Chen Xian and Yu Wendi reached an agreement, that is, they each pursued Xiao Mingyue, and the one who could win the other party's heart in the end was the winner.

After several days of discussion and agreement, the two sides decided to resume mutual trade, the armies of the two sides were revised, and the king of Heqing and Yuwendi also had to rush back to Luoyang, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, to regain power, and kill Zhu Rong to avenge the former emperor and Yuwenxin.

So Yuwendi and King Heqing took their men and horses and marched towards the capital.

It is said that Zhu Rong calculated everything, but he didn't expect that the king of Heqing would come out and stab himself, but now he is angry and regretful, so he gathered many ministers to prepare to deal with the attack of the king of Heqing.

Fan Zhen said: "For today's plan, only to retreat as advance, the king of Heqing has 30,000 troops in his hands, and the 100,000 people we sent are now not much left, it is better to divide half of the country with him, and leave the green mountains without fear of no firewood!" ”

The other ministers were also dissatisfied with Zhu Rong's tyranny, and they didn't have a good idea after a lot of discussions, and they all wanted King Heqing to attack as soon as possible.

Zhu Rong sneered: "Let me give him the land, it is impossible, and you don't stand by and watch, even if King Heqing can let you go, then I will kill you before he arrives!"

When they heard this, they were all terrified, and fell to their knees and begged for mercy.

Fan Zhen said: "Don't worry, Lord Xiangguo, we have the support of the emperor and the queen mother, even if it is justified, King Heqing has no reason to attack us." ”

Zhu Rong thought about it, as long as the little emperor and the queen mother were hostages in his hands, he was not afraid of King Heqing and others rebelling.

So, he sent people to keep a firm watch on the little emperor and the Empress Dowager Han, and didn't let them go out of the palace for half a step.

On this day, Xiao Mingyue accidentally punctured her finger while embroidering and shed several drops of blood, so she subconsciously said: "Could it be that Brother Chen and Dad are in danger?" ”

Amber comforted on the side: "Miss, don't think too much, General Chen and Master are both experienced people, and they will never be fine." ”

Xiao Mingyue still said very much: "I don't know if King Heqing's people can arrive in time, if they can't be in time, it will be troublesome."

While he was talking, Xiao Zhong came in and said with a smile: "Don't worry, your Chen Xian is fine, his life is very big, but he was seriously injured." ”

Xiao Mingyue heard this, and hurriedly said, "Seriously injured? Is it serious? How's it going? ”

Xiao Zhong comforted: "There is no big problem, I am cultivating, but this time I can successfully break through the enemy army, but I am very grateful to the King of Heqing in the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was his people who arrived in time to help us." ”

Xiao Mingyue listened and said, "That's good, I'm worried that my father is outnumbered, and I was still worried about them before." ”

Xiao Zhong sighed and said: "It was Chen Xianxian who led 8,000 elite soldiers to sneak attack the Northern Wei camp overnight, greatly reducing the enemy's morale, and our and Heqing King's soldiers were able to successfully capture the Wei army's camp. ”

Xiao Mingyue said distressedly: "He actually gambled with his own life, has he ever met If something happens to him, then me?" ”

Xiao Zhong said: "God bless now, although he is seriously injured, he is still alive, don't worry, when he comes back this time, let him propose to you." ”

As he was talking, the little eunuch outside the door asked to see him and said, "Please Your Highness hurry up and move to His Majesty's bedroom." ”

Xiao Zhong listened and hurriedly said, "Is my father's condition worsening again?" ”

The little eunuch said: "Gonggong Feng asked the servants to report that His Majesty is in danger at this moment, and ask His Highness to come over and wait for the decree." ”

When Xiao Zhong heard this, he hurriedly walked with the little eunuch to Emperor Wu's bedroom, and Xiao Mingyue also said to Amber: "Let's go with us and see if we can help?" ”

Emperor Wu of Liang's bedroom, Emperor Wu had his last breath left, in order to keep to see Xiao Zhong for the last time, Concubine Hu cried on the side: "Your Majesty, you must not have anything to do, leave us orphans and widows, what can we do in the future." ”

Emperor Wu grabbed Concubine Hu's hand, clenched it tightly, and there were tears in the corners of his eyes, and said with difficulty: "Love Concubine...... Don't be too sad, the widow knows that his time is short...... Your mother and son will ...... in the future Live well, don't ...... Don't worry too much about widows. With that, he was out of breath again.

Concubine Hu said to Imperial Physician Zhang: "Is there any other way for Imperial Physician?" Can make Your Majesty better. ”

Imperial Physician Zhang said enlighteningly: "Your Highness worked too hard before, the dragon's body was damaged, and it was poisoned, which made it even worse, and now I am afraid that Bian Que is alive, and Your Majesty is also lacking in skills." ”

Concubine Hu and Gonggong Feng on the side couldn't help crying when they heard this.

At this time, Xiao Zhong and the others rushed over, and when they saw that Emperor Wu was terminally ill, they couldn't help but kneel in front of Emperor Wu's bed in pain and said, "Father, the son is not filial and cannot cure your illness." After saying that, he also began to cry bitterly.

Emperor Wu heard that Xiao Zhong was coming in a daze, so he forced his last bit of energy, pulled Xiao Zhong hard and said, "Don't cry, you will be ...... in the future." The king of a country must ...... Protect the widow and ...... Every inch of the country, for the benefit of the people, to be a ...... Be a good emperor. After speaking, he gasped vigorously, Concubine Hu and Imperial Physician Zhang hurriedly stepped forward to soothe his chest, but Emperor Wu was already in danger of life, so he held his breath in his chest, and finally did not catch his breath.

Seeing this, Gonggong Feng cried and said, "Your Majesty, you have died!" So Xiao Mingyue and all the palace people knelt down one after another and cried bitterly.

Xiao Mingyue recalled that before and after she entered the palace, Emperor Wu of Liang took care of her and trusted her father, and unconsciously shed tears.

As a result, a generation of Ming Jun Xiao Yan ended his ruling career in this way, and Shouyuan was 54 years old.

At this time, many ministers also received the news and rushed to Emperor Wu's bedroom, and when they saw that Emperor Wu had passed away at this time, they knelt on the ground together, and while bowing to Emperor Wu, they cried and said, "The dragon is dead!"

Crying, after saluting, they discussed how to deal with the aftermath of Emperor Wu and Xiao Zhong's accession to the throne.

Everyone proposed that in order to stabilize the situation, three days later, an enthronement ceremony for Xiao Zhong would be held first, and then Emperor Wu would be buried.

As a result, each palace prepared burial goods for Emperor Wu, countless gold, silver and jade, rare treasures, gorgeous costumes, chariots and horses, and so on. Originally, in the harem, the concubines who were favored by Emperor Wu and had no children were all buried together, but Xiao Zhong decided to abolish this custom and change it to dummies, and all the ministers supported Xiao Zhong's virtuous move, so they did not object.

Xiao Mingyue returned to Chunning Palace, sat in the peach blossom courtyard, looked at the dead branches and old trees in the courtyard, and thought to herself: In this palace, everyone seems to be noble, but from the emperor to a fish in the pond, how can anyone be free?

He opened the cage, released the two bald parrots, and watched them fly into the sky, and couldn't help but sigh: "After being in the cage for a long time, I can return to nature." ”

Amber looked at it from the side and said suspiciously, "Miss, why did you put them away?" ”

Xiao Mingyue said lightly: "The sky is their home, it's not a lifetime to stay in this golden cage." ”

Amber said, "But it's okay to let them go, the two of them seem to be sick these days, but now that they've been released, they're alive." ”

A few days later, Gao Dazai and other ministers of the court held a grand enthronement ceremony for Xiao Zhong, Xiao Zhong wore a dragon robe, wore a crown on his head, and accepted the worship of the ministers on the top of the main hall.

The ministers chose the year name "Tianjian" for Xiao Zhong, and named Gao Mengyao as the queen in accordance with Emperor Wu's edict, and held a wedding ceremony for Xiao Zhong and Gao Mengyao half a month later.

When Gao Fu heard the news, he was overjoyed from top to bottom, especially Gao Mengyao's mother Dou Shi, who was even more happy, so she began to discuss with her husband Gao Min and began to prepare all matters for Gao Mengyao's wedding.

Xiao Zhong was originally the same as Xiao Mingyue, a person who yearns for freedom, and an extremely virtuous person, since he became the emperor, he has lost his freedom, and he has to deal with many trivial matters in the court every day, and he has to personally prepare for the funeral for Emperor Wu.

Concubine Hu was also respected as the queen mother, with the honorific name "Huade", and also moved to the Anning Palace, where the Taigong should live, and Xiao Mingyue also moved with her.

The Anning Palace is very prosperous, the palace utensils, furniture, etc. are extremely luxurious, the Empress Dowager Hu does not like this luxurious decoration, so she let people remove these eye-catching decorations, as usual in the west side of the hall set up a Buddhist hall, she lives in the east hall, let the south hall let Xiao Mingyue live.

Xiao Mingyue looked at the two cranes in the courtyard, in a daze, Amber was carrying a pair of vases with carved ears, and when she saw Xiao Mingyue in a trance, she smiled and said, "Miss, what's wrong?" Why are you in a daze again, I'm afraid I'm not thinking about General Chen again? ”

Xiao Mingyue looked at Amber and said, "I want to go horseback riding in the suburbs, Amber, let's go horseback riding another day!" ”

Amber said happily after hearing this: Okay, it's just that now His Royal Highness has become the emperor, and General Chen is not there, so he can only accompany you as a servant. ”

Xiao Mingyue smiled: "It's okay, let's go by ourselves." ”

So he excitedly went back to the house and Amber to sort out his things, found out the clothes he often wore for horseback riding, and sent a palace person to send a letter to Gao Mengyao, and made an appointment to go horseback riding in the suburbs together.

As for Xiao Wen, he wrote to Xiao Zhong several times, pretending to cry about his crimes, so as to provoke brotherhood and make Xiao Zhong feel compassion for him, and Xiao Zhong did not kill him, but relegated him to the wild land of Lingnan.

And Xiao Wen saw that Xiao Zhong kept his life, so he still did not admit defeat and continued to carry out his conspiracy, although he was demoted to Lingnan, he still used his identity to continue to hoard contacts, just waiting for one day, he could be pushed to Xiao Zhong's regime.