After the emperor knew that he was destined to die soon, he never saw Tong Yao again. In fact, he regretted it. If he had known that he was destined to only have a few years to live, he would never have let Tong Yao become his woman.
But during these days apart, he always missed Tong Yao.
After all, I couldn't help but want to see her, say goodbye to her, and say sorry.
The treasure ship was much faster than the flying chariot, but Rong Che felt that the emperor was not mentally prepared yet, so he just controlled the treasure ship and flew over slowly.
However, upon hearing the news of their return, the queen and the crown prince and concubine were already on their way over. Unexpectedly, they only saw the treasure ship taking off and flying out of the city from a distance.
The Queen's face suddenly darkened. Over the past few years, she had known that Bai Yueguang in the Emperor's heart was the former Imperial Master, and had also given her a courtyard outside the city. However, Tong Yao had never entered the palace in the past few years.
Without any intention of competing for favor, the queen took a few deep breaths and turned a blind eye.
But she didn't expect that the emperor would still be thinking about that woman at this moment!
The queen stared blankly at the direction in which the treasure ship disappeared, and murmured to the prince: "Do you think he will come back to the palace to spend his last days, or will he breathe his last in that woman's arms?"
The prince was suddenly startled and turned to look at his mother in disbelief: "Mother, be careful what you say!"
The Queen smiled sarcastically: "What should you say carefully? What have you gained in the end after you have been careful about your words all your life?"
"Mother!" The prince was horrified, with this unfamiliar tone and an expression that showed no trace of resentment. Could this still be his mother who was occasionally confused?
"Okay, let's go back. I guess the emperor won't be back today." The queen, as if nothing was wrong, took a deep breath, patted the prince's hand, and turned around to go back.
The Crown Princess sent her off respectfully behind the Crown Prince, but the Queen turned a blind eye and walked past her with her head held high.
The Crown Princess looked at the Crown Prince worriedly with her eyes darkened, but the Crown Prince was too shocked to notice these details.
He just felt that his father's illness had irritated his mother, perhaps because her mother had such deep feelings for her father.
When the queen returned to the Queen's Palace, she asked all the maids to go out, and sat alone on the bed, gently stroking the luxurious brocade mattress, her eyes dim.
"I don't like Yan Qingzheng, not from the beginning." She said to herself, "Her father also hates her, and I don't even like her. That girl Yan Qingzheng dared to trick me at a young age.
The palace has one hundred thousand taels of silver! If it weren’t for her, why would I have waited for so many years?”
The queen's expression gradually darkened, and a stern look flashed in her eyes.
"Prince Xuan... Ever since I became a couple with Yan Qingzheng, I have been influenced by her and have done some nasty things!"
The queen pursed her lips tightly, her breathing became short, and the hand touching the mattress changed its position, and she gripped the mattress fiercely, holding it hard!
"He actually took the emperor to see that woman!" A line of clear tears fell from the corner of the queen's eyes.
"What a nuisance!"
In the empty palace, her voice was low and vague. She had never complained to anyone, let alone mentioned it to her family. In fact, she was jealous of other women and was so jealous!
The queen recalled her childhood, when she followed her grandfather into the palace and saw the emperor in his youth for the first time, and she fell in love with him at first sight.
However, when she hid behind the rockery and peeked at the emperor, he was stunned when he looked at the young Yan Xi, and even said that she wanted to marry him and become the queen!
At that time, her heart was about to break. Later, when she found out that Yan Xi was a man, the emperor felt like he was struck by lightning, but she jumped for joy.
After that, she became the crown princess and then the queen as she wished, but the emperor's heart could never stop with herself, even though her beauty made him happy for a while. But there were so many beauties in the world, and he didn't
He is not a long-term lover. No woman can be favored by him for more than three years. It is only because she is a queen that she can see him all the time.
But for Tong Yao... it's not that he stopped empathizing with Tong Yao because he was older, but that he really fell in love with Tong Yao, not for her beauty, but for her as a person.
This is the most sad thing for the queen. She knows how ruthless the emperors have been since ancient times, but when ruthless people have true feelings...
How ironic that a callous person can actually be moved by true feelings!
"No matter what, you have to come back, don't let me down..." the queen murmured softly.
The emperor didn't know the queen's complicated emotions, but he hesitated when he stood in front of Tong Yao's door.
He didn't know that behind a thin door panel was Tong Yao, who was biting her fingers nervously.
She expected him to open the door and come in, hug her, and tell herself that he wanted to spend the last period of his life with her.
She also wanted to open the door and walk out early, hug her man tightly, and tell him that she would accompany him through the last moments of her life.
But she didn't want to embarrass him. She was both his woman and his national teacher.
The emperor must be buried in the palace as the emperor.
After all, the emperor chose to say something to Tong Yao outside the door: "After my death, you...if there is a man who treats you as sincerely as I do, you can remarry!"
Tong Yao's trembling body suddenly stopped shaking. The blood all over her body seemed to have retreated for a while, and the coldness spread in her body...
The emperor waited for a few breaths, but when he didn't hear Tong Yao's response, he turned around and left sadly.
He knew how cruel his words were, but he also felt very sad. When he said those words, he couldn't tell whether he wanted Tong Yao to agree or not.
Rong Che didn't know that the two of them had not met, and was surprised that the emperor left the courtyard so quickly.
However, he still helped the emperor get on the treasure ship.
The emperor's eyes were fixed on the courtyard door through the window, and after a long while he said: "Go back to the palace."
Rong Che didn't know why, so he controlled the treasure ship to take off and fly towards the palace.
Tong Yao fell softly to the ground, tears streaming down her face.
Although she knew that the emperor said this for her own sake, she still felt aggrieved.
Rong Che sped up and returned to the palace because the emperor vomited a large mouthful of blood just as the treasure ship left the courtyard!
"Imperial doctor! Go and ask for the imperial doctor!" After landing, Rong Che and Hong Wen helped the weak emperor walk down, and then shouted at the eunuch guard.
The queen and the prince also got the news and hurried over. The tears on the queen's face continued to fall, and she didn't bother to wipe them away. There was only one thought in her mind: He is back!
The emperor has fallen into a coma, and many imperial doctors are helpless because the emperor is clenching his teeth and unable to drink water.
The doctor from the Taiyuan Hospital was quietly telling Rong Che: "Get ready...get ready."
Rong Che glared at him, but he could only kneel on the ground and shake his head silently.
The queen heard it and guessed it. She got up and sat on the couch, gently wiped the emperor's face with her own brocade handkerchief, and said softly: "Let's prepare for the funeral. Since he refuses to change his mind, respect his wishes.
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Rong Che was silent for a moment and nodded.
At night, the emperor woke up for a while, saw the queen, and stretched out his hand to her.
The queen held his hand excitedly, with tears in her eyes.
"Queen, you should take good care of yourself and live your life with peace of mind," the emperor said.
The queen paused and nodded: "Don't worry."
The emperor turned his head slightly and said: "Prince."
The prince's eyes were red and he came over and knelt down in front of the couch: "Be filial to your mother, respect and love the princess, and protect Feng Rong!"
"My son, I obey the decree!" the prince choked.
"Princess."
"My son is here!" The Crown Princess also quickly knelt down.
"You will be a qualified queen and will always help the prince!"
"My son obeys the decree!" The princess also shed tears. She knew that the emperor was giving her a guarantee, and she was full of gratitude to the emperor in her heart.
"Iron Rule! Iron Rule! You...all must abide by it!" the emperor finally said, "You must respect Prince Xuan."
The queen, prince, and princess all responded, and the emperor slowly closed his eyes.
The imperial doctor hurriedly stepped forward to test him, but he fainted.
Two days later, Yan Qingzheng was entering the palace. The queen did not want her to go in, but the emperor happened to wake up and weakly asked Hongwen to call Yan Qingzheng in.
Yan Qing was looking at the dying emperor and sighed in her heart, her chest feeling heavy. She thought of her grandparents' final moments.
"Your Majesty, Tong Yao asked me to bring a message to your Majesty." Yan Qing was remembering his purpose, so he approached the bed and said softly.
"She...what did she say? Did she blame me?" The emperor's eyes became wet.
Yan Qing shook his head and said slowly: "Tong Yao asked me to tell the emperor: she knows that there is an underworld after death, and asked the emperor to walk slower on the road to the underworld, she..." Yan Qing was choking up as he spoke, "she said...
She said, let the emperor wait for her!"
The emperor was stunned, then closed his eyes and smiled lightly, but two lines of hot tears rolled down: "This... fool!"
"Please advise her!" The emperor's tone also changed.
"I have persuaded him!" Yan Qingzheng also cried out. If she could have been persuaded, she would not have come here.
The emperor's lips trembled as he kept muttering: This fool...
"She said that as soon as the palace bell rang, she...she knew that the emperor was calling her." Yan Qing was sobbing.
The emperor sighed: "With a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?"
Yan Qing was wiping away tears and leaving.
Early the next morning, the queen woke up from the couch and rushed over to check on the emperor, only to find that the emperor was calm, with a smile on his face... He was gone!
The sound of bells came from the palace, and Tong Yao was sitting in a wedding dress. She calmly picked up a crystal clear glass in front of her, looked at the clear and deadly wine inside, and thought about the time when the two got married in this courtyard.
He showed a happy smile, raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp!
Emperor Feng Rong passed away, and the whole country was grieved. At the meeting of the etiquette officials, he was given the posthumous title "Mingxuan" and a mourning period of three years.
The prince ascended the throne in person, and as usual, a coronation ceremony was held twenty-seven days later to appoint the empress dowager.
After the Spring Festival, the new emperor changed the title to "Yonggu" and named the queen.
Rong Che stayed at the Prince's Mansion in the capital and went to Yan Mansion to visit Yan Xi every few days.
After the emperor died, Yan Xi also fell ill. This was impossible for a cultivator, but Nalan Lianyue said it was a heart disease.
It was not until June of the first year of Yonggu that Yan Xi returned to court and Rong Che left the capital.
Yan Qingzheng had already returned to Guiyimen after the enthronement ceremony, because Yunli sent news that a young woman came to challenge Yan Qingzheng by name!