There was a jumble of footsteps outside.

Then a bright yellow figure walked in, Emperor Renjing's hair was slightly wet, and water was dripping from his shoulders.

He didn't care at all, and walked forward quickly.

"Queen Mother!"

The Queen Mother lay on the bed and did not respond at all.

Emperor Renjing said eagerly: "What about the imperial doctor, why don't you go and show the queen mother soon!" ”

A few imperial doctors behind him hurriedly stepped forward with a medicine box.

But I heard a cool voice.

"No need."

Murong Heng put the Empress Dowager Jing'an's hand back into the quilt, tucked it gently, and then slowly stood up and looked towards Emperor Renjing.

"The Imperial Grandmother has gone."

Hearing this, Emperor Renjing's expression froze, and then his steps flickered, and he took a few steps back vaguely.

Wang Defu immediately held him up.

"Your Majesty...... Please mourn. ”

Emperor Renjing shook off his hand, ran to the bed of the Empress Dowager Jing'an in a few steps, and stretched out his trembling hand to probe her snort.

Then there was a cry.

"Queen Mother...... Queen mother! ”

Everyone in the hall knelt down one after another, and they didn't dare to come out.

In the entire hall, there was only the mournful low cry of Emperor Renjing.

In the middle of the night, a low voice came from his side.

"People can't be resurrected after death, and the emperor mourns on his father's day."

Emperor Renjing raised his head and saw Murong Heng standing beside him, his face that had always been breezy and graceful did not have too much expression, but his eyes were slightly red, and he was obviously holding back his sadness.

"Heng'er ......"

Emperor Renjing grabbed the hand of the Empress Dowager Jing'an and opened his mouth.

"Why are you here?"

He heard that the Queen Mother invited many concubines from the harem to come over this afternoon, and he thought that the Empress Dowager Jing'an's health had improved, and after the review was completed, he wanted to come over to visit.

As a result, the people who saw Jingkang Palace on the way hurriedly went to find the imperial doctor, and only then did they know that the queen mother's body suddenly took a sharp turn at night.

Murong Heng said: "It was the imperial grandmother who called me over. ”

Emperor Renjing turned his head: "What are you looking for?" ”

Although he looked sad, there was a touch of scrutiny in the depths of his eyes.

Murong Heng said.

"The imperial grandmother was thinking about her sons before she died, and she did not get a sincere person in her life, and she regretted it in her heart, so she sincerely hoped that her sons could grow old with Ruoxi in the future."

Hearing this, the sadness in Emperor Renjing's eyes instantly spread.

He stretched out his hand to caress the face of the Empress Dowager Jing'an and sighed.

"The queen mother still can't let go of the first emperor...... I'm already confused, why can't I let it go? ”

The Emperor never loved her, and he probably didn't even remember what she looked like.

But she has always kept that man in her heart and let him go for the rest of her life.

Murong Heng slowly spoke and continued.

"It's a pity that the imperial grandmother didn't get true love in her life, but she said that she had a good son."

Hearing this, Emperor Renjing looked stunned, and then his eyes became even more red.

Empress Dowager Jing'an, as his biological mother, has a humble status, and he has been raised under the knees of Concubine Qi since he was seven years old.

After being cold-eyed and planning in every possible way, she finally sat on the throne tremblingly, and waited until the day she ascended the throne to dare to override public opinion and really call her "Queen Mother".

Along the way, the mother and son supported each other, which was quite difficult.

For so many years, he can only really let down his guard and be an ordinary son in front of the Empress Dowager Jing'an.

She is one of the few people in the world who truly loves him with all her heart.

Now it's gone.

And before she died, the person she was most worried about was not him.

Emperor Renjing closed his eyes slightly, was silent for a few seconds, and when he opened them again, the sadness in his eyes was suppressed and he became a lot clearer.

He whispered.

"You all go out, I want to be alone with the Queen Mother for a while."

The crowd retreated.

Murong Heng also turned around and left.

Behind him, Emperor Renjing looked at the Empress Dowager Jing'an, who was already silent on the bed, and his eyes were filled with deep exhaustion and grief.

He stretched out his hand and gently held the hand of the Empress Dowager Jing'an, and in an instant, he seemed to be much older.

For a while, he murmured lowly.

"Queen Mother, what do you want to say when you call him alone......"

Murong Heng returned to the East Palace.

It was raining heavily outside, and when he came back, there were still droplets of water dripping from his picturesque eyebrows, so Shen Ruoxi stepped forward and took a handkerchief and wiped the rain on his body.

"You're just too sick to catch a cold."

Then he instructed the palace people: "Go, fetch hot water for the prince to bathe." ”

"Yes."

When the palace people left, Shen Ruoxi stretched out his hand to take off his clothes for him.

She asked as she took it off.

"What's wrong with the Queen Mother, isn't it already very bad to let you go at this time? I ......"

Her wrist was suddenly grabbed by him, tightly.

Shen Ruoxi raised her eyes, but bumped into a pair of eyes surging in the dark tide.

Murong Heng pressed her hand tightly to her chest, as if she wanted to use her temperature to suppress the chill in her heart.

"The Queen Mother had something to say to me tonight."

"What?"

Shen Ruoxi keenly sensed that there was something wrong with his emotions.

Murong Heng has always been a person who does not show his emotions, but now his eyes are deep, and he must have known some news that shocked him.

Murong Heng was about to speak, but he heard a dull bell in the distance.

Three tones.

It's the death knell.

Shen Ruoxi's heart tightened: "The Queen Mother died?" ”

Murong Heng nodded slightly.

At this time, the palace people came in, and Murong Heng ordered the people to put the wooden barrel into the curtain of the inner hall, and then took off his clothes and sat in.

As the warm water overflowed his chest, a warm feeling surged all over his body, and the chill that penetrated his heart and lungs gradually dissipated.

Shen Ruoxi walked over and said in a low voice.

"What the hell is going on?"

Murong Heng's half delicate and extraordinary face was buried in the darkness, and his voice was slightly deep.

"The Queen Mother told me something intermittently, what did she mean...... The death of my mother is related to my father. ”

Hearing this, a trace of shock flickered in Shen Ruoxi's eyes, and then gradually calmed down.

"Will it ...... Is she an old man who is confused? ”

"I'll find out about this matter myself, but she should be sober at the time."

The hall was silent for a moment, and the candle flame flickered, pulling the shadows of the two men.

Shen Ruoxi said softly.

"If that's true, what are you going to do?"

Murong Heng twisted his eyebrows, and there was a rare trace of tiredness in his eyes.

The last words of the Empress Dowager Jing'an before she breathed still echoed in her ears - forgive your father, this was not his original intention.

*

The Queen Mother was mourned, and the entire royal family needed to keep a vigil for three days.

The concubines of the harem, headed by the queen, knelt together.

On the side were Murong Heng and Shen Ruoxi, as well as a group of princesses.

Emperor Renjing frowned: "King Rui hasn't come back yet?" ”

Wang Defu bowed.

"The news has arrived, and King Rui should already be on his way at this moment, and now he should hurry back."

Two days ago, Murong Yao went to the Jokhang Temple and said that he was going to pray for blessings, but the Queen Mother died of a sudden illness, and Emperor Renjing immediately sent a message to him to come back.

However, the Jokhang Temple is far away, and it is inevitable that time will be delayed.

Emperor Renjing's expression was a little cold.

"I went to the Jokhang Temple at this time, and now I am alone, it's really not good!"

Su Liu'er raised her head.

"The emperor is angry, King Rui went to Jokhang Temple, but also for the queen mother and the emperor to pray for blessings, he has a sincere heart, it is also rare, if nothing happens, he will be able to come back tomorrow, and it is not a delay."

"Hmm."

Emperor Renjing replied lightly and stopped talking.

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