female concubine

"The Emperor is on his way, His Majesty is dead!"

The courtiers kneeling in the courtyard of Funing Hall raised their sleeves and wept, and the clan relatives kneeling outside the cabinet door also burst into tears, "Officials."

"Weng Weng."

Xiao Youqing braced his face, put the emperor's hand back into the quilt, stretched out his hand to cover the emperor's gradually cooling face, and gently slid it with his thumb, wiping away the tears very gently, and then carefully twisted the quilt for him, Hearing the crying from the side, he calmly said: "Take the princess and princess back to Kunning Hall to rest."

"I won't go," Princess Le'an grabbed the quilt and refused to leave, "Weng Weng."

"Ruhua." Xiao Youqing said cruelly.

Princess Yiguo wiped away her tears and got up to help Princess Le'an up, "Chen'er, be obedient." Then she dragged him away from the cabinet.

Half a quarter of an hour later, several servants helped the frail crown prince into Funing Palace. The torn clothes had not been changed. The crown prince let go of the two servants and knelt down in front of the emperor's bed, crawling forward with tears streaming down his face. , "Daddy."

The person who was trying to calm down got up with a heavy face. Seeing the crown prince's face was pale, but he didn't dare to do it. He thought, "You have more important things to do."

Half an hour later, all the civil and military officials knelt down in the Hall of Funing. The Left Servant of the Shangshu Wang Wenfu and the Right Servant of the Shangshu Han Bang presented the late emperor's posthumous photos from the Hanlin scholars. Read out, "The Legacy of the Emperor Daxing."

The servant supported the crown prince and the clan relatives and knelt down together with the heads of the hundreds of officials. Wang Wenfu wiped his tears with his sleeves, "I am not virtuous, so I was enshrined in the ancestral temple. I rely on the spirit of heaven and earth. The last wish of the late emperor is to work hard for the community, to be safe inside and outside, for thirty years and one year, life and death are fate, the sage is reasonable, there is no escape from the past, I encourage the prosperity of China, suppress disasters, calm the demon dust in the world, make the world return to its heart, and stabilize the Central Plains Great cause, overworked and sick, and dying, I hereby issue this posthumous edict to tell you all, the crown prince Xu, benevolent and obedient, sleeps day and night, never slack, can be the emperor before the spirit, empress Xiao, embrace my deputy , Kexian Neize, ingenious and agile, knowledgeable, heard all over the world, should be honored as the empress dowager, the empress dowager is the empress dowager, the princess of Yiguo, my eldest daughter, intelligent, wise, filial and loyal, entered Lu The princess of the country, the prince of Yitong, went out to the outer court, and was appointed as the governor of Kaifeng. Saving, at the time of life and death, dragging this heavy burden, still relying on the humerus to assist ministers, assisting and assisting the heir, prospering the country, and Kang my royal family,

Zier's subjects, please be considerate. "

After the edict was read out, all the ministers looked up one after another, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is no longer young but in his prime, the military and state affairs are due to..." Immediately, they were shocked by the three generals on one side.

"Let the princess leave the court?"

"Since ancient times there have been no princesses..."

"Last Emperor's edict, please keep your voice down."

"It's ridiculous!"

The voice reached the ears of the Hanlin scholar who was in charge of the will, "Before the emperor Daxing died, who dared to say that it was absurd?"

"My official said," one of the officials knelt up straight from the kneeling train, "the heir is in his prime, but the empress dowager is appointed to rule. Tokyo has not married yet, not only that, but in his will, a princess of a country was appointed as the governor of the capital. There has never been such a rebellious thing in the last emperor's edict..."

"Imperial City Division!"

"Take this person who does not respect the last emperor's will and disobedience."

The intervention of the imperial army made a group of ministers quiet down immediately. The crown prince Wei Xu lay on the ground trembling and took a deep breath, and then he knelt down with difficulty and said: "The crown prince Wei Xu, I would like to obey the last emperor's last order."

Then the servants of the Eastern Palace and the Crown Princess helped Wei Xu into the steps of the main hall of the Funing Hall. All the officials stood up and lined up in the hall. Stand facing north.

The servant stepped forward and called out: "The heir inherits the throne, kneel!"

"Respectfully invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ascend the throne." All officials knelt down and kowtowed, "Holy bow, all blessings."

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At dawn, the sound of mourning came from the forbidden area, and in less than a moment, tens of thousands of people knelt down in front of the Xuande Building, covering their faces and weeping.

Princess Yiguo in the Kunning Hall gently hugged Princess Le'an, who was comforting and sleeping, and put her on the wooden couch, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and covered her with the quilt, then turned around and stepped out of the hall, and met with the visitors in the courtyard Eyes meet.

Princess Yiguo was stunned: "Sister-in-law...don't accompany the wife...oh no, it's the new official family."

"His Royal Highness was dragged away by the officials to prepare for tomorrow's enthronement ceremony."

"The enthronement ceremony?" Princess Yiguo lowered her head and smiled, "The ministers must be very happy."

Cao Shuyao stared at her, "Cry out if you are sad, I can see that the princess and the queen are both forcing and forcing themselves."

"Crying?" Princess Yiguo walked up to Cao Shuyao, "I am afraid that half of the women in the world are crying now. As far as I know, you go to pray for blessings every year when the official's family celebrates their birthday, right? Why don't you cry?"

"You... sent someone to check on me?"

"So what?"

Cao Shuyao turned around, "That's right, if you don't understand, how could you come to make a deal with me?" Cao Shuyao raised his hands, his eyes still indifferent, "Tears will destroy people, I don't need it, I admire officials and think The great conduct of officials is a loss to the people of the world, but if you are the successor in power, you can reduce this loss, and tears can only increase sorrow."

Princess Yiguo laughed suddenly, lowered her head with her eyes full of loneliness, and said, "Yes, you are all grateful for the government's decree. Losing a beloved king will at most be sad for a while, but what I lost... .but my only father..."

Cao Shuyao turned around again, "Princess!" He immediately stepped forward to catch the fainted person, "Princess."

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——TOKYO CITY——

A carriage entered Nanxun Gate from Gyeonggi-do, and a female official in a green robe alighted from the carriage. The female official was holding an edict to recall Kyoto and looked at the entire city of Tokyo covered in white. You can see everywhere around the street facing the north and kneeling and crying. Crying people, "Is... still a step too late?"

Since the emperor's death, the imperial guards in Sanya of Gyeonggi Province have been under martial law inside and outside. Taichang Temple, Zongzheng Temple and the Ministry of Rites have been busy for the national funeral, preparing five mourning clothes, and all the cabinet members of Funing Hall have been sent away by Xiao Youqing.

After the edict was read out and all civil and military officials dispersed, the entire Funing Palace became extremely quiet, and occasionally the servants and palace servants who passed by were sobbing softly at the Palace Lang.

After everyone went out, Xiao Youqing sat alone on the head of the bed, holding the emperor's already stiff and cold hand, and said with a trembling laugh: "Yes, as long as it is what I want, you will give it to me," staring down at the emperor. For the person who is no longer breathing and will never wake up to say good morning to her, Xiao Youqing closed her eyes and said in pain: "But what I want most, you took her away, so what's the point of all this?" What's the point?"

"I pushed you here is the thing I regret the most but I can't regret it in my life." The eyes that opened gradually became lax and dull, "Love not only makes people crazy, but also makes people crazy. Let go of hatred, pride and dignity to beg the person you hate the most, the emperor is dead, the sky will not collapse, but I can't bear to lose you."

A group of pre-arranged monks and Taoist priests entered the Funing Hall. Xiao Youqing woke up from the trance after the sound of chanting sutras, and immediately put her hand back, walked to the desk beside her, and tried the temperature of the water. Just in time, she put it on the table in front of the couch, lifted the quilt, carefully untied the clothes and wiped her body, repeating what she had done every day since the emperor fell ill, but this was the last time, touching the skin From the familiar temperature to the bone-chilling cold, Xiao Youqing stared at the shallow scar and covered his mouth while wiping his waist and abdomen.

【"Sister, I..." The emperor was lying on the couch with a pale face, and he raised his hand to hold the wrist of the person in front of him as if trying to stop something.

The copper basin on the desk was half filled with steaming hot water, "Is there any place in the official house that the concubines haven't seen?"

The emperor slowly let go of his hand, Xiao Youqing untied her tunic, and there were scars left on the battlefield in the past on her waist and abdomen.

Tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, looking at the person choked up by the disease, he said: "I would rather be the one who suffers. Seeing you suffering like this scares me more than facing death."

The emperor frowned slightly, then raised his hand to touch her face, and said with a gentle smile: "Don't cry, it's not good-looking when you cry, my sister is the most beautiful person in the world."]

Even though she was wrapped in several layers of underwear, she still couldn't hide the thinness of her body. When she finally picked up the pearl and put it into the emperor's mouth, Xiao Youqing's whole hand was shaking, still holding back the red tears in her eyes.

After carefully handling everything, Xiao Youqing leaned down and kissed the emperor's forehead gently, "My gentleman's bow, you are in the mud, I don't want to live, but I will live for you, please, please wait for me .”

After the small funeral, Qi Liu dared to push the door lightly and enter. First, the striker bowed his head and gave a fierce salute, then stepped forward to Xiao Youqing's side and knelt down and said: "Please mourn, Your Highness."

From the moment Xiao Youqing changed into the funeral clothes for him, he sat on the head of the bed alone and did not move. Zhao Ping stayed outside and did not dare to be disturbed. Responsible, "I know, she must have left me a message."

"Yes." Qi Liu presented a small box, "This letter was written by the official family before the serious illness. The official family sat alone in the study of Funing Palace for three days, and there are still paintings."

The servants carried a large box to the outer door of the cabinet and placed it gently on the ground. Qi Liu said: "All the paintings inside are put together to form the landscape of Sichuan. The officials said that so many promises were made but they were not fulfilled. He Very guilty."

Xiao Youqing looked down at the emperor, then smiled tremblingly, and Qi Liu raised his head, "At the end of last year, the government issued an edict to...release He who was demoted to Yangzhou in the early 24th year of Qianyuan as the general judge. Wenying was transferred back to the capital to take over as a Hanlin scholar in charge of the edict, and the date of the edict is March, so she should be in Beijing by now." Since He Wenying took office in Yangzhou and changed officials several times, she has not been able to return to Beijing.

"why?"

"The officials say... only those who love you will treat you sincerely, even if driven by interests, they will not want to hurt you."

After questioning, Xiao Youqing stared at the emperor and began to regret, his absent-minded eyes were full of complaints and guilt, "Yeah, I know everything, you did all this for me."

"But what's the use." Xiao Youqing curled up in front of the couch, "You took away the person I love the most!"

"Why can you be so cruel, leave me alone, how can you let me stay in the world, just to protect the country for you?" Xiao Youqing got up from the bed and stared straight at the emperor. You owe me forever and ever, and you will repay it together in the next life."

Xiao Youqing got up and took the box from Qi Liu, Qi Liu raised his hand and wiped his teary eyes, "In addition to the letter written by the official to you, the saint, there is also the bun tied together when the King of Chu and Princess Chu got married. On the second day after the kiss ceremony, the officials asked the villain to put it away and hide it in a box. The officials said..." Qi Liu raised his head, "At that glance, the princess is not in the eyes of the officials, but in the eyes of the officials. In my heart..." the waiter conveyed with tears streaming down his face, "I have become the most beautiful person in the world."

Xiao Youqing trembled and fell down on the table with an unstable center of gravity, supported his limp self and said with a choked voice: "Go down."

"Yes."

After a long time, Xiao Youqing tried his best to control his emotions. After holding his breath for a while, he slowly sat down along the table, turned his head and glanced at the emperor lying quietly on the couch, opened the letter paper with trembling hands, and immediately covered it Zui couldn't hold back the sadness in his eyes any longer and wept bitterly.

From my wife:

Youqing, see the words like meeting, 36 spring and autumn, in exchange for parting, I used to hate everything I had, until I met you, I was relieved of the suffering I suffered in the past 17 years, it gave me my whole life In exchange for a wife who will spend my whole life with me, Wei Qian was born in Miyagi, was trapped in Miyagi, and finally died here. It is a fate that I cannot escape. I have been in the palace for 12 years, but I am cold-eyed and mocking. Just for a moment of peace, no matter how sweet the wine you drink, it still cannot erase the bitterness in your heart. You spend your whole life in struggle, fighting with the sky, fighting with people, and finally defeated by yourself, unable to escape from the darkness. Playing games with death, attacking and scheming for power, and killing for life, and finally bring you into the abyss, but also let yourself fall into lust. In this short life, there are too many uncontrollable things, and it is impossible to choose life , and death is inevitable. Those who are trapped in their hearts are controlled by the desire for power, and their unsatisfied desires make people crazy. In the end, they are nothing but empty eyes and illusions. I have nightmares, and I can’t forget it when I wake up. People grow from love to sorrow, and from sorrow to fear. I can’t let go of love, so I will do everything to love you with sorrow. 30 years of wind and rain, you and I are dependent on life and death, love and hate Crazy, you will eventually taste the eight sufferings of life, and your soul will return to the sea. If you die, I pray to the gods to take away all the sufferings of the rest of your life with me. I beg the Buddha to grant me reincarnation. Even if my life is full of thorns now, I will be desperate Chai and you meet again, if the gods favor me and allow me to be reborn, I beg the judge to keep me on the other side, waiting for reincarnation.