As soon as he entered the palace gate, a Praetorian Guard stopped Zhou Xiao and said, "Please show the waist card for entering the palace." ”

Zhou Xiao was furious: "What, don't you even know this king?" ”

The commander of the Praetorian Guard was originally Fu Tianling, and the newly appointed commander was also someone Zhou Xiao knew, a small lieutenant, who actually dared to stop King Yong, it seems that the situation in this palace is quite critical. Zhou Xiao didn't want to talk nonsense with these people at all, and with a seemingly casual wave of his hand, the people who stopped in front of him fell down one after another, and the guards next to him were about to step forward to intercept them, only to see that in a blink of an eye, Zhou Xiao disappeared in front of their eyes. A group of people were leaderless, and they were suddenly in chaos.

The servants in the palace saw Zhou Xiao, knelt on the ground and saluted, Zhou Xiao ignored it, and walked straight to the palace of the Emperor of Perpetuality, before he arrived at the door, he saw the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty standing in two rows, waiting in front of the door, seeing Zhou Xiao coming, they saluted one after another, approached the dormitory, and a sound of crying came from inside, Zhou Xiao was shocked, could it be his father......

He pushed open the door, only to see a circle of people around the edge of the dragon collapse, one of the imperial doctors was checking the pulse of the Emperor of Eternity, and the other was feeding him ginseng soup.

Zhou Xiao came in, everyone reacted differently, Concubine Liu and Zuo Xiang suddenly showed joy, while Concubine Mei looked indifferent, Zhou Yun was more happy than surprised to see him.

Zhou Xiao walked to the edge of the Emperor of Eternity, knelt down and said, "Father, the son is not filial, and he came back late." ”

Emperor Yongxu slowly raised his hand, pushed away the ginseng soup, and asked him to sit up, "Xiao'er...... It's back. Father, etc...... I've been waiting for you for a long time....... ”

He waved his hand vigorously, and the palace people below immediately picked up a brocade box that had been prepared a long time ago and brought it to the Emperor of Eternity.

Emperor Yongxu took a deep breath, and then said, "Zuo Xiang, tell them all to come in, and you can make a decree for me!" ”

Liu Xiang trembled and took the holy decree and said, "The minister obeys the decree." ”

As soon as the door opened, the civil and military officials knelt on the ground, all with solemn expressions.

Liu Xiang opened the holy decree and read it: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said, from now on, it will be passed on to the ninth son Zhou Xiao, Qin this!" ”

Everyone knelt on the ground and shouted long live, and Zhou Xiao took the holy decree and handed it to the person beside him. Such a concise edict of succession is also rare in the world.

After announcing the edict, Emperor Yongxu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, his face softened a lot, and he said, "Xiao'er stays, and the rest of the people retreat." ”

Concubine Mei and Concubine Liu retired one after another, and the ministers also withdrew from the emperor's dormitory in turn. As soon as she went out of the door, Concubine Mei was unstable and planted on the ground, Concubine Liu and her are mortal enemies, and now King Yong is, and the future days can be imagined.

Seeing this, Zhou Yun hurriedly held his mother and concubine, and said, "Xuan Imperial Doctor, you can go to Yilan Palace." After speaking, he picked up Concubine Mei and rushed to the Yilan Palace.

Zhou Xiao sat down on the edge of the bed according to the instructions of Emperor Perpetual, and said, "What does my father command?" ”

Emperor Yongxu took Zhou Xiao's hand and slowly spoke: "Xiao'er, my father's life, is worthy of his ancestors, and he is worthy of Li Min." But I'm sorry for my children. My father wants you and your three emperor brothers to protect your two sons, he has a weak personality and has no quarrel with the world, but he is easily encouraged by others. My father knows that it is not easy to be an emperor, and today I want you to promise that no matter what mistake your brother makes, he will be spared. ”

Zhou Xiao knelt down and said: "Father, rest assured, the sons will definitely take care of the third emperor brother and Concubine Mei." ”

Emperor Yongxu was very relieved when he heard this, although his ninth son is not very old, he has always had his own way of doing things, since he agreed, then he can rest assured.

"Xiao'er, get up, my father still has ...... Still have words...... To say. Before he finished his sentence, Emperor Yongxu began to cough violently.

Zhou Xiao hurriedly got up and patted him lightly on the back: "Father, don't be anxious, it's not too late to explain what you have to say." ”

"Xiao'er,...... The body of the father and the emperor himself knows, I'm afraid...... I'm afraid there's not much time left. ”

"Okay, son, listen."

"It is not easy to be the king of a country, no matter what decision is made, the people must be the most important, and you must not disregard the world because of your own selfish desires."

"Erchen must remember."

In the eighteenth year of the Great Wednesday, in winter, Emperor Yongxu died of illness, reigning for thirty-eight years, working hard to make the country prosperous, and the country and the people were safe. King Yong, the ninth emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, succeeded to the throne and changed the name of the country to Xianning.

In the early years of Xianning, it was unusually cold.

The war in Xiyuan slowed down a little, and An Mingxia and Hua Yaoyun rushed back to Kyoto to participate in the national funeral. Just after the national funeral, it is the New Year.

General Anda's Mansion has been particularly lively these days. An Mingxia and Hua Yaoyun rarely return to the house, and now when they come back, the mansion is full of joy, but this joy can't be too obvious, after all, Da Zhou has just lost a good emperor.

An Qingchen has never seen Zhou Xiao since he was separated from him at the city gate that day. And Mo Xu didn't send someone to pick him up, this little guy didn't recognize his life, he still ate and slept well in Anfu, and he was growing up day by day. In a few days, the little guy will be three months old, and those flexible little eyes will already look around, and he will giggle when he sees bright things, and he seems to be a good child with a sunny and cheerful heart.

Qingchen has been running at both ends of Mofu and Anfu these days, and sometimes he has to go to Mingjing Pavilion, so he rarely leaves his body in men's clothes. When she has a little free time, she immediately went to hug Xu'er, she was really worried that Xu'er would not be able to distinguish her gender in the future. Father and mother also came back, An Qingchen felt that she had a backbone, and sometimes there were any difficulties in business, she would go to discuss with An Mingxia, and there would always be unexpected gains. Moreover, the two "old men" also love Mo Xu, the little guy, so much that sometimes it is not their turn to hug Qingchen. Always, a qiē is a joy. There is only one item: Han Xiangxiang, who was placed in the side courtyard by Qingchen.

Qingchen held the principle of "out of sight and out of mind", and arranged Han Xiangxiang in the farthest west courtyard from her, and the west side courtyard was five miles away from her east courtyard, now, she should be born in peace, right? Who knows, this Han Xiangxiang was not born to be a master of peace, and when she was free, she ran to her East Cross Courtyard, and in the name of repaying her kindness, she served tea and water, massaged her back, and made Qingchen tireless.

On this day, An Qingchen was rarely idle, sitting in his own courtyard teasing Xu'er, basking in the sun, and was on the rise, Xiao Tao came to report that Miss Han brought her stewed soup and asked to see Miss.

An Qingchen handed Xu'er into the hands of Wang's mother and said, "If you don't see it, just say that Miss Ben is busy." Before the words were finished, Han Xiangxiang stepped into the East Cross Courtyard where Qingchen was located, and said as she walked: "Miss, Xiangxiang stewed some soup for you, you can taste it, it is the signboard of our Nanyang Drunken Immortal Building, I secretly learned it." He lowered his head and chuckled, seemingly shy.

Qingchen couldn't help but feel a chill, this Han Xiangxiang is definitely a queen-level figure in modern times, no wonder Tianlei has to go to great lengths to get her to Tianfu, if she is a man, she can't resist her Han Xiangxiang's appearance of wanting to talk.

"Thank you Miss Xiangxiang for your kindness, soup, put it down first, I'll use it later."

Han Xiangxiang put down the stew pot and still stood still.

"I wonder what else is going on with Miss Xiangxiang?" Qingchen asked.

"Miss, Xiangxiang wants to hug the little boy, I don't know if it's okay?" Han Xiangxiang showed her signature expression again, shy with a little expectation, seemingly cautious, but in fact determined to win.

Qingchen naturally wouldn't be polite to this kind of person: "I'm sorry, Miss Xiangxiang, my family Xu'er never lets outsiders hug me." ”

"But, Lord Yong, oh, no, the emperor, doesn't he often hold the little son?"

"Bold, you are a folk girl, can you compare with the emperor!"

When Han Xiangxiang heard this, she knew that she had lost her words, so she knelt down and said, "Miss forgive me, Xiangxiang lost her words." ”

Qingchen didn't want to entangle with her more, and said, "Get up, don't take an example." ”

"Xiangxiang knows."

"You go back first, I still have something to do."

Han Xiangxiang had no choice but to reluctantly say: "That Xiangxiang retired first." ”

It's just that before he walked to the door, he saw a bright yellow corner, and Han Xiangxiang looked up and saw that it was actually the Yongwang who had not been seen for a long time, that is, the current emperor.