Chapter 1020: Never Separate, The Last Farewell
After proclaiming himself emperor and establishing the country, Zhou Chen never changed his reign name, and always used the reign name Xinghua.
Zhou Chen has been the emperor for twenty-six years. Until the world was stable and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, he moved to the throne of Prince Zhouye, and he himself moved out of the palace and lived in a palace not far behind the palace city, enjoying peace and quiet.
old age.
During the twenty-six years of his reign, the first ten years were almost always busy, busy with political affairs and military affairs. When the prince had matured, he began to experience the prince's career, gradually decentralized power, and took charge of the general direction by himself.
Ordinary political affairs were left to Zhou Ye.
As a result, he is indeed much more relaxed and has more time to spend with his wife and children and have fun.
That's right, when you become an emperor, why can't you have fun?
As long as the world is peaceful and the court affairs are carried out in an orderly manner, why can't the emperor enjoy himself?
If he has been busy with political affairs, what is the difference between him and the 997 workers? Zhou Chen would never do such a thing anyway. He would rather put more pressure on his son. No, it should be said that it is training, training for the prince.
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There are women in the harem that he loves, and women who love him, and he must spend time with them;
What's more, after becoming the emperor, he had so many concubines in his harem. If he doesn't do something meaningful, how can he just watch them every day?
Of course, Zhou Chen can still be so carefree at this age because his physique is strong enough and he has the skills of an old man. As long as he is less than a hundred years old, his physical fitness will not weaken, so even if he is over fifty, his physical energy will not weaken.
Much stronger than young people in their twenties and thirties, enough to deal with concubines in the harem.
Even in order to complete his side task of listening to music in Goulan, he would often visit privately incognito to experience Jiaofangsi and Goulan in Xindu and criticize them properly.
In the eighteenth year of Xinghua's reign, Concubine Song Yinzhang was seriously ill. After more than a month of treatment, it was still ineffective, and Song Yinzhang was also terminally ill.
Deyi Hall, this is the palace where Concubine Song Yinzhang lived.
At this time, Song Yinzhang no longer looked as beautiful as before. The illness had tortured her to a point of losing weight, and she no longer looked so beautiful.
But Zhou Chen didn't care at all. He held her hands tightly, his face full of worry and reluctance.
In fact, Song Yinzhang was the youngest of Zhou Chen's four original women. Even though she had been a concubine for eighteen years, she was only over fifty years old, but she had been suffering from illness for several years.
On the other hand, Zhao Pan'er, the oldest, is already over sixty, but she is still in good spirits and takes good care of herself. She looks like she is forty years old, but the wrinkles on her face are more obvious.
Next is Zhang Haohao. She is a little younger than Zhao Paner, but she looks similar to Zhao Paner, much younger than her real age.
Among the four girls, Gao Hui looks the youngest. Maybe it’s because she has a lively personality and a good attitude. She usually cares about her appearance and lives a very delicate life. She also has Zhou Chen doting on her, so she ages the slowest.
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Among Zhou Chen's harem, Zhao Pan'er, as the queen, is naturally the most favored. Besides Zhao Pan'er, Gao Hui is the most favored, and she is also Zhou Chen's only noble concubine.
Song Yinzhang's body bones were already weak. When he was young, in order to have a son, his strength was damaged after several births. As he got older, the symptoms began to appear.
Song Yinzhang, who had slept for a long time, woke up like a flashback.
"Your Majesty, can I hug my concubine?"
"good."
Zhou Chen didn't say a single unnecessary word. He had already seen that Song Yinzhang's time had come, so he lifted her up from the bed and hugged her into his arms.
Song Yinzhang showed a satisfied smile on his face: "Your Majesty's embrace is still as warm as before. I fell in love with Your Majesty from Qiantang, and it has been almost forty years in the blink of an eye. It's so good, so good."
Zhou Chen didn't say anything, he just asked Song Yinzhang to get closer to him. Yes, forty years had passed since he left Qiantang.
"Your Majesty, I am lucky that I can serve Your Majesty. I have no regrets in my life. I really want to continue walking with Your Majesty, but it's a pity, cough cough, cough cough."
He patted Song Yinzhang's back gently to smoothen her breath.
"I understand, I understand everything. Yin Zhang, if you have any ideas or wishes, tell me and I will definitely help you complete them."
Song Yinzhang's face was as pale as snow. After hearing Zhou Chen's words, he exerted himself to become more energetic.
"I have been able to accompany His Majesty for forty years. I have no regrets in my life. When I say goodbye, I have only one wish. I hope that I can still be with Your Majesty and serve His Majesty after death."
Zhou Chen understood what she meant and replied without hesitation: "Okay, I promise you that my concubine will be with me whether she lives or dies."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
A gorgeous smile bloomed on her pale face, and being able to be by Zhou Chen's side after death was the greatest happiness and affirmation for her.
During her lifetime, she was weak and unable to serve Zhou Chen well, but after her death, she would wholeheartedly stay with Zhou Chen forever.
Song Yinzhang looked at Zhao Paner, Gao Hui and Zhang Haohao.
"Sister Pan'er, Sister Hui'er, Sister Haohao, I can't survive anymore. Please take good care of His Majesty in the future..."
Song Yinzhang finished speaking the last words of his life, and did not even hear the affirmative answer from Zhao Paner and others.
Until the end, she did not miss her children, and the one she was most reluctant to part with was still Zhou Chen.
"Introduction."
Zhao Pan'er was the saddest one. She rushed over, grabbed Song Yinzhang's hanging hands, and cried loudly. This was the first time she was so grief-stricken after becoming the mother of the world.
Although Song Yinzhang was not her biological sister, she had watched her grow up. The two had known each other for more than fifty years, and she had taken care of Song Yinzhang for more than fifty years. She was already closer than her biological sister.
Now that Song Yinzhang has passed away, she is the saddest among everyone.
Gao Hui and Zhang Haohao were also very sad. After all, they had been together for many years. Although they were both in the harem, the four of them had never had any major conflicts with each other and their relationship was very close.
In particular, they are all elderly and are full of awe of death. Now that they see their good sisters passing away in front of their own eyes, they feel very sad and shocked.
Song Yinzhang's funeral was held grandly by Zhou Chen, and she was finally buried in the imperial mausoleum that he had already chosen.
As an emperor, Zhou Chen naturally selected the mausoleum land for himself long ago and has already cultivated it.
Song Yinzhang's death had a greater impact on Zhou Chen and others, but it had little impact on the world and the previous dynasty.
Until the twenty-sixth year of Xinghua, Zhou Chenchan was located in Zhouye and became the Supreme Emperor of Dayan. Then he took his concubines to the palace far away from the palace city.
Zhou Chen's Zen position caused a huge shock, but fortunately, the new emperor Zhou Ye had already participated in handling government affairs. Especially in the years after Xinghua, he was basically responsible for handling national affairs. Therefore, after taking the throne, there was no
It caused so much chaos that the government was quickly stabilized.
During Zhou Chen's reign, especially the two years when he became emperor, he was very murderous and killed too many people who opposed him, especially scholars.
Therefore, compared to Zhou Chen, the 'brutal' founding emperor, most scholars admired the rather benevolent and well-reputed prince Zhou Ye more, and they also tried their best to maintain the rule of the new emperor.
If he had a choice, Zhou Chen certainly didn't want to kill anyone, but during the time when he became emperor, it was impossible to stabilize his rule without killing people, so he could only imitate the later Emperor Hongwu, but he was more restrained.
Although killing people is not a good thing, to be honest, it was precisely because of his murderous nature that the scholars in the world were frightened. Those people did not dare to resist him anymore, and the world gradually became peaceful.
After more than 20 years in office, Zhou Chen rarely initiated foreign wars. It was not that he did not want to destroy the Liao Kingdom, but the war between the two countries that year, coupled with the subsequent civil war, caused heavy damage to the Central Plains. Once there was another war, he would suffer.
It is the people of the world.
Therefore, Zhou Chen did not start a war, and the Liao Kingdom was also beaten to a semi-crippling state by Zhou Chen. During these years, there were small frictions, but no major wars occurred.
The land of the Central Plains had been recuperating for more than twenty years before slowly returning to its past. When it was Zhou Ye's turn to ascend the throne, all aspects of the Yan Kingdom had been greatly improved.
If Zhou Chen used force to stop fighting and implemented military rule, then Zhou Ye practiced civil rule. The new emperor Zhou Ye was even more respected by the courtiers and the people.
For him to be a bad person and for his son to be a good person, this is what Zhou Chen wants to see.
After abdicating the throne, Zhou Chen could peacefully be the Supreme Emperor and never touch the affairs of the government again.
After living in the Emperor's Palace for three years, Li Fei Zhang Hao could not survive the erosion of time and passed away peacefully in Zhou Chen's arms at the age of seventy-two.
After Zhou Chen became emperor, he married more than a dozen concubines. After so many years, two of them died, but most of them are still alive.
Zhou Chen also took good care of these concubines and did not restrict their freedom. He allowed them to move around the palace and allowed them to return to their parents' homes occasionally.
Now, in addition to Zhao Pan'er and Gao Hui, there is also a daughter of the Meng family who has been accompanying Zhou Chen. Speaking of which, she is slightly related to Zhou Chen, because she comes from the Meng family of Zhou Chen's uncle's family, and besides Zhao Pan'er
After the four daughters, she is the most favored concubine.
Nowadays, Concubine Meng is only in her early forties, but she has been serving Zhou Chen and doing her best.
Years pass by, and time flies by.
It has been eight years since the new emperor ascended the throne.
Zhou Chen and his queen and concubines have lived in the palace for eight years, and in these few months, he has been staying by Zhao Pan'er's side.
Zhao Pan'er, who was nearly eighty years old, was finally unable to withstand the passage of time and was on the verge of death.
Zhao Pan'er said she didn't want to die on the bed, so Zhou Chen channeled an inner force for her, allowing her to regain her light and regain some strength.
To be continued...