Bab 45: The Empress burial ceremonies

They arrive to the monastery on the mountain outskirt of the city. The monks welcome them with the sound of enchantment sutra which comes out from their mouth as per request from the head eunuch for the burial ceremony. 

The sky is really dark with the dark cloud surrounding them as the heaven is really sad with the precedent of the empress death. Madame Ni cannot walk by herself to see her daughter coffin got carried into the area of burial site. The monk prepares the sutra blanket to cover the coffin, as they believe it can help the empress to descent smoothly to the afterlife.

Ni Qing follows in the back and tries not to attract any attention with her flashy carriages. Zhang is following her closely with his sword on his hand with Xiao Nie on his side. She walks to follow her whole family to put her sister to her final resting place. The sky starts to rain cats and dogs when the casket inside the ground as the heaven bless her.