King Xiang's body suddenly softened and he burst into laughter with grief.
For some reason, Huo Jingchen suddenly had a bad premonition, opened his mouth, subconsciously wanted to say something, but the moment hesitation was too late.
King Xiang suddenly snatched the big knife of the guard beside him and suddenly cut it towards his neck.
The bright red blood stained the entire carpet red.
"Son of the Emperor!" Concubine Zhang's shrill voice resounded throughout the sky. She hugged the blood-blooded King Xiang and cried loudly, crying: "Imperial Doctor, please pass it on to the Imperial Doctor!"
Emperor Jian'an also had his pupils tightened, his fists subconsciously clenched, and he watched all this blankly.
"Mother, no need, the child has no hope of survival anymore. It's the child who is sorry for you. If there is a next life, I hope we will be an ordinary mother and son, and we will no longer have to live in such a cold royal family..."
After saying that, King Xiang's hand, which touched Concubine Zhang's face, softened and had no rest.
Concubine Zhang cried heart-wrenchingly.
Everyone looked at all this with fear.
Emperor Jian'an walked forward with his hands trembling. He was about to check out King Xiang, but was blocked by Concubine Zhang without any mercy.
"Your Majesty, the emperor has gone, so don't humiliate him anymore." Concubine Zhang looked sad and hugged King Xiang in a daze, treating him like a fragile child, and not allowing others to get close to you.
"Don't be afraid of the emperor. Mother is here. We don't want that seat anymore. You will always be the best in Mother's heart." Concubine Zhang gently kissed King Xiang's blood-stained face, with unprecedented kindness on her face.
But that pale face made people feel embarrassed.
Emperor Jian'an took a few steps back, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, and he murmured: "I don't want his life, I don't want it, I just scared him."
"Son of the Emperor, my son of the Emperor." Concubine Zhang didn't hear that, she actually held King Xiang and sang the song, as if she was coaxing a child to fall asleep.
Everyone felt numb and looked at all this in horror.
Seeing Concubine Zhang's gradually calming face, Huo Jingchen felt something was wrong and was about to walk over immediately, but he was still one step slower.
Concubine Zhang took off the hairpin from her temples and stabbed her as white as jade.
The bright red blood flowed all over the floor in an instant.
Concubine Zhang hugged King Xiang's dead body tightly and looked at him lovingly, "Son, Mother is here to accompany you. Let's go together, walk this underworld road..."
"Min'er!" Emperor Jian'an's pupils tightened, and he was about to walk forward subconsciously, but was shocked by Concubine Zhang's cold eyes.
"If there is a next life, I don't want to marry you again. It's obviously you who are greedy for my father's power, but in the end it turns out to be my fault, haha." Concubine Zhang used all her strength and smiled sarcastically, but her body was no longer able to support her.
, became weak and lost.
Emperor Jian'an's face turned blue and white, and finally returned to calm, closed his eyes hard, covering his red eyes.
As soon as Empress Dowager Huo and Empress Li walked in, they saw the following scene.
Concubine Zhang and King Xiang were covered in blood and hugged each other without any rest.
Emperor Jian'an stood by the side with expressionless face, and the others in the room were complicated and shocked.
Queen Li exclaimed, covered her mouth and looked at all this in disbelief.
"Come, carry them down and buried them together." Empress Dowager Huo closed her eyes, sighed softly, silently turned the Buddhist beads on her wrist, and recited a few scriptures.
Although Concubine Zhang and King Xiang had many faults, now people are gone, and the dead are the most important, so there is no need to be obsessed with the past.
"yes."
"Emperor, now the traitor has been punished. What are you going to do with others?" Empress Dowager Huo looked at Emperor Jian'an who was still unable to come back to his senses. When she saw him in this way, she said it was impossible to be disappointed.
Emperor Jian'an turned his eyes hard, took a deep breath, and the majestic monarch came back again.
"The Zhang family and its main gangs killed nine clans, and the beautiful Yin gave a white silk, and the Taoist priest Qingxu Lingchi was executed, and Princess Xiang..." Emperor Jian'an took a deep breath and said softly: "You must not leave Prince Xiang's Mansion in this life."
Empress Dowager Huo nodded slightly and told someone to do business.
"Emperor, you are in poor health, so these things will be handled by the Ai family for the time being. The most important thing for you now is to have a good rest and maintain a good body."
"I understand, I'm sorry for my mother." Emperor Jian'an said, "Thank you all for this matter, Duke Huo, you can pacify the remnants of the Zhang Mansion, and you can't let anyone go."
"Yes!" Duke Huo responded respectfully.
"Teacher, Zhao Aiqing, you will handle the recent political affairs. If there is anything difficult to decide, let me report it to me."
"I accept the order."
Emperor Jian'an ordered one by one until everything was arranged and he pressed his eyebrows tiredly.
Gao Desheng, who was beside him, knew that he was almost unable to hold on, so he hurriedly supported him.
Emperor Jian'an hesitated for a moment and hesitated: "It's okay, stay here, I have something to say to you."
Hearing this, Huo Jingdian clenched his fists and lowered his eyes and said, "Yes."
Empress Dowager Huo took her people away without knowing anything.
Duke Huo looked at his son worriedly, and when he saw that he nodded at him comfortably, his heart was finally let go and left easily.
Seeing this scene, Emperor Jian'an felt very uncomfortable and pursed his lips, but still said nothing.
Gao Desheng and his men cleaned the blood on the ground.
Emperor Jian'an and Huo Jingchen walked to another room.
"Well, thank you for your hard work these days. If you hadn't discovered King Xiang's wolfish ambitions early, I would probably have been no longer alive."
Huo Jingchen lowered his head halfway, making people unable to see his face clearly, "Your Majesty is a mistake. I am just helping Master Song and others to do some work. It's not worth it."
"I know you are humble, but you have indeed made great contributions to this matter. I... am very pleased." Emperor Jian'an looked at the outstanding child in front of him with a complicated expression, and his heart was sore and excited. Now he has no son, and
Another son probably wanted him to go earlier.
This child has always respected him very much, but it is the respect of his ministers for the king of a country.
Emperor Jian'an took a deep breath, looked at Huo Jingchen with a tight eye, and said nervously: "It's okay, are you willing to call me Father."
"Your Majesty, I am frightened." Huo Jingchen half bent over, his voice calm: "I am just a minister. How can I offend Your Majesty? My father is Duke Huo, and I will always be the eldest son of Duke Huo's mansion and the master's apprentice.
, how can you climb to the royal family?"
Hearing this, Emperor Jian'an was silent for a long time, sighed quietly, closed his eyes, his eyes became more and more sour, "Forget it, since you don't want to, I don't want to force you."
"Now... King Xiang is gone, and King Xin is not inferior to him. My health is getting worse day by day and I can't last long." A trace of sadness flashed in Emperor Jian'an's eyes. He has now become a lonely man.
"Your Majesty." Huo Jingchen's eyebrows moved slightly, opened his mouth, subconsciously trying to comfort him, but he still said nothing.
Emperor Jian'an smiled with relief and looked at him lovingly, "Well, I know you don't want to recognize me. Since you don't want to, I don't want to force you. This dragon throne is really lonely. Beware of someone's thoughts every day.
If you want to seize power, you will be crazy after sitting for a long time. The father-son family affection is not worth mentioning, but instead you will lose your former temperament."
"I now understand why Lan Xin was so disgusted with entering the palace in the past. Even if I promised her the position of queen, she would not want to." Thinking of the stubborn woman, Emperor Jian'an's face softened and looked at Huo Jingchen lovingly, with his eyes flashing in his eyes.
After a little recollection, "Your eyebrows and eyes miss Lan Xin the most. Every time I see you, I always feel that Lan Xin still lives in the world."
Upon hearing this, Huo Jingchen lowered his eyes halfway, so as not to see Emperor Jian'an's eyes full of mocking.
Emperor Jian'an knew nothing. After talking about his sweet past with Huo Lanxin for a long time, he only made Huo Jingchen's face become more expressionless and even clenched his fists.
"Now you have grown up and are about to become a father. I can be relieved. When I arrive in the underworld in the future, when I see Lan Xin, I will also give her an explanation." Emperor Jian'an's eyes were filled with tears.
, rubbed the corners of his eyes and said softly: "I am not a good father. Since you are not interested in this position, I don't want to force you."
"The vengeful nature of King Xin will definitely not be able to take this position, otherwise you will not have a good end in the future." Thinking of his sinister but tolerant son, Emperor Jian'an's face was complicated. In fact, sometimes he also understood that King Xin was the most like him.
but he hated recalling his past unbearable past. Whenever King Xin pretended to behave in front of him, he could think that when he was young, he was walking in front of everyone with a mask.
They are all the same type of people. In order to achieve their own goals, even their family ties are not important at all.
All, compared to King Xin, who is very similar to his personality, he prefers King Xiang, who is upright. Now, this son he loves quite a lot is gone.
A trace of grief flashed across Emperor Jian'an's face and pressed his eyebrows, "San'er has been dependent on you since he was a child, but he is still young this year and needs your good teaching and support. I plan to give him the crown prince, and you will be the regent in the future.
, assist the young emperor in ascending the throne. If he is not suitable to be an emperor, you can replace him as long as possible."
"Your Majesty is joking. I will definitely live up to my entrustion and assist the third prince in ascending the throne." Huo Jingchen bowed and said seriously: "The third prince is extremely intelligent and has a pure character. If he ascends the throne to the emperor in the future, he will definitely be a wise monarch."
"Forget it, I won't say much." Before Emperor Jian'an finished speaking, he coughed violently. After taking the handkerchief that Gao Desheng hurriedly handed over, he actually coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Huo Jingchen and Gao Desheng were shocked and both knelt down.
"Don't worry, I've understood a long time ago." Emperor Jian'an calmly put away his handkerchief and said, "My body has been hollowed out long ago. Now it's just the end of his strength. I will announce the appointment of the crown prince tomorrow morning.