Chapter 809 The End of Yao Lu’s Story
“You are getting increasingly proficient in playing chess. Well, I’ll do as I promised you today,” the Emperor said.
He seed to be in a good mood. Not only did he talk in a much gentler voice, but he and Mada Jingrou, who had treated each other with slight aloofness and proper respect before, got along in a mature way and beca affectionate to each other.
They probably made an improvent in their relationship after getting over what had happened between them back then.
Lin ngya had thought about how to find out the truth so that Mada Jingrou could get over what had happened.
It seed that the Empress’s death was the key to undoing the knot in Mada Jingrou’s mind.
Now plenty of problems could be solved easily.
Lin ngya bowed respectfully and saw the Emperor off, wondering what he had promised Mada Jingrou to do in person.
Anyway, as soon as he left, there were only a few people in the resting palace.
Later, even Ningqiu left as well, leaving the two of them in the resting palace.
“Do you know what I’m going to ask you to do?” Mada Jingrou asked.
She, who was in a good mood, even stared at Lin ngya with gentle eyes and joked with her.
“I... I don’t know what you are going to ask to do, but as long as you ask, I’ll try my best to do as you say,” Lin ngya said.
In fact, she had a vague speculation.
Nevertheless, she could rest assured that Mada Jingrou would never harm her.
Mada Jingrou said, “You’re such a clever girl. How could I hide this from you? I think you’ve figured out that I want you to send Yao Lu out of the imperial palace. His Majesty and I have arranged a residence where she can live in comfort for the rest of her life. After thinking back and forth to myself, I believe I can trust no one other than you to perform this task.”
Sure enough, Lin ngya had guessed that the abnormal behavior of the Emperor and Mada Jingrou must have sothing to do with the Empress’s death.
It seed that the news of the Empress’s death was just a smokescreen.
“Okay, Mada, please rest assured,” Lin ngya said.
The Empress must have been heart-broken after this.
Now they got the best opportunity to send her out.
Moreover, Mada Jingrou was right. Lin ngya was the right person to perform this task.
“There’s one more thing. Although Yao Lu is declared guilty, she’s still the Eldest Prince’s birth mother. Therefore, after talking it over, His Majesty and I think that we must hold a fake funeral for her. Regarding how to conduct it, I hope you could take full charge of the arrangent,” Mada Jingrou said.
Although the news was a little unexpected, Lin ngya nodded in agreent after thinking for a while.
Mada Jingrou and the Emperor certainly had their considerations. On one hand, it was inappropriate to make the Empress’s death public. On the other hand, the Empress’s real whereabouts certainly should be kept from the others.
Lin ngya was the one in charge of sending the Empress out of the imperial palace and arranging for her to settle down.
Naturally, she was the most suitable person for this task.
“Mada, rest assured. I’ll make proper arrangents. But by what standard should I conduct her funeral?” Lin ngya asked.
In fact, there must be special personnel in charge of conducting funerals in the imperial palace.
She was only responsible for watching them and making sure that nothing went wrong and the secret that the Empress was still alive was kept properly.
After pondering for a long while, Mada Jingrou let out a sigh quietly.
To be honest, she had spent half her life fighting with the Empress. Moreover, if it were not for the Empress’s poor health, she would not have had the opportunity to et the Emperor.
At the end of the day, she felt a mixture of gratitude and guilt towards the Empress.
Otherwise, she would not have endured the Empress’s deliberate coercion again and again.
She said, “His Majesty ans to keep her funeral secret and send her out of the imperial palace as soon as possible. But I think, after all, we should give her a title. So His Majesty agreed to let her be buried as a Shaoshi. Regarding the details, you may talk them over with the personnel of the Ministry of Rites.”
“Okay, I got it,” Lin ngya said with a grasp of the situation.
Although Yao Lu had spent half her life on open strife and veiled struggle in the imperial palace, she, who had been given the embarrassing title of the Empress, ended up with the title of Shaoshi that was of the lowest rank.
If the nominal title of the Empress was Yao Lu’s obsession, she was eventually referred to as Shaoshi in history.
“Thank you for helping handle it. I’m supposed to handle it myself. But His Majesty and I have wasted too much ti, and we are too old to waste more ti. I have spent half my life living for others. Now, I should do sothing for myself as you said,” Mada Jingrou said with helplessness, gratification and hope in her tone.
Her feelings were too complicated for those who had never experienced this to fully understand.
She and the Emperor, who knew each other in their youth and had weathered lots of trials and tribulations, were finally able to be candid with each other in middle age.
Looking back at the past, they had made too many detours.
Ti flew, and life was short. They could not afford to waste another twenty years.
“Mada, I’m glad that you understand this, but now it’s not the ti for you and His Majesty to retire into seclusion. I bumped into Mada Hui during this trip. She seed to intend to persuade the Divine Witch to cooperate with her to deal with Xiaoyu. Although the Divine Witch didn’t agree for the ti being, I have an intuition that she won’t give up so easily,” Lin ngya said.
She didn’t even ntion this to Xiu.
The Divine Witch was of a significant status. If she was really convinced by Mada Hui, it would probably cause Xiaoyu more trouble.
Mada Jingrou also frowned. As a citizen of the Lieyun Empire, she knew better than Lin ngya about the influence of the Divine Witch.
She said, “The Divine Witch is of an extraordinary status, so she won’t interfere in this easily. I don’t think Huining can succeed in convincing her. Nevertheless, I’m afraid the Divine Witch, who is aloof and proud, is no match for Huining, who is brimful of mischief and drastic ans. I’ll ask His Majesty to send so people to protect the Divine Witch. Speaking of this, thanks to the Divine Witch’s help, I was able to safely give birth to Yu’er. I have been looking for an opportunity to repay her over the years. Now I finally got it.”
Mada Jingrou seed to be an old acquaintance of the Divine Witch. Hearing this, Lin ngya felt more relieved.
However, at the thought of the Divine Witch’s face, which was very similar to Baizhi’s, Lin ngya was certainly unwilling to let go of such a rare opportunity to ask about it.
She said, “I was lucky to et the Divine Witch. She’s really an extraordinary person. But I’m curious about who she is. Why didn’t I hear of her before I ca here?”
Because of Xiaoyu, she had specially searched the information about the Lieyun Empire.
Unexpectedly, after coming here, she found she had heard of nothing about one and another powerful people she t here.
She felt like a blind and found herself in a passive position.
Fortunately, Mada Jingrou was always willing to tell her everything she knew, so she learned a lot of things from Mada Jingrou.
“In fact, the succession of the Divine Witch is sowhat similar to that of the chosen witch of our Xin Family. Nevertheless, the tile of the chosen witch is handed from generation to generation, while the Divine Witch must co out of the tomb of the Witch Empress. I don’t know since when every new Divine Witch showed up after the last Divine Witch passed away. Without exception, they were all 15 years old, and each of them was the only one coming out of the tomb. No one knows the past of the Divine Witches who had shown up or where exactly they ca from. Only the person coming out of the tomb of the Witch Empress is the real Divine Witch,” Mada Jingrou said with a look of reverence.
It could be seen that the Divine Witch, who is sacred and mysterious, enjoyed extrely high prestige among the people of the Lieyun Empire.
As Lin ngya rolled her eyes, another question ca into her mind.
She asked, “Mada, you said that all the Divine Witches ca out of the Witch Empress’s tomb. Could there be people living in the tomb?”
Lin ngya suddenly thought of the tomb of living dead, where there were people living, ntioned in a martial arts story.
But could it be a coincidence that there was also an unworldly Little Dragon Maiden in the Witch Empress’s tomb?
“That’s not true. In fact, the tomb is located in a large mountain with deadly poisonous mist and insects at the foot all year round. Even the mbers of the Xin Family have to spend a lot of effort to go there, not to ntion there are plenty of fierce wild beasts and poisonous snakes in the mountain. Therefore, no one other than the Divine Witches can get in and out of there. It’s said that the tomb of the Witch Empress is in the mountain, and those obstacles are supposed to prevent others from approaching the tomb of the Witch Empress,” Mada Jingrou said.
Lin ngya did not expect this.
However, her intuition told her that such a legend must exist for a reason.
Since all people of the Lieyun Empire considered it as the sacred place, no one would think the legend too mysterious and weird.
“Then does the Current Divine Witch have any relatives or children?” Lin ngya asked.
On hearing her question, Mada Jingrou revealed a look of astonishnt and said, “Don’t talk nonsense. The Divine Witch keeps her chastity and has no relationship with anyone all her life. You can say this in front of , but don’t say this in front of anyone else!”
The Divine Witch had neither relatives nor children.
It seed to be just a coincidence that the Divine Witch looked like Baizhi.
“Okay, thank you for warning , Mada. I’m leaving now. If there’s anything else, please summon ,” Lin ngya said.
Since she had gotten the information she wanted, it would be a waste of ti to stay here.
What was more, both conducting a funeral to deceive everyone and escorting Yao Lu secretly out of the imperial palace required ticulous preparations and deliberate arrangents.
After coming out of the resting palace of the Emperor, Lin ngya thought for a while and headed for the Linqiu Pavilion, where Yao Lu had lived before.
By this ti, the news of Yao Lu’s death presumably had spread there.
As the person in charge of the funeral, she should at least go to check the situation before making a decision.
The Linqiu Pavilion, which had been bustling, was now deserted.
Despite so palace servants who looked curiously into the Linqiu Pavilion, the courtyard was empty.
Baisu, who had been following Lin ngya, glanced coldly at the surrounding palace servants, and they left in an instant.
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