Chapter 42 Cremation

  Xuanyuan held me in his arms, his voice low and husky: "I'm afraid you'll give up on yourself, I'm afraid you won't want me, I'm afraid you won't care about life or death and still not be willing to stay by my side!"

  As I listened to his words, my heart felt a lump. I stretched out my hand and hugged him, planting a kiss on him: "You are the only relative I have, how could I bear to abandon you?"

  Xuanyuan held me tightly and said, "From now on, you're not allowed to say that you want to die. Although I'm a dead person, I hope you'll be fine. Even if living is difficult, I don't want you to give up!"

  "Alright! I promise you that I will live well, strive to live!" Actually, I have always been striving to live, it's just that sometimes when I'm in pain or tired, I would think of giving up. Last time I had that thought, it wasn't because I wanted him to get hurt because of me, he is my only family.

  We slept in each other's arms, at night, Xuan Yuan touched my body many times, feeling my even breathing, he was relieved to fall asleep.

  For the next two days, he stayed in the East Palace with me. The Emperor asked him to go to the Imperial Study, but he also took leave. Mei Lingxue had time to come over and chat with me, play the piano for me, and was very good to me.

  Xue Qiufeng was busy dealing with the female corpse in the water. It turned out that on that night, Xuan Yuan Mu had slashed her body but couldn't directly eliminate her.

  Female corpse, still in the place where the wind and water gather yin, has been raising for a thousand days and has undergone corpse transformation. Even if her body is completely dismembered, she will not be extinguished. The only way is to expose her to sunlight and then wipe away the corpse energy on her body. The remaining white bones are buried in the ground, and she is at peace, no longer stirring up trouble.

  I was drinking the medicinal soup when I suddenly thought of Empress Dowager, wasn't she also taking medicine every day? I told Xuan Yuan Mu about what happened that night and shared my suspicions with him.

  Xuanyuan furrowed his brow: "Even if the empress knows something, she's already mad now and can't tell us anything. We'd better minimize our contact with her, or else her life won't be long either."

  Xuanyuan died, hanged himself in the heavenly prison, who can let him get a white silk? We know it in our hearts.

  However, what is strange is that the funeral of Xuan Yuan Li did not follow the imperial tradition of burial in the earth, but was instead cremated, which is very strange.

  Going east from Kyoto, in Tennoji, a delicate cremation platform was built, and the body of Xuan Yuan Li was placed on it.

  At noon, the ignition began, and all the ministers and royal family members came. After all, he was a self-sacrifice, and still retained his status as a prince and dignity, this funeral treatment should be given to him.

  The former princess consort, originally the crown prince's consort, cried her heart out, the child was gone, and her husband was also gone. From then on, she too became a person without a home.

  After attending Xuan Yuan Li's funeral, Xuan Yuan Qi took us to his new wine house. It had been a long time since we last met, and when he saw me, he was so angry that he almost punched me, but then he remembered I was a woman and withdrew his hand.

  "You've lost weight!" Xuan Yuan Qi said, pointing at me.

  I smiled and sighed that he hadn't changed: "What? Not worried about your girlfriend?"

  "Traitor? Hit me? But at least I helped find the killer who harmed her, although not the mastermind, but the one who directly acted. The current Yulan is no longer the elegant and kind Yulan of the past. The corpse becoming like this also has a direct relation to me. I will think of a way to get her out as soon as possible and let her rest in peace!"

  "You're speaking human language!" Xuan Yuan Mu also smiled.

  I stared at his smile, stunned for a moment, and then my face suddenly flushed. Xuan Yuan Wu didn't often smile, but when he did, it was surprisingly handsome.

  "Oh my, look at Mei Lingxue, she's blushing when her lover smiles!" Xuan Yuanqi teased, pointing at me.

  "I'm fine, it's just too hot!" I lowered my head to avoid everyone's gaze.

  Xue Qiufeng suddenly said: "That, Prince Wang, Crown Prince, I'll go back to the Taoist temple for a while, I have something to do!"

  "Go!" Xuan Yuan nodded slightly, but I saw a figure at the corner of the street looking this way, watching me as I watched him, and he hid into an alley.

  Xue Qiufeng was also heading in that direction.

  That person? I thought carefully and it was Xue Qiufeng's master, just not wearing a Taoist robe. We had met once before, is he still alive?

  "Xue Qiufeng's master!" I pulled at Xuan Yuanmu's sleeve "I heard he was already dead, how is he still alive?"

  Xuanyuan heard it at dusk and ran towards the alley I pointed out, but there was no sign of that person's shadow anywhere.

  "Never mind, let's not look for it anymore, let's go and talk about it in the wine house!"

  Arriving at Xuan Yuan Qi's wine house, the scale is not small, and the business is also very hot. Xuan Yuan Qi found me a elegant private room, the environment is very good, the window faces the main street, and there are green hanging orchids on the windowsill, hanging down to the ground, and in the corner of the wall, there are ancient zithers and pipas.

  "How was it?"

  "Not bad, I didn't expect you to start a business and turn out to be quite clever!" Xuan Yuan Mu praised.

  "That's for sure, although I'm usually laid-back, but when I get serious, even the heavens will admire me!" Xuan Yuan Qi said as he poured me a cup of wine and handed Xuan Yuan Mu a cup of cold tea.

  "Ling Xue can't drink wine now, his body is just recovering!" Xuan Yuan Mu handed my wine cup to Xuan Yuan Qi.

  "Alright, alright, I won't force you two golden boys and jade maidens to be so loving in front of me, nor am I afraid that I'll feel envious?"

  "If you're envious, then get married and have children early. I won't be able to have kids in this lifetime, so you should have a few more. If Ling Xue likes them later on, we can adopt some for our family." Xuan Yuan Mu said, taking a sip of tea.

  My heart skipped a beat, no children? He's dead, he'll really never have kids for the rest of his life! I've never thought about this kind of problem, he must have thought about it, he must love kids so much! Otherwise, he wouldn't say such things.

  "Alright, no problem!"

  We ate and chatted, and also talked about Xue Qiufeng's identity. As for his background, I only knew that he was the only remaining disciple of Broken Path Observatory, but really didn't know anything else.

  "Do you know his master?" Xuan Yuan asked strangely.

  "I didn't understand, but at the beginning in the Ghost Bamboo Forest, you asked me to buy a shovel, and I met him. He easily revealed my identity and told me to go back and not run around randomly. Moreover, he had very deep insights into the current national situation and even composed poems that were sung!"

  "His master is still alive, but Xue Qiufeng said he's dead. There must be a problem here!" Xuan Yuan Mu said.

  "Ah, it's not easy to get out, so let's not think too much and just have a good time today. Relax and have fun, you see Ling Xue, she's been pampered by you until she's become a delicate flower." Xuan Yuan Qi said, continuously adding food to my bowl.

  Xuanyuan suddenly stopped: "My wife, I can take care of myself!" After that, he also started crazily picking dishes into my bowl.

  I stared at a bowl full of delicious food, and was speechless.