The next day, the eunuchs in the palace urgently came to the East Palace to deliver the decree, and Concubine Wan Guifei died late last night.

The emperor was grief-stricken and fainted several times. The queen urgently summoned the crown prince, the prince, and important ministers to the palace for an audience.

Zhu Youzhu put on his court clothes and hurriedly entered the palace.

Zhang Yue was not too surprised to hear the news when she was eating, Concubine Wan was like that yesterday, she had run out of oil, she sighed lightly, and continued to eat as usual.

Zhu Youzhu didn't come back for a few days, and the news came when Xiao Jing came back to get the prince's change of clothes, saying that the emperor was holding the corpse of Wan Guifei and cried and fainted several times, and began to say that he was not allowed to enter the funeral, and finally even the old queen mother was invited out, so he said that the emperor was moved to bury the corpse.

The emperor posthumously crowned Wan Guifei as the queen, and guarded in front of Wan Guifei's spirit without eating or sleeping, I heard that now I can't even stand still.

After Zhang Yue heard it, he sighed, "In the end, it is the woman he loves the most in his life." ”

On the seventh day, after Concubine Wan was funeral, Zhu Youzhu returned to the East Palace. I haven't seen him for a few days, Zhu Youzhu seems to have lost some weight, Zhang Yue personally cooked a few specialty dishes for Zhu Youzhang, and Zhu Youzhu ate very slowly at that meal, but he ate all the dishes.

Zhang Yue thought to herself, how many days have you been hungry?

After Zhu Youzhu had eaten, he sat quietly on the chair and was silent, Zhang Yue cooked a pot of osmanthus oolong tea for him, brought it to him, and handed it to him, "Your Highness, drink some tea, calm your nerves." ”

Zhu Youzhu took the tea, took a sip lightly, and said slowly, "Since the day my mother died, I have been looking forward to the death of this vicious woman every day, but on the day she really died, why am I not as happy as I expected." Father's ...... My father was so sad that he was almost going with Wan, and I suddenly began to be afraid, afraid that one day I would suffer the same pain. As he spoke, he stared at Zhang Yue's eyes tightly.

Zhu Youzhu has always been silent, but tonight suddenly said so many words, Zhang Yue was stunned for a moment, and also took a sip of tea,

"Your Highness, don't think about it so much, whether it's your mother or the Wan family, relatives or enemies have turned into loess, the grievances of this life are over, the deceased has already said goodbye, but the coming can still be chased. Cherishing the living is the most important thing. You will have to really marry and have children in the future. You will also have a lot of loved ones who care about you. ”

Zhu Youjiao's eyes were like ice wheels soaked in trickling water, clear and cold, but revealing a trace of warmth, he stared at Zhang Yue's eyes, and for a moment his lips gently spit out,

"Yue'er, you're right, cherishing the living is the most important thing."

The soft glow of the moon outside the window is reflected in the dormitory, reflecting a little light on the ground.

Emperor Zhu Jianshen fell ill after the funeral of Concubine Wan, and the people in the court were panicked.

A month after Zhu Jianshen fell ill, Zhu Jianshen officially issued a holy decree to crown the prince Youqi as the king of Xing, Youqi as the king of Qi, Youbin as the king of Yi, Youyang as the king of Heng, and Youfang as the king of Yong. Entrust the crown prince Zhu Youzhu with full authority to handle political affairs in the Cultural Palace.

As a result, Zhu Youzhu became busier than ever, leaving early and returning late every day, and recently lived directly in the palace.

Zhu Youzhu specially sent a message to Zhang Yue, the situation was turbulent during this time, and asked her not to go out and stay in the East Palace. For some reason, Zhang Yue always had a feeling that the mountain rain was coming.

In the early morning of this day, as soon as Zhang Yue had breakfast, a eunuch came to the palace to pass a decree, saying that he had been ordered by the queen's mother to announce that the princess should enter the palace quickly.

Zhang Yue changed into the princess's court clothes, and secretly doubted in her heart.

Zhang Yue left the East Palace with the eunuch. Outside the Forbidden City, Zhang Yue met several princes, and the princess was also led to the Forbidden City by the eunuchs.

Zhang Yue and the princesses were taken directly by the eunuchs to the Qianqing Palace where the emperor lived, and a group of courtiers had already knelt outside the palace, and they were led into the palace by the eunuchs outside the Qianqing Palace, only to see many people kneeling on the ground outside the main hall.

Zhang Yue saw the crown prince Zhu Youzhu kneeling in the first row at a glance, I don't know why, when she saw Zhu Youzhang, her previous flustered mind instantly settled down.

Next to Zhu Youzhu were several princes who had been crowned kings, and some courtiers in python robes, Zhang Yue saw that Zhu Youqi, the king of Xing, was also among them, and the next few rows kneeling were the concubines of the emperor's harem Zhu Jianshen, leading the eunuchs to signal her and the other princesses to kneel in the back row.

She quickly picked up her clothes and knelt down next to a concubine. Zhang Yue peeked at the expressions of the people around him, most of them were worried, but they seemed to have their own thoughts.

After kneeling for about a stick of incense, the queen walked out of the inner hall, her face was haggard, her eyes were red, and after she came out, she said in a hoarse voice,

"Your Majesty has a decree, let you all go in... So far... Alas~"

After speaking, Queen Wang took the lead in turning around and entering the inner hall, Zhu Youzhu stood up first and entered the inner hall, and the other personnel also entered the inner hall.

Zhang Yue followed everyone into the inner hall, still kneeling behind the crowd, she raised her head slightly to peek, only to see that on the dragon couch in the inner hall, Zhu Jianshen was lying on his back, covered with a golden embroidered dragon silk quilt, his eye sockets were deep-set, his face was sallow, and he let out a few moans from time to time.

The speculation in Zhang Yue's heart was finally confirmed, and Zhu Jianshen was indeed on the verge of dying.

Queen Wang walked up to Zhu Jianshen, knelt down, and said in a choked voice,

"Your Majesty, the concubines have called in the crown prince, the princes, the ministers, the concubines, and the royal relatives according to your orders. If you have any edicts, please tell me. ”

Zhu Jianshen slowly turned his head and looked at the kneeling person on the ground with half-open eyes. seemed to want to say something, but it caused a cough, and the imperial doctor next to him hurriedly stepped forward to help him calm down, and after a long time of calming down, he said with difficulty, "Tai, Prince..."

Zhu Youzhang's eyes were red, and he replied in a low voice, "Erchen is here." ”

"I, the limit, the coming, the great, the Ming Dynasty... Only... Handed over to... You... Target... It's on your hands. ”

Zhu Youjiao's voice was hoarse, "Father Emperor Hongfu Qitian, he will definitely turn evil into good fortune." ”

When Zhu Jianshen heard this, he coughed again, and the imperial doctor next to him had another burst of acupuncture, and after being busy for a while, Zhu Jianshen's face seemed to be a little ruddy, and his breath was a lot smoother.

Zhang Yue secretly screamed in his heart, this is probably a return to the light, only to see Zhu Jianshen wave his hand and let the imperial doctor retreat to the side.

He continued, "Prince, I know that you have a grudge against me, and I am sorry for your mother. I'm going to tell you today, you put all your resentment on my head, it's none of Zhen'er's business, Zhen'er is gone. Don't hold a grudge against her anymore. ”

Zhang Yue peeked through the back door, and Zhu Youzhang's shoulder seemed to shake. Zhu Youzhu knelt on the ground and was silent for a while, then said,

"Father, son-in-law obeys the order."

"Okay, listen, after I go, I will be buried with Zhen'er, and the box next to my pillow will also be buried with me, there must be no mistake."

The crowd commanded to kneel and kowtow, "Yes!" ”

There were already whispered sobs among the concubines. Zhu Jian glanced at the concubines and said, "You... Don't cry, I'm glad I can see Zhen'er, she must be very lonely over there, and she misses me very much..."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and slowly hugged the wooden box next to the pillow to his chest, "Zhen'er, I'm here, you wait for me, wait for ......"

Zhu Jianshen's breath became lower and lower, and finally there was no sound, the imperial doctor hurriedly stepped forward and tested his snort with his hand, and after a while, the imperial doctor fell to his knees and screamed in pain,

"The emperor has died! Whining! ”