When the soft sedan car stopped, Xia Qingtong didn't realize where this was at first. Until he was led up the steps by the red cherry blossoms and climbed to the palace wall.

This is the highest place in the entire Royal Palace. Looking at the past from here, most of the capital can be included in the eyes.

She didn't have time to take a closer look, and her hand was taken by someone. Turning around, he found that Ming Yue didn't know when he came up.

It was cold and windy. Ming Yue was afraid that she would freeze, so he hugged her tightly in his arms.

"You know what? The first time I came up, I was seven years old. ”

Xia Qingtong didn't speak, at this time, she just listened to him.

"That day, I was just bullied by the third and seventh children."

Xia Qingtong frowned, he really didn't have a good impression of Ming Yue's brothers.

"They bullied me, they still chased me and beat me. It happened that Chu Zhaoyi was not in the palace that day, and took Lao Jiu to the Chu family. I had no choice but to flee because I didn't want to be beaten. I fled here. ”

"It was actually a hot day. But it's cool on it. I looked at the view below. The first time I found out, it turned out that the feeling of standing on a high place was so good. ”

Xia Qingtong looked up at Ming Yue and only saw a lower jaw. His hand wrapped tightly around her waist.

Noticing her movements, he turned her body and made eye contact with her.

"You know what? On that day, I made a vow. Sooner or later, I will stand on the top. I want everyone to dare not bully me. I want all those who have bullied me to be punished. I'm going to fight back, I'm going to make them all afraid of me in the future. ”

Xia Qingtong raised his hand and gently stroked his face, and hugged him tighter with his other hand.

"I did."

He lowered his head against her forehead. His eyes met, and his eyes were deep.

"yes. You did it. Xia Qingtong looked at him.

"Today, my father said, pass the throne to me. I did it, Empress Yin, Chu Zhaoyi, the third, the fourth, the seventh, the ninth-"

Ming Yue thought of everything he had encountered, and his eyes were a little colder: "All the people who have harmed me are now gone." I should be happy. But I found that I wasn't very happy. ”

"Ming Yue?"

"Because I feel the weight on my body." He looked at Xia Qingtong very seriously: "Because of you, you let me know that sitting in this position is not just to be able to keep your enemies under your feet." ”

"Qingtong." Ming Yue took her hand and followed her, turning around outside the imperial city. He squeezed her hand in a very serious tone: "Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, I only want to share it with you." You watch. I will definitely create a prosperous world. Let you be proud of me. ”

Xia Qingtong felt that there was a warm current in his heart, constantly rolling and flowing.

"I'm already proud of you." She held his hand instead: "Ming Yue, meeting you is the greatest luck in my life." ”

[I'm sour, what kind of fairy love is this? 】

[Ahhhhhh The prince is beautiful in his prosperous life. I'm drunk. 】

Oh my God. It's really a job for the country. 】

[Woooooooooo I also want the same prince. 】

What are you dreaming about? Wake up. 】

Xia Qingtong: ......

…………

The New Year is coming soon, and before the seal at the end of the year, Qin Tianjian reported the selected day, which is February 16 after the year. Ming Yue will perform the enthronement ceremony on that day.

Until then, Ming Yue was still in charge of the country as the crown prince.

After the seal was suspended, Ming Yue invited Emperor Qingren to go to Zhuangzi for a holiday for the New Year. This was proposed by Xia Qingtong.

"In my hometown, in fact, many people don't like to spend the Chinese New Year at home, but go somewhere else. It's called Tourist New Year. Every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, I invite those courtiers to eat in the palace, and I don't think they are necessarily happy to eat. It's better for our family to go outside for a few days and soak in the hot springs. Maybe the mood will be a little brighter. You say, don't you? ”

Ming Yue felt that this proposal was good, and at the age of twenty-nine, he took Xia Qingtong and Emperor Qingren to one of his hot spring villages.

This Zhuangzi turned out to be Bai Panxue's. Emperor Qingren knew it for the first time. I don't know if it's because they came to the relationship.

This year's plum blossoms on Zhuangzi are blooming very well, and Emperor Qingren's mood is also happy.

Doctor Ceres, who was accompanying him, also said that Emperor Qingren's health was recovering well. If you continue like this, you should have no problem living like a normal person.

Xia Qingtong and Ming Yue both breathed a sigh of relief. They had always been worried that Emperor Qingren was depressed and could not be as healthy as ordinary people.

That's a good result.

…………

Chinese New Year's Eve.

After Emperor Qingren ascended the throne, it was the first time that he did not spend Chinese New Year's Eve in the palace.

After Xia Qingtong crossed over to Dongzhao, the first year was spent with the people of the Xia family, and the second year was spent with Ming Yue.

This is the third year. She made some arrangements according to Dongzhao's habits and some modern habits.

She instructed people to hang up lanterns and paste Spring Festival couplets. Some nuts and snacks were also prepared, all of which Emperor Qingren could eat.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was very rich, and there were several dishes, which were personally ordered by Xia Qingtong.

It was just the three of them, and no one else.

During the meal, Ming Yue and Xia Qingtong toasted to Emperor Qingren together.

"Okay."

Emperor Qingren accepted it with a smile and looked at Xia Qingtong: "It's been hard work for the crown princess this year." Tomorrow may be harder, though. ”

Xia Qingtong: "It's okay, it's not very hard. ”

"Tomorrow you let me hold my grandson, isn't it going to be hard?"

Xia Qingtong: ......

It's a little embarrassing for some reason.

[Hahahaha. I feel that this kind of thing is really inescapable from ancient times to the present. 】

[That's why I'm afraid to go home every year for the New Year.] One is afraid of urging marriage, and the other is afraid of giving birth. 】

The barrage was very happy, but Xia Qingtong was really a little entangled.

According to the time, she will have at least eight years before she can get pregnant-

"Father, Qingtong is still young, I plan to let her raise her for a few more years, and when her body is fine, it is not too late to have children."

Emperor Qingren nodded, but he didn't object: "It's better not to have children so early." Naturally, you don't have too much pressure. ”

"No, it won't. Father. ”

She was not stressed, not at all. The dog system is no longer a thing, can it not make her pregnant?

Without mentioning the child's affairs, Xia Qingtong took out the gift he had prepared.

Emperor Qingren was given a sachet embroidered with a green pine.

"Father, daughter-in-law is not skilled, and she usually doesn't touch women very much. This sachet is a New Year's gift from my daughter-in-law. I wish my father good health and longevity like the old pine of Nanshan. ”

"Good. Good. ”

Emperor Qingren took the sachet and was very happy.

As the lord of the world, what gift does he want? It's made by others, and I don't know how much I've received.

But this sachet was given by Xia Qingtong, and the meaning is naturally different.

"The spices I have in here are the recipes prepared by the Ceres Doctor. It can calm the nerves and calm the air. It is also very good for the physical care of the father. The father can be hung at the head of the bed. When the time comes, you won't be able to sleep badly anymore. ”

She knew that Emperor Qingren was old, he didn't feel much, and he couldn't sleep peacefully because of a lot of things recently.

That's why I thought of giving him a sachet so that he could fall asleep early.

"You've got a heart."

"It should."

Xia Qingtong smiled at Mimi, and he was already very skilled in coaxing Emperor Qingren to be happy.

Putting aside some things when Emperor Qingren didn't react at first, he can actually be regarded as a good father.

She knew very well that Ming Yue's concern for Emperor Qingren was definitely not as indifferent as he said.

Emperor Qingren did not have a daughter. But those daughters respect him more than they love, and they fear him more than their relatives.

But Xia Qingtong is different, when she gets along with herself, she is very casual and natural.

Emperor Qingren really has the feeling that he has another daughter.

Their "father and daughter" had a very happy conversation. And Ming Yue watched from the sidelines, waited for a long time, and didn't wait for Xia Qingtong's gift.

In the middle of the night, Emperor Qingren was old and went to sleep first.

And Xia Qingtong and Ming Yue went back to their yard. Entering the door, Xia Qingtong just handed over the outside to Hongying.

Ming Yue waved his hand and let those palace people go down.

"Mine?"

"What's yours?" Xia Qingtong blinked, as if he didn't quite understand his opinion.

"Gifts." Ming Yue was uncomfortable: "It won't be, only my father has a gift, but I don't, right?" ”

"What do you want?"

Xia Qingtong pretended to be stupid: "I'm all yours." Still want a gift? ”

Ming Yue narrowed his eyes, stared at Xia Qingtong's face for a long time, and suddenly hugged her.

Xia Qingtong was taken aback by his unprepared movements.

"What are you doing?"

"Didn't you say that your whole being is mine?"

Xia Qingtong: ......

"I'm kidding, actually, I-"

Feeling that Ming Yue was holding her and going directly to the direction of the bed, Xia Qingtong suddenly grabbed his arm.

"I'm kidding. You let me down first, and I'll go get you a present." ”

Without giving him a chance to react, she quickly jumped out of his arms.

Go to the place where the cage is placed in the house and take out a bag from it.

"I can't find the box, so I can only use this to wrap it. Look. ”

Xia Qingtong opened it, and inside was a set of pajamas she made with her own hands. Like the loose style of later generations, it is comfortable to wear and the style is new.

"You try."

The bright yellow underwear is cut to fit perfectly. In the lower left corner of the hem of the clothes, there is also a touch of green bamboo.

Ming Yue looked at the exquisite embroidery above, and said casually: "Why isn't it embroidered a mandarin duck?" ”

Xia Qingtong smiled: "Aren't you too cheesy?" Mandarin ducks are generally used to settle feelings. We're all married. Still in love? ”

In fact, embroidering mandarin ducks is much more difficult than embroidering bamboo.

This also makes sense, Ming Yue looked at her with a smile: "This is your gift to me." ”

"yes." Xia Qingtong nodded: "I've been preparing for a long time." You also know that my female celebrity is not good. I've been pricked with needles a lot for this, and I won't do it again next time. ”

When Ming Yue heard this, he didn't care about anything else, put the clothes to the side, and quickly grabbed her hand.

"Where's the injury?"

"It's fine." Xia Qingtong waved his hand: "It's just a few punctures." No problem. ”

Her hands were so delicate that the wounds were no longer visible.

Ming Yue was still a little worried: "Next time, you don't have to do these things again." ”

"Yes. I don't do it every day. ”

"There is no best. You know, I don't want to see you hurt. No matter how small the wound is, it will not work. ”

Xia Qingtong smiled and accepted his concern: "I know." Butler. ”

He cared about her with all his heart, and she even said that he was a housekeeper?

Ming Yue narrowed his eyes and picked her up.

"Ming Yue?"

"Since you said that I am a housekeeper, then I naturally have to manage it more widely and deeply."

Xia Qingtong: ......

I suspect you're driving. And I have proof -

But it was too late to protest against Ming Yue's casual driving, because she had already gotten into his car and couldn't get out.

…………

Emperor Qingren and Ming Yue had a very happy Spring Festival in Zhuangzi.

Play chess in your spare time and enjoy plum blossoms. Soak in the hot springs without anything, and then try the various snacks that Xia Qingtong makes people study every day.

After the ninth day of the first lunar month, Emperor Qingren didn't want to go back to the palace.

If he didn't have something serious to do, he really wanted to stay in this Zhuangzi for a few more days.

At the beginning of the tenth year, he returned to the palace, and after the sixteenth, he reopened the court.

The first thing after the opening of the dynasty. It was Emperor Qingren who rehabilitated the Bai family.

In fact, when he passed the crown prince to Ming Yue last year, he thought about it. However, at that time, the conditions were not ripe and the evidence was not entirely sufficient.

But Concubine De and Concubine Xian had accidents one after another, and Chu Zhaoyi finally didn't hide it, and was punished for showing her feet.

He also has some more evidence in his hand, which can prove the wrongs of the Bai family back then.

Naturally, the courtiers did not object. There is no need to object. A prince who has no stain is more popular with the people than the prince who has problems with his grandfather's family.

On the contrary, such a rehabilitation has made Ming Yue's voice among the people higher.

Everyone thinks that the previous ones were the tribulations given to him by God. He is truly the chosen one.

February XVI.

Ming Yue took over the jade seal from Emperor Qingren and ascended the throne as emperor. Changed the name of the country to Yuande. Later generations called the Holy Emperor of Yuande.

In the second year of Yuande, the northwest ground moved. Because of the timely prediction, coupled with the disaster prevention manual written by Xia Qingtong and Ming Yue early, and the publicity from time to time on weekdays, the casualties were very small. Losses are also manageable.

In the third year of Yuande, it rained heavily in the south of the Yangtze River, because the river embankment had been repaired early. The farmland was not flooded and did not cause flooding.

The sixth year of Yuande. Beidi united with the Western Liang, and the army pressed the border. Ming Yue used Bai Xuesong as the main general, and Xu Ying as the deputy general to Chen Bing at the border, and overwhelmed Beidi and Xiliang.

Since taking the position, Ming Yue has been working hard and does not dare to slack off. There is Xia Qingtong by the side. Dongzhao has developed rapidly in all aspects, and the people are rich and the country is strong. There is a strong army in the front, and there is money and food in the back.

A battle ended in less than a month, and Bai Xuesong overwhelmed Beidi and beat Beidi's army all the way back to Beidi's imperial court. Capture the prince of Beidi alive.

forced Beidi to write again to sue for peace, and even cede the land for compensation, and the two sides agreed. Within twenty years, there will be no more soldiers.

And Xiliang was originally instigated for a while, and after the defeat, his vitality was greatly damaged, and he could only continue to be a vassal state of Dongzhao. On the day of the triumph of the army, Ming Yue personally went out of the city to greet him. The people of the city are welcomed.

The seventh year of Yuande. Ming Yue opened shipping to promote trade. Bring all nations to court.

In the same year, Queen Xia Qingtong gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses. On the day the dragon and phoenix fetus landed, the sky was full of red clouds. It is shown as auspicious. The minister wrote to the minister, saying that this is God's blessing to Dongzhao. Ming Yue issued an amnesty to the world.

Ming Yue reigned for forty-five years. Outstanding meritorious service, the establishment of the East Zhao Shengshi. He was called the Holy Emperor of Yuande by later generations.