Chapter 171: Zhao Heng died
When Zhao Heng summoned Zhao Zhen, Li Zhang happened to be in Yanqing Palace, so he also came with him, speaking of which, he has often accompanied Zhao Zhen here recently, so the palace maids in the palace also know him, and because Zhao Heng entered the dying moment, there was also some panic inside and outside the hall, so Li Zhang also entered the hall very smoothly, of course, he also knew the severity, and he had been standing quietly behind Zhao Zhen, trying not to attract attention.
Zhao Heng, who had been lying down all the time, actually sat up at this time, and his cheeks were a little more abnormally flushed, because the imperial doctor had already asked Zhao Heng to take the decoction of hanging, in other words, Zhao Heng was actually overdrawing the last bit of vitality now, in order to explain his last words clearly.
"Zhen'er, you...... You are a sensible child, and you are very relieved as a father, and I will take care of your mother and sister in the future! Zhao Heng grabbed Zhao Zhen's hand at this time, and said weakly, even as an emperor, at the last moment of his life, he was actually similar to an ordinary man, and the most reassuring thing was his family.
"Father, rest assured! Erchen ...... Erchen will do his best to take care of his mother and sister! Zhao Zhen also nodded heavily while crying at this time, and Miaoyuan next to her was even more crying, although she was young, she also vaguely felt that maybe after today, she would never see her father again.
Zhao Heng's children have died countless times in his life, but only Zhao Zhen and Miaoyuan survived, so he is also extremely fond of these children, even at this time, he still held the hands of his children tightly, and he was reluctant to let go for a long time, and Zhao Zhen and Miaoyuan cried together at this time, which filled the hall with a sad atmosphere.
But fortunately, Zhao Heng only has such a son as Zhao Zhen, so there is nothing entangled in the throne, and the holy decree of the succession has already been written, which is placed next to his pillow, so after he told Zhao Zhen, he asked them to step back temporarily, and then summoned Liu E to step forward.
"Queen, in the matter of Kou Zhun before, I ...... I'm sorry for you! What Li Zhang didn't expect was that after Zhao Heng grabbed Liu E's hand, he actually said such an inexplicable sentence, but in addition to Liu E, Zhao Zhen and Miao Yuan in the hall, there was only one outsider like Li Zhang, and Zhao Zhen and Miao Yuan were only crying at this time, and they probably didn't hear it.
"It's all at this time, what does Your Majesty say about this?" Liu E also said with tears streaming down her face at this time, she understood the meaning of Zhao Heng's words, but no matter if, these would not affect the relationship between their husband and wife, in fact, in retrospect, Liu E married someone when she was young and liked other people, but in this life, she loved Zhao Heng the most.
Hearing his wife's words, I saw that Zhao Heng's old face also showed a bitter smile, and then he took a few breaths and spoke again: "I have done a lot of wrong things in my life, and I have also done some good things, and among these things, I am most proud of marrying you, and I have the queen in this life, I finally don't feel too lonely, but I will leave before you today!" ”
"Your Majesty~" Liu E heard her husband's true feelings, and immediately fell into Zhao Heng's arms with a sad cry, tears couldn't stop flowing out, Zhao Heng couldn't do without her, how could she leave Zhao Heng, even if Zhao Heng became crazy before, and even lay on the bed and couldn't move, but as long as he was alive, she had a sustenance in her heart.
Zhao Heng also stretched out his arm at this time, gently hugged his wife and whispered a few words of comfort, and Liu E also knew that now was not the time to cry, so she quickly wiped away her tears and sat up straight again, Zhao Heng also spoke again at this time: "Zhen'er is young, if he is allowed to govern himself, the power will definitely fall into the hands of the ministers, so in the future, the government affairs of the court will also be temporarily handled by the queen!" ”
"The concubine understands!" Liu E said with tears in her eyes at this time, their husband and wife had some differences before this incident, but at the last moment, Zhao Heng still chose her, which made her moved and sad.
Then Zhao Heng told Liu E for a while, in addition to the affairs in the court, he also told Liu E to take care of Zhao Zhen and Miaoyuan, as well as the concubines in the palace and others, Liu E also agreed one by one, and finally Zhao Heng ordered to summon the other concubines in the palace, and after a while, I saw a large group of concubines enter the hall in turn, but everyone was sad, of course, it was impossible to distinguish whether it was true or false.
Li Zhang couldn't help but feel refreshed when he saw these concubines, and then looked at them secretly, he didn't want to see beautiful women, although these concubines were indeed more beautiful than the other, but he didn't have this mind now, because he wanted to find his own aunt from them, that is, Zhao Zhen's real mother, Concubine Li Chen, of course, now the Li family seems to be just a little Wanyi.
However, Li Zhang watched it for a long time, and finally his eyes were glazed, but he couldn't see which one was Li Wanyi, after all, he had never seen his aunt, and there were so many concubines in the palace, and now all the makeup for crying was spent, which made it even more impossible to distinguish, and he had no choice but to give up.
However, although the number of concubines was large, Zhao Heng only told a few words, which was nothing more than to let them listen to Liu E's teachings in the future, and at the same time restrain their families not to cause trouble, which did not take more than a minute together, and then Zhao Heng waved his hand to let these concubines go down.
After explaining the family, Zhao Heng summoned the ministers who were waiting outside the palace to come in, led by Ding Wei, followed by a tall old man, Li Zhang didn't know each other, and after Ding Wei and this old man, there were some other important ministers, including Lin Te who Li Zhang knew.
After seeing these ministers come in, Zhao Heng also cheered up again and confessed his last words, in fact, it was nothing more than reiterating that after his death, Zhao Zhen would succeed him and be assisted by Liu E. Ding Wei and others showed their loyalty with tears, but the tears of their ministers were probably cheaper than the tears of those concubines before.
After Zhao Heng confessed his last words in front of the minister, he waved them down, and he was also tired and panting at this time, and the flushing on his face became more abnormal, which made Liu E also feel distressed and hugged Zhao Heng and let him rest in his arms.
Zhao Zhen and Miao Yuan also seemed to feel something, and the two of them also cried even more, Li Zhang also sighed and stepped forward to comfort, but after Zhao Heng took a few breaths, he suddenly looked at Li Zhang, and then beckoned to him.
"Me?" At first, Li Zhang thought that he was wrong, after all, Zhao Heng would not let himself come forward at such a time anyway, but seeing that Zhao Heng was indeed nodding to him, he finally made him sure that Zhao Heng was calling him, so he had to step forward.
"The queen of potatoes has already told me, if you really succeed, your credit will be compared to that of the founding father of my Great Song Dynasty!" Zhao Heng was lying in Liu E's arms at this time, and said with a weak smile to Li Zhang.
"Your Majesty has a good reputation, this is what I should do!" Li Zhang finally reacted at this time, and said very modestly at the moment, potatoes are still a secret, except for him, Liu E, and Zhao Zhen who were present that day, there was no one else who knew about it, but he didn't expect that Liu E had already reported it to Zhao Heng, and he probably wanted to make him happy.
"Merit without pride, the prince can have a brother like you, I am also very happy, in the future, the queen will have to deal with government affairs, and all the military affairs will be on her alone, I'm afraid there won't be much time to take care of Zhen'er and Miaoyuan, and then you will have to take care of them as a brother!" Zhao Heng praised Li Zhang, and said again.
"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister will live up to His Majesty's high expectations!" Li Zhang immediately opened his mouth and assured, in fact, even if Zhao Heng didn't open his mouth, he would definitely take care of Zhao Zhen and Miao Yuan, not to mention anything else, just because of this time of getting along, he would treat Zhao Zhen and the two of them as his younger brothers and sisters.
"With your words, I ...... I'm relieved! Zhao Heng also showed a relieved smile at this time, but after finishing speaking, he suddenly arched his body and coughed violently, Liu E also hurriedly patted his back, but it had no effect, which made Liu E also anxious tears.
finally waited until Zhao Heng stopped coughing, and then lay weakly in Liu E's arms, but at this time, his originally flushed face became pale, his breathing became weaker and weaker from shortness to shortness, and the look in his eyes was slowly disappearing, and when Zhao Heng's eyes slowly closed, his breathing also stopped, and a generation of emperors passed away.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" Liu E put Zhao Heng gently on the bed with tears in her eyes, and then knelt down in front of the bed and whispered, and the other people in the hall also knelt down one after another, and when the ministers outside the hall received the news, the voice of "Congratulations to Your Majesty" was also connected.
"Father!" Zhao Zhen and Miao Yuan screamed sadly, like a cuckoo crying blood, and then fell down on Zhao Heng and cried bitterly, Li Zhang also sighed at this time, although he and Zhao Heng did not have much intersection, only met twice, and the other party was still confused, but now seeing the other party passing, he still felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Zhao Zhen and Miaoyuan cried breathlessly in the end, but in the end they were persuaded by Li Zhang, although Liu E was also grief-stricken, but she still insisted on starting to deal with Zhao Heng's funeral, and the ministers in the court also needed to be appeased, and there was no time to care about Zhao Zhen and Miaoyuan, so Li Zhang could only stay in the palace and did not go back for seven days.
It wasn't until Zhao Heng's first seven years later that Zhao Zhen and Miaoyuan's emotions finally stabilized, and Li Zhang finally found a chance to go home, although the conditions in the palace were countless times better than at home, but the so-called golden nest and silver nest were not as good as the grass nest at home, only when they arrived at home, people could really relax.
Li Zhang returned home, and the family was also jubilant, after all, he didn't come back for so long, and the family was very worried, but they couldn't enter the palace, and they couldn't find out about Li Zhang, and now that Li Zhang is back, they can finally rest assured.
However, after Li Zhang accompanied his family to dinner, he found Lu Wu for the first time, because he had something he couldn't figure out, so he wanted to ask Lu Wu for advice.