Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 296: Assassination

However, on this day, Daiyu and Tanchun did not go, but asked Aunt Meng to deliver the funeral gifts on behalf of the Queen Mother and them.

Only Zijuan said that she was Jia's daughter no matter what, and if the empress dowager agreed, she would kowtow to Ning Gong's bloodline and send him off.

The Queen Mother nodded deeply: "You go, it's just right. Aunt Meng is not legitimate, so it's appropriate for you to go, and burn an extra stick of incense for your master."

Aunt Meng went with Zijuan.

The two of them bowed solemnly, expressed their regret, and then went to see Youshi.

Zijuan bowed to Youshi again and asked her to take care of herself.

While wiping her tears, Youshi asked her to go back and thank Lin Daiyu: "Governor Ding's wife came today and helped me with the arrangements, all for the sake of the princess.

"Rong'er's funeral was so dignified, all thanks to the tolerance of the Heavenly Family. Please kowtow to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager on my behalf!"

Everyone said a few polite words.

The auspicious time has arrived, and the funeral procession begins.

Everyone knew that the Emperor was in Jinling, so they did not dare to be extravagant and did not go around the city. They just sent him directly from the Jia Mansion to the outside of the city.

It had only been a few months since the Jia family buried the second wife of Rong Mansion, Wang, the eldest granddaughter-in-law of Ning Mansion, Qin, and the eldest son of Ning Mansion, Jia Zhen.

Youshi then ordered Jia Zhen to choose a place and point the hole to bury the coffin.

The onlookers were confused and quietly asked the old man next to them: "Shouldn't Rong Ge'er and his wife be buried together?

"Why are his father and son buried so close to each other, leaving his wife all alone beside him?"

Qin's identity was a secret known only to everyone in the capital. When she arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, no one knew about it except for a few blood relatives.

So everyone is confused.

Even several elders of the Jia family were confused and quietly asked Youshi, "Why is this happening?"

Yu Shi didn't know how to answer, so she kept silent.

The elders were displeased, so they sent someone to tell her: "If you are wrong, correct it immediately. Before the burial, at worst you can just dig another hole!"

"If we let this go on, it will be a joke to others in the future!"

But the Empress Dowager was in Jinling, and Youshi dared not bury Jia Rong and Qin Shi together, so she had to make up a lie:

"I only found out when I was calculating the crypt the day before yesterday. His two horoscopes are wrong.

"When they were alive, they lived in harmony. But if they died and were buried together, their family would be in turmoil and their descendants would be restless."

The elders were skeptical. However, the scene was so big, and there were people from the palace, so they had to endure it for the time being.

Yu-shih looked at the graves of her father and son, both of them in front of her, plus the grave of Qin-shih.

Thinking back to the Ningguo Mansion back then, no matter how many undercurrents there were, they appeared to be a harmonious and happy family.

There were four people in the family chatting and laughing at the table, but in just three or four years, I was the only one left!

Yu-shi suddenly turned around, threw herself down in front of Jia Zhen's tomb, and burst into tears: "My foolish master! You have caused me so much pain!"

Zijuan was the one who could understand her words the most. Tears began to fall from her eyes. She ignored Aunt Meng's attempt to pull her back and went forward to hug Youshi's shoulders, crying with her.

The identities of these two people were clear at a glance. When they cried, everyone realized how lonely they were.

Everyone in the Jia family below also burst into tears.

Feng Ziying couldn't help but wipe away her tears.

Gu Yong glanced at him, sighed, and patted his shoulder: "Brother Feng Shi is really a man of character!"

But Gu Yong was three points shorter than Feng Ziying, so if he wanted to pat him on the shoulder, he had to raise his hand high.

The sadness that Feng Ziying had just been brewing was completely wiped out by his raising of his hand.

I simply ignored the crying crowd and looked around. When I saw a direction, I was stunned!

Not far from the bustle here, a group of people stood far away.

The leader was Tai Shang who was dressed in black clothes, and the others beside him were also dressed in indigo, green, etc.

"Back then, I led 24 generals to sweep across the Central Plains and pacify the nine borders. I was well protected by them.

“But they all suffered in their later years, and it was not easy. The Northern King and his son passed away early.

"Mr. Ning was suffering from injuries and illnesses, and no medicine could cure him. He finally died.

"Although Rong Gong is in better condition, he still takes medicine every day. He even tried to make elixirs later on - Jia Jing learned the wrong thing from his great uncle.

"It's the same with those families. I originally said that I came here to find a chance to meet the King of the East.

"Who knew he was on patrol at sea again..."

At this point, the Emperor suddenly laughed at himself, "What's the point of talking about patrolling the sea? It's because of the matter of deposing the Crown Princess first. He has been blaming me and refusing to see me!"

Dai Quan tried to persuade him gently, "That's not true! The sea is vast and he didn't get any news, otherwise he would have come back long ago. We still need to stay here for a while. Who knows, tomorrow when he gets ashore, he might hear that you haven't left yet, and come here on Pegasus?"

Feng Tang and Ding Mingyi looked at each other, both shocked, and quickly looked away, keeping their mouths shut and saying nothing.

Just as he was saying this, suddenly two flying horses appeared in the distance and came towards this side!

Feng Tang frowned, urged his horse forward, and stopped in front of Tai Shang.

Ding Mingyi felt like he was facing a formidable enemy. With a glance, he ordered his personal guards and the best soldiers in the army to move forward and form a semicircle to protect Tai Shang.

When the two flying horses came closer, the two men threw off the saddles, rolled off the horses, and galloped forward. When they arrived in front of Feng Tang's horse, they raised their heads and bowed:

"May I ask if the Supreme Lord is here? I am a scout under the command of the Prince of Dongping, delivering a letter!"

Dai Quan was stunned: "Oh my, this is really the case! Speak of the devil and he will appear! He really has come!"

The Supreme Lord was immediately delighted and hurriedly ordered, "I am right here. Is the King of the East back?"

The two men knelt down on their knees, bowed their hands and looked up: "Greetings to the Supreme! Long live the Supreme!

"Reporting to His Majesty, the King of the East came back from patrol yesterday afternoon and heard that His Majesty had come to Jiangnan, so he ordered the two of us to report to you overnight!

"He immediately arranged for coastal defense and set out this morning. I believe he will arrive in Jinling tomorrow afternoon!"

One of them stood up, reached into his bosom, took out a letter and held it high: "This is the greeting letter from the East King to the Supreme!"

As he said that, he walked closer!

The Supreme was overjoyed and ordered: "Bring it here quickly!"

Feng Tang wanted to bend down to take it, but the man's steps happened to be three points faster and he ran towards him at a rapid pace!

Feng Tang felt something was wrong, and quickly turned his horse's head and shouted at the scout, "Stop! The letter is before the emperor, and the guards are passing it on! How can you be so rude..."

Before he finished speaking, the so-called scout suddenly jumped up, crumpled the letter with both hands, and threw a handful of crumbs towards the Supreme's horse!

"Protect the emperor!" Feng Tang shouted loudly!

Ding Mingyi had already sensed something was wrong, so without saying a word, he rushed over, grabbed Tai Shang from his horse and rolled to the ground!

On the other side, the guards and soldiers pointed their swords and guns at the scout!

At the same time, Tai Shang's horse, which was stained by the letter, suddenly neighed miserably towards the sky, and then fell to the ground with a bang!

That letter is poisonous!