Angelica returns

"aunt--"

The Empress Dowager Zhou fell ill on New Year's Eve, and the illness came on quickly. The person who was kind-hearted in the last second, now has a pale complexion, lying on the couch with her eyes closed, dying.

Everyone was panicked, and the inner eunuch who was going to preach to the imperial physician staggered and almost collided with Zhou Tingyu who rushed in.

Zhou Tingyu pushed through the crowd and squeezed to the front, Xiangqi and Xiangyao stood in front of the Empress Dowager Zhou's bed, one of them was frowning, the other was already in tears.

Life and death.Zhou Tingyu's heart ached, but he stopped, not knowing whether he should squat down, held his aunt's hand, and said, Ting Yu was late.After all, the emperor and princess are all there, and he is just a nephew.

"It's all here..." At this time, the Queen Mother Zhou quietly opened her eyes, as if the light was shining.

Everyone was shocked.Seeing this, Xiangyao tightly held his mother's hand, choked up and said, "Mother, all are here, we are all here."

Empress Dowager Zhou: "Xiangyao, you are married, but the queen mother can't accompany you anymore. If there is a child in the future, it will be the grandson of the Ai family, but the Ai family does not have the blessing to see..."

Xiangyao burst into tears: "No, Empress, you will definitely survive this time, we survive every time..."

The Empress Dowager Zhou closed her eyes, then opened them slowly, as if she was begging for more time with her fate. "Xiangqi... the son of the Ai family... so young to bear the responsibility of the family and the country, I have suffered for you..."

"Mother..." Xiangqi looked at his mother.

"Also... and Ting Yu..."

Zhou Tingyu's heart tightened, he squatted in front of the Queen Mother, and said, "Auntie, Tingyu is here."

"You're making trouble again today, why don't you come in...you child, you have a stubborn and wild temper, you really look like Aijia when you were young...

"The Empress Dowager Zhou paused, then turned to ask the uncle behind her, and said, "Chengxu, how much do you know about your son?" "

Zhou Chengxu stepped forward, "Sister, for Ting Yu, I have been negligent these years."

The Empress Dowager Zhou smiled weakly, and raced against time to look at Zhou Tingyu again: "Ting Yu, whoever you choose to spend the rest of your life with, just live with him forever, no matter who he is."

"Aunt...you know..." Zhou Tingyu stared blankly, she knew about herself and why she called her.

"The way you look at him is always different from the way you look at other people. You can't hide it. Aijia knows it at a glance."

"aunt……"

"Whether it's right or wrong, my aunt can't control it. Emperor Xian, my concubine will come to you soon..." The Queen Mother finally closed her eyes and murmured.

Xiangqi panicked, "Where's the imperial physician?! Why hasn't the imperial physician come!?"

"..." Everyone was silent.

This is not the first time that the Empress Dowager Zhou has wandered before the gate of hell, but Zhou Tingyu somehow feels that this time is more critical than any other time in the past.

If the people on the couch couldn't bear this breath, they went.Then tomorrow, at the beginning of the new year, the spirit banner will be waved and the whole country will mourn together.

Great joy and great sorrow, great ups and downs, fate loves to play tricks on people like this.

In the emperor's rage, the imperial physician on duty finally arrived, rushed in with a medicine box, saluted, knelt in front of the Empress Dowager Zhou's bed, and felt her pulse, with an ugly expression on her face.

Seeing this, Xiangqi hurriedly asked: "How?"

Maybe she was frightened and frightened, maybe her breath was unsteady from the rush, the imperial doctor said tremblingly: "Return...report to the emperor, the empress dowager just... just... collapsed... collapsed..."

After finishing speaking, the imperial physician pressed his face to the floor, not daring to look directly at the emperor.

Collapsed... After fighting against the illness for many years, in the end, at the reunion party celebrated by the whole world, amidst the joy of singing and dancing, without any warning, he passed away and left everyone.

Zhou Tingyu unconsciously took a step back, and Lu Jin supported him.

At that moment, Xiangyao shook his mother's stiff arm and cried out, Xiangqi was out of breath—"The Queen Mother was fine before a stick of incense, why did she just collapse?! What's the use of asking you to go to the hospital!"

The imperial physician fell on the ground and said: "Illness comes like a mountain, Your Majesty! During the winter, no one in the entire imperial hospital dared to relax, but in the end they were no match for the serious illness and failed to keep the empress dowager... The slave deserves death!"

At this time, Xiangyao put the Queen Mother Zhou's hand away, stood up, and said, "The Queen Mother has gone to find the Emperor Father... After so many years of suffering, the Queen Mother can finally be reunited with the Emperor Father..."

Hearing this, Xiangqi had nothing to say, so he covered his eyes and turned his back.Sadness aside, everyone knows well that on New Year's Eve, the Empress Dowager dies, which is a big taboo, and the country will fail.

But after a while, Xiangqi turned around, took out the responsibility of the emperor, and announced with pain: "The order will go on, and on the New Year's Eve of Dacheng Dingmao, the Empress Dowager Zhou's chronic illness broke out and she collapsed in the Qiankun Palace..."

Then, the call of "The Empress Dowager Zhou is dead" resounded throughout the palace hall, all the red lanterns were taken down, and the sound of joyous cheers was put on fire, replaced by the ever-burning lanterns and the death knell.

At the same time, in Qiankun Hall, Zhou Chengxu, Lu Yang and others knelt on the ground to express their condolences.

Zhou Tingyu knelt in front of the couch, staring blankly at the body of the Empress Dowager Zhou, his eyes gradually blurred.

I lost my mother when I was young, but fortunately my aunt cared for me.Although his aunt was sick all the year round, she was always safe and sound. After a long time, he thought that his aunt could live a long, long life with the blessing of God.But this is not the case. Just tonight, my aunt really returned to bliss forever.

Sigh in the end is the meager human life, just leave as soon as you say.

……

In the second half of the night, the entire palace never slept peacefully.

People from the Ministry of Rites came to arrange funeral affairs, and the body of the Empress Dowager Zhou was also transported to the mourning hall.The snow outside was getting heavier and heavier. Zhou Tingyu sat on the steps outside the Qiankun Hall, and at a glance, the sky and the earth were covered with dead gray.

"Ting Yu, don't catch a cold, you still need to keep your spirits up these few days." He Zhihua found a cloak, covered him lightly, and then sat down.

"Yi Huan, tell me, why do people die?" Zhou Tingyu asked suddenly.

The wind whistling in the snowy night, why did you hear the words, and sighed: "Yes, why do people die?"

He has thought about this question countless times. Why did the master die so proudly for the rest of his life?

Why is there no way to have the best of both worlds and save everyone's life?But now, he understands that the original idea was too extravagant.Some people, you can wait, wait for him to reincarnate in the six realms, wait for him to come back to life, but it is difficult to stay.

"Ting Yu, at least the Empress Dowager passed away peacefully." He He called comfortingly.

Zhou Tingyu sighed: "It was too sudden. In the morning, my aunt drank the medicine and chatted with us, but she left at night."

"Things are impermanent. Ting Yu, the queen mother has a spirit in heaven, and she definitely doesn't want you to be sad."

Zhou Tingyu sighed again, stood up, regained consciousness, and asked, "Where's Xue Pinghai?"

"It's locked in place." He Zhihua pointed to the corner where it started.

"There will be a funeral in the palace tomorrow morning, so Xue Pinghai won't be able to stay here."

"Well, I can take him into Lock Sifang."

"...Yi Huan," Zhou Tingyu paused, "that man under the altar is Li Qian, right?"

Why do you nod your head.

"What about the soul-drawing technique? The altar is used to practice the soul-drawing technique, right?" Zhou Tingyu looked at him. "Where's Chen Xi? Where's Shiluhou Mansion?"

After finishing speaking, he laughed sarcastically, not knowing whether he was laughing at himself or others.

He Hui was inexplicably at a loss, "Ting Yu, we don't care about anything, you must stay with me every step of the way."

"Do you care? Yi Huan, I know what you're worried about."

Why call the pupils to shrink suddenly.

"The altar is complete, it only owes the east wind. Yihuo, I always remember what you said, to practice the soul-drawing technique requires the souls of men and women, the most pure, the master of the soul-drawing technique has gone through mountains and mountains to find the soul, for What?

Isn't it just to extract the soul and ascend to the immortal, and live forever?When the Laihu line is broken, he will try his best to find the soul and fill the gap.

And I, as the reincarnation of Angelica Xianshou, will become the enemy's prey once exposed, and the consequences will be disastrous. "

"Ting Yu, so you must stay with me every step of the way." He He called urgently.

Zhou Tingyu nodded, "However, with Xue Pinghai descending from the sky and Li Qian appearing, all the hidden truths are ready to be revealed.

In the future, I don't want to care, but can I really ignore it?Things are happening right in front of your eyes, how many people can turn a blind eye? "

"It will definitely work!" He Huan hugged him, fearing that he would take risks, "Ting Yu, I admit that I was very quick to reveal the truth before and cut Li Qian, but now I don't want anything else.

Compared to your safety, what about Li Qian, and what about the soul drawing technique, they are not worth mentioning!

Ting Yu, what does it have to do with us when others draw their souls and become immortals?Let's go to seclude the world and find the Peach Blossom Spring. Qiongzhi is in danger. I'm afraid that if I don't pay attention, you will disappear. "

Zhou Tingyu's mind is very chaotic now, the shadow left by Zhang Zhiming before is still lingering, all kinds of things come one after another, it's very annoying.

In the dark, he always feels that if everything goes wrong, there must be natural disasters.It was useless to think too much, so he simply leaned against the crest of He He's neck, closed his heavy eyes, and with He He's body, he wanted to sleep well before the sun rose tomorrow.

If there is sunshine tomorrow.

……

Carved jade is the coffin, Wenzi is the coffin, and it is dyed with gold lacquer.In the mourning hall, accompanied by Wufu weeping, the Empress Dowager Zhou was buried and her coffin was sealed.

After seven days of vigil, Zhou Tingyu didn't close his eyes, and Xiangyao couldn't bear it any longer, so Lu Jin took him to rest.After a while, it will be the funeral.

One hundred and eight poles, 64 banners, royal family members, civil and military officials, mourning and music, crying, and yellow paper all over the sky, all for funerals.

Praying to cut off the decline, holding the spiritual tablet in hand, walking at the forefront of the ranks.

Once into the imperial mausoleum.The dust settled.At the beginning of the new year, the queen mother collapsed, the princess mourned, the emperor was exhausted, and the whole Qiongzhi seemed to be seriously injured.

Zhou Tingyu did not leave the house and kept his filial piety for three months. When the filial piety period expired, it would be the beginning of summer soon.

Xue Pinghai was placed in the uncle's mansion by them, and helped Zhou Chengxu draw a spiritual formation, had food and drink, but forgot about looking for Li Qian.

During the vernal equinox, Badan wrote to Wangchuan, saying that wildflowers are everywhere in spring in Wangchuan, new buds are sprouting in the chestnut forest, fresh and dazzling, the river is running continuously, and the scenery is very pleasant.

Qi Yu is concentrating on researching the taxation system, he is very busy, he can't leave for the time being, and he will not come to Qiongzhi until around Lixia.

Now that Lixia is here, the bastard is coming soon.

Zhou Tingyu found that he had changed. He used to be happy and eager to stay out at night, but now he is used to staying at home, watching why he calls, not talking, and it is very beautiful.