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Chapter 275: Legend of Zhen Huan - Yun Li 21

After Prince Guo's marriage was settled, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager shifted their focus on Prince Guo from getting married to having children.

Unfortunately, not long after, news came from Concubine Shu's side that Concubine Shu was not in good health.

When the Empress Dowager and the Emperor learned that Concubine Shu was seriously ill, they were both shocked.

Although Concubine Shu was practicing in Anqi Temple, she had always been in good health, with only occasional minor ailments. How come she was now seriously ill?

After inquiring from various sources, the two found out that this was closely related to Yunli's marriage.

Not long after Prince Guo got married, Concubine Shu seemed to have let go of some knot in her heart and her health gradually weakened. Within half a year, she was terminally ill and bedridden for a long time.

The emperor couldn't say anything about this matter, so he could only give some of his precious medicinal herbs to Concubine Shu.

When the Empress Dowager heard about Concubine Shu's serious illness, it was as if a stone that had been weighing on her heart was finally falling away. Her mood improved a lot, and some of her physical ailments seemed to have disappeared. However, only the servants in the Empress Dowager's palace knew about this, and people outside were unaware of it.

After Prince Guo learned about this, he brought his wife to stay by the bedside of the seriously ill Concubine Shu, taking care of her wholeheartedly. He also went to find some medicinal herbs to treat Concubine Shu.

Unfortunately, despite the careful care of Prince Guo and his wife, they were unable to keep Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu passed away in her sleep.

Seeing that Concubine Shu had "passed away", Prince Guo and his wife breathed a sigh of relief and asked people to prepare for the funeral, which was actually preparing the carriage, as they were going to Jiangnan next.

Prince Guo and his wife left the palace, pretending to be very sad, and went to the imperial palace, requesting the emperor to allow them to take Concubine Shu back to her hometown for burial.

Logically speaking, the concubines of the late emperor should be buried in the imperial mausoleum after their death and cannot be buried outside at will. Especially Concubine Shu was the late emperor's favorite concubine. After her death, she should be sent to the late emperor's side. If the civil officials knew about this, not only would Prince Guo be criticized, but even the emperor would probably be annoyed to death by those civil officials.

The emperor knew the consequences of this matter and originally wanted to bury Concubine Shu in the imperial mausoleum, but he gave in under the strong request of Prince Guo.

The Queen Mother had no objection to this.

Therefore, in the eyes of everyone, after the funeral of Concubine Shu, the coffin was carried into the imperial mausoleum. In fact, what was placed in the coffin was a piece of Concubine Shu's clothing. The real body of Concubine Shu was taken to Jiangnan by Prince Guo and his wife.

At least in the eyes of the emperor, who was an insider, it was the body of Concubine Shu that Prince Guo took away.

When Prince Guo arrived in Jiangnan, after the secret guards said that all the people sent by the emperor openly or secretly were not there, he and Su Qingqing each opened the door of the carriage containing the coffin.

There was no coffin in the carriage at this time, only Concubine Shu and two maids.

Concubine Shu had her eyes open at this time. Although her face was a little pale, she felt extremely relaxed.

She looked at Prince Guo and the others and said with a smile, "Yunli, we've arrived."

Prince Guo smiled and said, "Yes, mother, we have arrived."

The mother and son smiled knowingly, and Yun Li stretched out his hand in the direction of Concubine Shu, "Mother, let's get out of the car."

"it is good."

Concubine Shu got off the carriage with the help of Yunli and Su Qingqing.

Their carriage stopped in a bamboo forest. There was a courtyard in the forest. It looked like it had been newly built.

Seeing this, Concubine Shu nodded with satisfaction.

Yunli was relieved to see that his mother liked this place very much, and said to her, "Mother likes this villa very much. If there is anything you are not satisfied with, you can change it."

Concubine Shu patted Yunli's hand and said, "I loved the appearance of this courtyard when I saw it. I think you really put a lot of thought into it, and I think the interior is also to my liking."

"As long as mother likes it." Yunli helped Concubine Shu walk into the yard.

Concubine Shu smiled with relief, then glanced at Su Qingqing who was supporting her, and sighed in her heart.

I have thought more than once how great it would be if Su Qingqing was really my daughter-in-law.

At this moment, Su Qingqing was like a maid serving her, without any behavior of a daughter-in-law.

Originally, when Concubine Shu knew that Su Qingqing was someone Yunli had brought in to act in order to silence the gossips of the people, she still felt a little uncomfortable. But after spending some time together, Concubine Shu watched how the two of them interacted and thought that they would develop feelings for each other and turn their fake play into reality.

I didn't expect that the two of them didn't even develop any feelings for each other.

What Concubine Shu didn't know was that Su Qingqing had someone in her heart, but that person died when Su Qingqing was in love the most. Since then, Su Qingqing could never fall in love with anyone again. This is also one of the reasons why Yunli chose Su Qingqing.

Yunli was also afraid that the woman he invited to act in the play would fall in love with him unknowingly, and then, if she could not get the love she wanted, she would make their affair public, putting him in a difficult position.

After settling his mother, Yunli took Su Qingqing back to the capital.

As soon as he returned to the capital, Yunli went to the palace and asked the emperor for permission to garrison the northwestern frontier.

After Junggar was incorporated into the territory of the Qing Dynasty, some balances among the many forces in the Northwest were broken, and now the Northwest is in chaos.

Because those who had gone to pacify Dzungar Khanate before had returned with rewards and promotions, many generals wanted to go to the northwest to accumulate military merits.

But no one could return safely from the siege by those forces in the northwest.

In the end, the generals' desire to go to the northwest was extinguished.

There was no one available in the court, which gave the emperor a headache. At this time, Yunli took the initiative to request to guard the border. To be honest, the emperor was moved and felt that his younger brother really cared about him.

The emperor had this illusion, which can only be said to be that he was deceived by Yunli's disguise during this period.

At this time, the emperor had a very deep brotherly love for Yunli, especially since Yunli had just lost his mother and was going to a dangerous place like the northwest. For a while, he was reluctant to let him go to the northwest.

She did not immediately agree to Yunli's request, but sent Yunli away to discuss the matter with the Queen Mother.

When the Queen Mother learned that Yunli was going to the northwest, her first reaction was opposition.

"No, Yunli is still so young, how can he go to such a dangerous place as the northwest? Moreover, Yunli has just been married and his mother has just passed away. If Your Majesty agrees that Yunli go to the northwest, even if it is Yunli's own will, what will the ministers in the court think of you?"

The emperor naturally thought that if he agreed to let Yunli go to the northwest, some ministers would say that he was cold-blooded and intolerant of his brothers.

When the emperor ascended the throne, he wantonly suppressed his brothers. Naturally, the ministers had the impression that he was a cold-blooded and heartless emperor who did not recognize his relatives.

Once this matter spread, everyone would think that Yunli followed in the footsteps of his brothers and was suppressed by the emperor.