CHAPTER XXII

I nodded. Whisper: "I love him. In this life. Anyway. I'll stay by his side. Won't leave him alone. I won't let him experience the cold of the heights alone."

Kangxi Ye shook his head: "I have so many sons. Why did you fall in love with the fourth ......?"

"There are so many beautiful 'women' in your harem, why do you only love Empress Xiao Yiren in your life."

Kangxi Ye recalled his beloved 'daughter': "She is in this world. The warmest one. It's my eternal light......"

I nodded silently: "Huang Ama. The fourth master is me. And how could it not have been so? This huge palace. The Forbidden City is empty. As far as I'm concerned. Icy capital. What do I have. I didn't have anything...... The fourth master ...... The moment I woke up and saw it for the first time. It became the light of my heart. I don't know why I identified him at first sight. I do not know...... Maybe it's because of the warmth of the fire in his eyes. Maybe it's because he's not like me."

I reminisce about more than ten years. Everything between the four masters. Pain, suffering. We've had that misunderstanding before. How many lives and deaths have been walked together. Until now. Heart-to-heart.

"Huang Ama. I've been here for forty-six years. It's been fifteen years now...... Fifteen years. I only have him in my heart......"

Kangxi Ye sighed: "You kid. What an idiot ......?"

"It's good to be stupid. Stupid or not. Just stay with him. I do."

Kangxi Ye saw that I was so determined. Nodding. Don't look at me anymore. Just asked in a subtle tone: "Anyway. You'll be with him. Stay with him."

"Yes."

"No matter what it takes."

"Yes."

I probably guessed that Kangxi Ye would not easily let me stay with the fourth master like this. But he said this sentence afterward. It still made my heart cold to the limit for a moment.

"Good. Then you can never have a child for him......"

"What." My body trembled. The lips seem to be numb. It was like I was choking.

Kangxi Ye tilted his head to look at me: "Don't you want to?"

"Why?"

"Because of the heirs. Because of the imperial power. You're too smart. The power in the hands is already too great. I can't let you give birth to a son. I can't let you get involved in the battle for imperial power that follows."

I looked at Kangxi. The pain in his heart was unbearable: "Huang Amma. Do you have to do this to me?"

"Yes."

I gritted my teeth. A tear slipped down the corner of his eye: "Okay. I promise."

Kangxi nodded approvingly: "Very good. Case. Then you drink this 'medicine.'"

As soon as he finished speaking. Liu Ying walked out with the quack. Kneel down and say goodbye: "Your Majesty. Master."

"Get up......"

Kangxi Ye pointed to the 'medicine' bowl held by the quack doctor: "Drink it. Drink it. I can safely let the fourth child ascend the throne. Otherwise. There will be another edict awaited."

I looked at the tray that the quack was carrying. A silver-white carved 'flower' in a silver bowl. The black-brown 'colored' soup 'medicine' rises with a faint heat. The clouds are spreading. It's like a screaming monster.

I walked over trembling. Pick up the bowl of 'medicine'. Liu Ying couldn't help but say loudly: "Master...... "He wants to stop me. But in the end, Kangxi Ye can't say anything.

I close my eyes tightly. Thick despair is rushing from all directions. Throughout my body. My teeth are chattering. The soup in the silver bowl is 'medicine', and the temperature is transferred to the fingertips through the silver bowl. But down the fingertips. Makes my heart cooler......

"Huang Ama. I drank it. Will you have peace of mind?"

"Yes."

I nodded. Desperate and bitter: "Good. Then I drank ...... "I'm ruthless. Take the bowl and drink it all.

Seeing that I swallowed the last drop of soup 'medicine', Kangxi nodded reassuringly.

The 'medicine' is hot. It spreads out in the stomach but makes the lower abdomen extremely cold. That stinging. It was as if the body had been cut with a sharp sword sharpened from the hardest ice. The cold pain made me unsteady. I fell to the ground. Curled up on the ground and 'twitching'......

Tears fell in large numbers. But I gritted my teeth and refused to let the cry of pain overflow.

Willow Shadow ran over and put her arms around me. Anxiously asked me, "Master. Master, how are you?" He looked up at the quack and yelled, "Quack. Didn't you say that this 'medicine' won't hurt if you drink it? How did it come to be."

The quack shook his head slightly: "Such a 'medicine'. How could it not hurt...... That kind of pain. Ten times more than a slippery tire...... "He walked over. Kneeling on the ground and looking at me: "Little beauty. You bear with it. Bear with it a little longer, and it's over......"

He stretched out his arm and hugged me tightly. Slender fingers pressed a few of my 'holes'. Relieves the pain in my body. Such pain. Finally faded over.

But I've exhausted all my strength......

I leaned into the quack's arms. Wheezing and said to Kangxiye: "Huang Ama. The four grandfathers are thin. He always wanted more children. Ten years ago. And he said to me. He's going to marry me. Let me give him many, many beautiful children...... Do you know. How I wish I had a child. He and my children. Smart and pretty. In this way, we are like an ordinary family...... Huang Ama. Why are you always so cruel. You know. I would never do it for my children. Woe 'chaos' palace ......"

Kangxi Ye said ruthlessly: "Every 'female' person. Before entering the palace. It's all naïve. Even if it's a concubine. It was also so naïve. But in the face of power. Who can't be tempted......"

"Power." I smiled wryly: "Power is for me. Count what. I am a human being for two lifetimes. Several times of life and death. I don't have any power from you. What is good about being an emperor. Are you happy. Are you happy. Is your life so successful. Huang Ama ...... If not to live. Do you think I'll be willing to let the fourth master be the emperor of Narauszi? I wish he was just an idle prince. Travel the world with me. Sightseeing ...... What's so good about guarding this quadrangle like this?"

Kangxi Ye looked at me: "But he is already destined to be the emperor. You must accompany him as well......"

"Look. You want me to be with him. Again, you won't let me have a child with him. Huang Ama. in this world. You're the biggest loser ever. Later generations say that you are the first emperor of the ages. But I think you're a failed emperor. You don't bow down. Ping Sanban. Recovering Taiwan. You have propelled the Qing Dynasty to a peak. But you've left the treasury empty to the point where all that's left is a pile of white bars. The son you've loved all your life has turned out to be like that. Your least favored son has become the only qualified heir to the throne. Huang Ama. Will there be an emperor who has failed more than you?" I didn't want to say anything like that. But now it's happening. I can't say a good word.

Kangxi Ye finally couldn't bear to close his eyes: "'Jade' ice. Don't hate me......"

"I don't hate you. I just think you're pathetic. You yourself deserve to fail. causing his sons to fight openly and secretly. So you're scared. You're afraid that all children will be like this after that. That's why you want to cut off my relationship with my child. Huang Ama. You've been an emperor for the rest of your life. In the end, he was just a poor coward...... in this world. I'm afraid no one will be more cowardly than you." At this time. My mood. I guess I can't wait to be angry with him.

Kangxi Ye no longer refutes. He nodded silently, "You're right. I'm just a coward.' Jade' ice. Don't hate me. I think it's to give me peace of mind. I believe. Quacks will have a way to cure you...... I'm nothing but that. For the sake of a little pathetic 'selfishness'......"

The quack looked at me. Nodding slightly. I'm going to put my mind at ease a little. The physical strength has also regained somewhat. I stood up by the quack's hand. Go to the bed and sit down. Look at the sick old man on the bed. Shaking his head helplessly: "That's it. You're the one to die for. What else can I blame you. Right and wrong. Go down there and ask Empress Hyo Yi Ren and the former emperor. See what the Imperial Grandmother would say. Huang Ama. Your heart's desires have been granted. You can go......"

Kangxi Ye opened his eyes and looked at me: "You are by your side. This time is gone. There's really nothing bad about ...... 'jade' ice. Go ahead. Go and send everyone to wait outside the 'door'. Let's just say I'm seriously ill......"

I nodded. Weakly getting up: "Yes."

The Imperial Physician was found. All princes, princesses, concubines, and important ministers. are all found. They just waited quietly outside the 'door'. Weather in October. Suddenly it was colder. The sky was 'overcast' and gloomy. It was as if it was going to snow.

The fourth master glanced at me from afar. The eyes are full of inquiry. I lowered my eyes and shook my head. Then walk back quietly. Stay by Kangxi's bed.

Blame him. Resentful.

Hate him. Hate.

But he's going to die. What else can I do with him? He will take with him the gains and losses of his life. In the end, it went down.

That's it. Grievances and hatreds. Just let him take it all away.

Kangxi Ye instructed Long Keduo. If he goes away. The Succession Holy is intended to be in the dark compartment under the 'bed'.

He commanded a whole bunch of things. I didn't listen. For me. I need to know. It's all already known......

His old hands. Hold mine. He whispered, "Yi'er. I'm sorry. Yi'er. Why haven't you come to pick me up yet......"

After a while. I recognized it as me again. Whisper, "Kid. Amma's sorry for you......"

I shook my head. Watching him gradually close his eyes: "Huang Ama. That's it...... You have put our fathers and daughters in love and hate. Take them all away......"

"The emperor died."

Kangxi sixty-one years. November 13. Emperor Kangxi collapsed in Chang 'Spring' Garden Qingxi Book House. He was sixty-nine years old. Reigned sixty-one years. During the reign. Rectify the rule of officials. Filling the treasury. Although in his later years, there were many improprieties in political affairs. But that doesn't prevent posterity from calling it .." Emperor of the Ages".

Roncodo took out the holy decree. Walk out of Qingxi Book House. In front of the 'door', in front of all the ministers, concubines, and princes and 'daughters', he read out the holy decree: "Prince Yong's fourth son, Yinzhen. Character is valuable. Shen Xiao bowed. It will be able to overcome the unification. He succeeded me to the throne as emperor. That is, the code of obedience. Released on the 27th. Notices at home and abroad. The salty makes it known."

The voice just fell. The Tenth Master, who had been kneeling to listen to the holy decree, suddenly stood up: "Why is it the fourth brother. Isn't Huang Ama the favorite of the fourteenth brother recently? Even if it's not the fourteenth brother. It should be a starling. How could it be the fourth brother."

The eighth master stopped him: "Old ten. Don't make a fuss. Who knows if this decree is true or false."

"Eighth master. Don't say that. This is the emperor's own letter. How could it be fake."

The eighth master looked at his humble gentleman: "I'm sorry. Ronkodo. It's the king who has lost his word. It's just a feeling. You are the uncle of the fourth brother. It's just partial."

I stayed next to Kangxi's body in the house. I heard a commotion outside the house. Hate so much that the roots of my teeth itch. I held Kangxi's hand that was gradually losing its temperature: "Huang Ama. You see. You've just left. They didn't look like anything. You wait. I'll take a look."

I gritted my teeth and walked out. Asked softly, "Huang Ama just left. What are you guys messing about?"

The Tenth Master saw me come out. Running over in spite of the rules: "Girl. Starlings are worried. Is the decree false?"

He took my hand. I looked at him and asked, "Tenth brother. Do you believe me?"

"Of course I believe you."

"Brother Ten. This decree. It was written by Huang Ama himself. Personally covered with a 'jade' seal. How could it be fake."

"Hey. But Starling said. Huang Ama must have wanted his fourteenth brother to ascend the throne. I will let the fourteenth brother go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions."

I patted his hand: "It's not like that. Tenth brother. Huang Ama just left. Don't mess around with them, okay?"

The Tenth Master can see my mood. Nodding: "Okay. Then I'll step aside. Don't be angry, girl."

"I'm not angry with Brother Ten."

The Tenth Master stepped aside. I took the decree from the hands of Roncodo. Step by step, he walked in front of the eighth master: "Eighth master. How. You are not satisfied with the will of the Emperor."

The eighth master sneered: "Why does a little 'girl' also have the right to speak here?"

I have the decree in my hand. Holding a cigarette stick in one hand. I looked at the golden smoke pot in my hand. I remember that time when I started 'smoking'. Unintentionally simply did this for me. And Kangxi didn't stop me. Instead, he made a will. Say it's a gift. Hit the king. Fight the 'traitor' ministers. Give me the power to cut first and then play.

I smiled and said, "I am the princess of Gulun Protector who was personally crowned by Emperor Amma. This golden cigarette stick in his hand. It is the king of the Emperor Ama Chrysostom 'Jade'. Under the power of the 'traitor' minister. Huang Ama was seriously ill during his lifetime. He called me to be with me. You say I don't have the power."

I unfolded the decree before him: "Look at it clearly. Manchu, Mongolian, and Chinese languages. Same meaning. It's all about letting the fourth brother succeed to the throne. It's all in the handwriting of Huang Ama. What else do you have to say."

The eighth master looked at me and the holy decree in front of him with resentment. I put away the decree in my hand. Walk back and 'hand' it back to Roncodo. Then he stared coldly at the people in front of him: "Huang Ama Daxing just went. Whoever dares to take the opportunity to make a 'mess' should not blame me for exercising the right of the emperor to cut first and then play the prelude given by the emperor during his lifetime."

Say it. I watched as everyone bowed their heads in silence. I walked up to the fourth master. Take his hand. Let him stand up. Then he knelt on the ground: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

The fourth master pulled me: "Get up quickly."

I shook my head and refused. Until everyone had to follow me. Kneeling down at the fourth master: "Long live my emperor, long live."

The fourth master pulled me to my feet. Holding my hand, I watched as everyone knelt on the ground. Then he said, "Let's all be flat."

The Imperial Power of the Qing Dynasty. That's all. It's settled......