Becoming The Real Rich Daughter After Divorce

The whole hall was silent, and everyone was trembling because of this. They couldn't believe that Li Lingling of Cheng'en's Mansion, who had always been the first noble lady, was missing her head like this.

Queen Zhou said: "Everyone can punish the rebellious ministers and traitors! Princess Huai is so rampant that she deserves to die!"

Qiao Jinniang wiped the blood from her face with a handkerchief and said loudly: "The queen mother is wise and she is right. Li Lingling deserves her punishment."

A group of ladies also knelt on the ground and complimented the queen, saying that it was what she said.

On the ground, Li Lingling's head, which had not yet closed its eyes, was picked up by the guards with a piece of rag, carried in their hands and taken away.

In the mourning hall, although there were Taoist priests chanting sutras, the people kneeling felt extremely gloomy.

Qiao Jinniang followed the queen to the resting place in the side hall and asked softly: "Mother, just now Li Lingling said that she had poisoned my father. This..."

The queen said: "Your father is fine, just don't worry."

Qiao Jinniang felt relieved when she saw that the queen didn't have any worries, "Mother, there is another matter. My eldest sister is missing. I think the eldest sister's disappearance may be related to King Huai. I have sent the East Palace secret guards to investigate. It’s just that I don’t feel reassured…”

Queen Zhou said: "You don't have to worry too much about Qiao Ruoyun's disappearance. Since King Huai needs Qian Yin's troops, he will not take action against his beloved woman."

"The funeral ceremony for the Queen Mother is complicated. In the past few days, you have been managing the Shang Palace Bureau along with me, sharing my worries."

Qiao Jinniang responded.

The empress dowager's mourning period lasted for seven or forty-nine days. There were many rituals performed in the dojo every day, and all the high-ranking wives and concubines had to keep watch in front of her. However, people were not made of iron, and they could not keep watch all the time.

As usual, these betrothed women can return home and just come to keep vigil for a few hours every day.

Just because of the rebellion caused by King Huai in Chang'an, these courtiers and wives were not allowed to return home and were all left in Ziwei City.

Fortunately, there are not many mistresses in the palace, and there are not many concubines left. Most of the palaces are empty and can be accommodated by these lucky ladies.

It's just that there are so many married women and clan wives, and they can't wait to eat or drink.

The Shang Palace Bureau also needed to sew the Queen Mother's shroud and prepare jewelry and other utensils for the Queen Mother's burial. It was really busy for a while.

When Qiao Jinniang had some free time, she went to see Zheng Xiao, Mrs. Qiao and others. Mrs. Qiao saw Jinniang and said repeatedly: "Jinniang, Your Majesty has not shown his face for five days. Now all the wives are speculating whether the emperor is really the emperor." Are you poisoned?"

"What should we do? I heard that the war in the southwest is not going well, and now King Huai has ascended the throne in Chang'an.

His army may come to Luoyang at some time. What will you and Xi'er do? What should our Qiao family do? "

Zheng Xiao also held Qiao Jinniang's hand and said: "Nowadays, people's hearts are unstable. Mother heard the news from outside that many courtiers would rather abandon their wives who were imprisoned in the palace and go to Chang'an to join King Huai.

You and Xi'er are in great danger, and you are still pregnant with your child... The Qiao family still has hundreds of dead soldiers in Luoyang.

Why don't you let them protect you and Xi'er and hide in the mountains, saving the lives of you and your son? "

Qiao Jinniang said: "Does the Qiao family also have dead soldiers? Does the eldest sister have any dead soldiers who follow the Qiao family?"

Zheng Xiao said: "Yes, I wanted to follow you. Later, after the prince found you, your father found out that there were royal guards around you, so he removed the Qiao family's dead soldiers.

After Ruoyun and Li came back, we sent ten dead soldiers beside her. "

Qiao Jinniang became more and more relieved. The Qiao family had thousands of years of heritage, and the dead men were naturally not ordinary people, so Qiao Ruoyun probably wouldn't have any trouble.

Qiao Jinniang said to Zheng Xiao: "Mother, Xi'er is the grandson of the emperor, and there is absolutely no way he could escape out of fear of rebellious ministers and thieves. You can rest assured and rest."

Mrs. Qiao Er's eyes were red and she said: "How can I have a good rest now that things have happened? I heard that Xinan suffered defeats one after another. I wonder how my Feng'er and Wan'er are doing?"

Mrs. Qiao held back her tears and said loudly: "The Qiao family are all good sons and daughters with strong bones. As long as Feng'er and Wan'er can persist on the battlefield until the last moment, their participation in the battlefield will be worthwhile! "

Mrs. Qiao Er couldn't help crying anymore, "My child."

Qiao Jinniang said a few words of comfort and then returned to the mourning hall.

In the corner of the mourning hall where the betrothed women rested and drank water, there were people whispering inside.

"Li Lingling said before his death that the emperor was poisoned. Now His Majesty has indeed not shown up for five days. I just heard the news that officials such as the Minister of Household Affairs and the Minister of Dali Temple have gone to Chang'an to seek refuge with King Huai."

"Ah! But aren't their wives still in Luoyang?"

"Go to Chang'an and join King Huai. Your official career will be glorious in the future, and you will never have a wife!"

"Bah, what kind of fun can these rebellious ministers and thieves think of getting married in vain? To put it bluntly, if His Majesty is in Luoyang, there is still an emperor's grandson in Luoyang."

When the Empress Dowager lay in mourning on the 77th and 40th day, the weather had gradually warmed up, and a large amount of ice had to be used in the mourning hall.

Qiao Jinniang was even more afraid of the heat when she was pregnant, and she had trouble sleeping at night.

It was not an easy pregnancy for her when she was pregnant with Lu Xi, and she was also sad that her parents had just passed away, but Lu Chen was by her side at that time.

Somehow, she missed Lu Chen very much tonight.

They haven’t seen each other for such a long time, and he didn’t know if there was a letter coming from him. There were so many beauties in Xiliang Country, so would he take advantage of his absence to mess around with women in Xiliang Country?

Jinniang was tossing and turning, and Hongling beside her brought her a bowl of soothing medicine and said, "Your Majesty."

After Qiao Jinniang drank the tranquilizer, she fell asleep in a daze. Halfway through her sleep, she felt her body getting hotter and hotter. She opened her eyes and almost screamed in fright.

I saw that her body was covered with heavy objects, and she looked like a ghost pressing down on the bed.

It was only through the soft light of the full moon shining in from the bed that I could see the clear appearance of the man on my body, "You scared me to death! Why are you back?"

Lu Chen raised his lips and smiled slightly: "I heard from Hongling that you miss me very much today."

Qiao Jin put his arms around Lu Chen's neck and said, "I'm afraid that after you get the land of Xiliang, you will be so happy to be accompanied by a beautiful woman that you won't miss Shu, and you won't even want to be the crown prince of Datang."

Lu Chen kissed her forehead and said, "The beauty of Xiliang is not as good as one ten thousandth of the beauty of East Palace."

Qiao Jinniang said: "Why are you here in Luoyang? Have you ever been to Chang'an? King Huai has proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an for more than a month. When are you going to deal with him!"

Lu Chen said: "What the Empress Dowager cared about most during her lifetime was Prince Huai. Before she was laid to rest, she had to let Prince Huai go to hell to accompany her..."

Qiao Jinniang said: "I thought you were going to say that you have to wait until the Empress Dowager is buried in peace before you deal with King Huai!"

"The old witch has harmed me many times, and she wants to plot against me before she dies. How can I let her have an easy time?"

When Lu Chen was on the way, he had already heard that the Queen Mother's last words were that she looked down on Qiao Jinniang as the crown princess. It was obvious that the old witch did not want him to favor Qiao Jinniang alone before she died.