Just do it, the matter of eating the food shop can be put aside for the time being, Mingxiu counted the money at home.

Before finding her parents, she had already inquired in the city, even if the shop in the north of the city was the best location, renting it for a year was about forty taels of silver, and their family now had more than four hundred taels of silver left, which was not enough.

So she took the two hundred taels she could use and bought half of the hill in her backyard.

Although no one would say anything about cutting trees at this time, it was for their own use, and if they were to sell it for money, someone might chew on the root of their tongue.

She had already discussed with her parents about buying the mountain, and the mountain was not small, even if it was half, she could do a lot of things.

Mingxiu thought that the trees on the mountain could not be cut down just by cutting down.

She thought that after Ming's father had cut the wood for the first shipment, she would go to buy a batch of fruit tree saplings to plant.

She had also planted a small orchard in Tubao Village before, but unfortunately she had to move away before the harvest began.

This time it wasn't a wasted effort.

When Ming's father chose wood, Mingxiu followed Ming's mother to pick mushrooms on the mountain by the way.

She didn't plan to sell it anymore, thinking that she would dry and store all these things in the sun, and that there was a small cellar in her yard, so she would put them all in first, and when she was going to open a food shop in the future, she should have saved a considerable amount of money.

No one in the family was idle, and the busy life made Mingxiu forget about Xie Zhan for the time being.

Half a month has passed, and Mingxiu saw that his father had made a whole room of utensils, and felt that the time was almost up.

So they took their parents to the city, and they still looked for a guy who introduced them to buy a house.

"It just so happens that I have several shops here that I want to sell, so how many shall I take with me?"

After asking Mingxiu's request, the girl immediately found the key and took them to see the house.

Mingxiu is also a simple person, so he immediately followed him.

Because he was a regular customer, he didn't go around the corner, and took Mingxiu's family directly to the best one.

The environment inside and outside is very good, there is a small patio behind the shop, and the ground is in the middle of the North City, Mingxiu is very satisfied.

The only point is that the price is slightly a bit expensive.

Originally, their psychological price was about forty taels of silver a year, but this shop cost sixty-five taels, and they had to sign a five-year contract in one go.

But fortunately, I made a guarantee that there would be no rent increase in the next five years.

"Since you think it's good, let's rent it."

Ming's father made the final decision.

Although it hurts a little to take out sixty-five taels in one breath now, it is not that he can't take it out, the food at home is enough to eat, and it is great that he has to work hard to have a surplus as soon as possible, so that the family's money can also be turned over.

Even though this is the capital, but the north of the city is a civilian area, the price is not particularly high, about 1.5 times that of the border city, the location and environment of this shop are very good, many people want to rent, but the rent is too high.

The Ming family is still the first person who is still interested in this shop after knowing the price.

He was very happy.

The rent of sixty-five taels, he can get seven or eight taels just by taking the errand money, and he also solved the trouble for the bank, and he was very attentive to Mingxiu's family.

It was very pleasant to handle the lease and hand over the rent, and it was all processed in the morning.

Finally got a job in the capital.

Father Ming also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Labor is expensive in the city, and my father has been living here for the past few days, and the shop can be used with a little renovation."

"Okay."

Ming's mother went back that night and brought a set of bedding over.

She is not at ease with Ming's father living alone in the capital, but she is also not at ease with Mingxiu being at home alone.

Between her husband and daughter, Ming's mother ruthlessly abandoned her husband.

……

"Sixth." The old man who had vicissitudes of life opened his eyes with difficulty, how similar was the young man in front of him to him many years ago?

The same ambition is outstanding.

It's a pity that he has changed a little recently.

"Father, the son has already decided." Xie Zhan's eyes were firm, and after many days of thinking, he had already made a decision, no matter what happened in the future, he would not complain.

"As arrogant as you, do you just watch the crown prince succeed to the throne?"

Whose son understands that Xie Zhan is an extremely arrogant person, bowing his head to strangers is something that he can't accept, not to mention that person is still his mortal enemy.

This is the royal family.

Brothers are not only siblings, but also mortal enemies.

"Will my father pass on to the crown prince?"

Although the crown prince is the queen's concubine, and it is justified to say that he wants to succeed to the throne, Xie Zhan will not compete with him for anything.

But he was too anxious.

Of course, it was also because the emperor's life was too long.

The crown prince is the eldest son of the emperor, born to the empress before he succeeded to the throne, and he is almost in the year of the mandate of heaven, but he is still the crown prince.

He was in a hurry, afraid that he would not live as long as the emperor.

He imprisoned the emperor here and did a series of things.

It's a pity that in the end, it's still a bad move.

The old emperor smiled, "He is indeed a hero." ”

is ruthless, scheming, and is a suitable person to be an emperor.

"But today's desert doesn't need such an emperor." Xie Zhan smiled, and now the desert has developed into the top, although the Southern Dynasty is always eager to try to fight, but no one dares to make the first move.

The old emperor was dumbfounded, this is indeed the truth.

“…… Is it worth giving up the power of the world for a woman? In his life, he only liked Xie Zhan's mother, but even if he liked it again, he would not give up the world for her.

"You are a qualified Ming monarch, and your son has followed your mother."

When Xie Zhan was young, he wondered why his father always snubbed their mother and son, but Concubine Zhen never resented it, waiting and being infatuated for decades.

He couldn't understand at the time, was it worth it?

After meeting Mingxiu, he suddenly understood his mother's thoughts.

The emperor had nothing to say.

Why did he only really like Concubine Zhen for many years? To put it mildly, it's because this woman is too infatuated, so infatuated that she is easy to deceive.

Even if he is sad, he will not be obsessed, and sometimes he can fool around with a few casual coaxes.

This kind of character may be an advantage when placed on a woman, but Xie Zhan is a man.

is gentle and affectionate, and is indeed not suitable to be an emperor.

"Aren't you afraid that I will send someone to deal with your sweetheart?!" The emperor is so angry, does he have to catch up with him to inherit the throne?!

"You won't." Xie Zhan was not flustered, he silently added in his heart, there was no need.

At this time, Xie Zhan was in power, and although the old emperor was still the emperor, now the court had tacitly accepted that he was the emperor.

The emperor was dejected, "Okay, as long as there is a successor to the desert, and there is a successor to our Xie family, I don't bother to care who succeeds to the throne, it's just ...... I have one last request. ”

At this time, his face became ruddy, and all the vicissitudes of his sickness faded.

Xie Zhan knew that the emperor at this time was already dying.

Although the emperor was ruthless, he still enjoyed one of the few fatherly loves when he was a child, and after realizing this, his heart was slightly sour, and his attitude softened.

"Speak, please."

"The prince is not young, after I am gone, I will crown him as the king, and let him guard my soul."

The heart of parents is always for the sake of their children.

Even if he is as ruthless as an emperor, when he is dying, he still wants to save the life of his original son.

Xie Zhan and the crown prince Xie Yang are already mortal enemies, but for the sake of the old and decadent father in front of him, he is still willing to take a step back.

“…… Okay, Erchen will order him to go down, as long as Xie Yang doesn't make trouble anymore, Erchen will keep him safe for the rest of his life. ”

It's just that his life is safe, and it is impossible for him to be prosperous and rich for the rest of his life.

But now what the emperor wants is just the life of the crown prince.

Isn't the original intention of parents to love their children to be safe and healthy?

Glory and wealth are secondary.

The prince has also dominated the desert for most of his life, enough.

After receiving Xie Zhan's assurance, the emperor seemed to be finally relieved, closed his tired eyes, and went away peacefully.

Xie Zhan stood in front of the emperor's bed all night.

It wasn't until dawn that the emperor and Hou Han, the former chief eunuch, pushed the door in, intending to serve the emperor for breakfast and take medicine, only to find that the saint had been dead for a long time.

"Your Majesty! The emperor is dead! ”

Hou Han was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to check the situation of the old emperor, and after finding that the person had been dead for a long time, he hurriedly sent someone to invite the civil and military officials.

And in the palace, it was also hung up as fast as possible.

When the Manchu Dynasty civil and military knelt outside the door of the late old emperor, Xie Zhan silently took out a holy decree.

"The father and the emperor personally wrote, degraded the prince Xie Yang as the king of Wen, guarded the imperial mausoleum, and could not be summoned, and the prince Li Bin was a guest...... Imprisoned, the autumn queen asked to behead, Qin this. ”

Some of the prince's guests are also among the civil and military officials, and they are all regarded as the prince's retainers, and many times, the East Palace is also a small court.

As soon as Xie Zhan's words fell, someone immediately jumped out to refute.

"The saint is deceased, and only the regent is by his side, and no one can prove whether this is the emperor's own handwriting! Regent, why did the former emperor pass away suddenly today, when he was fine yesterday? According to Weichen's humble opinion, the regent should first explain to the civil and military officials and the people of the world! ”

The person who spoke was Li Bin, a guest of the prince's door, and now he is the Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites.

There was indeed some truth in his words, and the eyes of the Manchu Dynasty and the civil and military fell on Xie Zhan.

It is true that at this time, all the power in the court is in the hands of Xie Zhan, and for the overall situation, it doesn't matter when the emperor dies.

But the people on Xie Zhan's side and the people in the world need an explanation.

Why did the emperor die suddenly?

Xie Zhan didn't answer, but instead looked at Tai Hospital.

"Zhang Yuanzheng, this question should be answered by you."

Since the day Xie Zhan returned, the emperor's body has been his finger, and no one has more say than him.

Zhang Yuan was out of the queue and said to Xie Zhan, "The day before yesterday, when Weichen was diagnosing the pulse of the emperor, he found that the body of the emperor had run out of oil, and there was a case of the pulse of the Tai Hospital, and your colleagues could testify." ”

Xie Zhan bowed his head, and called out the elder Zhang Shenzhi: "You are a classmate of your father, and you should be familiar with your father's handwriting. ”

At this time, Zhang Shenzhi couldn't refuse no matter what, he took it with both hands.

After carefully examining all the details of the brushstrokes, he bowed his head, "Although the font trembles, there is no doubt that it is written by the emperor himself." ”

"It can't be!"

Xie Yang was originally locked in prison, and what he was waiting for was the death of the first emperor, and he could succeed to the throne logically, but he never thought that the emperor would take his crown prince position before he died.

The only hope in his heart was shattered, if his eyes could kill, Xie Zhan had already died a thousand times at this time.

But no matter how unwilling he is, he can't turn the tide at this time.

After Xie Zhan returned, he took over the government by thunderous means, and almost wiped out Xie Yang's subordinates! At this time, there is no one in ten, where did the power come from to resist Xie Zhan, who controls all the government affairs?

In the end, he was escorted to the imperial tomb by the emperor's own soldiers, and after the first emperor was buried, he could only move in a small area of the imperial tomb forever.

was also imprisoned together, as well as the crown princess and the prince's only son.

At this time, it was the height of summer, and it was not easy to preserve the body of the former emperor even if it was put into an ice coffin, so it was buried after seven days.

Everyone believed that after the burial of the first emperor, Xie Zhan would begin to prepare for the enthronement.

Even the doormen around him vacated the embroidery girl in the palace first, waiting to make dragon robes for him.

"Don't rush yet."

Xie Zhan refused to make the dragon robe's subordinates, and has been managing the government as a regent, without the slightest intention of ascending the throne.

His disciples knew about Mingxiu's existence, and they also knew that Xie Zhan wanted to give up the throne for her, but no one took it seriously.

After tasting the taste of power, who else will give it up?

I'm afraid that in the end, the high-minded girl will still appear in their lord's harem.