Chapter 841: The New Year!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“l hope so.” Empress Dowager Yunzi sighed again. This incident had taken a lot of power and time from her that she would not get back.
After appeasing his mother, Emperor Hao brought Wei Zizhan out of the mourning hall.
“Father, is there anything wrong?” Wei Zizhan felt extremely uneasy. He heard from one of the guards that Prince Yi went missing. Prince Yi had told him to be obedient and do whatever he was told to do. Now that he was gone, he didn’t know what he had to do now.
Emperor Hao looked into the mourning hall and saw that his mother wasn’t paying attention to them. He really didn’t want his mother to worry about him, so he asked with a stern-looking face, “Last time when the two of you dismissed all the servants, what did you talk about?”
Originally, when his son said that Prince Yi wanted to get along well with him, he didn’t suspect much. However, now that Prince Yi was gone and everyone else was killed, there was obviously something suspicious that went down when they spoke to each other. He couldn’t help but suspect his own child. Back then, Prince Yi invited his son over for a private talk. How could it be a simple conversation?
“We didn’t talk about anything.” Wei Zizhan immediately cried in fear. “I was the one who tripped him. He used this matter to get along well with me and
didn’t want this to happen again. Otherwise, he would definitely tell you. He didn’t trip on his clothes… It was me!”
Emperor Hao was afraid that his mother would be upset if she could hear his cries, but he also had to know more about what they talked about. Moreover, his son actually had no reason to lie. After all, he was the Crown Prince. There was no reason for him to help Prince Yi cover up anything, so he quickly comforted his son to appease him, “Alright, alright. I didn’t mean to scare you.
Don’t cry.”
“I..I’ll try…” Wei Zizhan tried his best to stop his tears and let himself be a good obedient child.
Immediately after, Emperor Hao brought Wei Zizhan into the mourning hall.
Emperor Hao insisted on holding Prince Qings funeral. He had yet to be buried and would only be buried after the following year’s Lantern Festival. This year, Emperor Hao, Empress Dowager Yunzi, and the others were not in the mood to celebrate, and the officials did not dare to mention any celebrations at all.
However, the rest of the people in the capital city were not affected. It was New Year’s Eve. It was usually lively at this time of the year.
It was the same in other parts of the Da Ling.
Naturally, this included Locust Village under Xinyuan County.
After Jiang Yue woke up in the morning, she started helping at home. Xue Yan had already secretly practiced the horse stance. Therefore, he left his room and helped to wipe the tables and chairs at home. Wherever they could help, they tried their best to complete it.
Everything was wiped clean.
It could also be considered as bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the New Year.
Sifu came back from the shop in town early in the morning. Only one person was left to guard the shop. The others had also gone home for the New Year.
“How can you let him guard the shop? It’s the New Year.” When Xue Dafe heard that someone else was guarding the shop, he was baffled. Xue Dafu moved the table to the center to prepare for the New Year’s Eve dinner as he shook his head. At the same time, he couldn’t help but talk about this matter to Xue Sifu.
Xue Sifu was on the other side of the table, helping to lift the table as he smiled and said, “Father, there are only a few people in the shop. I will also pay double the salary for those that stay. He wanted to guard the shop, and others were too embarrassed to stay with him.”
“l understand,” Xue Dafu sighed. “But I’m not thinking about the New Year celebrations. I’m thinking about the cold weather.”
“How about this? I’ll handle the shop and let him come here for the New Year. What do you think about that ?” Xue Sifu suggested.
Xue Dafu immediately laughed. “You little brat. I can never win with you..”