yu Zheng in the future?"

"This is an old thing Emperor Wu of Han has done, but it is hard for others to guess His Majesty's thoughts. But..." Princess Gu'an paused and then said in a low voice, "The King of Shou now occupies half of the word "legal", but if you want to talk about the eldest son, although King Qing is still denied the preface, there are still King Zhong. There are people who occupy the eldest son, and it depends on how His Majesty chooses.

Princess Yuzhen has been through the palace changes many times, and at this moment, she has understood the profound meaning of Princess Gu'an. If Prince Zhong is regarded as the Eastern Palace, then, Prince Shou Li Mao will not mention it. Li Linfu, the Central Secretariat who has always supported Li Mao, will naturally take Prince Zhong as a thorn in his eyes. The Eastern Palace will definitely be firmly restrained and it will be difficult to make any abnormal movements.
Chapter completed!