At the nineteenth day of the first month of the sixteenth year of Dayin Qingping, on the day after the Great Seal of Military Power was handed over to the Protector of the Kingdom, the sound of the death knell came from the palace.

Emperor Qingping died at the beginning of Chen. Half an hour before his death, the emperor had been in a state of soberness, and hundreds of civil and military officials, the prince and his wife, the king of Chu and Yin Yu, Xie Wan, etc., all knelt in the Qianqing Palace and waited for instructions. But the emperor didn't say a word, just looked at everyone one by one, and finally gave a string of Buddhist beads hanging on his wrist to Yin Xu in front of Xie Wan, and then said four words: "Prince, succession." ”

Then he closed his eyes.

The whole hall began to cry, Xie Wan didn't cry, but his mood was very heavy. Perhaps death was also a relief for Emperor Qingping. He was burdened with jealousy and hatred for the Huo family, and he had been on the throne for so many years with illness, which was a kind of stubbornness, but for Prince Hui'an, who died unjustly, it was a deep fatherly love.

As a mother, she sympathized with Hui'an's plight, but she couldn't do anything about this history, sometimes people's fate is indeed predestined, and the most unfair thing about God is that he let him bear this when he was only three years old, and how lucky he is to have two lives.

She only hopes that Prince Hui'an can also have such luck, he can be reborn as the son of Empress Xuanhui again, under the care of his father, avoid the bad luck of this life, live happily and peacefully, and learn martial arts like Yin Yu in the years of growth, and do his best to be the next emperor of Dayin.

She hopes that the reality will be stable and the years will be quiet.

A state funeral began to be held in the palace. Nine hundred and eighty-one days, or three months.

On the third day when the death knell rang, the Huo family also came with bad news, and the Lord Protector passed away in his sleep.

The whole Yuejing Division was white, as if it had turned around and returned in winter, covering the earth with flying snow. Xie Wan took Yin Xu to live in the East Palace temporarily, accompanying the crown princess to mediate all affairs. After the death of the emperor, the affairs of the harem should be handed over to the crown princess, and the harem concubines have to accompany the spirit in front of the spirit.

On the seventh day of the first day of the Protector of the Kingdom, the crown princess asked Xie Wan to temporarily preside over the affairs of the palace, and took time to go to the Huo family.

She finally couldn't meet in person before the death of the protector, and she cried so much that the cry of the entire Guogong Mansion rose. The dust settled, but things were wrong, Mrs. Huo aged several years overnight, and her body looked rickety, seeing her daughter, her lips were slightly pursed, and she didn't know what to say.

If it weren't for the sins she did back then, how could the crown princess have lived so miserably in the palace, and the strength to blame her daughter in previous years could no longer be beaten.

The days passed in a vast white banner with white curtains and white lanterns.

In mid-February, news came from the northwest that the Mongolian army began to attack the border again after half a month of armistice and study of the lord and document of Dayin, and Linjiang waited to lead troops to deal with it, and more than 1,000 casualties were killed and wounded on both sides. Ten days later, there was another truce.

At the beginning of March, the protector was buried in the Huo family cemetery, and Xie Wan went to the funeral with his son.

In April, the coffin of Emperor Daxing moved into the underground palace, and then sacrificed seven seven here, and then sealed the tomb.

At the end of April, the crown prince removed filial piety and chose May 19, the auspicious day of the zodiac, to ascend the throne. On the same day, those who have children in the palace concubines move out of the palace to live with their sons, and those who have no children move to Wanfu Palace for retirement.

These ten days were used to discuss the matter of conferring the crown prince. This is actually no suspense for the officials, except for Yin Yu, who else will there be? This time, the Manchu civil and military forces reached an unprecedented consensus, and achieved unprecedented success at the first court meeting.

Yin Yu didn't say anything in the court, and went back to the palace to see Xie Wan directly.

This choice was about the future of both of them, and he had to listen to her.

After a few months of buffering, Xie Wan has gone from having an opinion to having no opinion.

"Rationally speaking, you are not qualified to shirk your responsibility, now the court needs a young, healthy and capable person to lead everyone forward, this is your responsibility and obligation as the imperial heir, and besides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has carefully cultivated you since childhood, where do you let him find someone to be the prince now? You can't justify it for any reason. ”

She sat on the open jade and shook the fan to him. After the filial piety, the new Kodan is bright and dazzling, and it looks bright and moving under the background of the plain shirt, and she is twenty years old and has a more graceful attitude than five years ago, and the years have not changed her appearance, but only deepened her beautiful side.

Yin Yu sat on the brocade under the couch, rubbing her fingertips.

As long as he is with her, no matter what position he is in, Xie Wan has suffered a lot with him, he should give her a stable future and supreme honor. He had imagined countless times the moment when he took her hand and ascended to the Taiji Palace, and he also imagined countless times when they would be in the harem in their old age when their children and grandchildren were around their knees.

But what has happened in the past six months is overwhelming, and he does hesitate when faced with a choice, but when he hears her say this, it seems that it is really difficult to refuse.

"But I don't think you really want me to inherit the throne, what are you worried about?"

He raised his head and looked at Xie Wan sincerely. The breeze lifted the tulle and covered the tail of the beauty couch, brushed her instep, and fell lightly.

The corners of Xie Wan's lips hooked slightly, looking at the clumps of cloves under the railing.

Selfishly, of course she only wants him to belong to her, although Yin Yu is very principled, but he is too emotional, she is indeed worried that someone will share him with her in the future against this weakness. She has now become a role model in the hearts of most girls, and Yin Yu will also become the closest monarch to their ideal in the eyes of the world, and there will be people who are jealous of her and want to get close to him.

Even if the girls don't have this heart, they can't guarantee that some courtiers will have this heart.

No matter how capable she is, she can't stop the hearts of so many people in the world.

She had only met such a person as Yin Yu in two lifetimes, how could she be willing to give up on him?

"I'm just worried that we're not together long enough."

She withdrew her gaze and looked at Yin Yu.

Yin Yu is like being fixed in the wind.

If you are worried that you will not be together long enough, you will not have confidence in him.

It turned out that she was worried about this.

His tense heart was relieved.

If you're just worried about that, there's nothing to worry about. He looked at Xie Wan, who pursed his lips, and suddenly smiled.

Knowing her for so many years, he has seen her strong, calm, decisive, ruthless, and also seen her dignified, generous, confident and neither humble nor arrogant, but he has never seen her so worried about his future. It was the first time he had seen her in such a young daughter's state, and his wife turned out to be both rigid and soft, and it was his negligence.

He looked down for a moment, patted her hand, and stood up.

Early the next morning, Yin Yu went to Yongfu Palace.

Xie Wan saw him go out, thought about it, put on his makeup, and then went to Fengqi Palace.

The crown prince was discussing with Wei Bin and Jin Yong about the reward at the enthronement ceremony, and when he saw Yin Yu coming, his eyebrows were cheerful.

"It's rare that the Mongolian army has been frustrated in the past few days, and you agreed to discuss peace talks again, why don't you rest in the mansion?"

Wei Bin and Jin Yongju both looked at him with a smile.

Yin Yu arched his hand and said: "The son's entry into the palace is for the prince's business. ”

When the prince heard this, his expression immediately stiffened slightly. He had already learned from the crown princess that Yin Yu seemed to have a different view of the palace after experiencing this turmoil, and what he was most worried about at this moment was that he came to mention the throne to him.

In fact, if it were him, he would also have a great disappointment in this palace, but it is the responsibility of the descendants of their Yin family to shoulder this country, how can everything go well in life? For example, in order to marry the crown princess, he agreed to many conditions of the first emperor, thinking that everything would be worry-free, but after so many years, even his children were affected.

He looked at Yin Yu for a long time, waved his hand, and asked Wei Bin and them to retreat first.

There were no outsiders in the palace, and the prince said, "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Yin Yu shook his jaw and said, "Erchen thanks his father for his love and wants to make Erchen the prince." Erchen knows that as the heir of the Yin family, he cannot shirk his responsibilities and obligations. However, Erchen also has a few words to say to his father, hoping that his father will be gracious. ”

The prince stretched out his hand to signal.

Yin Yu said: "I implore my father, never let my sons have a moment of embarrassment between political affairs and their wives and children, and never use the lives of my sons and daughters as a condition to involve the harem and the government." If a father believes in his son, believe me that I don't have to rely on my in-laws to be able to control an entire dynasty. ”

The prince was silent.

He never thought that Yin Yu would come to ask him for this. Is he doing this for Xie Wan?

He looked at his son inquiringly, and his face was firm and determined, as if this was his only but necessary condition.

In fact, he himself had endured under the hands of the Emperor for so many years, and he had never thought of treating his son in the same way, but his serious expression now made him very interested in hearing his reasons.

"Why?" He asked.

Yin Yu saw the smile on the corner of his lips, his face couldn't help but turn red, and then he said generously: "When Erchen and Wan Wan knew each other, if it weren't for her, I would definitely not overthrow Dou Jin and them in such a quick time, she is not a wife in the ordinary sense to me."

"She is a confidant of her sons, a companion of life, and an all-powerful force for progress, and she deserves to be treated in all good ways, and I do not want to blaspheme my wife for any reason. My father loves my mother so much, but my love for Wan Wan is deeper than my father's love for my mother, please understand. ”

When the prince heard this, he glanced at him: "You are so confident, you know that I am not as good as you?" ”

Yin Yu was stunned.

The prince snorted slightly, threw his pen and said, "I can agree to your conditions." However, have you ever thought that with my body and bones, I am afraid that I will not have much time to reign, and when I am no longer there in a few years, when you are in power, there will be no one to protect you. At that time, if you really encountered such a situation, as the king of a country, could you still pat your chest and say that she would never be affected?

"I'll just make an analogy, if the war in the northwest, in order to gain the credit of our dynasty, the other party asks for mutual peace before agreeing to the end, such as making their princess and county lord your concubine, and then marrying the princess of our side, and then immediately collecting the army, do you agree or not?" r1152