Seeing that Li Yuan's body was not discovered by Li Shimin and others, Li Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, but unexpectedly, at this moment, Li Yuanchang, who was visiting Li Yuan's remains, said that Li Yuan's appearance had changed a lot, which made his heart rise again.

"The King of Han has not returned to Chang'an for several years, and may not be very clear about his father's situation. In recent years, his father has suffered from illness and has become more and more haggard every year. For this reason, your fifth sister has cried bitterly behind her back many times, saying that she was unable to take good care of her father!" At this moment, a middle-aged man following Li Yuanchang explained.

"So that's it. It's all because of the unfilial ministers and cannot serve in front of the father's bed. My sons and ministers are ashamed!" Li Yuanchang couldn't help but wipe his tears again when he heard the other party's explanation, and it seemed that he was really guilty.

Seeing that Li Yuanchang was no longer confused about Li Yuan's appearance change, Li Xiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, he looked at the middle-aged man who accidentally helped him resolve the problem. He knew this middle-aged man, and he was also the son-in-law of Princess Changguang. Speaking of which, Princess Changguang was also a miserable man. It turned out that he married a famous handsome man Zhao Cijing. Unfortunately, Zhao Cijing died in battle later, so Li Yuan took the initiative to marry her to the Yang Shidao in front of him.

Yang Shidao also came from a famous family. His father was Yang Xiong, the former King of Guan in the Sui Dynasty. He was also very talented. He guarded the border and repelled the Turkic attacks many times. Li Shimin also trusted him very much. Now he serves as the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel and is named Duke of Ande County. Among the many princes, his reputation is second only to Li Xiu. Moreover, Princess Changguang and Princess Pingyang have a good relationship, so the two families often have contacts. Li Xiu and Yang Shidao are quite friendly. Although Yang Shidao helped him unintentionally, Li Xiu still remembered this kindness.

After everyone had visited Li Yuan's remains, the sky became dark. According to folk legend, the souls of the deceased will come back on the first seventh day, and all the relatives of the deceased cannot stay in the mourning hall, but must go back to sleep. The souls of the deceased must not see any relatives, otherwise the souls of the deceased may not leave, and thus become lonely ghosts.

Although Li Yuan was the emperor, the funeral also abides by folk customs. Soon Pei Ji drove everyone back to his room to rest. The entire Spirit Hall was empty, and there were only people guarding them outside the hall.

Seeing this situation, Li Xiu suddenly felt that compared to a few days ago, today was a good day to steal the day and change the day. Unfortunately, that kind of fake death medicine has its disadvantages, and Li Yuan could not hold on for seven days, otherwise Pei Ji would not have taken the risk of burning Da'an Palace.

There was nothing to say all night. When the sun had not risen the next day, Pei Ji and several important royal relatives had already prepared to come to the Spirit Hall. After checking Li Yuan's body was safe, they immediately asked someone to nail the coffin to death. This is also the last step toward seclusion: Closing the coffin, the so-called final conclusion comes from here. When the lid of the coffin is sealed, it also symbolizes that the person's life has completely come to an end.

As Li Yuan's son-in-law, Li Xiu was also called to watch the coffin. When he saw the wedges made of wood being knocked in, his heart finally felt completely relaxed. As long as Li Yuan who escaped was not discovered, the secret would be completely sealed in the coffin in front of him. Maybe later generations would even regard the corpse inside as Li Yuan's when they were archaeological.

After the first seven, the following guard became very boring. A grand ritual was held every seven days for sacrifice. The guards did not have to stay in the spiritual hall every day. They just needed to arrange the order of guarding to take turns to guarding. Li Xiu also persuaded Princess Pingyang to consider the children in her belly, so the family also returned home to rest. However, every seven days, she would come to guarding, and Li Xiu would accompany him every time.

However, in addition to guarding, Li Xiu had another very important thing to do, that is, the construction of the imperial tomb. Li Yuan died a little suddenly, and the imperial tomb has not been built yet. However, Li Shimin had mobilized a group of imperial guards to the imperial tomb, which also accelerated the progress of the imperial tomb again. According to Li Xiu's estimate, after a hundred days, the imperial tomb should be able to be built. Of course, he also needed to go to the imperial tomb from time to time to inspect and supervise, so as not to have any accidents.

Early that morning, Li Xiu was visiting the imperial tomb again, so he asked someone to prepare horses and then took Li Jin to the imperial tomb in Sanyuan County. Originally, Li Jin was not willing to go, but Princess Pingyang insisted that he let him go to the imperial tomb for himself, which made Li Xiu unable to refuse, so he could only bring the reluctant Li Jin with him.

The father and son rushed all the way with a team of guards. At about noon, they arrived at the imperial tomb in Sanyuan County. They saw that the walls around the imperial tomb had been built. They were said to be walls, but in fact they were built according to the specifications of the palace walls of the imperial tomb. There were tall towers at the four corners of the imperial tomb, which looked like a small city.

At that moment, Li Xiu and his friends called to open the gate of the cemetery, and then got off the horse and walked on foot. As soon as they entered the cemetery, they immediately saw a towering group of palaces. This was the ground building of the imperial tomb, used for sacrificial activities and other activities. In addition, Empress Dou's coffin was also parked in a temporary sacrificial hall.

"Jin'er, it's rare to come here. Let's go and incense sticks for your grandmother!" Li Xiu saw the Spirit Hall not far away, and immediately said to Li Jin. After Queen Dou's coffin was transported here, although there were special people to take care of it, during this period, most people's attention was attracted by Li Yuan's funeral. Empress Dou was naturally a little neglected. So every time Li Xiu came to the imperial tomb, Princess Pingyang would remind him not to forget to burn incense on Queen Dou.

"Yes!" Although Li Jin was young and reluctant to come here, he knew the importance of it. He immediately agreed to come to the Sovereign Hall with Li Xiu in front of the Imperial Mausoleum.

"Huh?" But just when Li Xiu and his son first arrived in front of the hall, they found that there were actually a group of guards outside the hall. This made him stunned at first, and then he felt that these guards looked very familiar, as if they were the guards beside Li Chengqian.

"See the prince, the prince is inside, but you happened to be here!" When the head guard saw Li Xiu, he hurried forward to salute. Li Chengqian often went to Li Xiu to study, so these guards naturally not only knew Li Xiu, but also were very familiar with him.

"My cousin is here too, that's great!" Li Jin's eyes lit up when he heard that Li Chengqian was here too, and he hurriedly rushed into the hall.

Li Xiu smiled helplessly when he saw this, and then stepped into the hall. However, just as he entered the hall, he suddenly stopped and his brows frowned, because in the hall, in addition to Li Chengqian and Li Jin who had just entered, there was actually someone who unexpectedly surprised him.8)
Chapter completed!