The incense was burning in the palace of the Son of Heaven, the fragrance was strong, choking people tightly, and the palace people who served held their breath one by one, holding their faces red, but they gritted their teeth and did not dare to make any sound.

Suddenly, a small chamberlain couldn't help it, coughed lightly, and was just bumped into by Feng An who came out of the inner hall. He quietly gestured to the guard, and the waiter, who couldn't hold back his cough, was immediately gagged and dragged out and whipped.

Everyone in the palace knows that since yesterday, Emperor Yuan can no longer enter a drop of rice.

The choking incense was to cover up the stench emitted by the large piece of rotting flesh and blood on Emperor Yuan's abdomen. I Mingjun, in this life, only did one thing that hurt heaven and reason, and he was retributed in an instant.

Knowing that the end was approaching, Emperor Yuan took up the last bit of spirit, instructed Feng An to bring pen and ink, wrote the last letter of his life, and whispered to Feng An: "Hide it, if something happens, let them go, anyway, I can't hear or see." ”

After that, I couldn't hold it anymore, and when I fell, my eyes were closed, and I couldn't wake up no matter how I called, but fortunately, there was still a trace of breath wandering.

Hearing the news, Chu Zikai immediately put down the affairs at hand and quickly rushed to the Son of Heaven Palace, only to find that someone was more active than himself.

Liu Wanrou and Zhang Liangyuan had already knelt on the stairs, crying sadly and very noisy, but they didn't see tears for a long time, and when they saw Chu Zikai coming, they gritted their teeth and squeezed out a drop or two.

It took so much effort, but I couldn't get a look as I wished.

The two put on a posture, but they were bypassed by Chu Zikai.

Seeing this, Liu Wanrou and Zhang Liangyuan stopped crying instantly and looked at each other.

This demeanor was clearly seen by the smile that followed behind Chu Zikai.

Seeing such a hypocritical face who was still playing for the position of power regardless of the occasion, Zhan laughed and mocked: "Your Majesty didn't come to serve when he was sick, but now he is very active." ”

When the two of them heard this, Zhang Liangyuan put away his usual weak willow style, straightened up and looked at Zhanxiao with disdain, and lowered his voice to warn: "Relying on His Royal Highness to spoil you on weekdays, it will be a blessing, and after that, please recognize your status, without the support of Your Majesty, the position of the queen, you are a foreigner, don't even think about it." ”

What she said was not that Zhanxiao cared at all, so Zhanxiao was not affected at all, looked the two in front of her up and down, and shot back directly: "You think too much, I never thought about being a queen, so I never put in a little effort, unlike you, I spent so much effort, how could I have gotten what I wanted?" ”

These words were the truth, but they aroused Liu Wanrou's temper, and she immediately wanted to step forward to confront Zhanxiao, and suddenly there was a sad shout from inside: "Mourning-Your Majesty has died-"

When the Son of Heaven died, the mourning bell rang loudly, and everyone was quiet at this moment, kneeling down together, bowing their heads and weeping.

What the bell indicated, everyone in the palace knew that Concubine Liu took all the concubines, changed into plain clothes, and hurried to the Son of Heaven Palace.

Tears rained down, as if I was looking forward to the man I couldn't get in my life, and I seemed to sigh for the loneliness of my life.

Emperor Yuan is gone, and there are all kinds of rare jewels buried with him, and he took away the cold and warm jade chess pieces that he loves to play most in his life, and he took away the crane auspicious cloud furnace in the palace of the Son of Heaven, but he can't take away the crown that symbolizes the power of the world.

And for the sake of that crown, he gave up too many things in his life, but they were all irretrievable, and they were two empty games.

However, a few days later, when the entrance to the beautiful and lifeless mausoleum was sealed, the crown was worn on Chu Zikai's head again.

After all his efforts in this life, Emperor Yuan finally did what he wanted to do.

Another thing, forever regretted. Concubine Lin Shu's mausoleum, where Emperor Yuan was specially empty before. In the opposition of the ministers, in the end, Emperor Yuan could not be allowed to lie there as he wished.

The etiquette is solemn, and true love is invincible. The world of a generation came to an end, and in the end, Emperor Yuan still accompanied the Empress Qi who had made three prostrations to sleep together.

Only the living people don't have the heart to explore whether there is a grudge between the two of them. Anyway, the dead are unconscious, and the rituals still have to bind the living.

At the end of the enthronement ceremony, Chu Zikai walked aimlessly through the palace. To the palace wall, go up alone and look, Emperor Yuan's mausoleum is in the east, Concubine Lin Shu's mausoleum is in the west, Chu Zikai is worried, across a Jingzhou city, I don't know if I can see each other.

As soon as it was established, the sun was setting, Chu Zikai looked in that direction and let go of his thoughts, and no one dared to disturb him.

It wasn't until the last light faded into the dark night that Chu Zikai sighed, and then went down the palace ladder, Feng Yun finally seized the opportunity to come forward and report: "Your Majesty, the person who was sent to Xifan earlier has returned. ”

Chu Zikai paused and asked, "Did you find anything?" ”

Feng Yun replied: "Not really, but the spy said that the crown prince of Zephan seems to be looking for someone." ”

Suddenly feeling a tightness in his heart, Chu Zikai first suspected that Ye Geqi might be hiding Yu Zhaoshi's trick, but Feng Yun's next sentence completely denied his idea.

"The person sent to Fengyang by His Majesty earlier has also returned, saying that a similar person has been found, but it is ......"

As soon as these words came out, Chu Zikai was stunned, and before Feng Yun could finish speaking, he eagerly interrupted: "When did I send someone to Fengyang?" ”

Feng Yun seemed to have just knew, and when he heard Chu Zikai ask, he hurriedly replied: "The slave doesn't know, but the spy is holding the secret letter from the East Palace?" ”

"People in Fengyang? What's going on? Panicking for no reason, Chu Zikai remembered that when he learned that Ye Geqi had taken action to protect Yu Zhao, he only thought that she and Ye Geqi were gone, but he didn't expect that she would return to Fengyang alone. Since they were sent out by the East Palace, how could they know her whereabouts but they didn't.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Feng Yun knelt down and didn't dare to speak, Chu Zikai was anxious, and his voice couldn't help but amplify: "I asked you how she was?" ”

Thinking of the words of the spy report just now, and seeing Chu Zikai's concerned look, Feng Yun trembled with fear, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty forgives me, the slave can't say clearly, Your Majesty should go and ask the spy who came back." ”

Seeing this, Chu Zikai hurried towards the Son of Heaven Palace, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, even though he suffered such a betrayal, even though he knew that maybe she had hastened the death of Emperor Yuan, hatred inevitably came from his heart. But when he learned that Yu Zhao might have an accident, it was still difficult to accept.

All the palace people along the way didn't know why the new emperor looked so hurried, and when they saw it, they didn't have time to kneel, so they disappeared again, and they didn't dare to explore more, and continued to talk about the gossip they were talking about in a whisper as they walked.

"I thought that there was another Concubine Liu in the palace, but who knew that a Zhaorong was sealed, and I heard that Concubine Liu was very dissatisfied."

"What about dissatisfaction, Your Majesty's concubine, he can do whatever he wants, but Zhan Liangdi, who was favored before, has not come down yet."

"It was said that she would be allowed to return to Xia to visit her relatives, and then she would officially carry out the canonization ceremony, but the pomp and circumstance were much more decent than those of the other mothers."

The crowd was talking and was interrupted by Feng Yun, who was chasing from behind. After a few casual reprimands, Feng Yun hurriedly ran in the direction of the imperial study, praying in his heart that he would not rebel against the dragon scales on the first day of the new emperor's accession to the throne.

Outside the imperial study, two groups of blood droplets from the East Palace who swore to follow Chu Zikai stood aside, and after greeting each other, they discussed the regret of not being able to witness Chu Zikai's enthronement ceremony with their own eyes.

Seeing that Chu Zikai arrived in a hurry, before he could kneel, he went to Fengyang to serve as the leader of the spies and was grabbed by Chu Zikai and thrown to the ground. "When did I send you to Fengyang, you have always been steady, why did you act without permission?"

Hearing a rare anger in his voice, the group didn't know the situation, but they still knelt down, and the leader of the spies calmed down, hurriedly took out the secret letter, and said eagerly: "Your Majesty Mingjian, Weichen is acting on orders." ”

took the secret letter and opened it, and in an instant, Chu Zikai fell into an ice cave, as mentioned in the letter, every word was a death order, and the red vermilion seal really couldn't be faked.

Still a little lucky, Chu Zikai calmed down for a moment, and asked tentatively, "What happened to you?" ”

Seeing this scene, the person who was asked naturally understood that this time he was calculated, and he bowed down to ask for the guilt: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, it is the negligence of the minister and the deception." ”

Chu Zikai was so anxious that he didn't have time to worry about who was pretending to be a false order, and asked, "What's wrong with her?" ”

The man had no choice but to tremble and reply: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is guilty, the woman was injured and fell into the river, I am afraid there is no possibility of survival." ”

There was silence all around, and no one dared to speak again, Chu Zikai forced himself to calm down, his heart was torn apart, and he was cold.

After a long time, Chu Zikai gritted his teeth and commanded in a low voice: "If you don't see the corpse, you can't say this kind of thing, go and probe again, and when you find it, you will first keep an eye on the message, and I will catch it myself." ”

It is not difficult to hear from these words that Chu Zikai stubbornly believes that Yu Zhao did not die, but he clearly does not have enough confidence to confirm that this probability is not slim. But everyone didn't dare to debunk it, and hurriedly agreed to retreat.

After the people left, Chu Zikai vented his strength, sat down on the chair, and let the sorrow run wild in his heart.

The autumn rain fell on the horizon, and the chill was blown in by the wind, no matter how gorgeous the dragon robe made of warm forging on the body was, it was almost impossible to resist.