The Western Zhou Dynasty also had a precedent of handing over princes to be raised by important ministers, so Fan Ji's request was not inappropriate. What's more, at this time, Ji Xie was crying and could only nod. Fan Ji pointed to his neck, Ji Xie

Xie understood, gently lifted her neck, took off the bright red jade lock, and gently placed it in the swaddling clothes of the fourth prince. Fanji pointed to the chest of King Zhou Yi and then to the prince, and Ji Xie quickly took it off.

Put your own half of the ruby ​​concentric lock on Ji Hu.

"Although you brothers did not grow up together, you will also support each other in the future, do you understand?" Prince Ji Hu touched the jade lock on his chest, nodded repeatedly, and broke into tears: "Yes, Queen Mother

!”

"Zhao Zimu!" ​​Fan Ji's voice suddenly became louder. Zhao Bohu quickly took a step from behind and knelt in front of the queen's couch. He was a foreign minister who shouldn't be here, but the queen's move was clearly to take care of her before her death.

, neither he nor King Zhou Yi cared about the defense of the men and women of the monarch and his ministers.

"Queen, I'm here!" Zhao Bohu's voice trembled slightly.

"The prince is born with a stubborn temperament. He has had a special bond with the duke since he was a child. It is best to ask the duke to help him wholeheartedly. I have to ask you and your wife to take care of my two sons!" Fan Ji said every word.

He spoke suddenly, speaking every word with great effort.

Zhao Bohu and his wife both bowed down and kowtowed in tears: "I and my wife have been favored by the queen, and they will definitely do their best. If there are any second thoughts, they will be struck by thunder from heaven!"

The baby cried louder and louder, and Zhao Bohu suddenly asked: "Please give the queen a name for the fourth prince!"

"Royal father, let's call him Prince Huangfu." Fan Ji finished speaking slowly, as if all his strength was exhausted, and he didn't even have the strength to open his eyes.

Ji Xie waved his hand: "You all go down! I want to talk to the queen alone."

The room was silent, and the couple looked at each other with tears in their eyes. They were on the thin line between life and death. Ji Xie's face was full of tears, and he held his wife's skinny palm, expressing both infinite nostalgia and deep regret: "Ji, I am so lonely! You didn't want to be there anymore.

If you want a child, I insist on giving it to you, and I will harm you! If I had known it would be so dangerous, Gujuan would not do this to you!"

"The past cannot be forgotten. Your Majesty, please do not vent your anger on your imperial father because of your concubine. He lost his mother when he was born. If his father no longer wants to see him, how can he be miserable?" Fan Ji looked sad: "Also, your Majesty, please do not express your anger at your imperial father because of your concubine."

If you die in vain and sacrifice the lives of innocent people, don't let me go underground with the sins of countless lives, okay?"

"Ah Ji!" Ji Xie wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes: "I will not kill innocent people indiscriminately, but those who harmed you will be found out and executed in Lingchi one by one. None of them will even think about living.

All of them will have no children or grandchildren." When he said this, he suddenly fell into Fan Ji's arms and cried bitterly: "Actually, I know that it was me, Ji Xie, who really harmed you-------"

"Da Lang!" Fan Ji gently stroked his hair and said in a trembling voice, "I have never regretted marrying you! Over the years, I have also made mistakes and failed to treat you well. This is how Ji Jiang came to be.

With Yi Ji, with all these things--if I can't be of the same mind as you, I will give others the opportunity to take advantage of it, and I won't blame you!"

"Ah Ji!" Ji Xie held Fan Ji's shoulders tightly, as if trying his best to hold on to the life that was about to pass in front of him: "Don't go, don't leave me alone in this world, we have agreed to be together in life and death.

, you can’t leave me behind!”

"Your Majesty," Fan Ji said with a wry smile: "Although you are the king of the Great Zhou Dynasty, you can't influence matters of life and death!"

In the early hours of the morning, along with the morning breeze, the sound of clouds in the Haojing Palace resounded through the sky. The subjects and people of the Western Zhou Dynasty were shocked to hear the bad news. Their Queen Fanji had suddenly passed away late at night yesterday at the age of thirty-one.

The death of the mother of the country is not a trivial matter, it is regarded as a grand ceremony of the country. The furnace of the workshop is kept burning day and night, casting funeral utensils for the queen. Two huge white lanterns are hung outside the eight gates of the palace, and everyone in the middle palace and the east palace is in a state of silence.

Wear linen and wear filial piety.

Qiuliao Palace was lonely. It was midsummer, the golden crow fell in the west, the palace was silent, the grass and trees were silent, and the heat was scorching. When the sound of the queen's death was heard, a group of palace guards in black sheaths and gray clothes came to the palace.

The Qiuliao Palace was surrounded by people, and no one was allowed in or out. Everyone was solemn and silent, no matter how the palace people yelled and begged, they remained silent. For a moment, everyone felt that "the storm is about to come, and the wind fills the building."

Ji Jiang couldn't find any news from outside, so Ji Jiang couldn't sit still. Shu Diao comforted her and said, "Mom, please be at peace. We have made arrangements before we go anywhere. Everything in the palace was planned by Yi Ji and arranged by E Shi.

We are only responsible for the communication between the inside and outside of the palace. If the sky falls, they will be there to hold it up, so what are we afraid of?"

"Having said that, after all, I have deep grudges with the palace. Now that she is dead, everyone will think that I caused her death. It's just for others. I'm afraid of the king--" Ji Jiang murmured.

Then, thinking about the increasingly cold relationship between herself and Ji Xie, and the deeply suspicious look in his eyes when he looked at her, she trembled from the bottom of her heart.

"So what, as long as there is no evidence, suspicion can only be suspicion. What's more, the empress is Ji Hou's sister, and the king has to rely on the empress's mother country to check and balance Qi. Nothing will happen!" Shu Diao still wanted to persuade him.

A burst of chaotic footsteps was heard outside, the door curtain was lifted, and the chamberlain Jia Tie walked in with a livid face.

Before Ji Jiang could open his mouth, the chamberlain Jia said calmly: "Your Majesty, I have been ordered by the king to take away the second prince." After saying that, without further ado, he waved his hand, and the few chamberlains behind him hurriedly rushed to the back room.

Seeing his son being taken out and struggling in the arms of the chamberlain, Ji Jiang couldn't help it. He grabbed the sleeves of chamberlain Jia and begged: "Why did the king take his son away from me? Your Majesty wants to take him to

Where to go?”

The chamberlain Jia's face was expressionless: "This slave is just following orders. Who dares to ask more about the king's wishes? As for where to go, the king will arrange the second prince's place properly, so there is no need for the queen to worry!"

"I have nothing to do with the queen's death, so why would the king target me like this? Let us be separated from our mother and son!" Ji Jiang cried out in despair.

"Hmph!" Jia, the chamberlain, snorted twice: "Whether it is related or not, your Majesty will find out on his own, so I don't need to worry about it."

Looking at the retreating figures of this group of people, Ji Jiang leaned on the door frame, as if his last breath of life had been taken away, and he collapsed weakly on the ground. Although this was not the first time that he was sealed from the palace, the last time King Zhou Yi also

He didn't take his son away, but this time--could it be that he had really reached the end of his rope?

Above the main hall, Fan Ji was lying quietly on the coffin bed. After tonight, she would be buried. Ji Xie especially cherished this last night together and guarded her every step of the way. It was so beautiful.

Keep watching. Although I know that she will never sit up again, and will never be happy or angry with him again, but as long as this person is still in front of me, I can at least deceive myself that she is still there and she has not left yet.

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What upset Ji Xie was that intermittent crying came from outside the hall from time to time, reminding him that his beloved wife Fan had passed away. It was hot summer, and there were huge ice basins placed in the four corners of the hall. Each ice basin

Two palace maids stood beside him, using huge cattail fans to send cool breeze from time to time. But his heart was already cold, and even the scorching sun could not warm him up. On the other side of the coffin, there was a sound of Qin Su lowering his head and crying.

Prince Ji Hu ------ Alas! The poor child, only eleven years old, lost his father suddenly, and he seemed to have grown up a lot overnight.

There was almost no sound of footsteps. The chamberlain Jia walked in gently, knelt behind King Zhou Yi, and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I have sent the second prince to Empress Meng Jiang. But------" He

He raised his eyes and saw no reaction from King Yi, so he had to grit his teeth and continue: "It's just that Empress Meng Jiang lives in the same palace with Concubine E Sui, and now--"

Before he could finish speaking, Ji Xie said decisively: "You can just arrange the move of Meng Jiang to another palace. There is no need to go back and forth."

"No!" Jia Ling, the chamberlain, was about to turn around, when Ji Xie suddenly stopped him: "Is the Second Duke of Zhou Zhao here?"

"Your Majesty, we are waiting for your summons outside the palace!"

Ji Xie thought for a while and said: "No need, you give me an order to order Princess Zhou to handle the queen's funeral without making any mistakes. Otherwise-" His words suddenly revealed a bone-chilling chill: "

Please call the male tiger in, I have other orders!"

"promise!"

"I have something to explain to Mr. Zhao, you all go down!" Ji Xie waved his sleeves, and everyone in the palace, including the crown prince Ji Hu, all evacuated from the palace. Just as Zhao Bohu came forward under the guidance of the internal servant Jia, the two of them quickly

They exchanged glances.

"Your Majesty!" Zhao Bohu knelt beside King Yi. Looking from his angle, he could only see the side of King Yi that was extremely cold and hard, like the blue-gray sky, lines cut with a steel blade.

"How are you, Emperor Father?" After waiting for a long time, Ji Xie suddenly said this.

"My wife has chosen a suitable wet nurse to take care of the fourth prince. Please rest assured, Your Majesty." How dare Zhao Gong and his wife not to do their best after receiving the Queen's dying entrustment? It's just that this responsibility is too heavy, and Zhao Bohu's heart feels like it when he thinks about it.

The falling copper hammer is heavy.

"That's good." Ji Xie nodded: "Please call your wife to take care of the emperor father. Someone will take care of the queen's affairs after her death, so there is no need to be distracted. As for you, my beloved, you have other important appointments."

"Please give me your Majesty's orders, and I will do my best to complete them." Zhao Bohu said firmly.

"All the people related to the queen's delivery on the day of her birth have been detained separately. The two concubines in the palace have also been confined to the palace and isolated from the outside world. I have entrusted this matter to you with full authority, and I must keep all the people on the day of the queen's delivery.

The cause of the investigation is clear and clear. No matter who or what is involved, we will investigate it to the end and never tolerate it! Does Aiqing understand?" Ji Xie's tone was very cold and stern.
Chapter completed!