Wang Zhong nodded, and then walked outside with Zhu Yunwen, watching the two leave, Tang Mo, who couldn't bear it, walked out from behind the screen.

Seeing Tang Mo come out, Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Mo'er, you came out." ”

Tang Mo said: "Yes, I came out."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Mo'er, you also heard what we just said, there is such a thing in Wancheng, I sent Yunwen over to investigate, I must also understand my purpose." ”

Tang Mo nodded, how could she not understand Zhu Yuanzhang's purpose, she is also an extremely smart person, Zhu Yuanzhang wants Zhu Yunwen to inherit the throne, how can Tang Mo not understand, but Tang Mo does not have any bad intentions, she is not looking forward to ascending to the throne, for Tang Mo, the memory of the dream in her previous life is always reminding her that even if she becomes an emperor, it is not much use at all, and it is far less important than her own strength, so compared to the throne, Tang Mo wants to have strong power.

But even if Tang Mo is eager for power, what can he do, power is not something he wants, he has practiced for many days, and the effect is less than one thousandth of what he dreamed of, Tang Mo understands that most of his life has no hope of immortality, and this life will end sooner or later.

After talking to Zhu Yuanzhang for a while, Tang Mo was ready to say goodbye and return to the National Teacher Palace.

"Your Majesty, I'm going back" Tang Mo said, Tang Mo's words were a little soft, as if he was afraid of making a noise to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly, although Tang Mo's words were very light, but he also said very clearly, he knew that his time was short, and the only thing he wanted to think about now was to arrange the way back.

The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang urgently summoned Tang Mo in the evening.

After the bed, Zhu Yuanzhang confided in his true thoughts, "Mo'er, I don't want you to be pregnant with my child, so I'll send the palace maid to send you some saffron later, you have to take it on time, you know?"

"Got it" Tang Mo said, Zhu Yuanzhang did not allow her to conceive his child, Tang Mo felt like an abandoned old clothes, and his heart was cold.

After resting for a while, the palace maid came over and urged Tang Mo to leave, "National teacher, it's time for you to go back to the palace." The palace maid said.

Tang Mo sat up from the bed, let the palace maid dress her, and then followed the palace maid out of Zhu Yuanzhang's bedroom.

After Tang Mo left, Zhu Yuanzhang sat up from the bed.

A man in black walked out from the depths of the room, walked in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and said, "Your Majesty, I have investigated everything you asked me to investigate." ”

"Say," Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Tang Mo, originally the daughter of Tang Shiming, a man from Jiang County, later married Liu Guang of the Liu family, and then was found to be with an outsider**, and then fled from the Liu family, went to Wancheng, and opened a restaurant, which is called a sister restaurant. The man in black said.

"Well, got it, you go down. Zhu Yuanzhang said.

The man in black disappeared into the darkness.

Tang Mo returned to the Sun Moon Palace, Ping'er was waiting for her in the palace, and when she saw Tang Mo coming back, Ping'er came over happily and said, "Sister, you're back." ”

Tang Mo nodded and said, "Ping'er, I'll go to cultivate, you go and get busy." ”

Time passed day by day, and three months later, Tang Mo did not take the safflower according to Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions, because the thoughts of her previous life made her feel that it was a very bad thing to beat the child, so she chose to go with the flow.

On this day, Tang Mo was about to eat, but suddenly felt a feeling of wanting to vomit.

"What's wrong with me?" Tang Mo's heart suddenly suddenly, and she had a bad premonition, she quickly called someone to call the imperial doctor, the imperial doctor sent by the hospital was called Liu Yuan, an old man in his seventies, although he was a little younger than Zhu Yuanzhang, but his face was red and breathless, and he still looked energetic, he held Tang Mo's wrist, but the old arm was very powerful, Tang Mo's face was slightly red, and she waited for the result of the diagnosis.

"Did I eat a bad stomach?" Tang Mo thought in his heart, but what Liu Yuan said next made Tang Mo feel at a loss.

I saw that Liu Yuan grasped Tang Mo's arm very seriously for a while, then stroked his beard, and then said: "National Teacher, in my opinion, you should be pregnant." ”

"Am I pregnant?" Tang Mo was taken aback and asked, "How long has it been?"

"Two months at most" Liu Yuan said, Tang Mo said in his heart, this should be Zhu Yuanzhang's child.

After Liu Yuan left, Tang Mo's mood was very complicated, he actually broke Zhu Yuanzhang's child, if this child is a boy, then he will be born with the title of prince in the future, and if it is a girl, he will be born a princess.

Tang Mo was suddenly afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would die suddenly, because once Zhu Yuanzhang died, then his child's status might not be guaranteed.

Some time ago, Wang Zhongcha's case already had a clue, and Tang Mo heard that the person who committed the case was an old monk with strong martial arts.

However, that really shouldn't be Tang Mo's concern, but he understood a little bit and knew that the old monk's martial arts were extremely high, and Jinyiwei's several roundups ended in failure.

Today is a special day, to hold a ceremony to worship the sky, now is before the ceremony begins, Zhu Yuanzhang also has to participate in this ceremony, the purpose of the sacrifice is to pray for the peace of the country and the people.

The things needed for the ceremony are all being prepared, Tang Mo watched those palace maids and eunuchs busy, but he was bored waiting for the start of the ceremony, and it is said that those ministers were also waiting early.

When Tang Mo was bored, suddenly a pair of hands hugged her from behind, touched Tang Mo's chest dishonestly, and pinched a few handfuls on it, Tang Mo looked back, it turned out to be Zhu Yuanzhang, Tang Mo immediately relaxed his body, half-leaned on Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Your Majesty, the ceremony of sacrificing to heaven is about to begin." ”

Although Tang Mo was pregnant with Zhu Yuanzhang's child, she didn't dare to tell Zhu Yuanzhang, because Zhu Yuanzhang did not allow her to give birth to her own child, so Tang Mo could only hide it, fortunately, she was now pregnant for a relatively short time, Tang Mo was worried that the child would be discovered by Zhu Yuanzhang, and on the other hand, he was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would die, because Zhu Yuanzhang really looked getting older and older, and he looked a little powerless every time he had sex.

Zhu Yuanzhang shaved Tang Mo's smooth neck with his beard, as if enjoying the softness of Tang Mo's body, and then Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Mo'er, I really can't bear you." ”

Tang Mo understood that Zhu Yuanzhang also noticed that her life was running out, so she comforted and said: "Your Majesty, people always die, Your Majesty should look away, even if Daming does not have His Majesty, I believe that he can prosper." ”

"Maybe" Zhu Yuanzhang said, he is not a stupid person, if he is a stupid person, then he can't be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, of course, faith must be there, but blindly believing in faith is just a manifestation of stupidity, as if people can have goals, but when the goal encounters an unattainable premise, it still does not change, it is stupid.

Whether a person is strong or not does not lie in what he knows, but in his final achievement, the result determines the height of a person, and for Zhu Yuanzhang, he is about to lose this result, so in his opinion, everything suddenly has no meaning, whether the Ming Dynasty will perish tomorrow or be eternal or everlasting, this seems to lack enough attraction for a dying person, and the only thing that can attract Zhu Yuanzhang now is the feeling at the moment, so he stroked Tang Mo's body and enjoyed the calm and gentleness of this moment.

However, time will eventually pass, and a palace maid came over, lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty, the national teacher, the ceremony of worshiping the heavens is about to begin, and the prince asked me to urge Your Majesty." ”

"I know" Zhu Yuanzhang said, then let go of Tang Mo, tidied up the clothes that were a little wrinkled just now, and then walked outside, Tang Mo followed behind, and the two walked out of the hall together.

Outside the main hall, the ministers were waiting, Tang Mo and Zhu Yuanzhang came to the altar in the middle, and the ceremonial officer of the Ministry of Rites held the book of sacrifice to heaven and began to read it.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang said: "May the heavens bless the Ming Dynasty and the country and the people." ”

Tang Mo said: "There are lucky stars in the East. ”

This is the end of the ritual of worshipping the heavens.

Two months have passed, and Zhu Yuanzhang is obviously about to die, but the monk still hasn't caught it.

That night, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that his life was coming to an end, and after having sex with Tang Mo, he felt that he was about to die.

Zhu Yuanzhang got dressed, and then asked the eunuch to call his grandson, as well as Prime Minister Liu Bowen, and the great eunuch Wang Zhong.

These three people are the people Zhu Yuanzhang wants to see the most now, and Zhu Yuanzhang believes that with the three of them, he will definitely be able to handle the things behind him very well.

Tang Mo stood in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's bed, she was now acting as a pillar, and she didn't say a word.

"Did the evil monk in Wancheng catch it?" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Wang Zhong said: "Your Majesty, we can catch him soon, we heard that he went to the ice field this time, and we have already sent three hundred elite brocade guard god crossbowmen to surround and kill." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, unwilling to say more, but looked at Liu Bowen and said: "Bowen, quickly draw up a posthumous call, after I die, Yunwen will inherit the throne." ”

"Yes" Liu Bowen said, and then was about to write the edict, but Zhu Yunwen suddenly said: "Grandpa Huang, please take back the edict, this emperor's grandson will never be able to do it." ”

"Why?" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Zhu Yunwen said: "Yunwen is still young, and all uncles are more qualified for the throne than Yunwen. ”

"Say no more, this emperor, you're done. Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Zhu Yunwen didn't want to, thinking in his heart that when the emperor grandfather left, I would take the throne, you want me to be the emperor, how can the uncles be happy, I must give up the throne, otherwise it will cause a war.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wang Zhong and said, "After I die, I want the national teacher to accompany me to the funeral."

When Tang Mo heard this, he suddenly fell into an ice cave, and said, "Your Majesty, why are you so ruthless?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Mo'er, look away, after I die, you have no place, why don't you accompany me, I won't let Wang Zhong kill you, I will only put you in the mausoleum, you can always accompany me, aren't you happy?"

Wang Zhong heard it very clearly, and secretly wrote it down in his heart that when the emperor was buried, he would put Tang Mo in the mausoleum.

Tang Mo knew that it was useless for him to say anything, but it would not be so easy to ask her to die, as long as she didn't kill her, she would definitely be able to live, so he didn't say anything more.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't really want Tang Mo to die, Zhu Yuanzhang was very smart, he knew that Tang Mo had a space where he could grow things and be locked up in the mausoleum, in the eyes of outsiders, Tang Mo was sure to die, but Tang Mo actually wouldn't die, she could live on the food of her own space.

After Zhu Yuanzhang explained these two things, he continued to say something, but suddenly he couldn't get angry, and the imperial doctors were already waiting beside him, and immediately took out a box of golden needles at this moment, wanting to renew Zhu Yuanzhang's life.

But Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand and waved, meaning that they were not allowed to continue their lives, and the imperial doctors did not dare to disobey the emperor's order, and then watched Zhu Yuanzhang swallow his breath.

"Your Majesty!" The eunuch at the door saw Zhu Yuanzhang breathing, and under the gesture behind Wang Zhong's back, he immediately shouted loudly, this is to prevent someone from trying to block the news.

Zhu Yunwen's tears flowed out desperately, but Tang Mo was a little disdainful, in the dream she was Zhu Yunwen's woman, for this man, he was just a cowardly coward, Tang Mo would never help him again in this life.

Liu Bowen had already written the edict, and he said: "Now that Your Majesty is dead, you should first tell the minister the news, and someone is coming." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's henchmen and guards walked in, Zhu Yuanzhang died, these guards are now looking at Liu Bowen with vigilant hostility, but Liu Bowen said to them very calmly: "You go and tell the minister the news of the emperor's death, and be sure to inform all the important ministers and ask them to enter the palace early tomorrow morning." ”

The next morning, sure enough, all the important ministers came to the outside of the Taiji Palace, the early dynasty began, there was no emperor, the throne was empty, Liu Bowen came out of the ranks, faced the ministers, and said: "Everyone, Your Majesty died last night, leaving two wills. ”

"First, the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen will inherit the emperor's throne. ”

"Second, the national teacher Tang Mo was buried with him. ”

Tang Mo's tears flowed down again, although she knew that she couldn't die, but she was extremely sad to think that she was going to be buried with her, and maybe she would be trapped in the grave for the rest of her life.

Therefore, it is understandable to shed tears.

Of course, the ministers would not believe it out of thin air, Liu Bowen took out the edict and circulated it by the ministers, all the important ministers saw the content of the edict, and there was no objection at the moment, and the court also began to hold the ceremony of the emperor's death in accordance with the rules of the Ministry of Rites.

First of all, the emperor has to carry out a three-day vigil, and the people who keep the vigil include the emperor's children and the concubines in the palace.

The number of people who guarded the spirit reached thousands, and a vast white filial piety robe knelt in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's coffin, and the palace was also full of white spirit flags.

Three days passed, and the watchmen finally persevered, and no one died.

Then it is to be buried, the national teacher to accompany the funeral, which must be carried out in Zhu Yuanzhang's will, but whether the other concubines are buried is unknown, and finally Zhu Yunwen made a decision, all the emperor's concubines were reinstated, canonized as widows, and they could receive a hundred taels of silver from the court every month.

Although this is a large expense, Zhu Yunwen is kind-hearted, he insists on doing this instead of letting these concubines accompany the funeral, and most of Zhu Yunwen's cousins and cousins are not happy, because of Zhu Yunwen's decision, their monthly money has to be reduced by half to make up for the shortfall.

Everyone was happy, only Tang Mo was sad and weeping, she stayed alone with Ping'er in the cold palace, waiting for the funeral.

"Ping'er, let's go, go back to Jiang County." Tang Mo said.

"Sister, then take care of yourself. After Ping'er finished speaking, she turned and left.

Tang Mo was the only one left in the palace, she was in tears, lonely, really lonely.