"Sister Ming, His Royal Highness may have already known that you were punished. Moreover, you can't possibly reach him right now." The maid looked anxious.
"It's okay. His Royal Highness must be in the altar room currently. Let's go there," said Ming Xian'er while gnashing her teeth. She wouldn't allow Ji Youran to get all the benefits – getting rid of her and earning a good name at the same time. "Do we still have the mourning clothes they gave me yesterday?"
"Yes, I put it in a cabinet yesterday," the maid said hurriedly.
"Have you washed them?"
"Not yet. I was too worried about you and didn't have time to do any laundry," said the maid. She had been wandering around the woodshed for the whole night, thinking about how to rescue Ming Xian'er. After she woke up this morning, she was called away to do some work. Then she finally had a chance to sneak out.
"Go clean the stain on the mourning clothes immediately and bring them to me. It doesn't matter if the stained part is still wet," said Ming Xian'er.
"Sister Ming, leave it to me!" The maid quickly wiped her tears off and ran outside. She didn't understand Ming Xian'er's intention, but she trusted her unconditionally. In her eyes, Ming Xian'er was a brilliant woman, and any solution she came up with must be a good one.
Meanwhile, both Pei Luo'an and Ji Youran were in the altar room.
The longer Pei Luo'an stayed in the altar room, the more profound people would think his love for Ji Hanyue was, which would only bring him more benefits. Ji Hanyue's father was Ji Yongming, Earl Ling'an, the Suppressor General, who was as influential as Liu Xiangshan, the Guardian General, in the military field.
The affection Pei Luo'an showed to Ji Hanyue would make those military men have good impressions of him.
It also could prevent people from suspecting him of murdering Ji Hanyue and Ji Yongming.
Regardless of what Qu Qiuyan had done before, he had to stay with Ji Hanyue's coffin anyway. More than that, he planned to remain in the altar room two days in a row and then pretend to pass out due to exhaustion on the second day. In this way, he would secure his image of a loving husband.
Ji Youran was here with him too, wearing a veil to cover her swollen face. After what Qu Qiuyan did, she had to keep an eye on the Crown Prince, even though her face was temporarily disfigured.
To show her grief for Ji Hanyue's death, Ji Youran knelt on the same spot where Qu Moying knelt before and burned the paper money while sobbing. Many guests had already heard the rumors that Vice Minister Qu's wife designed a scheme to set up her step-daughter, and Princess Ji was unluckily involved. Those madams immediately noticed the veil on Ji Youran's face upon entering the altar room, which helped them confirm the rumors. Seeing her still staying with her cousin's coffin after her face was injured, they naturally grew more respect for her. People all inwardly praised her for being a kind woman and a loving cousin.
Right now, the funeral came to its later stage. People who were not high-level officials or related to the Crown Prince or the Crown Princess could enter the altar room to mourn. So, the formalities were not as complex as before.
The guests only needed to make their greatest obeisance to the Crown Princess's coffin and leave immediately to make room for the next group.
Meanwhile, a herd of people was waiting outside of the altar room.
Although the whole space was crowded, the atmosphere was still very solemn and deadly silent as no one was making any noise.
As funeral music spread in the air, people in white mourning clothes all wore sorrowful looks on their faces, quietly going in and coming out.
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Reborn to Be A Noble Wife
Historical FictionDie in Water and Revive in Fire Ji Hanyue was born of a general. On the evening when she married the Crown Prince, she was framed and pushed into a lake. Before she died, she was told that both her father and sister had been murdered. When she woke...
