The door of the Qianqing Palace was rudely kicked open, accompanied by Zhu Houzhao's cry, breaking the most solitude and farewell of the couple in the palace.

Zhu Houzhao staggered to Emperor Hongzhi's couch and knelt down, grabbed his hand and cried: "Father, they said that you woke up, are you already well?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi stared at his only bone and blood in the world in a daze, tears flowed more and more, but a smile bloomed on his face.

"Houzhao, my father has been waiting for you......"

Hearing this sentence that seemed to be a parting sentence, Zhu Houzhao's heart sank in vain, and his expression was sluggish like thunder.

"Father's ......"

Gently stroking the top of Zhu Houzhao's head, Emperor Hongzhi was full of helplessness and pain.

How could he be willing to leave behind this splendid country and his virtuous wife and filial son? But if he can live a few more years, even if he is an ordinary person with no power and no power, he is willing, but unfortunately there is no holiday, so what can he do?

Emperor Hongzhi gasped and tried to stand up, and Empress Zhang hurriedly took his arm to help him up and sat on the edge of the bed.

Tears refracted a vague and trembling figure in the eye sockets, Emperor Hongzhi coughed weakly twice, and said with a sad smile: "Houzhao, you have to be a good emperor in the future, your father's life's work has been poured into this Ming Dynasty, you don't defeat it, otherwise you will have no shame to see your father and ancestors in the future, remember, be a good emperor......"

Zhu Houzhao cried: "What did my father say? Erchen couldn't understand a word......"

Emperor Hongzhi sighed and smiled: "Father...... It's time to say goodbye to you, and my father is going to a far away place, where there is no noise from the ministers, and there are no internal and external troubles that seem to never be dealt with. There are no piles of breathless notebooks, my father is very tired in this life, and my father wants to rest......"

Zhu Houzhao cried so much that his liver and intestines were broken: "Father and the emperor are resting, and the sons and daughters will help you do this, you don't want to die, take a good look at the sons and daughters, and teach the sons how to be emperors." Father, my son is still young, how can you bear to abandon me? ”

"Kids. Your father can't protect you for a lifetime, you have to learn to grow up by yourself, and honor your mother and queen mother in the future. Originally, you also had a younger brother and a younger sister, but unfortunately they died young, and you were the only one left. ”

"Father, the son doesn't want to be the emperor, as long as the father lives well, the son is willing to be the crown prince for a lifetime under the wing of the father......"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled. He coughed and wheezed hard, as if he wanted to buy a little more life for himself.

"Don't talk nonsense,...... Houzhao, your responsibility is very heavy, and your father is not a good emperor. After 18 years of governance, Jiangshan Sheji is still full of hidden dangers, there are Mongolian Boyan Mengke in the north, there are Japanese invaders in the south, and Sichuan Tusi in the west frequently rebelled, and my father wanted to live a few more years. Cut off all these hidden dangers, give you a clean and clean Taiping country, so that you can enjoy a lifetime of carefree glory and wealth, but unfortunately the day is not a holiday, the father is too late to do it after all, these things will depend on you in the future, take care of it, slowly figure it out, don't be in a hurry, you are a frizzy character, but the military affairs can not be frizzy, and the reckless use of swords and soldiers will hurt the country's luck, listen to the opinions of the cabinet scholars in everything, and don't act willfully. ”

Zhu Houzhao cried and nodded vigorously: "Erchen knows what to say." ”

After explaining this, Emperor Hongzhi suddenly felt a sense of relief in his heart, and the burden he had borne for a long time, along with the guilt for the queen and his son, was all unloaded at this moment.

From the worry of the deep palace day and night in his childhood, to the thin ice of walking on thin ice after ascending the throne as the emperor, and for the devastated country and society, Emperor Hongzhi worked hard and worked hard for half his life, he was really tired.

Looking at Emperor Hongzhi's gradually disgraced face, Zhu Houzhao suddenly knew that something was wrong, and cried anxiously: "Father, you can't die!" Did you forget what you promised? You promised your sons that you will never die! ”…,

Emperor Hongzhi's throat hissed, just when the dying lamp was dry, Zhu Houzhao's crying seemed to come from a distant place, he turned his head with difficulty, stared at the only bone and blood in this life, and smiled weakly: "I'm sorry, my father lied, how can there be an immortal person in the world?" Thick photos, you ...... Grow up and be a ...... Good Emperor ......"

"Father, father! Erchen made soup for you with his own hands, Erchen made it very delicious this time, Qin Kan tasted it, he said it was delicious, can you open your eyes and take a sip? Take a sip and your body will be fine. ”

When he was dying, Emperor Hongzhi nodded in confusion: "Okay, good ......"

Zhu Houzhao turned his head and shouted: "Come on, bring the soup in!" ”

Liu Jin hurriedly walked in with a delicate small bowl of blue porcelain on a white background, knelt in front of Zhu Houzhao and raised the bowl above his head with both hands.

Zhu Houzhao took the bowl and tried it with a silver spoon, and the soup was still warm.

Scooping a spoonful of soup with tears, Zhu Houzhao held his breath and handed it to Emperor Hongzhi's bloodless lips.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and opened his mouth with difficulty, but before the silver spoon was sent into his mouth, he saw his body twitch violently, and then tilted his head back, without a sound.

Syllable!

The porcelain bowl fell quietly from Zhu Houzhao's hand and fell to the ground and fell to pieces.

"Father—"

With the crying of Empress Zhang and the mournful roar of the crown prince Zhu Houzhao, all the eunuchs and maids and warriors in the deep palace knelt on the ground.

The bell of the Wufeng Tower on the noon gate of the palace suddenly rang, again and again, in the middle of the night in the Jingshi City.

A group of eunuchs hurriedly ran towards the palace gate, and there was a sad and shrill voice inside and outside the deep palace.

"His Majesty the Emperor is on a great line, and the dragon returns to the sky-"

Late at night, the civil and military ministers and princes and nobles who were waiting outside the Chengtian Gate of the Imperial Palace knelt down to the palace gate together from the beginning of the bell of the Wufeng Tower, and the cry shook the sky.

The people in Jingshi City also walked out of their homes one after another, kneeling far away outside the Chengtian Gate, kowtowing and crying.

"Deep in the mountains and poor valleys, I feel sad when I hear it. When the people come, there are those who lose their voices. ”

"The subjects mourned, and they couldn't talk to each other. Azusa Palace passed, the cry shook the wilderness, and it won the hearts of the people, so. (Guo Yu)

Outside the Qianqing Palace, Qin Kan quietly watched Empress Zhang and Zhu Houzhao who were crying in the hall, and there was deep sadness and grief in his heart.

In silence, Qin Kan pursed his lips, knelt down from afar in front of Emperor Hongzhi's body outside the hall, and solemnly kowtowed three times.

When he raised his head after kowtowing, Qin Kan was already in tears.

His Majesty Emperor Hongzhi, traveling to this era is the blessing of my Qin Kan, Xie Lu thanks you for the prosperity of the country under your rule.

Unfulfilled wishes, I, Qin Kan, will do my best to assist your son to complete it.

A well-deserved wise monarch, go all the way! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )