The smell in the dormitory was mixed with a strong medicinal fragrance, the emperor was too familiar with this smell, and the smell of his dormitory lingered endlessly since last year.

The dormitory was quiet, and the emperor looked ahead, and saw the queen with her usual smile, leaning on the soft pillow and staring in the direction he was walking towards her.

For decades, every time he went to Fengyi Palace, the queen always looked at him with such eyes.

"Queen."

"Your Majesty."

"I'm here to give you a ride."

"The concubine knows that you will definitely come."

The emperor's steps were very slow, and he walked to the edge of the bed step by step, and sat down slowly with his support for the bedpost.

The two have been married for a lifetime, from teenagers to whiteheads, and their young spirits are faltering today.

It's the end of a lifetime.

"The concubine specially painted her makeup today, Your Majesty, do you look good?" The queen smiled and stared at the man in front of her, as if he were her whole world.

The Emperor narrowed his cloudy eyes and scrutinized the Empress's face.

The face was not pretty, thin and out of shape, and the skin hung on the bones, but the smile in those eyes made him ignore all the imperfections, and the delicate bride of the newlywed appeared in front of her again.

On the wedding night, the queen also smiled and said to him: Lord, am I good-looking? I deliberately put on makeup.

How did he answer at the time?

Oh, he deliberately shamed her, so he said: "The woman is the one who pleases herself, and the princess seems to like this king very much." ”

The emperor looked at the queen's smile and couldn't help but say: "The woman is the one who pleases herself, and the queen seems to like me very much." ”

The emperor looked at the empress with tears rolling down her smiling eyes, and listened to her say: "What Your Majesty said is that the concubines have been happy with Your Majesty for a long time. ”

"What the prince said is that I have been happy with the prince for a long time."

She said so back then.

The Emperor's hand as he held the Empress tightened slightly.

The queen was in pain but didn't make a sound, just stared at His Majesty reluctantly, "The concubine has never regretted marrying Your Majesty." ”

It's useless to regret it, and you can't remarry.

"Now the concubine has to take the first step, and she is very reluctant to give up on Your Majesty."

Tell me, I didn't take it seriously, you took it seriously.

"In addition to Your Majesty, the concubines who can't let go of the most are Xiao Jiu and Meng Jiang. Meng Jiang married far away, and as soon as the concubine left, I hope Your Majesty will take care of it a little more, and don't be bullied by the Yang family. ”

The Yang family is full of loyalty, and there is nothing to say about loyalty, but as soon as she died, Xiao Jiu was alone in Shangjing, and she showed her old face and sold miserably, maybe His Majesty's conscience found that Meng Jiang could return to Shangjing.

"The one who worries the concubine the most is Xiao Jiu." Speaking of this, the queen suddenly held His Majesty's hand hard, and the corners of her forehead trembled, "Your Majesty, Xiaosi is a good boy, but Concubine Li De has been a sister with her concubine for decades, and the concubine is really reluctant to her." ”

The emperor looked at the empress and saw that the empress was looking at him with a pleading look in her eyes.

They have been married for life, how could the emperor not know what the queen meant.

The queen is very relieved of King Chu, but she is not worried about Concubine Li De, she is asking him for assurance.

"I understand, don't worry."

When the queen heard this, her majesty's hand suddenly relaxed, and she fell weakly on the brocade mattress.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, if there is an afterlife, the concubines are still looking forward to meeting Your Majesty again."

God bless, it's just that you meet him, just marry him.

The emperor watched the light in the empress's eyes dissipate, slowly closed his eyes, and he took her hand again, and did not let go for a long time.

On November 23, the queen collapsed in Fengyi Palace. The emperor ordered the Anzi Palace to be in the Guangming Palace, set up a few feasts, hang Danyi, the emperor dropped out of the dynasty into clothes, and the concubines and palace people wore vegetarian food.

The officials of the imperial court and the princes and nobles are arranged according to the official ranks, and the princesses, princesses and county lords enter. The rest of the officials' wives, the princes and uncles and their wives gathered outside the palace gate to mourn according to their shifts.

Three Mo a day, three days in a row, two times in the morning and evening. Officials are not allowed to get married and have fun for 27 days, and people are not allowed to get married and other festive activities for 7 days.

Stopped for three days, after moving the Zi Palace to the funeral palace Ancuo, the etiquette and its grandeur, the queen ceremonies are all set, the school captain is selected to carry the public opinion, and the emperor personally sends it. The officials, princesses, and princesses below the king, and the women of the inner court and above are waiting in the funeral palace.

The emperor came to read the blessings, sacrificial wine, and then there were ceremonies such as the first sacrifice and the moon sacrifice to send the queen's coffin into the imperial mausoleum with the hall, and so that His Majesty would be sent to the main palace of the imperial mausoleum for burial together after a hundred years in the future.

Later, Fu Yuanling would always remember the day when the queen's coffin was sent away, His Majesty's slightly rickety body stared at the direction where the coffin left and never looked back for a long time.

She thought that even if His Majesty was surrounded by a group of beauties later, the queen mother was a special one in his heart.

Because of the death of the queen, the whole festival was clouded with a haze.

After turning the New Year into spring, His Majesty continued to ask the prince to be crowned by the ministers, and finally established the king of Chu as the crown prince and Xu Xiuning as the crown princess.

This happy event washed away the sorrow of the queen's death, and there was joy everywhere.

For Fu Yuanling, there is good news that Princess Jin'an was recalled to Beijing by His Majesty, unlike the other two princesses who have to return to their respective husbands' homes after the funeral.

In the eyes of everyone, this is a manifestation of His Majesty's deep love for the queen, missing his deceased wife, so he left his daughter by his side.

King Jin's Mansion.

Fu Yuanling and Princess Jin'an sat opposite each other, the copper kettle on the clay stove on the stone table whined, and a bowl of amber tea soup was placed in front of each of them.

Princess Jin'an's face was not very good-looking, she took a sip of tea, put down the teacup and said: "The king of Chu has made the crown prince, but Concubine Li De's position has not been promoted, and now there are courtiers who have asked for her to be crowned." ”

Fu Yuanling sneered, remembered the box that Niangniang gave her before she died, looked at Princess Jin'an and said, "Imperial sister, Concubine Li De is trying to get to the back position." ”

"Yes, it stands to reason that the King of Chu has made the crown prince, and his mother should mention the position, but this appearance is a little too ugly." Princess Jin'an was very dissatisfied.

The queen has not been there for a year, and the king of Chu is deeply supported and protected by the queen, and Concubine Li De's posture of not remembering the old feelings and rushing to the throne makes Princess Jin'an a little dissatisfied with the king of Chu.

"It may not all be Concubine Li De's meaning, but I am afraid that there are also ministers in the DPRK and China who will test His Majesty's thoughts." Fu Yuanling half-narrowed his eyes, since the queen mother left, His Majesty's body has been getting worse day by day, although the king of Chu is now in the name of the prince, he is actually doing the emperor's errand.

Many courtiers intended to let His Majesty abdicate and become the emperor, but no one dared to say this, so they could only use the matter of asking Concubine Li De to be sealed.

When you're in a high position, you can't help yourself.

"What does Xiao Jiu think?" Princess Jin'an looked at Fu Yuanling and asked.

"Today, the prince went to the East Palace." Fu Yuanling sighed lightly, "The fourth brother is now on the fire, and he is in a dilemma. ”