The ministers walked along the palace road and silently walked to Cining Palace, without speaking to each other.

I thought that the emperor's rebellion would be a catastrophe for the Qing Dynasty, but seeing that the young emperor gradually cheered up, an epidemic took away everyone's hope.

They waited outside Cining Palace for half an hour, and the queen mother returned, staring at her with a pair of eyes, if the emperor didn't act before, he could still have something to say because of anger, to this point, no one could bear to force this poor mother again.

Yu'er's gaze met Fan Wencheng, Fan Wencheng was the first to know that the Queen Mother had the heart to abolish the emperor, so he knew how painful the Queen Mother was now.

"The ban in the palace has not been lifted, you should step back today, go back to the palace and stand by, if there is any news, I will immediately send someone to summon you." Yu'er didn't invite them in, and said, "Please support the government as in the past, and make sure that everything is stable and not chaotic, it's just an epidemic, and sooner or later it will pass." ”

"Yes."

"I don't want to hide the emperor's illness from you, but don't announce it to the world for the time being." Yu'er said, "For the people, as long as there are people sitting on the dragon chair, they can live a stable life, and this is enough." ”

"Queen Mother, does the emperor have any orders for his ministers?" Sonny asked.

"Yes, the emperor has already explained everything to me." Yu'er said, "But now is not the time, you and I must have faith and hope that the emperor will recover soon." ”

"Please take care of the Queen Mother." Ao Bai said.

"Please take care of the Queen Mother's health......" everyone echoed in unison.

Yu'er was calm and calm: "Please also take care of your health, Jiangshan Sheji can't do without you, the Qing Dynasty has come from the bloody rain, and any difficulties can be overcome." Birth, old age, sickness and death, the inheritance of imperial power, it is not surprising that it has happened in all dynasties, and we can do better. ”

"Yes."

"Any will, Wang Xi and Malji, will be conveyed to you." Yu'er said, "Everyone, please go back, please protect your wives and children." ”

Watching the ministers leave in an orderly manner, Yu'er helped Su Mala and walked back to Cining Palace.

The snow in the palace had been cleared, and she looked up at the sky, and a snowflake fell in and stopped on her forehead.

Another, another, and snowflakes fell, turning into water and rolling down their cheeks.

"Order Wang Xi and the others to come to see me." Yu'er clenched her fists, "Su Mala, you go, and prepare for the funeral for Fulin with your own hands." ”

"Gege?" Su Mala shook her head desperately, "No, there's still hope, isn't it?" The emperor will get better. ”

"There must be hope." Yu'er's tears were like pearls with broken threads, she hadn't cried like this for many years, "But I don't want my son to be gone, he doesn't even have decent clothes, I don't want him to die and have nowhere to go." ”

The smallpox disaster, the more adult the person, the more difficult it is to recover, not to mention that Fu is close to the frailty, long-term depression, is a patient, this catastrophe, I am afraid it will be difficult.

Su Mala understood in her heart, but she couldn't accept the reality, she had always been steady, knelt on the ground, covered her face and cried: "Your Majesty ......"

The atmosphere in the Forbidden City was extremely depressing, Wang Xi and Ma Leji rushed to Cining Palace, but they didn't expect the Queen Mother to order them to write a testament and an edict for the emperor.

"You have to write it as soon as possible and present it to the emperor." Yu'er said, "Don't tell the emperor to wait for a long time. ”

In the past year, when there was a catastrophe, the emperor issued an edict of guilt, which was to write some words to appease the people in accordance with the times.

The two scholars, who were also full of poetry and books, and who had written countless edicts for the emperor, were dumbfounded at the moment.

"Take pen and ink." Seeing that they looked sluggish and confused, Yu'er pointed to the things on the table, "I'll read it, you write it." ”

The two of them got the order, rushed to the table, picked up the pen and stood by, and looked at the queen mother nervously.

Yu'er walked slowly to the door, looking at the snowflakes flying in the sky, she had prepared an edict for Fu Lin a long time ago.

At that time, she was bent on abolishing her confused son and not letting the Qing Dynasty be ruined in his hands, and she rehearsed countless scenes in her mind of forcing her son to abdicate and giving way, mother and son accusing each other, scolding and crying.

Even in dreams, it is common to wake up crying in the middle of the night.

Fulin's absurdity made her unpeaceful all day long, and her strong majesty also made Fulin panic for a lifetime.

Their mother and son were sins in their past and present lives.

Yatu once said that she was too ruthless to be a mother, and she was too soft-hearted as the queen mother, so she called that girl right.

Whether it is the majesty of the Queen Mother or the kindness of her mother, if Yu'er had let Fu Lin go early, forced him to abdicate, and let him leave the Forbidden City with Dong Ejiayin, maybe there would not have been this catastrophe, at least her son would definitely be able to live.

Yu'er opened her mouth and said sadly: "I inherit the heir Piji with Liangde, and I have been in the past for eighteen years." Since the pro-government, the discipline and law, the administration of people, can not look up to the law Taizu, Taizong Mo Lie, follow the leisurely, Gou An present, and gradually get used to the Han customs, in the simple old system has been changed, so that the country has not been perfected, the people's livelihood has failed, is a crime of mine. ”

"Since I was a weak age, I met the emperor and the emperor Taizong, and I was taught and raised, but the Queen Mother of Our Lady was benevolent, and the great kindness was extremely reckless, and the high and generous was not paid, but the day and night tended to inherit, and I wanted to do my filial piety, and now the unfortunate son will not end, and the sincerity is unsuccessful, which is my sin and ......."

“……”

However, that night, Fu Lin fell into a coma with a high fever, and the rash deteriorated rapidly, and the doctors were helpless.

Yu'er would come to Qianqing Palace once a day, but Fulin was unconscious and couldn't see her mother, Yu'er kept her promise to Xuanye, and didn't enter the warm pavilion again, just outside the door, looking at each other through the door.

Until the night of the sixth day of the first lunar month, news came from the Qianqing Palace, saying that the emperor was awake.

However, the imperial doctor only told the queen mother this morning that the emperor's situation is not optimistic, and I am afraid that in the past two days, the pus on his body has ulcerated and there is no cure.

Yu'er had a faint feeling in her heart, and immediately rushed over, walked outside the warm pavilion, and listened to Wang Xi reciting the edict.

"Duanjing Empress Yu Yu Empress Dowager to fulfill filial piety, assist me in bowing, internal affairs and cultivation, I admire Ci Lun, remember the virtuous lady, the funeral ceremony is generous, but you can't stop the love with etiquette, everything is too much, it is not indiscriminate, it is my sin."

“……”

"I have known that every time I repent myself, it is a vain word, and those who fail to change it will accumulate over time, and I will be guilty of too much."

used a full fourteen sins to end the life of a generation of emperors, and to end the young life of his son at the age of twenty-four.

Yu'er's heart was dripping blood.

She walked in step by step, and Fu Lin saw her mother through the curtain, and said in a voice: "Eniang, don't come here, you will be frightened." ”

Yu'er motioned for Wang Xi to retreat, leaving her alone in the hall.

"Early tomorrow morning, please go to the Qianqing Gate, and I will issue an edict." Fu Lin said with difficulty, "Eniang, I ......"

Yu'er stepped forward and lifted the curtain, the ulceration on Fulin's face broke her heart, and no mother could bear to suffer such a thing as her child.

Fu Lin said in horror: "Get out, get out!" You will be infected ......"

Yu'er stepped forward and hugged her son and hugged him in her arms: "Fulin is not afraid, there is a mother, Fulin is not afraid." ”

The tense body slowly relaxed, and Fu Lin didn't have much strength, so he couldn't struggle at all.

However, his mother's embrace allowed him to find a home, and under the fear again and again, he longed for Eniang to appear in front of him.

Now, at last, it can be owned with impunity.

"Yuan Xi ......," Fu Lin said with difficulty, "Eniang, she is the best wife in the world." ”

"E-Niang will take care of her." Yu'er said, "She'll be fine." ”

"I'm sorry for her......"

"She, like Eniang, doesn't like to hear people say I'm sorry." Yu'er said, "Everything she has done for you is willing, even if in the next few decades, you will have to face your life without you alone, you will also be the most powerful support in her heart." ”

"Will it be, is my son worthy?"

"Yes." Yu'er said, "It will also be the deepest resentment and deepest hatred in this life." ”

Fu Lin gradually fell asleep in Yu'er's arms, as if it was the most restful sleep in the past twenty-four years.

Yu'er stayed all night, and the imperial doctors came several times to persuade the queen mother to go back to rest, and the emperor's pustule was seriously ulcerated, and it was the most contagious and dangerous moment.

But Yu'er has made up her mind, and this time, she will never leave Fu Lin behind.

In the early morning of the seventh day of the first lunar month, Fulin woke up, and when he opened his eyes, what he saw was his mother's gentle smile, and his hoarse voice shouted: "Eniang......"

"Ministers, it's all here, what do you have to say?" Yu'er said, "They are all waiting under the Qianqing Gate." ”

Soon, Yu'er ordered the door of the main hall to be opened, and through the wide palace courtyard, the ministers could see from afar, and the empress dowager supported the weak emperor and sat behind the imperial case.

With the support of his mother, Fulin sat on the dragon chair again, Yu'er retreated, he trembled and took the jade seal, dyed it with ink, and solemnly stamped the treasure seal on the edict alone.

Wang Xi stepped forward, bowed down to take the holy decree that covered the great treasure, stood under the eaves in front of the door, and read it aloud.

“……”

"My ancestors started a business and did not appoint a lieutenant. And the Ming Dynasty died in the country, and it was also commissioned to use the eunuch temple. I know the disadvantages and don't take it as a warning. The establishment of the inner thirteen yamen, the appointment of envoys, is no different from the Ming. Cheating for personal gain, even more than in the past, is also a crime of mine. ”

"I am quiet and quiet, often trying to be comfortable, Yan is in the deep palace, and there are very few imperial courts, so that the reception with the courtiers is sparse, and the friendship between the upper and lower levels is not stopped, which is my sin."

“……”

"My son Xuanye, born to Concubine Tong, is eight years old, Qi Yinghui, Ke Cheng Zongao, is hereby established as the crown prince, that is, in accordance with the canonical system, held for 27 days, released into obedience, that is, the emperor's throne. Ministers of the Interior, Sonny, Sukh Saha, Suppilon, and Ao Bai as auxiliary ministers......"

Fu Lin sat on the dragon chair, looking at the dense ministers in the distance, listening to Wang Xi's voice echoing above the Qianqing Palace, he turned his eyes sideways and looked at his mother who was standing aside.

"E-niang." Fulin called to her.

Yu'er turned around and saw her son smiling at her, smiling so heartily.

Fulin was relieved, he was free, and with the pride and excitement of finally making his mother proud of him, he stretched out his hand to Eniang.

"Blessing!" Yu'er rushed up with an arrow to support her son's body.

"Eniang, my son is not filial." Fu Lin fell into his mother's arms, unable to straighten his back any longer, "I'll ...... first Gone ......."

"Don't, don't......

"Son! Son ......"

"I sustenance with my heart, his loyalty to the sky, Bao Yi Chong Lord, assistant government affairs, and tell China and foreign countries, Xian makes it known."

Wang Xi's voice stopped abruptly.

Instead, it was the cry of the queen mother, which resounded throughout the palace.

Yu'er hugged her lifeless son and was in pain: "Give my son back to me...... Fulin, don't leave your mother, don't leave me. ”

"Your Majesty!" Crying and wailing, they crossed the palace walls and dispersed towards the Forbidden City.

Under the walls of Jingren Palace, Yuan Xi stood there in a daze, her piercing cry crushing her heart to pieces.

"E-niang." Xuan Ye took his mother's hand and held it tightly.

"Xuan Ye." Yuan Xi lowered his head and stroked his son's head, "Your Ama is gone." ”