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Tang Quan should have been able to travel easily.

Lian Shang and his children were sorrowful as they rushed back to the Forbidden City.

After Xuan Ye had received the news of Cheng'e's accidental death from Red city's Tang Quan, he rushed back to the palace in a hurry. At this time, the harem was truly in a mess, as the one who died was his son after all, the empress was already grieving beyond control, and the empress dowager was used to having the empress dowager advocate the harem, so she was momentarily at a loss.

The day Xuan Ye returned, he first saw the empress dowager, then hurried over to the empress's side room to console her. Later that night, he came to Rong'er's side room.

"Ai!" Xuan Ye sighed. He didn't ask the palace maid beside him to salute or call Rong'er over. He just walked over to sit on the warm brick bed beside her and sat down quietly. Rong'er turned his head to look at Xuan Ye, and only after a long time did he regain his senses. He said while crying in excitement, "Your Majesty, Hu'er died …" "Hu'er died …"

Xuan Ye walked over and took the sleeping Caijing from Rong'er. He looked at it for a moment, then gently handed it to the wet nurse by his side. He lightly wiped Rong'er's tears and said, "I already know."

"Rui'er, Qing'er, Zhenhui are all gone, and now even Li'er is gone... "Your Majesty …" In the four years she had served the emperor, she had never seen the emperor shed a single tear. Under such circumstances, Rong'er was even more saddened as he threw himself at Xuan Ye's chest, tightly hugging Xuan Ye's waist and crying, "Your majesty … "Why can't the princes and princesses protect it …"

He held Rong'er and said slowly, "Since the succession of the previous emperors, I have always strived hard to advance for the sake of my ancestors, and I am willing to do my best for the sake of my people. However, why did the heavens treat me like this? I am the son of heaven, the ruler of a nation, and yet I cannot protect my children.

"No …" "It's not the emperor's fault …" Rong'er shook his head as he cried, "It's not the emperor's fault, it's our fault. We didn't take care of the princes and concubines properly, so we let one child after another fall into an accident."

Xuan Ye bitterly shook his head. "How can I blame you?" "In a few days, it will be the vernal equinox. We will meet in the morning in the eastern suburbs to pray for blessings." Xuan Ye paused before continuing, "At the beginning, I didn't dare to tell my royal grandmother about my son's sudden death, for fear that she would be sad. But I wanted to go back to the palace, and I couldn't hide this from her for a long time, so I had to tell her that my royal grandmother was extremely sad to hear that my son had died, and wanted to go back with me. How could I bear to let her see such a tragic scene."

The Old Ancestor must be very sad, Your Majesty." The Queen … "Very, very sad …" he whispered, wiping his tears.

"I know that I have already seen her. Since the funeral of Hu'er has been completed, I plan to take her to Red city's Tang Quan to relax. What do you think?" Xuan Ye asked Rong'er.

"Of course it's fine. The empress needs the emperor to be by her side right now. The empress dowager can comfort her there too, which will make her mood a little better." Gai Rong'er sincerely said.

"Rong'er, stop crying, okay? "We shall put our sorrow in our hearts. We are the kings, and when we worry about the common people of the world, our prince will grieve without us. However, seeing Rong'er like this, we will suffer even more." Xuan Ye softly said as he embraced Rong'er.

"Well, Rong'er will keep his sorrow in his heart, and I will go with Rui'er. They will take care of each other." Rong-er wiped the tears from his face with his hand, nodded, and whispered back.

"Mm …" Yes... "Yes …" The grief in his heart, however, was hard to resolve.

After the funeral of Kusu, the emperor first went to the first farm to plow the fields when he was frightened, and advised the people of the world to work as farmers. Afterwards, the autumn equinox was observed as a kind of sacrificial activity in the morning sun on the eastern outskirts of the city, in order to remember the "day" of the sun and the moon in heaven and earth, and to bless the Qing Dynasty with blessings.

During this period, the nobility also successfully gave birth to another dragon, but this time the imperial harem was shrouded in grief from the early death, which made the happy event less joyous. But after all, this was the second dragon, and the emperor was thinking of the death of his three sons and one daughter, and worried that the dragon vein of the Great Qing might continue, so he started with the name of 'Baoqing', hoping that the heavens would protect the Dragon Heir women of the Great Qing.

For the past few days, the empress had been grieving alone and had not seen anyone. As it was rare for her to be willing to see Rong'er, Rong'er entered the room and looked at the empress's haggard appearance. His hair was not tied into a flag as he casually draped it over his shoulders. The empress was no longer crying like before. She just sat there in a daze, watching Rong'er enter and calling out to him, "Rong'er."

"" Rong'er looked heartbroken. Ever since I was born, the smile on the empress's face grew wider. Now that I've lost my vitality, it's been a huge blow to the empress. " Elder sister, Cheng Ao is no longer here, you have to take note of your body. " Rong'er said with a pained expression.

"Rong'er, these days I've been thinking, why would the towel be tightly wrapped around her? She's been sick recently, so why would she be so careful? This is a prince, how dare she be so careless? " The empress's voice was low, but her eyes were brimming with tears. "Besides, this wet nurse was carefully selected by the Internal Affairs Bureau. She said she is very experienced."

"Has anyone else been in my sister's room?" Rong'er asked.

The empress was deep in thought as she slowly spoke. "Only Zhang agreed to come over after lunch. She's been coming to chat with me for the past few days …" The empress looked at Rong'er. "But there's no way she'd harm you."

Rong'er seemed to be deep in thought. He nodded and said, "Hmm, Zhang Qinghong lost his wisdom, so he shouldn't harm me. Besides, she was the one who watched over and grew up with him." Rong'er continued, "Has anyone else come?"

The empress slowly shook her head. "There are also some palace maids in the palace. They shouldn't harm me. Could it really be that the wet nurse is being careless?"

"Does the Shang Fang Academy have any results of investigations?" Rong'er asked.

Tears welled out of the empress's eyes again as she said in a low voice, "The Shang Fang Courtyard said that it was decided jointly with the imperial physician that the prince had suddenly caught wind in the middle of the afternoon and had wrapped himself too tightly, causing him to suffocate to death. They blamed the wet nurse for taking care of him."

"Ai!" Rong'er sighed softly. Seeing that the empress was crying again, she felt her heart ache, and her tears almost rolled out of her eyes. She quickly adjusted her emotions and walked to the empress's side to wipe her tears away, softly saying, "For such a thing to happen to Su'er, the people in this palace really grieve. But big sister is the empress dowager, so big sister's body shouldn't be lost in any way. Elder sister's mood is something Rong'er understands. " After all, Rong'er was the one who was watched by Rong'er as he grew up. But the Emperor was right, Big Sister is the Empress, not a mortal, and the Emperor needs you. The imperial harem needs you, so in order for the Emperor to not be distracted, Big Sister must restrain her grief and be strong.

"Rong'er, now that I am dead, I will take responsibility for it. As your eldest mother, I will also take responsibility for not being able to take care of you. I am ashamed of my wife. " The empress was weeping softly.

"Elder sister, don't think too much into it, okay?" "No one wants this sort of thing. Besides, these small matters are handled by the wet nurse. Elder sister, promise Rong'er that you won't think too much about it for your own body, okay?"

The empress knew that Rong'er was doing this for her sake and nodded her head slightly. Seeing the empress nod, Rong'er felt slightly more at ease. "Take a good rest with Emperor Tang Quan this time. Big Sister will definitely have a second prince. Rong'er believes in that."

After saying a few more words of consolation to the empress, Jia Rong'er returned to his room. Could it be Zhang Loki? Gai Rong'er thought for a while. She recalled what Zhang LEG Qi once said: "If you don't want me to be better, then don't want any of you to be better either." Then, she fiercely shook her head. Impossible, this is impossible, this is absolutely impossible, Hu'er was also watched by Zhang Le Qi as he grew up, how could she bear with killing Hu'er? Rong'er strongly patted her head, she must have thought about it, it should be absolutely impossible, it should be like Shang Fang Si had investigated.

At the end of February, the emperor and his wife went to the Chuncheng Tang Quan, and a short period of peace and quiet returned to the imperial palace. Rong'er was even more cautious as he took care of Sai Yin. He only hoped that the emperor would return soon.