Autumn's footsteps did not stop.

It went further and further in the shocking changes in Yujing City.

So the originally brilliant autumn chrysanthemums withered, so the grass in the mountains and fields became even yellower, and the world became even more bleak.

Winter is coming.

November 28, 23rd year of Zhaohua, the winter solstice!

This day has been more than a month since the Kyoto Incident.

On this day, the first snowfall in Yujing City began to fall.

In the more than a month, Li Chenan was so busy that he didn't touch the ground.

During these days, he built a new grave on the hillside of Shuiyun Mountain.

This tomb is next to Suntie Line.

The one buried in the tomb is naturally Changsun Jinghong.

A stele was also erected in front of the tomb, and no word was engraved on it.

Then he spent three days hurriedly employed the ministers who had been detained by the Imperial City Department and temporarily entrusted them with important tasks, he went to Guangling City.

Working non-stop all the way.

There is an additional tomb on Taohua Island in Guangling City.

The one who is buried in the grave is Shang Di, a composer of Ningguo.

A stele was also erected in front of Shang Di's tomb, and the poem "Tian Jingsha" was engraved on it.

Later, two additional tombs were added on Taohua Mountain in Guangling City.

One of them belongs to Fan Taohua, and is buried under a peach tree.

The other one is Wu Xichen.

Buried beside Tingtao Pavilion, you can see the Taohua Villa at the foot of the mountain from afar.

Then, he went to Li's Mansion. The buildings were empty and the yard was very desolate.

Later, he hurried back to Kyoto and held a simple state funeral-

The emperor dies!

Concubine Ji and the prince committed suicide!

Their real way of death cannot be made public, and what they promote... are false news that fools people.

For example, the emperor's body was charred!

He was not killed by assassination, but... he was struck by lightning!

One day in October, there was a thunder in Changle Palace, and the emperor flew a kite.

This made Li Chenan feel a little guilty, thinking that the emperor trusted him very much.

In such an era, being struck by lightning is a punishment from heaven, and of course it cannot be said to anyone.

So what was announced to the public was that the emperor had achieved great success in practicing Taoism, and now he has attained Taoism and ascended to heaven!

For example, Concubine Ji and the emperor were in love with each other.

For example, when the prince fell asleep in grief and never woke up again when he thought of his father's deep affection.

In short, no one can commit suicide, nor can anyone be killed by God.

On the day of the funeral, Li Chen'an wore mourning clothes and walked with the third prince Ning Zhiyuan to hold the coffin. The people of Kyoto gave it to each other ten miles away.

I don’t know if I’m bidding farewell to the emperor or if I want to see this future new emperor.

But no matter what, the former emperor built a coffin and entered the tomb, which declared the end of an era.

It also means the beginning of a new era.

...

...

The heavy snowstorm turned the plum garden into a silver-covered appearance.

The plum trees in the plum garden were already budding without realizing it, and even two or three were blooming impatiently.

The red plum blossoms look particularly beautiful when the snow is reflected.

Li Chenan did not live in the palace, but in the plum garden.

He still got up early, and when he came to the yard, he found someone earlier than him-

Amu is already practicing knife.

Xiao Wu is sweeping the snow.

Ning Chuchu... was staring at a tree of plum blossoms in a daze.

Ning Chuchu was the one who was hurt the most in this change.

She lost her father, although this father didn't care much about them on weekdays.

She lost her brother.

The fat man who lives with her.

She also lost Li Chen'an, the man she had hoped for for the rest of her life.

So the color of the red plum blossom was not beautiful in her eyes, and it was even a bit annoying.

Li Chenan sighed slightly and walked over.

"Why don't you sleep too much on such a cold day?"

Ning Chuchu lowered her head and rubbed her feet back and forth on the snow. After a moment, a pit was rubbed out of the ground, and the snow in the pit turned into water.

"Can't sleep."

"I think...I should go out for a walk."

Li Chenan pondered for a moment and nodded, "It's okay to go and relax, where do you want to?"

"have no idea,"

Ning Chuchu suddenly raised her head and looked at Li Chenan, "When are you going to Shuzhou?"

"Wait for another half a month."

"I hope to leave now!"

Li Chenan raised his head and sighed, "But there are still many things in the court that have not been dealt with. I will try my best to deal with them in the past half month. At least I have to arrange the personnel and make arrangements for next year's work so that they can understand what they should do next."

Ning Chuchu thought about it, but couldn't help asking:

"You...you don't ascend the throne, just for Ruoshui?"

Li Chenan nodded, "You know Ruoshui's illness. I will take her to Wu Kingdom no matter what the next spring."

"If I become the emperor of Ning Kingdom, going to Wu Kingdom will become a state affairs rather than my private affairs."

"The State of Wu is not very hostile to Ning State on the surface, but Wu is stationed 100,000 troops outside Wuya Pass and sent an envoy to Ning State... Wu will not have much kindness to Ning State."

"There is no goodwill between countries, only interests!"

"In addition... I also want to find your eldest brother after going to Shuzhou to see him, and I also hope that he can inherit the Ningguo Grand Principal."

"As for me, what I actually like more is the freedom of the world, or to be happy to earn more money."

Li Chenan's words suddenly gave Ning Chuchu a hint of hope—

If he really found the eldest brother in Shuzhou, if he supported the eldest brother to ascend the throne to the emperor... then he would naturally no longer be the eldest son!

He is not the eldest son of the emperor, and in name he no longer has any blood relationship with him.

Ning Chuchu's originally dead heart suddenly had a ripple, and she had a direction to go where she would go next.

"I hope you can fulfill your wish."

"You go and do it, I plan to leave later."

"I sent people from the Imperial City Department to protect you!"

"No, I'll take the Detachment of Women."

"Okay, where are you going?"

Ning Chuchu smiled slightly, "Go and see the winter in Huaping Lake."

Xiao Baozi walked over with his waist stretched and yawned.

She rubbed her sleepy eyes, "How is the difference between the winter in Huaping Lake and the winter here?"

"Sister, it's the same in winter, but it's just that there is a memory of me in that place."

Xiao Baozi couldn't understand. Her slender eyes looked at Li Chenan and then looked at Ning Chuchu, "How about going tomorrow?"
To be continued...